Uriel Townsend was born on December 4, 1829 in New York to John Townsend (1793-1874) and Ann O. Miller Townsend (1802-1891).  He was the first son and second child of nine children.

At the age of five, his parents moved to a farm in Bruce Township, Macomb County, Michigan – along the south side of Bordman Road near Truman Bishop.

In early 1834, Dr. Caleb Carpenter came to the area that would become Almont.  When he arrived, there was no recognized governmental unit.  Dr. Carpenter...

William R. Armstrong was born on July 4, 1842 to unknown parents in Rochester, Monroe, New York.  At the age of five his parents died...

Benjamin Franklin Johnston was born March 23, 1829 in Geneseo, Livingston, New York to Daniel Benjamin Johnston (1791-1860) and Abigail Lord Johnston ((1792-1879).  In 1848,...

Over the last several months, a group of musicians have been practicing in order to re-establish the group that we knew as the Royal Rubes. ...

In the summer of 1833, John and Jean Hunter Hopkin and their three children, along with William and Margaret Gray Robertson and their two children...

The story of the Cochrane (pronounced “Coke-run”) families is really the story of nine families.  Patriarch, David Cochrane and wife Catherine Rattray Cochrane and eight...

On Saturday June 5th, Susan Stable Militello and her husband came to the museum.  Susan was seeking information on her grandfather, Frank Wood Ring. Frank...

On June 12, 1883, Henry Dexter Bowman and brother-in-law, Charles R. Ferguson, purchased the F. E. Fatin and Son business – drugs, medicines, books, and...

John Marshall Shoemaker, “Jack” to his friends, died on Saturday, November 14, 2020 at the age of 93 in Greenville, Michigan. Jack was born on...