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David D. Trumbull was born in Colchester, New London Co., Conn., June 29, 1811; came to Michigan in 1833 and located in Sandstone tp. He married Hannah Latimer in November, 1837, and they have 1 child-Benjamin, now living with his father. Mr. Trumbull is a Democrat; he and his son own 240 acres of land in sec. 36, Sandstone tp. P. O., Sandstone.
Edmund Upton, born in Dutchess county, N. Y., March 14, 1828; came West with his father, who located on sec. 18, Sand- stone tp., in 1835; he lives on the old homestead, owning 190 acres of the land entered by his father in 1835. He is a Republican, and has been elected Supervisor by that party several times; he is a very successful man and well esteemed by all who know him. He has never married, the only mistake he ever committed. P. O., Parma.
Olive Vedder was born in Spofford, N. Y., Nov. 26, 1813. She married William Raymond, Dec. 12, 1831, who died Nov. 7, 1865. Aug. 16, 1871, she married William Vedder, of Sand- stone, who died in 1876. Mrs. Vedder now lives on the old homestead of 280 acres in sec. 12. She is a member of the M. E. Church, and is well known and respected by all. P. O., Jackson.
Henry D. Ver Valin was bornin Dutchess county, N., Y., Jan. 27, 1832; he is a descendant of a distinguished German family; came West in 1856 and located in Sandstone tp. Nov. 29, 1859; he married Emeline Horn, of New York, and they have 1 child- Della Grace. He has lived in Sandstone since 1856; is a Repub- lican in politics, and a member of Wesleyan Methodist Church .. P. O., Parma.
Chester Wall is the son of John and Sally (Parker) Wall, natives of Nova Scotia. At the age of 15 John Wall came to New York with his parents; served in the American army during the Revolu- tion, and was taken prisoner by the British At New York; after the war he followed the sea some years, but finally abandoned it and settled in Cayuga county, N. Y., where Chester was born. He was married to Christiana Frink, Jan. 31, 1825, at Royalton, Niagara Co., N. Y .; came West in 1830 and located in this tp .; entered 160 acres of land in sec. 35, where he has since resided ;. his wife died Dec. 13, 1840, leaving 5 children, viz. : Harriet Z., born Dec. 22, 1826; Lydia A., Sept. 23, 1829; Sarah M., May 14, 1832, died Feb. 12, 1857; Ashur F., July 24, 1834, died Dec. 17, 1874; Nathan C., Mar. 6, 1840. Lucius Wall married Rachel Tillon, May 13, 1841, in this county; they have 6 children, as follows: Amanda C., born Nov. 15, 1844; Marion, April 3, 1846; Clara, July 10, 1849; Josephine, May 9, 1851; Frances A., Oct. 11, 1853; Florence A., Nov. 9, 1855. Mr. Wall is the oldest settler in Jackson county, having been here 51 years. He is engaged in farming, and owns as a homestead 310 acres of good land, 80 acres of which is a part of the original 160 entered 51 years ago; it is valued at 860 per acre. He is a Republican in politics, and has held nearly all the offices in the tp .; is not a member of any Church or secret society, but is never behind in any of the move- ments intended to benefit humanity.
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SPRING ARBOR SEMINARY.
SPRING ARBOR TOWNSHIP.
At the spring election in 1833, held in Spring Arbor, Mr. Gibson received the full vote for supervisor, and the entire number of votes cast was 11. The next year he was elected to the same office, receiving the full vote, which had increased to 31. The present township was set off in 1838, having also been divided from its first eight townships into four in 1836. The first supervisor of the town, after its final organization, was Dr. Connell.
A. B. Gibson and Moses Bean settled in Spring Arbor township in the spring of 1831. That township then embraced the eight townships west of Jacksonburgh. There were three families besides himself at the time he located there, Isaac N. Swain's, Mr. Smith's, and Mr. Van Fossen's. Among the old settlers who were pioneers in this town are, Jaines Videto, L. W. Douglas, J. D. Crouch and Louis Snyder, Jr.
