NAME: William Rufus DeLand, FATHER: Jedediah DeLand, MOTHER: Persis DeLand,
WIFE: Mary Green KEITH DeLand, CHILDREN: Mary Ann Samantha DeLAND, (m.Rockwell); William Clark DeLand; (Charles) Victor DeLand; Marcus DeLand; Lucy Deborah DeLAND, (m.Smith); James Sullivan DeLand; Francis Herbert DeLand
SOURCE: History of North Brookfield, Massachusetts,
By Josiah Howard Temple, Charles Adams, pages 566-570
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An ardent abolitionist and friend of Horace Greeley, William R. DeLand helped slaves escape to freedom, his home serving as a station on the Underground railroad. William founded the city of Jackson, served as a judge, and established the First Congregational Church in Jackson, Mich. He and his sons Charles and James, owned and operated a Jackson newspaper called the American Citizen. The DeLand family's editorial policy was anti-slavery and promoted Republican party politics. In the Civil War Charles and James both joined and fought with the First Michigan Sharpshooters Regiment. Charles finished the Civil War with a rank of Brevet Brigadier General and James with a rank of Brevet Major. Gertrude, the daughter of James S. DeLand, married Stephen Michael Cotter and lived in Detroit.
SOURCE: Detroit Public Library.
Burton Historical Collection.
Title: DeLand family papers
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Judge William R. DeLand is a native of Massachusetts, and was born July 20, 1794, at North Brookfield, Worcester County, sixth son of Jedediah DeLand, a soldier of the Revolution and a respectable citizen of that town; was brought up in the rural pursuits of husbandry; received a good common school education, of which he became a "high graduate." Taught school for five or six years-from his twentieth to his twenty-sixth year, in Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania. Was married February 25, 1823, to Miss Mary G. Keith, at Caroline, Tompkins County, New York. Returned to his native town in 1824. Emigrated to Michigan in the spring of 1830, leaving North Brookfield April 14 and arriving on the spot on which Jackson now stands May 27, a period of forty days and a distance of about eight hundred miles, whereas the children of Israel were forty years performing a journey of a less distance. On arrival found as "goodly a land" as those migratory Israelites, "a land flowing with milk and wild honey," and plenty of "venison" into the bargain. One of "the first settlers;" took an active part in all its improvements; in the incipient planting of the standard of civilization in this wilderness. Was appointed the first justice of the peace, the only magistrate till the organization of the county in 1833 On the organization of the circuit court, was appointed associate judge of said court for the county of Jackson for four years. Was elected justice of the peace in 1837, county clerk in 1838, for two years, by virtue of which office he was the clerk of the board of supervisors, and issued orders on the treasury for all claims audited and allowed. In 1840 was elected judge of probate...
SOURCE: Pages 332, 333 De Land's History of Jackson Co., Michigan
by Charles Victor DeLand - 1903, Copied from Thomas's Gazetteer 1867
WIFE: Mary Green KEITH DeLand, CHILDREN: Mary Ann Samantha DeLAND, (m.Rockwell); William Clark DeLand; (Charles) Victor DeLand; Marcus DeLand; Lucy Deborah DeLAND, (m.Smith); James Sullivan DeLand; Francis Herbert DeLand
SOURCE: History of North Brookfield, Massachusetts,
By Josiah Howard Temple, Charles Adams, pages 566-570
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An ardent abolitionist and friend of Horace Greeley, William R. DeLand helped slaves escape to freedom, his home serving as a station on the Underground railroad. William founded the city of Jackson, served as a judge, and established the First Congregational Church in Jackson, Mich. He and his sons Charles and James, owned and operated a Jackson newspaper called the American Citizen. The DeLand family's editorial policy was anti-slavery and promoted Republican party politics. In the Civil War Charles and James both joined and fought with the First Michigan Sharpshooters Regiment. Charles finished the Civil War with a rank of Brevet Brigadier General and James with a rank of Brevet Major. Gertrude, the daughter of James S. DeLand, married Stephen Michael Cotter and lived in Detroit.
SOURCE: Detroit Public Library.
Burton Historical Collection.
Title: DeLand family papers
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Judge William R. DeLand is a native of Massachusetts, and was born July 20, 1794, at North Brookfield, Worcester County, sixth son of Jedediah DeLand, a soldier of the Revolution and a respectable citizen of that town; was brought up in the rural pursuits of husbandry; received a good common school education, of which he became a "high graduate." Taught school for five or six years-from his twentieth to his twenty-sixth year, in Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania. Was married February 25, 1823, to Miss Mary G. Keith, at Caroline, Tompkins County, New York. Returned to his native town in 1824. Emigrated to Michigan in the spring of 1830, leaving North Brookfield April 14 and arriving on the spot on which Jackson now stands May 27, a period of forty days and a distance of about eight hundred miles, whereas the children of Israel were forty years performing a journey of a less distance. On arrival found as "goodly a land" as those migratory Israelites, "a land flowing with milk and wild honey," and plenty of "venison" into the bargain. One of "the first settlers;" took an active part in all its improvements; in the incipient planting of the standard of civilization in this wilderness. Was appointed the first justice of the peace, the only magistrate till the organization of the county in 1833 On the organization of the circuit court, was appointed associate judge of said court for the county of Jackson for four years. Was elected justice of the peace in 1837, county clerk in 1838, for two years, by virtue of which office he was the clerk of the board of supervisors, and issued orders on the treasury for all claims audited and allowed. In 1840 was elected judge of probate...
