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In the spring of 1839 Mr. Grout assisted in the or-
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ganization of a Baptist church in Leslie and was him- self ordained to the ministry in 1841.
This young preacher rode on his pony many miles through the woods, following the blazes on the trees, fording the streams, and hearing the wolves howling in the distance, in order that he might carry to hun- gry souls the bread of life. For nearly thirty-seven years he preached the Gospel of the loving Christ, endured hardships as became a soldier of the Cross, was faithful unto death and, we believe, obtained a crown of life. His loss was sincerely mourned by all who knew him. He was a fine type of the pioneer minister and knew no man as his enemy.
Mr. Grout had six children, two of whom are now living, Mrs. Henriette Taylor and V. H. Grout of this village.
(1) Mariette, married Amsa Rust. To them were born five children: Minerva, Charles, Ezra, William and Ida.
(2) Henriette, married William Taylor. Their children were Kittie, Carrie, Alfred and Mariette.
(3) Gardner, married Mary T. Harrison. Their children were Hattie, Louise, Gerald and Marie.
(4) Idris Sophronia, married Gurdon Corning. No children.
(5) Hiram Valorous, married Flora Bither for his first wife and Charlotte A. Stuart for his second wife. They have one child, Stuart.
Mrs. Elijah K. Grout was a sister of Henry and Dr. Valorous Meeker, and the daughter of Benjamin Meeker, who were among the first settlers in Leslie.
It is of further interest to state that Rev. Elijah K. Grout was a grandson of the Elijah Grout in whose
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honor the Daughters of the American Revolution Chapter at Leslie is named.
Jonas Nims
Jonas Nims moved from Cleveland, Ohio, to Mich- igan in 1838 with his wife and family of eight chil- dren, making the journey with an ox-team, fording rivers and traveling over rough roads. He came by way of "Jacksonburg" and moved into a log house on the Austin farm where he lived for some time. He afterwards bought the Mixer farm and built a log house. He was obliged to go to Eaton Rapids to mill as it was the nearest place where his grist could be ground. It sometimes took a week to complete the trip, and the mother having died, the children were compelled to remain alone in the wilderness un- til he came back.
Jonas and Elinor Nims had eight children.
(1) The oldest daughter died in childhood.
(2) Benjamin, married Mary Godfrey. They had two children, William and a daughter. Electa Miner was Benjamin's second wife. They had one child, Elinor Nims Down.
(3) Juliette, married Joseph Godfrey. Their children were George, Sheridan, Adelaide, Eunice, Janette, Clarissa, Marie and Luna.
(4) Joseph, married Maria Smith. Their child- ren were Etta and Hattie.
(5) Caroline, married William Wright.
(6) Betsey, married Daniel Wright.
(7) Clinton, married Clarissa Monroe. One child, Elinor. His second wife was Eunice Youngs. They
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had six children: Elmer, Curtis, Arthur, Estelle, Abigail, and Wilson.
(8) Dwight, married Mary Jane Monroe. They had two children, Monroe and Jessie.
Washington Scovel
Washington Scovel came to Leslie in 1838. His children were:
(1) Jerome.
(2) Thales.
(3) Orcelia.
(4) Angelette.
Jerome Scovel celebrated his seventy-fifth birth- day in May, 1912. He says that he is the oldest man living in Leslie who was born here. When he was nine years old he helped drive the seven yoke of oxen while Eli Barden held the plow which was used to plow up the land where Main street is now located. It was several years before this, while he was riding behind an ox-team with his father, that the dog which ran ahead began to bark furiously. His father said the dog must have treed a squirrel, but investiga- tion showed it to be a large black bear. Settlers al- ways carried a gun with them on trips those days so the bear was shot and Mr. Scovel received ten dollars for the pelt. The little boy Jerome was so frightened by the rapid occurrence of events that he fell on the ground and clasped his arms around his father's knees.
Jerome Scovel married Rhoda Miner. Their chil- dren were Lydia and Orcelia.
Thales married Emma Clatworthy; second wife, Malvina Craig. They had one son who died in in- fancy.
