Orrin Sutton was a settler upon the Holland Purchase, N.Y., and in 1834, coming West with his family, located first in Washtenaw Co., Mich., and in 1836 in Mason village. He helped John Allen build the first saw-mill at Mason, worked about the neighborhood a short time, and then settled upon a farm in section 7, returning, however, to the village, from which he migrated to Hartford, where he died in 1868, and where his son Luther (editor of the Day Spring) now resides. Orrin Sutton was the first township clerk of Lawrence, and during his residence therein served extended terms as justice of the peace, town treasurer, and in other local offices.
Excerpt from History of Lawrence Township, Van Buren County, Michigan, which can be found online.
*Courtesy of Sandy Vandertol
Excerpt from History of Lawrence Township, Van Buren County, Michigan, which can be found online.
*Courtesy of Sandy Vandertol
Orrin Sutton was a settler upon the Holland Purchase, N.Y., and in 1834, coming West with his family, located first in Washtenaw Co., Mich., and in 1836 in Mason village. He helped John Allen build the first saw-mill at Mason, worked about the neighborhood a short time, and then settled upon a farm in section 7, returning, however, to the village, from which he migrated to Hartford, where he died in 1868, and where his son Luther (editor of the Day Spring) now resides. Orrin Sutton was the first township clerk of Lawrence, and during his residence therein served extended terms as justice of the peace, town treasurer, and in other local offices.
Excerpt from History of Lawrence Township, Van Buren County, Michigan, which can be found online.
*Courtesy of Sandy Vandertol
Excerpt from History of Lawrence Township, Van Buren County, Michigan, which can be found online.
*Courtesy of Sandy Vandertol
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