History of Livingston County, Michigan, with illustrations and biographical sketches, Part 48

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The following are the officers for 1879: S. Bid- well, M .; G. Bradley, O .; J. B. Thurber, Lec .; J. McClements, S .; D. S. Kiernan, A. S .; S. McClem- ents, C .; G. A. Bidwell, T .; William Palmer, Sec. ; J. C. Newman, G. K .; Miss Maggie McClements, Ceres ; Miss Minnie S. Kiernan, Flora ; Miss Julia Sleaford, Pomona; Mrs. Rachel. Newman, L. A. S.

The following is a list of township officers elected in Brighton since its organization: og le

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1838 .- Richard Lyon, Supervisor; William Noble, Township Clerk; Melzer Bird, Benjamin Blain, William Palmer, Assessors; Maynard Maltby, Philip S. Hubbell, Justices of the Peace; Elias Withey, Collector; F. W. Good- enoe, Ezra Macomber, Directors of the Poor; Joshua Sheffield, Abram Dean, Malcolm Fitch, Highway Com- missioners; William W. Ward, Elias Sprague, Cyrenus Morgan, School Inspectors.

1839 .- Richard Lyon, Supervisor ; John G. Spencer, Township Clerk ; Elias Sprague, Treasurer; Warren J. Acker, Melzer Bird, Richard Lyon, Assessors; Joshua Shef- field, Elias Sprague, H. A. Armstrong, Highway Com- missioners ; William Noble, John G. Spencer, May- nard Maltby, School Inspectors ; Charles Prosser, Col- lector.

1840 .- John W. Peavey, Supervisor; Wilber Fisher, Township Clerk ; O. A. Fuller, F. W. Goodenoe, R. Toncray, Assessors ; Elijah Fitch, Justice of the Peace ; E. Wood- ruff, Job Cranston, Seth Bidwell, Highway Commis- sioners ;. L. B. Fonda, Collector; J. A. Sterling, A. Whalen, Charles Sentill, School Inspectors; William McCauley, Treasurer.

1841 .- Smith Beach, Supervisor; John G. Spencer, Township Clerk ; Aaron Beach, Treasurer; Elisha Billings, Jus- tice of the Peace.

1842 .- John W. Peavey, Supervisor; Charles S. Norton, Clerk ; Benjamin Cushing, Treasurer; Lewis B. Fonda, Israel Arms, Assessors; J. H. Buck, Horace Toncray, Di- rectors of the Poor; F. C. Whipple, Ira P. Bingham, George W. Peck, School Inspectors.

1843 .- Seth Bidwell, Supervisor ; Corydon Lee, Township Clerk ; Benjamin Cushing, Treasurer; William Brown, Job Cranston, Assessors ; Fred C. Whipple, Ira P. Bingham, School Inspectors; Israel Arms, Robert D. Power, Jus- tices of the Peace.

1844 .- John W. Peavey, Supervisor; Corydon Lee, Township Clerk; Horace Toncray, Treasurer; Jasper H. Buck, Aaron H. Kelly, Assessors; Wilber Fisher, School In- spector ; Robert D. Power, Justice of the Peace.

1845 .- George W. Peck, Supervisor; Wm. R. Cobb, Township Clerk ; Orlando A. Fuller, Treasurer ; Horace Toncray, Justice of the Peace; Aaron H. Kelly, Solomon S. Sanders, Assessors; William A. Clark, School Inspector. 1846 .- Smith Beach, Supervisor; T. D. Fish, Township Clerk ; Erastus A. Pratt, Justice of the Peace; John D. Apple- ton, Treasurer; Nelson Fuller, Elias Sprague, Assessors; Ira P. Bingham, William Noble, School Inspectors.

1847 .- Spaulding M. Case, Supervisor; Moses B. Hess, Township Clerk; Israel Arms, Justice of the Peace; William Cush- ing, Treasurer ; Amos Foster, School Inspector.

1848 .- Spaulding M. Case, Supervisor ; Truman D. Fish, Town- ship Clerk ; Robert D. Power, Justice of the Peace; John Toncray, Treasurer.

