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known and respected by many great chiefs. Should they be called to journey to the happy hunting-ground, the trail would be an open one, for they would be known from afar. This and much more complimentary talk was gone through. Then comes the gist of the talk. Who knows the Young Elk? No one (grunts all round). He has one pony. The pony is very thin. He has no hope of recognition from the gate-keeper of the happy hunting- ground. Ile has nothing in his teepee with which to give welcome to a friend. Then follows an exhibit of poverty which extorts a chorus of grunts from the circle of squatters. The speaker con- tinued. He is not a squaw; his eyes are hurt now by the smoke of the squaws' fires. He is not alone; there are many more young men who are no better off than he. The white brother is a woman: his arm is weak, and his heart is as pale as his face. A man can take from him all that he has, and the big-gun men in the dig- heap (fort) will give much more. He is done; he will talk no more. but will go and prove that his words are true.
Such is a brief description of the councils held by the Indians in the days of the first settlers, when old Te-cum-qua-see and Wap- ka-zeek governed the bands then claiming the county as their heritage.
AN INDIAN KILLED BY A STAG.
Early in 1825 an Indian from some distant village was wending his way northward along an unfrequented trail, passing through the present location of Westren's Corners. At sun-down he spread his robe beside his blazing fire, and settled down to that repose to which his long march entitled him. Presently he saw a stag ap- proaching, and rose to grasp his rifle, but he was too late; the maddened animal rushed at him with a stunning force, and did not cease to belabor the red man with antlers and hoofs until in- stinct informed him of his victim's death. Indians passed that way when the night was advanced, took in the situation, buried their friend next day, and parted from the solitary grave. The road of the white man was subsequently made, and the bones of that Indian exhumed.
THE INDIAN BABES.
Nothing excited the curiosity of the wives and daughters of the early settlers more than the Indian pappoose. When the women of the present time read of the manner in which the youthful savage is raised, they will not wonder at the surprise exhibited by the pio- neers at the tenderness shown by the Indian mother toward her child, or at the rude cradle in which the aborigines were nursed. It is also well to convey an idea of how the wild woman of the wil- derness treated her offspring, because a pleasant and envious notion is entertained here and in other civilized precincts that young In -
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dians grow-just grow, as Topsy thought she did. But it is not so; they have sore eyes and bad tempers; they wake up in the night with lusty yells and the colic; they have fits; they raise riots when cutting their teeth: and they are just as much petted and just as mischievous as our own.
The mothers of Pocahontas and Red Jacket worried over them with just as much earnestness as, perhaps, did the maternal pro- genitor of George Washington, while quite as much paternal supervision was given, doubtless, to one as to the other. When the question of love and tenderness alone is mooted, then should it be said without hesitation that the baby born to-day in the shadow and smoke of savage life is as carefully cherished as the little stranger that may appear here simultaneously with it, amid all the sur- roundings of civilized wealth; and the difference between them does not commence to show itself until they have reached that age where the mind begins to feed and reason upon what it sees, hears, feels and tastes; then the gulf yawns between our baby and the In- dian's; the latter stands still, while the former is ever moving on- ward and upward.
The love of an Indian mother for her child is made plain to us by the care and labor which she often expends upon the cradle. The choicest production of her skill in grass and woolen weaving, the neatest needlework and the richest bead embroidery that she can devise and bestow, are lavished upon the quaint-looking cribs which savage mothers nurse and carry their little ones around in. This cradle, though varying in minor details, is essentially the same thing, no matter where it is found, between the Indians of Alaska and those far to the south, in Mexico. The Esquimaux are the exception, however, for they use no cradle whatever, carrying their infants snugly ensconced in the hoods to their parkies and otto-fur jumpers. The governing principle of a pappoose cradle is an unyielding board, upon which the baby can be firmly lashed at full length on its back.
This board is usually covered by softly dressed buckskin, with flaps and pouches in which to envelop the baby; other tribes, not rich or fortunate enough to procure this material, have recourse to a neat combination of shrub-wood poles, reed splints, grass mat- ting, and the soft and fragrant ribbons of the bass or linden tree bark. Sweet grass is used here as a bed for the youngster's ten- der back, or else clean, dry moss plucked from the bended limbs of the swamp firs; then, with buckskin thongs or cords of plaited grass, the baby is bound down tight and secure, for any and every disposition that its mother may see fit to make of it for the next day or two.
