This book includes histories on every township, and the city of Grand Rapids. Almost 70 pages are available online at this location .
Lookups are possible for the other pages.
I have made photocopies of all the biographies except those for the city of Grand Rapids. This volume contains 1105 pages of portraits and biographies of local citizens, and was published in 1900. This volume was published in 1893 and may provide some interesting details if your ancestor is included. What you'll find here is an index to the individuals profiled. Each entry gives the individual's full name, date of death, and township where death occured.