Ak2 1771 History of Ypsilanti frastus W. Basom The writar of thisi patrt of this narra* tiva wishes it distinctly utderateo4 that he does not touh tfort the etorreatnEse of thes0 statements. )havlng attaina& thm from statisticseand other 0Qflarea sass sbest be a044l dating back to the first whtte settler in Thitlanti in the Oyear ISZi8 hvtula liebigan was yet a terLritory. AMd as near as the writfl has been able )to learn, a man by the ta. at Senj arzin Woedruff was the fl ast sarehasser of land from the goverfnment in The year 182Z, said to be loaatad,very near v4re' Mr oarrester now restdal,, ')mown in torse 4aya as WoOrntta's Grove. It is aiud be built the4 a honse, nM 4moved his tamldy into it 4zly 6th, 1823, exzettzng he had started the vitý loge of YpiTlanti there, bat he sained 0Wt04 to disappoinstmemt I will t14e1 you Inter. Tea next bixyerz' ws Titws Bnnscn, who tonght at or teo r neta tho rove It 18&2, 0xpoctinsg that wiAl be the real Ypsilanthi* whieh asort proved a nlstake for on the 1fist of JTno 1825 the road from Detroit to Chio9e0 was suvavsed by a UnItO & StateaS teOmissio$inelr, as~isted byorrY RidssOai, a surveyor, livin #.& aLki Vill9ge and they established the Road wheor it oAw is, leaving Woodrztfl's Orove t.-t in the, l&. The nezt ettle' at the Grove -w a man by the nanm of John Bryatt. He and his family arrved at the Grove Ot. ZZ4d, L8$23 ad ia n d 824 P 18has d. Ii, e esote. a heosteand mold int> it Daeembear Slst, ofX theie eam yeOar. I wi,31 heqr*e ea teswhat Wes' gal& byd ts*. Bryant, one o fthe settleroe t the Qre! in 18a3- 0he said it was aing hear the eaorn amill ' i eratiozi erey morning nO: citbdeib4c them tbes: A'holA0 w, bulted in the top o0 a n k o 0 tump aftter etraping this cleaZ from oalw a stico about aim 48~~l feet long and eight inches in diameter was rounded at one end and suspended by a spring pole directly over the stump, a hole was bored through this pestle for handles, and the mill was done. A man would pound a peck of corn in half an hour, so that half of it would go through a sieve, so we see that in this ease the old saying is verified that vT1ecessity is the Mother of invention." Mr. Bryant was a carpentet by trade and it is said he built the county court house in Ann Arbor in the year 1834. And it is said that a man by the name of Robert Flemming built in this county the first sa meill on Section twenty-five, Ann Arbor Township in the summer of 1824. It was located on a small creek ruanning through the county near Ann Arbor, named Flemmings Creek. Harvey H. Snow was the tenth buyer U-0 lo and the owner of Snow's Landing now ealled "Belleville" This settler disposed of his intterest to Abel Aillington in 1825 or 1826 and moved farther west* George Wi Noyse was a settler near the Grove in the year 1823, but he moved to Ann Arbor in 1824 and two years later was the principle move* in building the first gristmill in Ann Arbor. But misfortune seemed to overtake him, while he was assisting at the raising of a house owned by Andrew Nowland of Ann Arbor who some of the present settlers will remeitber, this man, iyse, got killed by accident. The first school established in Ypailanti was organized and taught by iLss Olive torton daughter of Job and Sarah Gorton in a small blilding whiach stood there the Ooeiddntal otel now stands,, in the sammer and fall of 1$25 and among her pupils was Lieut. Mortimer Roseneranz whose remains rest in our -.4U REighl.and Cemaetry. tMiss Gorton after the close of her schooI that year married Lyman GraVes, anad made her home three miles souath of Ypsilanti,, where she spent her life. They raised quite a fSamily b-ut most of them passed away. There iU one son and his family living now in Ypsilanti Citywho is a very worthy citizen and has held several very important off-ices and is considered a good bisiness man. * is name is Albert Graves, living on Washington Street, Ypsilanti City. I will speak of some of the present citiiens of Ypsilanti. and what they have done for their home town. I will refer first to Jr, 'Tsaiel Quirk, Senior, as doing a great thing for the city and surr.ounding Coountry when he buiilt that building known as the vault in Highland Cemetery and donated it to the citys whicsh was certainly a very genaerous act and his memory will be dherished by the rising generation as one, of the most respected eitizens of"Ypsilanu ti City. IHe is now in his ninety-second year -5 - and p-resiident of the. First Rational Bank, hich p osition 1 h bhas Ield for 8everal yearws He is qivite smart t and active for a man of' his years nId his memory -is cosidered very good. I will speak of one more of Yisinthtisa business men who has passed away. But he will, be remembered by most of the present aitizena. RE was IDoetor Reoford. who,was bastiness strail#h through. He has lEft sons who are very muehJC like him that respect. I will now speak of Mrs, John Starkweather a nd her aeerous donation to the city, one gift being the Ladies Libratry buildin, another was the shapsel in erighland Cemetery which was built by- her and given to the caity whih is a great thing for the city md1 the s rrounding aountry. In a great many ways I feel as though the,ctizene all. must feel very grateful an4 thankful foi theae eonati oneasLthoupgh she has gone to the vale beyond. There is yet one more to mention,bdSj;B I hear the water fountain in front of the 3avy ings Bank, was a gift also, I believe. I will speak of another one of the present business men of the city who is lAr. Robert W. Hoampi hill, ST, Who is now president of the Savings Bank in Ypsilanti City, which position he has held sometime. He has been concerned in the banking business ever since I knew him which is near fifty years and isa straight busineso man. It is said that in 182f a man by the name of Rawson operated a sawmill at Snows Landing now called, Belleville. I learns from statistics that a man by the name of John Stuart, it is said, built the first saw mill, in Ypsilanti near where the Wo-olens Factory now stands in June 1826. The fist town meeting was held in 1827 DToctor Njillington was elected supervisor and Benjamin WoodruffJ, Justice of the PEaae, %W7WO it is to be rleembered tha.t Miohigan is yet a territory and was not admitted as a stat-e until 1857. I learnm