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The Judge having concluded a brilliant reference to the past, was succeeded by Thomas B. Church and James Miller.
Succeeding this day of pleasure came one of mourning. The death of Win. A. Tryon occurred May 2, 1877, and on the fourth day of the same month a series of resolutions of condolence, offered by Thos. B. Church, were passed, and the society attended the funeral of the deceased. The death of Charles Burchard, June 6, 1877, occasioned the presence of the association in a second funeral cortege before the first half of the year passed into the past.
The annual celebration of the "Old Residents" was held at Reed's lake, June 19, 1877. Rev. James Ballard, Rev. Courtney Smith, Rev. W. W. Johnson, Lovell Moore and Smith Lapham were among the speakers. A poem, written for the occasion, was read by A. W. Cook.
The association met July 10, 1877, to adopt resolutions of con- dolence on the death of James F. Sargeant, who died July 8. Identified with the resolution as adopted was the following char- acteristic reference: "That this is a fitting occasion to make a brief allusion to the family and history of the deceased, he and they being among our earliest settlers. His uncle, Nehemiah O.
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Sargeant, was a founder of this city, and acted with energy and wisdom in his day in laying the foundations for its growth and prosperity. The late Thomas Sargeant, father of the deceased, spent a long and active life among us, and to his mother, brother, and family we tender our earnest condolence." After the adop- tion of the resolutions, the association attended the funeral.
The decease of Mrs. Hiram H. Allen, who died Jan. 10, 1878, was another event which called forth the kind offices of the " Old Residents." Their attendance at the funeral was large.
THE NINTH REGULAR MEETING.
The annual meeting, held Jan. 26, 1878, resulted in the election of Robert Hilton, President; Charles Shepard and Hiram H. Allen, Vice-Presidents; Reuben H. Smith, Secretary; W. N. Cook, Treasurer, and Leonard Covell, Marshal.
OTHER OCCASIONS.
The reunion of the Old Residents took place Feb. 14, 1878. at Sweet's Hotel, at which 300 pioneers were present. The "frosted cakes " bore the names of Louis Campau, John Almy, Lucius Lyon, Abel Page, Warren P. Mills, Eliphalet H. Turner, Rix . Robinson, Samuel Dexter, Truman H. Lyon, sr., Col. Amos Roberts, James Lyman, James Scribner, Ezekiel W. Davis, Col. A. T. McReynolds, Hon. Thomas D. Gilbert, Hon. Chas. H. Taylor, and Col. W. M. Ferry. The latter, in dealing with the early edu- cators of the Valley, referred in the highest terms to the Rev. Father Vizoiski, Rev. Mr. Bingham and Rev. F. H. Cummings.
The death of Robert Smith Parks occurred May 8, 1878, and formed a sad summons to his brother members to pay his remains the last solemn rites. The association attended the funeral of this old settler May 10, 1878, under the marshal, Leonard Covell.
Leonard Bennett deceased June 11, 1878. His funeral was duly attended by the pioneers.
The annual picnic was held at Reed's Lake, June 13, 1878. August 14 the Old Residents of the county were present at the reunion held at Lowell.
The last three months of 1878 were characterized by the death of three members of the association, viz .: Mrs. Orson A. Withey, who deceased Oct. 27; Peter R. L. Pierce, Nov. 11, and Daniel F. Tower, who died Dec. 9, 1878.
THE ASSOCIATION IN 1879.
The death of Mrs. Horace W. Reed, Jan. 16, 1879, was the first event to summon the Old Residents together. They assembled Jan. 20, selected pall-bearers to meet the procession at the G. R. & N. R. R. depot and attend the funeral ceremony.
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The annual meeting was held Jan. 26, when Robert Hilton was elected President; Charles Shepard and H. H. Allen, Vice-Presi- dents; Reuben H. Smith, Secretary; W. N. Cook, Treasurer, and Leonard Covell, Marshal.
