COLDWATER REPUBLICAN
VOLUME IV NO. 63 COLDWATER, MICH. TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1879 WHOLE NUMBER 375

ALGANSEE INVADED BY OUR TRAMP.

Z. G. Trim is 49 years old, and was born in Oswego county, N. Y. When he was
four years of age his people came to
Michigan and located in Lenawee county, where they lived 16 years, then removed
to Hillsdale, and after a residence in that
place of three years, during which Mr. T. was married to Miss Ursula Campbell,
he removed to Algansee 29 years ago,
settling half a mile west of where he now lives, and 13 years ago moved to his
present home, where we enjoyed his
hospitality. His father, who came into the State on foot and carried a knapsack
on his back, is 83 years of age, and now lives in
Quincy. He was lamed so badly by carrying his knapsack that he had to build his
first house with one hand. When he laid
down he could not raise up without help, so he had a rope suspended over his bed
and by its aid was enabled to help himself.
It was by passing through such trials as these and by undergoing the most
grinding hardships that the pioneers were enable to
settle up and develop the country till the young people of the present
generation have little idea of the price which was paid
to secure for them the blessings which they now enjoy. There were only three or
four frame houses in Adrian at the time that
he moved there. Mr. Trim was three years in the U. S. service, being a member of
the 11th regiment of Michigan infantry.
Mrs. Trim was born in Cayuga county, N. Y. Her father's family moved from New
York to Indiana, and from there to
Hillsdale county where she was married. One child, Chas. C., has been born to
them. Mr. and Mrs. T. were among the first to
organize the Baptist church in Algansee. The church edifice was erected 13 years
ago. Mr. T. has been trustee of the society
ever since it was organized, until the last year.