History of Shiawassee and Clinton counties, Michigan . to thetown of Middlebury, where ho had previously purchased andrun in debt for three lots of wild laiul on section 22. Therewere then but few inhabitants in the town, and but two housesbetween his farm and Owosso. In two weeks lime a log housewas built, into which the family immediately moved. Thoold house has been torn away, and in its stead has been oreoledone of the fine homes of Jliddlebury, while the wildernesshas given place to a large and well-improved farm of twohundred acres. Mr. Kenney did niucli towards changing thopolitics of h
History of Shiawassee and Clinton counties, Michigan . to thetown of Middlebury, where ho had previously purchased andrun in debt for three lots of wild laiul on section 22. Therewere then but few inhabitants in the town, and but two housesbetween his farm and Owosso. In two weeks lime a log housewas built, into which the family immediately moved. Thoold house has been torn away, and in its stead has been oreoledone of the fine homes of Jliddlebury, while the wildernesshas given place to a large and well-improved farm of twohundred acres. Mr. Kenney did niucli towards changing thopolitics of his town, which is now Kepublican hy a largo nni-jority, of which parly ho is one of the mo^t Iarnosl has hold nearly all of the town and school offices, includingthose of supervisor, treasurer, and clerk; ho has also beennotary public several years; and now in tho sovenly-fonrthyear of his agi, rcspceted and esteemed by all, ho is passingthe oven-linio of life in the enjoyment of more than a coni-petoncjr. « II MIDDLEBURY TOWNSHIP. 247. WILLIAM TUBES. The Tubbs family is of English origin, two brothers,Seth and Samuel, having emigrated from England to theNew World, and settled in Massachusetts prior to theRevolutionary war. At that time and for many years theywere the only ones of the name known to be in this were young unmarried men, and came to America tomake for themselves a home. When the war broke outthey were married and had families, but both enlisted andserved during the war, Samuel coming home a had previously served in the French war, and was withGen. Wolfe, at Quebec, when that general was killed. Afterthe war, Seth, of whose family we shall write, returned tohis home in Massachusetts, where he resided until hisdeath. His son, also named Seth, was born in Massachu-setts, from whence he emigrated in January, 1800, toWestern New York, locating in the town of Pitts, nowRichmond, Ontario Co., where he bought fifty acres of wildlan
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