Father: William Burroughs
Mother: Abigal Ellis
PIONEER STAGE DRIVER DEAD IN BARRY COUNTY, WELL REMEMBERED HERE
William Burroughs, well remembered by the now living early settlers of Kalamazoo county, and the last living old-time stage driver of this section, died yesterday of old age at his home in Johnstown township, Barry county. Mr. Burroughs frequenty drove on the stage line between Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo and Battle Creek, and was a close friend of the late William G. Patterson of Kalamazoo, who was one of the owners of the lines and who occasionally delighted in himself mounting the stage box and bowling the four-horse teams over the roads on their trips.
Mr. Burroughs has resided in Barry county nearly 60 years. He and Hiram Merrill, life long friends and brothers In-law, and known to their wide circle of friends as "Bill and Hi," drove the stage between Hastings and Battle Creek in the late forties and early fifties. Hiram Merrill died at an advanced age in April.
Mr. Burroughs was born in Cayuga county,
N. Y., August 21, 1829. He came to Sturgis Prairie in Michigan while very young. His first experience in driving a public conveyance was in 1841, when he carried the mails between Jonesville and Marshall. He afterwards moved to Battle Creek. A road had been opened from Battle Creek to Hastings in 1840. At that time Patterson & Ward, a firm composed of W. G. Patterson of Kalamazoo, and John K. Ward of Battle Creek, was operating a line of stages from Battle Creek to Kalamazoo, thence via Gull Prairie, now Richland, to Yankee Springs tavern, Middleville, Whitneyville, now Caledonia, to Grand Rapids. The firm inaugurated in 1848 a stage line from Battle Creek to Hastings The first driver was Merrill, and Burroughs was employed Iater. Both men took up adjoining 40-acre tracts of wilderness and married slsters. They converted wilderness into fine farms and resided as neighbors for 40 years.
Mr. Burroughs always recalled with pleasure the pioneer days, and cherished as a memento a unique promisory note which shows the faith in humanity in the early days. Every day he stopped at a tavern kept in the southern part of Barry county by William P. Bristol. Being in need of money, Mr. Burroughs made his wants known to Mrs. Bristol. For the following note he received the needed funds: "I promise to pay to William P. Bristol $100 an soon as God will let me get it. (Signed) William Burroughs
Kalamazoo Gazette
Kalamazoo, Michigan
July 28, 1911
Mother: Abigal Ellis
PIONEER STAGE DRIVER DEAD IN BARRY COUNTY, WELL REMEMBERED HERE
William Burroughs, well remembered by the now living early settlers of Kalamazoo county, and the last living old-time stage driver of this section, died yesterday of old age at his home in Johnstown township, Barry county. Mr. Burroughs frequenty drove on the stage line between Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo and Battle Creek, and was a close friend of the late William G. Patterson of Kalamazoo, who was one of the owners of the lines and who occasionally delighted in himself mounting the stage box and bowling the four-horse teams over the roads on their trips.
Mr. Burroughs has resided in Barry county nearly 60 years. He and Hiram Merrill, life long friends and brothers In-law, and known to their wide circle of friends as "Bill and Hi," drove the stage between Hastings and Battle Creek in the late forties and early fifties. Hiram Merrill died at an advanced age in April.
Mr. Burroughs was born in Cayuga county,
N. Y., August 21, 1829. He came to Sturgis Prairie in Michigan while very young. His first experience in driving a public conveyance was in 1841, when he carried the mails between Jonesville and Marshall. He afterwards moved to Battle Creek. A road had been opened from Battle Creek to Hastings in 1840. At that time Patterson & Ward, a firm composed of W. G. Patterson of Kalamazoo, and John K. Ward of Battle Creek, was operating a line of stages from Battle Creek to Kalamazoo, thence via Gull Prairie, now Richland, to Yankee Springs tavern, Middleville, Whitneyville, now Caledonia, to Grand Rapids. The firm inaugurated in 1848 a stage line from Battle Creek to Hastings The first driver was Merrill, and Burroughs was employed Iater. Both men took up adjoining 40-acre tracts of wilderness and married slsters. They converted wilderness into fine farms and resided as neighbors for 40 years.
