History of Kalamazoo county, Michigan, Part 115

Author: Durant, Samuel W. comp
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Philadelphia. Everts & Abbott
Number of Pages: 761

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DAVID L. HAMILTON

was born in the town of Cambridge, Niagara Co., N. Y., Oct. 2, 1830. His father, Uri Hamilton, was one of the prominent farmers and early settlers of that town. He married Mary Jenkins, who was a native of Connecticut, where she was born in 1817, and was a splendid type of the pioneer woman. The elder Hamilton was a native of New Hampshire, and a shoemaker by trade. In his early days he followed the business for a livelihood. In the spring of 1836 he came to Pavilion with his family, and settled upon the farm now owned by his son David L. The town was at that time sparsely settled. Indians and wild beasts, wolves, especially, were numerous. As illustrative of the character of Mrs. Hamilton, we will relate an incident that took place in the autumn of 1836. One day, while Mrs. Hamilton was engaged in her household duties, a stalwart Indian stalked into the house-the men being absent at a raising-and commenced sharpening a huge knife upon a grindstone which stood in the rear of the house. A sister of Mrs. Hamilton's was sick in bed at the time, and think- ing that the Indian intended to kill them, jumped from her bed and ran for life, followed by Mrs. Hamilton, who urged her to come back, stating her intention to die with her children. She prevailed upon her to return, and reach- ing the house they found the Indian seated in a chair with the knife in his hands. They believed that they were facing death, but from some cause the Indian made no as- sault. He requested something to eat, which he received and departed. Mr. Hamilton died in Pavilion at the age of fifty-two. She was a thrifty housewife, an excellent mother, and a kind friend. Her husband was an estimable man and a consistent member of the Methodist Church. The boyhood days of David were replete with hardships and privations. He received his education at the district school. The year succeeding his father's death he em- barked in business for himself as a farm hand, working by the month. In 1852 he was married to Miss Jane A. Halsey, who was born Jan. 18, 1834. Soon after their marriage they went on to the old farm, which Mr. Ham- ilton had previously purchased. The land was originally low and swampy, and its improvement was a herculean task, but years of industry have made it one of the most

valuable and productive farms in the county. To his father's original purchase of eighty acres he has added one hundred and twenty. (See view on another page.)

Mr. Hamilton is emphatically self-made. Commencing life with only his natural resources for capital, he has ac- cumulated a competency and attained an enviable position among the representative farmers of Kalamazoo County.

CHAUNCEY A. BECK WITH.

This gentleman, one of the pioneers of Pavilion, was born in Attica, Wyoming Co., N. Y., April 2, 1810. His father, David Beckwith, reared a family of twelve children,-six sons and six daughters,-Chauncey being the eldest son.

CHAUNCEY A. BECKWITH.

He was a farmer by occupation, and a man highly esteemed for his integrity and kindness of heart. Chauncey lived with his father until he attained his twenty-first year, when he embarked in business for himself. In 1836 he came to Michigan, and located two hundred acres of land in Pavilion, where his son Eugene now resides. He returned to New York, and in October, 1842, came with his family, which consisted of his wife and one child (Eugene). The land was entirely unimproved and heavily timbered, and its improve- ment and the construction of a home involved the labor of years. Here he resided until his death, which occurred in 1872. In 1841, Mr. Beckwith was married to Miss Lydia J. Chadwick. They were blessed with two children,-Eu- gene and Warren C. The latter was a member of the 20th Michigan Infantry, and died in the service. Mr. Beckwith was a man highly esteemed by all who knew him, for his integrity, benevolence, and hospitality. He was an industrious, thrifty farmer, and in his death Pavilion lost one of its best citizens.

MARTIN McKAIN,

one of the venerable pioneers of Kalamazoo County, was born in 1796. He was a miller by trade, which avocation he followed until his emigration to Michigan, in the spring of 1833. He located one hundred and ninety-one and

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eleven one-hundredths acres of land, now covered by the village of Augusta, and returned East, and in the fall of that year came on with his family, which consisted of his wife and five children,-Martha, Mary, David, Sa- mantha, and Martin. A brother-in-law, Mr. Chaffee, had previously settled in the " Indian fields," and during their stay with him, while a log house was being constructed, Mr. McKain traded his land for the farm now owned by William Cobb. Here he resided until the spring of 1836, when he sold, and purchased the property where his son David now resides, and where he lived until his death,

HENRY BARNUM.

