History of Ingham and Eaton counties, Michigan, Part 128

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

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" Voted, That there should be four justices of the peace elected and classed according to law. Secondly, it was

" Voted, That there shall be two assessors elected to act with the supervisor.

"3d, That there be two constables elected for said township. The moderator then declared the polls open for the reception of votes."*

Thirteen votes were east for supervisor, and the following offieers were elected, viz. : Supervisor, John Nead ; Town Clerk, George W. Andrews (fourteen votes) ; Treasurer, Edward O. Smith ; Assessors, Samuel S. Hoyt, Ezra E. Peck ; Directors of the Poor, George W. Andrews, Avery Pool; Commissioners of Highways, Willis Barnum, Josiah D. Wickham, Truman W. Rogers; Justices of the Peace, Edward O. Smith, James R. Wells, Samuel S. Hoyt, Josiah D. Wickham ; Constables, Henry Barnum, Joseph Cupp.

Ezra E. Peck and Joseph Cupp were chosen overseers of highways. It was voted that Samnel S. Hoyt's sheep- pen should be a pound for the ensuing year, and that Mr. Hoyt should be poundmaster. It was voted, also, not to

raise any money for the construction of roads and bridges ; to raise five dollars to buy blank-books, blanks, and paper for the use of the township; to raise as much for the use of the schools as the law would allow ; to make no by-laws ; to raise $150 to defray township expenses; to raise no money for poor expenses ; to hold the next annual township- meeting at the house then occupied by George W. Andrews.

Mr. Nead resigned as supervisor, and at a special meeting held May 3, 1842, Samuel S. Hoyt was elected. At the same meeting James R. Wells was elected school inspector. Mr. Hoyt consequently resigned as assessor, to which posi- tion the township board appointed James R. Wells.

The following is a list of the supervisors, town clerks, treasurers, and justices of the peace elected in Sunfield from 1843 to 1879 inelusive :

SUPERVISORS.

1843-44, George W. Andrews; 1845, Jobn Nead; 1846, Zenas Hutch- inson ; 1847, David Griffin ; 1848, Zenas Ilutchinson ; 1849-50, George W. Andrews; 1851-78, John Dow ; 1879, D. C. Griffin.t

TOWN CLERKS.

1843-44, Ezra E. Peck; 1845-50, Abram Chatfield ; 1851-57, George W. Andrews; 1858, Nelson Ferris; 1859, Daniel Figg ; 1860, 0. A. Hammond;# 1861-65, N. II. Kinne; 1866, S. W. Grinnell ; 1867-70, N. II. Kinne; 1871-75, A. G. Jewell ;¿ 1876-79, Dewitt J. Loomis.

TREASURERS.

1843, Edward O. Smith ; 1844, Orrin M. Wells; 1845-47, C. M. Van- houten ; 1848-49, James R. Wells ; 1850, Russell B. Wells ; 1851, William Dow ; 1852-54, Samuel W. Grinnell ; 1855-57, Jonathan H. Loomis; 1858, William Sackett; 1859-61, David Kimball ; 1862-75, O. M. Wells; 1876-78, John C. Downing; 1879, Em- erson Kinne.

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

1843, Edward O. Smith ; 1844, O. M. Wells, J. D. Wickham ; 1845, Wil- Jis Barnum ; 1846, David Griffin, Zenas Hutchinson ; 1847, Josiah D. Wickham ; 1848, O. M. Wells, James R. Wells; 1849, Edward O. Smith ; 1850, Samuel W. Grinnell; 1851, Abram Chatfield ; 1852, John Nead; 1853, Edward O. Smith ; 1854, Isaac HI. Cogswell ; 1855, Jaroes C. Ray, Abram Brown ; 1856, William Sackett; 1857, Samuel W. Grinnell ; 1858, David Kimball; 1859, N. A. Yates ; 1860, Edward O. Smith ; 1861, S. W. Grinnell, Thomas Walsh ; 1862, Henry Annis ; 1863, William Sackett, Joseph Steinchcomb; 1864, L. R. Niles; 1865, S. W. Grianell, N. Il. Kinne, Thomas Walsh ; 1866, Frederick Turner, S. W. Grinnell; 1867, Daniel Hyde; 1868, Lang R. Niles ; 1869, S. W. Grinnell ; 1870, Fred- erick Turner; 1871, Henry Knapp (resigned in 1874); 1872, N. II. Kinne, L. R. Niles; 1873, S. W. Grinnell (resigned in 1875) ; 1874, E. F. Freston; 1875, G. W. Hlines, Wm. Sackett, S. H. Brown; 1876, Edwin Harper, Aaron Bark ; 1877, George V. Hiddinger ; 1878, E. F. Prestoo ; 1879, John Wool.

