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May 24, 1323, Nov. 14, 1822,
Jan., 1844.
Rev. Courtney smith, Rey. W. W. Johnson, Lovell Moore,
March 21, 1808, Sept., 1855. Oct. 26. 1817, March 23. 1797, Dec. 22, 1814, Oct., 1822,
Sept., 1842.
July 7, 1822,
Nov., 1835. May, 1837. Dec. 2, 1846.
Henry B Childs, Edward S. Bates, Simeon Hunt, Edson English, Geo. Luther,
Tonawanda, N. Y.,
Chelsea, Vt., Tunbridge, Vt., Bristol, R. I.,
Sept. 12. 1801, May 3, 1823,
Sept., 1836. Oct., 1840. Oct., 1842.
Geneseo, N. Y., Cheshire Co., N. H., Geneseo, N. Y.
March 9, 1825,
Nov., 1840.
Robert P. Sinclair, Edward L. Briggs, Wm. S. Gunn, Oscar H. Chipman, Geo. Kendall,1 Horatio Randall,
Columbia, N. Y.,
March 11, 1811, April, 1861.
June, 1851. Oct. 10, 1842.
Oct., 1833.
May, 1843.
James Sergeant,
Nov., 1837.
Orison A. Withey,
Herkimer Co., N. Y.,
April 16, 1823,
Oct., 1838.
Charles Barclay,
Lyons, N. Y.,
May 1, 1819,
Hornby, Steub. Co., N.Y., March 15, 1827, April 18, 1844.
Paris, Oneida Co., N.Y., Feb 21, 1819, Winchester, Va., Norwalk, Ct., Monroe, Ashi'd Co., O., Bennington, Vt., Cummington, Mass., Rockingham Co .. N. H., Rendsburg, Holstein, Gumpelscheuer, Ger., Westphalia, Prussia, Abenhein am Rhine, Canada, Warren Co., N. Y., Winstown, Mass., Sterling, Mass., Shebourne, Mass.,
Sept., 1847. May, 1836. March 13, 1830, Aug., 1852. May 2, 1821,
John W. Phillips,
Sept., 1831. Sept., 1823.
May, 1836.
July, 1833.
Greenfield, Mass.,
Heb. Co., N. Y.,
Ireland,
Oct. 30, 1827,
A
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Miner Patterson, C. S. Stone, Leeman Jennison, Samuel Judd, Robert H. Smith, Jared L. Post, Hollis Konkle, John Watson, F. D. Boardman, Daniel M. Watson, Wright C. Allen, P. F Covell, A. Hodges, Henry Bremer, Phillip Kusterer, James Blair, W. R. Scribner, G. B. Rathbun, Elias G. Young, W. D. Tolford, Hoyt G. Post, J. T. Elliott, Geo. R Pierce, Jesse Ganoe,
Seneca, N. Y.,
June 9, 1819,
Canton, N. Y.,
Canton, N. Y.,
South Hadley, Mass ,
Watertown, Čt.,
Ontario Co., N. Y., Northampton Co., Pa., Hartford, Ct., Ovid, N. Y., , Pa.,
Tecumseh, Mich., Cabot, Vt.,
Bolton, Vt.,
Oct: 13, 1805,
Prussia, Ger.,
Nov. 28, 1816,
Wurtemberg, Ger.,
Aug. 22, 1828,
Putnam, Wash. Co, N.Y., Jan. 2, 1830,
New York City,
Cayuga Co., N. Y.,
Albany, N. Y.
Dec. 23, 1821,
Orleans Co., N. Y.,
April 8, 1823,
Rutland, Vt.,
Nov. 26, 1829,
Ontario Co., N. Y.,
Monroe Co., N. Y.,
Chenango Co., N. Y.
