History of Shiawassee and Clinton counties, Michigan . h, which occurred Aug. 8, 186G, leaving a widow andfour children,—II. B. (mm, born May 7, 1844, resides inEast Tennessee; II. B., burn Dec. U), 1852; Leroy, bornMay 18,1855 ; Mrs. Maria IIopson, resides in New and Mrs. Cram united with the Baptist (Jhurch .soonafter their marriage, and ever after lived a consistent Chris-tian life. The present proprietor of the old hume, II. , on Feb. 7, 1874, married Miss Louisa Butcher,whose family had removed from Oakland County to NewHaven four years previously. The newly-wedded couplef
History of Shiawassee and Clinton counties, Michigan . h, which occurred Aug. 8, 186G, leaving a widow andfour children,—II. B. (mm, born May 7, 1844, resides inEast Tennessee; II. B., burn Dec. U), 1852; Leroy, bornMay 18,1855 ; Mrs. Maria IIopson, resides in New and Mrs. Cram united with the Baptist (Jhurch .soonafter their marriage, and ever after lived a consistent Chris-tian life. The present proprietor of the old hume, II. , on Feb. 7, 1874, married Miss Louisa Butcher,whose family had removed from Oakland County to NewHaven four years previously. The newly-wedded couplefollowed farming for a short period upon forty acres thathad been given him by his father, when a desire to visitthe gold field on the Pacific coast led him to rent his place,establishing his wife witii her parent^s. lie journeyedwestward, visiting many places of interest; finally locatedat Preseott, Arizona, engaging in ipiarlz mining, whichproved the royal road to success. Two years later he re-turned home, having sold his mining interest. He pur-. chased the heirship interest in the old home, and vigorouslyset to work making substantial improvements. They arcparents of two children,—Edson B., born Oct. 19, 1879;Annie M., born Nov. 15, 1876. Mr. and Mrs. Cram aremembers of the Methodist Episcopal Church in goodstanding. CHAPTER TOWNSHIP.* Description ami (Iriginiil .>urviy»- First aiiii other ;l-l)ntric8—Early Sottlomcnts—Civil auj Political — Educiitioiml. Tins township, which originally embraced within itslimits the northern half of Shiawassee County, now occu-pies the territory designated in the field-notes of the orig-inal survey as township No. 7 north, of range No. 2 is one of the four interior divisions of the county, andis situated northwest of its geographical centre. Adjoining township organizations arc Hush on the norlli,Caledonia on the east, Bennington on the south, and Mid-dlebury on the west. The surface, although comp
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