. History of Ingham and Eaton counties, Michigan . Williams, Nelson Loranger, J. , George B. Fuller, Horatio Pratt, and John The incorporators organized Feb. 7,1860, and,on the 1st day of May of that year, purchased of WebsterHarvey and wife 3 acres and 152 rods of laud on the easthalf of the southwest quarter of section 26, in Williamstown,for the sum of $100 cash. The lot is elegibly situated onrolling ground, with a soil mainly of sand andgravel, and admirably adapted lor burial-purposes. Thecorporators have expended several hundred dollars in lay-ing out, orna
. History of Ingham and Eaton counties, Michigan . Williams, Nelson Loranger, J. , George B. Fuller, Horatio Pratt, and John The incorporators organized Feb. 7,1860, and,on the 1st day of May of that year, purchased of WebsterHarvey and wife 3 acres and 152 rods of laud on the easthalf of the southwest quarter of section 26, in Williamstown,for the sum of $100 cash. The lot is elegibly situated onrolling ground, with a soil mainly of sand andgravel, and admirably adapted lor burial-purposes. Thecorporators have expended several hundred dollars in lay-ing out, ornamenting, and improving it, and it is kept ingood condition. There is another private burial-ground, situated on thewest half of the .southwest quarter of section 21, whichwas opened for use about 1860. There have been only alimited number of burials within it. The Summit Ceme-tery is principally used by the inhabitants of Williamstonvillage. f Principally from information furnislicd by Rov. L. C. York. t^M ^%l; f f)■ O-fn-l^ 9-i^--5^^;W.,. Residlnce jf ROSEELL SHAW,Williamston,Ingh/\i\
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