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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JYI_sojourner-truth-memorial_Battle-Creek-MI.html
In memoriam Sojourner Truth, born a slave in Ulster Co. N.Y. in the 18th century, died in Battle Creek Mich. Nov. 26, 1883 aged about 105 years. "Is God Dead" S.T. Formal dedication Nov. 26, 1997, 200th Anniversary
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HVL_homer-fire-station_Homer-MI.html
This brick structure with arched windows and a decorative cornice was built in 1876, five years after Homer incorporated as a village. A fire station, jail, and city offices initially occupied the building which is located in the center of the com…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BTA_u-s-s-maine-memorial-plaque_Battle-Creek-MI.html
Memorium U.S.S. Maine Destroyed in Havana Harbor February 15th 1898 This tablet cast from metal recovered from the U.S.S. Maine
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIXQ_mary-miller-hillside_Marshall-MI.html
(Front)This house, built for local attorney Henry W. Taylor and long owned by the Schuyler family, was also home to Mary "Mazie" Miller (1871-1941) and her husband, Craig. An outspoken suffragette and Republican political activist, Miller was an e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIXP_marshall_Marshall-MI.html
Founded in 1831 by Sidney Ketchum and settles from New York and New England, the town was named in honor of Chief Justice John Marshall. Townsmen Isaac Crary and the Rev. John Pierce planned in 1834 the innovative Michigan public school system. Ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIWI_marengo-pioneer-cemetery_Marshall-MI.html
This site on Territorial Road was a gift of Seeley Neal (1778-1862) from 640 acres acquired from the government in 1831. Neal, a veteran of the War of 1812, built the first log house in the township. His was the first family to locate in the settl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIWF_lieutenant-george-a-woodruff_Marshall-MI.html
(Front):Lieutenant George A. Woodruff (1840-1863) graduated early from West Point because of the start of the Civil War. Young Woodruff served valiantly with the Army of the Potomac. At Gettysburg he was mortally wounded while defending the center…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIWE_john-d-pierce-homesite_Marshall-MI.html
On this foundation stood the log house of the Reverend John D. Pierce. Born in New Hampshire, Pierce moved to Marshall in 1831, where he founded the Congregational church. In 1834 he and Isaac Crary designed Michigan's school system, and from 1836…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIWD_james-a-miner_Marshall-MI.html
James A. Miner, born in Marshall in 1842, began studying law in Clinton, Iowa, in 1860. Completing his studies in Marshall, he was admitted to the Calhoun County bar in 1863. There he was circuit court commissioner (1866-1870) and prosecuting atto…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIWC_isaac-e-crary-house_Marshall-MI.html
Michigan's first congressman lived here from the early 1840s until his death in 1854. Located on lots one and two, original plat, lower village, the house was a wedding gift from his father-in-law, Judge Abner Pratt. Arriving here in 1831, Crary w…
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