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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 147
McLAREN, Alexander
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Alexander McLaren, farmer, Section 12, was born in Perthshire, Scotland,
July, 1805, and was married to Isabella Reed, of Alloa, Scotland, in
April, 1840.  They came to America in 1854, landing in New York on the 1st
of August.  He came into this state in 1857, and into this township,
February 18, 1858, homesteading eighty acres, and purchasing eighty acres
more at government price, seventy-five cents per acre, upon which he still
resides.  He has takn an active interest in all that pertains to the
development of the township, holding important offices for a number of
years.  He has seven children: Alexander, Daniel, Mary Ann, Isabella L.,
Peter G., Thomas S., and Albert E.
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