History of Livingston Co., Michigan: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Ellis, Franklin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1527775275 ISBN 13: 9781527775275

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2024

Synopsis

Excerpt from History of Livingston Co., Michigan: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers

The History of Livingston County here presented to its patrons for their approval, is the result of long and patient labor and research, which have been bestowed upon it with the View of producing an authentic and connected narrative of events of general importance or interest, which have occurred in the territory now comprised in the county of Livingston, or in which its residents have been actors; confining the account as closely as practicable to the limits of the county, and to its former and present inhabitants; referring to outside matters only so far as is necessary, to show the connection of events.

To the general matter pertaining to the county, is added a history of each of its townships, em bracing notices of early settlers, sketches of churches, schools, societies, and other local organizations, and also special and statistical matters relating to the county and townships, intended chiefly for refer ence. Other portions of the work are necessarily arranged according to the subjects of which they treat.

In the preparation of the history many of the best and most reliable works bearing on the subject have been consulted, and no labor has been spared in the gathering of historical material from the most thoroughly informed citizens of the county; and in these labors and researches it has been not more the object to collect all obtainable facts, than to exclude everything of doubtful authenticity. If errors are discovered (as it is almost certain that there will be) in the orthography of some of the family names of the early and later residents of the county, it is largely due to the fact that these names have been found spelled differently (and sometimes in as many as four or five different ways) in the county, town ship, church, and society records. In several cases it has been found that different members of the same family vary in the orthography of their surnames; one especially notable instance of this kind being that of two brothers, both of whom are highly educated and intelligent men, and both prominent and influential citizens of Livingston County. Under such circumstances it should not be thought strange if the several writers of the county and township histories, often finding themselves wholly at a loss to know which method of spelling to adopt, have sometimes made the mistake of choosing the wrong one.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2024
• ISBN 10: 1527775275
• ISBN 13: 9781527775275
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 608