1849 .- William A. Clark, Supervisor; Jasper H. Buck, Township Clerk; Benjamin P. Vealey, Treasurer; Horace Toncray, F. Williams, Justices of the Peace; Nelson Fuller, Job Cranston, Assessors ; Truman D. Fish, School Inspector. 1850 .- Nelson Fuller, Supervisor; John R. Butterfield, Township Clerk; Ira W. Case, John Yerington, Justices of the Peace; Benjamin P. Vealey, Treasurer; Ira P. Bing- ham, School Inspector.

1851 .- Lyman Judson, Supervisor; Roswell Barnes, Township Clerk; Floyd Williams, Justice of the Peace; Nelson Toncray, Treasurer ; George W. Peck, School Inspector. 1852 .- Lyman Judson, Supervisor ; John R. Butterfield, Township Clerk ; Nelson Toncray, Treasurer ; Robert D. Power, Justice of the Peace; Ira P. Bingham, School Inspector. 1853 .- Lyman Judson, Supervisor; Orlando A. Fuller, Township Clerk; John Yerington, Justice of the Peace ; Fred. D. Acker, Treasurer; Nelson Toncray, School Inspector,

1854 .- Lewis B. Fonda, Supervisor; John R. Butterfield, Town- ship Clerk ; Samuel M. Conely, Treasurer; Lyman Jud- son, Justice of the Peace; George E. Smith, School Inspector.

1855 .- Lewis B. Fonda, Supervisor; John R. Butterfield, Town- ship Clerk ; Samuel M. Conely, Treasurer; John E. Weichers, School Inspector; William S. Conely, Chester Thomson, Justices of the Peace.

1856 .- James B. Lee, Supervisor; John R. Butterfield, Township Clerk ; Fred. D. Acker, Treasurer ; Ira W. Case, Nelson Toncray, Justices of the Peace.

1857 .- Spaulding M. Case, Supervisor ; William J. McHench, Township Clerk; Frederick D. Acker, Treasurer; Ira P. Bingham, School Inspector.

1858 .- Lewis B. Fonda, Supervisor; George W. Rose, Township Clerk ; Samuel M. Conely, Treasurer ; Roswell Barnes, Justice of the Peace; Augustus Reiner, School In- spector.

1859 .- Spaulding M. Case, Supervisor; Egbert F. Albright, Town- ship Clerk; Eli L. Soule, Treasurer; Lyman Judson, Spafford E. Woodhull, School Inspectors.

1860 .- Lyman Judson, Supervisor; Levi D. Cook, Township Clerk; Eli L. Soule, Treasurer; Daniel C. Marsh, Jus- tice of the Peace; Egbert F. Albright, School Inspector.

1861 .- Lyman Judson, Supervisor; John G. Spencer, Township Clerk; A. Sears, Treasurer; Willard A. Beach, Justice of the Peace; Richard Lyon, School Inspector.

1862 .- Lyman Judson, Supervisor; William J. McHench, Town- ship Clerk ; Myron G. Hodges, Treasurer; Ira W. Case, Justice of the Peace; Levi D. Cook, School Inspector.

1863 .- Wheaton Hicks, Supervisor; William J. McHench, Town- ship Clerk ; Timothy Warner, Treasurer; John Carter, Justice of the Peace.

1864 .- Record incomplete.

1865 .- John Carter, Supervisor; Herman C. House, Township Clerk; Willard A. Beach, Justice of the Peace ; Timo- thy Warner, Treasurer ; R. J. Lyon, School Inspector. 1866 .- John Carter, Supervisor; George P. Dudley, Township Clerk; Edgar G. Durfee, Treasurer; William J. Mc- HIench, School Inspector; Herman C. House, Justice of the Peace.

1867 .- Wheaton J. Hicks, Supervisor; Solomon I. King, Town- ship Clerk ; John Carter, Samuel M. Conely, Justices of the Peace; William King, Treasurer; Orson W. Tock, School Inspector.

1868 .- Wheaton Hicks, Supervisor; Herman C. House, Town- ship Clerk; Benjamin T. O. Clark, Justice of the Peace; Joseph E. Placeway, Treasurer; Richard Lyon, School Inspector.

1869 .- Wheaton Hicks, Supervisor; John W. Power, Township Clerk ; Samuel M. Conely, Justice of the Peace; Joseph E. Placeway, Treasurer; Orson W. Tock, James W. Edgar, School Inspectors.

