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| Peter La Bonta was born in Canada, 1833; went to Detroit the following year. He early became a mechanic by trade, working in sash, door and blind factory. In 1859, settled at Pentwater. Enlisted in 1863, in the Twenty-first Michigan Infantry; served till close of the war. In 1880 he purchased the planing mill at Pentwater, which he still operates, also making sash, doors and blinds. Married in 1858, Mary Riley. |