Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Burhans, Levi C. 1901
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The Portland Observer, Wednesday, May 1, 1901


The old pioneers of this vicinity won’t last long at the rate they have been 
passing away the past two or three years; in fact there are very few of the 
very oldest yet alive.

This week we are called upon to record the death of another—Levi C. Burhans, 
who came to this vicinity in 1852, and who died from the effects of a stroke 
of apoplexy at the home of his grandson, George W. Burhans, in this village on 
the 27th ult.

Deceased was born in Greece township, Monroe county, on Christmas day, 1819, 
and consequently was 81 years of age last Christmas.  He came with his parents 
to Washtenaw county in 1833.  He was married there in 1841.  He was married a 
second time in 1888.

He first came to Portland in 1852 and settled on what is now known as the 
Torrance farm.  After that he vibrated between Portland and his old home in 
York state as a place of residence, finally settling in Portland.  In 1860 he 
and C. H. Maynard went to Pike’s Peake by the overland route and they remained 
there about a year.

He leaves four children, Frederick, Luther of Chicago, Frank and Mrs. Frank 
Chalker.  Funeral services were conducted from the home of G. W. Burhans on 
Sunday last by Rev. Millard.



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