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SHIAWASSEE COUNTY .70
MRS. WILLIAM WARREN.
Mrs. William Warren, of Bancroft, died Oct. 11, 1884. She was one of the pioneer women of the county. Her husband, with his family, came to Shiawassee township from Rochester, New York, in the fall of 1836, coining to Detroit in company with Daniel Bales's colony of settlers. He purchased 120 acres of land on section 35; later he removed to section 36, where he still resides. She was universally respected by all who knew her. Very few pioneers of our county endured more privations and suffering, with more Christian and womanly resignation. Of the privations and hardships of this family, the following is from the county history:
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