Edward H. Mulford
- Born: 2 Jun 1794
- Died: 1878 at age 84
General Notes:
Evanston Township, Illinois.
www.illtrails.org/cook/evanston.htmThe government then parceled out plots of land to pioneer settlers who were moving from the East. The first permanent settler of Grosse Pointe was Major Edward H. Mulford, a jewelry dealer from New York. In 1836, Mulford bought 160 acres and improved the land with the Ten-Mile House, a house and tavern which held the territory's first post office and the first court of Cook County.
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