from statisties also ithat a man by the name of Godfrey had a trading poet established with the Indians at or near the Grove as early as the year 1823 carrying on a good trade with the Indians for their furs for it iU said they were numerous. I know they were were nimnerous when I first saw Yps ilanti in the year 1,33, 9 maznt by the name ofa William Harwood wh1 will be remnembered by soee of t thi present aitizens, owvmed quite a tract of land on the east side of the river and also a grist mill stan:ding near where the present Huron mill now stands, which it is said was built by.enja-: min Woodruff' in 1824 aiad he sold it to. Harwood, who was the owner of it in 1833, when I fi at saw Ypsilanti, an.d Mr. George MoDagel was the miller who has passed to the other shore. ut h.'e left two sons who limv near YT.ilatnt1 iin the town. of Spuerior who is known by the present citi, a aof Ypsilanitt. In the year 1836 Mr. 1.Earwood made a. deal with old Mr. John Gibert &iapositg of nl1 his iaterests on the east aide of the riiver mil1 an3 all,; I will tell you tmore l3ater abont t his deal and abou this mill propexlty. I will now say that old 'MNr. John G(ilbert built the present uJTron ill on or near tho meas ground where the old mill steeot, that he 1bouht,of 1r. lHarwood Thii old.Mr. Gi11hqrt tha6tX I re-, fer to was the f1father of yonag John nilb ert, Me tb h ame, ts, ho Ai6d arfpw yeatrs ago and M his widsw 84111.Z ~ f. lv n ypsla nti O ity. I will Pivv a skotch of VWhat, I know- of pRlý,,ant-when ITftrzt sam At) 1-a the yar ano -Who the isttlers were qt that t1ime aM wat eonditton the little villatig 7s Inhat I TfhIst saw it as near as I on Ttm osamber. I earme with my father iand his f=ail7 frome the State of,o. w Tork, Stemuben Oountya, erltvbg at Ypsilni, une 18th, 1853, jy father Ibonht a rair of horses a 9 wQa2Von with h1 andwT6 30anme fromn' Lui3 f alo to jDetro t by boat on Lake rie and Troom Detroit we cte with o'r owuin teM. t0o Yaiilanti as I havCe siide, Juno 1l8th, Kt We found no bri dge acrous tje ui ltron River at Ypsil*anti, but w w:e w e feroiA oypr on ~a flat bottom boat, Lhotes,,vagon and al1, by a man by the nianme of Stout. I will nare some of the inabitants of the little village as I ireeber thram. A mYea by the n'iae of Charles, Stuck who okera ted an sahery oh n P-the south side of Congreas Street near where cr. Deamrsh now has a lived barn L-Qd he Ihas i takhe fat-her of AI2t S2tck who ils noLW a cft'i~Zei of YpSil=ti, who 1. 8well Iknows there by the presenat oitizens,.. And fartherv westa at the corner of IO-iuon ana Consress stroets s where the aviages Blik now is, that corner wa qowne.d and3. oCeue7 ed by Cheeter #Pery z7 d ), o 't w1& kae pttIeI a Caei~F esr~r~~2t~t$ ~3~5 10w ia. osS 1Le a 7Tavern in those days; and farther west on Congress street is what is known as Kings Corners which was occupied by the forefathers of the present wing who is there now. It has been handed down so that the King Family hold it yret. And farther to the west there was various offices and stores. There wore two men by the name of Lane, both lawyers, and they were brothers and their first names were Marcus and Charles 1Tane. They had an office on that side of the street, Chancey Joslyn was in their office with them at that time then a young man, reading the law with them. And farther west on the south side of Congress street was two men by the name of Moore and McAllister, keeping a dry goods store. And on the covner of that block where the National Bank now is. It was at that time owned anad occupied by Elijah Grant, who kept a dry goods store also. He was the father of Ed. Grant -11N now one of the citizsens of Ypsilantia That block compriseed about all on the south side of Congress stretet as for business.1 will go baoX to the riVer and t611 so~mething about the INorthside of Congress,street. The fir'st buijdAino'next tQo the river was cLdte a lar'ge structure and it was there when I cam.e to Ypshlanti, and was said to have been built by Deeacon Post, Who Mas a hatter by t;rade, and he carried& on bvsiness there. It was known in thozs (days as the NTUTnnoery Build &in, vie will go west to the.lwest side of Huron street andt here 0o. the, -~ co@r.nar where now, is the Ki.ishlar sft-ore, we found Arden, H. Ballard mUd MJamen I-Aurnds: ý rmnniing a General store; and a little west of thema, we found Julius3 M 0ThIO 3 and a man nme.ad God&dard un Ing a Hardware store. st!atill farther west we find a Jewelry storer: run by a man by the name of HeddBB g tand a groceze kkept by Txr. o evi Haynes, and one run by a man.12 - b7 the name of tcGrady s and a is -iinny pp T_ a Millier, a sI.tePr of T'7.-Jarmest Nichols, whe will, be, ramenbP&e d as the fathe0r of tihe Pittafieel farera r arwho was foiTd in tho Ret rdt rIvert murdee1 y Ebywra.BwardA r, who is now srPVinY t!t ime in Jackson pvrisnon for 'the crima. Mr. Walter 3H. Hewitt ru. n l thrpe boot nid ehoG s0tore, ne-ar the 4west 8 fd of th tnLEk rigtt mrth o 1f t~ 6tIrst N:Ttioinal Ba h A That corz*ner i jtill onda by the Rewifwtt fnIy. TI the yor 18-51 fire took everythihg clean from that blook in the eThacpe of buildings, excopting two arn onr on f the Is - onTeh cOrea- of ahnon An6 tPearl Streets the olct lshoq w? h3ref Jtr. 1binor vr'ked atbhl1kaithing for yearso ant Ph other was. smAll house n3ar lh,'eve thq prssent PotafIit now staunf owned by r. Mars oericge. g The fii e toEk erverything ohlvOar to thi rl0' r, i the old aumOy1 bJild ng1n with the rest. Thle iw. -1 83 teisty s0onsist0ed of lizas Akinneir, Grove Srencrr aad rcEur-s andi Char1os TLa!n. 7`ue doc(or vwhen I cane here wcere DO tcjr6 "ilin)go, Dr. Miorsse a Dr. 77-,a dmthl anE icha rd j ruJn was the ci ty bakltPr. Gilmreen Dfavis was thc; cbinet make7r asn3 lat0r. was Zth undert! er of' the towm, ho ws the cathoer o r Ira vTri, nCow I ctbi:in of Tty~Slan'Ti City$. Inc Weed8 was the offjiciatingY 1 'lergPjm of thne er byterian feith ThT rot e mndal' 7nr ws Abream -ac 'u, L t if 1 f iJrt =1ra laibth v-a Orvmsby. P, b JQoL-sh toohdInale. v, the fi aot laQo. 0 ake or in the littlI at llc f.th no ths~ite of Coongrees r trOot bur-t tho 1fi, x of h5v buri; his!hop whch ac nas big lo3s to h-M. To like. tIChe1 res't of tho fr1st settlers, has nxow pasod ot way, saleadin two:i hree sone ls-iving -rn or near YnS'filantl, who are well known in the cith nd co:ni'ti, Ther 0I tio a 60oub at ttaot Mr.F Jonathrnn Morton -~14~ wa thed fift ry gooms mehn~ inr Ypsljanti. 