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... trading post , he purchased a business site in Niles and returned to Pennsylvania , from whence , in the spring of 1830 , he removed permanently to Niles , bringing with him his mother and three brothers , and here established himself ...
... trading post , he purchased a business site in Niles and returned to Pennsylvania , from whence , in the spring of 1830 , he removed permanently to Niles , bringing with him his mother and three brothers , and here established himself ...
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... Trade , and in every position he occupied was conspicuous for untiring energy and rare business tact . He was a member of the last Constitutional Convention of Michigan and an active participant in the doings of that body . He will be ...
... Trade , and in every position he occupied was conspicuous for untiring energy and rare business tact . He was a member of the last Constitutional Convention of Michigan and an active participant in the doings of that body . He will be ...
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... trade he was a carpenter . He was married in 1817 . Concluding to try his fortune in the western wilds he came to Michigan in the fall of 1836 , stopping for a time in 26 PIONEER AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY . Clinton County.
... trade he was a carpenter . He was married in 1817 . Concluding to try his fortune in the western wilds he came to Michigan in the fall of 1836 , stopping for a time in 26 PIONEER AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY . Clinton County.
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... trade until the spring of 1840 , when he removed to Bengal , Clinton county , his family being the third in that township . He built on section 4 the first frame house of which the town could boast , in which he lived until 1848 , when ...
... trade until the spring of 1840 , when he removed to Bengal , Clinton county , his family being the third in that township . He built on section 4 the first frame house of which the town could boast , in which he lived until 1848 , when ...
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... trade and after- wards was engaged as a clerk in the dry goods store of S. E. Millett , and removed with the latter to Charlotte , Mich . , in the autumn of 1844. After remaining in the employ of Mr. Millett a few months , he taught one ...
... trade and after- wards was engaged as a clerk in the dry goods store of S. E. Millett , and removed with the latter to Charlotte , Mich . , in the autumn of 1844. After remaining in the employ of Mr. Millett a few months , he taught one ...
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