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Orcelia died unmarried.
Angelette married Mr. Thorn and had one son, Walter Thorn.
Nelson Norton
Nelson Norton came from Cuyahoga Co., N. Y., in June, 1838. He brought with him his wife, Hattie Clark Norton, and one child. He drove some stock with him and at Detroit, where they stopped for one night, a fine new milch cow was missing, but, happily, was located by the call of her calf. When he reached Leslie he had but ten dollars in his pocket. It took nine dollars of that to buy a barrel of flour. He bought an eighty-acre farm one-half mile south and one mile east of Leslie. Not a tree had been cut on the place until they arrived and commenced to build their log house. Soon after commencing housekeep- ing Mr. Norton decided he would try to get some ven- ison for his family to eat. Starting out through the woods he soon scared up a deer which he chased into a neighbor's clearing. The two sons of the neigh- bor saw the deer coming, hurried into the house for a gun and killed the animal just as Mr. Norton came running into the yard. The meat was divided be- tween them.
The children of Nelson Norton were:
(1) Theodore Norton, single, died 1912.
(2) Celestia, married George Taylor. Their chil- dren were Flavius, Margaret, Florence and Homer.
(3) George, married Mary Walker. Their chil- dren were Ada, Levi and Claude. His second wife was Frances Gibboney. Their children were Nelson, Barry, Elsie and Paul.
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(4) Albert, never married.
(5) Edwin, married Catherine Gray. Their chil- dren were Albert, Ethel and Sophronia.
(6) Caroline, single.
(7) Adaline, single, died in 1910.
(8) Levi, died in infancy.
Nelson Norton was born in 1813, died in 1884; Hattie Clark Norton was born in 1818, died in 1887.
Calvin Edwards
Calvin Edwards came from Cayuga Co., N. Y., in 1837, with his wife and six children. The family were originally residents of Newark, N. J. They came in a covered wagon and it took a period of five weeks to make the trip. They traveled around Lake Erie through Ohio and could make ten miles a day. Mr. Edwards settled on Section 6 and later moved to Section 18. He was a very energetic, public- spirited man and was prominent in all township affairs until his death in 1851.
Calvin Edwards married Jemima Wade July 4, 1814. She died December 20, 1817. There were two children :
(1) Martha, born July 3, 1815; died April 2, 1816.
(2) Liddie, born June 15, 1817; died Sept. 6, 1817.
His second wife was Phoebe Tuttle whom he mar- ried June 7, 1818. By this wife he had six children:
(1) Jemima, born Jan. 15, 1820; died April 24, 1848.
(2) Stephen, born June 14, 1821.
(3) Ogden, born August 8, 1823.
(4) Elizabeth, born May 22, 1825; died Nov. 28, 1862.
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(5) Oliver, born April 23, 1828.
(6) Sally, born Oct. 24, 1831; died June 29, 1857.
Jemima married Jebulen Eggelston Jan. 15, 1843. They had two children, Willington, born April 11, 1844; died Sept. 22, 1873; and Phoebe, born Feb. 19, 1846; died April 27, 1848.
Stephen married Ruth Spalding Dec. 12, 1849. Their children were:
Mary M., born Dec. 11, 1846; died Sept. 22, 1850.
Ophelia, born May 17, 1849; died Aug. 5, 1849.
Mary O., born Dec. 12, 1850.
Phache A., born June 29, 1853.
Willis, born Feb. 19, 1865; died Feb. 11, 1866.
Ogden married Jane Austin. They had four chil- dren :
Flora, born Oct. 10, 1845.
Floridon, born Oct. 5, 1847.
John, born May 5, 1850.
Ella, born Dec. 26, 1853.
For his second wife he married Marion J. Young. They had one child, Ogden J., born April 25, 1881. Oliver married Catherine Beach, March 9, 1851. They had six children :
Etta, born March 8, 1856; died October 9, 1863. Cora L., born April 26, 1858; died Dec. 27, 1860. Mary A., born June 12, 1860; died Jan. 16, 1861.
