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Caleb Miner was born in Dutchess county, N. Y., at the village of Nine Partners, on the banks of the Hudson, April, 27, 1812. He is the son of Elnathan and Amy (Weeks) Miner, natives of Long Island. When he was two years of age, his father being dead, his mother removed to Putnam county, N. Y., where he spent the days of his boyhood until he had reached the age of 10 or 11 years, when the family removed to Saratoga county, and a few years later to Wayne county, of the same State. Here he grew to manhood, and in 1830 he married Catharine Gee, who was
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also born in Dutchess county, N. Y .; is the daughter of Isaac Gee, one of the early settlers of this county. She died in Nebraska, where she had gone in hopes of recovering her failing health, April 30, 1875. Mr. Miner has a family of 6 children -- Elnathan, Charlotte, Phebe, Caleb, Isaac and Newton. Mr. Miner came to Michigan from Wayne county, N. Y., in the fall of 1849, and bought the farm on which he now lives of a Mr. Hecox. He has improved it and now has a good farm and a pleasant home. He was married a second time. Feb. 2, 1877, to Phebe Mosier, widow of Arthur Mosier. She was a sister of his former wife, and was born in Dutchess county, N. Y., in 1816.
R. II. Myers, son of Abraham Myers, was born in Saratoga county, N. Y., Oct. 18, 1827, where he lived until 10 years of age, when he went to Ulster county of that State. He lived there until 1847, when he went to the city of New York, where he joined Col. Stephenson's regiment. It was an independent regiment that was fitting to go to California. They left New York Ang. 9. 1847, going by way of Valparaiso and touching at the Sandwich Islands, and reached Sacramento in August, 1843, where the company were disbanded. Mr. Myers then shipped on a whaling vesel for the South Seas; but after being ont a short time he, in company with six others concluded they would sooner brave the sea in an open boat than endure the tyranny that they were compelled to on board the vessel: they deserted the ship one night in an open boat, and after a week or more they came in sight of land, and after much trouble landed. Finding but a barren coast, they started inward and soon found natives, who showed them where some Spaniards had an orange plantation, from whom they learned that they were on the coast of Peru. Mr. Myers and his companions wandered through this country for about two years, when they found a ves- sel going to New Bedford, Mass. They shipped aboard this ves- sel and in due time arrived in New Bedford. For several years after, he was engaged on whaling vessels and made a number of voyages to the Polar Scas and around the coasts of Africa and China. After an absence of over six years, in which time his fam- ily had never heard of him, they supposing him dead, he returned to his home. His father was then living near Syracuse, N. Y.
In the summer of 1852, he came in company with his father and his family, to Jackson county. Mr. Myers was married in Spring- port. Nov. 18, 1853, to Rebecca Tucker, daughter of Ichabod and Olive Tucker. She was born in Genesee county, N. Y. They lived in this county until in 1859, when they removed to Allen county, Kansas, remaining one year, when they returned to Jackson county, where they have resided since. In November, 1873, Mr. Myers came to the village of Springport, and was pro- prietor of the hotel for a year or two, when he engaged in general merchandising. He has a large patronage and has made a success of the mercantile business. They have 2 children-Charles and George.
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Benjamin Peckham, son of Samuel and Mary Peckham, was born in Rensselaer county, N. Y., May 26, 1815. He lived here until he had reached the age of 21 years, then came to Tecumseh, Mich., in May, 1836; bought a piece of land here and lived on it until the fall of 1837, sold it and came to Jackson county, locat- ing in the town of Parma, where he has lived since, with the ex- ception of a couple of years spent in Albion, and four in Jackson. In 1840 he returned to Rensselaer county, where, March 25, 1840, he married Annie E. Cushman, daughter of Stephen and Ruth Cushman; she was born in Rensselaer county, July, 1823. They have 4 children-Merritt, Mary, now Mrs. C. C. Brown; William and Stephen, all living in Parma. Mr. P. has been Supervisor of the town of Parma during the years of 1846-'7, 1852-'3, 1856-'7. In his business affairs he has been quite successful. He was perhaps the first man in Jackson county to introduce fine-wool sheep.
