History of Bay County, Michigan, and representative citizens; . k; highway commis-sioner, George Buchler. There are postofficesat Willard, Loehne and Duel villages. Frankenlust township is bounded on thesouth and west by Saginaw County, on thenorth Ijy Monitor township and on the eastby the Saginaw River. When the Legislaturein February, 1881, took the township of Koch-ville from Saginaw County, it gave to BayCounty at once one of its richest and most in-teresting additions. Rev. Ferdinand Sievers,born in Lunenburg, Germany, May 18, 1816,was left an orphan at the age of seven uncle.

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History of Bay County, Michigan, and representative citizens; . k; highway commis-sioner, George Buchler. There are postofficesat Willard, Loehne and Duel villages. Frankenlust township is bounded on thesouth and west by Saginaw County, on thenorth Ijy Monitor township and on the eastby the Saginaw River. When the Legislaturein February, 1881, took the township of Koch-ville from Saginaw County, it gave to BayCounty at once one of its richest and most in-teresting additions. Rev. Ferdinand Sievers,born in Lunenburg, Germany, May 18, 1816,was left an orphan at the age of seven uncle. Rev. Philip Sievers, educated thepromising boy, who graduated from Goettin-gen LTniversity in 1838. After teaching schoolfor three years, he studied theology at theuniversities of Berlin and Halle, taught forthree years more to accumulate a little fund ofhis own, and in 1847 was ordained for theLutheran ministry. Led by Rev. Mr. Sievers,a number of German families immigrated tothe Saginaw Valley in 1848, and with com-mendable perseverance and foresight estab-. oz 53 a. X?-n Q w 5 w H uz <

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