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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 by Linda Talbott

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Page 198
WHITEHEAD, Joseph
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Joseph Whitehead, farmer, section 2, Dayton Township, is a son of Aaron
and Esther (Searles) Whitehead, and was born in Canada East, June 3, 1834.
His father was a native of New York and his mother of Vermont.  After
marriage they first settled in Canada, but afterward moved to Ohio and
thence to Michigan; they both died in Dayton Township.

Joseph was three years of age when his parents moved to Ohio.  After
coming to Michigan he made a home for them as long as they lived.  He came
to Newaygo County in the spring of 1858, and purchased 80 acres of wild
land in Dayton Township, on section 2.  He has since lived on this farm,
and now has 50 acres in a good state of cultivation.  He was married in
Dayton Township, July 4, 1861, to Emma J., daughter of Clark and Mary B.
Henderson, natives of New York, where Mrs. W. was born, in 1846.  Her
father died in Berrien Co., Mich., and her mother makes her home with her
children.  Mr. and Mrs. Whitehead have had eight children, only one, John
Albert, surviving.

Mr. Whitehead was drafted in the fall of 1864, and was assigned to the
13th Mich. Inf., and joined his regiment at Chattanooga, Tenn, and was
with Sherman in his march to the sea.  He was with his command until the
army marched to Washington and was discharged in June, 1865.  At one time
Mr. W. was reported to be among the missing; but it proved to be a
mistake.  He was very ill while in the army, for three weeks, in
consequence of which his health was considerably impaired.

Mr. Whitehead has never held an office, although frequently importuned to
do so.  In politics he is a Republican.  He was the fourth settler in
Dayton Township.