Английская Википедия:Conrad Ten Eyck
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Conrad "Old Coon" Ten Eyck (August 13, 1782 – August 23, 1847), also known as Conrad TenEyck or Teneyck, was an American politician in the U.S. state of Michigan in the mid-19th century. He served as a member of the Michigan Senate starting in its inaugural session in 1835, and as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives in 1846.
Biography
Conrad Ten Eyck was born on August 13, 1782,Шаблон:Sfn in Albany, New York.Шаблон:Sfn His parents were Abraham Ten Eyck and Annatje Lansing, and he was the grandson of wealthy Albany businessman Jacob Coenraedt Ten Eyck.Шаблон:Sfn
He moved to Detroit in 1802, and for many years operated a store at the corner of Jefferson and Woodward Avenues.Шаблон:Sfn At some point, he gained the nickname "Old Coon".Шаблон:Sfn In February 1813, following the surrender of Detroit to the British, the British commander, Colonel Henry Procter, ordered Ten Eyck and a number of other prominent citizens to leave the city.Шаблон:Sfn
Tavern keeper and the "Wolverine State" legend
Ten Eyck ran a successful business for many years, the Old Ten Eyck Tavern, in what is now Dearborn, Michigan,Шаблон:Sfn at the intersection of modern-day Michigan Avenue and Southfield Road.Шаблон:Sfn In this capacity, he gave rise to one legend about the origin of the nickname "Wolverine State" for Michigan.
He enjoyed a joke where he often greeted new guests by yelling to his wife, "Sally, have some more wolf steaks put on!" A story has been told that when he answered an attractive young female visitor's question, "And have I really eaten wolf steak?" in the affirmative, she replied, "Then I suppose I am a wolverine." The assembled male guests, wishing to endear themselves to her, declared they were wolverines, too, and "wolverine" became a nickname adopted by the various pioneers who passed through the tavern; area legend asserts this is the origin of the nickname for the state.Шаблон:Sfn
Ten Eyck built the tavern in 1826, and it burned down in 1869, as did its adjoining stables in 1906.Шаблон:Sfn Bricks from the tavern were later incorporated into a fireplace in Henry Ford's Fair Lane estate.Шаблон:Sfn
Political career
Ten Eyck served as treasurer of Wayne County from 1817 to 1825,Шаблон:Sfn and as the supervisor of Pekin Township—now known as Redford Township—in 1830 and 1831. His house was the site of the meeting to organize Dearborn Township after it was created on March 9, 1833, and was the township supervisor from 1833 through 1837.Шаблон:Sfn He also served as a U.S. marshal from 1837 to 1841.Шаблон:Sfn He was elected to the Michigan Senate and served in its first two terms, from 1835 through 1837.Шаблон:Sfn He later served one term in the Michigan House of Representatives in 1846.Шаблон:Sfn He was a Democrat.Шаблон:Sfn
Ten Eyck was fervently anti-British, and as sheriff of Wayne County in 1838, he assisted a group of Canadians rebelling against British rule, by loudly announcing in front of rebel sympathizers that there was an unguarded collection of muskets in the basement of the jail, which they promptly raided that evening.Шаблон:Sfn
He died on August 23, 1847,Шаблон:Sfn in Dearborn,Шаблон:Sfn and is buried in Woodmere Cemetery in Detroit.Шаблон:Sfn
Family
Ten Eyck married Sarah KramerШаблон:Sfn and they had seven children: William, Charles B., Catherine, Mrs. Jane Fisher, Mrs. Maria Schloss, Mrs. Sarah Tompkins, and Mrs. Helen Roberts.Шаблон:Sfn
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