History of Kent County, Michigan, together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history, portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens, Part 147

Author: Leeson, M. A. (Michael A.); Chapman, Charles C., & Co. (Chicago)
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Chicago : C.C. Chapman & Co.
Number of Pages: 1434

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FISHER'S STATION,

a postal and railroad station located on section 36, Wyoming, was settled in 1870, and platted by R. S. Jackson for David Fisher and Warren S. Crippen, Dec. 26, 1873. The first addition was made by K. S. Pettibone, for J. W. Converse, June 1, 1874. This vil- lage is on the line of the G. R. & I. R. R., five miles south of the southern limits of Grand Rapids city. Its population at present is 65. The business houses of the place number ten, viz .: the hotel, operated by C. Boshaw; a general store, by M. L. Cum- mings; boot and shoe stores by L. Maire and Louis Myers; W. S. Engle and M. Pelton are village carpenters; C. H. Moore, blacksmith; H. Snow, wagon-maker. R. G. Smith, nurseryman, and J. R. Long, mill operator. Land in the neighborhood is val- ued at $50 per acre.

PLASTER MILLS.

The Union Plaster Mills .- William Cahoon & Co., of Detroit, built one of the mills, Nearpass & Co. the other in 1873. Bros- nan & McKee, the present operators, employ from 15 to 30 men, sometimes having 70 on the pay-roll. The product of the mills is 100 tons of land plaster and 170 barrels of stucco plaster per day. A branch railroad runs to the mills, and the manufactured mate- rial shipped direct to all parts of the Union. D. W. C. Blackmer, a man of 15 years' experience in the business, is manager.

The plaster mills of Loren Day & La Fayette Taylor are oper- ated by steam power. The product is large, and the quality of manufactured plaster for land or stucco much prized in the markets.

PERSONAL HISTORY.

In the following biographical descriptions much that is interest- ing and instructive in the history of this township is to be found.

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Julius C. Abel was born at Granville, Washington Co., N. Y., Sept. 13, 1793. He was a lawyer by profession, and came to Wyoming June 1, 1834, and located on sec. 8. He built a home and improved his land, which is now in the posses- sion of J. F. Dyke. He practiced his profession many years, and died July 1, 1871, in the city of Grand Rapids. Carlos A. Abel, only son of the above, was born at Willsborough, Essex Co., N. Y., Oct. 2, 1824, and came to Wyoming June 1, 1834. He was married July 13, 1848, to Fannie, daughter of Alanson L. and Elizabeth Powers, of Grand Rapids. Their children were born as follows :- Emily, Sept. 7, 1849, in Wyoming; Ellen J., Oct. 27, 1850, in Wyoming; William A,, Feb. 27, 1854; J. Clark, Oct. 31, 1855 : Fannie M., May 9, 1858, at Grand Rapids; Thomas W. P., Sept. 6, 1861; Alanson P., Sept. 17, 1863; Elizabeth, Oct. 9, 1866, at Paris ; Ida May, March 29, 1868. at Grand Rapids; Lotta Maud, July 4, 1870, at Wyo- ming; Louis D., March 17, 1875. at Grand Rapids. Emily, William A., and Ehza- beth are deceased. Mr. Abel is located on sec. 36, Wyoming.

Alonzo J. Arnold, third son of Linus and Lucretia Arnold, was born in 1841, in Grand Rapids, near Reed's Lake. His mother died when he was four years old, and he was placed with Jerry Boynton, of Byron, where he lived until 20 years of age. In 1862 he enlisted at Grand Rapids in Company C, 2d Michigan Cavalry, Capt. Weatherwax, and served until the close of the war in the Army of the Cumberland. He was engaged at Chickamauga, Nashville, Franklin and in a number of other battles; was discharged at Nashville, and returned to Byron. In 1868 he bought 80 acres in sec. 29. The entire tract was in timber at the period of the purchase, and Mr. Arnold has improved 50 acres. He subsequently bought 30 acres on sec. 16, which is under cultivation. He is a member of the Grange. He was married in Byron, in 1868, to Cordelia, daughter of Amos and Alpha Boynton, born in Cuyahoga County, O., Dec., 1836. They had one child: - Harry, born in Wyoming, in 1874, who lived ten months. Mrs. Arnold was killed July 1, 1881, on the railroad, near Bedford, Cuyahoga Co., O., while visiting her friends. Thomas Garfield, the President's uncle, was riding in the same carriage, and lost his life by the accident. Mrs. Arnold was double cousin of James A. Garfield, their fathers having been half brothers and their mothers being own sis- ters.