11tb. roroIto n bwill Le Lem rPe&bed by -na-.,no the PreSent citZerons for he iTve~ lnyISrr yeaers sotlth Of tbh city on tanhe Thrm Ow d d onowocpie0d byr Jmres sThrn, whose wife wa Mr. Mo or-on s danhter. r, Mlortorn aAnd his wif both daied O.in fthat rIm. r I IeI nIighbh or to them and( wIAtr one of6 the YAll beasrers at theI f xeras of both. T th tiT'k I T n rig t in say4t tt. that ITT. Miortdon wvs the f'rst r-y goolei merchantt in Emalkan'c~tirf hile ET-obigan wasr a ~teria:~3:fcItory Mlae tool nme hi.tself1 thT he got his gooe from Detro.iI on ' fl- nt bottc boa t cnn the, ron T?~ver and& b1s:~ace rf~ bunsrin was onmh ea.~rner ofP ashingto~3z n and Pear) streets., I will rf'er tra onr, of the ofesqtit y awvyeroi9, Mr. Grove SJaceTr, when I irst saw t1hi$ little v illTPe of YTslanti, he- tho Ththe) oIr'f thie present 0inZen known well in this community by the name of Rithard Sphncer, the stock -buyor, 1 Eiw the.eer's frfmily ' i whe I n came herili ved jrt eas of oth litla le village 1 on a farm that is Ptill knon to mnmy as the Senee t, rill t.el1. so0ra m ro.e allo 11.ut theP td. izens iand their occacuý)atic"0n. a An glby the -iamm of m acTk thOe10k kept a lv stbabe or Htiron strbtsouvith of Conros. ThQe fir st sbheriff of t3he coumnt S, 1 after "chiAig n becime a state,:Tin 1,, was Arillij2 Anderson, living jist soathi of AAnn A:YC* v~l~fla~ a, th: t tite, on vna't w no as the nsou.h Ann Anrbor T-,Roa, r ~B.ZftB 'm~~ n 9,9 0 ra$.tO E),t Y 1. ta lit I Cl H. Q11hiQnoy To SLJoeyn wra thfiW; rst Mayor of the CIty 0 of tilafnt., a:vter it vs ico rp te1 a a cityi 1857, an n GS wan otcIt $'toa~e Jurdg of Wasmhtmenav touity1, an tIter n 281P8, wasr elcte qirCit Judg oI Th Distrio t. Ue hasz passed away rtlhavig thre na rit twJo daughterr3, one of t;he son om. 'k"ak ~lj~agn, -s ran atfornoe;,"reonjuing iun Yp41sitt OZy, ipirac inga h~s- poatew'h. A -ama by the -ms orf James hr"u ruott a aSt"e ach' from Detyroit to Yp ilnti and SaAine, wheni I ',first remember p lati aYIita id t by the name oP - Anthry i Clith wasU the Vit11age Argsmnn, he had a twCo wheeed d.,rayr and' a big Trrext hrse thta waaS incline&d to;bite pjeople w1h~en they ce nnear his head and he we abQhuie.t kepy him,Inu1Zled so hlie oould not hurt th eiti 0ens. And8a o olOTred man an'd his wife, byr the name of W4ells,:earried on a barber p&0y eA1 the north si,&e of.Ongress etreoi. In the basewent of the Baeiird and 9MTn4s 01tore ox the comrner where, 1shar 's store now ts, t e6;we0 two tay1Q4 shopv. John Sawaius run-,hop on the south 8ide of 0c rvsestreet. svu thae other max as a ashop on Oe!noith ad mof Congres ostreet and ha ziam wa Mr. Wl1kersut, nd has long at a pased ta to the othezr hooe. But he has adaughter now l"ivIng ir Ypsilanti whiosoe name,,is IMrs Js4t4.0-t ~-%17 1) abU!IXwe2llre-1:ismrber to. ru~anant 1ket b-tr r eo7-.ar o n Vhý ew -s -L"sie o f 1 IT a toin otroo~t ~iton 'thp. soit. sie o- CoxgcIs, s tre nlIt- b ra-aIs c, The);n - s, r,6, 1i (uo.r S?for. 13 aLic at iwas-_imfali to -I.._!y 0TV; Y.e r. ien~ovanrP.,At nucyL' Lnicyrr4 ei k x 'o; n- h.'&%?el E; a b Yne r-e s ms, nn. asiA i or. And42:1ýxb'vi eI aki n.9kent i t r),vcr r a o 3 -1t S.~on n o"Inh 0 rt n 1. C_ ztcte Wh,er-et -um-' o~L flbo$(,.kCtOv -1ý wlio will bo renIo rb er edby s am c)of the on, lu s genti-erler- kept 'the ho-t-Jall clCIhe iyishle ~~c sc Ll yieh r1d;othIe v.0 o 0-~ lrl'v AOf"Ile hot c) nwa hyhv TAoW0 t.4Le tI I on-') own.orctT Iof theITr woolen i AM& 4a by t ho ne noý )f TNo rtm0 -nr'ui Et ti~cl~ler )a pr tho~rre at The To-rth paor t'd of the o tt. I nil now comet back to C.ongress, ana:K teil you that a man by, tyhe name of Gniffn keot rhat vas cinlletdi. aCslect zchool in a Pert of thc bilding k>o\n as the Th2mier, owned by Teacomn P wof tO, t o wa0s the f tber of,17n. 1u0il folt of Detroit.! An. on the souith sid oV Confres;treet wet of ' artin DTwron f ofdC s ftore I think - 1.mily lt 6ve0.( and owied. th- premmis ec- by th nae of -ownItry n ith i..nkT it is yet occmpd Ty some of the fahmily the hours stamds b)a-ck on.m the strec t a1 0hort (121* ttn cEcnc. I still fpr1the10r Wes)t w-1e;7 Mro CGurtio' bu milhin r.pow j(w t nfds as a 1uil1ains 1 kn.owl stl0 the RTed 1hoolhoSe0, here Pri7:ct eed.often preached to the settl0h of the little tllage anid a.1l. who camie frouim t1heo crounciO cogfntr 'Xty with Lth:eir OC temt to hoar him. And still Thrther west along Chicago AvTerne on the place rovw oaw.ed end. occie0ld by. O lvr Ainsworth, ihen I On19 - 0 -eT e - C~.C * n p C) ~r'j C) ) 'I-i 42~-~ RL1 ~-1 0c r '-4 C) Ca ( - C) C Ce *0 O a 3 ec G rL,C) C: A-U: a 0 S!a *r 1:24 r n o r- H +&- P ~ r r pc- 4- C) C71 1:2 " O j) 4b i r-k C;: ~ o go p;; W **- * CM r -PP M`.5 L - ci0 P 5: 1 ~ *H1 P 41 4- 5 C; c-; H.C::j C) C) ~i, 0 -0 4:a; - ) 0 a;A r C L e'I-i Fc) C C) H -i H 0 1i) ei C T H - r4 i: c1 s i-l cZ F ( 2 C)l e ci 4,-- FItp-4,e 4 "o:0 a - I L; 0 - roi a;,C r~- to t '--, C)9 p c~ 4*0 CrC s-i,:-r ed Pr-4 o ~,,, c- P P cu rd i ` l il e:4 -r -.0 a C o 127 t t - o t ~r-p b- (.-I C) -4 '4-; ~C~ 0L.r 4-: 0.0 0 C) "ed a 4)? C)5 io a 9 e ee t c; rec ~ C) r: rH - ri o 5- r11 ~9 r~3 eH $ - o +~-~-, C.' I~ 0 C *Ht- C 53 ` r-1 9 - -4 I -1 4;&~;P 0nth axd nefltlo'n some of the settlers a IX eromembeor them going south of the thena village. Mr* iEtez killer iJved and owned th"Ie premiseis oa the west zcide of furox 7street hre his ~sago Reary~ MillerF~h sqw IveEs. Mr1J. PEt~ers M2iller korked at the masonx trate, but le an4 hiA.Ls Wife have paaeci to tbe ots her shore, as ' has 'imi all of '4L basixlesi.s mer. tUat wecere here tn 2- 4,mvisa 'Ip;i lar-ti. tl ate e4ath INivet Mr. VQ0a1eaf on -the hiil knowi to the prese Qtizens as 631e WJL di1Ig 8-1I. Still farther South oxI what is knomia as the w1st ILbonroe Load w*ie fin.d a m II l.vin by lte Q!E f Jo sep)Xh a rt on the T side WfL the:roo4d eo the Parm 'nown a-1 thi e i icmok l &xrm 4 the qraeaenUa tin 3.o. We ooe nexi to The brieL, bOans- farm at the forIs of thie zoad now owned eand saevied byz George Orane, which way ownecl and ojccupie by a. man by -he nmame of 1illila 011: -0-who waýs 0onsid-ered qurite a asing a a