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Portrait and biographical album of Newayco (sp) 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, 1884

Transcribed  and submitted by Linda Talbott
for the U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/

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Page 225-226
DARLING, Henry
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   HENRY DARLING, farmer, section 6, Garfield Township,
was born in Ulster Co., N.Y., March 8, 1811, and is the
son of JAMES and MARGARET (MISNER) DARLING.  His father
was a native of Scotland and was born July 23, 1774, in
Prestonpans, and died in Schuyler Co., N.Y., at the ven-
erable age of 92 years.  The mother was born Feb. 29, 
1780, in Canada, of German ancestry, and died March 2*,
1865, at the ripe age of 85 years.  They were the parents
of 14 children, nine of whom are still living.  During
the war of 1812, the family lived in Canada, the father
wishing to remain neutral in the issue between the British
Government and the United States.
   Mr. DARLING came to Newaygo in 1858, and in 1859 bought
a saw-mill, which was burned in 1863, with a loss of $1,200,
not being insured.  He was married Dec. 22, 1861, to LYDIA J.,
daughter of HENRY and CYNTHIA UPTON, born at Adrian, Aug. 18,
1841.  They passed the four years following their marriage in
Schuyler Co., N.Y., where their two children, HENRY TAVERN
and DUANE, were born, the eldest July 11, 1863, the younger,
Sept. 22, 1865.  In the spring of 1864, Mr. DARLING returned
to Newaygo County and bought 320 acres of land in (then) Day-
ton Township.  The place is known as the Fremont Lake Farm,
and is in what is now Sheridan Township.  In the same year
he built a saw-mill, which was burned in 1870, involving a
loss of $5,000.  In December, 1870, Mr. DARLING went to
Kansas and entered a claim of 160 acres of land.  He remained
there until the spring of 1871, when he returned to Newaygo
County and purchased the farm of which he is the present
proprietor.  It contains 50 acres, with one half under
improvement.  The owner has made additional clearings, built
a substantial residence, set out an orchard and put the place
in a fine state of cultivation.  He has officiated four years
as Justice of the Peace and in several other positions of
trust.

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