Basilius Baechler was born in Baden, Germany, 1833. At the age of 17 he. learned the shoemaker's trade, at which he worked five years. In 1854 he came to the United States, and settled in Hamilton County, O., where he engaged in farming. In 1867, he came to this county, and stayed four years in Grand Rapids, occupied in gardening. In 1871, he went to Paris, and in 1875, he came to this tp., where he bought 47 acres of land, on sec. 12, with 35 under culture. He was married in Grand Rapids, Sept. 30, 1875, to Phillipina, daughter of John Wess, born in Prussia in 1836. Mr. and Mrs. Baechler are members of the Roman Catholic Church. Mr. B. is connected with the St. Joseph Society and the Aiding Society of the Roman Catholic Church. His father was in the army of Napoleon Bonaparte.

Savoy Beales (deceased) was born at Cooperstown, N. Y., on the Susquehanna river, May 25, 1807, and died in Wyoming April 16, 1864. He was married in 1836, at Coldwater, Branch County, to Ruth Aldrich, and had three children :- Edward, Albert and Maria. The mother died January 8, 1856, and Mr. Beales was married a second time, at Grand Rapids, in 1857, to Marion Welsh, a native of Oswego County, N. Y., born in 1827. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Beales :- Ellen J., Robert B., and Edith A. Mr. Beales lost a son in the war for the Union-Delos-shot at Trevelyan Station, near Richmond. The estate of Mr. Beales contains 250 acres on sec. 13, with 240 under the best of culture. He was a member of the Congregational Church.

D. W. C. Blackmer, third son of Dwight and Betsey (Francisco) Blackmer, was born in Cayuga County, N. Y., in 1840. He came to Grand Rapids in 1855, and was one of the construction corps of the D. & M. R. R., and subsequently of the G. R. & I. R. R. In 1860 he went to Minnesota, and engaged in building the Minneapolis & Cedar Valley R. R. In 1863 he returned to Grand Rapids, and entered the employ of F. Godfrey (present firm, F. Godfrey & Bros.), in the plas- ter business, with whom he remained nearly ten years, after which he engaged in milling at Manistee two years, when he went to work for the Phoenix Manufacturing Company at Grand Rapids. He went to Colorado City, in the interests of the Colorado Springs Plaster Company, taking with him machin- ery for a plaster mill, which he built, and returned, and entered the posi-

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tion of manager of the Calhoun Plaster Mills, at Grandville. The company failed, and he engaged in the same capacity with Messrs. Day & Taylor, continu- ing two and a half years. He has been acting manager in the Union Plaster Mills at Grandville, 18 months. He was married at Grand Rapids, in 1868, to Delia, daughter of William and Caroline Godwin, born in Wyoming in 1840. Mr. Blackmer owns two houses and lots on Ionia street, and one on William street, and resides at 198 North Division street. He is a member of the Masonic fra- ternity.

Charles H. Brown, son of Charles B. and Dorothy Brown, is a native of Ohio, born in 1838. His parents moved to Michigan in 1843, buying 80 acres of land on sec. 32. He remained at home until 23 years of age, when he bought 160 acres of wild timber land on the same section. His farm now includes 173 acres, 100 of which have been judiciously improved. He was married in this tp., in 1861, to Alice, daughter of Harvey and Sarah Brainard, born in Cuyahoga County, O., in 1844. She died in March, 1864, leaving one child, Rosa M., born in Wyoming, in 1862. Mr. Brown was married, in 1865, to Sarah, daughter of Oliver and Eliza- beth Cook, born in Cascade in 1848. They have six children :- Charles B., Carrie E., Mary E., Oliver, Franklin and Darwin.

Chester C. Brown, son of Chas. B. and Dorothy Brown, was born in Cuyahoga County, O., in 1846. His parents bought 80 acres of timber land in 1852, in Wyo- ming, on sec. 32, where his father died in 1858. Mr. Brown has 35 acres of the homestead, with 25 acres improved. He was married in Wyoming in 1867 to Emma, daughter of Silas and Betsey Wood, born in New York in 1850. They have one child-Frederick, born in Wyoming in 1871.

John Bulliment, eldest son of Thomas and Hannah (Driffill) Bulliment, was born in Lorain County, O., May 11, 1852, of English ancestry. In 1860 his father purchased 80 acres of land in Wyoming where he remained until 16 years old. He then went to Grand Rapids to learn wagon-making with George] C. Fitch. After four months he engaged with Joseph Noel and remained one year. He finished his trade with Joseph Fitch, working with him nearly three years. He had a shop at Middleville, Barry County, ten months, when, in 1875, he bought a lot in Grandville, built a shop and commenced business for himself. He makes wagons and sleighs and does all kinds of repairing. His building is 58x20 feet and two stories high. He employs several men, and sells annually 10 or 12 sleighs, 30 to 40 carriages and a few wagons, besides doing a considerable amount of custom work. Mr. Bulliment owns 500 shares in the Spiral Buggy Spring Co., of Grand Rapids (Norman Cummings, President). They manufacture all varieties of side-bar vehicles with spiral-spring attachment. He was married in Grandville, Oct. 24, 1875, to Nina, daughter of Martin and Maria (Gitchel) Rich- mond, born in Jamestown, Ottawa Co., Mich., in 1861. They have two chil- dren born in Grandville-Maud, Oct. 30, 1878, and an infant.

Thomas Bulliment, fourthi son of Henry and Mary Bulliment, was born in England, Aug. 6, 1825. He began at 14 an apprenticeship of seven years learn- ing wagon-making. He came to the United States in 1851 and settled in Lorain County, O., coming to Michigan in 1861, where he bought 80 acres of land on sec. 19 in Wyoming. He has 45 acres under tillage. He was married in 1851 in Lincolnshire, England, to Hannah, daughter of John and Winnifred Driffill, born in Lincolnshire in 1824. They have five children :- John H., Philena, Louisa A , Walter D. and Wilfrid H.

Charles J. Cutler was born in New York in March, 1840. He is the son of John and Christina Cutler. When he was 11 years of age his parents settled in Paris tp., and two years after in Gaines on 320 acres, sec. 6, which his father bought before leaving New York, and of which he still retains 44 acres. Some has been sold, but the greater part has been distributed among his children. On reaching his majority, Mr. Cutler of this sketch spent two years traveling in the State in various employments. In 1870 he bought 40 acres of land in Paris, where he resided two years. He owned successively several other farms, and finally located where he now resides, on sec. 36; he has 74 acres with 35 under culture. He was married in 1862 in Jackson County, to Mrs. Frances A. Putnam, widow of Henry Putnam and daughter of William and Amanda Solomon, born in New York in 1835. Mr. Cutler enlisted in 1861 in Grand Rapids in Company E, 3d Michigan Infantry, and was discharged on account of disability. He again enlisted in 1865 in Company E, 9th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Veterans, and served nine months.

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Jerome G. Davis, third son of Ebenezer and Eliza Davis, was born in Niagara County, N. Y., in 1832. In 1836 his parents bought 80 acres of land in Grand Rapids near the Leonard street bridge, and in 1851 purchased 160 acres. sec. 9 this tp. In 1861 Mr. Davis married Margaret, daughter of Samuel and Martha J. Keifer, born in 1842 in New Jersey. They have two children :- Luella M., and Effie A. Mr. Davis is a member of the Grange and owns 40 acres on sec. 9, all of which is improved.

Loren Day, senior partner of the firm of Day & Taylor, is the second son of Daniel W. and Esther Day. He was born in Macomb County, in 1844. He went to school at Cook's Corners, Ionia County, and at Otisco five years. At 19 he left school to enlist at Grand Rapids. He was enrolled in 1865 in Company I, 10th Michigan Cavalry, Col. I. C. Smith, and was nearly one year in service. He was in the Stoneman raid, and received his discharge at Memphis, Tenn., returning to Otisco where he went into the mercantile business with his father at Cook's Corners, firm style D. W. Day & Son. After a year he went to Jennisonville, Ottawa County, and engaged one year in the store of Joseph Blake, after which he was in business a year with his father at Grandville. He formed a partnership at Jennisonville with L. E. Taylor in mercantile business which they continued until March, 1881, when they sold out. In [ April, 1878, they bought the Plaster Mill of H. O. Weston, at Grandville, where they are doing a fine business. They are running three sets of stones, employ [from 20 to 30 men and manufacture 8,000 tons of plaster annually, which they ship to Wisconsin and other points. They are at present putting in two eight-feet kettles for the manufacture of stucco. Mr. Day was married January 1, 1867, at Otisco, to Fanny, daughter of Charles Knapp, born in Belding, Ionia County. She died in Nov., 1867, leaving one child-Fanny. Mr. Day was married a second time in 1870, at Grandville, to Julia M. Harris. They have one child-C. Earl. Mr. Day is a member of the Grange and the Masonic order.

William P. De Gonge, second son of Cornelius and Frances De Gonge, was born in Goes, in Netherlands, Holland, Dec. 20, 1824. He was educated and graduated at Kampen in 1858; was married March 25, 1869, in Nyverdal, Neth- erlands, to Catharine Wormser, born in Nyverdal, July 11, 1840. They have three children, born in Grandville :- Henry, Dec. 3, 1873; William, Feb. 9, 1875, and Nellie, July 3, 1880. Mr. De Gonge came to the United States in April, 1871, and took charge of the Reformed Dutch Church at Grandville. He conducts the service in his native tongue.

Hiram P. Edwards, eldest son of John and Rhoda A. Edwards, was born in New York, in 1830. When five years old his parents went to Ashtabula County, O , and two years after to Cuyahoga County, where Mr. Edwards remained 28 years. He served an apprenticeship of three years as carpenter and joiner, and continued to follow that calling while in Ohio. In 1854 he prospected a short timein Michigan, returning to Ohio. In 1856 he was married in Byron, to Eunice, daughter of Amaziah and Elizabeth Wedgewood, born in Maine in 1835. They have three children :- Helen, Francis O., and Oliva E. In March, 1864, Mr. Edwards bought 120 acres on secs. 10 and 15, and now has 55 acres on sec. 27, with 35 under cultivation. He served nine months in the war for the Union, en- listing at Grand Rapids, ¿Feb. 4, 1865, in Company C, 10th Michigan Cavalry, Capt. Light. He was discharged at Memphis, Tenn.

John T. Emmons, eldest son of Andrew and Sarah (Kelley) Emmons, was born in New York in Jan., 1817. He was reared on a farm and was married in 1840 to Mary A., daughter of James and Estlier (Wright) Watson, born in Feb., 1817. They have four children :- Nichol D., Andrew, Esther A., and John H. Mr. Emmons came to Michigan in the fall of 1843 and the [following year took pos- session of 80 acres of wild land, sec. 34, given him by his father. He was one of the earliest settlers in tlie tp., and cleared four acres by hand-labor, having no team for some time. He has 68 acres under improvement. Mr. Emmons belongs to a loyal and patriotic race. His grandfather was a soldier of the Revolution under Gen'l Sullivan, and fought at the battle of Trenton. His father, Andrew Emmons, was a soldier of 1812 in the second conflict with Great Britain; taken prisoner at Queenstown and sent home on parole. James W., son of J. T. Em- mons, enlisted at Grand Rapids in 1862, in the 21st Michigan Infantry, Capt. Cavanaugh, and died in the hospital at Nashville, Tenn., in Dec., 1862.

William HI. Emmons, farmer, was born in Seneca County, N. Y., in 1830. He is son of Andrew and Saralı Emmons. His father died in 1862, in Seneca County,

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N. Y. He came to Michigan with his mother in 1851, when 21 years old, and ; settled in Wyoming, where she died in 1872. He was married in the same tp., in 1862, to Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Cooper, M. D., and Mary (Watts) Hooper, born in Cuyahoga County, O., in 1834. They have two adopted children :- Archie L. and Eda. Mr. Emmons owns 61 acres, on sec. 34, with 45 acres improved.