1880 .- Supervisor, Joha Dow; Township Clerk, Dewitt J. Loomis; Treasurer, E. H. Kinne; Justice of the l'eace, Aaron Bark ; Superintendent of Schools, Helen Snyder ; School Inspector, P. T. Weeks; Commissioner of Highways, Amos S. Downs; Drain Commissioner, L. M. Peck ; Constables, L. D. Fisher, F. P. Turner, Lett Peck, N. Sackett.

SCHOOLS.

May 7, 1842, the board of school inspectors, consisting of George W. Andrews, Ezra E. Peck, and James R. Wells, organized School District No. 1, embracing sections 27, 28,

From township record.

+ Resigned in February, 1880.

¿ Removed, and William Sackett appointed.

¿ Resigoed in 1875, and Julius C. Hall appointed.

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29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, west half of 26, and west half of 35.

Fractional District No. 1, of the townships of Sunfield, Vermontville, and Woodland (Barry County), were organ- ized May 18, 1842.

The first school in the township in what was and is now District No. 1 was taught in the summer of 1842, by Mrs. George W. Andrews, in her own house. A small log shanty was built on the road south of where the present school- house stands, and was used until 1851, when a frame school-house was built on the opposite side of the road ; this latter is now used for a dwelling. The site of the present building is half a mile farther north, at the Corners. The following items regarding the schools of the township are from the report of the school inspectors for the year ending Sept. 1, 1879 :

Number of districts in township (whole, 6;

fractional, 3) . 9

Number of school-children in township .. 502

Number attending during year. 392

Number of days school taught .. 1292

Number of school-houses (all frame) ..

Number of scatings in same .. 537

Value of school property $6940.00

Number of teachers employed (males, 5; fe- males, 14) ..

Wages paid same (males, $442.50; females, $645).

$1087.50

Total resources for year ..

2646.68

Amount on hand Sept. 1, 1879 .. 473.62

Tutal expenditures, less amount on band

2173.06

RELIGIOUS.

Methodist Episcopal Church, Bismark .- The first preaching in this neighborhood by a minister of any de- nomination was by Rev. William U. Benedict, of Ver- montville,-a Congregationalist. Not a professor of religion was then residing in the locality. Mr. Benedict continued to preach in the township, once in four weeks, nearly as long as he lived. The Methodists have held meetings here since about 1860, and in 1879 erected two neat frame churches,-one at Bismark, and another in the eastern part of town. The one at Bismark is convenient and commodious, and was built at a comparatively small cost. This appoint- ment was originally a part of the Charlotte Circuit, but is now supplied from Vermontville, by Rev. B. S. Pratt, as is also the one at East Sunfield. The church at Bismark is the larger of the two, having a membership of about fifty.

The Free Methodists have a small frame church in the east part of the town, where they have held meetings for a number of years. Their pastor at present is Rev. Mr. Fisher.

The Presbyterians are during the present season (1880) building a frame church a mile west of the centre of the township. Members of this denomination have resided in town as long as those of any other, and the first regular services were probably held by them. Their present pastor is Rev. Mr. McMartin, of Sebewa, Ionia Co.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

WILLIAM A. WELLS.

Mr. Wells, whose name stands at the head of this biographical notice, was the son of William Augustus and Deborah Converse Wells, and was born in the county of Onondaga, in New York State, in 1813. His early life was uneventful. At an age when most lads are engaged in studious occupations, he relinquished school for the more

MRS. WILLIAM A. WELLS.

serious labor whereupon depended his subsistence. He engaged in farming pursuits until twenty-one years of age, when an opportunity for acquiring the blacksmith's trade offered and was accepted by him. This was followed with zeal for a period of eight years, when the cheap lands of Michigan having presented superior attractions he removed to the West, and purchased one hundred and twenty aeres

RESIDENCE OF WM A. WELLS, SUNFIELD TP. EATON CO. MICH.