Mrs. Myron W. Sunderland, Mrs. Harriet M. Hall, Mrs .- Wm. S. Parsons, and John Hart were admitted honorary members, Jan. 26. Mrs. Jacob W. Winsor, Mrs. John Friend, Mrs. Joseph Baxter, Mrs. Obed H. Foote, and Mrs. Harvey K. Rose were ad- mitted to membership Feb. 1, 1879. Mrs. Henry Seymour was admitted an honorary member May 28, and Mrs. Eunice Turner, Aug. 11, 1879.
The attendance of the Old Residents at the funeral of Dr. Alvah H. Botsford, Feb. 1, 1879, and the acceptance of a resolution of con- dolence, formed the work of the meeting of that date. During the latter months of the year the association attended the funeral of Mrs. Maxime Ringuette, who died June 9; of Mrs. Solomon O. Kingsbury, Aug. 1; of Timothy J. Tanner, Oct. 18; of Hon. James Miller, Nov. 25; of J. Mortimer Smith, Dec. 5; of Mrs. Sarah Cam- pau, relict of Antoine Campau, Dec. 18; and of Mrs. Andrew Ferguson. Those funeral processions were swelled by the Old Residents and every mark of respect which should mark such sad events, shown to the memory of the dead.
The annual festival was held at Reed's lake, June 19, 1879. At the reunion held Feb. 7, at the Morton House, Henry Pennoyer, Rev. James Ballard, W. L. Coffinberry, Judge Withey and Robert Hilton were the speakers.
THE ACTS OF THE ASSOCIATION IN 1880.
The first action of the Old Residents was their attendance at the funeral of Almon D. Borden, Jan. 21, 1880, under the direction of Marshal L. Covell. Five days later the annual meeting was held, at which the persons hitherto named as honorary members were confirmed as such. The election of officers resulted as follows: Robert Hilton, President; Hiram H. Allen and Robert P. Sinclair, Vice-Presidents; Reuben H. Smith, Secretary; W. N. Cook, Treas- urer, and Leonard Covell, Marshal.
The appointments as delegates to the State Pioneer Society's meeting were: John Ball, S. L. Withey, Thos. D. Gilbert, John T. Holmes, H. R. Neysmith, R. P. Sinclair, William J. Blakely, R. C. Luce, and H. H. Allen.
Mrs. Aaron Sibley and Messrs. Jared Wells, A. A. Stevens, and David Horton were elected honorary members.
The reunion at the Morton House, Feb. 7, 1880, was one of the most satisfactory meetings of the pioneers. Hon. John T. Holmes, Henry Pennoyer, Col. McReynolds, Chas. H. Taylor, Capt. W. L. Coffinberry and others addressed the assemblage and related many historic events in connection with the early settlement of the valley.
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The June celebration of the society was held at Reed's lake, June 15, 1880. Judge Isaac H. Parish and Thomas B. Church were the speakers.
The following deaths were reported, resolutions of condolence passed, and the funeral obsequies carried out under direction of the marshal of the Old Residents' Association: Samuel Howland, April 17, funeral April 19; Mrs. J. Mortimer Smith, June 9, funeral June 11; Benjamin Luce, Oct. 10, funeral Oct. 12; Mrs. James M. Ken- nedy, Oct. 27, funeral Oct. 29; Christopher Kusterer, Oct. 29, funeral Oct. 31.
ACTS OF THE ASSOCIATION IN 1881.
The deaths of Rev. James Ballard, Truman H. Lyon and Cyrus Jones, during the first days of January, were sad remembrancers of all that is transient in our humanity. Jan. 9, 1881, the associa- tion met to adopt resolutions of condolence and attend the burial services of those pioneers. A few days later the funeral of Win. D. Roberts called them again to visit the fields of the dead. This man was laid to rest Jan. 12, 1881.
The annual meeting of the Old Residents' Association of the Grand River Valley for 1881, was held at Luce's Hall, Jan. 26.
About 50 members were present. President Robert Hilton called the meeting to order, and the record of proceedings of the previous annual meeting and other gatherings during the year were read by Secretary Reuben H. Smith.