1870 .- Wheaton Hicks, Supervisor; William B. Cushing, Town- ship Clerk ; Herman C. House, Justice of the Peace; Thomas F. Lown, Treasurer; Egbert F. Albright, School Inspector.

1871 .- John Carter, Supervisor; Milton Thomas, Township Clerk ; John Carter, Justice of the Peace; Thomas F. Lown, Treasurer; Richard J. Lyon, School Inspector. 1872 .- John Carter, Supervisor; Milton Thomas, Township Clerk ; Joseph E. Placeway, Treasurer; Eugene Hicks, School Inspector; Robert Warder, Justice of the Peace.

1873 .- James B. Thurber, Supervisor; John W. Power, Town- ship Clerk ; Wheaton Hicks, Justice of the Peace; Jo- seph E. Placeway, Treasurer; Richard J. Lyons, School Inspector.

1874 .- Lyman Judson, Supervisor; John E. Weichers, Township Clerk ; Charles A. Holdridge, Treasurer; Eugene Hicks, School Inspectored by oogie

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1875 .- Wheaton Hicks, Supervisor ; John E. Weichers, Town- ship Clerk; Charles A. Holdridge, Treasurer; Lucian B. Stewart, Superintendent of Schools; Eugene Hicks, School Inspector.

1876 .- Wheaton Hicks, Supervisor; Henry P. Martin, Township Clerk ; G. C. Westphal, Treasurer; William M. Power, David. Pitkin, Justices of the Peace; Lucian B. Stew- art, Superintendent of Schools; Eugene Hicks, School Inspector.

1877 .- James B. Thurber, Supervisor; Nicholas Kennedy, Town- ship Clerk; Godfrey C. Westphal, Treasurer; Wheaton Hicks, Justice of the Peace; Lucian B. Stewart, Super- intendent of Schools; Augustus Reiner, School In- spector.

1878 .- John Carter, Supervisor; Charles H. Brown, Township Clerk ; Augustus Reiner, Treasurer; Thomas T. Tunis, Justice of the Peace; Eugene Hicks, School Inspector. 1879 .- Eugene Hicks, Supervisor; Charles H. Brown, Township Clerk; Augustus Reiner, Treasurer; John Carter, Geo. W. Stewart, Justices of the Peace; Lucian B. Stewart, School Superintendent; Richard J. Lyon, School In- spector.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

HON. JOHN CARTER

is of Irish birth and parentage. His father, Julian Carter, emigrated to this country from Ireland in 1821, and settled in Oswego, N. Y. He was a farmer, merchant, and lumber-manufacturer, and was actively engaged in business until his death, which occurred in 1873. John, his only child, was born in Queens Co., Ireland, Oct. 10, 1820. Soon after his birth his mother died, and he was reared by his grandparents. He attended school until he attained his eighteenth year, when he joined the "constabulary," a corps of men employed by the government to preserve order; he served in this organization until 1845, when he came to America, where he joined his father, with whom he was associated in business for three years. At this time he made an extended tour through Mich- igan, preparatory to choosing a home there. The following spring he removed to Milford, Oakland Co., and was engaged in a flouring-mill until the spring of 1850, when, deciding to engage in farm- ing, he purchased eighty acres of partially improved land, upon which he remained until 1856, when he sold and removed to Pleasant Valley, where he purchased two hundred acres of land which he now owns. He has since added to it two hundred acres ; his present farm is considered to be one of the most valuable in the county.

Mr. Carter not only occupies a prominent posi- tion among the representative men and leading farmers of the county, but has identified himself largely with the politics of his district, county, and town. For several years he represented Brighton

upon the Board of Supervisors, where he was con- sidered an able and efficient member. He was elected to the Legislature in 1872, and served in the extra sessions of 1873 and 1874. He was again nomi- nated in 1874, and although Livingston County is largely Democratic, he was defeated by only fifteen votes. In his own town his integrity and ability have won for him an enviable position, as is evi- denced by the fact that at his election in 1875, as magistrate, he received every vote in the township but three.