he tu1ight zitgin' g cog wchoohs w nt'ers and he was U good 0taer. -21* 'aking the west road at the forks by the briek house, jiust south of the c reek on the Hill we find a man by the name of Churchill who bought his land from the govermnent. It is the famn where the hotuse burned a year or tvwo ago that was owned at that time by Samvel Rogers* The next farm on Stoney Creek Road was owned by Mr, Glover, father of Henry Glover, who is now a citizen of the City of Ypsilanti, and.is one of the men who has helped to make Ypsilenti what it is now with money and personal council, he being a good business man. The farm is nowv owne 4and ocupied by Seeley Davis and the farm next sonGh wa t then owned by Mr. lover, a brother of Henry Glover's father, and it passed into the hands of Mr. % almer Elliott, who was grandfather to the present ococpant at the present time. The old gentlemen and his wife both died on that farm years ago. The next farm south when I firstaremember It-was owned anndoccupied by an old gentlemien ganerally called, Capt. Xacy. His family ceote sasted of a wife, one son and one daughter, the presoent Pwners puro1hased it from Mr. Maoy some years ago. The Macy family have all passe~ away at different dates, and the next farm where Mr. Neat lives how was then owned by a, fmily named Denasmore who also owned the lLand wherYe Mr. Frank White lives and John Sewver. The Denamore paeople owne~ the three MIVhty acres but to buil dings, except on the one where Mr. 3Neat Tires now. There, is but one relattiveof the Densmore family in this part of the country that I knoew of and that is 0ord Densmore, a grandson to the old. mam Dernsmore, who was called Doctor at the time I first remember him,.And on the west side of the road where Mr. Riodney Moory now lives it was owned and occupied by Mr. John Hanmmen and where Mr. Rowlett now livese that plaee *-23 was occmpied by a Tzr. s hite and his famnily, and the Hamimond fatily, Rohnt's relatives, owned all the west side of the road as far soouth as is now known as 'ewton Orittendens I ad inolud6 ing the Horace Laflin farm where he no w lives. It was all owned by the Haimo-nd fwnily when I first remember it in 1833. And the farm that Newton Crittendens famrily now owns and oeoipies by a Mr.. Martin Doty. And the next fanm south was occupied by a man by the name of Seth Strogg but it was purchased by:rl/ James Lowden,C Sro in the spring of eighteen hud4reld 9*nd thirty f'vre, It isiow owned by the heirs of the son, Hon. James L. Lowden, Jr., who has Just pased to the other shore and the, next settler south on th)e west side, of the road on the fa kXinown as the Andrew Miller fam, there was then livw, ing on it a man by the name of Mr. juke, but he died there soon after I came..There was no -settler south then till- the farm where Mr*. Barr now lives. A man sand his wife lived - 24-CY there and they owned the fann and hi:s name was Daniel B3ird, ani the next settler south was M1r. James Miller on the south side of Stoney Creek. It is the farm that Levi Rogers left to his widow and sho has sold ii; to, a man by the name of Tright. Mr. Miller was Andrew MVillers ~fathex and he claimed wvhen he first moved there in 1831-that one day he saw a big bear some and take a good oize shoat of his otA of the yard, and he did not care to hinder him as he had mo gun. 1*Mr. D)niel VW. RThssell and wife was here whon I cimeo and they lived oi the little place joining Mr. Barr's land on the sotth, the same ground that is now called the "Presbyterian Parrsonage. Mrs. Russell was a sister to James M1iller and the little place o00 the rise of ground south of the Rogers Farm where Mrs. Albright now lives, was then owned and occupied by old Mrs. Miller who was the mother of James Mill7er and Mrs. Rwussell; another Lauhtelr lived with the old lady there at the tirn, I remetmber then butI -they have ac2 pis- d -O.et to the othor shore. The flenxt settler Was, on the f irst farm soUth of the school house now, but then there was no school houc-e, that aettler's nwe Y-,ras ý.Ike Warner, a young- marrid man, Re' staid a year or two and then sold out and Maoved. to ýM',onrae i and.the nexct settler was a mdat by the nsrogyqe of I.Toward, *I thnink he was za bachelor, bu-t he sold out in a year or two& The biyer will be remembered 'by the settlers. The, buyer was Jaco D Dampingburg. He and his wife passed away as Most of the old settlers have. Rat, there Is, s we of their (10scendants. le ft Mtrs. Thornas T' l'I day IS so d awt or, also.Mrs,* Hejry Stwnu enhnsan of Auxista, anrd. igre,:xPJInk J Fi'tcher of Ypsilanti Clity. The next settle~, at that time, was Air ew Th-om-ps o,, 9r, on the s o ld farm whe re. his s-on, Eirsri, lives now, There is aliso one dauhater, li-ving in Ypsilanti. City who is Mrs. Anson villiams. The old people and one d&aughter have passed away. The daughter wasI Mrs. William Martin., whose hilsband was a son of Byard MIartin and a brother of Jacob MTartais -now living in the City of Ypsilanti. I will here speak of some more of tho early settlers, of A ugusta, who r first remembher. I will first mention Mr. TJohn Minzey then lived with his family on the farm now owned by lliri Brown. Mr. Mhn sey sold it to John B J. stark who will be remembered by some of the pressent Citizsns. Mr. Stark sold it to the preoent owner, and he and most of his family havte passed away. think there is one son and one daiUghter still livin of the Stark femily.11 Mr. Minsey then settle* on the farm where his two daughters now live, right soith of Charles Rogers in AugustaTownship. * r. inzey was the father of Redner aJnzey7 who was well known by many of the preo; sent settlers who with his father and mother ow27fte have passed to the vale beyond, where we must 1 go. I will also ment0ion. r. Robert R.eynolds Oha has long since pased o aay, he was the father of John Reynolds nowv living in Augusta Township. Swill4 now speak of the south east part of the townshuip of AuUsta. I first will mention a man knon eas Captain }Tardy that settled on the south east qnuarter of section thairtyy-four and he run. a., saw mill locate(o at the fJunction. of Taint Creek arnd Stoney Creek in the year 1831 and he livec and diec there and is buried in what i kinown as the chi)lds Cemetery, aznd Aaron Childs was one of -the first 80ttlers of Augusts township in 1831, and he was the father of W.K.Chiids of Ann. Arbor City at tBIe pesent time and the first town neeting was heild at the house of Aaron Childs in the year 1836, Stever, ead. wazs 1 elcted su pervisor, Aaron Childs., Township C2lerk, vtria Hrvid lardy, Justi.