Ogden D., born Aug. 5, 1862; died Sept. 20, 1863. Oliver A., born Aug. 5, 1862; died Sept. 25, 1863. Allen R., born April 30, 1869. Allen R. married Miss Anna Sayres of Leslie.
Jotham Morse
Jotham Morse left New York for the west in 1831. He made his first stop in Ypsilanti. While there he
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married Sarah Harwood of that place. In 1840 he settled on his farm which was located two miles south of Leslie. His first home was a log house. The logs were paced as to length. The roof was made of split shakes. These were held in place by binding poles. The floor was the earth until it was replaced with one of plank hewn out with an ax. The door was a blanket. The chimney was made of split or rived sticks laid up in mud. Windows were a luxury to be obtained afterwards. When the shanty was finished, Mr. Morse took stock and found he had just three dollars in cash. Fuel and food were required. His ax became dull in preparing the first and he had to go two and one-half miles south to Deacon Freeman's who owned the only grindstone in the vicinity. After getting up a woodpile he secured a job threshing wheat for Alva True who lived five or six miles away. The wheat was threshed with a flail. He secured five bushels of wheat as pay but he was obliged to go fifteen miles to mill over bad roads with an ox-team before the wheat could be had as flour for bread.
Mr. Morse lived on the same piece of land for forty- eight years. He died Aug. 13, 1890, and his wife May 28, 1908.
Jotham Morse had eight children:
(1) Olive, married E. W. Kitchen. They had one child, Olive, who was brought up by her grand- parents as her mother died when the babe was five weeks old.
(2) Mary, married E. W. Kitchen after the death of her sister Olive. Two children were born to them, Nellie and Alva. Her second husband was D. J.
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Owens. Their children were Adelaide, Lloyd and Vera.
(3) W. H. Morse, married Eugenia Way. They have two sons, William and Roy.
(4) Josephine, married William McLennon. They have three sons, Fred, William and George.
The first land entries in Leslie township were made by William W. Harwood, father of Mrs. Jotham Morse.
William Barden
William Barden was born in New York. He came with his famliy from Cuyahoga county, Ohio, in 1837. They traveled with a horse team. The trip was very slow and tedious as the road and trails were very rough. When they reached the Grand river the water was very high and the bridge appeared to be afloat. They crossed by stepping on the floating logs. A few more hours of travel brought them to their future home in the Walker district. Every trial incident to pioneer life came to them. It was fifteen miles to a store. While the father was absent, the family lived in daily terror of the Indians. The mother was very anxious that her children should have an education so she started a school in her home and taught all who came free of charge.
Mr. Barden died in 1881and Mrs. Barden in 1898, leaving five children.
(1) Sally, married Elisha Godfrey. Their chil- dren are given in the Elisha Godfrey history.
(2) William, married Harriet Finch. Their chil- dren were Corliss, Ceilon, Ida, Fidelia, James and Norton.
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(3) Charles, married Jenneth Austin. Their children were Lavance and Nora.
(4) Eli, married Eliza Philkins. He still lives in Leslie.
(5) Julius, married Melinda King. Their chil- dren were Ora and Rosa. His second wife was Phoebe Austin Pugsley.
Joseph Godfrey
Joseph Godfrey was born in New York in 1807. He married Lydia Miner of Massachusetts. They settled in Leslie township in 1839. They came from Cuyahoga county, Ohio, with an ox-team. He was a large strong man, well fitted for the hard work necessary in making a home in the wilderness. He made a practice of buying land, making some im- provements and then selling at a good profit. The Indians feared "Big Joe" as they called him. For that reason his wife and family never felt uneasy when left alone. He was a hunter and killed much game while looking land. No one in the township seemed more prosperous than "Big Joe." However, after six years of hard work he was taken sick and died. His good wife, with the help of her three sons, continued to improve the farm. In 1850 she mar- ried Mr. Reynolds and returned to Ohio. She died in 1856. Her sons were :
(1) George.
(2) Emmons.
(3) Russell.
George, born in 1833, married Mary Cravatt. They had ten children :
Martha J., Seth B., John A., Harvey F., George E.,
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Ida M., William F., Stuart E., Henry W., and Asel B. George is living at Tryon, Neb.
Emmons, born in 1836, married Elizabeth Ray- mond. She died in 1864. He enlisted in the army and returned to Leslie in 1865. He was married a second time and died at Lincoln, Nebraska. He left three children: Dr. Frank Godfrey, Jessie Barnes and Phila Dickeman.
Russell B., the third son, was one of the first to enlist in the war. He was killed at the battle of Gettysburg.
Mrs. Abbie Haynes
Mrs. Abbie Haynes left New York in 1837 with her three children and started for Michigan, the state selected as her new home. Her journey via Canada was uneventful and in due course of time they settled in White Oak township. Later she moved to a farm three miles southwest of Leslie where she lived for twelve years. Then she moved to Leslie. Mrs. Haynes was no common woman. She had a fine intellect, possessed great executive ability and had a vigorous constitution. Her cheerfulness, added to her ready wit, made it a treat to converse with her. She loved society, did not grow old until deprived of her strength, and when she answered to her Father's call she went with the perfect faith and trust of a little child.
The children of Mrs. Abbie Haynes were:
(1) Rumina Haynes, married S. O. Russell. No children.
(2) Ephraim, married Abbie Anne Earl. Their children were Ann, Horace, Sarah, Ed. and Fred.
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(3) Frances S., married J. W. Burchard. Their children were John W. and Louisa F. Her second husband was Mr. Newman. They had one daughter, Isadore.
(4) Martha L., married J. C. Leonard. Their children were Frank, Mattie and John.
(5) Horace, had no children.
(6) Barbara, married Mr. Mills. They had one son, Fred.
(7) William, married Geraldine Lansing. No children.
Lester Miner
Lester Miner and his wife, Emily Jones Miner, came to Leslie in 1838. They had seven children :
(1) Washington, married Mary Brown. No children.
(2) Electa, married Benjamin Nims. They had one child, Eleanor Downs.
(3) Harrison, married Josephine Miner. They had one child, Nettie.
(4) Rhoda, married Jerome Scovel. They had two children, Luda and Celia.
(5) Daniel, married Mary Ann Sones. No chil- dren. His second wife was Sate Barden. Their children were Claude, Nona, George and Albert.
(6) Joseph, married Nettie Lybolt. No children.
(7) Benjamin, married Emily Jones. Their chil- dren were Jennie, Octavia, Emma, Zepha and Everet.
David Jones
David Jones and his wife, Almira Frost Jones, came to Leslie in 1850. Their children were:
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(1) Daniel.
(2) Emily.
(3) Lafayette.
(4) Helen.
(5) Eveline.
The children of Daniel and Mary Jones were Alice, Thomas and Fred.
The children of Emily and Benjamin Miner were Jennie, Octavia, Emma, Zepha and Everet.
The children of Lafayette and Adeline Jones were Addie, Frank and Bert. The children by his second wife, Martha Elliot, were Anna, Milo and Glen.
The children of Thomas and Evelina Hunt were Mira, Arthur, Cecile and William.
The children of Thomas and Helen Hunt were Earl and Clarence.
Joseph Woodhouse
Joseph Woodhouse and his wife, Clarissa Dunham, settled in Leslie township in 1842. They had seven children :
(1) Eliza, married Mr. Dikeman. No children.
(2) Emily, died unmarried.
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(3) Lemuel, married Caroline Ward. Their chil- dren were Estella and Olive.
(4) William, married Sarah Kirby. Their chil- dren were Charles, Bert, Fred and Frank.
(5) Nancy, married Daniel Crossman. They had one child, Onie.
(6) Jane, married Leonard Rice. Their children were Mary, Bert and Edward.
(7) Isaac, married Jane Eaton. Isaac invented the first paper-cutting machine ever made. His son,
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Carnie, possesses the gold medal awarded him for this machine.
