Michigan Pioneer/Historical Collection's Deaths
1881 - June 1882

Contributed by Bonnie J. Petee.  Extracted from the book, "Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collection, Vol. 5 1882."

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TUSCOLA COUNTY

Memorial Report

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By Townsend North

Your card of invitation to be present at the meeting in Lansing, on the 7th inst., is received. Replying to same must say, as I expect to be absent for the State at that time, on business, I must forego the pleasure of meeting with you.

The secretary of our County Pioneer Society has furnished me with the following memorial list of deaths of pioneers in this county for 1881, including 1882 to June 1st.

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Pioneer Deaths 1881 - June 1882
Hervey Harringon, Vassar.
B. F. Holland and wife, Vassar, both buried same day.
Edwin Ellis, Tuscola, the first settler in the county.
Ebenezer David, Tuscola, the second settler in the county.
Electus B. Harrison, Tuscola.
David P. Hinson, Fair Grove; said to be one of the oldest Masons of the state.
Mrs. James Luce, Fair Grove.
Jonas Belknap and wife, Juniata.
John Chamberlain, Juniata.
Mrs. Olive Rowland, Juniata.
Frederick Schultz, Denmark.
Wm. Wilcox, Denmark.
King Allen, and Sarah, his wife, Unionville.
David Clark, Unionville.

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With regards to the pioneers of Michigan, I am

Yours, truly,

T. North

Vassar, June 3, 1882.

Contributed by Bonnie J. Petee

October 1998

 

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