Kent County Biographies
Joseph BLAIN, Gaines Twp., p. 736 (Chapman 1881)
Joseph Blain, a pioneer of this tp., was born in Gaines, Orleans Co., N.Y., July 11, 1811. He came to Ionia county in 1835, and to this county in December 1836. He stayed for a time in Grand Rapids, then a village of small extent. He entered a claim of 160 acres of land on sec. 5, then in its original condition. He cut the roads to his farm, roved at will, and became a skilled hunter by his almost daily practice in shooting wild animal for food and self-protection. He was married in March 1839, to Emeline, daughter of Edward and Mary Robinson, and niece of Senator Robinson. They had seven children, four of whom are now living – Joseph R. (married Lucy Richardson), George (married Catherine O'Connor), Charles (married Mary A. Smith) and Albert (married Lucretia Kessler.) Mr. Blain was first Justice of the Peace in the tp. He is a Republican and member of the Pioneers' Association. Both grandfathers were men of Revolutionary fame.
Joseph BLAIN, Gaines Twp., p. 736 (Chapman 1881)
Joseph Blain, a pioneer of this tp., was born in Gaines, Orleans Co., N.Y., July 11, 1811. He came to Ionia county in 1835, and to this county in December 1836. He stayed for a time in Grand Rapids, then a village of small extent. He entered a claim of 160 acres of land on sec. 5, then in its original condition. He cut the roads to his farm, roved at will, and became a skilled hunter by his almost daily practice in shooting wild animal for food and self-protection. He was married in March 1839, to Emeline, daughter of Edward and Mary Robinson, and niece of Senator Robinson. They had seven children, four of whom are now living – Joseph R. (married Lucy Richardson), George (married Catherine O'Connor), Charles (married Mary A. Smith) and Albert (married Lucretia Kessler.) Mr. Blain was first Justice of the Peace in the tp. He is a Republican and member of the Pioneers' Association. Both grandfathers were men of Revolutionary fame.
Kent County Biographies
Joseph BLAIN, Gaines Twp., p. 736 (Chapman 1881)
Joseph Blain, a pioneer of this tp., was born in Gaines, Orleans Co., N.Y., July 11, 1811. He came to Ionia county in 1835, and to this county in December 1836. He stayed for a time in Grand Rapids, then a village of small extent. He entered a claim of 160 acres of land on sec. 5, then in its original condition. He cut the roads to his farm, roved at will, and became a skilled hunter by his almost daily practice in shooting wild animal for food and self-protection. He was married in March 1839, to Emeline, daughter of Edward and Mary Robinson, and niece of Senator Robinson. They had seven children, four of whom are now living – Joseph R. (married Lucy Richardson), George (married Catherine O'Connor), Charles (married Mary A. Smith) and Albert (married Lucretia Kessler.) Mr. Blain was first Justice of the Peace in the tp. He is a Republican and member of the Pioneers' Association. Both grandfathers were men of Revolutionary fame.
Joseph BLAIN, Gaines Twp., p. 736 (Chapman 1881)
Joseph Blain, a pioneer of this tp., was born in Gaines, Orleans Co., N.Y., July 11, 1811. He came to Ionia county in 1835, and to this county in December 1836. He stayed for a time in Grand Rapids, then a village of small extent. He entered a claim of 160 acres of land on sec. 5, then in its original condition. He cut the roads to his farm, roved at will, and became a skilled hunter by his almost daily practice in shooting wild animal for food and self-protection. He was married in March 1839, to Emeline, daughter of Edward and Mary Robinson, and niece of Senator Robinson. They had seven children, four of whom are now living – Joseph R. (married Lucy Richardson), George (married Catherine O'Connor), Charles (married Mary A. Smith) and Albert (married Lucretia Kessler.) Mr. Blain was first Justice of the Peace in the tp. He is a Republican and member of the Pioneers' Association. Both grandfathers were men of Revolutionary fame.
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