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SHIAWASSEE COUNTY .24
The nails in that new home were carried upon the back of the owner all the way from the village of Dexter. After the building of the house, five acres of timber were cut down and burned and the land made ready for the first crop of wheat.
In the year 1840 Mrs. Haviland joined her husband in their new home, to share with him his toils and triumphs. Their stock at that time consisted of one span of horses, one pig and six hens. Their household furniture, all told, represented a cash value of less than $100.
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