Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....SAMAINE, Daniel E. 1922 April 3, 1922 ************************************************ 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: Pat Blood pat.blood@gmail.com May 24, 2011, 2:47 am Portland Observer - Thursday, 6 April 1922 SEBEWA TOWNSHIP LOSES EARLY PIONEER SETTLER With the death of Daniel Samaine, which occurred at the family home, Monday evening at 11:30 o’clock, Sebewa loses one of its most highly esteemed and well known pioneer settlers. Mr. Samaine was born in Washtenaw county, near Ann Arbor, 1842, and came to Portland with his parents when a very small boy. In 1842 he was married to Miss Minerva Barrett who passed away seven years later. In 1882 he was united in marriage to Mrs. Belle LeRoche, who with six children survive. They are Miss Alice Samaine of Grand Rapids, C. O. Samaine of Portland, Ore., Mrs. Fred Brickley and Mrs. Leon Lockwood of Ionia, Mrs. Marjorie Campbell of Sebewa and Mrs. N. H. Howlett of Cardias, Maryland. The funeral was held from the residence today (Thursday) in charge of Rev. Floyd Blewfield. Interment was made in Portland cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/samaine12337nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb