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Mrs. Ennice R. O. Hollister was born at Shoctes, Mass., Dec. 6, 1807.
James L. Holmes, born in New York city Aug. 30, 1825; set- tled in Lenawee county in 1837, and the following year moved to Jackson.
N. S. Houghtalin, born at Livingston, N. Y., April 28, 1828; settled in Somerset, Hillsdale Co., Sept. 20, 1846, and subse- quently, in 1853, established his home at Liberty.
A. N. Howe, born at Newstead, N. Y., Oct. 15, 1841; settled at Summit April 28, 1854.
E. B. Howe, born March 2, 1814. at Oneida, N. Y .: settled at Summit in April, 1854.
Alvinzie Hunt, born at Marcellus, N. Y., Nov. 14. 1809: set- tled at Napoleon in May. 1836.
Mrs. Converse Phebe Hunt was born at Onondaga. N. Y .. Jan. 23, 1812; came West with her husband in 1836.
Daniel Hubbard, Jacob Hirsch, and R. H. Hubbard were among the early settlers, but the dates of their arrivals have not been given. .
Atwater Hurd came West in 1838.
John S. Hurd, born at Gorham. N. Y., June 2, 1816; settled at Lima, Washtenaw Co., November. 1836, and subsequently made his home at Jackson.
Wm. Hutehins, born at Shelby, N. Y., Aug. 13, 1825; came West in October, 1831, and settled at York, Washtenaw Co.
James E. Jamison and Sherman Jacobs, who settled in Pu- laski at an early period, are members of the Pioneer Society. but dates of birth and immigration are wanting.
David Johnson, born at Sangerfield, N. Y., Oct. 20, 1809; ar- ived in Jackson village in March, 1838.
John P. Kaywood, born at Ulysses, N. Y., May 27, 1822; set- tled at Leoni, Jackson Co., Oet. 1, 1835; married a Miss Henry in 1840; retired from agriculture in 1859. and has since taken an in- terest in mechanics.
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Noah Keeler, born at Butternut, N. Y., Feb. 16, 1812; moved to Liberty, Jackson Co., Sept. 6, 1837, and in 1839 settled on a farm purchased by him in 1835.
Mrs. Ann E. Kennedy, born at Arcadia, N. Y., April 24, 1827; came to Summerfield, Mich., May 22, 1831; married G. W. Ken- nedy April 24, 1849; settled in Hanover township April 28, same year, and moved to Jackson with her husband Nov. 15, 1864.
Frederick A. Kennedy, born at Brighton, England, Feb. 18, 1811; settled at Tecumseh, Lenawee Co., in May, 1831, and subse- quently moved to Jackson.
George W. Kennedy, born at Silver Lake, Penn., Feb. 22, 1820 arrived at Ridgeway, Lenawee Co., June 1, 1831, and removing to Jackson later, has continued to make it his home.
Frederick W. Kirtland, Durham, N. Y., born July 16, 1806; came West in 1843, and settled at Jackson April 22, that year.
Hamden A. Knight, born in Niagara county, N. Y., Nov. 23, 1815; moved West in 1829; settled in Washtenaw June 26, that year, and subsequently adopted Summit as his home.
Mrs. Adelia M. Knight, born in Onondaga county, N. Y., July 29, 1819; came to Washtenaw Jan. 21, 1836, and subsequently set- tled at Summit with her husband.
John Kyes, born at Homer, N. Y., Dec. 17, 1800; settled at Grass Lake, Jackson Co., April 25, 1829, and thus claims to be among the first settlers, as he was the first blacksmith who en- gaged in that business within the county.
George Landon came to this county at an early date. He is a member of the Pioneer Society, and now resides at Springport.
A. H. Latimer, New London, Conn., born March 1, 1806; set- tled at Sandstone June 5, 1837, and subsequently made his home in Summit township.
Mrs. E. Laverty, born Dec. 30, 1805, at Woodstock, Vt. ; settled at Jackson June 20, 1832.
Willard C. Lewis, born at Fair Haven, Vt., June 28, 1833; set- tled at Concord, Jackson Co., in 1835, and subsequently removed to Jackson city.
