1862 he enlisted in the 21st Mich., Inf., and was Second Sergeant in Co. A._ On account of ill health he was discharged at Nashville, Tenn., in January, 1863; then returned to this county and pur. chased the farm on which J. D. Scott now lives; resided here until the spring of 1872, when he removed to the village of Norvell, where he has since made his home. Mr. and Mrs. R. have 2 children-George B. and Charles. He has been a member of the Baptist Church for a number of years; has been a Deacon at Norvell since the organization of the Church at that place.

Thomas Rushton, son of John and Hannah Rushton, was born in Lincolnshire, England, Jan. 29, 1825. He left his native country in April, 1850, coming to Manchester, Mich., where he learned the brewer's trade, and followed it for some years. In December, 1863, he enlisted in 30th Mich. Inf., Co. D; served till June the following year, when he was discharged, and returned to Manchester, where he lived for a couple of years; went to Chautauqua county, N. Y., where he married Mrs. Sarah Borger, of that place, whose husband had been killed in the late war; she had 1 son-Seth Borger. Mr. and Mrs. R. lived here a few years, then went to Virginia where they staid but a short time, and returned to Manchester; the spring of 1870 came to the farm he now occupies in Norvell tp., and has since lived on it. Mrs. R. died in May, 1876. Mr. R. has a good farm and pleasant home. P. O., Norvell. Dealon Schutt, farmer, sec. 26; P. O., Brooklyn; was born in Ontario county, N. Y., Oct. 1, 1817. His parents, John and Jane Schutt, were natives of Dutchess county, N. Y.; his mother died when he was a small child, and his father, after a few years, married again and continued to live on the old farm in Ontario county, whither he had come when a young man, until the time of his death some years ago. His widow still occupies the old homestead.

Here Mr. S. spent the days of his boyhood as most New York farmer's boys do. April 5, 1840, he was married to Miss Cynthia Aylesworth, daughter of Henry Aylesworth, of the same county; she was born in Otsego county, N. Y., in 1819; their 2 children, Sylva, now Mrs. Ethan Hay, and Florence, now Mrs. S. B. Ashley, are living in Norvell town.

In June, 1844, Mr. Schutt left his native home to seek one in the "far West." He came first to Steuben county, Ind., where he remained till the fall of that year, then came to Hillsdale, where he spent the winter, in the spring of 1845 came to his farm in Norvell tp.

Jacob D. Scott was born in Ossian, Allegany Co., N. Y., in 1838; son of John and Eleanor Scott, of that place; the former was born on the Cheviot Hills, in the south of Scotland, and came to New York while he was yet a young man. Mr. Scott continued to live in his native place until in April, 1861, when he came to Branch county, Mich., where he staid until December of the same year, then came to this county. On Christmas day, 1861, he married Susan E. Blanchard, daughter of David and Mary A. Blanchard, of

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Dexter, who was born in Springwater, Steuben Co., N. Y., in 1844; they have 1 child-Emma Jennett. Mr. S. came to his farm in March, 1873, where he has since lived; has a good farm of 120 acres; is a member of Grange at Norvell, No. 227; is a farmer and carpenter. P. O., Norvell.

Alonzo C. Shekell was born in Ontario county, N. Y., in November, 1825. At the age of four years he was taken by his parents, John and Joanna Shekell, to Seneca county, where he grew to the age of manhood, surrounded by the influences of a good home and spending his boyhood as is common for most farmers' boys to do. Here, in April, 1849, he married Lydia Corden, daughter of Dennis and Elizabeth Corden, who was born in the same county, August, 1825; this family consists of 5 children-Anna E., Lucretia, Florence, Amie and John. Anna E. has been engaged in teaching for several years, in the schools of Manchester; Lucretia married Adelbert Culver. In May, 1851, they left Seneca county, coming to Michigan and settling in the town of Saline, Washtenaw Co., where they lived until they came to their present farm in Norvell, in the spring of 1878. When he left New York, his father accompanied him, and lived with him until he died in 1871, at the advanced age of 81 years. Mr. S. has a good farın of 160 acres, on séc. 16. P. O., Norvell.

