Newaygo County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Westcott, Erasmus R. ************************************************ 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: James Henderson james.henderson51@comcast.net June 8, 2006, 6:04 pm Cemetery: Stearns Prairie Cemetery Croton Twp Newago County Mi. Name: Erasmus R. Westcott Date Of Photograph: August 5, 2003 Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/newaygo/photos/tombstones/stearnsprairie/henderso48971gph.jpg Image file size: 76.0 Kb Erastmus Rozell Westcott removed from Milford Township New York to Comstock, Mich., in 1863, and a few years later settled in Newaygo County, Mich. He obtained an 80 acre land patent signed by Ulyses S Grant PATENT WESTCOTT ERASMUS R:North Half of South West quarter of Section 36, Township12 N ,Range 11 W, in the district of Lands, 80.00 acres,(07-Ionia) Document No. 1089 Signed:1872/04/05 Additional Comments: Erasmus R Westcott Age in 1870: 47 Estimated Birth Year: 1822 Birthplace: New York Home in 1870: Croton, Newaygo, Michigan Race: White Gender: Male Value of real estate: Post Office: Croton Roll: M593_693 Page: 51 Image: 101 Year: 1870 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/newaygo/photos/tombstones/stearnsprairie/henderso48971gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb