Hillsdale Co., Nov. 26, 1864, at the age of 61. He married Miss Mary Goforth, daughter of Richard Goforth, a carpenter who emigrated from England to America in 1821. She was born May 26, 1809. They had 3 children-Emeline, now wife of George Knapp, a farmer of Branch county, this State; John B., and William, a resident of Quincy, Mich. John B. married Miss Lucinda Smith, daughter of Robert Smith, a farmer of Hanover tp., and they have 2 children--Charles B., born Aug. 7, 1864, and B. Franklin, born June 28, 1879. Mrs. Martin was born Dec. 14, 1843.

Reuben Mathus, son of Henry, who was a son of William, was born Oct. 15, 1835, in the town of York Haven, York Co., Penn. His father was a net-maker and his grandfather was a livery man and a farmer, in Pennsylvania. Reuben received his education in Northumberland county, Penn., where he learned the blacksmith's and carriage-maker's trades, which at intervals he followed until 1861, when he enlisted in the 3d Mich. Cav., in Co. K., and served three years in defense of the stars and stripes, after which he reenlisted and served 18 months more, making four and a half years of constant service for his country, when he received his discharge at San Antonio, Texas. Aug. 14, 1867, he married Miss Laura Taylor, daughter of Eli Taylor, a farmer of Rome, Lenawee Co., a native of Westchester county, N. Y., and they have 4 children: Nettie May, Albert C., Levi J. and Willis B.

Daniel Myres was born in the town of Hiram, Portage Co., Ohio, June 15, 1834. His father, Daniel Myres, was a former resident of New York, but moved to Ohio, where he followed his calling, that of a distiller, and came to Michigan in 1836, and settled in Lenawee county, Cambridge tp., where he died in 1844. He was the father of 11 children, 5 sons and 6 daughters. Daniel was the fourth son. He received his schooling at Cambridge, where he lived until he moved to Jackson county, in 1874, where he purchased 40 acres of land of the De Shay estate. Oct. 28, 1875, he married Miss Laura H. Shores, daughter of Jonathan, a farmer of Coles county, Ill., formerly of Brooklyn, in this tp., where she was born Sept. 22, 1859. They have 2 childrenLillie Adell and Alma Gale. Mrs. Myres' ancestry were of Scotch descent, and parents were natives of New Jersey. Her father died in Huron county, at the age of 76.

Lewis L. Nash was born in Bowerstown, Otsego Co., N. Y., May 2, 1809. His father, Moses Nash, was a farmer, and a resident of Milford, Otsego Co., but moved to the Holland purchase in 1810. His family consisted of 11 children, 8 daughters and 3 sons. Lewis was the eldest of the children, and received his schooling mostly at Newstead, where he lived 39 years, when he came West, but to return upon the sad event of his father's death. He remained there about 17 years. April 9, 1834, he married Grace Gardner, daughter of William Gardner, an old soldier of the war of 1812. He was a farmer, and a native of Otsego county, and of the town of Elizabeth. They have had 10 children, 6 sons and 4 daughters. Alphonzo, Della J., Olilla and

Diadema are still living. Mr. Nash owns 40 acres on sec. 11. He is advanced in years, and is known as a man of honest purposes, steady, frugal, and a law-abiding citizen.

Dr. Emmet N. Palmer, of Brooklyn, was born June 9, 1840, in Bridgewater tp., Washtenaw county, this State, and is a son of Col. D. W. Palmer, an attorney at law, and a farmer of Bridgewater. He is held in high esteem by his fellow citizens, and has for several years been elected to the Clerkship of his town, and the office of Justice of the Peace. Emmet N. received his early education at home, and finished with an academic course under Prof. Estabrook, of Ypsilanti. He afterward graduated at the medical department of the Michigan University, in class of 1869, and commenced practice in Manchester, Washtenaw Co., the same year, where he continued until 1872. In 1869 he was appointed surgeon of the Michigan Southern Railroad Company, in which capacity he served three years, and afterward occupied a similar position with the Detroit, Hillsdale & Southwestern Company. In March, 1872, he engaged in the drug business in Brooklyn, where he continued three years, and then sold out to Woodward & Dresser, and has since devoted his time to the practice of his profession. During his residence in Brooklyn he has held a position on the school Board of Village Trustees, nine in number, and served one year as member of the village Common Council. Aug. 21, 1870, he married Miss Nettie L. Williams, daughter of Frederick Williams, a farmer of Washtenaw county, and they have 1 son, now nine years of age.

Mr. Palmer's office is at Dresser's drug store.

Oscar B. Palmer was born in the town of Bridgewater, Oneida Co., N. Y., April 12, 1835. His father, Jonathan R. Palmer, was one of the earliest settlers of Columbia tp., having located on Clark's lake in 1835. He, however, soon removed to sec. 34, where he developed a good farm and raised a family of sonsAlonzo R., Oscar B., Albert P. The family are of New England parentage. Mrs. Jonathan Palmer was Miss Huldah Randall, a daughter of Benjamin Randall, a pioneer of this tp. Oscar Palmer was married Oct. 21, 1866, to Miss Mary M. Wright, daughter of Ira Wright, of Oneida county, N. Y. He was a farmer and a native of England. They have 5 children-Luman F., Alice L., William E., Edward L., Luther E. Mrs. Palmer was born July 6, 1845.

