On 27 Feb 1851 when Harriet was 16, she first married Arad W. Williams (65725) , son of William R. Williams (ca 1798-bef 1881) & Harriet Monroe (61752) (24 Apr 1803-25 Apr 1881), in Bennington Township, Shiawassee County, Michigan. Born on 12 May 1827 in Ohio. Arad W. died in Owosso, Shiawassee County, Michigan, on 28 Aug 1904; he was 77. Buried on 31 Aug 1904 in Alton Cemetery, Bennington Township. Occupation: Carpenter.

1850 Federal Census. Bennington Twp., Shiawassee County, Michigan
Roll 363, page 64B
    Arad Williams, 25, farmer, b. unknown
Arad was living with the family of Ezekiel and Barbara Cook.

1860 Federal Census. Bennington Twp., Shiawassee County, Michigan
Roll 560, page 855
Post Office Bennington
    Arad Williams, 37, farmer, $400 real estate, $110 personal estate, b. Ohio
    Harriet Williams, 26, b. New York
    Lavina Williams, 7, b. Michigan
    George R. Williams, 6, b. Michigan
    Mary E. Williams, 4, b. Michigan
    William Williams, 2, b. Michigan

1870 Federal Census. Bennington Twp., Shiawassee County, Michigan
Roll 704, page 233B
Post Office Owasso
    Arad Williams, 43, farmer, $1500 in real estate, $483 in personal estate, b. Ohio
    Harriet Williams, 26, keeping house, b. New York
    Lovina Williams, 17, at home, b. MI
    George Williams, 16, on farm, b. MI
    Mary Williams, 14, at home, b. MI
    William Williams, 13, at home, b. MI
    Jane Williams, 5, b. MI
Arad’s parents and brother Perry are listed nearby.

1875 Shiawassee County Atlas
A. Williams owned 30 acres in section 19 of Burns Township with a house indicated on the map. That land is on the east side of Vernon Road, 1/4 mile north of Beard Road.
A.W. Williams owned 40 acres in section 21 of Bennington Township with a house indicated on the map. That land is located on the south side of W. Brewer Road, 1/4 mile east of S. Ruess Road. There’s one farmhouse there now with cultivated farmland.

1880 Federal Census. Bennington Twp., Shiawassee County, Michigan
Roll 606, page 317D
    A. W. Williams, 53, farmer, b. OH, parents b. OH
    Harriet Williams, 45, wife, keeping house, b. OH, parents b. OH
    Jane Williams, 15, daughter, at home, b. MI, parents b. OH
    Joseph Runnels, 35, hired man, farm labor, b. MI, father b. Seittoma[?], mother b. NY
Next door is son George’s family.

1882
Mr. Arad Williams is very low with typhoid fever.
Owosso Times, BENNINGTON. (Owosso, Michigan) 18 August 1882. Vol. 1, Page 2.

1900 Federal Census. Bennington Twp., Shiawassee County, Michigan
Roll 743, pages 4A-B
    Arad N. Williams, head, b. May 1827, 73, m. 49 years, b. OH, father b. OH, mother b. NY, farmer
    Harriett Williams, wife, b. Aug 1834, 65, m. 49 years, 5 children, 4 living, b. NY, parents b. NY

Certificate of Death State of Michigan Department of State-Division of Vital Statistics. City of Owosso, Shiawassee County, Registrations No. 65, Stamped 502.
Arad Williams died 28 August 1904 of chronic bronchial pneumonia and valvular heart disease. He was born in New York 12 May 1827 and died age 77 years 3 months and 16 days of age. He was first married at age 24 and was the father of five children, four of whom are still living. He was a carpenter and his father was Wm Williams and his mother Harriet Monroe. Both were born in New York. He was buried in Alton Cemetery 31 May 1904.

Aug. 30, 1904, Owosso Paper
WILLIAMS, A. W.
A. W. Williams, aged 78 years, died Sunday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Oscar Shadbelt, Pine street. He was a pioneer of Shiawassee county, and for half a century had lived in and near Owosso. The funeral was held today; interment in Alton cemetery the Grand River road.
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mi/county/shiawassee/altobits.html

1904
Southwest Bennington
    . . . Mr. Arad Williams formerly of this place died in Owosso at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Oscar Shadbolt, Sunday morning and was brought here at Alton Cemetery for burial Tuesday.
Owosso Times (Owosso, Michigan) 2 September 1904. Friday. Page 8.

1904
LOCAL NEWS
… Arad Williams died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Oscar Shadbolt, 627 Pine street, Sunday, of bronchial pneumonia. He was an old resident of the city, and leaves a large family.
Owosso Times (Owosso, Michigan) 2 September 1904. Friday. Page 5.

On 28 Nov 1905 when Harriet was 71, she second married Hiram Herrick, son of John Herrick (ca 1811-2 May 1876) & Martha Hutchings (28 Apr 1816-14 Aug 1890), in Owosso, Shiawassee County, Michigan. Born on 13 Feb 1839 in Michigan. Hiram died in Shiawassee Township, Shiawassee County, Michigan, on 25 Apr 1910; he was 71. Buried in Freemont Cemetery.