Christopher Pope, son of Henry and Rhoda (Pendell) Pope, was born in the town of Lyons, Wayne Co., N. Y., October, 1812. At the age of 20 Mr. Pope went to Fredersburg, Canada, and in 1837, he married Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Jacob and Lena Smith. They were both natives of Canada. Mrs. Pope was born in the town in which she was married in February. 1813. They contin- ned to live here until the fall of 1839, when they came to Michi- gan, settling on the farm on which they now live. They have 1 child, Jacob S. Pope, born in March, 1838. He grew up to the years of manhood on the farm on which he still lives, receiving his education in the schools of his county. He married in January, 1868, Jane Antoinette Adams, who was born in this county in February, 1838, and is the daughter of David and Hannah Adams of this county.
Two years previous to their moving to this place Mr. Pope and his father had made a visit to Michigan and located the land on which he afterward settled. They have a fine farm of 280 acres. Mr. Pope has been Class- leader in the M. E. Church for the past 40 years. He has also held many of the offices of his town.
Hrad J. Starr, son of Joseph and Ruth Starr, was born in Tompkins county, N. Y., Sept. 18, 1811. His father was a farmer. At the age of 12 years his mother died, and when he reached 14 his father died, and he lived with his older brother, Dewitt Starr, until he was 17 or 18, when he went to his uncle, George Ludlow, and engaged with him to serve an apprenticeship at the millwright trade for three years, at nine cents per day. After his term of service was out he followed his trade in that county until he was about 25 years of age, when, in the fall of 1836, he came to Jack- son county, Mich. He returned the same fall, and in the spring of 1837 came again and lived with his brother-in-law, S. H. Lud- low; in the fall of 1838 he again visited his home in New York. May 9, 1839, he was married to Caroline, daughter of Archibald and Esther Dixon, one of the pioneer families in the town of Springport. She was born in Cortlandville, Cortland Co., N. Y.,
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May 21, 1817, and came to Michigan in the spring of 1837, her father's family having come the fall previous. Children-Mary, born Jan. 14, 1849, and Frank, born Nov. 7, 1851. Frank was married Sept. 25, 1876, to Mary, daughter of Oscar and Melissa Olmsted. She was born in Shiawassee county, Mich. A short time after their marriage, in 1839, Mr. Starr removed to their farm in the town of Parma, where they lived about 15 years, when they went to the village of Parma, where another year was spent. They then bought a farm in the "Quaker settlement," in the same town. In the spring of 1835 they came to the town of Springport, and in 1862 removed to the farm on which the family are still living and where Mr. Starr died Jan. 26, 1881. A short time after their marriage, they both united with the M. E. Church at the "North Parma Church." Mr. Starr was a diligent searcher of the Scriptures, and was licensed to exhort in the M. E. Church about 20 years since. Some five years ago, after carefully read- ing the Scriptures, he embraced the faith of the Adventists, and since that time, joined that society in his devotions. Mrs. Starr had been a member of that Church for some 15 years. Mr. Starr was truly an exemplary man.
Abram Van Gordon, son of Isaac and Rose Van Gordon, was born in Orange county, N. Y., July 25, 1805. His family moved to Tates county, N. Y., when he was about 10 or 11 years of age, where he lived until 1828, when he moved to Orleans county, of the same State, and being a carpenter and jointer by trade, he plied his vocation for several years in this and the adjoining counties. Dec. 4, 1831, in Orleans county, he was married to Catharine Freeman, daughter of John and Ann Freeman. She was born Feb. 18, 1814, in Saratoga county, N. Y., and they have had + chil- dren, of whom 3 are now living-Hannah, now Mrs. G. Dunham; Amanda, now Mrs. H. D. Griffith, and William. In the fall of 1835, Mr. V. came to Michigan and purchased of the Govern- ment the land on which he now lives. He returned to Orleans county, and in the fall of 1846 removed his family to Michigan, settling on the farm on which they are still living. He has carved out of the woods a fine farm, and now has a pleasant home with cheerful surroundings.