Stephen N. Palmer was born in the town of Lenox, Madison Co., N. Y., Feb. 7, 1816. His father, Joshua G. Palmer, was a farmer, and one of the early settlers of Madison county. He was a native of Connecticut, and when a young man moved to Madison county, and settled at Brookfield. He was a mechanic by trade, but turned his attention to farming. He married Miss Esther Randall, sister of Elder Joseph Randall, a native Baptist divine of that section. Stephen N. came to Jackson county in 1845, and located on sec. 7, this tp., then Napoleon. This property was purchased from second hands by his father, and at that time cou

sisted of 160 acres, to which Mr. Palmer has, from time to time, added, until now he owns 360 acres, which is mostly under improvement, well fenced, and upon which he has erected first-class farm buildings, including a spacious and modern farm dwelling. Mr. Palmer received his schooling at Lenox, and in 1838 married Miss Rebecca A. Farley, daughter of Abiah Farley, a laborer of that section. They have had 5 children-Joshua G., Helen L., wife of George Luce; Maria, wife of Edgar N. Randall, of Bridgewater; Mary, now Mrs. Austin Miller; and Alonzo D., the eldest, who lay down his life for his country in the war of the Rebellion. He enlisted in the 7th Mich. Inf., Co. B, in 1861, and fought in the battles of Fair Oaks and Williamsburg, passed through the campaign of Chickahominy and Yorktown, and fell at the battle of Antietam. He, with four others of his comrades, who lost their lives in this, one of the severest battles of the war, were buried on the battle-field, and their remains were brought home by Mr. Stephen N., who, with much difficulty, made the journey to the scene of their death in person. Alonzo Palmer was a brave soldier, and the account of the imposing burial services of these four young martyrs, that appears in the sketch of Columbia tp., was a just tribute to the departed heroes.

Mr. and Mrs. Palmer are members of the First Baptist Church of Napoleon, of long standing.

Warren R. Palmer was born March 4, 1833, at Sodus, Wayne Co., N. Y., and is a son of Reuben Palmer, a shoemaker of Jackson city. He has also made farming a business, but is now retired. He married Miss Alvina Munson, who died Feb. 5, 1880, at 80 years of age. Mr. Palmer came from New York to Jackson county in 1853, with his family of 4 children, and settled on a farm in Leoni tp., which he has since sold. Warren R. is a tinner by trade, having learned the business in New York, and first worked in Jackson city, afterward Eaton Rapids, and in Lansing. In 1870 he purchased a farm on sec. 27, Columbia tp., where he now lives. He married, Oct. 24, 1857, Miss Mary Ann, daughter of J. M. Coykendall, a farmer of Leoni. Mr. C. was a native of Genesee county, N. Y., and a son of Joel Coykendall, a brewer, and he brought with him to the West a family of 5 children. Mr. and Mrs. Palmer have 3 daughters-Stella, Della and Blanche.

William S. Palmer, one of the pioneers of Jackson county, came to this State in 1853, from Madison county, N. Y., town of Lenox. He was born in Connecticut, Sept. 28, 1802, and his parents were of New England ancestry. He received at his house an early common-school education, and finished in Madison county, when he came to Michigan and settled on his present farm on sec. 13, of 83 acres, which he purchased of Daniel Welch. He married Miss Priscilla Palmer, daughter of Stephen W. Palmer, of Madison county, N. Y., Aug. 26, 1824, and they have 1 son, Austin S., who lives on the homestead. He was born June 15, 1832, in Madison county, N. Y. He married Miss Carrie, daughter of Peter Betsinger, of Lenox, a farmer of that vicinity. They have

no children of their own, but an adopted daughter, Ida C. Palmer, formerly Ida C. Betsinger. She was born Sept. 15, 1870. Mr. Palmer is a member of the Presbyterian Church, of Brooklyn, and of Brooklyn Masonic Lodge, No. 169.

Theodore H. Parker, one of the respected citizens of Columbia tp., was born at Schroeppell, Oswego Co., N. Y., March 31, 1833. His father was Hiram Parker, a farmer of Oswego county, whose family consisted of 2 sons, Theodore H. and Edward N., and 1 daughter, Minerva, now Mrs. Wm. Bishop, residents of Ionia. Theodore H. received his early education at Schroeppell, finishing at Fulton Seminary, about 1852, at the age of 19. He then made a trip to the far West, to California and Nevada. The Parker family being of a mechanical turn of mind, Theodore H. took up readily and acquired the use of tools, and made the use of them a considerable source of revenue to himself while on his Western trip, and also devoted a portion of his time to mining. He remained in the West three years and then returned to Onondaga county, where he remained until 1869, when he came to Michigan and settled on secs. 19 and 20, 198 acres, mostly improved. This property was taken from the Government by Mr. David Howland, in 1838. Mr. Parker was married to Miss Eliza M., daughter of Asa Barnes, a farmer of New York, but formerly from New England, Jan 12, 1860, and they have 6 children living, the eldest having died at the age of 14 years, July 5, 1878. The remaining 5 are Hattie J., Mary E., Edward B., William T. and Albert R.