Hiram first married Lucy A. Williams, second Harriet (Monroe) Williams, Lucy’s sister-in-law.

1850 Federal Census. Shiawassee, Shiawassee County, Michigan.
Roll 363, page 31A
    John Herrick, 39, carpenter, $1000 real estate, b. NY
    Martha Herrick, 35, b. NY
    William Herrick, 15, farmer, b. NY
    John Herrick, 12, b. MI
    Hiram Herrick, 11, b. MI
    Aaron Herrick, 9, b. MI
    Henry Herrick, 8, b. MI
    Daniel Herrick, 6, b. MI
    Franklin Herrick, 1, b. MI

1860 Federal Census. Shiawassee, Shiawassee County, Michigan.
Roll 560, page 828
Post Office Shiawassee Town
    John Herrick, 59, farmer, $4000 real estate, b. NY
    Martha Herrick, 50, b. NY
    Hiram Herrick, 21, farm labor, b. NY
    Aaron Herrick, 18, farmer, b. MI
    Henry Herrick, 16, b. MI
    Daniel Herrick, 14, b. MI
    Franklin Herrick, 12, b. MI
    Jane Herrick, 7, b. MI
    Elizabeth Herrick, 5, b. MI
    Sarah Herrick, 2, b. MI

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registrations, 1863-1865. NM-65, entry 172, 620 volumes. Records of the Provost Marshal General’s Bureau (Civil War), Record Group 110. National Archives, Washington D.C.National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865). Dated 31 July 1863; Sixth Michigan Congressional District.
Hiram is a farmer, age 24, single, a farmer and was born in Michigan.

1870 Federal Census. Shiawassee, Shiawassee County, Michigan.
Roll 704, page 426B
Post Office North Newburg
    Hiram Herrick, 33, farmer, $800 real estate, $300 personal estate, b. MI
    Lucy A. Herrick, 33, keeping house, b. OH
    Eva Jane Herrick, 8, b. MI
    Emma B. Herrick, 4, b MI

1880 Federal Census. Bancroft, Shiawassee County, Michigan
Roll 606, page 528B
    Hiram Herrick, 41, husband, farmer, b. MI, parents b. NY
    Lucy A. Herrick, 42, wife, house keeper, rhumatism, b. MI, father b. MA, mother b. CT
    Iva Jane Herrick, 17, daughter, attends school, b. MI, , parents b. NY
    Emma B. Herrick, 13, daughter, attends school, b. ditto
    Carrie M. Herrick, 3, daughter, b. ditto
    Walter Bartlette, 15, servant, servant, b. IA, parents b. NY
It doesn’t make sense that the parents of the three daughters are both born in NY.

1900 Federal Census. Shiawassee, Shiawassee County, Michigan.
Roll 744, page 13B
    Hiram Herrick, head, b. Feb 1839, 61, widower, b. MI, parents b. NY, farmer
    Blanche Herrick, daughter, b. May 1882, 18, single, b. MI, father b. MI, mother b. OH

1910 Federal Census. Shiawassee, Shiawassee County, Michigan.
Roll T624_675, page 12B
    Hiram Herrick, head, 71, m2. 4 years, b. MI, parents b. NY, farmer
    Harriet Herrick, wife, 75, m2. 4 years, b. MI, parents b. NY
The family lives next to the family of Aaron and Jennie Herrick.

Death: State of Michigan, Department of State, Division of Vital Statistics, Transcript of Certificate of Death, Local Register. Shiawassee Township, Shiawassee County. Register #5. Hiram Herrick died 25 April 1910 of mitral insufficiency. A farmer, he was born 13 February 1839 in Michigan. He was married, was the father of four with all four still living, and was first married when he was 24. His father was John Herrick and his mother was Martha Hutchings. Both were born in New York. David Herrick of Bancroft was the informant. He was buried 28 April 1910 in Fremont Cemetery.

1910 Obituary
Lived in County Seventy-Three Years
    Bancroft, April 26. — Hiram Herrick, one of the old and very highly respected citizens of the county, died at his home about a mile west of Bancroft, Monday morning, at nine o’clock, aged 73 years. Mr. Herrick had been suffering from Bright’s disease for about a year, but had been much worse for the past few months. the deceased was born about a mile from where he died, and had always lived in the vicinity of Bancroft. He was of a quiet, retiring disposition, but was held in the highest esteem by a large circle of friends, who knew him as a man of integrity and honesty.
    Mr. Herrick’s first wife died about eleven years ago. Four years ago last November he was married to Mr.s Harriet Williams, of Owosso, who survives him. Besides the widow, four daughters by his first marriage also survive. They are: Mrs. Ivah Chandler, Mrs. Emma Bryant, Mrs. Carrie Tiffin, of Detroit, and Mrs. Blanche Turner, of Anchorville.
    The funeral was held from the house Thursday afternoon at two o’clock. Interment in the Fremont cemetery. Mrs. Herrick is the mother of Mrs. O. A. Shadbolt, of this city.
Owosso Times (Owosso, Michigan) 29 April 1910. Friday. Page 1.