HENRY BARNUM

was born in West Bloomfield, Ontario Co., N. Y., Sept. 17, 1819. His parents, Lewis and Margaret (Rhoda) Barnum, had a family of eight children,-six sons and two daughters. When Henry was eight years of age, his father removed with his family to Chautauqua County, where he remained until his emigration to Michigan, in 1836. He first settled in the town of Blissfield, Lenawee Co., where he remained three years, when he removed to Washtenaw County, and from thence to Eaton County, where he died, in the sixty- ninth year of his age. He was a successful, energetic farmer, and highly esteemed by all who knew him. Henry acquired a good common-school education, and lived with his father until he attained his seventeenth year, when he purchased " his time" and started in business for himself. He chose the occupation of his father, in which he has been highly successful. In 1842 he removed to Eaton County, where he purchased a farm of two hundred acres, in the town of Smithfield. After a residence of several years he sold his farm and came to the town of Oshtemo.

In 1851 he married Miss Fanny Tabor, of Pavilion, daughter of Abraham Tabor, one of the early settlers of that town. They were blessed with two children : Everetta, born in Texas in 1853, and William H., born in Pavilion in November, 1857. In 1878 Mrs. Barnum died. She was born in Erie Co., N. Y., in 1832. In 1879, Mr. Bar- num was again married, to Mrs. Elvira J. Himebaugh, who was born in Athens, Windham Co., Vt., in 1832.

which occurred in 1856, in the sixtieth year of his age. He married Jerusha Chaffee, by whom he had eight chil- dren,-Martha, Mary, Samantha, Caroline, Augusta, David, Martin, and James,-five of whom are now living. He was a shrewd business man, and acquired a competency. He was closely identified with the interests of Pavilion, and officiated in some official capacity during his entire resi- dence. He was a man of great strength of character, and a consistent member of the Methodist Church. No one was more highly esteemed, and in his death Pavilion lost a valuable citizen.

MRS. HENRY BARNUM.

The life of Mr. Barnum has been one of industry and economy. He has won a competency and an honorable record, and is classed among the representative men of Pavilion ; and while his name is not known in official cir- cles, he has led a life of usefulness, and is among the num- ber who have aided in the development of Kalamazoo County.

FERDINAND V. COLLINS .

was born in the town of Barre, Orleans Co., N. Y., Dec. 29, 1827. His father, William G., was from Vermont. Caroline, his mother, was born in Victor, Ontario Co., N. Y. Ferdinand was the eldest in a family of seven chil- dren. He received a common-school education, and was bred to the life of a farmer. At the age of seventeen he embarked in business-life as a farm hand. In 1846 the family came to Kalamazoo County and settled in the town of Pavilion, where our subject has since resided. He is one of the important farmers, and owns two hundred and forty acres of land under a high state of cultivation. He has been prominently identified with the town, and held various positions of trust and responsibility ; has been town- ship treasurer three years, and officiated as clerk one year. He married, in 1856, Miss Harriet A. Weston, of Pavilion, who was born in Greece, Monroe Co., N. Y., May 10, 1836. They have one child, Willie L., born Nov. 20, 1859.

Photos. by H. A. Brown, Galesburg.

JOHN BATEY.

MRS. JOHN BATEY.

JOHN BATEY.

This gentleman, one of the venerable pioneers of Pavilion, was born in Salem, Washington Co., N. Y., May 30, 1805. He was the second child in the family of Joseph and Jeanette Batey, which con- sisted of eight. When John was twenty years of age he left the paternal roof, and started in business as a farm laborer, by which occupation he was inured to the hardships and trials of pioneer life. After sev- eral changes of location, he decided to come to Mich- igan and hew out a home in the wilderness for him- self and family. Accordingly, in the autumn of 1835, he came on with his family, and purchased from government the farm upon which he now re- sides. At this time there were only two other families in the town,-that of Messrs. Vose and Smith. He built a rude log house, and, for lack of material for doors and windows, was obliged to use blankets instead. The fireplace was without a back ; and in this uncomfortable abode they remained sev- eral months, being unable to complete the structure ; but despite the trials and hardships, both Mr. and Mrs. Batey still refer to the early days with evident pleasure. They speak in high terms of the friendli- ness of the Indians, who were frequent visitors, and of the kindly feeling and affection which existed

