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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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THAYER, Alonzo
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Alonzo Thayer, mechanic and engineer, section 27, Ashland Township, was
born in Washtenaw Co., Mich., Oct. 12, 1828. He is the son of John G. and
Hannah (Pangborn) Thayer, natives of New England, who settled in Michigan
previous to their marriage, which event took place in the city of Detroit,
June 30, 1813. The father was in the service of the United States during
the entire period of the war of 1812, with the rank of Captain. After their
marriage they became residents of Washtenaw County, and in 1840 went to
Kent County, where the father died, in 1848.

In 1849, Mr. Thayer attained his legal freedom, and in April previous to
his reaching that period he set out on a prospecting tour through the West
and Northwest. He traveled through eleven States and Territories, and in
the fall of 1851 returned to Michigan. He settled in Ottawa County, where
he was married April 3, 1852, to Sarah Jane, daughter of Caleb and Sabia
(Hewitt) Whittemore, natives of Connecticut. Mrs. Thayer was born in Essex
Co., N.Y., where her parents resided. They came to Michigan in 1850, and
located in Kent County.

After his marriage Mr. Thayer remained in Ottawa County and was occupied in
a saw-mill, after which he came to Newaygo County and followed the same
calling on the Muskegon River. His next remove was to Grand Rapids, where
he resided until the spring of 1867, when he made a permanent settlement in
Newaygo County, buying 40 acres of land in Ashland Township, whereon he
fixed his homestead and turned his attention and energies, to a certain
extent, to its improvements and cultivation. He belongs to the National
party in political connection, and is an active member of Ashland Grange,
No. 545.

The children of Mr. and Mrs. Thayer were born as follows: Ella W., Feb. 26,
1853; Myron F., Oct. 6, 1857; Frank A., Feb. 22, 1861; Florence J., Oct. 1,
1863; Hiram, Feb. 23, 1866; Emma E., Dec. 23, 1870; Frederick A., Jan. 28,
1874.


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