Who Is He? February 3, 1896 Big Rapids Pioneer Newspaper
He was born in the town of Canandalgua, N.Y., February 3, 1810, grew up and received a good common school education in the schools as taught at that time. Taught school at the age of 19 at Perry's corners,
Genessee County; came to the Territory of Michigan in 1830, and located a piece of land near Jonesville, Hillsdale County. He went on an Indian trail to the United States Land Office at White Pigeon and entered the land. He taught school in the winter of 1832-3 in the town of Franklin, Lenawee County, and returned to New York in the spring. In the fall of 1836 he returned to Michigan with his family, and settled on his land; was elected assessor and school inspector at the first township meeting in the township of Scipio after it's organization, which township meeting was held in the spring of 1836, and was continued in said offices twelve consecutive years; he also held the office of township clerk four years, and supervisor three years in the same town. He was elected a delegate from Hillsdale County to the first Senatorial Convention held at the village of Adrian, after Michigan was admitted to the Union in 1837; also a delegate to every Representative and county convention held in Hillsdale County for sixteen years. He removed to Wisconsin in the fall of 1849, and after two years came back to Michigan and settled in the township of Rollin, Lenawee County. In two years more he removed to Iowa, where he lived eight years, and lost a large property through the villanyof his fellow man, and returned to Michigan in 1862 and settled in the township of Deerfield, this county, on state swamp land, and, if I may use the term, "completly strapped." Six years ago he returned to the village of Morley, and engaged in the hardware and grocery trade, in which he is now engaged.
Such in short is a brief, imperfect and hasty sketch of the history of Lyman Nethaway, the President of the village of Morley.
