History of Branch county, Michigan, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . ttlement, containinga fort and 13 houses, built principally of logs, and inhab-ited by half-breeds and foreigners. He was dissuaded fromjourneying farther in that direction and returned to WhitePigeon, and thence east through Branch County. NearHog Creek or Prairie River, he became lost in the forestnear & Pierces saw-mill. Finding a man choppinghe inquired the way out, and was directed to the mill, andfrom there to Bronson, finally coming out of the woodssafely.
History of Branch county, Michigan, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . ttlement, containinga fort and 13 houses, built principally of logs, and inhab-ited by half-breeds and foreigners. He was dissuaded fromjourneying farther in that direction and returned to WhitePigeon, and thence east through Branch County. NearHog Creek or Prairie River, he became lost in the forestnear & Pierces saw-mill. Finding a man choppinghe inquired the way out, and was directed to the mill, andfrom there to Bronson, finally coming out of the woodssafely. In the fall of 1835 he located at Bronson village,near the present site of the union school building, and inAugust, 1837, removed to a location in Noble township,half a mile east of Hickory Corners. James Anderson, now a prominent marble dealer inColdwater, settled in Noble in the fldl of 1842, in thesoutheast corner of the township, where is now a smalllake bearing his name. Previous to locating here he hadbeen employed as teamster in Noble Co., Ind., and to himis accredited the honor of naming Noble township.
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