Henry J. "Hank" was the son of (_) and his wife (_).
At about the age of 15, Henry moved to Michigan in 1847 from Canada.
Hank married Amanda-6 Warner, daughter of David-5 Calvin Warner and his wife Mary Russell on April 10, 1856.
No children.
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City of Mason, Ingham County, MI:
"When Mr. Shafer came the frame of a hotel was up, on the southeast corner of Ash and B Streets, opposite the court-house square. He purchased it the same year (1839), finished it during the fall and winter, and became its landlord as soon as it was completed. It was known as the "Mason Exchange," and was the first regular hotel in the place. It was a two-story building, and was kept by Mr. Shafer about ten years; he built an addition to it in 1847. The second proprietor of the house was Isaac Horton. H. J. Donnelly was one if its later proprietors. The building was finally moved to the eastern part of the city, where someone set fire to it and burned it down."
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"Pioneer History of Ingham County":
"Hank Donnelly, owner and proprietor of the Donnelly House in Mason, was the first man in the city to take a daily paper. He came in 1861 and his Detroit daily followed him and made him an oracle in the village."
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Memories of Michigan:
Photo of the hotel.
__________
Research: Mary E. Warner, 2011.
At about the age of 15, Henry moved to Michigan in 1847 from Canada.
Hank married Amanda-6 Warner, daughter of David-5 Calvin Warner and his wife Mary Russell on April 10, 1856.
No children.
__________
City of Mason, Ingham County, MI:
"When Mr. Shafer came the frame of a hotel was up, on the southeast corner of Ash and B Streets, opposite the court-house square. He purchased it the same year (1839), finished it during the fall and winter, and became its landlord as soon as it was completed. It was known as the "Mason Exchange," and was the first regular hotel in the place. It was a two-story building, and was kept by Mr. Shafer about ten years; he built an addition to it in 1847. The second proprietor of the house was Isaac Horton. H. J. Donnelly was one if its later proprietors. The building was finally moved to the eastern part of the city, where someone set fire to it and burned it down."
__________
"Pioneer History of Ingham County":
"Hank Donnelly, owner and proprietor of the Donnelly House in Mason, was the first man in the city to take a daily paper. He came in 1861 and his Detroit daily followed him and made him an oracle in the village."
__________
Memories of Michigan:
Photo of the hotel.
__________
Research: Mary E. Warner, 2011.
Henry J. "Hank" was the son of (_) and his wife (_).
At about the age of 15, Henry moved to Michigan in 1847 from Canada.
Hank married Amanda-6 Warner, daughter of David-5 Calvin Warner and his wife Mary Russell on April 10, 1856.
No children.
__________
City of Mason, Ingham County, MI:
"When Mr. Shafer came the frame of a hotel was up, on the southeast corner of Ash and B Streets, opposite the court-house square. He purchased it the same year (1839), finished it during the fall and winter, and became its landlord as soon as it was completed. It was known as the "Mason Exchange," and was the first regular hotel in the place. It was a two-story building, and was kept by Mr. Shafer about ten years; he built an addition to it in 1847. The second proprietor of the house was Isaac Horton. H. J. Donnelly was one if its later proprietors. The building was finally moved to the eastern part of the city, where someone set fire to it and burned it down."
__________
"Pioneer History of Ingham County":
"Hank Donnelly, owner and proprietor of the Donnelly House in Mason, was the first man in the city to take a daily paper. He came in 1861 and his Detroit daily followed him and made him an oracle in the village."
__________
Memories of Michigan:
Photo of the hotel.
__________
Research: Mary E. Warner, 2011.
At about the age of 15, Henry moved to Michigan in 1847 from Canada.
Hank married Amanda-6 Warner, daughter of David-5 Calvin Warner and his wife Mary Russell on April 10, 1856.
No children.
__________
City of Mason, Ingham County, MI:
"When Mr. Shafer came the frame of a hotel was up, on the southeast corner of Ash and B Streets, opposite the court-house square. He purchased it the same year (1839), finished it during the fall and winter, and became its landlord as soon as it was completed. It was known as the "Mason Exchange," and was the first regular hotel in the place. It was a two-story building, and was kept by Mr. Shafer about ten years; he built an addition to it in 1847. The second proprietor of the house was Isaac Horton. H. J. Donnelly was one if its later proprietors. The building was finally moved to the eastern part of the city, where someone set fire to it and burned it down."
__________
"Pioneer History of Ingham County":
"Hank Donnelly, owner and proprietor of the Donnelly House in Mason, was the first man in the city to take a daily paper. He came in 1861 and his Detroit daily followed him and made him an oracle in the village."
__________
Memories of Michigan:
Photo of the hotel.
__________
Research: Mary E. Warner, 2011.
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