Hon. Thomas B. Church, from the committe appointed to pre- pare a suitable memorial paper, in remembrance of the late Cyrus Jones, Rev. James Ballard, Truman Hawley Lyon and William D. Roberts, presented the following, which was ordered spread upon the record and furnished the press for publication:
The committee to whom was referred the subject matter hereafter presented, ask leave to report: - That prominent among the losses this association has met with during the present and the closing portion of the last year, have been the deaths of Cyrus Jones, Esq., the Rev. James Ballard, Truman Hawley Lyon and William D. Roberts, who were enrolled members. The usual notice of these events was not taken at the time of their occurrence, and the desire of the associ- ation has been expressed that at the present annual meeting, a fitting memorial thereof shall be recorded.
Cyrus Jones was emphatically an old settler. He, his brother Ira, and his brothers-in-law; Eliphalet H. and Isaac Turner, have left evidence of their work and worth, on the very history of the towns they resided in, and of this city. Cyrus Jones was a plain, unpretending, honest, and good man; conscientiously fulfilling his obligations as the head of a family, a citizen and magistrate, and after an exemplary life, and full of years, laid down, in rest, in a country he had helped to redeem from the wilderness, all his survivors reverently recognizing his worth. Members of this class of our fellow-citizens are now frequently fall- ing ; in all parts of the Grand River Valley are going, amidst the heats of summer - and the chills of winter, those men who were, in their allotted spheres of action, however humble, " the founders of the State."
The life of the Rev. James Ballard need not be reviewed to this association. He has been a central figure in moral, educational and religious work in this valley, since lie first made it his home. The first minister of the Congregational Church, the first principal of the high school, the zealous advocate of temper- ance and political freedom, he wrote, spoke, traveled and labored for the causes.
Robert Hilton
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he believed in, with an energy never failing, and the good influences he strove to establish and maintain will continue to bless this community long after his mor- tal remains have become dust.
Truman Hawley Lyon was the son of an old settler, Judge T. H. Lyon, and is hardly realized to be one of those whose gray hairs and bending forms indicate membership in this association. Yet, taking the date of his own first personal participation in the business of life (1850), the years following have witnessed his activity in those lines of occupation, which secured him a wide acquaintance with all classes, and enabled him to exercise much influence, and thus he was re- garded by many old settlers as an early co-operator in the development of this valley. His "pleasant ways and straightforward methods " made him many friends, and there survives now only the knowledge of his kindness, liberality and usefulness as stage proprietor, hotel-keeper and real estate improver, where he invested his means, benefited the public and earned the character of useful citizenship.
Connected in life, and closely in the time of death with those we have men- tioned, and hardly separable from those memories which they have evoked, was William D. Roberts, son of Col. Amos Roberts and of Mrs. Sallie Roberts, yet spared in extreme age to those who love her. From early you'h W. D. Roberts lived here, was always in business here and is brought markedly, into the line of old settlership and placed amongst these events we have associated to record and commemorate. He closed his life amid a gloom of diseased body and dark- ened mind which excited the warm sympathy of his numerous friends (for he had many), and will prevent us from remembering anything but his virtues, which were many and often manifested, and secured to him the regard of relatives and the "Friends of better days."
T. B. CHURCH, J. T. HOLMES, A. B. TURNER.
The Secretary and Treasurer made their annual reports. That of Secretary Smith showed an addition of 37 during the year by signing the articles of association, and four were voted honorary members. There were 13 deaths of members within the year, namely: Samuel Howland, Jared Wells, Mrs. J. Mortimer Smith, Myron Harris, Benjamin Luce, Mrs. Norman Cummings, Mrs. J. M. Kennedy, Christoph Kusterer, Cyrus Jones, Edward Lyon, Truman H. Lyon, Rev. James Ballard and William D. Roberts.
The report of Treasurer W. N. Cook showed the following: Balance in the treasury Jan. 25, 1880, $73.28; receipts for mem- berships, fees and dues, $122.50; expenditures during the year, $95.50; balance on hand, $100.28. The reports were accepted.
Mr. Leonard Covell presented for consideration a proposition to organize as a corporate body under the statutes, with a draft of articles of incorporation for that purpose. Thomas D. Gilbert moved a resolution that "It is inexpedient at this time to change the form or character of this Association." After a brief discus- sion, the resolution was adopted by a nearly unanimous vote.
The association then proceeded, on motion, to the election of officers, and the following were chosen : President, Robert Hilton; Vice-Presidents, Hiram Allen and Robert P. Sinclair ; Secretary, Reuben H. Smith; Treasurer, Thomas D. Gilbert; Marshal, Leonard Covell.
A resolution was offered by Mr. D. Schermerhorn that the soci- ety, whenever there are funds in the treasury, devote a portion to the aid of such members, if any, as are, through misfortune, in
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need. Laid on the table, after discussion, in which several mem- bers took part.
It was discovered that a technical error existed in the constitu- tion, whereby it appeared that'residence in Kent county was made a condition of membership, which is not the intent nor the prac- tice, as the society includes Ionia, Kent and Ottawa counties. Mr. S. L. Baldwin gave notice of an amendment to correct the error, which lies over under the rules. Meantime, those qualified by residence in the valley are invited to the association as heretofore.
Delegates to the State Pioneer Society meeting at Lansing were chosen : S. M. Pearsall, Thomas D. Gilbert, Heman Palmerlee, Abel T. Page, N. L. Avery, Henry R. Naysmith, W. N. Cook.
Mrs. A. L. Jarvis and Mr. Samuel L. Fuller were elected honor- ary members of the association, and the meeting adjourned.
The picnic given by the Old Residents June 17, 1881, was not largely attended. What was wanting in quantity was fully com- pensated for in quality. Messrs. Church, Judge Withey, Judge Parish and President Hilton addressed their fellow "Old Resi- dents." Mrs. Barney Burton and a few other ladies who were here at an early day were present, all forming a party enviably happy.
At a meeting of the Association of the Old Residents of Grand River Valley, called Aug. 3, 1881, the death of Rev. Daniel Bush, a member of the association, having been announced, it was, on motion of Billins Stocking,
Resolved, That we receive with sorrow the announcement of the decease of our late brother.
Resolved, That reviewing his long life, spent for a large part thereof in this county, as a preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and, in late years, as a farmer in the town of Walker, we pronounce with pride his plain, unpreten- tious and earnest piety, and his industry, honesty, kindly feelings, and faithful discharge of duty, in all domestic and public relations, conclusive evidence of his worth and merits.
Resolved, That we sympathize with the family he has left in their great afflic- tion-the loss of an affectionate father-their consolation being in the fact that he was gathered "a shock fully ripened," and possessing the love and esteem of those who knew him best.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent by our Secretary to his daugh- ter, Miss Marion M. Bush, for the family.
The death of Mr. Gorham a short time previous called forth a similar expression of sorrow from this society.
The following list contains the names of all members of the Old Residents' Society from 1871, the date of reorganization, to the latter part of 1875.
NAME. WHERE AND WHEN BORN.
SETTLED IN KENT CO.
John W. Pierce,
Geneseo, Livingston Co., N. Y., 1814,
1836.
Leonard Covell,
Cabot, Caledonia Co., Vt., 1816,
Silas Hall, Croydon, Cheshire Co., N. H., 1809,
June 6, 1837. 1842.
Geo. W. Dickenson, Granby, Mass., 1809,
-, 1834.
John Edison, Digby, Nova Scotia, 1806,
James Miller,
Winsted, Conn., 1823,
, 1840. -, 1844. June 6, 1837.
Wm. T. Blakely,
Otsego Co., N. Y., 1810,
Philander Tracey,
Cayuga Co., N. Y., 1802,
May 5, 1836.
Benjamin Luce, Monroe Co., N. Y., 1822,
Ezekiel W. Davis, New Jersey, 1776,
Aug. 20, 1837. - -, 1834.
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William Haldane, J. W. Winsor, Samuel M. Turner, Abram Randall, J. Mortimer Smith, Robert Hilton, Harry H. Ives,
Wm. M. Ferry, Josiah R. Holden, A. W. Pike, John Kirkland, Eugene E. Maisor, F. H. Lyon, jr., Franklin Everett, John H. Withey, John Harrington, E. G. D. Holden, Reuben H. Smith, Wilson Jones, John L. Buchanan, Osmond Reed, S. L. Withey. H. W. Naysmith, M. L. Hopkins, Alonzo Platt, Thomas D. Gilbert, Daniel Bush, Timothy J. Farmer,
S. O. Kingsbury, James Ballard, Nathaniel Fisk, Lemuel W. Young, Sam. Howland, H. Dear, Wm. M. Anderson,
New York, 1807, Syracuse, N. Y., 1814,
New York, 1822, Herkimer Co., N. Y., 1800,
New York, 1811,
Maine, 1799, Wallingport, Conn., 1816.
