History of Ingham and Eaton counties, Michigan, Part 121

Author: Durant, Samuel W. cn
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Philadelphia : D.W. Ensign & Co.
Number of Pages: 772

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MRS. N. T. TAYLOR.

having died in February 1871. N. T. Taylor remained on the homestead, purchasing the interest of the other heirs. He had begun when nineteen years of age working out by the month ; this he continued two years. Return- ing home he bought ont his brother's interest, as stated. Dec. 31, 1867, he married Clara, daughter of Calvin and Eleanor Halc. They were carly settlers in Michigan, Clara having been born here June 3, 1843.

Mr. and Mrs. N. T. Taylor are the parents of three chil- dren, viz. : Frank P., born Dec. 16, 1869; Edith J., born Dec. 28, 1874; and Charles C., born Aug. 8, 1878. Mr. Taylor's farm contains one hundred and twenty-five acres, of which ninety acres are under a good state of cultivation. When his parents first settled, their means were very limited, living in the first small shanty for a

RESIDENCE OF NATHANIEL T. TAYLOR , HAMLIN, EATON CO. MICH.

RESIDENCE OF DAVID B. HALE, HAMLIN, EATON Co., MICH.

MRS CALVIN HALE

CALVIN HALE.

RESIDENCE OF CALVIN HALE HAMLIN TP. EATON CO. MICH.

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number of years, while the advantages of schools were very meagre, and hard work, with little recreation, the unvary- ing monotony of the first few years of their pioncer life. Mr. Taylor follows principally what is termed mixed farm- ing, having no specialty, though taking considerable pride in his sheep, a fine flock of which he always keeps.

In politics he is a Republican.

DAVID B. HALE.

Like many others in the township of Hanılin, Mr. Hale is a native of the Green Mountain State, born in Wind- sor township, Windsor Co., Feb. 14, 1820. He was the fifth in a family of five sons and four daughters. His father, Samuel Hale, was also a native of Vermont, and with the exception of four years always lived on the farm where he was born, in 1782. His death occurred in 1876. The grandfather of David B. was a native of Mas- sachusetts, the family tracing their ancestry back to three brothers who emigrated from England, two of whom settled in Massachusetts and one in Connecticut. David's mother, Hepsy Chapin, was also a Vermonter, though her father was born in Massachusetts, and the family is of Welsh descent. His parents were married about 1808, and lived together for sixty-six years, Mrs. Hale's death occurring in 1874.

David remained at home until the age of twenty, attend- ing school winters and working on the farm summers. He then commenced teaching school winters. After leaving home he attended the academy at Manlius, N. Y., one term, after which he continued teaching winters and working by the month summers, up to 1848, when, on the 30th of April, he married Miss Sarah C. Coleman, of Perry, N. Y., she being a native of that State, born in Yates Co., April 25, 1820. Her father, John Coleman, was a native of Pennsylvania, and her mother, Julia Coleman, of New York; both born in 1796, both died in the latter State; her father in 1877 and her mother in 1880. They were the parents of five children, Mrs. Hale being the second.

After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Hale came to Michi- gan, Mr. Hale having been here in the spring of 1844 and purchased eighty acres of wild land on section 11, in what is now Hamlin township, then Tyler. They remained on this until 1852, when he sold and bought their present home of one hundred and sixty acres, which was then also wild land. To this he has added until the home-farm con- tains two hundred and five acres, of which about one hun- dred and sixty are improved. They have been the parents of four children, but only two are living, one son and one daughter, two sons having died. The daughter is living at home, the son attending the Agricultural College at Lansing.

Mr. Hale is a staunch Republican, though previous to the formation of that party was a Whig. He has been prominently identified with his township; has represented it as supervisor some six years ; was township treasurer two years ; and in 1875 represented his district in the State Legislature. He is at present chairman of the Board of

Control of the State Reform School at Lansing, and County Superintendent of the Poor, and is president of the Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company for the counties of Barry and Eaton. IIe was a delegate to the convention held at llastings, in September, to nominate State senator for the Fifteenth District, and, though far from being an office- seeker, is always in some form prominently before the people of his town and district. Ile is prominently associated with the cause of temperance, giving liberally of time and means to its advancement.

Mr. and Mrs. Hale are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he is an earnest worker, and always acting in some official capacity. He is at present one of the trustees, and chairman of the building commit- tee, the society being at the present time engaged in the erection of a fine church edifice, to which Mr. Hale has liberally contributed.

CALVIN HALE.

Calvin Hale was born in Berkshire, Vt., Dec. 15, 1812, and was the second in a family of nine children. When he was but two years of age his people removed to Wind- sor, Vt., where his father purchased and settled upon a farm. The young man grew up as a farmer, and at the age of twenty-one left home to " seck his fortune." Ile found employment at customary monthly wages in Orleans Co., N. Y., for nearly two years, returning one winter to Vermont. In September, 1836, he turned his face west- ward, and in due time arrived in Michigan. Proceeding to Kalamazoo County, he worked "by the mouth" for two years, and on the 3d of January, 1839, was married to Miss Eleanor Ilale, daughter of David and Deborah Hale, and removed to what is now Hamlin township, Eaton Co., settling upon land he had purchased in the fall of 1836, on section 11 (one hundred and twenty acres). His wife was the eleventh in a family of twelve children. Her parents were natives of the State of Vermont, but early removed to Orleans Co., N. Y., in which the daughter was born March 16, 1816. Her people settled in Kalamazoo Co., Mich., in the fall of 1835, and her parents both died at Galesburg, her mother in 1853, and her father in 1859.

The land Mr. Hale had purchased in Hamlin was en- tirely unimproved, although he was not the person who entered it, and it was covered with a dense growth of heavy timber. He cleared and improved about seventy acres, re- maining on the place until 1859, when he sold it, having in the mean time added (in 1848) forty acres to his origi- nal purchase of one hundred and twenty acres. His pres- ent farm contains two hundred and nineteen acres, of which one hundred and seventy acres are improved. Nine chil- dren were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hale, and six are yet living. They were Elvira O., born Oct. 3, 1839, died in August, 1846 ; Huldah M., born June 16, 1841, now Mrs. Burkhead, residing at Traverse City, Mich .; Clara, born June 1, 1843, now Mrs. Taylor, of Hamlin township ; Samuel, born Feb. 22, 1845, now living in Missouri ; Elida, born March 18, 1847, now Mrs. Harris, living in

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California ; Sarah E., born April 25, 1849, died June 19, 1874 ; Sylvanus C., born March 15, 1851, resides at home ; John C., born Jan. 15, 1854, died Feb. 9, 1877 ; Lillie R . born Oct. 26, 1856. In politics Mr. Hale has been successively a Whig and a Republican. He has never been an office-seeker. Religiously, his views are liberal. His wife is a member of the Congregational Church. His early educational advantages were limited to the common schools. He has followed the avocation of a farmer, and with what success may be seen by a glance at the smiling fields and excellent improvements around him. He is a thoroughly practical farmer. He is strongly opposed to all secret organizations, and is fearless in the advocacy of his principles.

David B Bradfordg fr

David B. Bradford, whose portrait appears herewith, was born in Middlesex Co., Conn., Dec. 15, 1800, and snb- sequently removed with his parents to the State of New York. His time was mostly spent at home until he became of age. Aug. 1, 1824, he was married to Lida Hall. Engaging in farming until 1836, he came in the latter year to Michigan, and purchased land in the township of Ilam- lin, Eaton Co., and moved upon it with his family, consist- ing of wife and six children, in the spring of 1837. He constructed a bark " shanty," in which the family was quar- tered while he was preparing a log house for their occu- pation. Mrs. Bradford dicd Nov. 12, 1844, and Mr. Bradford conducted his household affairs, with the aid of his children, until Jan. 29, 1850, when he married Eliza- beth Crocker. Ile was a second time left a widower, with a large family of children, March 10, 1864, and on the 1st of December, in the same year, he was married to Mrs.

Missouri Austin, who is still living. Mr. Bradford first moved to Michigan with ox-teams, and was six weeks making the journey. He was the father of fourteen chil- dren, ten of whom are now living. Ile was a member of the Congregational Church, and arr earnest seeker after the welfare of his fellow-men. In the days of the early settlements he kept a school evenings at his own house for the benefit of the children living near,-this when sehool- houses in his Joeality had been scarcely thought of. He was a noted worker in the Sabbath-school cause, and during a large portion of his life held the position of Sunday- school superintendent. Politically, he was a Democrat. His death occurred July 5, 1880.

C. M. JENNINGS.

Mr. Jennings was born in Orleans Co., N. Y., April 21, 1837, and was the youngest in a family of three children, having a sister and a half-brother. His father, Charles Jennings, who was a native of Orange Co., N. Y., was born Aug. 6, 1809, and his mother, Eveline (Kent) Jennings, in December, 1812, also in the State of New York. Their marriage occurred in 1834. Charles Jennings spent his youth and early manhood in the manner with which most " farmer-boys" of the period were acquainted, and at the age of twenty-two years commenced the manufacture of boots and shoes. He continued at that business until April, 1844, when he removed to Michigan and settled in the township of Hamlin, Ingham Co., where he yet resides.

C. M. Jennings applied his energies on the homestead until he was twenty-one years of age, attending school one year in the State of New York. July 4, 1861, he married Lucy M. Turney, who was born in Hamlin township, Eaton Co., Mich., Jan. 3, 1840, and was the first in a family of four children. Iler father, Ira Turney, was born in Greene Co., N. Y., May 12, 1809, and her mother, Antha (Osborn) Turney, in the same county, March 8, 1812. They re- moved to Michigan in 1836, and were among the earliest settlers in what is now the township of Hamlin, locating the land upon which their son-in-law, Mr. Jennings, now resides. Mr. Turney is yet living. To Mr. and Mrs. Jennings have been born the following children : Ira C., July 19, 1864; Herbert K., March 31, 1867 ; Antha E., July 22, 1868. Mr. Jennings is a Republican in politics, and has been honored repeatedly by election to town-offices. He is at present (1880) serving his sixth term as supervisor of Hamlin township, and was elected judge of Probate Nov. 2, 1880, by a large majority, leading the county Re- publican ticket.

DANIEL II. BATEMAN.

The gentleman above named is a native of the town of Trenton, Oneida Co., N. Y., where his birth occurred Oct. 15, 1808. ITis father, Boaz Bateman, was born in Windham, Conn., Aug. 7, 1768, and his mother in the same State, Dec. 24, 1780. Mr. Bateman's time was

RESIDENCE OF C. MARION JENNINGS, HAMLIN, EATON CO., MICH.

MRS. I. M. ALLYN,

I. M. ALLYN,

MRS.I. M.ALLYN, DECD.

RESIDENCE OF ISRAEL M. ALLYN .

HAMLIN. EATON CO., MICH.

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DANIEL H. BATEMAN.

principally employed at home until he became of age. July 19, 1838, he was married to Rebecca Ann Train, who was born in Genesee Co., N. Y., June 7, 1818. Three years previous to his marriage, Mr. Bateman had visited Michigan and purchased land, upon which he built a house and settled in September, 1838, two months after " taking unto himself a wife," and has resided there ever since. Nine children blessed this union, as follows : Ruth Ann, born July 23, 1839; Emily M., born May 29, 1841 ; Sarah J., born Jan. 17, 1843; Norman P., born April 5, 1845 ; Daniel A., born Dec. 14, 1847, died Sept. 12, 1865; Harriet A., born March 22, 1850; Clara F., born June 17, 1852; Leonard T., born Aug. 18, 1854; Rebecca Ann, born Oct. 18, 1856. On the latter date the death of Mrs. Bateman occurred, and on the 9th of March, 1864, Mr. Bateman was married to Mrs. Alice Ann Van Valkenburgh, widow of Peter Van Valkenburgh. She was the mother of three children by her first marriage, and after her union with Mr. Bateman bore him one son, William S., his birth occurring April 5, 1865. Mr.

Bateman's early advantages for obtaining an education were very meagre, labor on the farm taking his attention, except for a short time during the winters, and schools were not then up to the present excellent standard. He brought his family from Ohio with the aid of ox-teams. Politically, he is a Republican, and has held various township offices. Mr. and Mrs. Bateman are members of the Methodist Church.

ISRAEL M. ALLYN.

This gentleman was born in Connecticut, June 20, 1818, being the second in a family of seven children. Ilis parents were also natives of the State named. When Mr. Allyn was but a year old his parents removed to Ohio, and he remained on his father's farm until he became of age. In 1836 the elder Allyn purchased a large amount of land in Michigan and divided it among his children, never re- moving to this State himself.

Oct. 4, 1840, I. M. Allyn was married to Miss Hannah C. Mathers, and in the month of November following re- moved with his bride to the wilds of Central Michigan. During the succeeding winter his wife taught school, and he built a house and made a clearing on his farm. His entire stock of cash, upon arriving in the State, was two dollars and fifty cents. In the spring of 1841 the new house was occupied. The wife who had braved the trials of a life in the wilderness lived but ten years, and left the home-hearth desolate. In April, 1856, Mr. Allyn was mar- ried to Caroline Ludlow, widow of William Ludlow, and by her became the father of three children, viz. : George J., born March 16, 1857; Austin C., born Sept. 27, 1858; Lucy A., born May 31, 1860. On the 3d of March, 1863, Mr. Allyn was a second time widowed. July 26th, following, he married Elmira R. Nichols, who was born in Jackson Co., Mich., Jan. 26, 1843. Her father, Erastus Nichols, had settled in Jackson County in 1836.

Mr. Allyn is a Republican in politics, a thoroughly public- spirited man, and a successful and prosperous farmer.

KALAMO.

NATURAL FEATURES.

GEOGRAPHY, TOPOGRAPHY, ETC.

THE township of Kalamo, including congressional town- ship number 2 north, in range number 6 west, of the prin- cipal meridian of Michigan, occupies a location on the western border of Eaton County, being bounded north, east, and south, respectively, by the townships of Vermontville, Carmel, and Bellevue, and west by Barry County. Its boundary-lines were surveyed in 1825 and 1826 by John Mullett, and its subdivisions in 1826 by Musgrove Evans.

The northern and eastern portions of the township are

high and rolling, approaching in places to the dignity of hills, especially in the northeast corner, where the surface is quite broken and the hills are of considerable magni- tude. In the central and southern portions are quite extensive plains, and nearly everywhere are excellent im- provements. The township of Kalamo may be classed among the best in the county for agricultural purposes. Kalamo village is located a short distance south of the centre of the township, and Carlisle, formerly known as Hyde's Mills, in the castern part, on a branch of the Thornapple River, which is the outlet of a lake-or mill-pond-known as Hyde's Lake, or Lacey's Lake.

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LAND ENTRIES.

The following is a list of land entries in town 2 north, range 6 west, now constituting the township of Kalamo, as shown on the traet-book for the county of Eaton :

Section 1 .- 1835, N. & HI. Weed; 1836, Alexander B. Law.

Section 2 .- 1836, A. B. Law, Willinm G. Ilenry.

Section 3 .- 1836, John M. Gordon, A. Warner; 1837, J. Tillotson. Nection 4 .- 1836, H. Butler, J. M. Gordon ; 1852, HI. I. Lawrence.

Section 5 .- 1835, N. & II. Weed ; 1836, C. T. Moffit, H. H. Hooker ; 1837, C. T. Moffit ; 1849, 11. Ilalstead.

Section 6 .-- 1835, T. R. Smith; 1836, J. A. Thomas, R. Griswold, D. Love, N. Willis, S. H. Preston ; 1837, N. Willis.

Section 7 .- 1835, J. D. Pierce, B. F. Cleveland, S. D. Webster, O. Dickenson, J. C. Dickenson, D. Ilerron.

Section 8 .- 1835, N. & H. Weed ; 1836, C. Robinson, P. Chisholm, T. J. Willis, N. Willis.

Section 9 .- 1835, N. & H. Weed; 1836, I]. Butler, C. T. Moffit; 1837, C. T. Moffit, E. J. Pennimno ; 1852, II. ]. Lawrence.

Section 10 .- 1837, C. T. Mofit, D. J. Penniman, J. Miller, A. Seid- more.

Section 11 .- 1837, B. M. Sheldon, J. Van Vliet; 1840, W. Grant; 1848, C. B. Wood; 1849, Jackson Larriway ; 1851, H. Williams; 1852, H. I. Lawrence.

Section 12 .- 1837, E. J. Penniman, L. G. Berry, B. M. Sheldon, J. Dean.

Section 13 .- 1836, Russell Hubbard; 1837, E. J. Penniman, E. F. Stebbins, C. Latham, J. Briggs.

Section 14 .- 1837, J. Sims, N. T. Tucker, E. J. Tucker, B. M. Shel- don, R. Burley, Z. Scidmure.

Section 15 .- 1836, H. Butler ; 1837, I. Herring, R. Gridley, J. Allen, D. Larzalear, R. Thomas.