Rensselaer Co., N. Y., Lyons, N. Y.,
Leicester, England,
Aug. 11, 1829, June 7, 1815, July 18, - July 20, 1816,
Martin S. Tubbs, James Boyd, Geo. Seeple, Joseph Denton, John Paul,
Geo. W. Eddison,
Saley S. Buck,
Litchfield Co., Conn.,
Abner Dunham,
Dutchess Co., N. Y.,
Aus. 4, 1808,
Sept. 21, 1833,
A. C. Phillips, Wm. Haack, Adolph Seittelt,
Heman Parmelee,
Elson O. Fletcher,
F. M. Rosencrantz, Charles W. Hard, Henry Holt,
Gr'ndv'le, Wash. Co., N. Y., Dec. 3, 1820, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., Aug. 7, 1827, Sussex Co., New Jersey, Feb. 3, 1806. Dutchess Co., N. Y., Hampton, Conn.,
Aug. 28, 1824.
June, 1852.
Oct., 1844.
Sept., 1852. Dec., 1831.
Dec , 1837. April, 1838. Oct., 1853.
Sept., 1850. Oct., 1844. Feb., 1833. June, 1843. April, 1834. Oct., 1852. Oct. 1., 1853. Aug. 25, 1853.
April, 1846. April, 1840.
Nov., 1845.
Oct., 1828. , 1834. June, 1836. May 21, 1852. April, 1844.
Oct., 1839. Oct., 1837. Oct. 22, 1852. Oct, 1840.
Oct., 1837. Sept., 1838.
June, 1839. Dec., 1848.
Nov. 18, 1842.
-, 1836. May 1, 1839, Aug., 1837.
Oct., 1843. Oct., 1832. Oct., 1835.
Oct. 31, 1852. March, 1837. Oct., 1848. Nov., 1835. June, 1832.
Darius T. Button, Warren H. Congdon, Benjamin Lewitt, J. C. Parker,
Grandville, N. Y.,
Carrington, N. Y.,
Richmond, Ont.Co.,N. Y., July 14. 1826,
Aug. 8, 1819,
Nova Scotia,
Stoney Kirk, Scotland, Canada.
Niagara Co., N. Y., Prussia, Bohemia, Austria,
Jan. 13, 1833,
Oct., 1854. May, 1832. Oct., 1845.
June, 1837.
April 6, 1803, Feb. 17. 1817, March 24, 1827, Oct., 185")
March, 1833,
April 17, 1816,
Thomas J. Lucas, Allen Durfee,
John Morton, John B Colton, John Hart,
James D. Robinson, Abram J. Whitney, James A. Paul,
Buffalo, N. Y., Conway, Mass., Sligo City, Ireland, Belfast City, Ireland, Cayuga Co., N. Y., Wightonshire, Scotland, Hanover, Germany, Enfield, Conn., Batavia, N. Y., Guildford, England,
Geo. Schroeder, Geo. W. Allen, J. A. Powell, Isaac Haynes. Adolphus L. Skinner, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., Wm. Larraway, Plymouth, Mich., Benjamin S. Hanchett, Marcellus, N. Y.,
Dec. 25, 1830, April 23, -
May 29, 1806, Sept. 13, 1819, Oct. 16, 1824, Dec. 1. 1824. Sept. 17. 1826, May 31, 1816, Feb. 14, 1821, July 22, 1831,
Dec. 12, 1811,
April 24, 1832, Aug. 9, 1820,
Jan. 14, 1826, April 28, 1830, Jan. 5, 1819,
June 2, 1822,
May, 1853. June, 1837. Nov., 1842. June, 1826. July 4, 1838 Nov., 1852. Jan. 10, 1842. May, 1836. May, 1851. April, 1854. March 11, 1828, Sept., 1847.
James C. Simonds, Thomas W. Porter, John Quinn, Perry Witz, D. F. Tower,
St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., London, Eng ,
Ballymore, Ireland, Genesee Co., N. Y.,
Springfield, Vt.,
Canandaigua, N. Y.,
Palmyra, N. Y.,
Aug. 29, 1807, Jan. 31, 1833, Jan. 15, 1829, Feb. 27, 1823.
March 11, 1827, May 26. 1807, April 17, 1822, Jan. 13, 1820, May 23, 1822, April 19, 1821, Sept. 17, 1813, Nov. 15, 1829. April 3, 1834, Jan. 27, 1834, Jan. 22, 1833, June 30, 1822,
Essex Co, N. J.,
Nov. 11, 1814, Nov. 25, 1825, June 10, 1830, April 7, 1816,
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HISTORY OF KENT COUNTY.
