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The History of Oceana County, Michigan
H. R. Page & Co., Chicago - 1882

         [p. 116]

           PETER LA BONTA was born in Canada, in 1833 ; went to Detroit
	 the year following. He early became a mechanic by trade, working
	 in sash, door and blind factory. In 1859, settled at Pentwater.
	 Enlisted, in 1863, in the Twenty-first Michigan Infantry; served
	 till close of the war. In 1880 he purchased the planing mill at
	 Pentwater, which he still operates, also making sash, doors and
	 blinds. Married, in 1858, MARY RILEY.

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