. Portrait and biographical album of Isabella County, Mich . A ohn Delo, farmer, section ig, FremontTownship, was born in Germany, onThanksgiving Day, 1817. His parents,Frederick and Christina Delo, were natives ofGermany, where they both died. The son %came to this country in 1852 and landed at %Quebec, Can. From Quebec he went to Hamilton, ^Hamilton Co., Can., and was there engaged in work-ing on the Great Western Railroad for a time, whenhe crossed the Niagara and was occupied in labor atvarious things for some time and was there takensick. His means having been exhausted, he wassent to the
. Portrait and biographical album of Isabella County, Mich . A ohn Delo, farmer, section ig, FremontTownship, was born in Germany, onThanksgiving Day, 1817. His parents,Frederick and Christina Delo, were natives ofGermany, where they both died. The son %came to this country in 1852 and landed at %Quebec, Can. From Quebec he went to Hamilton, ^Hamilton Co., Can., and was there engaged in work-ing on the Great Western Railroad for a time, whenhe crossed the Niagara and was occupied in labor atvarious things for some time and was there takensick. His means having been exhausted, he wassent to the poor house. He remained there for amonth and, on recovery, crossed the river into Can-ada and engaged in cutting cord wood and splittingrails. He remained in Canada, variously occupied,until t86i, when he came to this State and countyand located on an 80-acre tract of land. He hadgreat faith in the future development of this county.
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