Julius Houseman, Nicholas Shoemaker, Chapin Pease,
Bavaria, Ger.,
Dec. 8 1832
March, 1852. Oct., 1839.
Hiram Jennison, Dorr Skeels, Geo. W. Griggs, Elisha H. Adams,
Princeton, N. Jersey,
June 2. 1802.
-, 1838. Nov. 4, 1851.
John Calkins,
Dutchess Co., N. Y., Chenango Co., N. Y., Cork County, Ireland,
June 23, 1806,
May 5, 1850.
Patrick Quirk,
Carlos A. Abel, Lee Kelly,
Gaines, N. Y.,
Aug. 18, 1833,
June, 1834. Jan., 1843.
Mrs. Eunice Turner, G. J. Shackelton, Canada West, Peter T. G. Hodenfryl, Rotterdam, Holland,
March 15, 1821, April, 1854.
Aug. 10 1811, Sept., 1848.
Kent, England,
April 6, 1814 May, 1835.
James Sawyer,
Germany,
Dec. 2. 1827. April, 1853.
William Kock, J. M. Gorham, David McConnell, Geo. H Pew,
Boston, Mass.,
March 20, 1827, April, 1844.
John Butler,
Monroe Co., N. Y.,
Sept. 1, 1827, Aug. 2 1828.
Oct. 11, 1844.
John C. Scott,
Oswego Co., N. Y.,
Sullivan, Chesh. Co., N.H., March 5, 1818, Co of Armagh, Ireland, March 5. 1821, June 17, 1809, Feb. 24, 1834, Holland, Europe, St. Stephens, N. B., Onondaga Co., N. Y.,
March 8, 1816, Nov. 8. 1833,
July, 1838. April, 1854.
Horace Wilder, David B. Clay, T. M. Kennedy, Wm. Hinsdill,
Piermont, N. H.,
Feb. 12, 1827,
Dec., 1854.
Henry Grinnell, L M. S. Smith, Edward Leitilt, Martin Green, Franz Berles, Sam. O. Dishman, Fred Platte,
Bohemia, Austria,
July 13, 1831, March 12, 1822, Aug., 1836.
Dorlar, Germany, George Co., Va.,
June 28, 1828, Nov. 21, 1829, April 20, 1818, July 25, 1825,
Sept., 1852. Aug., 1852. Oct. 1846.
Anthony Platte, John Davis,
Madison Co., N. Y.,
April 25, 1813, Sept. 12, 1823,
Oct., 1854.
Robert B. Swain, T. J. W. Parler, Wm Lappig, C. Blodgett, W. R Parks Baker Borden, Joseph S. Clinton, F. W. Worden, John Klys, Benjamin Clark,
Cayuga Co., N. Y.,
New Haven, Conn.,
Westchester Co., N. Y.,
Holland, Europe, Trenton, Hunt. Co.,N. Y., Dec. 19, 1806,
Winfield, N. Y.,
Marclı 4, 1832,
-, 1834. March 27, 1810, May, 1845.
Francis Van Driele, Erastus U. Knapp, John Muir,
Wm. A. Birkey, John M. Hanna, John W. Champlin, G. W. Yale, Charles Foster, John B. Winter, Jefferson Monroe,
Wm. H. Solomon,
Wm. H. Tanner, Timothy W. White,
Bristol. R. I., Brattleboro, Vt.,
Jan. 18, 1821,
Feb. 4 1834.
St. Lawrence Co, N. Y., May 11 1813.
Oct., 1834.
Sept., 1852.
Springwater, L. Co , N.Y., July 27 1832, Dec. 1 1815,
March 16 1800,
Dec. 22 1825. Dec., 1849.
Newsbury, England, Gloucestershire, England, Dec. 17, 1826. Sept., 1852.
Schoduck, Rens. Co., N.Y., Aug. 22, 1817,
Oct. 1, 1852. Jan. 31, 1855.
