Kent County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Weeks, John Parrish August 8, 1995
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Marcia Krech mjkrech@earthlink.net March 13, 2005, 5:14 pm

Source: Mason Cemetery, Kent County
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Inscription on tombstone:

Weeks, John P. 
b. Nov.7, 1807 in Dutchess Co., N.Y; m. Jan.1, 1835 in Sylvan, Washtenaw Co., 
Mich; d. Oct.7, 1882; a. 74y 11m; with his parents, when a small boy, moved to 
Green Mountains, Vermont, there attended schools and colleges, became learned 
in two languages besides his own. Coming into Michigan in the early 30s, 
teaching school many terms. Having studied law he went far and near to plead 
the cause in early days; and being a cabinet maker he furnished the country 
with chairs and rakes which became justly celebrated. He cleared and made from 
the wild wilderness on Sec. 25, Grattan a fine home from 1845 until death. 

http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikent/cemeteries/grattan/mason/mason.html

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