Section 16 .- 1846-53-54, J. Gridley ; 1851, S. Herring; 1853, M. Kercheval, A. D. Shaw : 1854, George Graham, E. E. Ellis, J. Donaldson, A. D. Shaw, J. Fishburn, J. Pipper, C. Shuter.

Section 17 .- 1835, Thomas R. Smith ; 1836, II. Butler, T. J. Willis; 1837, E. Bradley, D. Lillie ; 1850, Francis Krusen.

Section 18 .- 1836, George Macomber; 1848, M. Brundige; 1851, Jobn Ackerly ; 1854, W. H. Davis; 1858, Ilenry Chaplin.

Section 19 .- 1837, J. McDerby, S. McDerby, J. Davis, P. G. Brooks; 1851, James Buck ; 1854, Charles Toms, M. A. Mather, S. Brooks, George Wilson.

Section 20 .- 1836, H. Butler, A. W. Rogers; 1837, C. Woodbury, E. G. Mapes ; 1839, II. Boorns; 1851, F. Krusen.

Section 21 .- 1836, 11. Butler, A. W. Rogers, T. W. Ilall, S. S. Church; 1837, W. II. Brown.

Section 22 .- 1837, J. Allen, C. T. Moffit, 11. D. Brown, L. Gridley, M. J. Bagg nud II. l'owell.

Section 23 .- 1836, A. Warner; 1837, T. T. Stebbins; 1838, G. Sisson ; IS53, J. L. Pixley.

Section 24 .- 1836, 11. S. Grinnell, J. E. Keen; 1837, E. J. Penniman, T. T. Stebbins, A. Grover.

Section 25 .- 1837, E. J. l'enniman, T. T. Stebbins, C. Harkins; 1839, C. T. Moffit; 1851-58, R. T. Stevens; 1865, David Crowell.

Section 26 .- 1836, J. W. Ilicks, J. Brown, F. Brown ; 1837, L. Steb- bing.

Section 27 .- 1836, J. Brown, C. P. Dihule; 1837, J. Perry, P. Mitchell, W. B. Morgan.

Section 28 .- 1836, Horace Butler; 1837, W. Tillotson, J. F. Ovenshire; 1851, C. Brace; 1855, Frederick Ilall.

Section 29 .- 1835, N. and Il. Weed; 1836, Horace Butler, R. Fitz- gerall; 1837, D. Clark, G. Wilson; 1838, 11. Bowen ; 1845, A. S. Roberts.

Section 30 .- 1836, J. Chamberlain, J. Wright; 1837, G. Wilson ; 1849, Samuel Jonca.

Section 31 .- 1856, E. II. Evans, S. l'eso; 1842, Il. Brace; 18-18, J. Mapes ; 1849, James E. Mapes ; 1854, T. D. Green, J. L. Roberts, William Spire; 1858, Benjamin Evans.

Section 32 .- 1835, Y. and II. Weed, Daniel B. Bowen ; 1836, Il. Bowen, Isaac Gibbs, D. Bowen ; 1837, W. Foster.

Section 33 .- 1836, Il. Butler; 1851, W. Green ; 1852, II. I. Lawrence, S. F. Richardson; 1858, Silas B. Church; 1859, George W. Bowen; 1864, George Wilson; 1866, Edward M. Kingsbury.

Section 31 .- 1836, P. P. Kellogg, II. Cotton; 1837, W. Tillotson, C.

Ovenshire, J. Ovenshire; 1838, H. Bowen ; 1852, Joseph Stoddard ; 1856, Daniel Townsend.

Section 35 .- 1836, P. S. Spaulding. M. Leach, T. Scott, P. P. Kellogg, Z. Suydam ; 1837, A. Brooks, S. Kirkbnm.

Section 36 .- 1836, A. Sessions, A. Brooks, A. Slevens; 1837, P. B. Caleb; 1856, George A. Eades.

The list of purchasers in this township is in some re- speets but a counterpart of that in others, for it ineludes many " speculators," who found little favor among actual settlers, who believed in improving the lands and living upon their produets, rather than obtaining a title to them merely for purposes of gain. The "speculator" was not to be envied of his reputation.

EARLY SETTLEMENT.

The following items are from a short sketch of the history of Kalamo township, read by Jonathan Dean, Jr., at the annual meeting of the County Pioneer Society, at Charlotte, June 9, 1880 :

"The first land was located in November, 1835, on the southeast quarter of section 1, by N. & H. Weed. Previous to this Martin Leach# settled upon the west half of the northeast quarter of sce- tion 35.