John S. Farr,
C. C. Comstock, Joseph F. Robinson, Paul Steketee, E. G. Hill,
Oneida Co., N. Y.,
Bennington; Vt.,
Rochester, N. Y.,
Tompkins Co., N. Y.,
July 14. 1814, Nov. 14, 1819, Feb. 8, 1808,
Nov., 1855. Julv, 1837. Aug., 1854.
Westphalia, Germany, Westphalia, Germany,
Nov., 1845. July, 1839.
Chemung Co., N. Y.,
Jeffrey, Cheshire Co., Vt , Nov. 21, 1812, Feb. 2, 1827, Saxony,
Murray, Orleans Co., N.Y., Feb. 10, 1830, Washington Co., N. Y., May 5, 1823,
April 26, 1814, Aug. 26, 1833, March 20, 1820, Feb. 11, 1835,
June, 1855. Sept., 1849. April, 1845. May, 1837. April, 1851. April, 1844. May, 1848. Oct., 1833.
Horace H. Guild,
Patrick McGauran,
Mayo Co., Ireland, Zeeland, Netherlands,
June 6, 1816, Feb. 10, 1820, Jan. 26, 1830, April 12, 1823, June 29, 1829,
Feb. 17, 1831, Jan. 16, 1827,
Sept. 17, 1834,
July 15, 1805, May 4, 1830, June 29, 1825, May 4, 1826,
July, 1848. July, 1847. Aug., 1851. Sept., 1855. May, 1854. Oct., 1854. Oct , 1847. July, 1838. April, 1854. Mav, 1832. May, 1838. April, 1846. Sept. 18, 1854.
Oct. 17, 1853. April, 1854.
July, 1847. April, 1850.
April. 1835.
Herkimer Co., N. Y.,
Sept., 1854.
Oswe?o Co., N. Y., Scotland, Perry Co., O., Antrim Co., Ireland, Ulster Co., N. Y., Upper Canada, Madison Co .. N. Y., Buckfasthigh, Sarato a Co .. N. Y., Orange Co., N. Y.,
Herkimer Co., N. Y., Oakland Co., Miclı ,
July 4., - -. Wellsb'ro,Essex Co., N. Y., Oct. 2 1824,
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HISTORY OF KENT COUNTY.
J. B. Folger,
Oxford, Chen. Co., N Y., Dec. 17, 1823, April 4, 1856.
H. W. Davis, Niagara Co., N. Y., Dec. 11, 1833, Aug , 1836.
Benjamin C. Eaton,
Cairo, N. Y., , 1813, Sept., 1848.
D. C. Porter, Hamilton, Mad.Co., N.Y., March 23, 1817, May 10, 1846.
Palmyra, N. Y., June 14, 1818, April, 1836.
Pinkney, N. Y., Dec. 13, 1822,
May, 1837.
John B. Hogadoan,
Bayham, Canada West, April 17, 1818,
April 3, 1840.
F. W. Tusch,
Ohle, Schermane, May 26, 1814,
May, 1843.
The names given in this roll, together with the honorary mem- bers referred to in the transactions of the Old Residents' Associa- tion, sum all the names of the old settlers who were judicious enough to become members of the society. In the other chapters of the county history, as well as in the pages devoted to biog- raphy, full mention is made of those and other old residents.
There are a few of the pioneers now in the county. Happily, many of the old settlers still live and prosper within the land which they aided in raising from its wilderness State. Their en- ergy and perseverance have opened up every section of the wild lands, and converted them into gardens of profit and of beauty. Where but a few years ago the wolves made the night hideous with their howls, now is heard the lowing and bleating of domestic an- imals. Only half a century has gone into the past since the Indian's startling whoop reverberated in a thousand echoes over hill and dale; to-day over the land the whistle of the steam engine is its only remembrancer. Then the savage villages spread over the spot where now rise the spires and cupolas of churches and schools and dwellings of a highly civilized people. This change has been effected by the incessant toil and aggregated labor of the pioneers, incited by the noble aspirations of such men and women as would make any country great.