Ebenezer W. Barrett, Woodstock, Vt., 1819,
Leeman R. Atwater, Burlington, Vt., 1810,
Chas. Shepard, M. D., Herkimer, N. Y., 1812,
Mackinac, Mich., 1824,
Guiton, N. H., 1797,
Cincinnati, O., 1814, 1807,
Ionia Co., Mich., 1833.
Parishville, N. Y.,
Worthington, Mass, 1812,
St. Albans, Vt., 1831,
Vermont, 1796,
Painesville, O., 1834,
Hamilton, Madison Co., N. Y., 1816, New York, 1816,
Ithaca, Tompkins Co., N. Y., 1823, Herkimer Co., N. Y., 1824,
St. Albans, Vt., 1820,
Livingston Co., N. Y., 1824.
Greenfield, Mass, Dec. 13, 1815, Canada West, May 6, 1810,
Bristol, R. I., 1803,
-, 1845.
Dan Schermerhorn, Schoharie Co., N. Y., May 21, 1804,
Holland, Europe,
Leonard D Ooge, Chauncey Pelton, Damon Hatch, Richfield, N. Y., 1800, Ashfield, Mass., 1805, T. W. White, Thomas Sargent, Joseph R. Blain, Hiram H. Allen, John F. Godfroy, Foster Kelly, R. S. Parks, W. D. Roberts, Amos Roberts, Myron Roys, Farnham Lyon, Billins Stocking, James M. Davis, Leonard Snyder, Isaac D. Davis, Oswego Co., N. Y., 1818, Schoharie Co., N. Y., 1808, James H. Brown, Andrew Loomis, John Ball, Joseph Blain, John Kendall, Aaron Brewer, Lemuel D. Putnam, Herkimer Co., N. Y., Enfield, Conn., May 2, 1812,
Sheffield, Mass., Dec. 1, 1808,
Adgates Falls, N. Y., Nov. 5, 1829, Lisbon, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., 1808, Wilson, Niagara Co., N. Y., 1830, Renplairice, Alt Co., N. Y., 1805,
Greene Co., N. Y., 1793, Hebron, N. H., 1794, Gaines, Orleans Co., N. Y., 1813, Greenfield, Mass., 1825,
Charlemont, Mass., April 20, 1805, Brandon, Vt., July 23, 1809, Holland, March 26, 1825,
Middlebury, Mass., Jan. 9, 1811, Westfield, Miss., Feb. 6, 1799, Troy, N. Y., Sept. 25, 1802.
--- , 1838.
.- , 1838. Oct., 1835. -, 1843.
-, 1838. -, 1838.
June, 1833. June, 1837. Nov., 1836. Aug., 1836.
Sept., 1842. July 8, 1836. Feb., 1847. May 4, 1842.
Sept., 1836. April, 1836. April, 1847.
Aug., 1846.
June 8, 1844. Feb. 8, 1838.
Aug., 1835.
Sept., 1848.
July, 1836. -- , 1824 July, 1839.
-- , 1836, May 9, 1833. ~~ , 1833. -- , 1836. Nov. 8,. 1838.
July 3, 1836. June 5, 1837. Nov., 1836.
May, 1837.
May, 1837. Oct., 1835.
-, 1834, June, 1838. 1837. , 1834. March, 1841. Oct. 6, 1846. May 22, 1836. - -, 1838.
Nov., 1845. -- , 1838. June, 1843 Nov., 1842. July 19, 1834. Aug., 1838.
-, 1845.
June 10, 1835. Sept. , 1840
, 1848. April, 1848.
-, 1839. June 8, 1835.
