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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 131
HARDING, Wm P.
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William P. Harding was born in Lincoln County, Me., August 7, 1822.
Settled in Grafton County, N.H., in 1832; thence to Erie County, N.Y., in
1835, and to Jackson, Mich., in 1838.  From there he went to Mason County,
Mich., in 1849, and to Pentwater in 1851; engaging in lumbering.  In 1856
he located on Section 32, Weare Township, being the first settler in what
is now Weare.  Was its first township treasurer; also has been
commissioner, etc.  Married, June 17, 1848, at Racine, Wis., to Mary A.
Vanvalkenburgh, who was born in the city of Rochester, N.Y., March 6,
1829.  Eight children -- Mary (Wilson), Irene (Leslie), Lavina (Shores),
Emily (Burrington), Orsino, William P., Jr., Grace (Hubball) and Henry.
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