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in the township of Sunfield. He settled upon this land in 1841, his mother only accompanying him. It was in the midst of a forest, with no near neighbor, and no suggestions of civilized life immediately adjacent. In December of the same year he was married to Miss Mary, daughter of Abram Chatfield, one of the oldest of the township pioneers. Mr. and Mrs. Wells have had six children :

John, Ellen, Henry, Evangeline, Frederick, and William. He has by his industry and capacity established a reputa- tion as one of the most successful farmers in the township, while his character for integrity has won for him the respect and admiration of all his fellow-townsmen. Mr. Wells is a Republican in his political preferences, but not intolerant in his opinions.

DAVID CHATFIELD.

Oneida County, from whose midst came many of the sturdy pioneers who first broke the stubborn soil of the Michigan forests, was the birthplace of David Chatfield, bis parents having been Abram and Sarah Bixby Chatfield, both natives of the Empire State, and the former by trade a cooper. The attractions of the West having been graphi- cally described, they were induced, when David was but twelve years of age, to remove to Michigan, and repaired to Washtenaw County. They remained two years, and in February, 1838, settled in the township of Sunfield, on the spot now occupied by their son.

At this early date the entire population of Sunfield num- bered but three families. David helped clear the wilder- ness embraced in their purchase, and labored with a will to

MRS. DAVID CHATFIELD.

promote success in their new venture. He was in 1854 married to Miss Huldah Thompson, of Sebewa, Ionia Co., whose parents, Albert and Amy Pool Thompson, were both residents of the above county and among its earliest settlers.

Two children together with the parents comprise the cheerful family circle in Mr. Chatfield's attractive home. In politics the subject of this biography is a Democrat, and a firm advocate of the principles of his party, though his energies are principally devoted to the duties of his estate. These he superintends personally, and being endowed with a strong and robust physique, the labor of the farm is to him a congenial and pleasant pursuit. His lands in their improved condition are evidence of his skillful direction of affairs.

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JOHN W. WELCH

[MRS. RACHAEL WELCH.

The father of Mrs. Welch, Mr. Peter C. Van Houten, was born in New Jersey in 1777, and was a soldier in the war of 1812, where he won deserved laurels. He was united in marriage to Miss Ann Winney, both having been of Dutch descent, and among their children were twins, one of whom was the subject of this biography. Her early life was passed amid the duties of a farmer's home, and was uneventful in its character until the age of nineteen, when her marriage to Willis Barnum, of Roxand, Eaton Co., occurred, the auspicious year having been 1838. Mr. Barnum, whosc birthplace was Massachusetts, was one of the early pioneers of his adopted township, and actively identified with its first settlement. To them were born four children, none of whom now survive. Two of these

WILLIS BARNUM.

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MRS .JOHN W. WELOH.

children were twins, making the third generation of twins, -a remarkable phenomenon. Mrs. Barnum was on June 20, 1860, left a widow, and in 1863 married Mr. John W. Welch, of Vermont, who was the son of John and Emily Esther Welch, and born in 1827, in Vermont. His life from boyhood was one of toil and hardship, with little to brighten the path of rugged labor. On his arrival in Michigan he spent several years in the pine-woods. One son blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Welch, who is still living.

Mrs. Welch is an active member of the Methodist Epis- copal Church, and manifests the same zeal in her relig- ious duties which she observes in her domestic relations. She is generous and hospitable, a kind neighbor, and a most useful citizen.

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FARM & RES. OF MRS RACHAEL WELCH, SUNFIELD, MICH.

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SUNFIELD.

C. M. VAN HOUTEN.

The family of Van Houten, though of Dutch extraction, claims New Jersey as the birthplace of its later branches. Peter C. Van Houten, the father of the subject of this biography, was a native of the above State, and C. M. Van Houten was born in Bergen Co., Nov. 10, 1817. His mother was Miss Ann Winney, who also traced her ances- try to good old Netherland stock. The father early re- moved with the family to New York City, and joined the army in 1812 as sergeant, having during the conflict been stationed at Sandy Hook. He subsequently removed to Michigan, where his death occurred in 1870, in Sunfield.

