A Deed For A Mayor Of Detroit

From Early land transfers, Detroit and Wayne County, Michigan / Michigan Works Progress Administration, Vital Records Project:

Wayne Co., MI, Deeds

84-18

Oliver M. Hyde received from the State of Michigan by Moses Wisner, Governor

April 6, 1860

Patent #6606

To the NW 1/4 of NW 1/4 of Section 16, T3SR9E

40 acres

Witness: E. A. Thompson, Det State

"(VII) Oliver Moulton Hyde, third son of Pitt William and his first wife, Mary (Kilbourne) Hyde, was born March l0, 1804, died in Detroit, Michigan, in 1870. He became a merchant of Castleton, Vermont, later going to Mount Hope, New York, where he operated a blast furnace. In 1840 he moved to Detroit, Michigan, and there became prominent in public life, serving Detroit as mayor and as collector of customs for several years. He married Julia Anne Sprague, daughter of Daniel Sprague, of West Poultney, Vermont.
Children: William Pitt; Charles H.; Henry Stanley; Harriett S.; and Louis C. ...". [Source]

United States Census, 1870

Household Gender Age Birthplace

Oliver M Hyde M 64y Vermont

Julia A Hyde F 59y Vermont

Lewis C Hyde M 20y Michigan

Sarah M Hyde F 16y Vermont

Daniel Worden M 45y Virginia

Rose Terry F 22y Michigan

A photo of the Hyde house in Detroit.