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- E. C. WILLIAMS, farmer, Section 6, P.O. Smith Creek, is a native of
Canada and was born February 4, 1821. After reaching manhood he was
united in marriage January 25, 1842, to Miss Polly HUBBLE, a native of
Canada, and two years later, in 1844, they started from Canada for
Illinois; upon reaching Ypsilanti they concluded not to go further
West. He traded a yoke of oxen for eighty acres of land where he now
lives, and started to settle upon it, and it took them eight days. The
night before they arrived here their bill was $1.50 and he only had $1
to pay it with. They arrived at their destination, where they now
live, in March 1844. The land was all covered with timber and he began
clearing it; he began cutting logs, and then engaged in lumbering, and
afterward went in the stave business, and all the time clearing his
farm, and since then has been engaged in farming and lumbering. Mr.
and Mrs. WILLIAMS are among the oldest and most successful settlers
here. They have ten children-George, Reddick, Charles, Wilmer, Guy,
Althea (now Mrs. SIMPSON, Detroit), Marla (now Mrs. BRAYMAN), Ida (now
Mrs. STALEY), May (at home), Belle (at home). Pg. 684-85 St Clair Twp
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