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soon as possible. In the fall of 1833 Roger Haviland landed upon the shores of America, and the two brothers commenced working at their trade as shoemakers, and continued at that employment until 1839, when they came to this part of the country and took up government land, and set to work at once to make themselves homes.
Two years' previous to this, or in the year 1837, Roger Haviland was united by marriage to Miss Catharine Ferry, and the happy couple entered upon their life work in Ypsilanti, where they continued to reside until their removal to Byron.
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