Jane was the daughter of Elihu Lewis and Martha Tilbury. She married Ezra Billings, in 1822. They had 2 daughters, Minerva and Abigail.
From the "History of Ingham and Eaton counties, Michigan by Samuel Durant
DELTA page 451
"The next settlers after Mr. Ingersoll were a Mr. Lewis and his son-in-law, Ezra Billings. They came from Ohio, and in passing through the wilderness from Eaton Rapids to Delta Mills, a distance of some twenty miles, without path or line, these people encountered perils and endured much suffering. Mrs. Lewis*, a very aged lady, fell sick on the way, probably from trials and extreme exposure experienced on the journey, and died soon after their arrival. A rough coffin being made from a wagon-box, she was buried on the brink of Grand River. No monument or other evidence exists to mark her last resting-place. Thus pass the lowly away.
This party had been lost in "Old Maid's Swamp," and wandered for several days before they finally found relief, and that only after some of their number had hunted for it. Mr Lewis built a shanty on the north bank of the river, just below where the bridge now stands. When his wife died their daughter, Mrs. Billings, with her own hands prepared her for burial. The highway now passes over the spot where her remains were deposited, "and passers-by are as unconscious of the presence of death as the river that rolls at her feet."
From the "History of Ingham and Eaton counties, Michigan by Samuel Durant
DELTA page 451
"The next settlers after Mr. Ingersoll were a Mr. Lewis and his son-in-law, Ezra Billings. They came from Ohio, and in passing through the wilderness from Eaton Rapids to Delta Mills, a distance of some twenty miles, without path or line, these people encountered perils and endured much suffering. Mrs. Lewis*, a very aged lady, fell sick on the way, probably from trials and extreme exposure experienced on the journey, and died soon after their arrival. A rough coffin being made from a wagon-box, she was buried on the brink of Grand River. No monument or other evidence exists to mark her last resting-place. Thus pass the lowly away.
This party had been lost in "Old Maid's Swamp," and wandered for several days before they finally found relief, and that only after some of their number had hunted for it. Mr Lewis built a shanty on the north bank of the river, just below where the bridge now stands. When his wife died their daughter, Mrs. Billings, with her own hands prepared her for burial. The highway now passes over the spot where her remains were deposited, "and passers-by are as unconscious of the presence of death as the river that rolls at her feet."
Jane was the daughter of Elihu Lewis and Martha Tilbury. She married Ezra Billings, in 1822. They had 2 daughters, Minerva and Abigail.
From the "History of Ingham and Eaton counties, Michigan by Samuel Durant
DELTA page 451
"The next settlers after Mr. Ingersoll were a Mr. Lewis and his son-in-law, Ezra Billings. They came from Ohio, and in passing through the wilderness from Eaton Rapids to Delta Mills, a distance of some twenty miles, without path or line, these people encountered perils and endured much suffering. Mrs. Lewis*, a very aged lady, fell sick on the way, probably from trials and extreme exposure experienced on the journey, and died soon after their arrival. A rough coffin being made from a wagon-box, she was buried on the brink of Grand River. No monument or other evidence exists to mark her last resting-place. Thus pass the lowly away.
This party had been lost in "Old Maid's Swamp," and wandered for several days before they finally found relief, and that only after some of their number had hunted for it. Mr Lewis built a shanty on the north bank of the river, just below where the bridge now stands. When his wife died their daughter, Mrs. Billings, with her own hands prepared her for burial. The highway now passes over the spot where her remains were deposited, "and passers-by are as unconscious of the presence of death as the river that rolls at her feet."
From the "History of Ingham and Eaton counties, Michigan by Samuel Durant
DELTA page 451
"The next settlers after Mr. Ingersoll were a Mr. Lewis and his son-in-law, Ezra Billings. They came from Ohio, and in passing through the wilderness from Eaton Rapids to Delta Mills, a distance of some twenty miles, without path or line, these people encountered perils and endured much suffering. Mrs. Lewis*, a very aged lady, fell sick on the way, probably from trials and extreme exposure experienced on the journey, and died soon after their arrival. A rough coffin being made from a wagon-box, she was buried on the brink of Grand River. No monument or other evidence exists to mark her last resting-place. Thus pass the lowly away.
This party had been lost in "Old Maid's Swamp," and wandered for several days before they finally found relief, and that only after some of their number had hunted for it. Mr Lewis built a shanty on the north bank of the river, just below where the bridge now stands. When his wife died their daughter, Mrs. Billings, with her own hands prepared her for burial. The highway now passes over the spot where her remains were deposited, "and passers-by are as unconscious of the presence of death as the river that rolls at her feet."
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