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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... raising the water only about four feet , and the saw - mill was a small one , with a single upright saw , which could cut out only a few hundred feet of boards in a day . But it answered the needs of the community for a few years , and ...
... raising the water only about four feet , and the saw - mill was a small one , with a single upright saw , which could cut out only a few hundred feet of boards in a day . But it answered the needs of the community for a few years , and ...
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... raise , but failed in two or three attempts to get men enough tô raise the ponderous frame . At length Uncle Abram Wing undertook the job of putting up the frame . He advertised a " raising bee " for Sunday , and added to his notice the ...
... raise , but failed in two or three attempts to get men enough tô raise the ponderous frame . At length Uncle Abram Wing undertook the job of putting up the frame . He advertised a " raising bee " for Sunday , and added to his notice the ...
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... raising and selling sheep , and was for twelve years town clerk of the town of Summit . Later he moved into the city and resided on the corner of Jackson and Biddle streets , where he died some two years since . William Jackson settled ...
... raising and selling sheep , and was for twelve years town clerk of the town of Summit . Later he moved into the city and resided on the corner of Jackson and Biddle streets , where he died some two years since . William Jackson settled ...
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... raise a barn without the custom- ary aid of intoxicating liquors , but inviting all to the raising . The whiskey lovers came with bottles of whiskey of their own , and a more disgraceful scene than the one that oc- curred on that ...
... raise a barn without the custom- ary aid of intoxicating liquors , but inviting all to the raising . The whiskey lovers came with bottles of whiskey of their own , and a more disgraceful scene than the one that oc- curred on that ...
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... raising , or to yoke the oxen to the sled and take wife and children for an evening's visit . Visit ! Yes , that is the word . When those old moth- erly ladies— “ God bless them❞ — got together for a visit it meant business in that ...
... raising , or to yoke the oxen to the sled and take wife and children for an evening's visit . Visit ! Yes , that is the word . When those old moth- erly ladies— “ God bless them❞ — got together for a visit it meant business in that ...
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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 Democratic 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 lieutenant lived located lodge March marriage marriage to Miss married 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 Spring Arbor Spring Arbor township Springport township successful Summit township supervisor tion took town united in marriage village votes Whig wife William York
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Seite 178 - I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever; that considering numbers, nature and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune, an exchange of situation is among possible events; that it may become probable by supernatural interference) The Almighty has no attribute which can take side with us in such a contest.
Seite 178 - And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God ? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath ? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just ; that his justice cannot sleep forever...
Seite 131 - In testimony, whereof I, Rutherford B. Hayes, President of the United States of America, have caused these Letters to be made Patent, and the Seal of the General Land Office to be hereunto affixed.
Seite 131 - Now Know Ye, That the United States of America, in consideration of the Premises, and in conformity with the several acts of Congress, in such case made and provided...
Seite 131 - Hundredths of an acre, according to the Official Plat of the Survey of the said Lands, returned to the General Land Office by the Surveyor General, which said tract has been purchased by the said David McGee.
Seite 132 - In testimony whereof, I have caused these letters to be made patent, and the seal of the Department of the Interior of the United States to be hereunto affixed.
Seite 28 - Pennsylvania line aforesaid ; provided always, and it is hereby fully understood and declared by this convention, that if the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan should extend so far south that a line drawn due east from it should not intersect Lake Erie, or if it should intersect the said Lake Erie east of the mouth of the Miami river of the lake, then and in that case, with the assent of the Congress of the United States, the northern boundary of this State...
Seite 132 - CD, of &.C., my true and lawful attorney, for me, and in my name, place, and stead, to...
Seite 28 - Miami, aforesaid, and on the north by an east and west line, drawn through the southerly extreme of Lake Michigan...
Seite 132 - NOW KNOW YE, that the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, in consideration...