De Land's History of Jackson County, Michigan: Embracing a Concise Review of Its Early Settlement, Industrial Development and Present Conditions, Together with Interesting Reminiscences ... To which is Appended a Comprehensive Compendium of Local Biography ...B. F. Bowen, 1903 - 1123 Seiten |
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... town site . This was no easy undertaking , requir- ing a careful survey of the country , the lay of the land , the approaches in each direction . Blackman and Laverty took a careful sur- vey of their maps , and soon found the cor- ners ...
... town site . This was no easy undertaking , requir- ing a careful survey of the country , the lay of the land , the approaches in each direction . Blackman and Laverty took a careful sur- vey of their maps , and soon found the cor- ners ...
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... town- ship , and had four men cutting timber all winter . He built the first house west of the town on the Spring Arbor trail , on the spot where Byron C. Foote now resides . Several other houses were erected during the winter , and ...
... town- ship , and had four men cutting timber all winter . He built the first house west of the town on the Spring Arbor trail , on the spot where Byron C. Foote now resides . Several other houses were erected during the winter , and ...
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... town- ship of Jacksonburg , and attached to Wash- tenaw county for judicial purposes . The first township election was to be held at the house of William R. Thompson on the first Monday in April , and a full set of town- ship officers ...
... town- ship of Jacksonburg , and attached to Wash- tenaw county for judicial purposes . The first township election was to be held at the house of William R. Thompson on the first Monday in April , and a full set of town- ship officers ...
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... town treasurer , collector and con- stable , Horace Blackman , anti - Mason , had twenty - eight votes , there being no oppo- sition . The balance of the offices elected were as follows : Highway commissioners , Isaac M. Sterling ...
... town treasurer , collector and con- stable , Horace Blackman , anti - Mason , had twenty - eight votes , there being no oppo- sition . The balance of the offices elected were as follows : Highway commissioners , Isaac M. Sterling ...
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... town lots had just begun , and Akers took his plat to Poughkeepsie , New York , and offered lots for sale . He dis- posed of about forty lots from twenty - five dollars to one hundred dollars each . A few of the purchasers came west to ...
... town lots had just begun , and Akers took his plat to Poughkeepsie , New York , and offered lots for sale . He dis- posed of about forty lots from twenty - five dollars to one hundred dollars each . A few of the purchasers came west to ...
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acres April August Austin Blair became Bennett Blackman township born building Charles church citizens city of Jackson clerk Company Concord township coun Daniel daughter death DeLand Democrat Detroit devoted died dollars early elected engaged erected farm farmer father George Governor Grass Lake Hanover township held Henrietta township Henry Hillsdale county hundred improved Indian Ingham county Jackson county James John July June labor land later lieutenant lived located lodge March marriage marriage to Miss Mason Methodist miles native November old homestead organized parents Parma Parma township pioneer politics prosperity Pulaski township purchased railroad reared regiment residence Rives township road settled settlers soon Spring Arbor Spring Arbor township Springport township successful Summit township supervisor tion took town united in marriage village votes Whig wife William York