April 19, 1849, Mr. Carter married Jeannette, daughter of John and Jane Lambie, of Camden, N. Y. She was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, Jan. 30, 1827. In 1831 the family emigrated to this country, and settled in Camden, Oneida Co., N. Y., where Mr. Lambie pursued his former avocation, that of a dairyman and stock-dealer ; he was a shrewd, enterprising man, and possessed of more than ordi- nary energy and determination. He died in Camden in 1834.

It may be truly said of Mr. Carter that he has been " the architect of his own fortune." Com- mencing life in a new country, with only his natural resources for his capital, he has attained success in all his undertakings.

AARON H. KELLEY.

Aaron H. Kelley was born in the town of Shafts- bury, Bennington Co., Vt., June 10, 1805, and first came to Michigan in the spring of 1830. He re- turned to Vermort the subsequent fall, and re- mained there until 1833, when he again came to Michigan and lived in Dixboro', Washtenaw Co., until 1837, during which year he removed to the farm he had located in Brighton township. He also built, in 1837, a saw-mill and operated it for some time. This mill, operated by water-power, was known far and wide in those early days, and furnished the lumber for many of the first build- ings erected in Livingston County. About the last work done by this pioneer mill was sawing a quantity of plank for the Detroit and Howell Plank-road. Mr. Kelley sold his first purchase, known as the Clark farm, and purchased one ad- joining of the Winchells, taking possession of it in 1837 ; he occupied a log house (built by Jacob Winchell, and one of the first in Brighton) until 1846, when he removed to a frame house near his mill. In 1836, while residing in Dixboro', he mar- ried Miss Emeline Grimes, a native of New York. She, his faithful companion in the hard pioneer struggle of early years, died in 1849. In 1851 he was married to Miss Mary I. Murray, who, before her marriage, had been engaged for several years in

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school-teaching. She taught three months in Green Oak township, and for eight years was a precep- tress in various school-rooms, both in Livingston and Oakland Counties.

Mrs. Kelley was the daughter of Frederick Mur- ray, and was born in the town of Victor, Ontario Co., N. Y., in 1825. She accompanied her father and the other members of the family to the town- ship of Farmington, Oakland Co., Mich., where Mr. Murray purchased eighty acres of land. In 1841 he moved to Green Oak township, Livingston Co., and bought one hundred and twenty acres. His death occurred in the latter township. All of Mrs. Kelley's family are now deceased except her- self and two brothers, one residing on the old farm in Green Oak, and the other in Le Roy town- ship, Ingham Co., Mich. Their father was a farmer, and had a family of eight children. Mr. Kelley is also deceased,-his death occurring Oct. 26, 1877.

REV. IRA WARNER,

a minister of the denomination known as Christians, and who traces his ancestry back to Col. Seth War- ner, of Revolutionary fame, was born in Van Buren, Onondaga Co., N. Y., Nov. 10, 1809, and is one of a family of four children. His education was derived from the common schools of the time. At the age of nine years (Aug. 16, 1818) he was deprived of a father's care, the latter's death occur -. ring at that date. The son remained upon the farm until he was eighteen, and on the 27th of December, 1829, when a little past twenty years of age, was married to Miss Laura Foster, the eldest of a family of thirteen children, and herself but sixteen years old. The same winter Mr. Warner preached his first sermon in the school-house where he had first attended school. After that he did not preach again for ten years, paying his whole atten- tion to his farm. After changing his location sev- eral times, he moved with his family, in 1839, to Monroe Co., Mich., and settled in the township of Milan, where he purchased sixty acres of heavily- timbered land. Before clearing it up he began preaching, his calls being so numerous he could not attend to them all. After remaining ten years in Milan he traded his place for a farm of one hun- dred and twenty acres in Brighton township, Liv- ingston Co., to which he removed, and upon which he now lives, his wife of nearly fifty years occupying it with him. Mr. Warner has preached in nearly every school-house in Livingston County, and at- tended all the funerals in the neighborhood, yet for thirty-nine years' preaching and various services he has not received a total compensation of three

hundred dollars. During one of his engagements, which required his presence every alternate Sun- day, the distance to the place being twenty-five miles, he succeeded in procuring a horse, but no saddle, and in lieu of the latter used blankets, with strings of basswood-bark for stirrups. He has twice received the appointment of missionary to this portion of the State. The summer of 1879 was the first for many years that he did not fill regular appointments for preaching, but ill health prevented. Mr. and Mrs. Warner are the parents of six children, of whom one died, and the others are married and living in homes of their own.

MELZER BIRD

was born in Berkshire Co., Mass., in April, 1805, being one of a family consisting of seven girls and five boys. His ancestors were English. In 1815 his father removed to Ontario Co., N. Y., with the family. The son was employed on his father's farm until he was seventeen years of age, when he began learning the cooper's trade with his uncle Winslow, remaining with the latter seven years. For three years subsequently he conducted a shop of his own. On the 26th of October, 1829, he went to Rome, N. Y., and was married to Miss Laura A. Wentworth. Returning to his home, he continued working at his trade until 1833, when he came to Livingston Co., Mich., and purchased the one hundred and twenty acre farm upon which he now resides, in the township of Brighton. He has since purchased two hundred and forty acres additional. In the spring of 1834 he brought his wife and two children to their home in the West. During his residence in this State he has erected one hundred and three buildings for various parties, and for the first ten years every coffin used within a radius of ten miles was made by his hands. His children are eight in number, viz., Francis A., Catharine, Julia, Adeline, Gilbert (deceased), Oliver (deceased), Margaret (deceased), and Harriet (de- ceased). His faithful and loving wife died April 23, 1869. Mr. Bird's barn was the first one built in the township of Brighton, and his log house the fourth one in the same territory. Mr. Bird has been a member of the Presbyterian Church since 1826. In politics he is a sturdy, staunch Repub- lican.

THOMAS WOULDS.

South Kyme, Lincolnshire, England, is the birthplace of the gentleman named above. He was one of the oldest in a family of nine children, his father being a farmer, The son, until he was

REV. IRA WARNER.

MRS.IRA WARNER.

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MRS.MELZER BIRD.

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twenty-one years of age, worked by the year at farming, and after attaining to that age was em- ployed for three years on public works. Sept. 21, 1852, he was married to Miss Anna Abbott, and three weeks later embarked in a sailing-vessel for America. After reaching New York City he pro- ceeded to Honesdale, Pennsylvania, where he re- mained one and a half years. He then came to Michigan, and, in company with his brother John, purchased two hundred and forty acres of land in the township of Brighton, where he now lives. This was in the fall of 1855. His brother died in 1858, after giving a deed for his share of the place to Thomas. In 1867, Mr. Woulds, in company with Mr. Warner, bought the old "Woodruff Mill," and after expending considerable money in repairs, operated it about five years. Connected with the mill was a farm of one hundred and ten acres. In 1872 the copartnership was dissolved, and Mr. Woulds retained the mill, while Mr. War- ner took the farm. In the spring of 1878, Mr. Woulds sold the mill to Mr. Nye, and returned to his farm, upon which he has since remained. His place contains one hundred and sixty acres, includ- ing eighteen acres of timber, and is finely im- proved. Miss Anna Abbott, who became the wife of Mr. Woulds, was one of a family of seven chil- dren, and the daughter of a farmer. Her sister married a man named Young, and emigrated with him to America, and they induced Mr. and Mrs. Woulds to follow them, with what success is seen in the foregoing.

GEORGE W. CONELY.

George W. Conely was born in New York City, on Christmas-day, 1828. His father, S. M. Conely, was a carver and gilder by trade, and in company with a large number of his fellow-tradesmen came to Livingston Co., Mich., in 1837. G. W. Conely stayed with his father and worked on the farm in Brighton until he was twenty-one, after which he worked out at farming for three years, receiving eleven dollars per month for his services the first year and twelve the other two. Oct. 25, 1853, he was married to Miss Eliza N. Warner, daughter of Rev. Ira Warner, an early settler in the township of Brighton. One son and four daughters were born to them; two of the children are now deceased. After his marriage Mr. Conely rented a farm near his father's for one year, and during the time pur- chased the farm upon which he now resides. He has added to it forty-eight acres, making one hun- dred and twenty-eight acres altogether. Twenty- three years after he was married his wife died, leaving him and three children to mourn her loss.

