John Kauffman / John Kauffman House

John Kauffman / John Kauffman House (HM29TE)

Location: Presque Isle, MI 49777 Presque Isle County
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N 45° 18.252', W 83° 28.615'

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side 1: John Kauffman
In 1858, German immigrant John C. Kauffman (1833-1913) left Buffalo bound for Chicago aboard a ship that later ran aground near Bell Bay. John walked ashore and made his way to Burnham's Landing at Presque Isle Harbor, where he found work cutting firewood for lake steamships. In 1861, John married Elizabeth Woodruff. During the Civil War, he served in the 13th Independent Battery, Michigan Light Artillery. His unit was with the 13th New York Cavalry during the search for President Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. It helped capture one of Booth's accomplices. Kauffman returned to Presque Isle after the war. There he served forty years as township supervisor. He was postmaster for the last fifteen years of his life.

side 2: John Kauffman House
John and Elizabeth Kauffman applied for a 149-acre homestead in Presque Isle Township in 1862. He built a log cabin near Grand Lake, but drifting snow off the lake forced him to move it in 1876. John marked each log to make reassembly easier. Using a team of oxen, he and his family skidded the hand-hewn logs up the hill to this site and rebuilt the cabin. Nearby Grand Lake made the cabin a popular tourist stop in the summer. Visitors remembered John sitting on the porch in his military uniform every Fourth of



July, telling stories of his service. After John died, his family loaned, and then deeded, the cabin to the Grand Lake Association. The building has served as a community center, recreation facility and gift shop.
Michigan Historical Commission - Michigan Historical Center
Registered Local Site No. 1890, 2014
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HM NumberHM29TE
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Year Placed2014
Placed ByMichigan Historical Commission - Michigan Historical Center
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Date Added Friday, July 27th, 2018 at 10:02am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)17T E 305817 N 5019728
Decimal Degrees45.30420000, -83.47691667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 45° 18.252', W 83° 28.615'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds45° 18' 15.12" N, 83° 28' 36.9" W
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Area Code(s)989
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling North
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 8055 E Grand Lake Rd, Presque Isle MI 49777, US
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