Joshua North, the third son of Joseph E. North, Sr., one of the earliest settlers in Delhi, came to Michigan in May 1838, at the solicitation of his oldest brother, Joseph E. North, Jr., who had exchanged land in Ingham township with Hezekiah Ferguson, who had entered section 32, in Lansing township. The brothers worked clearing land on the Lansing property until the fall of the same year (1838), when Joshua returned to the State of New York, stopping for a few weeks with an uncle who lived in Ohio. Joseph E. North, Sr., visited Michigan in October, 1838, and entered a large tract of land, he and his son, Joseph E. Jr., having altogether 1280 acres. While Joshua was absent in New York State his father wrote him to borrow a hundred dollars and come back to Michigan, which he did in November, 1839, bringing a lumber wagon, a few tools, and some dried fruit. The goods were shipped by the canal to Buffalo, and thence by the steamer "Michigan" to Detroit. The steamer was blown ashore at Buffalo in the great storm of 1844. From Detroit they shipped their goods by the Central Railway to Ypsilanti, then the terminus of the road, and from that point to Ingham County by ox-team, which Joseph E. North, Jr. brought from Lansing to meet them.
When Joseph E. North, Sr., removed with his family to Michigan, in 1839, he brought a yoke of oxen, purchased in Ohio, and a horse and buggy. At Detroit he hired four two-horse teams to transport his goods to Ingham County. Joshua met him at Mason upon his arrival there. Henry H. North, the second son, had visited Michigan in 1837, and returned to the State of New York in 1838, where, in December of that year he married Miss Almira Buck in Tompkins County, and in the spring of 1839 came again to Michigan with his father, where he permanently settled in the township of Delhi, south of his father's farm. He and Joshua married sisters. Henry had nine children, seven of whom are still living. Several of his sons served the Union Army during the Rebellion.
Joshua returned again to New York State in the fall of 1840, and on the 23d of January, 1841, married Miss Louisa Buck, of Lansing, Tompkins County, NY. In May, 1841, in company with his wife's eldest brother, Levi Buck, and Monroe Packard, he returned once more to Michigan and settled permanently, in 1841, where he now resides on section 4. Delhi township. On his arrival with his wife and goods at Ann Arbor he found his father there with an ox-team and a load of wheat which he had brought to market. From thence, Henry's family and goods made the trip to Lansing in the old gentleman's ox-wagon.
Henry H. and Joshua North lived for a short time in the same house in the summer of 1841 until the latter could complete a log house. A part of the land now owned by Joshua was part of the purchase of his father in 1838.
Joshua has five children, two sons and three daughters; a son and a daughter, both married, are now living in Blomington, IL.
Joshua North tells on incident of his early life in Michigan, which illustrates the wonderful development of the county from a wilderness condition it which it was found by the settlers of forty years ago. It was on the occasion of the birth of the first child in the townhip, a daughter of Henry H. North. The family requiring a little additional help at that time, Joshua went on horseback and procured the services of a young woman living in the vicinity, and was taking her home behind him on the horse in the night, through a blind road which had been partly bushed out. He lost the path and looked for it in vain. The candel in the old-fashioned tin lantern which he carried threatened to become extinguished, and as a last resort he dismounted and made a fire in the slivered butt of a fallen tree, and leaving the young woman there searched again for the road, but not finding it concluded to make the best of the situation and stay by the fire until daylight. It was quite cool and the young people huddled close to the fire, while jumping and frisking about in the thick woods the gray wolves made anything but pleasant music to their ears. The girl was sure they were something dangerous, but young North, knowing the terror they would inspire if she was fully aware of their character, insisited they were only owls, and partially quieted her fears. He knew well enough they would not attack them by their bright fire, for all wild animals have a mortal dread of this element; and so they sat and listened and watched until the day-dawn sent the unwelcome visitors to their haunts in the depths of the forest, and then went on their way.
History of Ingham and Eaton Counties, Michigan - by Samuel W. Durant
Published 1880 by D. W. Ensign & Co., Philadelphia
When Joseph E. North, Sr., removed with his family to Michigan, in 1839, he brought a yoke of oxen, purchased in Ohio, and a horse and buggy. At Detroit he hired four two-horse teams to transport his goods to Ingham County. Joshua met him at Mason upon his arrival there. Henry H. North, the second son, had visited Michigan in 1837, and returned to the State of New York in 1838, where, in December of that year he married Miss Almira Buck in Tompkins County, and in the spring of 1839 came again to Michigan with his father, where he permanently settled in the township of Delhi, south of his father's farm. He and Joshua married sisters. Henry had nine children, seven of whom are still living. Several of his sons served the Union Army during the Rebellion.
