. Portrait and biographical album of Isabella County, Mich . LPHEUS FELCH, the thirdGovernor of Michigan, wasborn in Limerick, Maine, Sep-tember 28, 1806. Hisgrand-father, Abijah Felch, was a sol-*- dier in the Revolution ; andwhen a young man, having withothers olitained a grant of land be-tween tlie Great and Little OssipeeRivers, in Maine, moved to that re-gion when it was jet a father of Mr. Felch embarked inmercantile life at Limerick. He wasthe first to engage in that business inthat section, and continued it untilhis death. The death of the father,followed within a year b
. Portrait and biographical album of Isabella County, Mich . LPHEUS FELCH, the thirdGovernor of Michigan, wasborn in Limerick, Maine, Sep-tember 28, 1806. Hisgrand-father, Abijah Felch, was a sol-*- dier in the Revolution ; andwhen a young man, having withothers olitained a grant of land be-tween tlie Great and Little OssipeeRivers, in Maine, moved to that re-gion when it was jet a father of Mr. Felch embarked inmercantile life at Limerick. He wasthe first to engage in that business inthat section, and continued it untilhis death. The death of the father,followed within a year by the deatlr ofthe mother, left the subject of this sketch, then threeyears old, to the care of relatives, and he found ahome with his paternal grandfather, where he re-mained until his death. Mr Felch received his earlyeducation in the district school and a neighboringacademy. In 1821 he became a student at PhillipsExter Academy, and, subsequently, entered BowdoinCollege, graduated with the class of 1827. He atonce began the study of law and was admitted
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