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Blain, Alexander W.

Born
5/13/1840
Birthplace
Quebec, Canada
Titles and Honors
Superintendent of Oakridge Cemetery in Marshall, Michigan, 1867-76.
Superintendent of Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan, 1876.
Member of the Detroit Board Park Commisioners for two years and was president one year.
City Board of Lighting Commisioners for one year.
Democrat
Universalist
Education
Public School

Took a course in landscape gardening under Hermen Meyer
Notes
Came to Detroit in 1865
Occupation
Located to Franklin County, New York at the age of 18.

Enlisted in Company C, 92nd New York Volunteer Infantry, October 19, 1861 and participated in many importnat battles and movements in Virginia and North Carolina.

Honorably discharged on November 11, 1864.

engaged in Nurseryman once he arrived in Detroit
Father
Robert Blain
Mother
Agnes Harvey
Spouse
Mary Gray, m. 10/3/1867, Detroit, Michigan
Children
Daisy M.
William J.
James H.
Bethune D.
Alexander W.
Nationality
Canadian

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