Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-12-08
KILLED DEER WHILE
ON RAFT OF LOGS IN
WATERS OF |. LAKE
MR.. AND MRS. JOHN KINSMAN
HAD MANY INTERESTING
EXPERIENCES

During the fifty years of married
life which Mr.. and Mrs. John kins-
man, account of whose golden we'd
ding anniversary was given in the
Banner last week, have spent together
they have had many pleasant eXper-
fences.
Almost the entire fifty years they
have lived within a days journey of
Belding and the couple remember al
most all the important happenings in
this part Of the country since their
first arrival.
Mr.. and Mrs. kinsman were mar
ried in GloverVille, New York, Nov
embor %. 1865, by Rev Thomas IL.
Griffin. The next day after their
marriage they started on a long jour
ney to Lowell Michigan. At this
place they lived two years At the
expiration OF the time they went to
Lincoln Lake, where they lived for
two years before returning to Lowell
again. On their return to Lowell,
Mr.. and Mrs Kinsman lived there for
six years, going then TO WeatherwaX
Mill "a lumber camp near Stanton. Mr.
Kinsman was we'll versed in lumber
and took a particular liking to It.
While he had been connected with the
lumber industry Of the earlier days
he around other towns, he had not
been able to do so well as at the lat
ter place. Consequently the family
remained at the WeatherwaX Mill for
fourteen years.
In the early days of the married life
of Mr.. and Mrs. Kinsman, the Chip
pewa Indians were their frequent VS.
itors, often stopping over night, or
enquiring for food.
The deer were so thick that the
garden had to be fenced to keep them
away. At one time Mr.. Kinsman kill
ed a deer with a club, while out on the
rolling and tumbling logs of Lake
Half Moon, near Stanton. At that
time Stanton was a thriving lumber
town and Colbyville, two miles south
Of Stanton was a prosperous village.
Now only a farm house marks its
site.
When Mr.. and Mrs. Kinsman left
the latter mill they went on 20
farm they had purchased near Sidney.
They prospered on the farm for about
sixteen years, leaving 1t to move to
Grattan They moved from Grattan
to Belding five years ago, and pur-
chased a home at 52S Crooks avenue.
Mr.. hlnSHldn mas DeGll NOIlAllCu W iAlo
home for the last two years because
of a stroke of paralysis. While. the
affliction has restrained him from
participating in many Of the things
he naturely liked, he has made the
moments pleasant for everyone OF his
friends and relatives while in his pre-
sence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kinsman have been
blessed with ten children, six Of whom
are still living.
Byron a. kinsman, one Of the sons,
lives near Greenville on a farm. He
has four children, Mrs Geo. Yost OF
Detroit, Byron, Jr., Of Greenville, and
Frank and Fred, who live with their
parents). The second son, Chas.
Kinsman. lives at Muskegon. +. j.
Kinsman, who is the third son, lives
on a farm northwest Of Belding but
is employed in one Of the Belding
Bros. a. Cos factories. George Kins-
man, the youngest son, is a resident
of Greenville. His sister, Mrs. John
H. King, lives in Johnstown, n. Y.
She has two children, William and
Marian. Iva L. Kinsman, the young
est child of the family, is the only
one left at home. She is teaching
the Brink school, two miles south of
Belding, this winter.