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Zenas and Huldah (Purinton) Atwood were natives of Franklin County, Massachusetts, where they passed their youth and were married. Their first wedded home was in Graton, Tompkins County, N.Y., where they settled in 1815 and later removed to Homer. In 1836 they made their removal to Michigan, he coming early in the spring by way of the lakes to Detroit, and then taking ox-team from that city to the new homestead. He located upon eighty acres of Government land in Ingham County, and built a log house to which he brought his family in the fall. Both Mr. and Mrs. Zenas Atwood spent the remainder of their lives in this township, remaining on the farm most of the time. The father died at the age of fifty-nine years, in October, 1850, and his wife survived until 1875, when she passed away at the age of eighty-four years.
Zenas Atwood was a plain hardworking man, who was faithful in all his duties but was not one who accumulated much property, neither did he give his time to public service, except on one occasion when he acted as Assessor of his township. He was a strong Abolitionist, even at the early date previous to his death, and was a man of firm convictions. Both he and his wife were active and efficient members of the Baptist Church, in which he was a Deacon from the date of the organization of the Dansville Church, until his death. His parents were New England people of English origin, and his wife's parents came from the same section and were descended from English and French stock. Joseph Purinton, his wife's father, was a Revolutionary soldier and he himself served in the War of 1812. Eight children were granted him and his worthy helpmate, namely: Pearly, Almira, Lucy, Horace, Henry P. Mercy C., Martin S., and Marcus M., the two latter being twins.
Zenas Atwood came with his family from Cayuga Co., N.Y., in October, 1836, and settled on the west half of the northeast quarter of section 24, in Ingham, having purchased the land the previous spring. The family consisted of Mr. Atwood and his wife, four sons, and two daughters, two other daughters having remained in New York. Mr. Atwood died in October, 1850. His son, Marcus M. Atwood, who practiced law for thirty years in the township, is now living at Dansville [Ingham County, Michigan], where he located in September, 1858.
(History of Ingham and Eaton Counties, Michigan by Samuel W. Durant Philadelphia: D.W. Ensign & Co., 1880, page 246.)
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Zenas and Huldah (Purinton) Atwood were natives of Franklin County, Massachusetts, where they passed their youth and were married. Their first wedded home was in Graton, Tompkins County, N.Y., where they settled in 1815 and later removed to Homer. In 1836 they made their removal to Michigan, he coming early in the spring by way of the lakes to Detroit, and then taking ox-team from that city to the new homestead. He located upon eighty acres of Government land in Ingham County, and built a log house to which he brought his family in the fall. Both Mr. and Mrs. Zenas Atwood spent the remainder of their lives in this township, remaining on the farm most of the time. The father died at the age of fifty-nine years, in October, 1850, and his wife survived until 1875, when she passed away at the age of eighty-four years.
Zenas Atwood was a plain hardworking man, who was faithful in all his duties but was not one who accumulated much property, neither did he give his time to public service, except on one occasion when he acted as Assessor of his township. He was a strong Abolitionist, even at the early date previous to his death, and was a man of firm convictions. Both he and his wife were active and efficient members of the Baptist Church, in which he was a Deacon from the date of the organization of the Dansville Church, until his death. His parents were New England people of English origin, and his wife's parents came from the same section and were descended from English and French stock. Joseph Purinton, his wife's father, was a Revolutionary soldier and he himself served in the War of 1812. Eight children were granted him and his worthy helpmate, namely: Pearly, Almira, Lucy, Horace, Henry P. Mercy C., Martin S., and Marcus M., the two latter being twins.
Zenas Atwood came with his family from Cayuga Co., N.Y., in October, 1836, and settled on the west half of the northeast quarter of section 24, in Ingham, having purchased the land the previous spring. The family consisted of Mr. Atwood and his wife, four sons, and two daughters, two other daughters having remained in New York. Mr. Atwood died in October, 1850. His son, Marcus M. Atwood, who practiced law for thirty years in the township, is now living at Dansville [Ingham County, Michigan], where he located in September, 1858.
(History of Ingham and Eaton Counties, Michigan by Samuel W. Durant Philadelphia: D.W. Ensign & Co., 1880, page 246.)
