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Macomb, Alexander

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1) Marie Catherine Navarre, m. 7/18/1803, 2) Harriet Balch

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Postcard - Macomb Statue, Washington Park, Detroit, Mich.

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Postcard - Macomb Monument, Detroit, Mich.

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Macomb, Alexander

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