Joshua returned again to New York State in the fall of 1840, and on the 23d of January, 1841, married Miss Louisa Buck, of Lansing, Tompkins County, NY. In May, 1841, in company with his wife's eldest brother, Levi Buck, and Monroe Packard, he returned once more to Michigan and settled permanently, in 1841, where he now resides on section 4. Delhi township. On his arrival with his wife and goods at Ann Arbor he found his father there with an ox-team and a load of wheat which he had brought to market. From thence, Henry's family and goods made the trip to Lansing in the old gentleman's ox-wagon.
Henry H. and Joshua North lived for a short time in the same house in the summer of 1841 until the latter could complete a log house. A part of the land now owned by Joshua was part of the purchase of his father in 1838.
Joshua has five children, two sons and three daughters; a son and a daughter, both married, are now living in Blomington, IL.
Joshua North tells on incident of his early life in Michigan, which illustrates the wonderful development of the county from a wilderness condition it which it was found by the settlers of forty years ago. It was on the occasion of the birth of the first child in the townhip, a daughter of Henry H. North. The family requiring a little additional help at that time, Joshua went on horseback and procured the services of a young woman living in the vicinity, and was taking her home behind him on the horse in the night, through a blind road which had been partly bushed out. He lost the path and looked for it in vain. The candel in the old-fashioned tin lantern which he carried threatened to become extinguished, and as a last resort he dismounted and made a fire in the slivered butt of a fallen tree, and leaving the young woman there searched again for the road, but not finding it concluded to make the best of the situation and stay by the fire until daylight. It was quite cool and the young people huddled close to the fire, while jumping and frisking about in the thick woods the gray wolves made anything but pleasant music to their ears. The girl was sure they were something dangerous, but young North, knowing the terror they would inspire if she was fully aware of their character, insisited they were only owls, and partially quieted her fears. He knew well enough they would not attack them by their bright fire, for all wild animals have a mortal dread of this element; and so they sat and listened and watched until the day-dawn sent the unwelcome visitors to their haunts in the depths of the forest, and then went on their way.
History of Ingham and Eaton Counties, Michigan - by Samuel W. Durant
Published 1880 by D. W. Ensign & Co., Philadelphia
Joshua North, the third son of Joseph E. North, Sr., one of the earliest settlers in Delhi, came to Michigan in May 1838, at the solicitation of his oldest brother, Joseph E. North, Jr., who had exchanged land in Ingham township with Hezekiah Ferguson, who had entered section 32, in Lansing township. The brothers worked clearing land on the Lansing property until the fall of the same year (1838), when Joshua returned to the State of New York, stopping for a few weeks with an uncle who lived in Ohio. Joseph E. North, Sr., visited Michigan in October, 1838, and entered a large tract of land, he and his son, Joseph E. Jr., having altogether 1280 acres. While Joshua was absent in New York State his father wrote him to borrow a hundred dollars and come back to Michigan, which he did in November, 1839, bringing a lumber wagon, a few tools, and some dried fruit. The goods were shipped by the canal to Buffalo, and thence by the steamer "Michigan" to Detroit. The steamer was blown ashore at Buffalo in the great storm of 1844. From Detroit they shipped their goods by the Central Railway to Ypsilanti, then the terminus of the road, and from that point to Ingham County by ox-team, which Joseph E. North, Jr. brought from Lansing to meet them.
When Joseph E. North, Sr., removed with his family to Michigan, in 1839, he brought a yoke of oxen, purchased in Ohio, and a horse and buggy. At Detroit he hired four two-horse teams to transport his goods to Ingham County. Joshua met him at Mason upon his arrival there. Henry H. North, the second son, had visited Michigan in 1837, and returned to the State of New York in 1838, where, in December of that year he married Miss Almira Buck in Tompkins County, and in the spring of 1839 came again to Michigan with his father, where he permanently settled in the township of Delhi, south of his father's farm. He and Joshua married sisters. Henry had nine children, seven of whom are still living. Several of his sons served the Union Army during the Rebellion.
Joshua returned again to New York State in the fall of 1840, and on the 23d of January, 1841, married Miss Louisa Buck, of Lansing, Tompkins County, NY. In May, 1841, in company with his wife's eldest brother, Levi Buck, and Monroe Packard, he returned once more to Michigan and settled permanently, in 1841, where he now resides on section 4. Delhi township. On his arrival with his wife and goods at Ann Arbor he found his father there with an ox-team and a load of wheat which he had brought to market. From thence, Henry's family and goods made the trip to Lansing in the old gentleman's ox-wagon.
