Full name: Isaac Monfore
Any other names used (e.g., maiden name, pen name): Isaac Monfort
Date of birth: 1803
Place of birth (city, county): New York
Sex (M or F): M
Race/ethnic group/Indian tribe: Caucasian
Hometown or hometowns (city, county, state, etc. of residence during
years of political activity): Shelby Township, Michigan (settlement
later organized as Disco)
Political relatives (by blood/marriage/adoption): Frank Monfort
Elected or appointed position(s) held and range of years: Michigan
State House of Representatives, 1835-1837
Special distinctions or achievements or historical significance (very
briefly): Co-founder of Macomb County High School, 1850 (Chauncey
Church
and John Noyes, co-founders); a pioneer settler of Disco c. 1831,
organized 1849
Date of death: April 28, 1871
Place of death (city, county): Disco, Shelby Township, Macomb County,
Michigan
Location of death (e.g., at home, hospital): home
Cause(s) of death:
Place of burial or entombment (name and location of cemetery): Curtis
Cemetery, Shelby Township, Macomb County, Michigan
Whether cemetery records/office/publications, or gravestone corroborate
this: Yes
Sources consulted: U.S. Census, Leeson's Biography of Macomb County,
Curtis Cemetery gravestones, 1859 and 1876 atlas of Macomb County,
Bureau of Land Management land patent records
Explanations for any inconsistencies (e.g., if different dates of birth
or different spellings of the name were given in different sources,
which one is most reliable and why): all Land Patent records show
Isaac
Monfore as the correct spelling. Local atlas shows both Monfort and
Monfore, varying by issue. Elementary school named in his honor
spelled
Monfort. Michigan Census 1840 spelled Monfore, as well as 1840 and
1870
Federal census.
Spouse: Mary Douglas Curtis, daughter of
Jeremiah Curtiss and Mercy
Ewell. Married 15 Jul 1836. Mary Monfore died 7 May 1906 at their
family home in Disco, Shelby Township, Macomb County, MI. House stood
until 1987.
Compiled by Vikki Papesh, Shelby Township Historical Committee |