"The first frame house was built by Charles Moffat, and P. S. Spaulding, now a resident of Charlotte, erected the first barn.

"The first couple married were Marvin Bailey and Jane Butler, Sylvanus Ilunsiker officiating. Louisa Spaulding, daughter of P. S. Spaulding, was the first child born in Kalamo, her birth occurring March 2, 1839.

"The death of Edgar Spaulding, Jan. 9, 1837, was the first in the town. lle was buried at Bellevue, Henry Harris officiating.t

" The first religious meeting was held at Aaron Brooks'. First church built nt Kalamo village in 1865. First school-house built at Carlisle, William Fuller tenching the first school.

" Alexander Merritt was the first postmaster. First mail-carrier, Oscar Spaulding; route, from Bellevue to Odessa. First physician, John Hall ; first merchant, Frank Fitch ; first blacksmith, Archibald Scott; first mill built at Carlisle by Charles Muffat ; first sheep brought into the town by Jonathan Dean, but their stay in Kalamo was of short duration, for in less than three days they were devoured by the wolves.

" In 1841, Samuel Herring opened the first hotel at Kalamo Centre, and Cornelius Van Houghton was the first traveler he entertained, llis second guest was an Irishman, who was attracted thither by the noise of some cow-bells."

The first families who came into the township disagree slightly as to which was first in the matter of settlement.

Phineas S. Spaulding removed from Chemung Co., N. Y., to Michigan, in May, 1835, and located at Albion, Cal- houn Co. In September, 1836, he purchased land in Kal- amo, and upon it built probably the first log cabin in the township. In the month of November following he moved in with his family by way of Bellevue. While he was absent after the family, the cabin was oceupied a short time by Martin Leach,-who had purchased on the same section (35),-while building a cabin for himself. Mr. Leach is thought to have been, therefore, the first actual settler in the township. He is now living in the town of Walton.

When Mr. Spaulding arrived with his family he found his cabin occupied by Aaron Brooks and the latter's hired

* From statements elsewhore it will be found that one or two of Mr. Dean's assertions are slightly erroneous, although he had them, doubtless, from the lips of old settlers.

t This date was furnished by P. S. Spaulding, of Charlotte.

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man. Brooks, who is now deceased, had located a farm on the southwest quarter of seetion 36, adjoining that of Mr. Spaulding, who was on the southeast quarter of 35. Mr. Spaulding was one of the board of county commissioners in 1839, and has held numerous other important positions. He is now a resident of Charlotte.

Daniel B. Bowen, from Shelby, Orleans Co., N. Y., was married in September, 1836, and in less than three weeks afterwards started for Michigan, arriving in November on the place he now occupies in Kalamo. His brother, Hiram Bowen, eame at the same time, with his wife and four chil- dren, the oldest being but six years of age. He had been out previously and purchased land, and before bringing in their families the two brothers were in town about a week, building their shanties. The next day after their arrival Daniel B. Bowen planted some apple-seeds in a sap-trough, and from them raised a fine orchard, his trecs bearing well in six years. These were the first apple-trees raised in the township. Peach-trees were grown about the same time. Mr. Bowen furnished accommodations for numerous land- hunters and people going to Vermontville, and his house was well known among the travelers of that day. Ile is now the oldest settler remaining in the township, and has been one of its most prominent citizens. The families of Messrs. Bowen and Spaulding arrived in the township at very nearly the same time, coming by way of Bellevue, not more than one day's time elapsing between their arri- vals, and it is hardly certain which came first, although that matter is of little consequence.

Harvey Wilson, from Orleans Co., N. Y., and for some time a resident of Oakland Co., Mich., married a sister of Mrs. Daniel B. Bowen, and in 1838 removed to Kalamo. He purchased land a mile and a quarter north of Mr. Bowen, and lived in the house with the latter while build- ing for himself. His brother, Peter Wilson, eame later.

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History of Ingham and Eaton counties, Michigan, Part 121

Author: Durant, Samuel W. cn Publication date: 1880 Publisher: Philadelphia : D.W. Ensign & Co. Number of Pages: 772

Author: Durant, Samuel W. cn
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Philadelphia : D.W. Ensign & Co.
Number of Pages: 772