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HEARN, HENRY
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  Henry Hearn, farmer on sec. 20, Austin Tp. (P. O. Stanwood), was born in
  Oxfordshire, Eng., Oct. 1, 1834.  His is a son of Benjamin and Sarah
  (Hearn) Hearn, both natives of England, where they lived and died.

  Mr. Hearn remained at home only till he was seven years of age, when his
  boyish aspirations impelled him to go among strangers and secure what
  seemed to him the greatest boon on earth—personal liberty.  He was
  variously employed until he was 20 years of age; the last year of this
  period he spent in the stables of English sporting men.  In 1854 he came
  to the United States, landing at the city of New York and remaining there
  but a short time.  He came on to the city of Detroit and found employ in
  the immediate vicinity as a farm laborer for 10 years.  He then went to
  Shiawassee County, and thence to Austin Tp., in the spring of 1868, where
  he purchased 80 acres of land, and has since added 40 acres, making 120
  acres of wild land, of which to acres are now under first-class
  improvements.

  Mr. Hearn was married in England, May 15, 1855, to Mary, daughter of
  Thomas and Sarah (Rolfe) Frost, both English by birth and inseparably
  wedded to their native country.  The daughter was born Oct. 6, 1832.  She
  accompanied her husband to the United States and went bravely through all
  the trial and privations of the pioneer days of the township.  She died
  April 11, 1872, leaving a large family and a multitude of friends to
  mourn her irreparable loss.  Her seven sons and daughters all survive
  her.  Their record follows:  Florence G. was born July 18, 1856; Mary E.,
  Nov. 28, 1850; Sarah A., March 4, 1862; Alfred W., May 8, 1864; Edward
  H., June 15, 1866; Lucy E., Oct 4, 1868; Martha T., Nov. 27, 1870.

  Mr. Hearn and wife were members from youth of the Church of England, and
  Mr. Hearn is still and adherent to belief in its tenets.  He is a
  Democrat and has always sustained the issues of his party.

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