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| Thomas Sales, farmer, sec. 7, Green Tp., was born in Caroline Co., Va., Aug. 4, 1823. He passed the first 18 years of his life in farming, alternating with other pursuits as occasion demanded. He left home in 1841, and went to St. Louis, Mo., going thence in 1846 to Chicago, where he spent two years in various employments. In 1848 he came to Michigan, to engage in lumbering, and passed through Mecosta County, en route to the lumber camp of Delos Blodgett, in Osceola County, and was employ of that gentleman until 1858. In that year he bought a farm in the northern part of Green Tp., containing 40 acres of land, where he expended labor and energy for five years, selling the property at the end of that time, and removing just across the line into Newaygo County, where he lived two years. In 1860, he bought the farm on which he is now located in Green Tp., containing 88 acres of unimproved land. He has applied his time to clearing and improvement of his farm to the best purpose, and has 40 acres in advanced cultivation, with a fine residence, good orchards, and fixtures, generally in excellent condition. He is esteemed among his fellow townsmen, and regarded as a valuable and public spirited person. Mr. Sales was married in 1860 to Mrs. Catherine Goose, a native of Germany. Two children have been born to them: Maria L. and William T. Mrs. Sales had seven children by a former marriage: Kate, George, Margaret and Mary, now living, and Henry, Lizzie, and Mary deceased. |