Willliam Doty
William Doty came to Leslie by way of Detroit in 1837. S. O. Russell was to assist him in locating a claim. He invited Mr. Doty to stop for dinner on his arrival, but Mr. Doty declined, saying he did not have time to stop just then. Mrs. Russell gave him a slice of bread which he ate on the run as he tried to keep up with Mr. Russell who took him at his word and plunged into the woods at once. They located 160 acres three and one-half miles north of Leslie, now known as the "Campbell Farm." Soon after his arrival he bought the state right for a patented water-lime cistern. His brother assisted him in the construction and they frequently cleared $25 a day.
Later he disposed of the homestead and purchased what is now known as the "Elias Sanders Farm," one mile north of Leslie. Here he carried on a large stave mill and cooperage business. The mill was operated by horse-power, for which he kept fifteen horses. He afterwards tapped maple trees for sugar, making as high as 2000 pounds in one season.
Wolves were so common that he gave them little thought. His great personal strength made him in- different to physical danger. He seldom carried a gun for protection. He could hold an iron weight of seventy-five pounds poised on his extended hand. No Indian he ever met could hold more than fifty pounds. He was a man of an iron will and great energy. He was said to have seen more daylight and worked more hours than any other man in the
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surrounding country. He died in 1895 at the age of 83 years.
William Doty married Matilda Page in 1840. They had two children.
(1) William, married Augusta White. Their children were Edward, Oscar, Clarence, Maurice and Richard.
(2) Libby Doty, married Albert Dennison. Their children were Nellie and Albert, both of whom died in infancy.
William Doty married Rebecca Harlow for his second wife in 1860. Their children were:
(1) Dora.
(2) Jay.
(3) Clara.
Dora married John Clatworthy. Their children were Clara and Ray.
Jay Doty married Harriet Eliza Pickett. Their children were Paul, Harriet, Elizabeth and Clarence.
Clara Doty married Charles Frederick Pickett. They have no children.
Nelson B. Backus
Nelson B. Backus and bride, Nancy Bugbee, set- tled in Leslie township on Section 9 in 1837. Their first child, James, was born the following year in February. He is said to have been the second white child and the first boy born in the township. There were four children in this family :
(1) James P., married Almira DeLamater, Feb. 22, 1860. They had four children: William, Alta, Artie and L. C. who died in childhood.
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(2) Ellen, married William DeLamater. They had one child, Cora, who died in infancy.
(3) Edwin N., married Mary Wilcox, daughter of J. W. Wilcox. They had one son, Nelson.
(4) Fred, married Celia Miner in 1877. They had one son, Victor O., who died in 1912.
Silas Kirby
Silas Kirby and his brother, Isaac Kirby, settled on the farm now owned by George Wilcox in 1837. Later this place was known as the "Tufts Farm."
Silas Kirby had seven children :
(1) Mary.
(2) Austin.
(3) Allen.
(4) Stephen.
(5) Charles.
(6) Fred.
(7) Sarah.
Stephen ran away from home at night in borrowed clothes to go sailing. The father took away the clothes of the son at night to prevent his threatened departure. This great love for marine life descended to his son, Frank E. Kirby, who is, without doubt, the greatest marine engineer America has ever produced. He has designed the largest passenger boats on the Great Lakes, among them being the Tashmoo, the Eastern States, the Western States, and the See and Bee. His latest river passenger steamboat "Wash- ington Irving," largest carrier in the world, 6000 people, runs from New York to Albany. He has rep- resented the United States in many important con- ferences and recently returned from Europe where
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he attended the International Marine Safety Confer- ence as one of the delegates from the United States.
Homer King
Homer King and his wife, Arsenith Giles, came to Leslie in 1836. As first settlers they experienced the usual hardships and privations. Mrs. King said that at times wolves came so near to the log cabin that she could see their eyelashes. Mr. King was famous as a hunter. S. O. Russell gave him $10 as a bounty for the first wolf killed in the township. Often when walking to his own home from the farm of Nelson Backus, he was obliged to carry a burning fagot to keep the wolves at bay. Indians were proverbial beggars, especially for buttermilk. It was the fam- ily custom when a band came to set out the stone churn that they might have all they desired. Honey was often exchanged for baskets which the squaws were expert in weaving.
Homer King had four children:
(1) Hiram.
