Kent County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Weeks, John P. ************************************************ 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: Kenneth Stewart vnvalstewart2@gmail.com January 9, 2007, 3:02 pm Cemetery: Mason Cemt. Grattan, Kent Co. Name: John P. Weeks Date Of Photograph: January 5, 2007 Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/kent/photos/tombstones/mason/weeks83618gph.jpg Image file size: 39.9 Kb 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. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/kent/photos/tombstones/mason/weeks83618gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb ze: 1.5 Kb