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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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Transitions
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Yvonne Fern Cummings-Sumrell
January 3, 1936
October 20, 2006
Burial:
Morton
Township
Cemetery |
Age 81, passed away November
2, 2006.
Beloved mother of JoAnn E. Agee. Devoted grandmother of Anthony
Wayne Agee. Also leaves a niece, Karen M. Rhodes and a host of
nieces, nephews and cousin. Memorial Service Friday November 10,
2006 10:30 a.m. greeting with a Mass immediately following at 11
a.m. at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, 58 Parsons, Detroit.
Interment of Cremains Woodlawn Cemetery. Arrangements by James
H. Cole Funeral Home. |
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Hermeda Dawson-Coleman
Raised by Victoria
Todd-Henderson
Interment of Cremains:
Woodlawn Cemetery |
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Alan Todd was born
August
27, 1959
in Grand Rapids, MI
Died November 22, 2006
Services New Hope Methodist
Church - Mecosta, MI
Burial: Wheatland
Cemetery |
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A J Manning born July 11, 1944
Passed away December 13, 2006
Services: United
Methodist Church
Six Lakes, MI
Burial: Decker Cemetery |
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Norma
Woodson-Moore-McDaniel
1-13-07 |
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Thomas H. Green
2/13/1921 - 1/25/2007
Services New
Hope
Methodist Church
Mecosta, MI
Interment of Cremains
Wheatland
Cemetery |
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Coleman Castro, Sr.
2/21/1923 - 2/20/07
Interment: Mt. Olivet
Cemetery - Chelsea, MI |
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Muriel "Merle" Evelyn
Roberta Lett-Webb
Jan 17, 1939
Apr 4, 2007
Messiah Baptist Church
Grand Rapids, MI
Interment: Wheatland
Cemetery - Mecosta, MI
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Hank Lett
5/15/38 - 4/30/07
Vernon Chapel - AME Church
18500 Norwood
Detroit, MI
June 16, 2007 -
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p.m. |
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Donna Audalene Nelson
March 19, 1925 - June 11, 2007
Interment: West
Wheatland Cemetery |
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& Roscoe Nelson |
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Arthur W. Mumford
November 23, 1924
September 09, 2007
Services
September 15, 2007
Mt. Zion AME Church
5920 Robert Tolle Drive
Riverview, FL 33569 |
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Bradley Dean Cross
December 23, 2007
Services: 12/29/07
Ivy K. Gillespie
Memorial Chapel
Interment: West
Wheatland
Cemetery |
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Robert Bernard Newman
February 21, 1931
February 23, 2008
Services Casterline
Funeral Home
Northville, MI
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Vicki Lynn
Pointer-Hemminger
7/26/71 - 3/29/08
Services: Stewart
Funeral Home
Cedar Rapids, IA |
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Andrew F. "Jack" Flowers
6/16/16 - 6/13/08
Services: The Sytsema Chapel
Interment: Sunrise Memorial
Gardens
Muskegon, MI
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Mary Carol Lynn
9/16/44 - 6/14/08
Services: Ebenezer A. M. E.
Detroit, MI 48204
June 20, 2008 |
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Sue
Ann Norman-Gerring
10/22/46 - 10/08/08
Oldest child of
Marion
Norman and
Betty
Totten-Norman
Arrangements by
Lake
Funeral HomeIonia, MI
Burial: Wheatland Cemetery |
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Gilbert "Wayne" Newman
June 27, 1924
October 15, 2008
Parents were:
Albert & Cecelia
(Pointer) Newman |
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Minnie Rowena Manning-Pointer
(Nov 12, 1923 - Dec 12, 2008)
Memorial Services
Jan 3, 2009
Northland United Methodist
Church in Stanwood, MI
Burial: Stanwood Cemetery |
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Carol Joy Cross-Vasquez
Dec. 12, 1939 - Mar. 24, 2009 |
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Fern Myrtle Cross
Jan. 8, 1912 - Jun. 14, 2009 |
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Interment: Wheatland
Cemetery - Mecosta, MI
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Anthony Cross |
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Ross Melvin Randall
August 26, 1938
April 29, 2010
Memorial Service
May 4, 2010
Faith United
Methodist Church
Lansing, MI
Interment: Warren
Township Cemetery
Coleman, MI |
Please contact Marvin Lett for questions
about the "Letter from Home" and "Transitions."
Please send any newsworthy item to Marvin at:
mlett@chartermi.net
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Marsha (Todd) Stewart
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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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