Fidus Livermore, born at Sangerfield, N. Y., July 21, 1811; settled at Jackson May 10, 1839.
David H. Lockwood, born at Cayuga, N. Y., March 3, 1824; settled at Leoni Sept. 14, 1836.
P. B. Loomis, born at Amsterdam, N. Y., April 14, 1820; ar- rived in Michigan in 1842, and located his home at Jackson in the spring of 1843.
L. H. Ludlow, Ludlowville, N. Y., born July 10, 1814, and moving West in 1839, settled at Springport April 19, same year.
Stephen H. Ludlow, born at Lansing, N. Y., March 16, 1809; settled at Springport Oct. 15, 1837.
David Markam, born June 2, 1804, at Avon, N. Y .; settled at Jackson June 10, 1836.
A. W. Marsh settled in the township of Columbia in 1839.
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Samuel T. Marsh, born at Pompey, N. Y., April 5, 1812; settled at Columbia, this county, May 15, 1834.
John R. Martin, born at Cayuga, N. Y., March 15, 1814; settled at Troy, Oakland Co., Sept. 25, 1828, and moved to Jackson in 1859.
Thomas Mayett, born March 12, 1790; settled at Ann Arbor in 1834, and subsequently at Blackman, this county.
William Mayo, born in Buckinghamshire, England, Aug. 17, 1810; settled at Lodi July 17, 1833, and in January, 1835, moved to Blackman.
Ocar H. McConnell, born at Jackson, Mich., June 1, 1833, and has since resided there. He is the son of Deacon John McCon- nell, who located one and one-half miles north of the present city in May, 1830.
Amasa MeCosson, born at Mexico, N. Y., June 29, 1818; settled at Tecumseh, Lenawee Co., June 18, 1836, and subsequently lo- cated in Jackson in 1839.
Mellville McGee, born at Bolton, N. Y., Jan. 24, 1828; settled at Spring Arbor in the present town of Concord June 10, 1832, and afterward moved to the city of Jackson.
James McKee, born Oct. 10, 1808, at Argyle, N. Y .; settled at Jackson in May, 1832.
Moses A. McNaughton, born at Argyle, N. Y., Jan. 4, 1813; settled at Jackson in April, 1841.
Ortha A. Merwin was born at Summit, Jackson Co., April 18, 1843, and on her marriage with V. V. B. Merwin came to reside at Jackson.
Volney V. B. Merwin, born at Portage, N. Y., June 18, 1833; settled at Moscow, Hillsdale Co., May 5, 1837, and subsequently moved to Jackson city.
Tobias Miller was elected an honorary member of the society.
Nathaniel Morrill, born at Sanbornton, N. H., Dec. 13, 1807; settled at Blackinan June 14, 1832.
Patton Morrison, born at Newburg, N. Y., Jan. 7, 1816; settled at Jackson in October, 1838 or 1839.
Benjamin G. Mosher, born at Amsterdam, N. Y., May 16, 1809; settled at Jackson Sept. 13, 1839.
George H. Mosher was born at Jackson July 5, 1837.
John O'Dell, born at Amherst, N. If., April 25, 1792; settled on the present site of the city of Rochester, N. Y., in 1815, and was the first land-owner there ; came to Grass Lake in June, 1835, and subsequently moved to Leoni.
James O'Donnell, an honorary member of the Pioneer Society, and editor of the Daily Citizen, was born in Norwalk, Conn., March 25, 1839; came to Jackson in 1849, and has been intimately asso- ciated with the press and progress of the city from that period to the present.
Adam Orr, born at Batavia, N. Y., April 1, 1812; settled at Pulaski, June 9, 1844. Mr. Orr is a descendant of that patriot Irish
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family who sacrificed everything for country, and afterward ap- peared on many fields where the Union was threatened.
Stephen N. Palmer, born in Madison county, N. Y., Feb. 7. 1816; settled at Napoleon Sept. 20, 1845. Mr. Palmer married Miss Rebecca Farley March 18, 1838, who was born in the same county Ang. 28, 1818; came West with her husband in 1845, and thongh living throughout the years on the same location, have, on account of change of names, found themselves citizens of the town- ships of Napoleon, Brooklyn and Columbia.