among the settlers. The construction of a home from land so heavily timbered was a work of great magnitude; but by degrees field after field was added to the "little hole in the wilderness," and industry and frugality were rewarded for several years. Mr. Batey was obliged to market his products at St. Joseph, situated at a distance of sixty miles away. In December, 1831, Mr. Batey was married to Eliza Olds. She was born in Massachusetts Oct. 23, 1815. They have reared a family of twelve chil- dren : Joseph, born Sept. 15, 1832; George, born Feb. 8, 1834 ; Mary Ann, born March 14, 1836; Sarah J., born March 12, 1838 ; Edwin, born Jan. 29, 1840; Angela C., born July 12, 1842; Betsey, born Aug. 12, 1844; Jeanette, born Oct. 9, 1846; John, born Aug. 25, 1848 ; Clara O., born Sept. 22, 1850; Eva L., born Oct. 17, 1853; Willard, born Jan. 17, 1858. Betsey died July 6, 1848, and Jeanette died April 6, 1852. Few men in Pavilion have done more in the development of the town than Mr. Batey. He has witnessed its transition from a wilderness to a thriving and prosperous community, and in his own person typifies many of the agencies that have wrought these changes, and can justly claim distinction as one of its founders.

RES. OF J. N. COOLEY, PORTAGE, KALAMAZOO CO.,MICH.

PORTAGE.

NATURAL FEATURES.

Geographical .- The township of Portage has its north- east corner at the centre of Kalamazoo County. It is des- ignated on the government survey of the State as township 3 south, in range 11 west. It is bounded north by Kala- mazoo, east by Pavilion, south by Schoolcraft, and west by Texas.

Topographical .- The surface of the township is much diversified, being in places quite level and in others rolling and hilly, although nowhere does the land rise to any con- siderable height. The Portage Creek flows nearly through the centre of the township, and along it is found consider- able marshy and swampy land. The soil of the greater portion of the township is sandy, while that of the " Indian Fields" and " Dry Prairie" is a black loam and very fertile. " Dry Prairie" lies in the northwestern portion, and the " Indian Fields" are in the northeastern. The latter in- clude a tract covering three or four square miles, with the greater length from northwest to southeast. They partake of the nature of the "openings," and were cultivated in places by the Indians until probably about 1833, when the red men moved to the Nottawa-seepe reservation. Upon these fields were also found excellent specimens of the famous garden-beds of Southwestern Michigan, but of these no traces can now be discerned. On the farm owned at pres- ent by Samuel Crooks, and in several other localities, these ancient beds appeared, when the vicinity was first settled, in all their regularity of outline and construction. Upon the bed on the Crooks farm was growing a large tree, which had sprung up doubtless long after the mysterious tumuli had been fashioned by the race of which naught remains but specimens of their work, and of whom no history can be given.

In the southeast part of the township are several large lakes, the most extensive being Austin Lake, which in re- cent years has been reduced by drainage. West Lake lies a few rods northwest of the former, and Long and Gourd- Neck Lakes are partly in this town. Others are Stanley, Mud, etc.

The township is crossed, nearly in the centre, by the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway (Kalamazoo Division), and near the east side by the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway, both extending in a general northern and southern direction. On the former a station is located at Portage Centre, and the latter has a station called Austin, near the north shore of Austin Lake. McKee's Corners, on Indian Fields, and Carpenter's Corners, one and a half miles farther west, are given " a local habitation and a name" from settlers living in their vicinity, although Ezra Carpenter, formerly of Carpenter's Corners, where he owned a blacksmith-shop, now resides in Kalamazoo.

LAND-ENTRIES.

The following is a list of the entries in town 3 south, range 11 west, now constituting the township of Portage. The years of entry are given consecutively for each section, with the names of purchasers :

Section 1 .- 1831, Job Myers;# 1833, Thomas J. Chaffee,# Otis Pitts,* Thomas Blackmer, David B. Barnard ;# 1834, Job Myers,* Thomas J. Chaffee,# George Crooks ;# 1835, Stephen Vickery* and Anthony Cooley.