-e of the LPeace, H1Ura; IHt, Warner, Treasarer. -48-5~ I will Say in tozard, to Seotion 16- of t h Town of Anugusta that in 1840, it was a perl t swamp, b It it h&d thee bst iviite wood tilborr oan it of a=y otieolo of land in the countuy bt it was - 1ite a c, hoe to get it out, it wa n1thing strangge to -0xnet a load from one to three timnes in gtttlhgJ it to hard, Land. I wfli men-tiorn szome of th1ee ttlers S ame inr the fall of.1850 ano settled. on the West si1de of tIe towmmhip now kinot SAIugsta, 'but was at that time ealed Tp 1aents iolauding the tcwii o`f'tok az8 nd?ittofneld At that time'', they were all caeiod, YsriAants Nam ndr RiowOget cw e rase wi th b n fna v iay waa sattl& east otf tho vodndt ao1 bIase on Ithe 0farM nOTw oWnxec! by the 0n4-1 i'vi4g-so a of Andrew T Rogers; hs f auly eonwstate6 of eight growm wup hl dtrenl. When he d.id aboi t ~forty years ago therZe were five onse and three daug1ters, thle O6dest daugzLhter &iod in the ye-ar l1872-, -ad 'wa. the wie of the -294 writar of ths narrative. The mother and the -athezr five ocbildrexn atve passed Eto the other sobre, at t14f0ent dauteus, leaving the two youngest children f othe fuaily here, who i h'arles, as I have said, on the old homeste&ad. and the daughtr -who in MrS. PoseXhi-e ien o70n, a widow. There rwas other amilies who eatiae there. at the bvrse time that Mr. FRLogers diO'c gm- settled aear him. One wa6 0X Pe eter Datezfburgh., w ho was theb father of 17l111m OS~biurh, who will b1 rem1mbersa b, most,,tof the proesat oitizens ad hiS, rother w ho was, ~lmilavly known 4s A!un. t etse?. She su naot easily erightene0 buSt 'one aftnoI near disht!-e, as she was gotig home from the 'iot, ofrom somie neighbors, 'raryring a paieco o fresh Zt meO;a her stpper the wolvte weo qu$te thoik heree thbeni and soame of theam weres -very inear A n sAetsey aAMI On this *cwasion wantqed to taste o:f the iineat and sha B4eig a very good woar e&d. tender hewrted ~i~ SQi 'gave I-it to the m and thdei ty r a f BoMe as f a $3t as she could, Tbt 1ahe rid to wVal soame -ogs at.that tihme a to klept at of t jha water. The next o- 11will mention amiz St or sbotat the asme ~ft11 Z, wa Masir. AarO Alber, who boUght the, land fronmi thb gov0rs e.rqg teagt 6f Oharles Rogers on the south aioe o- the road where Mr. ProomanI owm aen& Uves now. r, Atholber lived there a n er of eaZs ant then.sold it to Ero. Rolls&an Wi1isM. ather of Jeroma WilitEms, 1eo is now living Juset st of th e old borne on Seotion 8iZSt0at in the Tov of kgasta. Mr. Aklber thwea boUngt a Short alsta west of the eity of T thp frnm that is now owwad. and soes ioa by,r. Del! Wayne, and there Mr. Alber died,,nearly forty yrars ago nd hi Awife dia d there a-4s 6a few years later '. Their fdy iassta1d. of two on, s ara one daughter who w aWs theWie ot, Laweon Rogers, who was the oldest brother ofo Chrarles Rogers, referreda to before in this sketch. The two sons are yet living, one at Lansing, i-ohligaxn, and the other at 3St. Pani, MnnMesota, I think. Next I will mention Mr. Goon Rfedner, coming in the fall of 1833, r1urchasing the farmn from the government that ITormpan Redner has recently sold to Joseph Rockwood, it being the old homeastead of RTedners, located near Stoney Creek SGreamer.y, M r. Coon sRedners f-amily consisted of fonur sons and fonr daughters, who have all assed to the other shore, but the- two youngeqst dauIhters, one o.f them is -Mrs. {Harriett Platt and the other is Mrs. Matilda Hinkley, wife of Franklin Hi Unkley, who I will refer to later in this awriting. I will now speak of one morc'4 family that moved into kAgusts Township soon after& I came hero that was i Mr. RPRobert 0ampbell,, who purchased the farm that his son, Hon. John K. C0impbell owns and lives on at the present, time. A mafn by the name of Wi1e7y sold it to 932.. Mr. Gampbell when the country was nearly a foresCt. m 8n. yibell's fII Trmily co0nsisVted of two dauFghters and cx sonse. The father, mother and two daughters nCnd one of the sons have passed over the river, the remarining sons are r illiiam, lion. Andrew, (Gabriel, Robert and Ron. John 1. C0anpbell, who are all well amnd faVorably nowin in in this cotnty of Waslhtenaw. All Farxers, eexce.pt b Gabriel wh6 is a. pofeser in an Eastern College* I will now pass back to the little village and on my w ay back I will say something In regard to the land I have saild was omwned by M4oo ry the Biamond famtily where Ir. Rodorney/tjow lives that was sold by Mr. John 11amon.d to Ir. HTenry Rednier, who was the, oldest son of Coon RedZnaze who I have referred to in this narrative. And enry Redner sold it to Mr. Benhrna who was the father of Horatio Benham rand. Mrs. Rodiey Moory, vOW10 now owns and lives on.the land owned by John HTammond. Mr. Hammond died in YISS-C~ Amaq nArbor a few years ago. He has onie daughter lizing in Ann Arbor at t-he present tirrie who is the wife of D1r,. Mvartin, a son Qf r, James Martfn that moved- iantoth i' ooantr7 in 1825. 1 wi5ill tfell yon more about hiQ jlater. I will novwrgo back to the little village and mention sane more of the citizens thlat r emaeber when Ig canet~. Just east Of the -o'esent, bridge aoaros. 