Amasa M. Pardee, born at Niagara, N. Y., Dec. 3, 1827; settled at Spring Arbor in July, 1832.
G. W. Parker, Scipio, N. Y., was born Feb. 20, 1822; settled at Jonesville, Hillsdale county, in October, 1844, and the year after removed to Hanover township.
Jesse I. Parmeter, born at Allen, N. Y., Oct. 13, 1826; settled at Concord, in October. 1835.
Osear F. Pease, Jacob Pixley and E. Pherdon claim a residence in the State since 1837, and have been connected with Jackson county the greater part of the 43 years which have elapsed.
Charles W. Penny, born in Putnam county, N. Y., Jan. 4, 1812: settled at Detroit in October. 1831, and subsequently moved to Jackson.
Charles L. Pierce, born at Naples, N. Y., Feb. 27, 1831; set- tled at Liberty, Jackson Co., Oet. 25, 1836, and afterward took up his residence at Jackson.
Mrs. P. E. Pierce, born at Royalton, N. Y., July 20, 1826: settled at Jackson June 20, 1832. Mrs. Pieree, in reciting a few reminiseences of those early days, says: " My uncle, C. C. Dar- ling, built the first frame house in the county, ontside of the city. on what is now known as Murphy's addition. He located 160 aeres there in 1831. The old honse is still there, which the wo- men helped to raise (not a mill as the poet had it). Two of the women are still living in the city. One of the first white women who ever came to Jackson is still living; she was Miss Sally Laverty, now Mrs. Benjamin Steward, of Eaton."
Benoni Pixley arrived in the State in 1839, and became a resi- dent of Jackson county at an early date.
Samuel Preseott, born at Sandbornter. N. Y., Ang. 31, 1800; moved to Henrietta, Jackson Co., June, 2. 1831, and continued to reside there for half a century.
John Preston, born at Springfield, Otsego Co., N. Y., May 3,1799: immigrated to Grass Lake Sept. 20, 1834, and continued to reside on his original location in the village of Franciscoville from the date of his first settlement.
Joseph W. Price was born at Smithfield, Peun., April 13, 1805: settled at Grass Lake July 10, 1835. and subsequently moved to Jackson.
Eugene Pringle, an honorary member of the Pioneer Society, was born at Richfield, N. Y., Dee. 1. 1826; and settled at Jackson 24 years later, in 1850.
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Josephi Powell, Fort Edward, N. Y., born Jan. 29, 1802; settled at Grass Lake March 22, 1839, and subsequently moved to Franciscoville, Jackson Co.
Albert T. Putnam, born at Worcester, Mass., Dec. 25, 1821; settled at Erie, Monroe Co., Oct. 4, 1841, and married Miss Sarah Ann Chapman June 20, 1852.
A. A. Quigley, born at Ulysses, Tompkins Co., N. Y., June, 4, 1825; settled at Napoleon May 19, 1832, and now resides at Waterloo.
Henry Reed, born at Genesee, N. Y., Oct. 7, 1838; settled at IIenrietta, Jackson Co., October, 1842.
Mrs. Madeline Reynolds, born at Leoni village, Jackson Co., Sept. 29, 1842; has continued a resident during 38 years.
W. R. Reynolds and Henry Richards were among the early settlers, but the dates of birth and settlement have not been ascertained.
Jacob Rhines, born at Sharon, Schoharie Co., N. Y., Feb. 2, 1804; settled at Sandstone, Jackson Co., in June, 1833.
I. L. Richardson, born April 13, 1813, in LeRoy, N. Y .; settled at Sandstone, Jackson Co., May 1, 1834.
David Riley was born at Fleming, Cayuga Co., N. Y., Dec. 28, 1817, and settled at Napoleon Oct. 20, 1835.
Sylvester Riley, born at Fleming, Cayuga Co., N. Y., Jan. 11, 1823; settled at Napoleon Oct. 15, 1833.