Indian babies, as a rule, are not kept in their cradles more than twenty to twenty-four consecutive hours at any one time; they are usually unlimbered for an hour or two every day, and allowed to roll and tumble at will on the blanket, or in the grass or sand if the sun shines warm and bright. But this liberty is always con- ditional upon their good behavior when tree, for the moment the
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baby begins to fret or whimper, the mother claps it back into the cradle, where it rests with emphasis, for it can there move nothing save its head; but so far from disliking these rigid couches, the babies actually sleep better in them than when free, and positively cry to be returned to them when neglected and left longer than usual at liberty. This fact is certainly an amusing instance of the force of habit.
When the pappoose is put away in its cradle, the mother has little or no more concern with it, other than to keep within sight or hearing. If she is engaged about the wigwam or in the village. she stands it up in the lodge corner or hangs it to some convenient tree, taking it down at irregular intervals to nurse. When she re- tires at night, the baby is brought and suspended at some point within easy reaching; if the baby is ill, it is kept at her side, or she sits up all night in the most orthodox fashion. When the women leave the village on any errand, such as going to the mountains for berries or to the River canyon for fish, the cradles with the babies therein are slung upon the mothers' backs, and carried, no matter how far, how rough the road, or how dismal the weather.
Indian babies are born subject to all the ills that baby flesh is heir to, but with this great difference between them and ours- when sick they are either killed or cured without delay. This does not happen, however, from sinister motives: it is not done to avoid the irksome care of a sickly, puny child; it is not the result of lack of natural love for offspring -- not any or all of these; it is due to their wonderful " medicine," their fearful system of incan- tation.
A pappoose becomes ill; it refuses to eat or be comforted; and after several days and nights of anxious, tender endeavor to re- lieve her child, the mother begins to fear the worst, and growing thoroughly alarmed, she at last sends for the " shaman," or a doe- tress of the tribe, and surrenders her babe to his or her merciless hands. This shaman at once sets up over the wretched youngster a steady howling, and then anon a whispering conjuration, shaking a hideous rattle or burning wisps of grass around the cra- dle. This is kept up night and day until the baby rallies or dies, one doctor relieving the other until the end is attained, and that result is death nine times out of ten.
Nature had now ordained that the time had come for the hunter to give his place here to the agricultorist. She had been too lav- ish in the distribution of natural advantages to leave it longer in the possession of barbarians, who had, throughout their genera- tions, refused to eultivate its rich soil, or develop its mineral re- sources. She directed the immigrant to the spot which his labor was to convert into another Eden, gave him a fertile soil, sparkling streams, and beautiful forests for his courage, and ordained that he who labored should dwell there and prosper.
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THE AMERICAN PIONEERS.
G. P. Adams, W. E. Aldrich and R. HI. Anderson were among the early settlers, but the dates of their arrivals are not given.
Norman Allen, born at Whiting, Vt., Dee. 4, 1804; moved to Leoni in May, 1833, where he kept a hostelry equi-distant from Leoni and Jackson. His nearest neighbors were two and one-half miles distant, and so desolate was the location that in 1837 he re- solved to remove to the village of Jackson. Mr. Allen entered commercial life in the village, and had a share in' building up its prosperity.
Hiram Archer arrived in the State when only eight years old. He was born at Carlton, N. Y .. Oet. 2, 1829, and settled at Henrietta March 4, 1837.
Aaron K. Austin, born Ang. 1, 1807, at Skaneateles, N. Y .; ar- rived at Ann Arbor Sept. 20, 1828, and now of Norvell, states that "by the change in the name of townships I have lived in five, although I have not removed, except moving from a .log- house' into a 'frame house.'"
Z. M. Barber was born at Royalton, Niagara Co., N. Y., Sept. 18, 1816, and 15 years later, or in September, 1831, moved to Leoni.
Daniel (). Barnard, born at Stamford, N. Y., Nov. 1, 1816; moved to Jackson Oct. 25, 1837.
