Grand Ledge Independent School

Death of Rev. B.S. Pratt

Pastor of Local Methodist Episcopal Church for Many Years Rev. Byron S. Pratt was born in Lanesborough, Berkshire county, Massachusetts, March 13, 1836, and died at his residence at Gougac Lake, near Battle Creek, June 17, 1910, aged 74 years. He was the youngest of a family of 11 children. When a child his parents…

Grand Ledge Independent School

Three Pioneers

WHOSE DEATH OCCURRED WITHIN THREE DAYS. All Had Done Their Share Toward Making This Country What It Is. This week it Is our duty to chronicle the deaths of three of the pioneers of this section, all of whom had done his and her share of the work incident to settling a new country. To…

Lansing Journal

An Aged Mason

George W. Thomas, Who Died at Grand Ledge Last Night. George W. Thomas, one of the best known citizens of Grand Ledge, and a pioneer of Eagle township, died late last night, at the age of seventy-three years. Many years ago Mr. Thomas was a member of Lansing lodge No. 33, F. and A. M.,…

Grand Ledge Independent School

Another Pioneer Gone

GRAND LEDGE LOSES A GOOD CITIZEN BY DEATH OF SAMUEL CHADWICK. Secretary of Masonic Lodge Thirty-Six Years. By the sudden death of Samuel Chadwick, which occurred at his home on East Jefferson St., Monday evening last, our city loses one of its oldest pioneers and a highly respected citizen. He was born in Monroe Co.,…