'the river on VthGe aouGh side of ogrEss straeet a Mr Znerick then iuun a grocery store who was tieL fathier of Beinanain Lr3v ho will be renenabe-re& by many of -the.)resent citawo, gens Who 'has pasJsea" to the wvCle beyowid avith meot of his. father's g'Lamil-y. 4jLinJrt left two soiaa, j iýreC whon 3h 0 1 P o nsv o his ThiThor's hontstesad anc p-Araytk, the Other son is cilrcuit j udge, livseng a1t A1ea,:ia!g;. I will refer nowi to &xastts `r,,2amson who wrao then a your..g lad about twelve years,3 old., as near as I remaiember,, who was.a @v cierkz in the st-ore of Ardon R. Ballard an- Edrnunds. e ut he ril. be remembered as one of the imost thorough business men of the city. But he, likes the rest of the old- ettlers or most of them, have now gone to the other shore. There is still left twcO of? his sons living ih Ypsilantiý who are well and favorably knovwn thr-ughout the coinxty as gooid business men. I wIill now say a few words about Hon. E.P.Allen, elected mayor of Ypsilanti City and served two terms. He was elected to the state legis" lature in 1877 and again 18$79. He aJlo served; in the civil war as captain, during the war in 1862. He now resides in the city of Ypsilanti where he is an attorney and practicing his profession there. I will speak of the First Presbyterian Church built in 1834. It is now occupied by er. George Lookridge, as a marble shop. I will go west towards Saline along wht is known as the Chicago road after leaving 'thE village going west. 1he first settler was at that time a men by the name of Lasalare which is now owned. by Joseph,Warner and the next seler att that tmine in the year, 1835., was JMr a Jaies artn oM n oil the farnTz now owned anda occu-p-ied by 1r., Cha!-rles Bego3. Mr. aMartin cear, in 1825 an'vz7 raise(I quaite a large f- il- y but most of them have pase away. There is one o fI sizona eiliving in Ann..-arbor and I thinx onei.e daugihter liv.ng in ettroit. The n1ext se ttle r was a manT Z by the name f.ardeoa, who lived on the sonuth its.e of the roa' t'iare' 1is no h ouse on that 3ide -01fow. The bual-dings are a lO 021on the nclrith s ide of tXe a d an it is the sarms faxri that Mr Ajamin Miller loi vd on fbr a nutber of years who waS welb known by many of the present citizens. And the nex.t settler was 21"r. Wells Chanmberlin on the hill where D eacon Confield lived manry yearos and died there a few years ago who was well, knnown. And on the south side of the road we find. a mnui liv ing by the namee of Wi lliam Dyr, his larnd goig west to the north aiia sooulth ro.(I The next settler w-as on the ftrxn now knovm as the Roberts fari bu it was thTen owned and occuxoed' by Janes Joomri,,ho lived( there a numbor of years, that I well emember, and rhe farm saseOL intoo the hands of a niuber of buyers and a man owned it by the name of Alexander th- llace a znd he Sold it to dr-. IRoberTR s. Mr. Wallac will be remembieered bmy many in the community and by many of th - iti2Zens of Ypioslarti,for hr Rud his wife and one daughter moved to ypsilantitc anid the daughter was marriad to 14r. rcran.e who now runs a grooery store on uron stree't, south of the pootoffice. But Mrf W7all cc amn his wife a d the daughter have all passed away omoetImo agýo I will say something more about T eacon Loomis, as he was generally called. J Like the rest of the first iettlers he owried oxzen to do the work on the farm andL to go to the mnarxk.et and to meeting. And in the spring of the year mhien thby w ere first let loose on the commons they would,start straight south four or five mils to the timber liand to browse on the early buds and in doinrg so they would pass by my fathers faim. When?Deacon Toomis wanted his oxen he had to foot it to the timonbr land to get t*hem. But he always road one of his oren back cearrying a long beach whip and the ox was so accomodating that he wortld ]follow the other oxen so close that the Deacon could touch them up with his long whip and riae too. That was nice for hin but not so nice for the ox, but he had to stand it just the same. Deacon Loomixe was the father of Elisha 3Loozis now living in Yapsilanti on Congress St. Ij,think all the rest of Deacon Loomis' famal.y have passed to the other shore. I will now speak of the next settler south of the Roberts farm that wias here in 1833. It was then owned and occupied by a man by the name of M:rr. Snow. JIt has now a brick house on it built by Jr. Sherman BHinkley who passed away a few years ago. That farm is now owned by one of his daughtert -358-1 now living in California. Kr. hinley also owned the next fsar soswth, known to maly as the old hom asteýad of hermai i:Hinkley tere he settled in 1831. That property is owMed now by another daughster now living in Let.rit City,,who is now a iaow. The other heirs of th eestate vas a son, &al ttorney, living in Ypsilanti, Franklin inleyw, who I hav& referred to before in this narrative; and MIrs. Ajun CAo3, the viicox of Hon, Leter Cook, who was a farmrer in York township. And the next settler sounth of the 1linkley homesteadV was ir. John,Shipman when I cawne in 183., The farm is not* owned.sn ad ocoiu ie(d by 0r. Henry ohreen and farther south on he fouar corners on the west side of the road we find a fTamilY by the nae of George Collins whose, famiily consisted at tof time of nin)e Coh.ldren annd a wife. There were three sons and six daughters and. th moti.thcr, two so rs and s three daugihters ha e passod away,. eaving one son arrd three.dtaighteas all living in W'a htVtnav% Gounty. The oldest daughter now living is Mary C. Whiting, w140w of Ralph Co. Whiting. She is a graduaie of the law de-,art'ment of the University of Michigan and a member of the Washtenaw Couwnty bar and.praoticing her profession at Ann ArAbor, Michigan. Mr. George Collins died about sixty years ago. The son is 14[r. William Collins a famer, living a short distance #ast of Ypsilanm ti city on Ithe motor line road towards Detroit# Another daughter named Abi, who is the nother of Hiram and Iliam Fisk. These two sons are living at Ypsilanti at the present tinYe. aThe other daughter is Mrs. 3ophhronia W>ilber, wife of a farmer living in,-.the To wnship of "uperior, Washteniailw County. I will nowa a a lew words about the next farm west of the four eorners on tbhe tomn line road and the owner and occupant. When 1 first camro to this country it was a man by the nriae of IDavid J. Gilbert and he sold it tb Porter Hinkley several yeara 40-~C3 later, Mr. eIinkley 4as not in"." Mchi an for sometime after my father come here. He biilI the brick hoise where the oldest son and his mother now live. She is said to be quite smart for a person of ninety- thee or ninety-* four years old. Mr.f Hinkley bougcht the ColliO farm rCfrom the Colline he"irs. I will nowii say -the next settler couath of the Co0llin farm was my father who moved onto thie e eiphty acres that he )bought of a rmn by the none of illarad Hall, At the time we moved on to it' near the Ilast of J-ne 1833, there was a log house on he Hall land s and three or fovur acres had been ploughSd. My father