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Edmund Cuthbert, a representative and influential farmer of White Lake township, Oakland County, and a man widely known throughout his community, is held in high esteem by his acquaintances as a man of integrity and sound principles. He is actively engaged in the cultivation of his beautiful farm of 210 acres in sections 1 and 11. He was born on the farm where he now lives in 1853, and is a son of John and Ellen (Connor) Cuthbert.

John Cuthbert, who was a native of Lincolnshire, England, came to the United States at an early date, locating in Oakland County, Michigan, and purchasing the farm where his son Edmund now lives. For many years he was actively engaged in the cultivation of the property, and was successful in his efforts to rise in the world. In politics he was a member of the Democratic party. He was married to Ellen Connor, a native of Ireland, and who is now living with our subject on the old homestead farm, having reached the age of 75 years. Her parents came to the United States at an early date and settled in Detroit, Michigan, where her father followed his trade as a ship carpenter, — he met his death through falling off the boat on which he was working into the Detroit River, and there drowning. John Cuthbert and wife were the parents of seven children, three of whom are now living, namely: Frank, who resides in Groveland township, Oakland County; Edmund, our subject; and Kittie, who married George Harris, and resides in Springfield township, Oakland County. The deceased were: Hattie, John, William and Ella. Mrs. Cuthbert is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Our subject’s father died in 1863 at the age of 58 years.

Edmund Cuthbert received his education in the district schools of White Lake township, in the Pontiac High School and in the State Normal School at Valparaiso, Indiana; after completing the course prescribed in the last named school, he engaged as a teacher and so continued for two years. Our subject’s political views make him a Democratic partisan. He has efficiently filled several responsible positions, among them: town clerk for three years, township superintendent of schools one year and justice of the peace for two terms.