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Doraville Whitney was the
first Black settler in Isabella County in 1860. The first documentation of
an African-American settler in Mecosta County Michigan was James Guy.
His deed was signed by Abraham Lincoln. He obtained 160 acres in Wheatland
Township on May 30, 1861. Lloyd & Margaret Guy were the first
Black settlers in Montcalm County in 1861. The Homestead Act of 1862 allowed each
settler 160 acres in Michigan. By 1873 African-Americans owned
1,392 acres in the three counties of Isabella, Mecosta and Montcalm.
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135th Wheatland Church of Christ Celebration
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Wheatland Church of
Christ
- 100 Year Monument
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Wheatland Church of Christ
The Church celebrated its 135th year in 2004.
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Wheatland Church of
Christ - 2004 |
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Church Meeting - Irma Guy's House
Front: Oscar Norman, Elmer Squires, Roscoe Cross
Basil Mumford,
Stanley Sawyer, Bill Norman
Amos Cross,
Arthur Cross
Back: Charlie Green, Otis Guy, Irving Newman
Leo
Mathews, Junior Newman, Johnny Squires
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Duane Norman, Jack Green
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George Norman, Irvin Newman, Roy
Harris
Clifford Cross & Amos Cross |
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Remus Church
of Christ Choir - 1940's
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Gladys Harper Day at Church Nov 23, 1956 |
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William Mumford, Grace
Mathews,
Martha Johnson Amos Cross, Mary Cross,
Lon Johnson, Emma Todd, Thomas Courts,
William Todd,
Robert L. Jordan, Leo Mathews
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Sunday
School - 1945
Front: Alvin Norman,
Sandra Harris, Connie Todd
Walter Todd, Doreen Flowers
George Crawford, Jimmy &
Jerry Todd,
Carolyn Green
Grant Green, Delores Green,
Middle: Lillian Green, Barbara
Johnson
Jack Harper, Jimmy Newman
Robert Todd, Marvin Todd, Josephine Green
Back: Paula Harris,
Karen Harris, Marvin Todd
Willard Flowers, Doyle Green
Roger Harper, Betty Flowers, Donald
Johnson
Robert Green, Bonnie Harris |
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Sunday School Youth Class - 1956
Front: George Crawford, Mary Cummings, Sharon
Cook, Margaret Robinson,
Betty Cummings, Gladys Harper
Back: Sandra Harris,
Aldine Jackson, Charles
Arthur Cross, Walter
Holmes,
Roger Cummings, Bonnie Harris, Shirley Cross |
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Sunday School - Junior Class
Elizabeth Cummings,
Evelyn Cross, Mary Smith
Beverly Johnson,
Carol Norman, Karen Harris, Eileen Cross
Michael
Smith |
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Sunday School Class 1956
Front: Steven Newman, Helen Sleet,
Janice Smith Robert Johnson,
Thomas Beauchamp, Jr., Lester Smith
Ronnie Smith
Back: Nancy
Johnson, Marlene Newman, Dorothy Harris, Opal Mathews, Marsha Todd
Janice Cook, Diana Todd, Deonna
Todd
Fern Cross - Teacher
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Old
Settlers' Reunion Discussion Group

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There are "Old Settlers"
who came from Canada via "The Underground Railroad." It was the
most dramatic nonviolent protest against slavery in the United States
that began in the Colonial Era and reached its peak between 1830 and
1865. An estimated 30,000 to 100,000 slaves
used the "railroad" to get to Canada; many others escaped to Mexico,
the Caribbean, and Europe.
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