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Van Alstine |
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| Nelson VanAlstine, farmer, sec., 15 Grant Township, was born June 14, 1843, in Wolcott, Wayne Co., New York. About the year 1857 his parents settled in Shiawassee Co., Mich., where they resided 14 years, the father dying in 1861; the mother resides in Grant Township. Mr. VanAlstine began his career as an agriculturist in Shiawassee Co., in 1864, where he lived five years, then sold his farm and made a homestead claim of 80 acres on sec., 10 in Grant Township, on which he resided five years. In 1875 he bought 40 acres of choice land on sec., 15, where he is engaged in farming, and is proprietor of his original tract of land. His farm is well improved and valuable. Mr. VanAlstine was married dec. 26, 1864, to Sarah Elizabeth Blythe of Wolcott, New York, and of their marriage five children have been born: James E., William H., Nettie O., Robert Emmet, and Dora Isabel. Mr VanAlstine is a Republican in political relations, and has been Constable two years. His paternal and maternal grandsires were both soldiers of the Revolutionary War. |