a, Montcalm County, Michigan. Henry had previiously purchased one hundr
ed and twenty acres with a small log house on the property. Records s
ay it was a small primitive kind with little or no improvements. Henry hi
red his wife's board until fall when they moved into the log house and beg
an the task of making a home in the wilderness. Wtth no capital save the
ir own energies with judicious management and untiring effort they final
ly had a one hundred and sixty acre farm with good buildings.

They had three children.