Benjamin W. Rockwell, born in New York city Jan. 31, 1812; came to Jackson Nov. 3, 1837.
D. II. Rogers, born at Montville, Conn., Dec. 4, 1807; settled at Sandstone Nov. 12, 1834.
Amos Root, born at Fort Ann, N. Y., April 8, 1816; settled at Michigan Center in November, 1838, and subsequently moved to Jackson.
Win. Root, born at Ludlow, Mass., Sept. 19, 1816; came to Wheeland, Hillsdale Co., Sept. 27, 1836, and settled in Liberty, Jackson Co., the subsequent year.
Albert D. Russ was born in Jackson village Dec. 1, 1835, and during the past 45 years has made it his home.
Thomas Sacrider, born in Canada March 28, 1822; settled at Grass Lake Aug. 20, 1840, and subsequently moved to Jackson.
Cornelius Sammons, born at Shawangunk, Ulster Co., N. Y., Dec. 13, 1801; settled at Ann Arbor Nov. 4, 1832, and moved to Jackson in 1836.
Joseph F. Sammons, born at Orwell, Rutland Co., Vermont, March 9, 1830; settled at Ann Arbor Nov. 4, 1832, and came to Jackson in 1836.
William L. Seaton, born at New Hartford, N. Y., Ang. 19, 1823; settled at Pontiac, Oakland Co., Angust, 1848, and came to Jackson in January, 1855.
George W. M. Shearer, born at Arcadia, N. Y., Dec. 20, 1826; settled at Plymonth. Wayne Co., in June, 1826, and subsequently at Jackson.
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Jacob Sherman, born at Wayne, N. Y., Aug. 21, 1821; settled at Concord July, 4, 1832, and afterward moved to Pulaski.
Col. Michael Shoemaker, born at German Flats, N. Y., April 6, 1818; traveled west in October, 1835, and for seven years traversed Michigan and Illinois; settled at Leoni in 1842, and ultimately made Jackson his residence.
Mrs. Sarah Wisner Shoemaker, born at Penn Yan, N. Y., March 30, 1829; came to Jackson in 1854.
Anson H. Silsbee, born at Wayne, N. Y., Nov. 16, 1814; settled at Hanover, Jackson Co., Feb. 22, 1854, and subsequently at Summit.
Sarah Ann Silsbee was born at Cohocton, N. Y., March 20, 1814, and came to Hanover with her husband in 1854.
Ilenry Sisson, Chautauqua county, N. Y., was born Jnne 10, 1840, and came to Tompkins two years later.
George S. Smalley, born at Hampton, Washington Co., N. Y., Oct. 27, 1821; settled at Concord, Jackson Co., July 17, 1834, and subsequently removed to Chicago.
Edwin Smead, born at Windsor, Vt., May 4, 1816; settled at Jackson in October, 1844.
H. HI. Smith, born at Malone, N. Y., Dec. 9, 1809; settled at Sminmit, Jackson Co., Aug. 10, 1837, and subsequently moved to Jackson.
Horatio S. Smith, born at Grass Lake, Jackson Co., Feb. 20, 1839; married Lavinia Dwelle Smith, of Rushville, N. Y., who was born July 20, 1848, and came to reside at Grass Lake April 1, 1866.
Mrs. Nancy (Darling) Smith, born at Petersburg, N. Y., March 18, 1806; came to Jackson June 20, 1832.
John C. Southworth, born at German village, Chenango Co., N. Y., Nov. 18, 1812; settled at Tompkins July 1, 1839.
R. W. Squires, born in Ontario, N. Y., Dec. 24, 1806; settled at Napoleon in October, 1832.
Frank Standish, born at Attica, N. Y., Jan. 25, 1834; settled at Jackson April, 1835.
Mrs. Jane Snyder Standish was born in Sullivan county, N. Y., February, 1840, and came to reside at Jackson in April, 1850.
Zenas Stillson came to Henrietta township in March, 1837. Charles S. Stone, in 1833. S. S. Smith, A. F. Smith, James HI. Snyder, D. Shumway, Cornelius Statt, Wm. Spratt, Lewis Sny- der, Joel Swain, Jacob Showerman and T. M. Sandford were also among the first settlers.
