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...
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...
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...
On March 28, 2021 we lost another of our lifetime members – Denver William Leinonen. He was born on July 26, 1932 at the Finnish...
When I was in sixth grade (1961-1962), my primary teacher was Mrs. Judy Isaacson. One period each day, she taught Home Ec. Mr. George Wilson would come from the high school to cover that period. I do not remember whether he taught math or science.
One day, Mr. Wilson was late getting to the classroom from the high school. As he was coming down the hallway, he could hear our class. We were being quite loud.
I sat down today to write a story about the First Congregational Church but my thoughts kept drifting to my father who died one year ago today – December 1, 2019. So I decided to write down one of the stories he told me about his time in the Army during World War II.