Section 2 .- 1831, Erastus A. Jackson, Ruel Starr ;* 1833, Enoch French,# Ruel Starr,# Elijah Root, Jr. ; # 1835, Nancy M. Hen- icka,* William R. Gwinn, John S. Ganson, and David E. Evans. Section 3 .- 1831, H. H. Comstock,# Elijah Root, Jr.,# Reuben Win- chell ;# 1832, Joseph Eastland,* Moses Merrill; 1835, Aaron Lawrence.

Section 4 .- 1832, Joseph Eastland ;# 1833, Shepherd Eastland ;# 1835, L. H. Moore,# Aaron Lawrence, Amanda B. Sherman, Oliver Wolcott;# 1836, Erastus Wolcott .*

Section 5 .- 1831, Cyrus Lovell," Erastus A. Jackson, H. H. Com- stock," John J. Guernsey ; 1833, Oliver Eddy ; 1835, Cyrus Hub- bard, Erastus Wolcott .*

Section 6 .- 1831, John F. Gilkey ;# 1834, John E. Howard ;* 1835, Allison Kinne,# Stephen Howard ;# 1836, M. Barnum Norris;# 1837, Ephraim Paine.

Section 7 .- 1834, Caleb Sweetland ;# 1835, Isaac A. Brooks,* Allison Kinne,# Prudence Wattles,# John J. Howard,# Caleb Sweet- land,* James D. Merrill.

Section 8 .- 1831, Arad Cooley,# Caleb Sweetland ;# 1833, David Inger- soll,# Thos. Cooley," Reuben Cooley ;# 1835, Isaac A. Brooks .* Section 9 .- 1832, Joseph Eastland ;# 1833, David Ingersoll ;# 1835, Shepherd Eastland,# David Ingersoll, Jr. ; # 1836, Isaac W. Wil- lard.#

Section 10 .- 1831, Martin Lathrop ;# 1835, Joseph Eastland,* James Walter and John Parker,# Ebenezer Stone," David E. Evans and Wm. R. Gwinn and John S. Ganson : 1836, John Stone,# Isaac W. Willard .*

Section 11 .- 1831, Ruel Starr ;# 1832, Myron J. Lathrop ;# 1833, Ira Blanchard,# Elijah Root, Jr.,* Martin Lathrop ;# 1834, Truman Bullin ;# 1835, Chester Johnson,# Evans, Gwinn, & Ganson, Amanda B. Sherman.

Section 12 .- 1831, Jonas Woodard ;# 1833, Thomas J. Chaffee,* Otis Pitts ;# 1834, Russell Harris ;# 1835, Chester Crooks,* Thomas Blackmer,# Chester Johnson,* Joseph D. Beers and Samuel Sherwood, Stephen Butler ;# 1837, George Goodman.

Section 13 .- 1835, Thomas Blackmer," George Crooks,* Beers and Sherwood, Theodore P. Sherwood, Hollis Pratt; 1836, Horatio N. Monroe ;# 1837, Horatio N. Monroe,* Andrew Sargent, H. N. Monroe ;* 1854, John J. Johnson.

Section 14 .- 1835, Thomas Blackmer,# Sylvester G. Abbott, Lydia Harrison,# Eli Harrison,* Alonzo B. Hopkins, David J. Pierson,* and Henry Little ;# 1836, Abiram O. Holmes, Oliver W. Wilcox, Francis Downey.#

Section 15 .- 1835, James Walter,* Isaac W. Willard ;# 1836, Isaac W. Willard,* Elias Cooley,# Henry Tuttle, Lewis M. Gates.

Section 16 .- School land.

Section 17 .- 1835, Alexander Ferguson, Thompson Daniels, Carlton I. Baldwin ; 1836, Hiram O. Holmes.

Section 18 .- 1836, John J. Howard,* Abiram O. Holmes, James D. Merrill,# Martin B. Scott.

# Those marked with a star (*) became actual settlers in the county, though only a portion of them were in Portage township.