What will the next five decades accomplish? The pioneers have had their troubles; the ordeal of settlement in the wilderness could only be passed through by men and women of such hands and hearts as they possessed; yet under all difficulties they won their way to competence and honor; their children grew up around them and became important factors in building up the district. To-day the difficulties of settlement are insignificant; so that it is not too much to state that the advances of the coming half-century will cast into shade even the magnificent progress of the past and lead the Union above the entire world.
Prof. Franklin Everett, one of the old residents, a scholar and an honest, liberal-souled man, has contributed, from time to time, many instructive poems to pioneer literature. From among the number read before the pioneers the following is selected :
"Nightly I pitch my moving tent A day's march nearer home "
Buckingham.
I am almost there! A wearying way Through many a lingering year I've come; And I pitch my tent at the close of day
T. M. White,
B. F. Woodman,
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HISTORY OF KENT COUNTY.
A day's march nearer my heavenly home. My journey has been in the vale of years To my Father's home in a land afar ; To me it has been a vale of tears ; With my guide, eternity's polar star.
I am almost home! I rest at night, And cool my brow in the mountain stream ; My guiding star has a clearer light, And it shines with a brighter and steadier beam.
As I lay my wearied head to rest, Sweet visions of home to cheer me come ;
And a peaceful calm steals o'er my rest, For I'm almost there! I am almost home !
I am almost home! I have trod the road With pilgrim staff for many a year; With faltering step I have borne the load, Till at last the celestial scenes appear. But 'tis oo ward yet. I am not there; No rest for me till I reach the dome,
With its pearly gates and balmy air, Where my Father lives. I am almost home!
I am almost there! and I soon shall rest Where the river of life transparent flows ; Where groves with the fairest flowers are dressed, And the tree of life in the garden grows. I shall pitch my tent but a few times more ; But a few more pilgrim days I'll spend ;
Behind is a toilsome road ; before, In the distance near, is my journey's end.
I am almost home! A pilgrim worn, I have journeyed on, these four-score years. I have seen my fellow travelers borne By a heavenly guide through the higher spheres ; They were carried away from my longing eyes On a seraph wing that cleave's the air; Their path lay homeward through the skies, While mine was below; but I'm almost there !
I am almost there! I shall rest at last ; My pilgrim days wll soon be o'er; And the brilliant garden gates be passed, Where I'll meet the friends who have gone before. In my Father's home a welcome waits, And angel hands the feast prepare ; Even now I see the open gates, And the welcome beck. Oh! I'm almost there!
THE JUNIOR OLD SETTLERS' ASSOCIATION OF THE GRAND RIVER VALLEY. /
The Junior Old Settlers of Kent, Ionia and Ottawa counties have initiated a movement which their contemporaries of other counties would do well to follow. With an organic enterprise worthy of this beautiful district of the Peninsula, they have provided for themselves that which their seniors denied, and banded together
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with the object of cultivating social relations, perpetuating personal history, and doing honor to their county.
This organization may be said to have been inaugurated Dec. 16, 1879, when a number of the Junior Old Settlers assembled in the Superior Court room, electing Charles A. Hilton, Chairman, and Porter Sinclair, Secretary. The question of permanent organi- zation was discussed. Stephen H. Ballard, A. A. Luce, N. B. Scribner, J. W. Wheeler and Arthur. Warrell were appointed a committee to draft a constitution for the new society. The report of this committee was presented Dec. 31, 1879, by the Chairman, S. H. Ballard. The constitution comprised seven articles, No. 4 of which deals with eligibility, as follows : "Any person, male or female, who shall have been a resident or made it his or her home in either of the counties of Kent, Ionia or Ottawa, twenty- five years prior to the date of his or her application to any mem - ber of the committee on membership for membership, and having received a notice of his or her election by such committee, upon signing this constitution, and paying into the treasury the' sum of one dollar, shall thereupon become a member of this association. All those present signing this constitution at the date of its adop- tion, and paying the sum of one dollar each, shall be considered, and they are hereby declared to be, charter members." On the adoption of these articles of association the following signatures were attached, and the circle of original members formed :
NAMES OF CHARTER MEMBERS AND PLACE AND DATE OF BIRTH.
