. History of Ingham and Eaton counties, Michigan . ositions. In 1842 he was elected to the representativebranch of the Legislature. In 1823, Mr. French marriedMiss Sarah Herrington, of Canandaigua, N. Y. She wasborn in 1804, near Albany, N. Y., and came to Michiganin 1839. She has shared with her husband the privationsof the early days, and has been his faithful friend andcompanion for over fifty-seven years. Her portrait, so fullof character, is presented on this page. The life of has been comparatively uneventful. His early dayswere full of trials and toil, but his life has been a
. History of Ingham and Eaton counties, Michigan . ositions. In 1842 he was elected to the representativebranch of the Legislature. In 1823, Mr. French marriedMiss Sarah Herrington, of Canandaigua, N. Y. She wasborn in 1804, near Albany, N. Y., and came to Michiganin 1839. She has shared with her husband the privationsof the early days, and has been his faithful friend andcompanion for over fifty-seven years. Her portrait, so fullof character, is presented on this page. The life of has been comparatively uneventful. His early dayswere full of trials and toil, but his life has been a has acquired a competency and perfected a valuablerecord as a citizen. Although he has always shrunk fromprominence and has led a quiet home-life, still, throughout29 the length and breadth of Ingham County, he is knownas one of its founders, and his name is associated with thebest men that the county has produced. GEORGP: B. WEBB. The family of Mr. Webb is of British extraction, hisparents having been William and Mary Butler Webb, who. GEORGE B. WEBB. followed farming pursuits, and numbered in their familycircle eight children,—five sons and three daughters. Their 226 HISTORY OF INGHAM COUNTY, MICHIGAN. son, George B., was born in Somersetshire, England, tenmiles from the city of Bristol, in April, 1S03, and remainedunder the parental roof until his eighteenth year, when, thelife of a siiilor presenting superior attractions, he abandonedthe farm and made several voyages. In 1830 his wander-ings brought him to the shores of America, when, after abrief rest in New York City, he departed for Syracuse andentered the service of a Mr. Brockway as a butcher. In1834 he was united in marriage with Miss Maria Cately,of Syracuse, and, in the following December, came to Ma-son, and was employed to assist in the construction of thefirst saw-mill in that place. He then proceeded to thelabor of chopping, and felled many of the monarchs of theforest which stood where is now the b
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