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Unknown newspaper
Died 22 July 1894

        OBITUARY

        LAFAYETTE WILKINSON of Hope, died Sunday last at eleven o'clock, of
        sunstroke.  The funeral was held at Prairieville Wednesday and was
        attended by a large concourse of people.  He was kept from Sunday
        until Wednesday before burial, that being his 67th birthday.  He
        was well and favorably known here and leaves a wife and nine
        children to mourn their loss.  Below we give a brief biography of
        the deceased:

        LAFAYETTE WILKINSON was born in Allegheny County, N.Y., July 25,
        1827, and came West with his parents at the age of ten years and
        lived at different times in the states of Ohio and Indiana,
        Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan and became well acquainted with
        pioneer life often living ten miles from the school house and fifty
        miles from the nearest grist mill and like all pioneers putting up
        with all the inconveniences of frontier life.

        About 1848 he settled in Michigan permanently living in the
        counties of Ottawa, Kent and Barry.

        In 1850 he married PATIENCE MARIA, youngest daughter of GIDEON
        COOPER of Orangeville, Barry County, Mich., with whom he lived with
        until her death.  She leaving him with eight children, five sons,
        GEORGE and EDWARD of Otsego, HENRY of Delton, WM. of Prairieville
        and GIDEON C. of Hope; and three daughters, MRS. MAGGIE LEHMAN,
        MRS. LIBBIE WILLIAMSON of Chicago, and NETTIE who always lived at
        home with him.

        In 1881 he married EUNICE BARRETT of Calhoun County who with little
        GROVER survived him.

        He leaves eleven grand children among whom are MRS. MARY MULLEN of
        Prairieville, MRS. CORA PHILLIPS and MRS. CLAUDIA FINDLEY of Grand
        Rapids and three great grandchildren; also a brother and sisters,
        nieces and nephews and a host of friends.

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