C. M. Van Houten at the age of seventeen learned the trade of a carpenter and joiner, which he pursued until his

JOHN DOW.

Among the venerable and honored pioneers of Eaton County who have carved out their own fortunes, none is more worthy of esteem than the gentleman above named- Mr. Dow was the fourth child of John D. Dow, a weaver and farmer combined, who was born in New Jersey in 1775, and the grandson of Richard Dow, a native of Holland. His mother was Miss Catherine Vannest, also of New Jersey, and born in 1778. The birth of their son John occurred in Somerset Co., N. J., in 1804. To this excellent lineage is added an inherent patriotism, which was transmitted from his maternal grandparent, who gave his life in the war of the Revolution. John devoted his younger years to labor, and the limited means of education at command, and at the age of sixteen was apprenticed to a shoemaker, whom he served for three years, and then labored as an itinerant at the trade, or, as he graphically expresses it, " whipped the cat" from house to house. He was married at the age of twenty-one to Miss Rachel Beekman, and six children were born to them,-William, Henry, Peter, John, Catherine, and Susan. Peter died at Pittsburg Landing, and Henry's death occurred at home after a lingering ill-

MRS. A. E. VAN HOUTEN.

arrival in Michigan, when he selected a home in Sunfield township. This embraced eighty acres of uncleared forest, which required energy and perseverance to convert into arable land. He was, however, equal to the emergency, and soon produced growing crops where naught but the native trees of the wilderness had flourished. Mr. Van Houten in 1844 married Miss Adeline E. Stevens, of Oneida Co., N. Y., daughter of Moses and Permelia Olds Stevens.

Mr. and Mrs. Van Houten have had six children, three of whom are now living. They are both actively interested in church labor, and have been consistent Christians for a period of twenty years.

Mr. Van Houten is a Republican in his political affilia- tions, but not an active partisan.

JOHN DOW.

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ness, both having been soldiers in the war of the Rebellion. John still resides at the home of his father. Mrs. Dow having died in February, 1846, Mr. Dow was in 1847 united to Miss Grace Searls, of Eaton township and county, daughter of Samuel Searls, of New York State.

After a somewhat checkered career, Mr. Dow, in 1837, removed to Michigan, and settled in Roxand township, where he was the earliest pioneer. He was almost entirely isolated for a brief period, and so remote from civilization that a journey of forty-eight miles with an ox-team, and requiring nine days to complete, was necessary for milling purposes. The following year he was elected to the office of supervisor of the township, which he held successively for thirteen years; after which he removed to Sunfield township, and was immediately elected to the same position in his new place of residence. This office he has held for

thirty consecutive years, making altogether forty-three years in active service as supervisor. He has also been justice of the peace, representative in the State Legislature, and member of the State Board of Equalization. Mr. Dow has also been keenly alive to changes affecting the educational interests of the State and county, in which subject he feels a deep interest. He is in an eminent degree a philanthro- pist. During the war this was especially apparent in his sympathy for the " boys in blue."

In his seventy-sixth year, he is both willing and eager to do battle for the right. In every good word and work that shall benefit his fellow-men he has always a ready hand. As an exemplar of honesty and spotless integrity, no more marked example is found. To such as he may with justice be accorded at the close of a useful life the welcome plaudit, " Well done, good and faithful servant."

VERMONTVILLE.

NATURAL FEATURES.

GEOGRAPHY, TOPOGRAPHY, ETC.

THE township of Vermontville occupies a position on the western border of Eaton County, and is bounded on the north by Sunfield, on the east by Chester, on the south by Kalamo, and on the west by Barry County. It includes congressional township 3 north, in range 6 west, the east, north, and west boundaries of which were surveyed in 1825 by Lucius Lyon, the south boundary in 1826 by John Mullett, and the subdivisions in 1826 by Orange Risdon. The Grand Rapids Division of the Michigan Central Rail- way crosses this town from east to west, having a station half a mile south of the business centre of Vermontville. The road passes along the valley of the Thornapple River, which is here a considerable stream, shut in by high, rolling land, leaving a valley of varying width, through which the river winds its course to meet its greater neighbor, the Grand River. Leaving the hills adjacent to this valley behind, the observer finds a diversity of surface-hills, plains, ravines, and valleys-which reminds him forcibly of portions of the rock-ribbed State from which the pioneers of this township came, and he admits that this is the most like the home they had left of any location they could have found in this portion of the State.

LAND ENTRIES.

Following is a list of the entries of land in town 3 north, range 6 west (now Vermontville), as shown on the tract- book for the county in the register's office at Charlotte :

Section I .- 1836, J. C. Van Alstyne; 1838, A. M. Holdridge; 1853, Cephas Smith; no date, W. Mcintyre.

Section 2 .- 1836, Lovina Smith, J. H. Hlyde, and E. Jackson.

Section 3 .- 1836, N. Benedict, Russel! Gage; 1853, A. D. Grinnell ; 1854, E. O. Smith ; 1855, J. L. Chatfield.

Section 4 .- 1836, L. Merrill, Jr., M. G. Smith; 1852, F. Fields; 1853, E. Hammond; 1854, S. L. Cazier; 1855, J. R. Wells, W. F. Spaulding; 1859, William Rulison.

Section 5 .- 1836, L. Merrill, E. 11. Barber, D. Barber, L. Merrill, Jr .; 1855, J. Shores.

Section 6 .- 1836, J. Shirrick ; 1837, C. F. Hanchett, D. Hagar, O. J. Bartholomew ; 1856, L. S. Lovell.

Section 7 .- 1836, D. & R. Barber, J. H. Snyder; 1852-53, H. West- fall; 1853, Mary Wright.

Section 8 .- 1836, O. Benton, B. H. Barber.

Section 9 .- No date, Charles C. Scott; 1836, O. Benton, G. S. Gris- wold, Scovell & Co .; # 1858, William Rulison.

Section 10 .- 1836, Scovell & Co., Nathan Benedict.

Section 11 .- 1836, Scovell & Co., William Warner, S. Selden, and W. S. Fairfield.

Section 12 .- 1836, P. W. Archibald ; 1858, Hiram Wiard; 1852, Wil- liam G. Cumming; 1836, C. T. Moffitt, E. H. & D. Barber, L. R. Hall.

Section 13 .- 1836, L. R. Hall, D. Archibald, J. B. Scovell & Co. Sections 14 and 15 .- 1836, J. B. Soovell & Co. (entire).

Section 16 .- 1851, E. M. Gates; 1853, W. S. Frink; 1854, Horace Hawkins, R. E. Armstrong, N. Rogers, J. Ryman, E. S. Ryman, G. W. Squier, J. Roach, W. S. Hall, E. Barrett, C. C. Scott; 1865, Harriet E. Kedzie, C. E. Hammond.

Section 17 .- 1836, Edward H. Barber, Daniel Barber and Pierre G. Ladd.

Section 18 .- 1836, S. Soldon, A. Wilder, W. Gray, S. S. Church.

Section 19 .- 1836, R. Sandford, Howland Fish, Dennis Wakefield, C. Solden.

Section 20 .- 1836, P. G. Ladd and Daniel Barber, Scovell & Co.

Sections 21, 22, 23 .- J. B. Scovell & Co. (entiro).

Section 24 .- Scovoll & Co., A. Sumner, Ebor R. Murray.

Section 25 .- 1836, E. R. Murray, Scovell & Co., N. Jackson ; 1838, B. Taft; 1852, II. Robinson ; 1854, A. W. Dean.

Section 26 .- 1836, J. B. Scovell, J. B. Scovell & Co.

Section 27 .- 1836, J. B. Scovell & Co., W. Warner.

Section 28 .- 1836, J. B. Scovell & Co., J. R. Williams, W. J. Squier. Section 29 .- 1836, J. B. Scovell & Co., J. R. Williams, P. G. Ladd and Daniel Barber.

Josiah B. Scovoll, Isaac C. Colver, Woroester Morse, and Wait J. Squior, agents of the " Union colony."

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Section 30 .- 1829, A. Sumner ; 1836, E. H. Barber, J. R. Williams, J. C. Culver.

Section 31 .- 1835, N. & H. Weed ; 1836, C. T. Moffitt, A. Sumner. Section 32 .- 1835, N. & H. Weed ; 1836, J. R. Williams, J. Hinman. Section 33 .- 1836, P. Raymond, D. Wakefeld, A. Sumner, B. F. Hin- man.

Section 34 .- 1836, James Allen, E. J. Penniman, D. Wakefield, W. Morse, D. F. Bullock.

Section 35 .- 1836, Wm. G. Henry, James Allen.

Section 36 .- 1836, Wait J. Squier (entire).

EARLY SETTLEMENT.

S. S. Church, one of the original founders of Vermont- ville, has written much pertaining to the history of the village and township. The first of his published contribu- tions appeared in the Charlotte Republican, in December, 1869, and were as follows. The laws of the colony are copied from the recorded document at the office of the Eaton County register :

" In the fall of 1835, the Rev. Sylvester Cochrane, a Congregational minister of East Poultney, Vt., visited Michigan with a view of locat- ing permanently. He found the settlement so sparse that it was quite difficult at that time to find inhabitants contiguously located, so as to have schools er to enjoy religieus privileges remete from the villages. He returned to Vermont, conceived the plan of colonization, and be- gan preparations te execute his project. He visited different places in the State, and conferred with those persons wishing to emigrate. Early in the winter of 1835-36, a meeting was held in East Poultney, Vt., which quite a large number of persons, intending to emigrate, attended. Mr. Cochrane's plan was discussed, and initiatory steps taken to mature and perfect the enterprise. Subsequent meetings were held in Castleton, Vt., and en the 27th day ef March, 1836, the following preamble and resolutions were adopted :

"RULES AND REGULATIONS OF UNION COLONY.

" Whereas, The enjoyment of the ordinances and institutions of the gospel is in a great measure unknown in many parts of the Western country ; and

"Whereas, We believe that a pieus and devoted emigratien is to be one of the most efficient means, in the hands of God, in removing the moral darkness which hangs over a great portion of the valley ef the Mississippi ; and .

" Whereas, We believe that a removal to the West may be a means of prometing our temporal interest, and we trust be made subservient to the advancement of Christ's kingdom,

"We do therefore form ourselves into an association or colony, with the design of removing inte some part of the Western country which shall hereafter be designated, and agree to bind ourselves to observe the following rules :

" 1. The association or colony shall be known by the appellatien or name of 'The Union Colony.'

" 2. The Colony shall consist of these only who shall be admitted through a committee appointed for that purpose, and who will subscribe their names to the articles and compact adopted by the colony.

" 3. We hereby agree to make our arrangements for a removal as seen as eur circumstances will permit-if possible, some time during the summer or fall of the present year, 1836.

"4. We agree, when we have arrived in the Western country, to lo- cate ourselves, if possible, in the same neighborhood with each ether, and to form ourselves into such a community as will enable us to enjoy the same social and religious principles which we leave behind.

" 5. In order to accomplish this object, we solemnly pledge ourselves to de all that is in our power to carry with us the institutions of the gespel, to support them with the means which God has given us, and to hand them down to our children.

"6. We do also agree that, for the benefit of our children and the rising generation, we will endeaver, so far as possible, to carry with and perpetuate among us the same literary privileges that we are per- mitted here to enjey.

"7. We do also solemnly pledge ourselves that we will strictly and rigidly observe the holy Sabbath, neither laboring ourselves, nor per-

mitting our children, or workmen, or beasts to desecrate this day of rest by any kind of labor or recreatien.

"8. As ardent spirits have invariably proved the bane of every community inte which they have been introduced, we solemnly pledge ourselves that we will neither buy, nor sell, nor use this article, except fer medical purposes, and we will use all lawful means to keep it utterly out of the settlement.

"9. As we must necessarily endure many of those trials and priva- tions which are incident to a settlement in a new country, we agree that we will do all that is in our power to befriend each other ; we will esteem it not only a duty hut a privilege to sympathize with each ether under all eur trials, te do good and lend, hoping for nothing again, and to assist each other ou all necessary occasions.

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History of Ingham and Eaton counties, Michigan, Part 128

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