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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
Presidents Of The United States  And Governors of the State.  Also
Containing A Complete History of The County, From Its Earliest Settlement
To the Present Time.  Chicago, Chapman Bros. 1883

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PIKE, JAMES H.
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James H. Pike, farmer, sec. 36, Deerfield Tp., was born in Pickering, Can.,
July 4, 1843. His parents Lendoll and Mary Pike, nee Wilson, were born in
New York and Canada respectively, and came to Mecosta County, where they
are now resident.

Mr. Pike spent the first 18 years of his life in the Dominion and at that
age went to Fredonia, Chautauqua Co., N.Y., and was there engaged in fruit
gardening. After four years he came to Ionia Co., Mich., and there lived
ten years. In the spring of ’76 he came to Mecosta County and bought 160
acres of land, with some improvements, in Deerfield Tp., where he has since
lived. He acts and affiliates

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with the Republican party and has held the post of Highway Commissioner one
term.

Our subject was married in Ionia Co., Mich., to Rachel E., daughter of
Robert Patrick. The parents of Mrs. Pike were of English birth and came to
America, and soon located in Ionia Co., Mich., where the father died. The
mother is still living on the homestead in Ionia County. Mr. and Mrs. Pike
are the parents of four children--George W., Orley D., Inez, and Robert L.

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