E. R. Shuart was born in Ulster county, N. Y., Mar. 6, 1806. When he was about six or seven years of age he was taken by his parents to Ithaca, Tompkins Co., where he was reared, receiving his education in the schools of that town. Nov. 19, 1829, he was married to Phebe Scisson, born in Cayuga county, N. Y., Nov. 20, 1812. When she was a small girl her parents went to Indiana, where in a few years her father died, and in a short time after this her mother came to Ithaca, N. Y., where she grew to womanhood. Mr. Shuart first visited Michigan in the summer of 1832, but staid only a short time, and returned to his home in New York. In the spring of 1836 he removed his family to Syracuse, N. Y., and in the fall of the same year came to Michigan, settling at Clinton, Lenawee Co. In September, 1836, he took up the 80acre lot on which he now lives, and the same fall had some improvements made on it and sowed a piece of wheat. He lived in Clinton, working at the carpenter and cabinet trades until about 1850, when he moved his family to the farm which he had located in this town, where they have since resided. He has improved his land and since added to it, until he now owns a fine farm of over 200 acres of well-improved land. Of their family of 12 children, 9 are yet living-Mary, Henry, Oliver, Edward, George, Will iam, James, Addie and Alice. Chauncy was in the U. S. Army, going from Adrian with the band and accompanying the 3d Cav.; returned at the close of the war, but his health was gone and he lived but a short time after his return. Mr. Shuart has been one of the pioneers of Michigan, and is a man respected by all.

George W. Sweezey was born near the village of Norvell, in May, 1845. His father, Samuel Sweezey, had come to Michigan,

taking up the old farm near Norvell from the Government in the summer of 1834, and soon after moving his family on the place. He was born on Long Island in 1805; at an early age went on the ocean, and for a number of years before coming to Michigan had been a ship Captain. He was married in the city of New York to Maroni Horr, who was born on the banks of the Onion river, in Vermont. Of their family of 9 children, 7 are yet livingMary J. Chapman, John T., William H., Julia A. Bunker, George W., Judson S. and Lurena A. When he came to Michigan he entered several hundred acres of land in the town of Norvell, which he improved and continued to live on until his death in October, 1865. He had been a member of the Baptist Church for 40 years, and for a number of years before his death had been a Deacon in that Church. George W., the subject of this sketch, was raised on the farm he now occupies, and in December, 1864, enlisted in the 15th O. V., Co. G., for 100 days; again enlisted in 11th Mich., Co. E, where he served until the close of the war. Coming home, he went to Eaton Rapids, where he engaged in the hardware business for the next two years; in 1868, sold his interest and purchased the farm on which he now lives. He was married in December, 1868, to Mary Watkins, daughter of Freeman Watkins, of this town. He was married a second time, June 19, 1877, to Emma Masten, daughter of S. J. D. J. Masten, of Grass Lake; she was born in the town of Grass Lake, Dec. 28, 1848; her family came here from New York in 1836. They are members of the Baptist Church at Norvell.

William Sweezey is among the pioneers of Michigan, and was born on Long Island, May 7, 1803. His parents, Jeremiah and Dortha (Baylyss) Sweezey, were natives of that place. He grew to manhood, and for a number of years was engaged in sailing on the waters of Long Island Sound. In 1827 he was married to Hattie Weeks, born in Westchester county, N. Y., in 1810. They lived on Long Island till the spring of 1835, when they sought their fortunes in what was then the wilds of Michigan. They arrived in Jackson county in May of that year, took up a piece of land in Napoleon tp. Mr. S. improved the farm and it was his home 33 years, when he sold it and removed to the village of Norvell, where he still lives, a hale, hearty old man, enjoying the pleasures and fruits that a life well spent will always bring. They had a family of 8 childrenJames A., John M. and William, were born on Long Island; Lydia, (deceased), Dora A., Stephen (deceased), Baylyss and Debby (deceased), were born in Michigan. James is a lawyer; John and William are doctors; Baylyss was a dentist, and died in the late civil war at Nashville, June 18, 1865; Dora graduated at a medical college in Philadelphia, and practiced medicine for a few years; she married Mr. McGregory and lives in Southern Indiana. May 17, 1859, Mr. Sweezey lost the wife of his youth, and in November of that year was married to Eliza Griffeth, widow of Luther Griffeth, formerly of Brooklyn, this county, who was born