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Portrait and biographical album of Mecosta County, Mich.
containing portraits and biographical sketches of prominent
and representative citizens of the county, together with
portraits and biographies of all the governors of Michigan
and of the presidents of the United States: also containing a
complete history of the county, from its earliest settlement
to the present time.

Published by Chapman Bros., Chicago, IL, 1883

Judith Anne Weeks Ancell
April 6, 2011
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HEALD, George W.
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George W. Heald, farmer, sec. 2, Millbrook Tp., was born inb Oswego Co., N.
Y., May 27, 1853.  He is a son of William and Rosetta (Fitzch) Heald, of
New York and of English descent.  The family removed to Van Buren Co.,
Mich., in 1858, where Mr. Heald assisted his father on a farm until the
autumn of 1863, when another remove was made to Ionia County, the father
and son operating there as

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lumbermen two years.  In the fall of 1865 they came to Millbrook, settled
on sec. 2, and started the first grocery in the township, managing farming
interests in connection therewith.  The grocery business was finally
suspended.

Mr. Heald was married May 27, 1880, in Wheatland Tp., to Maggie, daughter
of David and Agnes (Smith) Ruxton, who was born in Huron Co., Can., July 2,
1863; her parents were also natives of Canada.  When she was 12 years old
she came to Michigan with an elder sister.  Mr. and Mrs. Heald have one
child, Alfred R., born Jan. 27, 1882.  Mr. Heald is a Republican in
politics, and owns a farm containing 40 acres of land.

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