. History of Ingham and Eaton counties, Michigan . hi,a lady of much culture and refinement. The elder Bullenis now in his seventy-fourth year, and still retains much ofhis former vigor and energy. He can look back upon hislife with satisfaction, feeling he has been rewarded for thehardships of early days. JOHN M. FRENCH. This venerable pioneer, whose name and nistory are sointimately connected with the city of Lansing and thetownship of Aurelius, where he was one of the first set-tlers, was born in New Brunswick, N. J., July 11, father, Robert French, was a native of New Jersey,and f
. History of Ingham and Eaton counties, Michigan . hi,a lady of much culture and refinement. The elder Bullenis now in his seventy-fourth year, and still retains much ofhis former vigor and energy. He can look back upon hislife with satisfaction, feeling he has been rewarded for thehardships of early days. JOHN M. FRENCH. This venerable pioneer, whose name and nistory are sointimately connected with the city of Lansing and thetownship of Aurelius, where he was one of the first set-tlers, was born in New Brunswick, N. J., July 11, father, Robert French, was a native of New Jersey,and followed the avocation of a carpenter. He was asteady, industrious man, of good principles. He marriedMrs. Rachel Bend, and reared a family of three children,John M. being the eldest. In 1806 the family removedto Cayuga Co., N. Y., where the elder French purchased afarm, on which he resided until his death. At the ago ofeighteen John left home to acquire a trade. He apprenticedhimself to a tanner and currier, and completed his inden- AURELIDS. 225.
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