Sampson Stodard, born at Vernon, Oneida Co., N. Y., Feb. 7, 1806; settled at Jackson in September, 1830.
S. W. Stowell, born at Littleton, Mass., July 2, 1802; settled at Detroit in April, 1834, and with his wife, Mrs. Margaret Stowell, moved to Jackson in 1836.
George Stranahan, born at Clarence, Erie Co., N. Y., Aug. 24, 1816; settled at Columbia, Jackson Co., 17 years later, or in Au- gust, 1833.
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David B. Stuart, born at Northampton, Montgomery Co., N. Y .; settled at Summit in 1836.
Rev. Wm. M. Sullivan was born in Salem, Botetourt Co., Va., Jan. 11, 1811. He removed to Ohio when a boy with his par- ents, on account of his father's opposition to human slavery. He entered the ministry in the M. E. Church when 17 years of age; came to Michigan in 1832 and labored on the Ann Arbor circuit that year, and was assigned to the Mt. Clemens circuit in 1833, to the Sandusky circuit in 1834, to the Dexter circuit in 1835 and to the Clinton circuit in 1836. He was married in 1834 to Miss Harriet Bennett, of Lima, Washtenaw Co., Mich. He removed to Jackson in 1837 and assisted his brother, Nicholas Sullivan, in publishing the Jackson Sentinel, the first paper published in Jack- son county. Ile attempted to lecture in Jackson in 1838 on American slavery, but public sentiment was such at that time that he was unable to finish his lecture on account of a Jackson mob. He commenced the publication of the American Freeman in 1839, the first anti-slavery paper published in Jackson county, and probably in the State. He was a member of the Utica Con- vention in 1840, which was the initial movement in the secession from the M. E. Church, and the formation of the Wesleyan Meth- odist Church, on account of the radical difference of opinion in the M. E. Church in regard to American slavery. He labored in the W. M. Church in Waterloo, Jackson Co., North Adams, Hillsdale Co., and Wolf Creek, Lenawee Co., until 1845, when he removed to Leoni and was appointed an agent to assist in organizing the Michigan Union College. This was a flourishing educational insti- tution in Leoni (under the auspices of the W. M. Church), until its removal to Adrian. IIe resided in Leoni, engaged in the mercan- tile business, and subsequently in farming, until his death in 1871, at the age of 60.
C. S. Swain, born at Kingsbury, N. Y., March 23, 1805, and was the first settler in Brooklyn township, October, 1832.
Joel Swain, born at Royalton, N. Y., Jan. 18, 1821; settled at Lodi, Washtenaw Co., in October, 1828, and six years later moved to Tompkins, Jackson Co.
Samuel Sweet, born at Otsego, N. Y., in May, 1804; settled at Dexter, Washtenaw Co., in October, 1833, and removed to Water- loo in 1837.
Horace Tanner, born at Stafford, N. Y., Aug. 12, 1816; settled at Henrietta, Jackson Co., Oct. 7, 1836.
Thomas Tanner, born at Stafford, N. Y., Sept. 14, 1814; settled at Henrietta in October, 1835.
James H. Tanner, born at Stafford, N. Y., Nov. 19, 1823; settled at Henrietta in October, 1837, and subsequently moved to Blackman.
Ebenezer and J. W. Taylor were early settlers.
John R. Taylor, born at Greece, N. Y., Jan. 14, 1830; settled at Grass Lake August, 1836, and subsequently removed to Napoleon.
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Wm. B. Taylor, born in New York city July 24, 1807; settled at Grass Lake July 4, 1834.
James S. Thorn, born at Middlebury, Schoharie Co., N. Y., Nov. 15, 1815; settled at Yankee Springs, Barry Co., May 1. 1838, and subsequently settled in Hanover township.
Mrs. Samson Thorn was born at Falmouth, Barnstable Co .. Mass., Ang. 6, 1813, and arrived at Yankee Springs 12 days after the arrival of her husband. Miss Thorn, her oldest daughter, was the first white child born at Yankee Springs.
