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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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TOWN, Elias
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Elias Town, farmer, section 18, Sherman Township, was born in Vermont Dec.
29, 1826. His parents were Ira and Ruby (Prouty) Town, the former a native
of New Hampshire and the latter of New York. They first settled in New
York, then removed to Vermont, thence to Michigan in the spring of 1845,
and settled in Hillsdale County, where they passed the remainder of their
life. In early life, Elias was engaged mostly in farming. He came with his
parents to Hillsdale County, where he was principally, engaged in carpentry
for 22 years. In the spring of 1869 he came to Newaygo County and bought 40
acres of wild land in Sherman Township, where he now resides, and has 32
acres under cultivation.

He was married in Hillsdale County, in 1848, to Almira Lewis, a native of
New York, where she was born July 9, 1828, and they have six children: Ari,
Ida A., Alphonce J., Alfred J., Mayne A. and Nettie M.  Mr. and Mrs. T. are
members of the Advent Church, and in politics he is a Republican.

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