also bought two ei-hity acre lots of Mr. John Cilbert of Ypsilanti, the same mat that made the deal wiith Mr. Harwood and got the Huron hill in Ypsilanti of1 Mr. Harwootd. My father lived aald died there, in A&pril 1873, and the chIuldrenr of his frAmiily were nine, btut ai x -assed avwtay, and the other three yet live in Wasitenaw Con.ty, MJr. Samuel Begole e41l owned eighty acres of land on. ection two, j9 o ining my fLathe"1r'si He was he re whenx we e 0e thxen a younxg man biut he married and lived i.o2 his farm -until he retired from labor, moving to Ypsilanti in his old age and there died. He-left one son and two daghtere, all living, in this county. The son is:ilgton egole a farmer liing in - ittsfield Township, one of the daaghtexrs lives in inn Arbor City, the widow of IrI Homx er Gady, who has recontly passld away, and the other daughter lives inYpsilanti City, the wTife of Chris nders. This country was level and sightly for a new country and it was not a stmrane thing to see the wild deer feeding with the settlers cattle on the Drairie and quite often the bear cou~iQd be seen loping over the plains and plenty of vvld turkies and wolves also, the first two or three years after we cvme. I will mention some of the settlers who were here then. A faily known by the name of!eloh living on 4~:( thG farn-a wx-hore Wi3iam Mil4ler lives now. The wesch fnamily consisted of the old people, two vons and three daghters. The asoe Warried and raised fa ilies1 S'ome of Ghem are yet hero adA soime of them are we1ast and some of them are in OChicago and some in iyrand otte and a son, o -r a o'acuVeWelch, Vallace, lives in.nn irbor City, who is a vetoeran of the civil war and a man wiell thouight of;by his neighbors. oThe old goente1t1ien' e othe.a3 son, Owen, had bnut one aon and he wazs killed in the.lvil w1ar, thXat we haed over forty yeare ago. 3 ow the old atoch.k has all paesed away,the last one departed this life one year ago,1lst winter, iti was the y oun-est daughter and alsc the you ge-st of the fail$. I will now speak of -the settlers of the town of Yorlik. t was then called. Ypsilanti TownJsiLihgp for it, miust be:reiamerbered ichia.] was yet a territory andd.reain svUch intil the year L837 and th-.en it.was allmidtted as a state and the if(fer.ent towns wero ithen n amed as I have said. I wil-l tellz. yao of the settlers of York as I rGmember therm. When I first came to Elichigan in 18,3. On section twmelve there 4ived a man by the namne of Hiraimm Fisk who bought his lanld from the govermeillet. Re was not a nmarried.man at that tiV3e. & His s ster aiand her dtaugrhter k-ept house for hiimn. le was quits a h-anter and a good mak ni, killing all kinds of gone which was very iplenty then.. Ie will be rimembered by rmany of the preslnt citi zens. I ro.,fr to t-he hDrm that -YMro 0harlos Thorpson owns and occupies now.!Mr4 Pisk arrie c after a. time a lady by the name of Comatock and raised soms children. I remembePr the oldejot, a son, who married a g1i4 II knew fCrom ohildhood, a oaughter of oumr ne rtbeits neighbor. They lived qpite a n.umber of years togeth. They raised two sons that are citizens of Ypsilanti eity *44-. an1d thelr mother lives there P.,lso. Her hnsband, CharLes Fisk, met his death by fall]n.' from a bu."IdZglding. 9-The c-r c*cuim2snt0a-n ce wihll be rmemerec3 by ilWaT of othe ph resert el ti zenrs. i. Iigran Fisk had two daughters, orte. was. married, but both passed to thne -vv,1 beyon-t Vie first of any of the Fisk Pamily* The old people have gone also.Mz ~t4. Fi.9k. had t'el n sr fpt rte when trinmuing a tree in. his ovma dooryard to fall. to hi'*-s dea-V-pth, In the su2Ter of 3872, and the old. lady passed away. sinco that date. I will noWi eSakz of TIl'. 'C)4a r YSt ark who lived aMn,( ownod the farm -now owrned and. Ocoupled. by Hffr. Avery 1.q York tovvnshir.t H& had a- large Yin I of o-'-chilAren butxt most of them, as well as the old ne*Onl O- have pasased Aawar. I:R1Iow6 oie (daughter wrho is now living in the towtn of York, whao- is the witdowof fle'nry Oe, who I will speak of Iater I will now te'll you of the setl'Ur at that tI ime o18U n he farm nowv ownxed anu d occu- ied by IMr. WliaJ1 cmi. lsey kncrin as thfe Aaroln R. hel-e e- ~far2, Lt xas owlned a"16 t"en occupi*ed by a maxan Ld his faxl1y by th7 e ubie o AlanhsOon Saows tMrs A.R.Xheeler came JýI th e springx of 1874 and bouelht ouit u r. Sanov; an< the -h1eleri 1ily1 lived aad -the old ]A people dci edt thorep The onl2y son of i.rhahecle r, hatrles, haIv lseft a son n d-,l he, Uwho is the wife of Mnr. WJilli Kelsy wJaho is the rrresent Omer of 1-the no'if fa.-rm; an, hhi wift4Ks mothier, Mr. Ch Irles V ree]er' Twidow, lives with himt. I VJ1.lnow aV tell -ou aoJt qr. now, the first settler that heslesr bo oVt ( in. lthe sorit of 1834-6 JIG ws on' o0f the first sttlerh in the Yornship of Lorka. known a the Irn1 ian a~ter, so si7lieda on accoeunt of his 4iUve rate hared of t110 Iditans 0 When a A h mR.1 d tne members of "niJ 1Fj t isaerf'V family were masarscad in Ohio riJght before hizs eyes and frord that hour he ~44 - Vowed et.ernial vengeane on the reds-kins, aa vow that he kept with u raleinting hatred. Ie romed the woods from morning until night 5with his #rusty riflIe in handa, and as Gttlers - oam- he moved still farther into the oforest, the better to satisfy his love for hunting;and his desire to keep that torrible vow he made In c1hildhood. I will speak of r. Arthur Coe, a brother~.n-law of ir. Coon Redner, wvho ca:o in 'the rfall of 38r icr. C ooo.i CAd not come uwntil t1 3 an13 d ho bougght lanmd oon %otiyorn T141o, York towns hip of the two settlers; that were herze when we ocam in 1833 and thoir mnames o wer!e Allbrow, a father and son. Aftor his first purchacse, Mr Coe bought more land, so at Ithe time. of h1. is dLeath he ownct nearly six htundred acres of good farming tand. His family conaisted of fou r 8ons andd four dalhters and himself d fo The chilTJ reta were all tmarried, two sons and onei dauightor With their fatherl and m2Kotho r Ihave passed away at different dates. -47w I will now sprea of theo first township meeting held 1n the tovwn of York at the House of foah VWolootts at a small place called.1 Moorville, so named because a number of fahmilies of that name had settled