Reuben R. Tingley, horn at Bloomfield, Oakland Co., Mich .. Sept. 18, 1828; came to Jackson eity in 1841, located in Hanover township; served in the Mexican war in 1848, in Col. Stockton's regiment, under Capt. Miles, Co. H., and for a time in Gen. James Shield's division.
Mrs. Maryette French Todd was born at Hopewell. N. Y., July 13, 1817. and moved West with her husband.
Robert T. Todd was born at Verona, N. Y., June 5, 1824: settled at Tompkins in this county in November, 1849.
William Todd, born at Rodman, N. Y., Dee. 9, 1807; settled at Ann Arbor Sept. 30, 1832, and removed to Spring Arbor, Jackson Co., in May, 1836.
Joseph B. Tomlinson, born at Genesee, N. Y .. Oet. 6, 1820, and settled at JJackson April 30, 1841.
Obediah Tompkins, born at Mexico, N. Y., Sept. 12, 1836; set- tled at Columbia July 4, 18 ---.
Anson Townley was born at Ludlowville, N. Y., Sept. 24, 1815: settled at Tompkins June 19, 1835, and moved into Jackson city at a later day.
Edward Townley, born at Ludlowville, N. Y., June 23, 1817: settled at Tompkins, Jackson Co., Sept. 10, 1834. Mr. Townley and his father were the first residents in Tompkins township, and were among the first house-builders. Hle cut the first tree, and plowed the first furrow in the township.
Richard Townsley, born Sept. 26, 1821, in Tompkins county, N. Y .; settled at Tompkins, Jackson Co., April 30, 1833, and is the oldest resident of the township now living.
II. B. Tripp was an early settler.
Martin Tripp, born at Royalton, N. Y., March 31, 1831; settled at Hanover June 1, 1832. He was the oldest living settler of this township in 1875.
Henry Turney was an early settler.
Moses Tuttle, or Tuthill, was born at Southold, Long Island, N. Y., Oct. 26, 1808; came into the State in 1832, and located a traet of Government land at the bend of the Raisin (now Manches- ter); lived at Honey Creek in 1832, and in June, 1835, made his home at Liberty.
Samnel Updike, born at Ulysses, N. Y., Sept. 4, 1809; settled at Grass Lake May 20, 1832.
William W. Van Antwerp, an honorary member of the Pioneer Society, and editor of the Jackson Daily Patriot, was born at La
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Grange, Ind., Oct. 4, 1833: came to Jackson in 1841, and has made it his residence since 1859.
E. Van Horn, born at Glen, Montgomery Co., N. Y., March 29, 1818; settled at Rives May 24, 1836.
James Videto, born at Oxbury, Upper Canada, July 27, 1804; settled in Concord October, 1830.
Mrs. Eliza Vroman was born at Salem, Mass., April 25, 1811; came to Burlington, Calhoun Co., in April, 1852, and ultimately settled at Summit.
Tunis Vroman, born at Middlebury, N. Y., April 29, 1802; lo- cated at Summit Nov. 18, 1835.
Mrs. Lucy C. Wade was born at Rupert, Vt., May 20, 1825; came to Pittsfield May 15, 1849, and to Jackson county, with her husband in 1839.
Mrs. Abigail C. Wade was born at Rupert, Vt., March 12, 1823, and came to Pittsfield Oct. 29, 1845.
Uriah Wade, born nt Wolcott, N. Y., Dec. 20, 1818; settled at Pittsfield, Washtenaw Co., May 24, 1834, and five years later, in 1839, removed to Tompkins township.
M. J. Wade, born at Rose, Wayne Co., N. Y., July 27, 1815; settled at Pittsfield, Washtenaw Co., Nov. 20, 1834, and removed to Tompkins, Jackson Co .. four years later, in 1838.
William II. Walker, born at Barre, Vt., Nov. 19, 1823; settled at Grass Lake in October, 1830.
Chester Wall, born at Scipio, Cayuga Co., N. Y., Sept. 5, 1807; settled at Sandstone Oct. 12, 1830.