Lucien B. Beardsley was born at Brighton, N. Y., July 31, 1817. and moved to Jackson in September, 1835. The city of Rochester now covers the site of his birth-place.
Mary Ann Beardsley was born at Greece, N. Y., April 19, 1819. and arrived at Jackson in 1856.
Alonzo Bennett, born at Exeter, N. Y., Aug. 17, 1817, and set- tled in Jackson Oct. 7, 1836.
Abram V. Berry was born in Oneida county, N. Y., Aug. 20, 1804. Moving westward, he arrived at Jackson Nov. 8, 1841; en- gaged in mercantile pursuits; was President of the Jackson Iron Company ; explored the northern shore of Lake Superior, and made a location at Marquette for the reduction of iron ore. Dur- ing 1845-'46. he made several copper locations. Previous to his coming West in 1841, he held a high position in the 157th N. Y. Infantry, and in this State was promoted from the captaincy of the first regular militia company of Jackson county to a major-general- ship.
James T. Berry, born at Frankfort, N. Y., Oct. 31, 1840; moved to Jackson Nov. 8, 1841. Though only 40 years old, this man may be considered an old settler in the truest sense of the word. During the war for the Union he served in 70 battles and was twice wounded.
E. P. Biding, Zera Boynton and George Bunker are all old set- tlers and members of the Pioneer Society.
Lewis Brown and W. N. Buck arrived in the county in 1835 and 1838 respectively.
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Joab Bigelow, born at Guilford, Vt., Oct. 23, 1795; moved to Concord in October, 1836.
Josiah Bigelow was born May 22, 1825, at Batavia, N. Y., and moved to Hanover, this county, April 24, 1836.
Henry HI. Bingham was born Jan. 7, 1814, at Camillus, N. Y., and at the age of 24 years settled in Leoni township, May 8, 1838. His grandfathers served in many battles of the Revolution.
Giles Bloomfield, born April 17, 1808, at Warren, N. Y .; moved to Sandstone, this county, June 2, 1836.
(. V. Bockoven was born at Lyons, N. Y., Jan. 30, 1818, and moved to Jackson Nov. 1. 1838.
Mrs. Bolton, widow of Gen. A. F. Bolton, came to reside in Napoleon as early as 1832.
Richmond Briggs settled in this county in February, 1833.
Benjamin Bullock, born March 18, 1804, at Otsego, N. Y .; moved to Unadilla, Livingston Co., Oct. 12, 1840, and thence to Jackson in September, 1861.
B. L. Carlton, an honorary member of the Pioneer Society, and editor of the Jackson Patriot, was born at Wyoming, N. Y., June 3, 1839; eame to Berrien county in September, 1855, and two years later changed to Jackson.
Jacob V. Carmer was born Oct. 5, 1802, at Orange, N. J., and in September, 1845, migrated West, when he settled in Na- poleon.
F. W. Carr, born Jan. 30, 1818, at Lubec, Maine; settled in Jackson village Nov. 19, 1843.
Elihu Cooley became a resident of Jackson in 1852.
Mrs. Betsy M. Case was born Aug. 21, 1810, and immigrated to Michigan with her husband, next mentioned.
Morgan Case was born at Hartford, N. J., March 16, 1807, and settled at Napoleon Oct. 13, 1832.
Wilson Chaffee, Josiah Cole, A. D. Clark, Benjamin Champ- lin and Jonathan Cady came at an early period in the history of the county.
Mrs. Elizabeth Chamberlain, born at Bristol, N. Y .. December, 1816; moved with her husband, R. W. Chamberlain, to this county in April, 1836.
R. W. Chamberlain, of Livonia, N. Y., was born Jan. 2, 1813, and removed to Jackson April 1, 1836.
Erastus Champlin, born at Lyme, Conn., March 30, 1803; moved west to Jackson village in May, 1836, and ultimately settled in Columbia township.
Lorenzo M. Chanter was born on the island of Malta, Mediter- ranean sea. Sept. S. 1811. and by gradual advances found himself in Blackman township June 1, 1836.
David Chapel, born at Salem, Conn., March 4, 1804; moved to Spring Arbor Dee. 1, 1832, and ultimately took up his resi- dence in Parma village.
