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History of Manistee, Mason and Oceana counties, Michigan
with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of
Its Prominent Men and Pioneers

Published by H. R. Page & Co., Chicago, IL, 1882

Transcribed by Linda Talbott

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Page 146
ASH, John
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John Ash, millwright, Hesperia, was born in Boston, Mass., May 26, 1829,
and married, December 28, 1852, Martha E. North, of Thomaston, Maine.  He
came to this township in April, 1865.  He has followed the occupation of
millwright, carpenter and joiner, during his residence in Hesperia, having
had supervision of the erection of a large number of the buildings in the
village and vicinity.  He has had six children, three of whom survive --
Addie J., William J., and Ruth L.  Cora A. died at the age of twenty-two
months, Josephine at the age of three weeks, and Hattie F. at twenty-one
months.
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