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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 Joyce Pearson
May 10, 2011

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JOSLIN, Daniel R.
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Daniel R. Joslin, resident of Newaygo, is supposed to be the second oldest
pioneer settler in Newaygo County. He was born Sept. 1, 1816, in Madison
County, N.Y., and is a son of Daniel and Martha (Jenks) Joslin. Before he
was a year old his parents removed to Cohocton, Steuben Co., N.Y., where he
remained until 1836. Meanwhile his brother, John J. Joslin, had located at
Utica, Macomb Co., Mich., and he went thither when he was 20 years old and
remained a year. In 1837 he came to Grand Haven, where he obtained employ
as a sawyer and acted in that capacity two seasons, operating as a
lumberman in the succeeding winters. In 1839 he went to Muskegon, where he
found ready employ because of his skilled ability in the management of mill
machinery. In 1843 he went to Croton, Newaygo County, where he rented a
mill of Joachim & Bone, which he stocked and operated one year, shipping
the products to Chicago. The next year (1844) he went to Allegan, Michigan,
and after a residence of three years he went to Saugatuck and opened a
grocery, which he managed one year. In 1848 he went to Manistee and engaged
in his former occupation in a mill, continuing two years. In 1850 he
returned to Newaygo County and purchased 320 acres of land in the (now)
township of Fremont, becoming with his family the first permanent settler
in the township. He retained the ownership of the property until 1853, when
he disposed of it by exchange, receiving as part payment a house and lot in
what is now the village of Newaygo, where he has since been a resident and
variously employed in different mills. He owns considerable property at
Newaygo.

Mr. Joslin was married in Allegan, to Sarah A. Yeldom, a native of England,
born near London, in 1826. Of eight children born to them Daniel (1st) and
David are deceased. Daniel D. is the manager of Squier’s Mills, located six
miles south of Newaygo. Ellis is the wife of James Odell, druggist at
Fremont. Franklin resides at Newaygo. Fleety A. is the second daughter.
Fremont Jackson was the first white child born in Fremont Township and was
named therefore, the town having been named a few days before his birth.
Byron is a job printer at Newaygo. The wife and mother died Dec. 2, 1860.

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