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Among the early settlers of NOBLE township, there are none deserving of more credit , or none who have done more to advance the best interest of this town than Samuel S. Bushnell. He was born July 21, 1799 in Vermont. There he grew into manhood working on a farm. He marry Miss Lury Butts, who was born in Windham, Conn.
Their union was blessed with six children. In 1836, Mr. Bushnell came to Michigan and bought of the government one hundred and twenty acres of land on Section 11, in NOBLE township, and settled upon it in 1838. He had nothing to commence with but energy and a indomitable will, but with the help of these qualities he soon made for himself a fine home in the wilderness. In politics, Mr. Bushnell was in an early day a Democrat, and by that party was elected town treasurer. At the formation of the Republican party he joined its ranks, and became one of its prominent members. He was for many years supervisor, many times represented his township in the conventions of his party, and became widely known throughout the county.
He died July 21, 1872, in the seventy-fourth year of his age, highly respected and esteemed by the citizens of the township and county.
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