there at this township., HRon. Williiam Moore was dected upervisor, and Othniel Gooding, Township Clerkv; Dr. 3owerrs wat practicing physician living at iooreville.1 He also kemt a dry goods storo. I will noW relate a little incident that I heard.Mr. Woolot t tell in. his. hotel at TMooreville abrout the year 1839 or 40. There was a certain mani in the tomnshi-. of York aboutl; that time who had marr'ie a,wife livring in one of th xneighboring toimsm and he was anxious to bring her home with a good horse teanm im good style, and in those days s-uch team.s were soarce and not easily got, although hr. Woolcott was:fortunate enough to own one d. the briaggroom being well1 acquainted with him ve'ntured to ask him for his team for t hat occasion. iHis wife happened vm48 *0 to be a good size woman weighing, nearly 5300 poundS. rJ, Wolcott says Ye8, sir, you casn!iave my team on conitcion that you do as I tell you. I y you, must not bring her all1 at one load." I:as eli acquainted with the weded pair but I decline to men~ion aImcs but suffice.to sav the,tea a n. ot use, on that occas.n.a Thie.s : oa-,.h,:olcoott that T refer to as keeping the hotel in.ooreville has some dcenans no,,, livitl, i1 the 1. i;tle Vill.age of,:il.an,.i;'chigano II V7i1 vow.O,a2y a few words about f~athocer who was Frederick Pasot, f, iliar:l cilled by neighbors anid.ettle:rs "rlnole FreJd," de cee fitt to.ichign a viewing t h year befor2-e 7 e'"oved h.ere:,nd then ihe bouglt four eighty acre lots frorm the government Land ffice thehn locatedi. aDetrtoit. And when be moved his familly here the next year he bought 240 acres more o"sof the artie I have meontioned before in this marrative joining 4e f the JIand he bo-ht '9 nit`"he governwent, Vgthe y)aro bciore we YI Y F hrre;ndInd g a in ti yCi I$35 my frt'er homgt enwther elghty aor-s of S of onre o-f oUir ndghhor9 by the wn a? ~Zsier 3tusrt That 11-G him the owner of air hnnareQ an forty aores, e ti jOiUnng, 0xceotin on eghty aores of?tithbereei Thild, iying on ~a kVnown nm the Pto %owdt man is he land now 0vW0 by 4. Qthiel4k (oodinu uthwOst af the S haoney Oreek Creonerv on0 0 de ridge rord townatOs r oorvti~c. Vy Ththlr soV thvt e4bQnty 9lto. laM ~ r. * xtha Gao ding hYo wn t father of the Qrnsent owner in The yae*. 1s139 or 40, nm I rtnmrrbnr it xiow, and my fat r givs the eClhty scres tinAt he PowgIt of rt. Stnarbt to IM? oldeat brother, $nnei, ' whol has 41ased wat y at sb ut the gee of eiXhty zears. The farm. here rcfrrred to Is now cced ia nweQ by tr, -ewuies~ 3:rrlirs on eolion on. in Toownsh Q~[ Totk, werGO hre anZ hid I i nL o n 4WT live. I*BSO My f athe~r drew a -rn11 emsaiomn 'ip, to the tijne of hisdo atht havirhg b~nee oldivr in tino wai 1-812. 1 well rememnb-or 'earir'on m ap wI'th-?eferance tco one of the ergagetnon I1.0wa-S itr that he thowbhtt sormeof~ them -2&ot m1~h~rc el~~lv~,f~ný^o~ ne of tevb~t sllverea hP3 stdfIahnSwk lham-ad~1 Inh b4k helt byr his sie rhr.ni I fIj~t m~bi~hwhei Of New Yoi-rk, he was ca ~p-tihOf 8 rtflle mco1nmY. ofl to! Poultrtey, Stevboh!Itmty, W-h I h offitc~ehe'resigted wheon h ne t Icin i ~ 1S3.Iwill s oeaher.the t q, omt. t 1hne of., ftinvt, I.eeollaotion It. ý~lst~he I r'Irvtbotha a~ll obabdth& odie4 milfa citlzroen-of the-TTin-itod. $tates hetwe~er the. age, of.,eighte-m ar,,qdf o~tty* tlv re Fsalrs was roequired to domi"Iitnr *Anty, five da~ys in. aenirrye ar known IIS CO~pnrIy 7t7rPin ~ gvdvyW which W~irolsrtilithe, law We ~ ivy oltentnye ar i' te eh 134.Joli~nd.the 0rif le oomp 'yof tlh-~sto-ahv o "York-,,and in the zpring cf10".14 Xwas e1e-00t0& ir s.t lieutenzit oif the coim tr m Y c4yeompiosiorn ws sent to be by John '. iVarry, who WaS thM:i governor of the 'tate oof jchga buthi about or nesr th% yr 164S this law was,repealed. had f brno ther Till^irm ho w s oror t;wo year old(er thbn I biut we r-nITmbled each oth r o (--IVele ly t om of tm- poIOle thought w7 WrcT twUis3. We coind wear neach other "s clothe3 and they f tlted welJ. on et.ilthor. At a rop er age We bot Ih married ent dc1(ad itdJeref ti d&ate. kna in tirime his family Co, iht,of 2nour 1. ughters1, aXd oie boy baby bt ten &aysol wvhen the mother died in the year 1859, whiceiLh was a tIesr ible sb0trohe to my brother. At that time the oldest girl -n abo-avt 't -we 1, eas oci oLId a nd tIe yoi)un1st (tUllghIter wa1s abict; u eghteeni month-s old who their imother issd awcy, e Ipt the ldren toother and lired to ee tohhem all rettld in life but h1 hicehfm bec-mee nearly hel s ewith oteuhteLm end oQir ailmet tIcbeforAe he -5 2. panee aay inI the yeax. 1900 at the a, se Ant im, nicneo yRa:. iLve livt0vo' aiou aionqg his achire he is hei, amd died v at ulle loloe of thýe sacon)- daughters, 1rs. alak 'ohnson, 9 d is Iairl to rct Iii the 7Ybtonicy -r.eao;neo0tary by the rido of hi i wlf'I, the Iotr o his ctidrem. i. l o1 ) y iV7 fe 7v wors r ea rd219 myse. hen 2: wee aboul-t tweinty- eo year&S old tdi 1smwhter of crew Roges became my iie aed e 1i d. o C PieId h s p)I 6y toethle for tw enty-fie 3iyeayeors, tihon d.>thOn he(" oro my r) ic a oo wh c 4 _L Ii ~~O~ iC E l6J;i 2 bac hich left o., cl one acmvvo we had -o h en. Bu. t in tdime I m Irtr-dai a Gecond 'ooin to my?i:st wife, by +the 74e: Co e ioWge-rs also, nC14 we 1 veJ h aeiy tog.othor for -thirty years, a then she too 1ced away', three 'yei r ago last. twhich leaves B alton agitn. nt throuh thc kiieki od my niece the youvnge't 4;c ughtr of Y bPt, Illia, I atx o offteed & hoCme P t, h, hoaute( she I ý 71 being the wifle of IThomas,Row, the lalnyry-man, on Detroit Street in -he city of nnrbor, Wasbhtenaw Coxuno aiyvnd. 3,ate of f oihiga,. I Itory to elp some in the -laundry what I c an but it ia not generail expected tthat a youiA lad lik3e me (dnly eighty-fivreye ar old) eaii do rnuoh anyway, yet I havo to bari the aoutsa,tion of.being the Ltsart3essbt actinig man aad a man of the be at memxyory of aly on atl my age, thait is knowin in J is soommaunnity. Anl L iLl say that I am 1aually hea&lLthy, and io Organie disease 0.f4 anY kInd lurZing about e that I kno of unlees)s ii &i % streahkof 4Lazixoie g a d I am wiVlling tQo takeo lIhx opinion of tWhose tat know me best anw call thoLheir decision fial Er~astus 2.~i iJasomn Eighty-five yer: olt. WNho is tJ;he Author aiC w&iter of thi nar8'rati v 1J in bho yeaxL 9U0.