Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Preston, Hiel 1891 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net May 24, 2011, 1:31 pm Ionia Daily Standard, 21 Dec 1891 Hiel Preston, of Orleans, died on Thursday, Dec. 17. He was born in Catskill, Green county, N.Y., Dec. 3, 1804. He was married to Lydia Goff, Sept. 29, 1833. They moved to Orleans, this county, in 1847. Five children were born to them. Phebe J., the wife of Rev. D. H. Shelly, is the only one of the family now living, except Jane Meeks, an adopted daughter. One of the pioneer families of Ionia county is nearly all numbered with the dead. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/p/preston12347nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.0 Kb