Leo LOSIE, farmer, sec. 26, Deerfield Tp., is the son of John and Eleanor (WAITE) LOSIE. The father was a native of Canada, and the mother of New Brunswick. In 1861 the family removed to Port Huron, Mich., where the mother is still living. Her husband died in the summer of 1865.
Mr. LOSIE was born in Canada, June 18, 1828, and was resident there until 1863, in the winter of which year he settled in Mecosta County and "took up" 40 acres of land in Deerfield Township. His log house home and laborious efforts in clearing the forest to make way for the support and advancement of himself and family, though the same trite experience so often recounted, is no less the strong central point in his career because it has a counterpart in so many personal histories.
Mr. LOSIE was married in Canada, Nov. 8, 1853, to Esther, daughter of Ephraim and Sarah (ROSZELL) BURSS, natives of Canada. They afterward settled in Allegan Co., Mich., where the father died. Her mother resides with a daughter, Mrs. Henry MILLS, of Deerfield Tp. Of this marriage seven children have been born, recorded as follows; Asenath A., born April 15,'58; Bertha A., July 17, '60; Lizanna A., Oct. 29, '62; Elton A., March 16, '65; Earl J., May 7, '67; Sarah E., Sept. 21, '54 (died Aug. 15, '58); John E., March 3, '56 ( died Aug. 21, '58). The deaths occured but six days apart.
Mr. and Mrs. LOSIE are members of the Baptist Church, and in politics he is a Republican.