Mrs. O. S. Peterson.-The family of which Mrs. O. S. Peterson, of Columbia tp., is a member was one of the first to locate on Clark's lake, and justly deserves mention in this book. In 1855, when Jackson county could boast of as much wild timbered lands, and forests filled with Indians and wild beasts as any county in the Territory, Mr. Daniel Peterson, with his family of 6 sons and 5 daughters, pressed his way westward, and in the month of June halted his ox-team on the north bank of the beautiful sheet of water bearing the above name, that of its discoverer. Here he took from the Government 160 acres of that heavily timbered and very fertile soil. Mr. Peterson was a man of much resolution and a brave heart, and knew that with the co-operation of the then quite able-bodied sons he could conquer the kings of this forest and turn his sylvan retreat into rolling wheat-fields, and make for his family a home; and this they immediately set to work to accomplish. The family, however, remained on this spot but a few years, and moved upon sec. 15, where he erected a small frame dweiling and developed a good property. This home he occupied until his death in 1824, and since has been owned by one of his sons, O. S. Peterson, one of the older sons of the family, and still a resident of this tp. He was born in Washington county, N. Y., and came West with the family in 1835. He received his education at Fort Edwards, his native home. With industry and careful management he has made for himself and family a comfortable

home, which consists of 100 acres on sec. 10. Aug. 22, 1853, he married Miss Susan Jane Conover, daughter of William Conover, a farmer by trade, and a resident of Maryall, Bradford Co., Penn.

Orremus Phelps was born Sept. 10, 1810, in the town of Shoreham, Vt. His father, Joseph Phelps, was a farmer of that place, from whence he moved in 1815 to Steuben county, and pursued farming there until his death in 1868, at the age of 83. His mother's name was Annie Bissell; she also died in Steuben county one year before her husband, in 1867. Orremus remained on the farm until 1844, when he removed to Jackson county and settled in the town of Liberty, where they remained nine years. In 1853 they removed to Columbia tp., and settled on the farm they still occupy, on sec. 32, where they own 115 acres. Nov. 26, 1833, he married Miss Clara G. Pond, daughter of Josiah Pond. He was a shoemaker by trade, but devoted most of his life to agricultural pursuits. He was born in Shoreham, Vt., in 1791. He was a public-spirited man and a loyal citizen. In 1820 he left Vermont and settled in Steuben county, N. Y., where he lived 12 years, and then came to Michigan and located in Liberty tp., where he died in 1865, at the age of 74. Mrs. Phelps' mother's name was Nabbie Gates, and her Grandfather Gates' name was Gabriel, who was a soldier of the Revolution and a pensioner. They are of New England descent and of Puritan stock. Mrs. Phelps has 6 children, 5 sons-Myron W., Melvin, Edgar L., Jimri and Freeman A., and 1 daughter, Olive Ann. They have grandchildren, as follows-Jerome, Owen, Martin O., Lillian, Daniel and Eva, children of Edgar Phelps; Ambrose, Harry E. and Fredric, children of Jimri; Burtie and Percy F., sons of Freeman.

Truman Pickett, of Jefferson village, is another one of the pres ent residents who can relate from experience many of the trials and hardships of an early-day pioneer life. He was born May 20, 1824, at the town of Orangeville, Wyoming Co., N. Y., and is a son of Amos Pickett, deceased Nov. 23, 1838. He came to Michigan and settled in the town of Leoni, this county, on sec. 17, in 1836. His family consisted of 9 children-Julia, Celestia, Amos, Sidney, Lewis, Mary, Emily, Hannah, and Truman, the youngest, who was but 14 years of age when his father died. He received most of his education in Michigan, and in early manhood learned the carpenter and joiner's trade, which has been the chief occupation of his life. His mother was Hannah, daughter of Acil Gridley, a millwright by trade and a resident of Connecticut. She was born Oct. 18, 1782. May 6, 1846, Truman married Miss Eliza Kelsey, daughter of J. Kelsey, then a farmer of Chautauqua county, N. Y. He afterward came to Michigan and settled in Napoleon, this county, in 18- but afterward moved to Illinois, where he died in 1860, at Hoyleton. Mrs. Pickett's mother was Susan Bruce, daughter of Acil Bruce, Winfield, Herkimer Co., N. Y., where Susan was born Feb. 22, 1808, and is still living, in Ingham county., this State. Mr. and Mrs. Pickett have 4 children-Anna, Mary, Amos and James.