Newaygo County MI Archives Biographies.....Squier, Andrew T. February 22, 1832 - 
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ANDREW T. SQUIER, lumberman, residing at Grant Station, Ashland Township, was 
born Feb. 22, 1832, in 

Washington Co., N.Y.  His parents, John and Mary (Lampman) Squier, were 
natives of the same county, and 

descendants from English and Dutch ancestors.  They removed, in 1841, to 
Monroe Co., N.Y., and located on 

a farm.  In the fall of 1848, they came to Michigan, settling near Coldwater, 
Branch County.

In January 1850, Mr. Squier came to Newaygo County, where he has since, with 
the exception of a 

comparitively brief interval, devoted his attention and abilities to 
lumbering.  He spent three terms at 

school at Girard, Branch Co., Mich., and afterward attended Eastman's Business 
College at Chicago to 

complete his education.  With that interruption he has devoted himself to the 
exclusive pursuit of his 

business interests in Newaygo County.  In 1872 he made a permanent location in 
Ashland Township, where he 

is prosecuting the various departments of lumbering, including the management 
of a saw and shingle mill at 

Grant Station, which has a capacity of producing daily 20,000 feet of lumber 
and 30,000 shingles.  He also 

owns 900 acres of land in Newaygo County, 600 of which is stocked with pine 
and not yet changed from its 

primitive state.

Mr. Squier is a Democrat in political sentiment and action.  He is a prominent 
member of the Masonic 

bodies of Newaygo, belonging to the Royal Arch Chapter and Blue Lodge, No. 
331.  In the latter he holds 

the position of Treasurer.  He has been the incumbent of most of the official 
positions in his township; 

has been Supervisor seven years in Ashland and Bridgeton Townships, and School 
Inspector many terms.  He 

was married Nov. 24, 1870, at Dowagiac, Mich., to Myra L., daughter of A.L. 
and Myra (Fair) Rich.  She was 

born Aug. 24, 1845, in Macomb Co., where he parents were married.  They came 
of New England origin, and 

were descendants from English and Scotch-Irish ancestors.  When the daughter 
was 14 years old, the family 

moved to Will Co., Ill., and in the spring of 1869 returned to Michigan, 
locating in Cass County.  The 

record of the five children born to Mr. and Mrs. Squier is as follows:  Cora 
L., Nov. 10, 1871; Laura N., 

Feb. 22, 1874; Andrew T., May 12, 1876; Alice L., Jan. 5, 1879 (died Sept. 14, 
1881); an infant, born Oct. 

3, 1882, died five days afterwards.

Additional Comments:
1884 Portrait & Bio Album of Newaygo Co.

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