History of Branch county, Michigan, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . quite familiar with the early historyof the locality, and has an extended military experience,having served in the Mexican war and also in the Rebellion,where he passed through some bitter experiences as a pris-oner at Andersouville, but they have not obliterated fromhis memory still earlier experiences as an early settler inthis State. Another pioneer is Henry Huyck, whose advent in thecounty occurred in 1844, having been in the State twoyears before choosing his presen
History of Branch county, Michigan, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . quite familiar with the early historyof the locality, and has an extended military experience,having served in the Mexican war and also in the Rebellion,where he passed through some bitter experiences as a pris-oner at Andersouville, but they have not obliterated fromhis memory still earlier experiences as an early settler inthis State. Another pioneer is Henry Huyck, whose advent in thecounty occurred in 1844, having been in the State twoyears before choosing his present home. He remembersdistinctly the early struggles of the pioneer and the depriva-tions he endured. Mr. Huyck frequently appears on therecords as the incumbent of offices of trust. Charles D. Brown came to the township when it was stilla part of Ovid and the country was one vast roads had been cut, and the Indian trail, consisting ofblazed trees, was the only guide that directed the land he and his father purchased, it was impossible toreach until tlioy had fought their way through the
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