Henry H. and Joshua North lived for a short time in the same house in the summer of 1841 until the latter could complete a log house. A part of the land now owned by Joshua was part of the purchase of his father in 1838.
Joshua has five children, two sons and three daughters; a son and a daughter, both married, are now living in Blomington, IL.
Joshua North tells on incident of his early life in Michigan, which illustrates the wonderful development of the county from a wilderness condition it which it was found by the settlers of forty years ago. It was on the occasion of the birth of the first child in the townhip, a daughter of Henry H. North. The family requiring a little additional help at that time, Joshua went on horseback and procured the services of a young woman living in the vicinity, and was taking her home behind him on the horse in the night, through a blind road which had been partly bushed out. He lost the path and looked for it in vain. The candel in the old-fashioned tin lantern which he carried threatened to become extinguished, and as a last resort he dismounted and made a fire in the slivered butt of a fallen tree, and leaving the young woman there searched again for the road, but not finding it concluded to make the best of the situation and stay by the fire until daylight. It was quite cool and the young people huddled close to the fire, while jumping and frisking about in the thick woods the gray wolves made anything but pleasant music to their ears. The girl was sure they were something dangerous, but young North, knowing the terror they would inspire if she was fully aware of their character, insisited they were only owls, and partially quieted her fears. He knew well enough they would not attack them by their bright fire, for all wild animals have a mortal dread of this element; and so they sat and listened and watched until the day-dawn sent the unwelcome visitors to their haunts in the depths of the forest, and then went on their way.
History of Ingham and Eaton Counties, Michigan - by Samuel W. Durant
Published 1880 by D. W. Ensign & Co., Philadelphia
When Joseph E. North, Sr., removed with his family to Michigan, in 1839, he brought a yoke of oxen, purchased in Ohio, and a horse and buggy. At Detroit he hired four two-horse teams to transport his goods to Ingham County. Joshua met him at Mason upon his arrival there. Henry H. North, the second son, had visited Michigan in 1837, and returned to the State of New York in 1838, where, in December of that year he married Miss Almira Buck in Tompkins County, and in the spring of 1839 came again to Michigan with his father, where he permanently settled in the township of Delhi, south of his father's farm. He and Joshua married sisters. Henry had nine children, seven of whom are still living. Several of his sons served the Union Army during the Rebellion.
Joshua returned again to New York State in the fall of 1840, and on the 23d of January, 1841, married Miss Louisa Buck, of Lansing, Tompkins County, NY. In May, 1841, in company with his wife's eldest brother, Levi Buck, and Monroe Packard, he returned once more to Michigan and settled permanently, in 1841, where he now resides on section 4. Delhi township. On his arrival with his wife and goods at Ann Arbor he found his father there with an ox-team and a load of wheat which he had brought to market. From thence, Henry's family and goods made the trip to Lansing in the old gentleman's ox-wagon.
Henry H. and Joshua North lived for a short time in the same house in the summer of 1841 until the latter could complete a log house. A part of the land now owned by Joshua was part of the purchase of his father in 1838.
Joshua has five children, two sons and three daughters; a son and a daughter, both married, are now living in Blomington, IL.
Joshua North tells on incident of his early life in Michigan, which illustrates the wonderful development of the county from a wilderness condition it which it was found by the settlers of forty years ago. It was on the occasion of the birth of the first child in the townhip, a daughter of Henry H. North. The family requiring a little additional help at that time, Joshua went on horseback and procured the services of a young woman living in the vicinity, and was taking her home behind him on the horse in the night, through a blind road which had been partly bushed out. He lost the path and looked for it in vain. The candel in the old-fashioned tin lantern which he carried threatened to become extinguished, and as a last resort he dismounted and made a fire in the slivered butt of a fallen tree, and leaving the young woman there searched again for the road, but not finding it concluded to make the best of the situation and stay by the fire until daylight. It was quite cool and the young people huddled close to the fire, while jumping and frisking about in the thick woods the gray wolves made anything but pleasant music to their ears. The girl was sure they were something dangerous, but young North, knowing the terror they would inspire if she was fully aware of their character, insisited they were only owls, and partially quieted her fears. He knew well enough they would not attack them by their bright fire, for all wild animals have a mortal dread of this element; and so they sat and listened and watched until the day-dawn sent the unwelcome visitors to their haunts in the depths of the forest, and then went on their way.
History of Ingham and Eaton Counties, Michigan - by Samuel W. Durant
Published 1880 by D. W. Ensign & Co., Philadelphia
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