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Vine Welch
The rest of the family came in the following spring. They settled in the township of Easton, in Ionia county, on what is now known as the Pike farm, about six miles from the city of Ionia. He was married to Miss Parnal Sprague on the 6th of February, 1853. The fruits of this marriage were seven children, five boys and two girls, four of whom are still alive. In his earlier life, he followed different occupations at different periods. At one time he did a good deal of boating on Grand River, and is said to have been the first man to run a steamer from Lyons to Grand Rapids. At another time he followed black smithing in Ionia. About twenty-nine years ago he settled on his farm in Keene, and began the work of clearing it up.
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