Ambrose A. Luce, born at Grand Rapids, Sept. 29, 1849. Charles H. Scribner, born at Grand Rapids, June 5, 1841.
:, Julian M. Wheeler, born at Grand Rapids, Sept. 28, 1846. Kryn Deykenna.
W. B. Morrison, born at Grand Rapids, May 6, 1838. N. B. Scribner, born at Grand Rapids, March 15, 1849. Herman M. Idema, born at Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 23, 1849. Ira C. Hatch, born at Grand Rapids, Sept. 11, 1852. James W. Seymour, born at Grand Rapids, June 5, 1852. Charles J. Potter.
Charles A. Hilton, born at Grand Rapids, Sept. 21, 1841. Arthur M. Warrell, born at Detroit, Mich., May 1, 1851. J. H. Anderson, born at Grand Rapids, May 22, 1843. C. R. Williams.
T. G. Winchester.
Stephen H. Ballard, born at Bennington, Vt, July 19, 1836. Arthur K. Allen, born at Painesville, O., Nov. 6, 1849. John T. Holmes, Jr., born at Grand Rapids, Nov. 22, 1853. E. B. Dikeman, born at Grand Rapids, July 1, 1843. E. H. Foot, born in Niagara Co., N. Y., Jan. 5, 1850.
A. L. Foot, born in Niagara Co., N. Y., Dec. 11, 1836. C. R. Carpenter.
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HISTORY OF KENT COUNTY.
A. P. Sinclair, born at Dixboro, Mich., Feb. 16, 1845.
Washington Davis, born in Niagara Co., N. Y., Jan. 8, 1841. John S. Page, born at Grand Rapids, Sept. 25, 1837. C. H. Bacon, born at Grand Rapids, June 29, 1852.
The first officers of the association, elected Dec. 31, 1879, were: Charles A. Hilton, President ; Ed. B. Dikeman, 1st Vice-Presi- dent ; N. B. Scribner, 2d Vice- President ; Stephen H. Ballard, Secretary; and Julian M. Wheeler, Treasurer.
At the meeting of Jan. 16, 1880, Frank G. Rasa, M. S. Crosby and Merwin D. Folger were elected honorary members. The annual election was held Feb. 24, 1880, resulting in the choice of Charles A. Hilton for President ; Ed. B. Dikeman and W. B. Mor- rison, Vice-Presidents ; Stephen H. Ballard, Secretary, and Julian M. Wheeler, Treasurer.
The article of the constitution, amended so as to recognize a " committee on membership," instead of the "executive commit- tee," was enforced by the addition of A. K. Allen, A. M. War- rell, A. A. Luce, W. B. Marwin and A. L. Foot to the "executive committee."
The first picnic given under the auspices of the association was held at Eastmanville, June 18, 1880.
The annual meeting of 1881 was held Feb. 8. Charles A. Hil- ton was elected President; Arthur K. Allen and Cassius H. Sweet, Vice-Presidents; Arthur. M. Warrell, Secretary, and Charles H. Leonard, Treasurer.
The admission of members and the appointment of committees to arrange for the annual re-union, claimed the attention of the association at its meetings of Feb. 16 and June 3, 1881. The re- union passed off June 15, and proved one of the most enjoyable social affairs of the year. The roll of membership comprises the following names :
L. K. Bishop, born at Jefferson Co., N. Y., Oct. 5, 1836. Calvin L. Ives, born at Grand Rapids, Mich., June 29, 1852. Merwin D. Folger, born at Oxford, N. Y., Jan. 22, 1851. Daniel H. Powers, born at Troy, N. Y., Nov. 2, 1841. John M. Melis, born at Poortfliet, Netherlands, Jan. 19, 1851. Charles G. Godfroy, born at Grand Rapids, Mich., Dec. 16, 1851. Dick Warner, born at Grand Rapids, Mich., Aug. 20, 1849. C. H. Withey, born at Grand Rapids, Mich., June 15, 1855. Richard E. Blumrich, born on the Atlantic Ocean, July 24, 1848. Eugene W. Jones, born at Grand Rapids, Mich., June 5, 1841. C. W. Mills, born at Grand Rapids, Mich., Aug. 31, 1850. Moreau S. Crosby, born at Grand Rapids, Mich., Dec. 2, 1839. Alfred Crawford, born at Romeo, Mich., Ang. 7, 1846.
