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MRS. HARRIET ROW.
During her later years, and as the last survivor of the Row brothers and their wives who were pioneers of Sharon, her mind frequently recurred to those early days. Since her death and among her papers was found in her own handwriting a few notes of some of the events and recollections of her pioneer life, of which the following is a copy:
Henry, Conrad and Gilbert Row, three brothers, early pioneers of Michigan, were born in Amenia, Duchess county, N. Y., respectively as follows: Henry on December 16, 1794; Conrad on December 10, 1797; Gilbert on April 12, 1802. They with their families emigrated to Michigan Territory in the fall of 1831. We started September 12, from the home of their father, with some household goods. One of Henry's children, Fred, was just recovering from a severe sickness and had to be carried on a pillow
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