Williston, Vt., Detroit, 1824, Windsor Co., Vt., 1810, Cayuga Co., N. Y., May 13, 1810,
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Edmund Carrier, Richard Godfroy, Detroit, Mich., June 26, 1809, Henry C. Smith, Abel T. Page, James Pattisson, Vermont, March 23, 1823, Wm. A. Tryon, Simeon L. Baldwin, Canterbury, Conn., April 4, 1821,
Madison Co., N. Y., March 16, 1812, Nov., 1843. Sept., 1832.
Scituate, R. I., Jan. 9, 1804, Rutland, Vt., April 15, 1829, Oct , 1836. Nov., 1836.
New Lebanon, N. Y., April 15, 1799, June, 1-37.
Aug., 1844.
Thamesville, New Jersey, Feb. 7, 1830,
Westchester Co., N. Y., May 21, 1805,
New Hartford, Oneida Co., N. Y., May 13, 1821, May, 1840. Moretown, Vt., Aug. 3, 1823,
Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Jan. 30, 1841,
Bristol, R. I., Feb. 12, 1833,
James D. Lyon,
St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., Jan. 15, 1825,
Chauncey Patterson Seneca Co., N. Y., Aug. 21, 1823,
Hollis R. Hills, Orlando K. Pearsall, Oakland Co., Mich., April 20, 1829,
Pliny Smith,
Middlebury Co., N. Y., Feb. 18, 1829,
William Norman, Thompson Sinclair, Seneca Co .. N. Y., June 18, 1819,
Hebron, N. Y., April 1, 1819,
Bristol, Grafton Co., N. Y., Feb. 14, 1811,
Montreal, L. C., Aug. 15, 1815,
Trumbull Co., O., July 11, 1834,
Steuben Co., N. Y., Aug. 18, 1814,
Putney, Vt., Dec. 20, 1823,
Putney, Vt., March 24, 1815,
St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., 1833,
Saratoga Co., N. Y., Jan. 19, 1828,
Yates Čo., N. Y., Sept. 9, 1822,
Oct. 16, 1845. May 2, 1842.
Crayton N. Adams,' Geo. S. D. White, Carleton Neale, R. J. Shoemaker, G. S. Deane,
Howard Jennings, A. Salmon, A. Hills,
Myron Harris,
Jacob W. Barnes,
Robert M. Collins,
David Burnett, Edward Carrier,
Demetrius Turner,
Abijah Luce,
B. C. Luce,
M. B. Hine,
Henry C. Smith, L. S. Scranton, John W. Fiske,
The forgoing list comprises all the names enrolled as members of the Old Residents' Society, and continued on the roll of the Old Residents' Association up to Dec. 31, 1875.
In the following list the names of all the old residents who be- came members of the Association from Jan. 26 to June 17, 1881, are given.
ROLL OF OLD RESIDENTS 1876 TO 1881.
WHERE BORN. DATE.
IMMIGRATION TO MICHIGAN.
Charles C. Rood,
W. H. Reynolds, G. M. Cray, Wm. Thornton, Wm. K. Wheeler, Lorin M. Page,
Barry, Washingt'n Co., Vt.
Gloster, R. I.,
Feb. 23, 1819, Sept. 6, 1838.
Skaneateles, N. Y.,
May 13, 1826,
July 4, 1838.
Springfield, Vt., Dec. 29, 1814, June 30, 1834.
Orange Co , Vt.,
Nov. 22, 1814, Sept. 11, 1846.
Concord, Vt.,
March 29, 1811, Sept. 1, 1836.
Sept., 1846. Native, 1841. May, 1845. June 10, 1837. Nov., 1828, May, 1838. Native, 1829. Aug., 1829.
England, May 9, 1815,
June, 1837 .. May, 1839. July, 1845. Aug. 5, 1825.
Ebenezer M. Ball, Wm. T. Powers. Maxime Ranquette, Justin M. Stanley, Wm. R. Barnard, Geo. C. Fitch, James O. Fitch, Edward Lyon,
Bennington, Vt., July 1, 1830,
April, 1845. Sept., 1843.
Henry Spring, James Waters, William N. Cook, Albert Baxter, Ben. F. Sliter, John B. Farmer,
-- , 1837.