This town is quite intimately connected with the early history of Jackson county. It was here that the Pottawatomies had their Indian village. Here also to-day is to be seen the old burying- ground of their young "braves." For a great many years the people of the town kept this burying-ground well fenced, but of late years they have forgotten this humane duty, and the traces of Indian occupation are daily growing more and more extinct.
The college of Spring Arbor was the Alpha of the Hillsdale College, Presidents Graham and Fairfield having started their school here, and continued it for several years before removing it to Hillsdale. The buildings were erected by a joint-stock com- pany, and the institution was under the special patronage of the Free- Will Baptists. For some years after the removal of the college to Hillsdale the buildings were unoccupied, but the Free Methodist denomination opened a school in them in 1874.
The agricultural resources of the township are without a rival; the many opportunities which it offers to the manufacturer seem to pass unnoticed, so that the township capital may be said to be comprised in church, school, and postoffice buildings.
SPRING ARBOR SEMINARY.
The Spring Arbor Seminary is situated eight and one half miles south and west of Jackson city, on the Air-Line of the M. C. R. R. This institution of learning was organized by the Free Methodists in 1872. It commenced with nine trustees, all business being car- ried on by the direct vote of the board. The board now numbers 15, and the business is conducted by a code of by-laws. The yearly 62
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meeting of the board convenes in the school-building the first Wednesday of each November. Present Board-Chester S. Gitch- ell, President, Spring Arbor, Mich .; Ira W. Bell, Secretary, Pitts- ford, Mich .; A. M. Shipley, Treasurer, Spring Arbor, Mich .; Win. H. Osman, Agent, Pontiac, Mich .; Edward P. Hart, Jackson, Mich .; Charles Mattice, Spring Arbor, Mich .; John French, Spring Arbor, Mich .; Alpheus Spencer, Spring Arbor, Mich .; Lemuel T. Frink, Spring Arbor, Mich .; Dewitt Pretty, Spring Arbor, Mich .; D. P. Baker, Chicago Ill .; Burton R. Jones, Cleveland, Ohio, W. H. Clark, Parma, Mich .; D. W. Abrams, Paw Paw, Mich .; Mr. Pal- laster, Ray, Mich.
Arrangements and preparations were being made in the fall and winter preceding the opening of the first term. The old buildings, formerly the college building of the Free- Will Baptist denomination, were repaired to serve a sufficient number of years to determine the future success of such a school-then to give way to a commodious structure intended for convenience and durability.
The citizens living near these old buildings subscribed enough to purchase the property, and something toward the improvements, for which the school was to be run at least five years. Rev. E. P. Hart, now resident of Jackson city, had the full control of purchas- ing the property and preparing the buildings, and almost the entire management until the prospect of success was deemed cer- tain.
The first term was held in the spring of 1873 by Prof. Clark Jones, assisted by his wife. Twenty-eight students were in attend- ance. The opening of the fall term received an addition both of teachers and scholars, Prof. Jones being the principal, and con- tinned as such until the close of the fall term of 1874. Prof. Cal- land, of Oberlin, Ohio, was secured as principal during the winter term of 1874 '5. Nearly 100 students were in attendance. The spring term was conducted by Prof. Walter A. Sellew, of Syracuse, N. Y. He was engaged to take charge of the school for the coming year, but during the spring term the death of his father called him back to New York, and Prof. Jones took his place. The pressure in money matters and the decline in property weighed heavily for a time upon the school, reducing the number, but gradually wore away. The running of the school for five years, commencing with the fall term of 1876, was placed in the hands of Prof. Jones, who is condueting it with ability. The roll of students is on the increase. 'The winter term of 1880-'1 numbered 116. This spring's term is about 100. The tuition, including incidental expenses, is as follows: Primary department, $4; Intermediate, $6; Languages, $S.
The surroundings of this school recommend it to the favor of all parents wishing to educate their children, and at the same time save them from ruinous company and low, obscene conversation and conduct. There is no saloon within five miles to entice the youth into coarse, rough expression, blasphemies, foul-monthed vulgar- ity and other deadly, damning habits. No hotel for loungers. No
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place for doubtful recreations. Therefore the children are not trained in card-playing, dice and other games tending to gambling or squandering of time. No mania for tobacco. Students are not poisoning the air with narcotic practice, neither would it be al- lowed. No tobacco sold in the place except at a very small, pov- erty-stricken establishment in the suburbs. One convenient and suf- ficiently extensive store is kept by Messrs. Bailey & Rogers.