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Section 19 .- 1832, David Allen; 1836, Gideon W. Moore, George F. Nichols, William A. Tomlinson, Martin B. Scott, Joseph Roby .* Section 20 .- 1836, Isaac W. Willard,* Lewis R. Davis .*

Section 21 .- 1836, Isaac M. Parker,* A. O. Holmes, Samuel Hubbard and Isaac Parker,* Joseph Roby ;# 1837, Oliver Davenport .* Section 22 .- 1836, Lyman I. Daniels," Henry Tuttle, A. O. Holmes, S. Hubbard, and Isaac Parker .*

Section 23 .- 1835, Ira Rix,* Lyman I. Daniels,* Abiah Austin,* Alonzo B. Hopkins; 1836, L. I. Daniels,# Warren Watkins,* Ira Rix ;* 1854, Alfred F. Cox .*

Section 24 .- 1833, Moses Austin ;# 1835, Daniel P. Childs, Simeon F. Crandall ; 1836, Samuel Hubbard and Isaac Parker .*

Section 25 .- 1836, Warren Watkins,# Hiram I. Redish; 1837, Henry B. Roberts; 1851, Benjamin M. Austin .*

Section 26 .- 1835, John Ward and Arthur Bronson.

Section 27 .- 1835, Ward and Bronson ; 1837, John W. Norris,* Asa C. Briggs .*

Section 28 .- 1836, Oliver Davenport ;# 1837, Roswell S. Page,# Wm. Booher,# Stephen Brown ;* 1838, Thomas P. Paige ;* 1854, Samuel B. Lanning ; 1855, Joseph Y. Eastland .*

Section 29 .- 1836, Henry McConnell and James Webster, Charles A. Jeffries, Nathan Baker,* William P. Buckland, Vincent Frisby ; 1837, Pierce Barber,* William Bair," Edward McElroy .*

Section 30 .- 1836, Jay R. Monroe* and T. P. Sheldon,* Martin B. Scott; 1837, Ebenezer N. White, M. Adye.

Section 31 .- 1830, William Bishop ;; 1831, John Ridenour; 1836, Samuel O. Wells,# M. B. Scott; 1837, Aaron Burson ;# 1853, Rich- ard J. Purdy ;# 1854, Jerome T. Cobb,* Aaron K. Burson.#

Section 32 .- 1836, Elias Stone,# Isaac A. Briggs,# Aaron Burson,* Timothy Prescott, Edwin M. Clapp;# 1837, Aaron Burson,* Isaiah E. Beck.

Section 33 .- 1836, Isaiah Burson,# William Smith, Jr.,# Aaron K. Burson,* William Smith,* Israel R. Brown,# Thirza Burson,* Ferris Cobb,# Theodore P. Sheldon ;* 1837, Isaiah E. Beck, John Brown .*

Section 34 .- 1834, Augustus R. Scott ; 1835, Stephen Vickery,# Israel R. Brown ;# 1836, Robert Morris ; 1837, Vandor Pierce.

Section 35 .- 1832, Stephen Vickery ;# 1834, Augustus R. Scott; 1835, Stephen Vickery,* A. R. Scott; 1836, Stephen Vickery .*

Section 36 .- 1835, Amanda B. Sherman ; 1836, Warren Watkins ;* 1837, Walter V. Wheaton.

EARLY SETTLEMENT.

In a historical directory of Kalamazoo County, published in 1869-70, it is stated that the first settler in the town- ship of Portage was a man named Herring, who erected, in 1830, a cabin near the west line of the town. The same season a man named Mead built a log tavern in the vicinity and kept it for several years. William Harris moved into the neighborhood from his former home, on the site of Kalamazoo, about the same time.

Caleb Sweetland, now of Kalamazoo, is a native of Mad- ison Co., N. Y., and in 1812 emigrated with his brother John D. Sweetland, to whom he was " bound," to Genesee County, in the same State. John D. Strickland was killed at the battle of Fort Erie in the war of 1812 ; he was a sergeant or an ensign in the New York State militia. In May, 1831, Caleb Sweetland, in company with Thomas, Arad, and Benjamin Cooley, brothers, made a trip to Michigan, and on the 19th of that month visited the site of Kalamazoo. The Messrs. Cooley were brothers of An- thony Cooley, a subsequent resident of Kalamazoo. Ben- jamin Cooley never became a settler. After the party had explored the region and selected the land they intended to purchase, Mr. Sweetland and all but Arad Cooley returned East, leaving the latter to enter the land as soon as the land-office was open, and he performed that duty for him-

self, his brother Thomas, and Mr. Sweetland. In the fall of the year (1831) the return-trip to Michigan was made by Mr. Sweetland and family, consisting of his wife and three little boys, Mr. Thomas Cooley, wife, and young daughter, and the family of Arad Cooley. The trip from Detroit to their new homes on Dry Prairie occupied three weeks' time, caused by the terrible condition of the roads. The famous Chicago road, then in an unimproved condi- tion, was followed nearly to Coldwater. On arriving at Hog Creek, west of the last-named place, it became neces- sary to leave a portion of their effects and push on without them, but they were afterwards secured. Thomas Cooley is at present a resident of the township, making his home at the Portage Centre Hotel.

