Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Hooker, John S. 1918
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The Ionia Standard, Friday, July 26, 1918


John S. Hooker, who died at Lowell a few days ago, always claimed to be the 
first white man to locate in Saranac, and the claim was never successfully 
controverted.  He came to Saranac in April 1837, cutting the first tree and 
building the first log cabin in the wilderness.  He was also the first 
postmaster of the town.  He made the trip from Lansing in a canoe, his former 
home having been Howell.


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