This seminary has some promising and effective advantages over other like institutions of the State, in that inost of the female stu- dents dress plain bnt neat, thus cutting off the many hours of silly thought and talk about fashions, and the much time consumed in making and arranging their apparel, and the parades to disclose their decorations, until the mind finds little else to occupy it; also those fun-making socials, chaining the attention from one to two days before their meeting, then bind the mind at least one day more in amusing themselves over the comic and other parts of the entertainment, leaving the heart foolish, vain and trifling. With this school, sound, thorough education is the motto, coupled with the principles of morality and extended religious privileges.
The seminary carries the student within two years of a graduation at Ann Arbor College, giving the children a longer time for healthy, moral exercise, strengthening them to resist detrimental influences when finishing their education, than at colleges where students have been permitted to have their liberty in recreations which dis- sipate the mind and hinder them from being master scholars.
The corps of teachers numbers four. Prof. Clark Jones, graduate of Ann Arbor College, is principal of the school and teacher of lan- gnages. Prof. David S. Warner, graduate of the Baptist college of Rochester, N. Y., teacher of mathematics. Miss H. J. Chitten- den, of Newark Seminary, N. Y., principal teacher in the prepar- atory department, and preceptress of the school. Mr. John Huston, assistant teacher in the intermediate department.
The new building is to be erected during the spring and summer of 1882, which will add measurably to the appearance of the village, increasing greatly the value of the surrounding farms. It will es- tablish the place for many years to come as a desirable resort for educational pursuits, and a healthy, quiet place to build homes for permanent residence. The dwellings of Spring Arbor village are mostly new and commanding, and the number is increasing.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
Alfred E. Bailey was born July 3, 185-, in Galva, Henry Co., Ill., where he lived with his parents until 1868. His father, Lewis Bailey, was born in Lawrence county, N. Y., and in an early day, with his parents, moved to Delaware county, O. There his father, James Bailey, ran a saw-mill and flonring-mill, and by this means Lewis learned the miller's trade. While living in Ohio Lewis mar- ried Mary E. Brown. After two years of married life in Ohio, he
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and his wife and child, Lennette, moved to Henry county, Ill., near Galva, where he put up a flouring-mill and remained there eight years or so, in which time one more member was added to the fam- ily, Alfred. The father feeling his call to the ministry, sold his interest in the mill and entered the ministry, in which he contin- ued until his death, Dec. 22, 1873. He had been publisher and proprietor of a religious paper for three years previous to his death, which the widow continued for about nine months after his death, and then sold it. It had been the father's design to send his son Alfred to the seminary situated at Spring Arbor, and in the fall of 1874 Alfred came to Spring Arbor, where he now lives, also his mother. His sister, Lennet B. Dake, died in Iowa in 1876. Al- fred E. is now engaged in business as a partner in the firm of Bailey & Rogers, of Spring Arbor. Mr. Bailey had been teaching in the seminary nearly two years, but saw a chance to enter busi- ness and did so. He is Postmaster, and owns the larger interest in the stock.
Ambrose Bean, the first white child born in the town of Spring Arbor, Oct. 17. 1831, lives now on sec. 12. His father, Moses Bean, came to Michigan in 1830 and entered the land on sec. 12, in Spring Arbor, and built one of the first honses in the town, and made the first wagon road west of Jackson into Spring Arbor. He died at the same place only last Jannary (Jan. 30, 1881), over 70 years of age, being born Sept. 14, 1808, in New Hampshire. Mrs. Moses Bean is still living with her son Ambrose, in the full posses- sion of all her faculties, having a mind full of the recollections of the early history of Jackson county. Before marriage her name was Lydia Perry. She was born Jan. 16, 1809, and moved to Spring Arbor in the spring of 1831, with her husband. Ambrose married Losinda Hosmer, of Oakland county, Dec. 10, 1862; 3 children are living-Nettie, born March 27, 1864; George H., Oct. 11, 1869; and Seth S., June 11, 1871. Mrs. Ambrose Bean died March 29, 1877.
Lorenzo Dow Bean, brother of the next mentioned, was born Oct. 6, 1825, at Batavia, N. Y .; came to Michigan in 1834; married March 4, 1861, Urania Spaulding, who was born July 2, 1842. Children-Engene S., born Sept. 16, 1862; Zachariah Chandler, Ang. 28, 1864; Jewett S., Dec. 15, 1866; Fred R., Oct. 8, 1868; Lorenzo, Jr., Oct. 27, 1871, and died Nov. 3, 1872; and Bessie May, born Jan. 29, 1877. Mr. Bean has a fine farm on sec. 12, of about 400 acres, and back of his stone residence stands the first frame house built in the town. Mr. B. is a Republican.
John H. Bean was born in Batavia, N. Y., Feb. 13, 1820; came to Spring Arbor May 22, 1834, by the way of the lake, and from Detroit, even as early in the spring as that, with the reports in previous years that Michigan was all swamp. There was hardly water or mud enough the whole way to wet the tire. Nov. 27, 1844, he married Miss Susan Cranmore, who was born June 26, 1818, at Batavia, N. Y., and came to Michigan in 1839. Their chil
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dren are-Celinda S., born Ang. 26, 1846, now Mrs. D. A. Culver. Liberty, Mich .; Naomi F., March 25, 1849, and was married to Dr. L. T. Van Horn April 16, 1873, by Rev. Mr. Hunt. She died at Homer, Oct. 6, 1876. John C., born Oct. 7, 1851; residence, Parma; Sinkler C., Aug. 30, 1853; Elmore J., Dec. 1, 1855; and Nolan S., Sept. 2, 1860.
Sinkler Bean, father of the two preceding, was born in New Hampshire Dec. 16, 1793; married Betsey Haynes in 1815; came to Michigan with his family in 1834, when John H. was but a boy. John's parents have been dead a number of years, and he lives now upon his farm, sec. 12, of nearly 400 acres, on the Spring Arbor road, four miles west of the city. Mr. Bean has always been a teetotaler, never having called for a glass of any intoxicating drink in his life. P. O., Jackson city.
St. Clair Bean, Sr., farmer, sec. 19; P. O., Spring Arbor; was born Nov. 25, 1809, in Salisbury, N. H., and came to Michigan in 1846. Mr. Bean's first wife, Rebecca West, was the mother of Henry F., born Sept. 23, 1833; he is an engineer and surveyor, now locating the northern extension of railroads in Northern Michigan. Other children were-Fanny (deceased), Clarissa and St. Clair, Jr., born Feb. 5, 1849, now of Spring Arbor. March 12, 1868, Mr. Bean married his present wife, Maria Darling, who was born at Lockport, N. Y., Ang. 26, 1825. Her parents, Amasa and Hannah Darling, came to Michigan in 1834, the mother living now with her daughter. Mrs. Darling is in her 90th year, probably the oldest person in the town. Mr. Bean owns one of the finest burr-oak farms in Michigan, of several hundred acres, two miles west of the Spring Arbor College.
John Belden was born in Litchfield county, Conn., Dec. 16, 1806. His ancestors were among the earliest settlers of that county. During his youth he worked on his father's farm, and attended the district school winters. Afterward attended the high school at Goshen. For some time afterward he tanght school in his native State, as well as in the State of New York, afterward tes ting in Ohio and Michigan. In 1832 he purchased land in sre. 26, in Spring Arbor, upon which he has since resided, and which is accounted one of the best farms in the county. In 1838 he married Harriet Hale, and has 1 son. He has held various offices of trust, including Supervisor, which he has had a number of times. He is universally esteemed as a man of strict integrity and kindness of heart, seeking rather the good of others than him- self. His memory will be cherished by all who know him for his noble characteristics. A portrait of Mr. Belden will be found on page 839.
Francis Belden came to Jackson county in an early day and set- tled in Spring Arbor, on the southeast quarter of the southeast sec. of the tp. He never married. In 1844 Henry Town and wife came from Orleans county, N. Y., and stopped with Mr. Belden. Dec. 19, 1845, Mr. Town died, leaving his wife and 2 children-George
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W. and Kate L. Mrs. Town has remained upon the farm ever since, keeping house and taking care of Mr. Belden in his old age, until his death, which occurred but a few years ago. For her faithful- ness and care the property, in part at least, was willed to her, and she is now managing the farm. The daughter is now Mrs. Am- brose Crouch.
T. C. Bishop, born in Monroe county, N. Y., Oct. 8, 1833, came to Michigan in '56 and married Martha A. Cary Oct. 18, 1869; she was born in Massachusetts, May 27, 1850; their children are- Frances Bell, born Nov. 12, 1870, and John Fredy, Jan. 3, 1873. Mr. Bishop's father, Barnwell Bishop, came to Michigan and set- tled in Hanover before he came. His mother, Eliza (Birchill) Bishop, recently died in Baldwins, March 9, 1881. Mr. Bishop has a fine farm on sec. 34, worth $70 per acre. He has worked hard to accumulate this property, and can look forward now to days of plenty and peace. By a straightforward course in life and strict honesty he has gained the respect of all. In politics he is a Republi- can. P.O. address, Horton, Mich.
Anthony Carter, farmer and wheat-buyer, was born Jan. 17, 1842, at Manchester, this State, also the native place of his wife, who was Miss Laura C. Moore. They were married April 10. 1865; their first child, Sarah Bell, was born Jan. 8, 1866; their eldest son, Ly- man P., Feb. 3, 1867; Emma C. was born March 29, 1872; Lenora E., Feb. 6, 1874, and John F., April 20, 1876. Mr. Carter's parents have lived in Spring Arbor for a good many years, his father's farm joining one of his on sec. 22, near Snyder's Station, the only ship- ping point in Spring Arbor. Mr. Carter has bought wheat here for some time, and in the last year has already bonght over 50 car-loads, paying Jackson prices. Mr. Carter is a member of the Board of Trade, with a number of prominent citizens of the town. He has two very nice farms, on sec. 22, one of which he offers very cheap, as he proposes to give his attention to the wheat trade.
Oliver Chapel was born in New London county, Conn., Ang. 27, 1818; came West with his parents in 1832; was married to Lonisa J. Chapman Nov. 7, 1841: there were no children by this marriage; she died July 4, 1856. He married Keziah Donner, Jan. 13, 1858. Their children are-Jackson and George W. In March, 1842, Mr. Chapel located on sec. 5, this tp., where he now resides. He now owns 160 acres of land in Spring Arbor and Sandstone tps. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Politically, Republican. P. O., Parma.
John Cogswell, born in Ticonderoga, Essex Co., N. Y., June 17, 1833. His father, John Cogswell, Sr., came to Spring Arbor, in 1834, and died April 18, 1870; the mother, Eunice M. (Mead), died Sept. 14, 1872. Dec. 24, 1865, Mr. Cogswell, married Maria French, daughter of John French, whose biography appears on page 1066. They have 2 children-Albert Ray, born Nov. 24, 1874, and Charles Gardner, April 22, 1880. They reside on the farm the father took up, a fine burr-oak tract now worth $75 to
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$100 per acre. Mr. Cogswell is a Republican. P. O., Spring Arbor.
Alpheus Coon, born in Somerset county, N. Y., July 8, 1815; in 1838 he went to Illinois; came to Michigan in 1841, settling on sec. 16, this tp. Nov. 27, 1844, he was married to Mary Ann Cranmore, of Summit, this county, and James, the eldest son, was born May 21, 1846, now of Brookfield, Mich .; Ellen Mary was born April 24, 1849, and died Nov. 27, 1864; Douglass, the youngest son, was born May 29, 1858. Mr. Coon lives a half mile east of Spring Arbor Seminary, on the Jackson road, on the farm he has owned so long. Mrs. Coon's mother is still living, in Sum- mit, this county, well advanced in years.
