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C. C. BACHELOR.

Though not unexpected, the news of the death of Mr. C. C. Bachelor, of Saginaw Town, was received with regret by his many friends in this city yes­terday morning. Mr. Bachelor died a little before 2 o’clock yesterday morn­ing, after a long and painful illness. For many years he has been a great sufferer from rheumatism, which finally produced senile gangrene in his foot, which, in his enfeebled condition, could not be successfully removed, and proved the immediate cause of death.

Mr. Bachelor was one of the pioneers of this county, having lived here for upwards of thirty-two years. He was born in Baltimore, Md., June 5, 1813. His father he never knew, as he fell in the war of 1813. His mother died when he was quite young, and his early life was spent in Ohio. He married in early manhood Mary Ann Harris, sister of Mr. Moses Harris, and settled in North Fairfield, Huron County, Ohio. About the year 1848 he came to Saginaw and settled on a part of what is now Mr. McLellan’s farm. Soon after coming here his wife died, leaving him with four small children. He married for his second wife Louisa Swarthout, daughter of Capt. Swarthout, and settled on the farm he has lived on ever since, twenty-nine years ago. This wife died about twenty-five years ago. Ten years ago last fall he mar­ried his third wife, Mary A. Jackson. She survives him. Of his children, six, Mrs. Heisrodt, Elijah Bachelor, and Mrs. Samuel Burband, Alfred and Albert Bachelor and Mrs. John C. Smith, are still living in this county. His eldest daughter, Augusta, died about twenty years ago. Mr. Bachelor was a quiet, industrious, upright man, and was respected by all who knew him. He has been elected to many county and town offices, was one of the super­intendents of the poor for several years, has been supervisor from his town, and was elected justice of the peace several times. All his duties, public and private, he discharged with faithfulness and efficiency. In his religious con­victions he was a Methodist, and he was a man whose memory will long be cherished and respected.