Champion Henry Eugene b. 21 MAY 1825 Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, USA d.

1825 -

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Birth 21 May 1825 Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, USA [1, 2]

Gender Male

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Person ID I3564 Alan Donald Vibber

Last Modified 08 Dec 2009

Father Champion Salmon, b. 22 Jul 1796, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA , d. 30 Jan 1841, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA

Mother Loomis Lydia W., b. 20 Jan 1797, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA , d. 07 Sep 1832, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA

Married 15 Feb 1818 Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA

Family ID F1432 Group Sheet

Family Fairchild Maria, b. 29 Sep 1831, Floyd, Oneida, New York, USA

Married 10 Apr 1847 Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA [1, 2]

Children

	1. Champion Theodore Henry, b. 10 Dec 1849
	2. Champion Charles Tisdale, b. 23 Jan 1851, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA , d. 03 May 1887, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA

Family ID F1473 Group Sheet

Notes	306. Henry Eugene Champion (Salmon, Salmon, John, Thomas, THomas, Henry), born 21 May 1825, in Pomfret, Conn.; married in Ypsilanti, Mich., 10 April 1847, Maria Fairchild, daughter of Exra and Sarah (Spawn) Fairchild, born 29 September 1831, in Floyd, N.Y. Henry Eugene Champion when still quite a young man commenced the milling business in Ypsilanti, continuing it in that place nearly twenty-five years, with the exception of a few years experience as aconductor on the Michigan Central Railroad. In 1866 he came to Detroit and fitted up the Champion mills on Jefferson Avenue, which he continued to operate until 1880, when he sold out to his partners. He then became a member of the Board of Trade, and contined to operate until recently, when he engaged in the insurance business. "Mr. Champion is slightly grizzled, but is still in vigorous health. He is in manner frank and outspoken, and those who know him best say he has the ability, integrity and decision of character to make a good councilman." He was elected to this office in 1883, and at the expiration of his term was appointed Revenue Collector. Children born in Ypsilanti, Mich.: i. THeodore Henry, b. 10 Dec. 1849; m. Anna E. Bennett ii. Charles Tisdale, b. 23 Jan. 1851; m. Ella Watkins.

[S199] The Champion genealogy : a history of the descendants of Henry Champion of Saybrook and Lyme, Connecticut, together with some account of other families of the same name V.1, 248 (Reliability: 3).
[S199] The Champion genealogy : a history of the descendants of Henry Champion of Saybrook and Lyme, Connecticut, together with some account of other families of the same name V.1, 257 (Reliability: 3).