Mrs. Rachel Wall was born in Ulster county, N. Y., May 24, 1818, and came to Sandstone Sept. 18, 1839.
F. C. Watkins, born in New Hampshire March 29, 1811; set- tled at Norvell in September, 1833.
Jeremiah B. Watson, born at Poultney, Steuben Co., N. Y., July 29, 1818; settled at Grass Lake Oct. 28, 1838.
Peter Weber, born at Oneida, N. Y., Oct. 13, 1826; settled at Brooklyn, Jackson Co., May 13, 1834.
James Welch, A. A. Welch, B. S. Winne, Henry Woodin, James C. Wood, S. F. Wolcott, J. E. Wright, N. E. Wright and D. E. Wright arrived at an early period in the history of the county.
Lewis D. Welling, born at Stamford, N. Y., Sept. 12, 1812; came West in 1831, and Oct. 10 of that year settled at Tecumseh, Lenawee Co., removing to Jackson in June, 1837.
S. S. Welling, born at Stamford, N. Y., Oct. 16, 1826; settled at Tecumseh, Lenawee Co., in October, 1831, and removing to Jackson county shortly afterward has since made it his home.
John Westren, born in Devonshire, England, Sept. 27, 1802; arriving in Jackson county in 1835-6, he purchased 1,800 acres of land where now is the village of Pleasant Lake, divided it into six farms, and erected a log house on each division. In 1841 he moved to the village of Jackson, where he continued to deal in real estate for a few years. In 1845 Mr. Westren, acting on the
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advice of Achille Cadotte, went northward toward the great iron mount, now called Jackson mountain, and returning organized the Jackson Iron Company. The report of this company, issued in New York June 16, 1869, deals in the following terms with this pioneer: "Since the last annual meeting of the stockholders, the company has lost by death one of its Board of Directors, and one of the earliest pioneers, if not the originator, of the Jackson Iron Company. Jolm Westren, of Jackson, Mich., died in Marquette. where he had gone for the benefit of his health, in August last"- (1868).
I. P. Wheeler was born Aug. 10, 1817, in Sudbury, Mass .; set- tled at Pulaski May 5, 1836.
Henry Wickman, born at Berlin, Prussia, Aug. 17, 1812; set- tled at Hanover, Jackson Co., in May, 1835.
John Wilbur, born at Adams, Mass., Oct. 12, 1797; settled at Pulaski, Jackson Co., Sept. 15, 1835.
Hiram Williams, born at Middleport, N. Y., Nov. 20, 1818; settled at Monroe in October, 1831, and removing to Jaekson county the following year made his home at Napoleon.
Ira A. Willis, born at Pottsdam, N. Y., March 12, 1818; settled at Pulaski Sept. 10, 1838.
Mrs. IIuldah Winne, born at Tompkins, N. Y., March 24, 1822; came to Scio, Washtenaw Co., in May, 1835, and subsequently settled at Leoni, Jackson Co.
George Wood, born in Otsego county, N. Y., Feb. 14, 1826; set- tled at Jackson in May, 1831, afterward moving to Sandstone. His father, Jonathan Wood, came to the State in 1830, and pur- chased that tract of land, now known as the " Woodville Farm.
NECROLOGY.
Abraham Crawman came from Pennsylvania in 1829, and set- tled in Jackson county while it was yet almost untenanted. He was born in 1789, and died Feb. 4, 1876.
Lewis Darling settled in Concord township in 1834. In 1873 he moved to Tompkins, and died three years later. Jan. 6, 1876, aged 64 years.
Amasa Ilawkins was born in Otsego county, N. Y., January 1799, and died at Parma Dec. 1, 1875. Coming West in 1835 he settled at Spring Arbor. and throughout his long career was a most exemplary citizen.
Mrs. II. H. Bumpus, a lady of the pioneer period, died at De- troit Feb. 4, 1876, having been born in 1808.
Lorenzo Dow Wheeler died at Blackman Dec. 24. 1875, at the age of 55 years, 6 months and 3 days.
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