on 20 of Oakland Township in Oakland County, severalmiles from any hous
e. He put up a rude shanty for Louisa with a few household effects and le
aving her all alone, started to Detroit for provisions. A better home w
as built that summer and soome years afterward a frame - which is sti
ll in use.

They farmed the land and were not long without neighbors.

David and Louisa had two children.

David died February 12, 1888 and Louisa several years later in 1896 in Oxf
ord, Michigan.