L. D. Chapel was born in Canada Nov. 4, 1811; settled at Sandstone in May, 1836, and subsequently took up his residence at Parma.
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Sarah Ann Chapman was born in Jackson, Mich., Nov. 3, 1830. She was the first white child born in Jackson county; mar- ried Albert T. Putnam at an early age, and died in the village of her nativity April 5, 1880, having lived through almost half a century.
William Clapp, born in Dutchess Co., N. Y., June 4, 1805; moved to Hanover, Jackson Co., in August, 1837, and has been a resident of 43 years' standing.
Ossian H. Cobb, born at Charlotte, Vt., Oct. 12, 1816; arrived in Jackson village in October, 1837.
George Cogswell, born Dec. 30, 1822, at Caklwell, N. Y .; migrated West with his brother John, and settled at Spring Arbor in 1837.
John Cogswell, born June 17, 1833, in Ticonderoga, N. Y .; came to Bedford, Wayne Co., in October, 1834; the same year changed to Concord, this county, and subsequently settled at Spring Arbor, in 1837.
Mrs. Huldah Colby, born at Royalton, N. Y., May 8, 1818; moved with her relatives to Jackson June 20, 1832.
E. W. Comstoek, born Nov. 7, 1807, at Montville, Conn. ; moved to Springport Oct. 19, 1838, and with few intermissions has resided in his adopted village.
Addison P. Cook was born at Berne, N. Y., July 16, 1817, and at the age of 21 migrated West, settling at Brooklyn, this county, Aug. 16, 1838.
Charlotte A. Cook was born at New Baltimore, N. Y., Dec. 12, 1819, and eame to Brooklyn Sept. 16, 1846.
Samuel W. Cooper, born at Rutland, N. Y., Feb. 26, 1816; migrated to Sylvan, Washtenaw Co., May 3, 1838, and two years later adopted Grass Lake as his home.
I. C. Corwin, born at Ithaca, N. Y., March 10, 1818; moved West in 1836, and settled in Leoni, changing his residence sub- sequently to Parma village ..
Henry J. Crego was born at Mustead, N. Y., and moving West settled at Columbia July, 1835, subsequently changing to Lib- erty.
William S. Crego, born at Mustead, N. Y., April 26, 1816; moved to Columbia June 21, 1835, and to Liberty subsequently.
John Curtiss, born Ang. 19, 1800, at Onondaga, N. Y., and ar- rived in Napoleon May 3, 1837. His reminiscences of those times are not without interest. He states: " I first lived in a log house, owned by Traper, in the town of Columbia; built a fire by the side of a stump for the purpose of cooking; bought in town of Na- poleon, now Norvell, and moved there in August, 1837. I built a log house and used loose boards for the floor. The wolves howled round during the nights. Some Indians came in the door-yard one night, and my dog attacked them ;- they had a battle. It was the last I saw of my dog in any shape. It was very dark and I could not see them."
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Philo J. Curtiss, born at Oswego, N. Y., May 2, 1828; emigrated with his relatives to Jackson May 26, 1837.
Henry Daniels was born Feb. 26, 1816, at Bethany, Genesee Co., N. Y., and at the age of 15 came West with his relatives, set- ling at Jackson village June 20, 1831, and subsequently moving to Blackman.
M. R. Davis, born at Cattaraugus, N. Y., Aug. 8, 1824; came West in 1831 and settled at Jackson June 14, that year.
Rosevelt Davis, born at Pembroke, N. Y., Dec. 16, 1830; be- came a citizen of Jackson county in May, 1831.
Jones Day, born at Port Ann, N. Y., came West in 1834 and settled at Brooklyn, this county.
Horace Dean, born at Windsor, Vt., May 11, 1809; settled at Napoleon Oct. 16, 1832.
Anson II. De Lamater was born April 13, 1811, at Pompey, N. Y., and May 15, 1834, reached Columbia.
Edward De Lamater was born at Pompey, N. Y., in 1812, and settled in Columbia township May, 1834, subsequently changing to Brooklyn.
W. De Lamater, born April 7, 1817, at Manlius, N. Y .; arrived in Manchester, Washtenaw Co., June 10, 1832, and moved to Lib- erty, this county, in 1849.
Mrs. Lydia De Lamater was born at Cohocton, N. Y., Dec. 11, 1820, and coming West settled with her relatives in Columbia May, 1843.
Charles V. De Land was born at North Bloomfield, Mass., July 25, 1828; settled at Jackson May 21, 1830, and now resides at East Saginaw.
James S. De Land, born at Jackson, Michigan, Nov. 10, 1835; has since made it his home.
Mrs. Mary G. De Land, born at Caroline, N. J., in 1802; came to Jackson May 27, 1830.
Wm. R. De Land, born in Massachusetts July 20, 1795, and ar- rived in Jackson May 27. 1830.
James Depuy, born at Pompey, N. Y., Oet. 20, 1815; settled at Spring Arbor July 29, 1832.
Charles C. Dewy was born at Boonville, N. Y., Nov. 16, 1816. and settled at Napoleon May 1, 1855.
F. A. Dewey, President of the Lenawee Pioneer Association, and an honorary member of the Jackson County Society, was born at Trois Rivieres, Quebec, Feb. 25, 1811; settled in Tecumseh in September, 1829, and has become almost as Jacksonian and American as the people of this county.
Marvin Dorrill, born on the German Flats, N. Y., April 17, 1804: came West in 1837, and settled at Rives in May of that year.
S. J. Drake was born at New Hampton, N. II., March 15, 1804, and came to reside in Hanover township 36 years later, in September, 1840.
James A. Dyer, born at Royalton, Vt., June 29, 1812; moved West in 1835, and settled at Jackson May 19, same year.
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H. M. Eddy and M. B. Elliot became citizens of this county at an early date, but the place of nativity or the time of their settle- ment is unknown.
Robert J. Edgar, born at Washington, N. Y., Feb. 1, 1813; mi- grated at the age of 26 years, and settled at Grass Lake in May, 1839, subsequently adopting Parma as his home.
B. F. Eggleston, the present Secretary of the Jackson Pioneer Society, was born at Victor, N. Y., Feb. 1, 1814, and on coming West settled at Adrian July 7, 1836, subsequently making Jack- son village his home.
Owen Ellison, born at Newburg, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1809; moved to Freedom, Washtenaw Co., in October. 1835, and subsequently made Napoleon his home.
Wm. A. Ernst, born at Cooperstown, N. Y., Nov. 18, 1820; removed to Jackson 29 years later, in November, 1849.
Wm. B. K. Erriman, born at Elbridge, N. Y., May 15, 1830; settled at Jackson May 14, 1846.
Charles Evans, born at Easton, N. Y., in July, 1808; arrived in the county when 28 years of age, and in September. 1836, settled in Rives township.
George Facey arrived at Summit in April, 1848, and has since made his home there.
John A. Fellows, born at Sand Hill, N. Y .. Jan. 7, 1810; moved to Sandstone 29 years later, in October, 1839.
Homer D. Fisher is purely Jacksonian by nativity; born in the village Nov. 5, 1839, he continued to make it his home.
Darwin Fitzgerald, born Oct. 6, 1827, at Jordan, N. Y .; arrived at Spring Arbor Feb. 23. 1836, and is now a resident of Spring- port.
Albert Foster, born at Bridgeport. Vt., Dec. 8, 1809; moved westward 28 years later, and settled at Jackson village July 3, 1837.
Frederick M. Foster was born at Bridgeport July 27, 1813, and settled at Jackson May 2, 1842. Harriet M. Foster, his wife, was born at Madison, Ohio, Aug. 12, 1817, and came to reside in Jack- son September, 1849.
Hiram Gardner, born at Geneva, N. Y., March 12, 1803; settled at Grass Lake June 20, 1835, and subsequently moved to Leoni. Mrs. Sarah Gardner was born at Seneca Falls May 27, 1807, and came hither with her husband. Mr. Gardner, to the Pioneer Soci- ety, Oct. 23, 1874, says: "I am almost 72 years of age, hale and hearty. I am truly glad to meet with you on this occasion, and hope we may all live to meet again. "
David Garlinghouse was born in New Jersey in 1805; 31 years later settled in Lenawee county, and finally made his home in Jack- son.