WAR OF 1812 VETERAN
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Zenas and Huldah (Purinton) Atwood were natives of Franklin County, Massachusetts, where they passed their youth and were married. Their first wedded home was in Graton, Tompkins County, N.Y., where they settled in 1815 and later removed to Homer. In 1836 they made their removal to Michigan, he coming early in the spring by way of the lakes to Detroit, and then taking ox-team from that city to the new homestead. He located upon eighty acres of Government land in Ingham County, and built a log house to which he brought his family in the fall. Both Mr. and Mrs. Zenas Atwood spent the remainder of their lives in this township, remaining on the farm most of the time. The father died at the age of fifty-nine years, in October, 1850, and his wife survived until 1875, when she passed away at the age of eighty-four years.
Zenas Atwood was a plain hardworking man, who was faithful in all his duties but was not one who accumulated much property, neither did he give his time to public service, except on one occasion when he acted as Assessor of his township. He was a strong Abolitionist, even at the early date previous to his death, and was a man of firm convictions. Both he and his wife were active and efficient members of the Baptist Church, in which he was a Deacon from the date of the organization of the Dansville Church, until his death. His parents were New England people of English origin, and his wife's parents came from the same section and were descended from English and French stock. Joseph Purinton, his wife's father, was a Revolutionary soldier and he himself served in the War of 1812. Eight children were granted him and his worthy helpmate, namely: Pearly, Almira, Lucy, Horace, Henry P. Mercy C., Martin S., and Marcus M., the two latter being twins.
Zenas Atwood came with his family from Cayuga Co., N.Y., in October, 1836, and settled on the west half of the northeast quarter of section 24, in Ingham, having purchased the land the previous spring. The family consisted of Mr. Atwood and his wife, four sons, and two daughters, two other daughters having remained in New York. Mr. Atwood died in October, 1850. His son, Marcus M. Atwood, who practiced law for thirty years in the township, is now living at Dansville [Ingham County, Michigan], where he located in September, 1858.
(History of Ingham and Eaton Counties, Michigan by Samuel W. Durant Philadelphia: D.W. Ensign & Co., 1880, page 246.)
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Zenas and Huldah (Purinton) Atwood were natives of Franklin County, Massachusetts, where they passed their youth and were married. Their first wedded home was in Graton, Tompkins County, N.Y., where they settled in 1815 and later removed to Homer. In 1836 they made their removal to Michigan, he coming early in the spring by way of the lakes to Detroit, and then taking ox-team from that city to the new homestead. He located upon eighty acres of Government land in Ingham County, and built a log house to which he brought his family in the fall. Both Mr. and Mrs. Zenas Atwood spent the remainder of their lives in this township, remaining on the farm most of the time. The father died at the age of fifty-nine years, in October, 1850, and his wife survived until 1875, when she passed away at the age of eighty-four years.
Zenas Atwood was a plain hardworking man, who was faithful in all his duties but was not one who accumulated much property, neither did he give his time to public service, except on one occasion when he acted as Assessor of his township. He was a strong Abolitionist, even at the early date previous to his death, and was a man of firm convictions. Both he and his wife were active and efficient members of the Baptist Church, in which he was a Deacon from the date of the organization of the Dansville Church, until his death. His parents were New England people of English origin, and his wife's parents came from the same section and were descended from English and French stock. Joseph Purinton, his wife's father, was a Revolutionary soldier and he himself served in the War of 1812. Eight children were granted him and his worthy helpmate, namely: Pearly, Almira, Lucy, Horace, Henry P. Mercy C., Martin S., and Marcus M., the two latter being twins.
Zenas Atwood came with his family from Cayuga Co., N.Y., in October, 1836, and settled on the west half of the northeast quarter of section 24, in Ingham, having purchased the land the previous spring. The family consisted of Mr. Atwood and his wife, four sons, and two daughters, two other daughters having remained in New York. Mr. Atwood died in October, 1850. His son, Marcus M. Atwood, who practiced law for thirty years in the township, is now living at Dansville [Ingham County, Michigan], where he located in September, 1858.
(History of Ingham and Eaton Counties, Michigan by Samuel W. Durant Philadelphia: D.W. Ensign & Co., 1880, page 246.)
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"Zenas / Atwood / 1791 - 1850"
"Zenas Atwood N.Y. Mil. War 1812"
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