ELIAS STREETER, Allegan Village, Allegan Co., Michigan

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History of Allegan and Barry Counties, Michigan, with Illustrations and 
Biographical Sketches of their Prominent Men and Pioneers.
Philadelphia:  D. W. Ensign & Co.  1880.  Press of J. B. Lippincott & 
Co., Philadelphia.

Few of the early pioneers of Allegan are more prominently identified 
with the growth and development of the village than was Mr. Streeter.  
Having been associated in Rochester, N. Y., with the family of Judge 
Ely in lumbering interests, he was readily persuaded to follow their 
fortunes in Michigan, whence he removed in 1835, where little else than 
a wilderness presented itself on his arrival.  His native place was the 
township of Phelps, N. Y., where his parents, Thomas and Ruth Streeter, 
resided at the time of his birth.  His early life was uneventful, 
though it is probable that careful home-training developed those 
qualities of fortitude and perseverance which enabled him in after-life 
to fill so soccessfully the role of pioneer.  He early engaged in 
lumbering pursuits in the Empire State, and, in 1825, married Miss 
Julia Ann Boeu, of Springville, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y.  On his arrival 
in Michigan he engaged again in lumbering, and was also actively 
interested in building and furthering th interests of the village of 
Allegan, having been employed by the Boston Company.  Mr. and Mrs. 
Streeter had a family of five sons and five daughters, eight of whom 
are still living.  Mr. Streeter's death occurred at the home of his 
son, James B. Streeter, in Allegan, July 22, 1868, in his seventieth 
year.  The portrait accompanying this sketch is the filial tribute of 
this son to his memory.  James B. is one of the most progressive of 
Allegan's citizens, and largely engaged in commercial enterprises 
there.