Author: Captain O.W. Rowland
Title: A History of Van Buren County, MI: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its Principal Interests
Publisher: Lewis Publishing
Publication Date: 1912
Page Numbers: 671
URL: https://archive.org/details/ahistoryvanbure01rowlgoog
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Chapter XI – Birge’s Sharpshooters
Chapter XXX (543-563) – Township of Lawrence; The Branch family
p. 544 – Lawrence was settled in 1835. John Allen founded the village of Mason, named in honor of Governor Mason, but which was afterward platted and called Lawrence.
p. 546 – Eaton Branch came to Lawrence from Ann Arbor the same year (1835). Eaton died 7 January 1891. His sons: Elam, Francis, Luther (soldiers in Civil War).
Israel was a brother of Eaton, was a cooper by trade, came to Lawrence in 1836, died in 1873.
Luther was a brother of Eaton, was a cooper by trade, came to Lawrence in 1837, died in 1845.
Vine Branch – father of Eaton, Israel, and Luther, resident of Lawrence in 1836, died in 1852.
Chapter XXXI (564-590) – Township of Paw Paw