. History of Ingham and Eaton counties, Michigan . NELSOX .McAllTIIUl NELSON McARTHUR. The McArthur family is of New p]ngland stock, Alex-ander McArthur having been born Jan. 19, 1786, inActon, Mass., from whence he emigrated to Rupert, Ben-nington Co., Vt., where he married and remained until1836, when with his wife and children lie moved to Brook-lyn, Jackson Co., Mich., where he located on some wildland. This he partly improved, but thinking to better hissituation, he sold out in 1844 and went into Eaton County,when he finally located in Brookfield, where he resideduntil his death, in 1870.
. History of Ingham and Eaton counties, Michigan . NELSOX .McAllTIIUl NELSON McARTHUR. The McArthur family is of New p]ngland stock, Alex-ander McArthur having been born Jan. 19, 1786, inActon, Mass., from whence he emigrated to Rupert, Ben-nington Co., Vt., where he married and remained until1836, when with his wife and children lie moved to Brook-lyn, Jackson Co., Mich., where he located on some wildland. This he partly improved, but thinking to better hissituation, he sold out in 1844 and went into Eaton County,when he finally located in Brookfield, where he resideduntil his death, in 1870. His family consisted of elevenchildren, of whom our subject. Nelson McArthur, was thefifth. He was born in Rupert, Vt., March 1,1820. Comingto Michigan with his fathers family in 1836, he grew tomanhood in a new country. Arrived at majority, he em-barked in life for himself, his worldly possessions being lessthan one hundred dollars. He came to Brookfield and boughtof a Mr. Field the east half of the southeast quarter of sec-tion 3, which was th
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