Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2026 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== USGenNet Data Repository Notice: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ============================================================================= Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ============================================================================= History of Allegan and Barry Counties, Michigan pub. D. W. Ensign & Co., Philadelphia - 1880 [p. 472] ERASTUS CRESSY, a native of Roe, Franklin Co., Mass., emigrated to Michigan, with his wife, three sons, and three daughters, in 1842. He arrived at Gull Prairie on the 17th of October of that year, and the next day moved into what is now Prairieville, halting on section 28, where he lived about a year. He purchased the east half of section 29, and during the summer of 1843 built a plank house upon it, and also plowed 12 acres of land. The prairie was about three miles south of him, and the land where he located was known as oak openings. In the winter of 1842 and 1843, MR. CRESSY sold the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of sec- tion 29 to LORIN BINGHAM for a horse, saddle and bridle. ===============================================================================