George Wilcox, son of Asa and Sarah (Price) Wilcox, was born in Allington, Bennington Co., Vt., Oct. 29., 1806. His parents were natives of Dutchess connty, N. Y. While he was yet an infant, his family removed to Warren county, N. Y. Here he lived until he had reached the age of 17 years, when he went to Jefferson county, where he went to school what time he could dur- ing the winter. He married in Jefferson county, April 27, 1828, Azubah Graves, daughter of Lemuel and Eleanor Graves; she was born in Jefferson county, Feb. 29, 1808. They have 9 children, viz .: Daniel, now living in this town; Ellen, now Mrs. H. Johnson, living in Missouri; Norman, living in Illinois; George, who enlisted in a California battalion; his regiment was taken to Massachu-
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setts and there was transferred to the 3d Mass. Cav; at the battle of Gettysburg he was taken a prisoner and sent to Andersonville; is now living in the city of Lansing; Samuel died in Illinois in 1861; Elisha enlisted in the 42d III. Vol., Co. H; while on the skirmishing line near Atlanta, Ga., he was killed July 22, 1864; Harvey was a member of the same company as his brother Elisha. He went ont to battle in November, 1864, and was never heard from ; Asa was in the 6th Mich. Heavy Art., Co. H, and died in July, 1864, in the hospital at Natchez, Miss .; Sarah, the youngest child, died when two years of age. Of the 4 sons that went ont to bat- tle for their country, but ]. returned. The rest gave their life as a sacrifice for the cause of freedom. In the spring of 1832 Mr. Wilcox, with his family, started for Ohio. They stopped at Erie, Pennsylvania, abont six months; lived near Cleveland some six years; removed to Massillon, Stark Co., Ohio; staid there but a few years; returned to the place near Cleveland, and in the fall of 1848 came to Michigan, settling at Springport, where he has since lived. At the age of 13 years he joined the Baptist Church; some years after united with the M. E. Church. He has been licensed as a local preacher for the past 26 years. In politics he has always been a staunch Republican.
Reuben Yerenton, son of John and Rhoda (Covey) Yerenton both natives of Connecticut, was born in the town of Sandy Creek, Oswego Co., N. Y., March 15, 1818. Mr. R. grew up in his native county, and in the fall of 1836 accompanied his father to Michigan, settling in the town of Green Oaks, Livingston Co. When he had attained the age of about 23 years he left home and went to Allegan, Mich., where he spent several years, when he came to Sandstone, Jackson Co. After dwelling here for a time, he came to the town of Springport where, in 1854, he married Lurena Hicks daughter of Nathaniel Hicks, of that town. She was born in March, 1828, in Orleans county, N. Y., and came to Jackson county in 1845. After their marriage they removed to Eaton county, where they were engaged in farming for several years with fair success. Some 15 years ago he came to the village of Springport, where he has since carried on a general store, and is one of the oldest and most successful merchants of that pleasant village.
SUMMIT TOWNSHIP.
This township, as constituted įby an act of the Legislature in 1857, was settled as early as 1830 by an unknown squatter. The year following, a permanent settlement was made, but the name of snch pioneer became lost amid the number who flocked into the picturesqne land during 1831-'2. The township lies sonth of Jack- son, bounding the southern portion of the city on the sonth, east and west. It is considered one of the richest agricultural divisions of the county; the farmers are skilled in their art, and have raised their township from the wilderness state to that of the most favored land. The soil is a sandy loam with a clay subsoil; the face of the country is rolling, hill and dale alternate, and throughont groves of fine timber vary the landscape. This township may be said to be the basin of Grand river as well as Spring Arbor creek. The lakes and ponds are numerous, including Brown's, Vandercook's, Sharpe's and Cove lakes, with a dozen of ponds bearing various names. The T. W., J., L. & S. R. R., with the Air-Line division of the M. C. R. R., runs southwest through the district, while the M. C. main line passes through its northeast sections. The town- ship contains about 36 sections, giving homes to a prosperous people.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
Following will be found biographical mention of a large number of the most enterprising residents of the township, which will not fail to be of valne and interest to not only themselves, but their friends in other portions of the country.
