Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Toan, Mary 1885 ************************************************ 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: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net July 24, 2010, 8:28 pm The Portland Observer, Wednesday, January 7, 1885 Died—in Portland township, on Wednesday, December 31st, 1884, Mrs. Mary Toan, aged 85 years and 22 days. The deceased was born in the county of Mathe, Ireland, in the year 1790, and came to Portland township with her husband from De Witt, Clinton county, in the year 1837, making her a resident of this township 47 years. Mrs. Toan and her husband were the first white settlers in the northern part of the town of Portland, and there was only two or three houses in the village. We expect to publish a more extended notice of the deceased next week. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/t/toan7156nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb