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Abraham HOLLENBECK had bought the northwest quarter of section 21 in 1836, in which year about three-fourths of the township had been bought up by speculators and those intending settlement, but he did not move in until the fall of 1837. Mr. H. was a pious man; in fact, his neighbors say he was for some years the only pious man in town. For a while public worship was conducted by him at his own house, and that of Mr. Andrew McARTHUR; and here also and under his care was organized and conducted the first Sunday-school. This was probably under the auspices of a Mr. MORSE, a Presbyterian minister located at Lapeer, in the fall of 1838. To this same denomination Mr. HOLLENBECK belonged. [HRP, pp. 137-8] |
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