Sidney Aldrich was born June 2, 1817, in Kettleborough, Suf- folk Co., Eng. His father, Elijah Aldrich, was born in 1797; his mother, Sidonia, was born in 1793. There were of this genera- tion 5 children-James, Letitia, Sidney, Edgar and Anna. Three are yet living. Sidney emigrated to America in the spring of 1832, first locating in Plattsburg, where he resided four years, and learned carriage-making. He went into business in Clarence, Erie Co., N. Y., continuing to ply his vocation 16 years, when he engaged in farming in Newstead, Erie Co. July 4, 1839, he mar- ried Lydia Ann York, who was born in Canandaigua, Ontario Co., N. Y., Sept. 23, 1818. The fruit of this marriage has been 9 children, born in the following order: Orlando W., March 30, 1840; Allen F., Feb. 10, 1843; Anna Letitia, March 5, 1845; Har- riet Alberta, June 16, 1848; Edgar L., Sept. 25, 1850, died Dec. 13, 1857; Sidney George, Sept. 4, 1853; Charles A., May 25,
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1856, died April 10, 1868; Stephen E., March 31, 1858, died March 28, 1859; William H., Jan. 29, 1860. In April, 1864, Mr. Aldrich came to Summit and located on sees. 34 and 27. He owns 140 acres of land in this tp., valued at $65 per acre, a farm of 140 acres in see. 22 ($40 per acre), and 85 acres in Goochland county, Va. He is a Republican, and has been for 25 years a licensed preacher of the M. E. Church. He has bestowed unusual care on the education and training of his children, and one of his sons has already reached distinction. Orlando Wesley Aldrich graduated at Bloomington Wesleyan University, and took success- ively the following degrees: B. A., M. A., Ph. B., Ph. D., and at the Prince Albert University of Ontario took the degree of LL. D. He practiced his profession at Bloomington, IN., was Prof. of Law and German in his Alma Mater, has been the editor of the Monthly Jurist, and is the author of a legal work, "Contracts," published by Callihan & Co., of Chicago. He is now President of the Mutual Aid Association of Columbus, Ohio. George Sidney Aldrich graduated at Jackson high school in the scientific course in 1873, and in the law department of Michigan University at Ann Arbor in 1876. He practiced law at Vermontville about one year, and has resided in Goochland county. Va., nearly three years.
Dennis Badgley was born in Seneca county, N. Y., Oct. 20, 1837. His father, John D. Badgley, of Scotch extraction, was a native of the same place, being born there in 1801. His mother, Charlotte Miller, was born at Plainfield, N. J., in 1806. She was of German descent. They settled in Grass Lake in 1845, and had 7 children, 5 of whom are now living. Their names are as follows: Lewis, Elizabeth, Dennis, Junius (died in 1858), Jay. Jabez and Millie (died in 1850). The mother died in Grass Lake in 1-49. After this event her husband went to Ionia, and died there in 1875. Dennis married Sarah A. Christopher, of Liberty, Dee. 18, 1864. They have 7 children-Forrest Clyde, born April 11, 1866; Ernest Clay, born Sept. 11, 1868; Grace M., born Oct. 26, 1870; Nora, born Jan. 2, 1873; Verne W., born Nov. 25, 1974; Laura, born Sept. 28, 1876: Hattie, born Jan. 18, 1879. They have lived on this farm since 1864. It consists of 126 acres located in sec. 34; value, 875. In 1872 Mr. Badgley built a fine residence. Heis a farmer, and makes a specialty of merino sheep. In the spring of 1860 he went to Nevada, where he engaged in mining and building for mining companies, for four years, when he returned to Michigan, and invested his money in a farm. He is a Republican.
Deming Boldrey was born in Province of Quebec, Can., March 9, 1816. His father, Silas Boldrey, was born in Taunton, Mass., in 1775; he came to Michigan, May 1, 1837, where he died June 25, 1844. His wife was born in Vermont in 1772, and died in this tp. in 1845. They had 3 children-James, born March 9, 1810; Lama, April, 1813, and Deming. Wm. Thompson, his maternal grandfather, was born in Ireland in 1737 and died here in 1×40, just previous to his 103d birthday. On the death of
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his father Deming took possession of the homestead where he has lived since. In 1843 he married the widow of James Boldrey, who died June 11, 1841. Her first marriage occurred in Niagara county, N. Y., in 1837; by this she was the mother of 2 sons-Silas, now living in this tp., and Sylvester, who died in the hospital during the late war. Deming Boldrey and wife had 2 sons, Edgar and Truman. Edgar died in the army in 1863. Truman Boldrey was born Jan. 1, 1868. Lucy Crego, his wife, daughter of Wm. and Lucy Crego, of Liberty, was born May 8, 1850. They have 7 children-Pearl, born Nov. 1, 1868; William, born Aug. 3, 1870; Ara, Jan. 16, 1872; George, Sept. 17, 1874; Stephen, June 21, 1876; Gracie, Feb. 4, 1878; Ransom, Nov. 13, 1880. Mr. Boldrey enlisted in Company A, 3d Michigan Cavalry, and was at Inka, Miss. His farm comprises 120 acres of land, valued at $70 per acre.
Silas W. Boldrey, the son of James and Maria Boldrey, was born in the tp. where he now resides, Sept. 25, 1838. Nov. 24, 1862, he married Cornelia Thayer. They have 4 children -- Sinnia M., born April 10, 1864; Forrest, born Aug. 10, 1867; Bert, born Oct. 12, 1874; Royal, born June 26, 1878. Mr. Boldrey has followed farming as an avocation; has a fine farm of 100 acres, valued at 865 per acre. He is Republican in political principles. Erastus M. Thayer, the father of Mrs. Boldrey, who is spend- ing the last years of his life with her, was born in Monroe county, N. Y., Nov. 20, 1817. IIe was engaged in the Patriot war of 1838, and carries in his person a ball as a reminder of one incident of his personal connection with the luckless enterprise, handed down to posterity under the cognomen of the Patriot war. In company with seven comrades, he left Prescott, Canada, for the other shore; they were discovered and fired at, and six of his companions were killed. He escaped with a severe wound.
Benanawell B. Bradford was born in Sharon, Schoharie Co., N. Y., March 16, 1812. He came of illustrious ancestry. his lineage being direct from William Bradford, second Governor of the Plymouth colony, one of the Pilgrim fathers, who landed in Plymouth from the Mayflower, in December, 1620. Mr. Brad- ford's father and mother were natives of Connecticut. His father was born June 17, 1779, and died Oct. 9, 1837. His mother was born June 9, 1784, and died June 2, 1857. Mr. Bradford, Sr., moved from Connecticut to New York, about the year 1810. He was the father of 13 children, all of whom lived to become heads
of families. Mr. Bradford, of this sketch, was married Feb. 3, 1836, to Emily Crocker, who was born in New York, July 13, 1813. Six children, all of whom are living, were born to them as fol- lows: John W., June 16, 1838; Laura F., June 18, 1840; Hannah Annette, May 18, 1842; Elizabeth C., Ang. 11, 1844; Martin B., Sept. 4, 1847; Edgar A., Feb. 11, 1850. The family came to Michigan in December, 1836, and lived in Eaton county until 1844, when they removed to Jackson county. They settled in this tp. in 1862. Mr. Bradford has been engaged in agriculture from boy-
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hood, has been a Republican from the founding of the party, and a member of the Methodist Church for 50 years.
John C. Burchard was born in Lima, Livingston Co., N. Y., Feb. 5., 1836. He married Matilda Steffey, of Sandstone, Mich., Sept. 29. 1875. She was born in Steuben county, N. Y., Dec. 7. 1850. They have 2 children-John T., born Feb. 25, 1877, and Carrie, born July 20, 1880. The father of Mr. Burchard was born in Livingston county, N. Y., in 1801; his mother in the same county in 1803. They moved to Jackson county in 1846, where the father died Dec. 20, 1878, the son succeeding to the estate con- sisting of 239 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre. Besides gen- eral farming he has been successfully engaged in agriculture.
