History of Shiawassee and Clinton counties, Michigan . in the construction of the firstsaw-mill, grist-mill, and bridge within the present limits ofthe county. This enterprise proved unsuccessful both to the companyand Mr. Innes, and in the fall of ISiST he returned toOhio, where he remained one year. He then started on anextended trip through the Southern States, stopping atNatchez, Vicksburg, New Orleans, and (ither iini)orlanttowns. In June, 18;)S, ho went into the nortlicrii part ol Wis-consin, where he engaged in lumbering until the fall of1840, when he again went South with the
History of Shiawassee and Clinton counties, Michigan . in the construction of the firstsaw-mill, grist-mill, and bridge within the present limits ofthe county. This enterprise proved unsuccessful both to the companyand Mr. Innes, and in the fall of ISiST he returned toOhio, where he remained one year. He then started on anextended trip through the Southern States, stopping atNatchez, Vicksburg, New Orleans, and (ither iini)orlanttowns. In June, 18;)S, ho went into the nortlicrii part ol Wis-consin, where he engaged in lumbering until the fall of1840, when he again went South with the intention ofmaking it his homo. He remained, liowever, but four years, during which time he was engaged in rafting lumber, cord-wood, and pickets to the New Orleans market. On hisreturn North lie stopped in the town of Perry, where hemet his destiny in the person of Miss Orissa Howard,whom he married in April, 1845. Shortly after his mar-riage he leased a large farm at East Plains, Ionia Co., andcommenced farming. About one month after his marriage. JOHN INNES. Mrs. Inues died, and in the January following he wasagain married to Mrs. Elizabeth Dean, who died thirteenmonths after. Just previous to the death of his wife hehad purchased eighty acres of laud in Bennington, towhich he subsequently added eighty acres more, and uponwhich ho resided until his removal to Owosso in 1880. InOctober, 1849, Mr. luncs was married to Miss MargaretYeats. She is a Scotch lady, and was born in the parish ofNew Deer, Aberdeenshire, Sept. 8, 1828. When she wasten years of age the family came to the United States andsettled in Livingston Co., N. Y., where they resided until1841, when they emigrated to Livingston Co., Mich. Mrs. Innes have been blessed with three daughters, allof whom are living. In his religious belief Mr. Innes is a Presbyterian. Hois a man of positive character, tenacious of his opinions,which are formed by mature deliberation and believes that an honest
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