Calhoun County MI Archives Photo Place.....Hunt School Memorial Stone 2008
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Larry Randall http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00025.html#0005996 August 31, 2008, 1:47 pm

Source:             North Clarence
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Article by Larry Randall:
Clarence Township's Hunt School bell to have a new Mountiing.
First a little history of the school,  The brick school was finished in
1871, It replaced an old "Board School"  that was located near V Dr.
North and 26 1/2 Mi road.  about a half mile north of  Duck Lake.

    The new building was fitted with a  white stone that read,
 District No. 4  1871.   That stone was read by hundreds of
people until the school was removed in 1961, The land was given
to the North Clarence Cemetery and became a nice addition.
   
   In 1961, Some of the bricks  were  used to build a monument in memory of
the school.   The  District 4 stone was set in the front and  the old
school bell was set in cement on  the top. This week (Aug 08)  Work
 has started on a new setting for the bell,  It is hoped that  the 
project will be completed by Memorial day 2009. 

       Now comes the genealogy part of the story,   That white stone
that has the 1871 date on the  "front" side has an interesting history
 on the back side that few people alive today have ever seen
That part  that has been hidden since 1871 reads: 
                       HENRY  B.
                       (son of)
                D V (&)  C.  BLASHFIELD
                        DIED 
                    JAN 18  1850
                (Age)  18 Y s  3 Mo's  5 Dy's  
Note,  the stone is hard to read,  reading may be compromised.
It is supposed that the stone contains errors, thus not used as
intended.

Additional Comments:
    A quick  search found this family in nearby  Clarendon Township
Calhoun County, Michigan.  A young man matching that description
 is buried  in the West Clarendon Cemetery on M-60 east of old US 27
http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/calhoun/photos/tombstones/westclarendon/blashfie4
025ph.jpg

Note , The Sprigport Sigmal  weekly has had a full page of genelogy 
information for many years.

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