Two years later (March 12, 1878) he was married to Mrs. Alice Lemonion, daughter of Cornelius Wiltse, one of the pioneers of Shiawassee Co., Mich. This lady was born in Shiawassee County, July 27, 1846, and is one of a family of four children. At the age of twenty-one her first marriage was con- summated, her husband dying eight years later. By him she had one child, which is now living with her. Her marriage with Mr. Conely took place on the same day with the golden wedding of the latter's parents, the ceremony being performed by Rev. Ira Warner, father of Mr. Conely's first wife. Mr. Conely's eldest daughter, Ella, died at the age of twenty years, shortly after her return from De- troit, at which city she had been perfecting herself in music. When, in 1854, Mr. Conely moved upon his present place, not a tree had been cut nor any improvements made ; but the lapse of twenty- five years has witnessed its transition into a pro- ductive and finely-improved homestead.

SAMUEL M. CONELY.

Mr. Conely was born in the city of New York, on the 26th of September, 1806, and early learned the trade of a carver and gilder. His father, Jeremiah Conely, was a seaman, and was born at a place called Snow Hill, in Maryland, about 1766. His mother was born at the east end of Long Island. His ancestors were among those who came to America with the famous Lord Baltimore. Mr. Conely was one of a family of seven children,-three sons and four daughters,- of whom all are deceased except his sister Eleanor and himself. His father died when the son was fifteen years old, and the latter, at the age of six- teen, was apprenticed on Fulton Street, New York City, to learn the trade above spoken of. There he remained until he was twenty-one. On the 12th of March, 1828, he was married to Miss Rebecca Southard. For several years thereafter he continued to work at his trade. In 1837 he started, with his wife and four children, for Living- ston County, Mich., and after a passage to Buffalo by canal, thence to Detroit by steamer, they pur- chased a yoke of cattle, a wagon, a cow, and a barrel each of pork and flour, loaded up and drove through to their new home. Mr. Conely pur- chased one hundred acres of government land, which has since been his home. His children are eight in number, as follows : George W., married and living in Brighton township; William B., a portrait painter, married and residing in Detroit ; Benjamin F., living on a farm of his own in this township ; John A., living on his farm in Illinois ; Francis M., occupying a farm in Brighton town-

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ship; Thomas J., on his own farm in Brighton ; Henry, deceased; and Mary E., married and living in this township. Henry died at his father's house, Feb. 14, 1873. Mr. Conely has twenty living grandchildren. During three winters after his settlement in Michigan, he returned to New York and worked at his trade to earn money with which to provide for his family. Mrs. Conely was one of nine children, and was born on Long Island, July 5, 1809. Her ancestors were among the first settlers of the island. Both her own and Mr. Conely's mother died in Michigan. The house first built by Mr. Conely is yet standing ; but he now occupies a new and more modern structure erected in 1876. In 1878, Mr. and Mrs. Conely celebrated their golden wedding, and at the happy gathering guests were present from Nebraska, Illinois, and Lansing and Detroit, Mich. A large number of presents commemorative of the occasion were received by the aged pair, who for fifty years-much more than the average length of man's existence-have together buffeted the reverses, and tasted the joys of life.

O. K. VAN AMBURG.

An example of what can be accomplished by perseverance and stern determination is presented in the case of Mr. Van Amburg. He was born Dec. 16, 1803, in Milton, Saratoga Co., N. Y., and his father supported the family by day labor, hav- ing fourteen children dependent upon him. The son, when twelve years of age, left his home and worked by the month at farming until he was twenty-one. Shortly after attaining his majority he started for Michigan on foot, in company with his oldest brother, Matthew. After a hard jour- ney of fifteen days, they arrived in Oakland County, in the latter State. The first job was one in which they worked four days for an axe. They then took a job of clearing and fencing twelve acres of land, in order to earn some money. The younger brother, with the proceeds of his work, purchased eighty acres of timbered land in the township of Novi. During the first two years of his residence in the State he was sick fourteen months. March 15, 1829, he was married to Miss Mary Ann Taft, daughter of one of the first settlers of Novi. For a year he worked with his father-in-law, and then moved upon his own place. Four years later he sold out and entered one hundred and sixty acres

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History of Livingston County, Michigan, with illustrations and biographical sketches, Part 48

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