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...
On November 29, 1975, Robert “Bob” Bowman locked the doors on Bowman’s Drug Store for the last time. He sold the business that had been...
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,...
On October 17, 1832, William C. Baldwin bought property in Section 10 of what is now Almont Township. Section 10 is on the north side...
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. ...
- September 23, 2021
On September 23, 1831, Walter King Hough and Ebenezer Hough bought properties in Section 28 of what is now Almont Township between Van Dyke and...
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...
On August 16, 1866, Jean Hunter Hopkin died. She and husband John bought property on June 29, 1833 in Section 35 of Almont Township. The...
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 July 14, 1829, Elisha purchased property in Section 4 of Almont Township. The property is on what is now Webster Road (named for Elisha),...