April 1, 1836. April, 1846. April, 1834. May 24, 1848. Sept., 1850. . Sept., 1837.
NAME.
HISTORY OF KENT COUNTY. 263
Carlos Burchau, Samuel Westlake, Noyes L. Urory, D. L. Campau, L. P Clarke, William C. Voorheis, Samuel L. Fuller, Geo. W. Dodge, Norman Cummings, John S. Davis,
Painesville, O.,
Oct. 22, 1821, May, 1857.
Aurora, N. Y.,
Dec. 15, 1815,
Sept. 1, 1842. Aug., 1850.
Detroit, Mich.,
Oct. 6, 1834,
, 1836.
New York,
Oct. 29, 1824,
New York,
March 4, 1813,
Jan. 24, 1819,
Dec. 21, 1828,
Nov. 8, 1849
Herkimer Co., N. Y.
Oct. 9, 1827,
May, 1834.
Seneca Co., N. Y .. ,
Oct. 17, 1814,
Dec., 1849.
Onondaga Co., N. Y.,
July 30, 1830, May, 1834.
Rome, Oneida Co., N. Y., July 16. 1825, Sept., 1845.
Madrid,St Lawr'nce, N.Y. Nov. 16, 1807,
Dec. 14, 1813,
1840.
W. L. Coffinberry, Herman Leonard,
Lancaster, O.,
April 5, 1807,
June, 1844.
Moore Co., N. Y.,
April 30, 1812,
June, 1835.
Sherman M. Pearsall, Cayuga, N. Y.,
Dec. 11, 1817,
June, 1826.
George G. Stover, Horace W. Reed, James Muir,
Otsego, N. Y., Scotland,
July 27, 1827, July 29, 1819, April 16, 1822,
Aug. 25, 1851.
James A. Runssey,
Newburg, N. Y.,
Nov. 8, 1814,
June 6, 1837.
Keeran Whalen John Chipman,
Shof., N. J.,
April 18, 1824, Oct. - , 1815.
June 18, 1845.
Warren W. Weatherly, Lebanon, Mad. Co., N.Y., June 14, 1820, Boston, Mass.,
March 5, 1831,
July, 1836 ..
Solomon Wright,
Wo'cott. Wayne Co., N. Y., March 14, 1818, St. Albans, Vt.,
April 15, 1815,
March 9, 1838.
M. H. Wıleman,
Danbury, Conn.,
Sept. 5, 1818,
May, 1850.
Winthrop R. Cadey, Samuel White, C. B. Dean,
Oxford, C. W.
Oct. 1, 1829,
Oct., 1837. June, 1836.
Leonard Bimrub,
New York State, Mass.
March 15, 1804, Oct., 1845,
Edwin S Marsh,
New York,
Feb. 3, 1817,
Sept., 1837. May, 1845.
James M Livingstone, Rochester, N. Y ,
Orson C. Kellogg,
Onondaga, N. Y.
April 11, 1829, Oct. 2, 1826,
-, 1833. , 1837.
Rier N. Goodsell,
Genesee Co., N. Y.,
March 2, 1823, July 12, 1852.
Orsimus W. Horton, Lansing K. Rathbun, Geo I. Moore, A. D. Borden,
Cayuga Co., N. Y.,
Sept. 7, 1822,
Oct., 1844,
Rippingale, Eng.,
July 29, 1823,
Oct., 1849.
Cayuga Co., N. Y.,
Oct. 19. 1830,
April, 1840.
Mrs. A. Ferguson,
Martin L. Sweet,
Sept., 1842.
June, 1837.
Chas. W. Warrill, Henry Pennoyer, Wm. W. Hatch,
May 27, 1827, Feb. 8, 1809, July, 1835. March 14, 1822, May, 1842. Aug. 22, 1806, Jan., 1835.
H. W. Hinsdell, Osmand Tower, Joseph Blake,
Nov., 1834. Feb. 16, 1811, Nov. 13, 1821, July, 1846. March 29, 1825, May, 1848.
Charles J. Kruger, Christopher Kusterer, John Cordes, Frank Boyheimus,
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