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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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STIRLING, Walter
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Walter Stirling, farmer, section 18, Garfield Township, was born Sept. 11,
1824. In Lancaster, Glengarry Co., Can., and is a son of James and Agnes
(Irving) Stirling. When he was twelve years old his parents changed their
location to Beauharnais County, where the father bought a farm of 100
acres. On this the parents passed the remainder of their lives, the father
dying Aug. 21, 1841. He was born April 7, 1853, of Scotch descent. The
mother was the child of Irish parents and was born on the sea.

Mr. Stirling remained on the farm as his father’s assistant until the death
of the latter, when he went to learn the shoemaker’s trade, which was
chiefly his business until 1861, when he purchased the farm he now
occupies. He was married July 5, 1849, to Ann McLaughlin, a native of
Ireland. They have a family of five children: Agnes, Elizabeth M., James
H., Mary J. and John D.  Mr. Stirling came with his family to Newaygo in
September, 1855, and during the winter of that year he worked in the lumber
woods. During the succeeding years he followed his trade, finding his
accustomed labor more profitable, as well as more to his taste than the
hardships and exposure of a lumberman’s life. He took possession of his
farm in 1862. At the time of the purchase it consisted of 80 acres of land
in a wild state, 35 acres of which are now substantially improved. Mr.
Stirling has been Supervisor of the township two years, and is at present a
School Inspector.

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