Newaygo County MI Archives Biographies.....Town, Elias December 29, 1826 - 
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Author: Chapman Brothers

ELIAS TOWN, farmer, section 18, Sherman Township, was born in Vermont Dec. 29, 
1826.  His parents were Ira 

and Ruby (Prouty) Town, the former a native of New Hampshire and the latter of 
New York.  They then firsdt 

settled in New York, then removed to Vermont, thence to Michigan in the spring 
of 1845, and settled in 

Hillsdale County, where they passed the remainder of their life.  In early 
life, Elias was engaged mostly 

in farming.  He came with his parents to Hillsdale County, where he was 
principally engaged in carpentry 

for 22 years.  In the spring of 1869 he came to Newaygo County and bought 40 
acres of wild land in Sherman 

Township, where he now resides, and has 32 acres under cultivation.

He was married in Hillsdale County, in 1848, to Almira Lewis, a native of New 
York, where she was born 

July 9, 1828, and they have six children:  Ari, Ida A., Alphonce J., Alfred 
J., Mayne A. and Nettie M.  

Mr. and Mrs. T. are members of the Advent Church, and in politics he is a 
Republican.

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

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