Robert W. Innes, born at Oswego, N. Y., March 22, 1851.
W. H. Pease, born at Cannonsburg, Kent Co., Mich., July 4, 1847.
A. S. Campau, born at Grand Rapids, Mich., July 15, 1840. Chas. K. Seymour, born at Paris, Kent Co., Dec. 24, 1858.
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HISTORY OF KENT COUNTY.
Fred. D. Shriver, born at Buffalo, N. Y., March 5, 1852. Henry L. Covell, born at Grand Rapids. June 25, 1845. Chas. R. Sligh, born at Grand Rapids, Jan. 5, 1850.
. W. S. Gee, born at Kent Co., Canada, Aug. 15, 1845. Horace W. Davis, born at Niagara Co., N. Y., Dec. 11, 1833. Hugo B. Rathbun, born at Cayuga Co .. N. Y., Nov. 30, 1841. Dayton S. Peck, born at Monroe Co., N. Y., June 26, 1842. Henry B. Davis, born at Grand Rapids, April 2. 1845. James M. Sligh, born at Rochester, N. Y., May 19, 1845. Arthur Sharp, born in England, Aug. 10, 1847.
I. L. Davidson, born at Grand Rapids, Oct. 21. 1845. Fred. R. Smith, born at Medina, N. Y., Aug. 2, 1850. Charles H. Leonard, born at Grand Rapids, Jan. 15, 1848. J. W. McTowen, born at Wayne Co., Pa., March 17, 1844. C. M. Maris, born at Netherlands, June 3, 1852.
W. H. Calkins, born at Grand Rapids, Sept .. 10, 1848. Win. H. Powers, born at Troy, N. Y., April 7, 1841. Jay D. Utley, born at Portland, N. Y., July 14, 1845. Fred. H. Smith. born at Grand Rapids, Aug. 24, 1848. Charles Swain, born at Oswego, N. Y., May 28, 1843. Cyrus E. Perkins, born at Lawrence. Mass., Oct. 9, 1847.
A. B. Turner, born at Plattsburg, Clinton Co., N. Y., Aug. 1, 1827.
C. B. Trixberry, born at Hamtramck, Mich., Aug. 28, 1838. Isaac F. Lamoreau, born in Lower Canada, April S, 1851. John Brady, born at Newton Butler, Ireland, Aug. 18, 1838. John Widdicomb, born at Syracuse, N. Y., Nov. 4, 1846.
W. A. Shurkman, born at Reichenberg, Bohemia, Dec. 25, 1847.
N. Fred Avery, born at Grand Rapids, Jan. 15, 1855. D. O. Belknap, born at Massena, N. Y., Oct. 17, 1845. Le Grand Prince, born at Grand Rapids, Aug. 6, 1848. H. S. Bailey, born at Niagara Co., N. Y., April 27, 1846. Don J. Leathers, born at Oneida, N. Y., July 28, 1844. Chas. A. Luce, born at Grand Rapids, Sept., 27, 1854. M. M. Moore, born in Somerset Co., Maine, May 2, 1844. Frank E. Leonard, born at Grand Rapids, April S, 1855. M. R. Melis, born in Holland, Feb. 16, 1849.
Hiram L. Johnson, born at Grand Rapids, Dec. 19, 1851. Ernest Inilmine, born at Princeton, C. W., Feb. 3, 1854. Samuel Heyman, born at Morrisania, N. Y., Sept., 2, 1853. Charles P. Rathbun, born at Grand Rapids, Aug. 29, 1852. J. J. Belknap, born in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., Sept. 15, 1849. Fremont Kellogg, born at Cazenovia, N. Y., Oct. 17, 1836. Jas. C. Herkner, born at Krutzan, Bohemia, Dec. 1, 1840. Byron Morrison, born at Grand Rapids, Sept. 30, 1843. E. W. Withey, born at Grand Rapids, Dec. 25, 1852. J. F. Nelson, born at Grand Rapids, Dec. 13, 1847. Geo. K. Nelson, born at Grand Rapids, July 1, 1842.