A log house had been erected by a previous settler on the land which Mr. Sweetland purchased upon the prairie, and of him Mr. Sweetland purchased the claim when he first visited the neighborhood. The quarter-section included sixty acres of timber. Mr. Sweetland also purchased other land adjoining, and owned a tract a short distance north of the Indian Fields. He lived in Portage until 1844, when he removed to Kalamazoo, soon after the death of his wife.} He held prominent offices, supervisor, etc., in Portage ; in 1840 he was elected sheriff of the county, and in 1842 treasurer, removing to Kalamazoo before the completion of his term in the latter office. He has also figured conspic- uously as a citizen of Kalamazoo, and was one of the village board of trustees in 1848 and later.

Stephen Howard, now living on section 7, settled in the township in the summer of 1831, while Messrs. Sweetland and Cooley were absent on their journey to New York after their families.

Isaac A. Brooks, on section 8, is also an early settler, having entered his land in 1835.

Mrs. Prudence Wattles and her sons, Myrtle, Stephen, and George, Harmon Sherwood, Joseph Beckley, Ebenezer Durkee, Charles Cutler, the Trumbulls, Enoch French, and others were numbered among the early settlers.

In 1833, Russell Harris, Elijah Root, Estes Bradbury, Roswell Page, and Lot North arrived with their families and settled in the vicinity of Portage Creek west of the Indian Fields. Allison Kinne, Martin Lathrop, and Elihu Russell were all early arrivals. Elijah Root built a saw- mill on the Portage in 1834, and it was a source of great convenience to the settlers. Pierce Barber soon after built a small grist-mill on a branch of the Portage, in the southern edge of Kalamazoo township, and grain was often carried there on the shoulders of the men, ground, and carried home in the same manner. The stones in the Barber mill had been fashioned from boulders found in the vicinity, and the mill with all its appurtenances was an extremely rude affair. It, together with the site, was afterwards purchased by Thomas and Arad Cooley, who removed the old mill and built a new one on the same site. The latter, with extensive repairs, additions, and changes, is now the property of Merrill & McCourtie, of Kalamazoo.

It is said that the first settler on the Indian Fields was Ruel Starr, who raised corn on his place on ground which

* Actual settlers.

First entry in township.

į Mr. Sweetland was afterwards married again.

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the Indians had previously used as a corn-field. The year 1831 witnessed entries of land on the Fields by the follow- ing persons, viz., Job Myers, Erastus A. Jackson, Ruel Starr, and Jonas Woodard, but it is not now known that Jackson became a settler.

Jonas Woodard, a native of Dana, Worcester Co., Mass., and for a year or two a resident of the State of New York, removed from the latter to Michigan in 1831, and settled on the land which he entered on the Indian Fields, building his log house in what is now the road, thirty or forty rods east of the corners, and northeast of the present residence of his son, John E. Woodard. Traces of the old cellar are yet seen. There Mr. Woodard lived with his family until about 1836-37, when they removed a short distance north- east into a house which had been erected by David B. Bar- nard, who entered land in 1833. The latter house has been recently torn away. Mr. Woodard also lived subsequently upon the farm now owned by his son, but sold it to Col. George W. Rice, and finally moved into the township of Brady, where he died in August, 1862. His son, John E. Woodard, purchased the present place back again. He was born on the farm to the northward,-his father's first loca- tion,-Dec. 16, 1833, and was one of the first white persons born in the township, only one or two antedating him.

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History of Kalamazoo county, Michigan, Part 115

Author: Durant, Samuel W. comp Publication date: 1880 Publisher: Philadelphia. Everts & Abbott Number of Pages: 761

Author: Durant, Samuel W. comp
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Philadelphia. Everts & Abbott
Number of Pages: 761