.John D. Clark was born in Maryland, Jan. 10, 1824. His parents, Hiram and Meyena (Potts) Clark, were both natives of Mary- land, and emigrated to Bedford county, Penn., in 1825. His father died in Cambria county, Penn., in 1831. His mother removed to Michigan in 1845, and died at Ypsilanti in 1867. Their son, John, lived in Detroit seven years, going from there to Elgin, Ill., where he stayed one year, when he went to Aurora, living there until May 20, 1875, when he removed to this tp., hav- ing purchased the farm owned by E. B. Walworth, comprising 77 acres of land, estimated at $60 per acre. Aug. 20, 1849, he mar- ried Catharine Hayes, by whom he has had 6 children-Meyena M., born Ang. 9, 1850; died Nov. 24, 1865; Mary F., Jan. 10, 1853; John D .; Ellen C., born March 4, 1858; James E., born Nov. 29, 1861; Wm. D., Oct. 2, 1864. He is a Republican. His wife was born July 22,1828, in Cork county, Ireland, and came to this country when 12 years of age. Mr. Clark was a fireman in the employ of the M. C. R. R. during its early difficulties. The attacking by stones and bullets and the side expeditions brought about by obstructed tracks, was deemed by him sufficient cause for dissolving his interests with the railroad, and he engaged in farm- ing.
Mrs. Mary Crouch, daughter of Israel and Carna Graves, was born in Prattsburg, Steuben Co., N. Y .. Jan. 12, 1821. Israel Graves was born in Whatelv, Mass., Jan. 11, 1785; his wife, at Deerfield, Mass., Feb. 21, 1787. They were married about 1807, and settled in New York, where Mrs. Crouch was born. Mr. Graves died May 14, 1855. Mrs. Graves still lives at Cohocton, Steuben Co., N. Y. Mary married Joseph Cronch at that place May 31, 1857, where 1 daughter, Freelove G., was born March 22, 1860. In 1866 Joseph Crouch settled with his family on sec. 33. Ile was born at Saratoga, N. Y., March 22, 1803, and died Jan. 15, 1880. He was a Republican, and all his life a man who received the consideration and respect of all who knew him, and held positions of trust among his fellows. He owned a farm of 120 acres, valued at 864 per acre, and also valuable property in the city of Jackson. Mrs. Crouch is a Congregationalist.
Alanson Dibble was born in Elma, Erie Co., N. Y., Jan. 23, 1824. In 1836 he came to Michigan with his parents and settled
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within half a mile of where he now lives. His father bonght 160 acres of land and so added to it by purchase that he owned 300 acres. He disposed of portions until he reduced his real estate to 180 acres. Alanson married Sabra L. Field April 2, 1857. She was one of a family of 13 children, of whom 1 brother and & sisters are living. Mrs. Dibble has + children-Dwight M., born Jan. 15, 1858; Edwin M., born Nov. 4, 1860; Ellen C., born Dec. 5, 1863; Jennie M., Nov. 25, 1871. Mr. Dibble was the son of Abraham and Mercy (McCain) Dibble. His father was born in August, 1794, in Ver- mont. He was in the war of 1812, and died in New York abont 1831. His mother was born about 1808 in New York, and died when about 42 years of age. Mrs. Dibble was the daughter of Thomas and Charity (McCain) Field. The homestead contains 242 acres, valued at $9,650. Mr. Dibble is a Republican.
Gideon C. Draper first saw the light of day in the town of New- stead, Erie Co., N. Y. He is the son of Addison Draper, who was born Sept. 19, 1752, in Vermont, and died in New York June 15, 1839. His mother, Mercy (Eldred) Draper, was born in Otsego county, N. Y., Jan. 14, 1787, and died in Erie county, N. Y., May 20, 1861. His father was a soldier of 1812. The subject of this sketch married Martha Russell, of Dundee, Monroe Co., Mich., March 10, 1850. She was born at Lodi, Seneca Co., N. Y., Jan. 9, 1829. Five children were the results of this marriage. George A. was born Jan. 3, 1851, died Ang. 21, 1860; Ella M., born April 23, 1852, died Nov. 30, 1863; Cora T., Sept. 12, 1861. died Sept. 24, 1862; Satie E., Jan. 24, 1865. Mr. Draper is a Methodist, and Republican in politics. He was engaged in the Patriot war of 1838, and was stationed at Tonawanda and Buffalo. He came to Michigan at the close of that little craze, settled in Rives, and afterward went to Napoleon, where he lived 18 years, coming to this tp. in 1865. He owns 110 acres of land, estimated at $100.
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