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Agriculture -- Michigan -- Kent County

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Michigan Grange Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 439
Dates: Majority of material found within 1939-1942; 1914 to 1963

Sluman S. Bailey papers

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 085
Abstract Sluman S. Bailey (1821-1907) was a native of Somerset New York and later lived in Paris Township, Kent County, Michigan. He began writing journals in 1842, at 21 years old. His family moved to Michigan in 1846 and purchased a farm in Paris Township, Kent County. Bailey was one of the founders of the Kent County Agricultural Society. The journals cover his day-to-day activities, most notably when he was Sheriff of Grand Rapids and an Internal Revenue collector. His journals also cover the...
Dates: 1842-1907, n.d.