Johnathan Halstead

Johnathan Halstead, carriage and wagon maker, Shelby vilage, was born September 5, 1842, in Calhoun County, Mich., where he resided until he was twenty-three years of age, and there learned his trade, at which he has been since his fiteenth year, acquiring great skill therein. He moved to Nashville, Mich., for two years; thence for another two years to Battle Creek, as foreman of Mr. Clapp's shop, and came to Shelby May 4, 1874. He married November 1, 1863, Mary E. Reynolds, of Bedford, Calhoun Co., Mich., and has three children, Zoela, Daniel J. and Stanley.