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| Michael Keegan, farmer, sec. 12, Hinton Tp., is a son of James and Lucy (Perent) Keegan, and was born in Van Buren, Aroostook Co., Maine, April 9, 1848. His father was a native of Ireland and his mother of Canada. They were among the earliest settlers in the section of Maine, where they located and reared their family. At the age of 15, Mr. Keegan and his brother James came to East Saginaw, Mich., and there found employment on the river and in the pines one and a half years. He went thence to Stillwater, Minn., and there engages in the same business 18 months. He returned to Saginaw for a brief time, and soon after came to Mecosta County, and bought 40 acres of forest land exclusively his own and, associated with another person, purchased an additional 20 acres. He operated as a lumberman until 1871, when he began to improve his land, and soon after added 40 acres, making his homestead 80 acres in all, of which 60 acres are now under tillage with suitable and commodious farm buildings. Mr. Keegan was united in marriage, in this township, Feb. 4, 1872, to Mary, daughter of William and Sarah (Whitney) Cross and widow of Joseph Moulton. The father was a native of England and the mother of Maine; they now reside with Mr. and Mrs. Keegan. In politics Mr. Keegan is a Republican. |