Robert Simmerwell

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Other Names: None

Assumed Gender: Male

Birth Date: Unknown

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Death Date: Unknown

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Notes: Blacksmith who repaired guns for Indians; hosted meeting between Indian chiefs and Elijah Coffin, Jonathan Baldwin, and William Coffin at his house in 1861. Probably connected to the Baptist mission at Carey in Michigan Territory in the late 1820s.

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