(2) Cynthia Ann.
(3) Henry.
(4) Charlotte.
Hiram married Frank Hoyt. They had two chil- dren, Addie and Frank.
Cynthia Ann married James H. Ford. They had six children, Lenora, Homer, Myrtie, Lenna, Nina and Ben.
Henry married Flora Bennett. They had three children, Jerry, Claude and Harry.
Charlotte died when twelve years old.
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Theodore Clark
Theodore Clark married Delia Parish. They set- tled on the county line in 1840, but later moved to a farm one and one-half miles north and two miles east where they lived for many years. This is the Mr. Clark mentioned in connection with Dr. Wood- worth. He had six children :
(1) Polly, married Austin Haywood. Their chil- dren were Delia and Adelbert.
(2) Alva Clark, no record.
(3) Charles, married Josie Russell. Their chil- dren were Alva, George, Dewitt and Charles.
(4) Elmina, married George Bonnell. Their chil- dren were Herbert, Henry, Theodore, George, William, Charles, Mary and Edna.
(5) Eunice, married Hersley Marston. Their children were Boyd, Pearl, Floy and Delia.
(6) Anson, married Laura Kinsinger. Their children were Freda, Fay and Howard.
Orange Barlow
Orange Barlow came from New York to Leslie in 1841. His wife, Elizabeth Whaley, and five child- ren came with him. Their home was a very primi- tive log house with a blanket for a door and cloth for windows, keeping out, as Artemus Ward has said, "the coarsest of the cold." After paying for the moving Mr. Barlow had fifty cents left to tide over until he could get a start in his new home. He ob- tained his meat by hunting and earned flour for bread by day labor for his wealthier neighbors. Bears, wolves and deer were very plentiful. In-
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dians were also numerous, but friendly. A squaw sometimes came to the door with a quarter of a deer to exchange for a bag of potatoes. At one time Mr. Barlow loaned his rifle to an Indian. Six months later the Indian returned the rifle. His squaw bride came with him. She had prepared a deer skin that was as beautiful as a piece of white silk in payment for the use of the rifle. Mr. Barlow thanked them and then returned the gift.
Orange Barlow had six children:
(1) Caroline Elizabeth, married Clark Harlow. Their children were Alfreda, Cynthia, Sarah, Lynn, Jasper, Laura, Samuel, Charles, Fred and Lloyd. Second husband was Enoch Haynes.
(2) James, married Martha Cornell. Mrs. Ann Wilson was his second wife. He had two children, Nettie and Lewis.
(3) Nathan, married Lizzie Humphrey. Their children were Edith, Everet, Brunson, Juliette, Oli- ver, Ula, Claude, Clifford, Florence, Chester and Iva.
(4) Abner, married Adella Cornell. No children.
(5) Louisa, married Philander Doxtader. They had one child, George Gaylord.
(5) Ann, married W. D. Longyear. Their chil- dren are Henry B. and Burton O.
(6) Juliette, died in childhood.
Hiram Austin
Hiram Austin came to Leslie in 1841. His wife was Mary Jared. They had seven children :
(1) Thomas, married Lucy Hull. They had eleven children.
(2) Hiram, married Phoebe Covert. No children.
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(3) Henry, married Eleanor Lyon. Had four children.
(4) Albert, had three children.
(5) Janette, married Charles Barden. Two chil- dren.
(6) Lydia Ann, married George Loomis. Three children.
(The names of the children in the third generation were not obtained.)
Thomas Peach
Thomas Peach came to Leslie in 1840 and settled just east of town. He afterwards sold this place and bought a farm in Rives township. In 1842 he married Clarissa Harlow. They met with many in- teresting experiences in the new country. Indians were common. They were friendly, but Mrs. Peach did not trust them. When she saw one coming, she would go to the door and call "Thomas." After she had done this a few times at the visit of one old chief, he ever after when nearing the house would shout at the top of his voice "Thomas" be- fore he approached the door. Pork and potatoes were traded for baskets. When they could spare no more, they hid the supplies in the cellar and asked the Indians to look into the empty barrel.
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