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HISTORY OF KENT COUNTY.
H. W. Calkins, born at Grand Rapids, Sept. 10, 1843. Frank W. Foster, born at Grand Rapids, Oct. 10, 1849. Cassius H. Sweet, born at Grand Rapids, Sept. 15, 1848. Anton G. Hodenpyl, born at Grand Rapids, Nov. 7, 1852. Frank H. Seymour, born at Grand Rapids, Oct. 24, 1845. Chester B. Hinsdill, born at Grand Rapids, Sept. 4, 1835. Frank L. Yale, born at Grand Rapids, March 22, 1854. Edward M. Adams, born at Grand Rapids, June 6, 1851. A. D. Rathbun, born at Grand Rapids, June 14, 1842. Hugo Schneider, born at Ochringer, Germany, Feb. 13, 1832. Frank L. Noble, born at Grand Rapids, Sept. 8, 1850. Albert H. Guild, born at Paris, Kent Co., Sept. 7, 1844. L. E. Carroll, born at Lamont, Ottawa Co., Aug. 15, 1852. Fred. C. Steglich, born in Ionia Co., Oct. 7, 1852. Chas. W. Eaton, born at Grand Rapids, April 14, 1840. Chas. D. Lyon, born at Parrishville, N. Y., June 28, 1836. Henry G. Allen, born at Painesville, Ohio, July 12, 1852. Geo. W. Gage, born at Grand Rapids, March 7, 1853. Warren Y. Barclay, born at Smyrna, Ionia Co., March 27, 1851. Geo. K. Seymour, born at Grand Rapids, May 4, 1853. Solon W. Baxter, born at Grand Rapids, July 1, 1844. M. L. Shafer, born at Yates, N. Y., Dec., 1834. L. G. Winchester, born in Maine, April 6, 1848. H. S. Holden, M. D., born at Reading, N. Y., July 6, 1847. Geo. G. Steketee, born in Holland, March 12, 1835. Lewis Hart, born at Harrisburg, Pa., Aug. 25, 1854. Eliza P. Page, born at Grand Rapids, Dec. 16, 1840. I. B. Folger, born at Oxford, Chenango Co., N. Y., Dec. 17, 1823.
Edna Claid, born at Paris, Kent Co., June 13, 1849. Fred. L. Claid, born at Plainfield, Ills., June 16, 1848. Sarah N. Ballard, born at Grand Rapids, March 28, 1840. James G. Coats, born at Ypsilanti, Feb. 14, 1845. I. W. Boynton, born at Grass Lake, Jackson Co., Sept. 17, 1837. Warren C. Weatherly, born at Grand Rapids, June 1, 1846. D. Wallace Giddings.
Chas. W. Jones, born at Grand Rapids, Sept. 18, 1851. Chas. F. Kusteren, born at Grand Rapids, Dec. 11, 1854. Lucy E. Noble, born at Grand Rapids, Feb. 20, 1855. Glenn E. Seymour, born at Grand Rapids, Aug. 1, 1850. B. C. Girdler, born at Grand Rapids, July 8, 1846. Adolph Wurzburg, born at Grand Rapids, Nov. 8, 1852. Frank Berles; jr., born at Grand Rapids, March 26, 1852. Wm. S. Hovey, born at Cambridge, N. Y., Oct. 1, 1842. W. D. Stevens, born at Harrisonburg, Va., April 19, 1844. F. Stewart White, born at Grand Haven, June 28, 1840. B. T. Pierce, born in Monroe Co., N. Y., Jan. 9, 1854. W. W. Hyde, born in Macomb Co., Mich., Aug. 17, 1853. Erwin M. Rogers.
G. W. Perkins, born at Grand Rapids, July 16, 1847.
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