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2009-Mar-15

• 03.17.09
  Joseph P Markham
  2009-Mar-15, Calhoun County MI (0)

  The next quarter-section to the north of the Caroline Sharpsteen place was settled by Joseph P. Markham, the other of the two original settlers in Pennfield Township who was still alive in 1891. The barn is now somewhat the worse for wear. (The photos are from Sunday's ride.) The 1891 biography has the following information about Mr. Markham and his farm: When, in the fall of 1836, Mr. Markham determined to come to the Territory of Michigan, he started from his former home with an ox-team, and reaching Buffalo took passage on a boat, bringing his cattle with him. ...
  
  
• 03.15.09
  William A. Bishop
  2009-Mar-15, Calhoun County MI (1)

  It has been almost a month since I last had a bike ride. Today I finally did the one I talked about two weeks ago. The first place I was looking for was the homestead site of William A. Bishop, who had served in the Black Hawk war militia in 1832. His home was just on the other side of the farmstead above, which is in the extreme southwest corner of Battle Creek Township, Calhoun County. In the county histories he was said to have been the first person to build a cabin in LeRoy Township. ...