. History of Ingham and Eaton counties, Michigan . mental trees, orchards,and good outbuildings, making one of the finest places inthe town. The farm is now composed of one hundred andtwenty-eight acres, one hundred of which arc under im-provement. Mr. Osmun is a Democrat, but not a politician. In churchmatters he is liberal. In 1848 he was married to MissMary Jewett. Their union was blessed with the followingchildren : Melinda, born Jan. 22, 1849 ; Henry, Sept. 2, 1851 ; Charles, Sept. 2, 1858; Clarence, Nov. , 1862; and Mary E., Nov. 4, 1869. Mrs. Osmun died Feb. 20,1872. On the 4th day of J
. History of Ingham and Eaton counties, Michigan . mental trees, orchards,and good outbuildings, making one of the finest places inthe town. The farm is now composed of one hundred andtwenty-eight acres, one hundred of which arc under im-provement. Mr. Osmun is a Democrat, but not a politician. In churchmatters he is liberal. In 1848 he was married to MissMary Jewett. Their union was blessed with the followingchildren : Melinda, born Jan. 22, 1849 ; Henry, Sept. 2, 1851 ; Charles, Sept. 2, 1858; Clarence, Nov. , 1862; and Mary E., Nov. 4, 1869. Mrs. Osmun died Feb. 20,1872. On the 4th day of June, 1873, he was married toMrs. Mariette B. Luscomb, who was born in Croydon, Sul-livan Co., N. H., March 24, 1832, daughter of Caleb andClarissa (Smith) Smart. Mrs. Osmuns first husband wasLeonard Luscomb. Their children were Francis E. Luscomb,born March 3, 1856; Charles E., Sept. 26, 1857 ; HelenS., April 16, 1859; Mary, April 14, 1861 ; and Willis D.,Aug. 26, 1862. To Mr. and Mrs. Osmun there has beenborn one child, Jessie B., Nov. 10, BENTON. NATUKAL , TOPOGRAPHY, township lies immediately northeast of thecentre of the county of Eaton, and is bounded north byOneida, east by Windsor, south by Eaton, and west byChester. It includes surveyed township No. 3 north, inrange No. 4 west.* In point of agricultural resources itranks high among its sister townships, as much of it hasbeen but a few years denuded of the heavy timber whichonce covered it. A very large proportion of timber yetexists, of excellent quality. The surface of the townshipis generally rolling, and the soil is mostly a sandy loam. Aconsiderable area was originally covered with swamp, and apart of the well-known Old Maid Swamp lies in thenortheast corner. The drainage of the township is intothe Thornapple River, which, even as near its source asthis, is a stream of no inconsiderable size. The BattleCreek and Lansing State road and the Chicago and GrandTrunk Railway cross the t
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