Edwin Nickerson was born in Canada, March 17, 1833. His father settled in Cattarangus County, N. Y., in 1835; thence to Lake Co., Ind., in 1839, and Barry Co., Mich., in 1842. In 1865 he made Pentwater, Oceana County, his home, and built a planing-mill. Is now extensively engaged in lumbering; also owns the flour and custom mill at Pentwater. Has been township supervisor; is the present (1882) president of the village. Married, December 24, 1873, Maria A. Carmichael. |