Wm. Smith Crowl, County Surveyor, one of the first white children born in Spring Arbor, named after Dea. Wm. Smithi, an old pioneer and much loved neighbor of his parents, Buel P. and Maria (Worth) Crowl. They came to Spring Arbor in the fall of 1831. William was born the next spring, April 3, 1832. He attended some of the best schools in the country, attained a fine mathemati- cal education, and has engaged quite extensively in surveying. In 1856 he married Miss Josephine Tift. Two sons and 1 daughter- Clarence E., born Jan. 5, 1869; Herman E., March 21, 1873. and Anna Verne, March 25, 1876. The father is taking great pride in the education of his boys, who are remarkably forward in their studies. The widowed mother of William, now at the advanced age of 80, lives with her son, retaining her mental faculties remark- ably. Mr. Crowl has always been a Republican. P. O., Spring Arbor.
Fitch B. Comstock, born Jan. 1, 1805, in Montville, Conn .; married in Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 28, 1833, Miss Eliza Thorp, who was born in Saratoga county, N. Y., Nov. 6, 1801. They came to Michigan in the spring of 1833, and lived for many years in Sand- stone. There were but very few log houses west of Jackson when they came in. Their children are-Mary D., Carole B., James A., born Oet. 8, 1837, now on the old farm, see. 28, Sandstone; Chas. V., born April 7, 1840, and died May 10, 1873; Francis Henry, born April 1, 1843. Mr. and Mrs. Comstock, now in their old age, have a pleasant home on see. 11, near the Spring Arbor Mills. He has always been a staunch Republican, an upright neighbor, and is held in great respeet by his many old acquaintances.
James A. Dewey was born in Cohoeton, Steuben Co., N. Y., Jan. 21, 1824. In 1836 he came to Michigan with his parents, Timothy and Sally (Flint) Dewey, who live now on sec. 25, in Concord tp., where they settled when they came to the county. They had a large family ; James is the oldest living; he married Oet. 24, 1849, Amanda Gary, who was born in Vermont, a daughter of John and Sally (Rice) Gary, pioneers of Calhoun county, Mich. Mr. Dewey has had 3 children, the eldest deceased-C. Clark was born Ang. 1, 1852, and died April 18, 1859; Phineas J., born Jan. 3, 1854, and Wilber J., born March 10, 1856. Phineas J. Dewey was married
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Jan. 5, 1875, to the daughter of S. F. Woolent, of Concord, and an old settler of Spring Arbor, Julia F., whose mother, Harriet F., nee Stone, came to Hanover, this county, with her parents when the county was very new.
Justus Fowler, born at Fabius, Onondaga Co., N. Y., March 26, 1810; came to Michigan in 1838, and settled on sec. 19, in Liberty. He married at Tully, N. Y., in 1839, Flory M. Lake. On the farm in Liberty 2 sons were born: the eldest, Henry H., March 30, 1840, who died at Murfreesboro, Tenn., Jan. 15, 1862, while with his regiment, the 14th Mich. Cav. Major Van Antwerp. now of the Jackson Patroit, writing his obituary, speaks in the highest terms of Sergeant Fowler, of his virtues as a man and soldier. 'T'he sec- ond son, Charles W., now of the firm of Fowler & Dunham, was born Sept. 17, 1842. He is now President of the Y. M. C. A. of the city of Jackson. Mr. Fowler's first wife died Dec. 2, 1847. From this time to the present his home has been in Spring Arbor, on sec. 13. In 1848, Dec. 12, he married Miss Olive R. Miner, of Liberty, and they have 2 sons, born on the Spring Arbor homestead -Clark R., born Dec. 9, 1850, is married and lives now at the place of his birth, where his only child (a daughter) was born, in the same room 30 years after; Frank W., born Jan. 20, 1853, re- sides now in Liberty, on sec. 19, on the farm entered from the Gov- ernment by his grandfather, Justus Fowler, Sr., who died May 19, 1858, in the 90th year of his age. Mrs. Olive (Miner) Fowler's father, who lived in Liberty, Anderson Miner, died in 1878, at the age of 83 years. The mother, Mrs. Miner, lives now in Montealın county, Michigan. The subject of this sketch, Justus Fowler, is now at the allotted age of man, enjoying the fruits of his labor and the respect of all the wide circle of acquaintances, and a beautiful home. He is but a fair representative of the men who have cleared np the oak openings of Jackson county and made the substantial farm improvements that dot every section of our county. P. O., Jackson.
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