Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Staines, William April 15, 1896
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Ionia Standard, Friday, April 17, 1896
William Staines, a pioneer resident of Ronald, and greatly respected by a wide 
circle of friends, died Wednesday at the age of 83.  Funeral will be held a 
the Woodard Lake church, on Friday, at 10:30 a.m; services by Rev. D.H. Shelly 
of this city.

Additional Comments:
From Ionia Standard, April 24, 1896:

William Staines was born in Kent county, England, February 12, 1813, and died 
in Ronald, April 15, 1896, aged 83 years, 2 months and 3 days.  

He, with his brother, came to America in 1832.  He first settled in the state 
of New York.  Here he was married to Jane Allchin, October 30, 1833.  To this 
union were born nine children, six of which are yet living.

In 1864 he moved to Michigan and settled in Ronald, on the farm on which he 
died. About one year ago his wife died.  They both now rest in the beautiful 
cemetery at Woodard Lake.

Mr. Staines and wife with ten others formed a U.B. Church class in Ronald in 
1864.  This class now numbers some twenty members, but all the charter members 
have died or otherwise disappeared.  Mr. Staines was a pillar in the church, 
and an accommodating man to his neighbor.  Such a man will be missed in all 
good enterprises.  Funeral services were held in the Woodard Lake church, 
April 17, conducted by Rev. D.H. Shelly.

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