f DEATH OF UAt'T. ALhiX. BORDEN.
Captain Alexander Borden, one of
the oid pioneers of Ottawa county,
died at his home in Kooky Ridge,
Saturday morning, at the ripe old age
of 84 years. gi~/&-J8fff
Captain Borden was born in Glas¬
gow, Scotland, in 1814, and came with
his parents to America in 1820. They
settled at i'rescott, Canada. As a lad
of 12, he began sailing on one of the
small schooners that did the carrying-
on the lakes, and at 18 years of age was
master of one of these small vessels.
It was a vessel commanded by him
v«7i'fe7i brouuTit- %\v,i lirst iocohioiiV:.
from Buif.-do to Sandusky for the old
strapTroned Mad river railroad. Nav-
i gat ion in those days was nv/ich more
perilous than it is now. The vessels
were small and the discomforts many.
i lie gave up sailing in 1865, his last
; command being a large harbor t«g at
[Sandusky, and he has since remained
ashore.
He at one time conducted a hotel,
known as the "River House," near the
present wagon bridge, across the Port¬
age river, in this city. Later, lie wan
associated with Mr. Shaenf'eld iu a
mercantile business at Elmore, and
still later he engaged in business at
Rocky Ridge, where he has resided for
the past 20 years. He was appointed
postmaster in 1893 and held that office
at the time of his death.
Mr. Borden was married in 1839
to Miss Adeiia Ann Xapier. at Marble¬
head. They have had nine children,
two of whom have preceded him to the
grave, the eldest daughter, who died by
accident at Marblehead, and the wife
of Mr. E. Stan berg, who died at Gal¬
veston, Texas. The surviving children
are Mrs. J. B. Luckey. of Toledo, Miss
Delia, who n sides at Rocky Ridge,
County Recorder B. A. Borden, of this
city, Andrew Jackson Borden, of Can-
nonsburg, Pa., Miss Lillian,of Chicago,
Mrs. Jimma Ritchie, of Fort Madison,
Iowa, and Douglas, who is now in the
Klondike, All of the children, with
: the exception of Mr. Douglas Borden,
i were, home to attend the last sad rites
\ to a kind and indulgent father.
The remains were brought here Mon-.
| day morning and taken to the residence
of Mr. IJ. A. Borden. The funeral ser-
I vicee were held at the M. E. Church in
i the afternoon, Hey. Mr. Mayer oflieiat-
! ing. His discourse on the debt the
! present generation owes to the old pi-
' oneers, aud his tribute to the deceased
; were most eloquent and touching.
! The pall-bearers were selected from
,>Jie friends of his early manhood, and
I were Messrs. O. J. True, Andrew Hop-
'. linger, John Detlefs, F. X. Beck, John
i Bosket and Hon. William Kelly. The
[burial was in Lakeview cemetery.