Almond M. Garriard, of Bolton, N. Y., born Sept. 25, 1824; settled in Coneord township Oct. 17, 1836.
Mrs. Elvina C. McGec Garriard was born at Bolton Aug. 4, 1830, and two years later arrived in Concord.
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Horace Giftord, born at Port Hope, Canada, June 13, 1817; set- tled at Spring Arbor April 17, 1838.
Myron Gillette came into the State Nov. 1, 1837, and subse- gently made his home at Springport.
Aaron T. Gorton, born at Painted Post village, N. Y., Dec. 3, 1811; settled at Dexter, Washtenaw Co., June 14, 1833, and sub- sequently moved to Waterloo, in this county.
N. B. Graham came in 1842, and settled at Parma. James Graham arrived subsequently, as also did W. K. Gibson.
Allen Green, born at Warriek. R. I., Oct. 11, 1789; came west in 1835, and settled at Napoleon in December of that year. Mrs. Mary Nicols Green was born May 10, 1801, at War- rick, and was married May 20, 1820.
Chauncey Green was born at Ruport. Vt., Feb. 21, 1820; settled at Onondaga, Ingham Co., July 4, 1843, and finally adopted Jackson city as his future home.
Levi P. Gregg settled in Jackson village in 1838, and took a prominent part in building up its present greatness.
G. T. Gridley, born at Vernon, N. Y., July 1, 1816; settled at Ypsilanti June 1, 1837, and adopted Jackson as his home in Feb- ruary, 1844.
J. (. Griffin was born at Kingsbury, N. Y., March 1, 1817; settled at Napoleon July 3, 1836, and occupied the location of his present residence in 1838.
Lorenzo D. Griswold, born at Galen, N. Y., Feb. 24, 1816; set- tled at Jackson, Mich., Nov. 1, 1838.
Charles L. Hawley was born at Leyden, N. Y., May 1, 1811, and at the age of 25 years settled at Napoleon, Jan. 18, 1836.
Channeey Hawley, born at Granby, Conn., Sept. 26, 1797; set- tled at Napoleon Oet. 8, 1832.
Henry Hawley, born in Leyden township, N. Y., March 26, 1813; settled at Napoleon Oct. 25, 1834.
James P. Hawley was born in Hartford township, N. Y., Sept. 25, 1828, and arrived at Napoleon Oct. 13, 1832.
Lyman Hawley, born at Granby, Conn., Dec. 8, 1787; settled at Napoleon, in this county, Oct. 25, 1834.
Henry A. Hayden, born at Springfield, Otsego Co., N. Y., March 28, 1817; settled at Jackson in June, 1838, one year after the preliminary survey of the M. C. R. R. between Detroit and Lake Michigan.
Jonathan II. Hendee was born at Sudbury, Vt., Nov. 16, 1815; settled at Jackson in October, 1836, and subsequently moved to Blackman.
Daniel B. Hibbard, born at Phelps, N. Y., Aug. 13, 1818; set- tled at Jackson May 9, 1836. Mr. Hibbard's career has been a most useful one, if not actually distinguished. He has from the beginning taken a leading part in building up a prosperous eity.
Mrs. Almira Higgins, born at East Hartford, Conn., in June, 1818; came West with her husband.
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Samuel Higby, born at New Hartford, N. Y., March 26, 1813; settled at Jackson in 1838.
Jirah A. Higgins was born at East Haddam, Conn., Dec. S, 1809, and settled at Jaekson in May, 1844.
Gordon Hilt was born at Colchester, N. Y., Sept. 14, 1832, and came to Columbia, Jackson Co., Oct. 15, 1835.
Hiram C. Hodge, horn at Stamford. Vt., Feb. 22, 1821: settled at Pulaski in September, 1837.
James M. Holland, born at Pittsfield, N. Y., Feb. 22, 1832: settled at Columbia May 25. 1837.
Simon Holland, born at Pittsfield, N. Y., Oct. 14, 1802; settled in Jackson county, in the town of Columbia. May 20. 1837. Mr. Holland has been engaged in agriculture for a period of 14 years, and also in commercial pursuits for 17 years.
R. O. Hollister, born at Milford, N. Y., April 17, 1811; settled at Jackson in April, 1836.
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