SOURCE: Pages 332, 333 De Land's History of Jackson Co., Michigan
by Charles Victor DeLand - 1903, Copied from Thomas's Gazetteer 1867
NAME: William Rufus DeLand, FATHER: Jedediah DeLand, MOTHER: Persis DeLand,
WIFE: Mary Green KEITH DeLand, CHILDREN: Mary Ann Samantha DeLAND, (m.Rockwell); William Clark DeLand; (Charles) Victor DeLand; Marcus DeLand; Lucy Deborah DeLAND, (m.Smith); James Sullivan DeLand; Francis Herbert DeLand
SOURCE: History of North Brookfield, Massachusetts,
By Josiah Howard Temple, Charles Adams, pages 566-570
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An ardent abolitionist and friend of Horace Greeley, William R. DeLand helped slaves escape to freedom, his home serving as a station on the Underground railroad. William founded the city of Jackson, served as a judge, and established the First Congregational Church in Jackson, Mich. He and his sons Charles and James, owned and operated a Jackson newspaper called the American Citizen. The DeLand family's editorial policy was anti-slavery and promoted Republican party politics. In the Civil War Charles and James both joined and fought with the First Michigan Sharpshooters Regiment. Charles finished the Civil War with a rank of Brevet Brigadier General and James with a rank of Brevet Major. Gertrude, the daughter of James S. DeLand, married Stephen Michael Cotter and lived in Detroit.
SOURCE: Detroit Public Library.
Burton Historical Collection.
Title: DeLand family papers
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Judge William R. DeLand is a native of Massachusetts, and was born July 20, 1794, at North Brookfield, Worcester County, sixth son of Jedediah DeLand, a soldier of the Revolution and a respectable citizen of that town; was brought up in the rural pursuits of husbandry; received a good common school education, of which he became a "high graduate." Taught school for five or six years-from his twentieth to his twenty-sixth year, in Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania. Was married February 25, 1823, to Miss Mary G. Keith, at Caroline, Tompkins County, New York. Returned to his native town in 1824. Emigrated to Michigan in the spring of 1830, leaving North Brookfield April 14 and arriving on the spot on which Jackson now stands May 27, a period of forty days and a distance of about eight hundred miles, whereas the children of Israel were forty years performing a journey of a less distance. On arrival found as "goodly a land" as those migratory Israelites, "a land flowing with milk and wild honey," and plenty of "venison" into the bargain. One of "the first settlers;" took an active part in all its improvements; in the incipient planting of the standard of civilization in this wilderness. Was appointed the first justice of the peace, the only magistrate till the organization of the county in 1833 On the organization of the circuit court, was appointed associate judge of said court for the county of Jackson for four years. Was elected justice of the peace in 1837, county clerk in 1838, for two years, by virtue of which office he was the clerk of the board of supervisors, and issued orders on the treasury for all claims audited and allowed. In 1840 was elected judge of probate...
SOURCE: Pages 332, 333 De Land's History of Jackson Co., Michigan
by Charles Victor DeLand - 1903, Copied from Thomas's Gazetteer 1867
WIFE: Mary Green KEITH DeLand, CHILDREN: Mary Ann Samantha DeLAND, (m.Rockwell); William Clark DeLand; (Charles) Victor DeLand; Marcus DeLand; Lucy Deborah DeLAND, (m.Smith); James Sullivan DeLand; Francis Herbert DeLand
SOURCE: History of North Brookfield, Massachusetts,
By Josiah Howard Temple, Charles Adams, pages 566-570
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An ardent abolitionist and friend of Horace Greeley, William R. DeLand helped slaves escape to freedom, his home serving as a station on the Underground railroad. William founded the city of Jackson, served as a judge, and established the First Congregational Church in Jackson, Mich. He and his sons Charles and James, owned and operated a Jackson newspaper called the American Citizen. The DeLand family's editorial policy was anti-slavery and promoted Republican party politics. In the Civil War Charles and James both joined and fought with the First Michigan Sharpshooters Regiment. Charles finished the Civil War with a rank of Brevet Brigadier General and James with a rank of Brevet Major. Gertrude, the daughter of James S. DeLand, married Stephen Michael Cotter and lived in Detroit.
SOURCE: Detroit Public Library.
Burton Historical Collection.
Title: DeLand family papers
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Judge William R. DeLand is a native of Massachusetts, and was born July 20, 1794, at North Brookfield, Worcester County, sixth son of Jedediah DeLand, a soldier of the Revolution and a respectable citizen of that town; was brought up in the rural pursuits of husbandry; received a good common school education, of which he became a "high graduate." Taught school for five or six years-from his twentieth to his twenty-sixth year, in Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania. Was married February 25, 1823, to Miss Mary G. Keith, at Caroline, Tompkins County, New York. Returned to his native town in 1824. Emigrated to Michigan in the spring of 1830, leaving North Brookfield April 14 and arriving on the spot on which Jackson now stands May 27, a period of forty days and a distance of about eight hundred miles, whereas the children of Israel were forty years performing a journey of a less distance. On arrival found as "goodly a land" as those migratory Israelites, "a land flowing with milk and wild honey," and plenty of "venison" into the bargain. One of "the first settlers;" took an active part in all its improvements; in the incipient planting of the standard of civilization in this wilderness. Was appointed the first justice of the peace, the only magistrate till the organization of the county in 1833 On the organization of the circuit court, was appointed associate judge of said court for the county of Jackson for four years. Was elected justice of the peace in 1837, county clerk in 1838, for two years, by virtue of which office he was the clerk of the board of supervisors, and issued orders on the treasury for all claims audited and allowed. In 1840 was elected judge of probate...
SOURCE: Pages 332, 333 De Land's History of Jackson Co., Michigan
by Charles Victor DeLand - 1903, Copied from Thomas's Gazetteer 1867
Inscription
"Wm R. DeLand, one of the earliest settlers of Jackson, died Nov 30,1876, aged 81 yrs, 4 mo, 10 days."
