Portrait and biographical album of Washtenaw County, Michigan, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States . ?^,. EX RY HOW LAND C RA P(), f\ (loveinor of MicliiLjaii from >)*i865 to 1869, \\\is bom 24, 1804, at Dartinoiilli, liris- tol Co., Mass., and died at Flint, Micii., July 22, 1869. He was the eldest son of Je&se and Pha-lie (Howland) Crapo. His father was of French descent and was very poor, sustaining his ) family liy the cultivation of a farm
Portrait and biographical album of Washtenaw County, Michigan, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States . ?^,. EX RY HOW LAND C RA P(), f\ (loveinor of MicliiLjaii from >)*i865 to 1869, \\\is bom 24, 1804, at Dartinoiilli, liris- tol Co., Mass., and died at Flint, Micii., July 22, 1869. He was the eldest son of Je&se and Pha-lie (Howland) Crapo. His father was of French descent and was very poor, sustaining his ) family liy the cultivation of a farm in Dartmouth township, which yielded f nothing beyond a mere early life was consequently oneof toil and devoid of advantages forj intellectual culture, but his desire foran education seemed to know no bounds. The in-cessant toil for a mere subsistence upon a compara-tively sterile farm, had no charm for him ; and, longingfor greater usefulness and better things, he looked forthem in an education. His struggles to secure thisend necessitated sacrifices and hardships that wouldhave discouraged any but the most courageous andpersevering. He became an ardent student andworker from his boyhood, tliough the means of carry-ing o
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