Fred Todd (1893 - 1975)

Frederick Todd was the eighth child and third son of Stephen and Caroline Todd.  He married Verda Lucille Harris, daughter of Walter and Jessie A. Harper Harris of Glenham and Mobridge, South Dakota.  They lived on the Todd farm in Sheridan Township from 1928 - 1943 until it burned down.  They later moved to Morton Township, Mecosta County, Michigan in 1943 - 1944.  Fred farmed until 1947 and then went to work at Grandee Brick Company in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  He retired in 1959.  To this union 16 children were born:  Dorothy, Lucille, Bernice, Fredrick (Tom), Jack, a baby boy died shortly after birth, Marvin, Robert, Connie, twins James and Gerald, Walter, Francis, Kenneth, Loren and Gary.  Fred Senior died December 30, 1975.