Edward Feakins, son of Henry and Sarah (Russell) Feakins, was born in Newnham, Parish of East Kent, England, in 1796. He came to the United States in 1830, and worked two years in the lumber woods of Pennsylvania, saving his earnings to buy land, which he did, in Grand Rapids, in 1834-120 acres, at $1.25 per acre. He was married in this tp., in 1841, to Emily, daughter of Eli and Olive (Guild) Johnson, born in Oneida County, N. Y., in 1820. Her father came to Grand Rapids in 1836, and bought 160 acres of land in Paris. He died June 22, 1837, and her mother Feb. 20, 1862, at the home of her daughter. The estate of Mr. Feakins includes 80 acres of land on secs. 1 and 12, and 40 acres on sec. 11, with 50 acres improved. A fine brick residence, 36 by 46 feet, two and one-half stories in height, containing 100,000 brick, is located on sec. 12. Mr. Feakins is one of the primal settlers in this county, and assisted in raising the fourth build- ing erected in Grand Rapids. Mr. Feakins had an extraordinary experience, even for a pioneer, struggling with disease and suffering from privations which his enfeebled health involved, for in those days a man needed all his powers of mind and body to aid him in securing even the common necessaries of life; but he has lived to see the results of some of his conflicts in the prosperity and fame of the Grand River Valley. Mr. F.'s portrait appears elsewhere in this volume.

Louis G. Ferrand, son of J. P. and Catherine A. Ferrand, was born in Erie County, N. Y., in 1840. He commenced an apprenticeship as blacksmith at 18 years of age, and served three years. He worked at his trade until he enlisted, in Albany, N. Y., in Company A, 44th New York Volunteers-the regiment better known as " Ellsworth's Avengers." He served three and one-half years, and was in a number of engagements-the battle of the Wilderness, Gettysburg, Pitts- burg, Mine Run, etc., about 50 in number. He was wounded in the head by buck- shot at Gettysburg, and in the knee and hand at the Weldon Railroad battle, and he has since been crippled. In 1865, he came to Grand Rapids, and took a course of mathematical and commercial instruction, at the school of Prof. Everett. He was married in Grand Rapids, in 1867, to Sarah E., daughter of James and Susan Saw- yer, born in Grand Rapids in 1843. They have one child :- Herbert L., born in Wyoming. Nov. 11, 1878.

James Fonger (deceased), was a native of New Jersey, born Feb. 19, 1794. His parents removed to Lancaster, Canada, when he was an infant, and he remained a resident of that place until he was 46 years of age. He was married in Lancas- ter, in 1820, to Deborah, daughter of James and. Hannah (Salter) Cronk, born in 1802, in Seneca County, N. Y. They had five children, all of whom are deceased. Mr. Fonger settled in this tp. in 1841, where he bought 80 acres of land, which is now all under cultivation. He died in Wyoming, April 19, 1880. Mrs. Fonger's father was a soldier of the Revolution, under Washington.

Cyrus Freeman, eldest son of Jonathan O. and Percy (Humphrey) Freeman, was born in Onondaga, Onondaga Co., N. Y., in 1827. His parents settled in Lapeer County when he was six years old, and bought 120 acres of land. In 1842, they came to this tp., and bought 320 acres on secs. 31 and 32. His father died in 1862, his mother in 1872. Of 80 acres owned by Mr. Freeman, 70 acres are improved. He was married in this tp., Dec. 1, 1853, to Martha, daughter of Benja- min and Phebe Robinson, born in Canada in 1838. Their four children were born in Wyoming, in the following order :- Nellie, Oct. 30, 1854; Ellen, Nov. 12, 1856; Otis J., Dec. 23, 1861; and William F., Dec. 24, 1873. Mr. Freeman has served one term as Justice of the Peace, has been Highway Commissioner five years, and is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

William Frost, Jr., son of William and Fanny Frost, was born in Bristol, Ontario Co., N. Y., in 1821. In 1829 his parents settled in Macomb County, where his father bought 120 acres of land. His mother died in 1833, and two years after, the family returned to New York. His father married Annie Frost, in Onon- daga County, whither they removed. At the age of 22, Mr. Frost of this sketch went to Ontario County, and in 1855 purchased 80 acres of land on sec. 24, this tp., where he lived 12 years, and lost it, through a defective title, but soon after regained possession, with 15 acres additional, by exchanging for it a house and lot in town. He has 83 acres of this under improvement. He was married in Rich-

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mond, Ontario Co., N. Y., in June, 1849, to Martha M., daughter of Nelson Skin- ner, born in Richmond, in 1828. They have four children :- Frances E., Sarah A., William K., and Marcus A. Mr. Frost has been Justice of the Peace four years. He owns, besides lis homestead farm, 77 acres of land on sec. 25, and 40 acres on sec. 22, 80 of which are improved.

Agustus Godwin was born in Maine, July 21, 1831. Three years after his birth, his parents, William R. and Caroline (Harlow) Godwin, came to Grandville, and bought 80 acres of land south of the village and several lots in the village. Mr. Godwin, senior, came West at that early period-1834-for the purpose of estab- lishing an Indian aditrng-post in company with a missionary named Ferry (be- lieved to be Rev. Wm. M. Ferry, father of Senator Ferry). The goods brought for the purpose were burned with the house where they were stored. He died in 1861, and his wife died in 1859. At his death his property-120 acres of land on sec. 13-was divided among ten children. Mr. Godwin of this sketch owns 80 acres, with 60 improved. He was married in Grand Rapids in May, 1870, to Lucy, daughter of William and Sarah Tousey, born in Livingston County, N. Y. They have two children, born in Wyoming-Edith G. in 1876, and Grace T. in 1879. Mr. Godwin is Supervisor, and has been several terms; has been Justice of the Peace one term.

Orin W. Griffith, son of Eli and Julia A. Griffith, was born in New York in October, 1838. About three years after, his parents bought 80 acres of land in Mont- erey, Allegan County, Mich., where they remained thirteen years. They then moved to Jamestown, Ottawa County, and stayed 18 years. In 1861 Mr. Griffith enlisted at Grand Rapids in Company F, 14th Michigan Infantry Volunteers, served three years and eight months and veteranized in 1864. He was in the bat- tle of Bentonville, and participated in several skirmishes. He was discharged at Detroit, and engaged in farming in Jamestown, where he bought 50 acres on sec. 11; cleared 25 acres, and sold the place in 1871 to settle in Van Buren County, where he remained three years and bought 48 acres on sec. 16 with 30 acres under cultivation. He was married in 1860 in Wayland to Lee Leseur, born in Pennsyl- vania in 1838. They have two children-Bernice M. and Agnes F.

Georgie Hammond, son of John and Mary Hammond, was born in 1849 on the farm where he now resides. His father was a pioneer in this county, and died in the army. The farm consists of 65 acres on sec. 19, with 45 under culture, and 20 in a fine sugar orchard. Mr. Hammond was married January 2, 1876, in Grand- ville, to Hattie Rankin, daughter of Dwight and Harriet (Walker) Rankin. She was born Sept 27, 1841. Her father was a pioneer of this tp. They have one child, Dwight R., born in Wyoming, July 15, 1878. Mr. Hammond is a member of the Odd Fellows and Free Masons.

Cyrus C. Hildreth was born in Chesterfield, N. H., Nov. 1, 1820. At 20 years of age he went to the city of New York and engaged as millwright and house carpenter three years. He worked at cabinet-making in Worcester, Mass., and at car-building, one year, going thence to Maine, where he worked at his trade six years. In 1857 he settled in Grandville and bought 38 acres of land, sec. 31, which he exchanged for a house and four lots where he now lives, in the village of Grandville. He is engaged in business as an undertaker and owns two lots in Grand Rapids. He was married in Maine to Betsey L., daughter of Capt. David and Betsey (Lovejoy) Sturgess. Mr. H. has a son, William C., by a previous mar- riage. Himself and son enlisted at Grand Rapids in Company C, 10th Michigan Cavalry, Capt. Thomas. He was in the service nine months; his son served three years, was wounded in the knee, was discharged and came home and recovered and re-enlisted. Mrs. Sturgess has eiglit children by a former marriage, Sumner H .. Maria H., Martha W., Mary T., Joseph H., Viola D., Vilena S. and Georgia H.

Henry Hooper, farmer, was born in England in 1829. When he was two years old his parents came to America and settled in Ohio. In the spring of 1852 they came to Wyoming and Henry bought 40 acres of land, sec. 19, where he lived un- til the spring of '61, when he went to Iowa, returning soon after and purchasing 80 acres on sec. 30, 40 of which are improved. He was married in Oneida County, N. Y., to Mary Anna, daughter of Elvin and Mary A. (Higby) Herrington, born in Oneida County, July 20, 1831. They have two children-Lizzie and Henry E. Mr. Hooper is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

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History of Kent County, Michigan, together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history, portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens, Part 147

Author: Leeson, M. A. (Michael A.); Chapman, Charles C., & Co. (Chicago) Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Chicago : C.C. Chapman & Co. Number of Pages: 1434

Author: Leeson, M. A. (Michael A.); Chapman, Charles C., & Co. (Chicago)
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Chicago : C.C. Chapman & Co.
Number of Pages: 1434