Mr. Burroughs always recalled with pleasure the pioneer days, and cherished as a memento a unique promisory note which shows the faith in humanity in the early days. Every day he stopped at a tavern kept in the southern part of Barry county by William P. Bristol. Being in need of money, Mr. Burroughs made his wants known to Mrs. Bristol. For the following note he received the needed funds: "I promise to pay to William P. Bristol $100 an soon as God will let me get it. (Signed) William Burroughs
Kalamazoo Gazette
Kalamazoo, Michigan
July 28, 1911
Father: William Burroughs
Mother: Abigal Ellis
PIONEER STAGE DRIVER DEAD IN BARRY COUNTY, WELL REMEMBERED HERE
William Burroughs, well remembered by the now living early settlers of Kalamazoo county, and the last living old-time stage driver of this section, died yesterday of old age at his home in Johnstown township, Barry county. Mr. Burroughs frequenty drove on the stage line between Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo and Battle Creek, and was a close friend of the late William G. Patterson of Kalamazoo, who was one of the owners of the lines and who occasionally delighted in himself mounting the stage box and bowling the four-horse teams over the roads on their trips.
Mr. Burroughs has resided in Barry county nearly 60 years. He and Hiram Merrill, life long friends and brothers In-law, and known to their wide circle of friends as "Bill and Hi," drove the stage between Hastings and Battle Creek in the late forties and early fifties. Hiram Merrill died at an advanced age in April.
Mr. Burroughs was born in Cayuga county,
N. Y., August 21, 1829. He came to Sturgis Prairie in Michigan while very young. His first experience in driving a public conveyance was in 1841, when he carried the mails between Jonesville and Marshall. He afterwards moved to Battle Creek. A road had been opened from Battle Creek to Hastings in 1840. At that time Patterson & Ward, a firm composed of W. G. Patterson of Kalamazoo, and John K. Ward of Battle Creek, was operating a line of stages from Battle Creek to Kalamazoo, thence via Gull Prairie, now Richland, to Yankee Springs tavern, Middleville, Whitneyville, now Caledonia, to Grand Rapids. The firm inaugurated in 1848 a stage line from Battle Creek to Hastings The first driver was Merrill, and Burroughs was employed Iater. Both men took up adjoining 40-acre tracts of wilderness and married slsters. They converted wilderness into fine farms and resided as neighbors for 40 years.
Mr. Burroughs always recalled with pleasure the pioneer days, and cherished as a memento a unique promisory note which shows the faith in humanity in the early days. Every day he stopped at a tavern kept in the southern part of Barry county by William P. Bristol. Being in need of money, Mr. Burroughs made his wants known to Mrs. Bristol. For the following note he received the needed funds: "I promise to pay to William P. Bristol $100 an soon as God will let me get it. (Signed) William Burroughs
Kalamazoo Gazette
Kalamazoo, Michigan
July 28, 1911
Mother: Abigal Ellis
PIONEER STAGE DRIVER DEAD IN BARRY COUNTY, WELL REMEMBERED HERE
William Burroughs, well remembered by the now living early settlers of Kalamazoo county, and the last living old-time stage driver of this section, died yesterday of old age at his home in Johnstown township, Barry county. Mr. Burroughs frequenty drove on the stage line between Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo and Battle Creek, and was a close friend of the late William G. Patterson of Kalamazoo, who was one of the owners of the lines and who occasionally delighted in himself mounting the stage box and bowling the four-horse teams over the roads on their trips.
Mr. Burroughs has resided in Barry county nearly 60 years. He and Hiram Merrill, life long friends and brothers In-law, and known to their wide circle of friends as "Bill and Hi," drove the stage between Hastings and Battle Creek in the late forties and early fifties. Hiram Merrill died at an advanced age in April.
Mr. Burroughs was born in Cayuga county,
N. Y., August 21, 1829. He came to Sturgis Prairie in Michigan while very young. His first experience in driving a public conveyance was in 1841, when he carried the mails between Jonesville and Marshall. He afterwards moved to Battle Creek. A road had been opened from Battle Creek to Hastings in 1840. At that time Patterson & Ward, a firm composed of W. G. Patterson of Kalamazoo, and John K. Ward of Battle Creek, was operating a line of stages from Battle Creek to Kalamazoo, thence via Gull Prairie, now Richland, to Yankee Springs tavern, Middleville, Whitneyville, now Caledonia, to Grand Rapids. The firm inaugurated in 1848 a stage line from Battle Creek to Hastings The first driver was Merrill, and Burroughs was employed Iater. Both men took up adjoining 40-acre tracts of wilderness and married slsters. They converted wilderness into fine farms and resided as neighbors for 40 years.
Mr. Burroughs always recalled with pleasure the pioneer days, and cherished as a memento a unique promisory note which shows the faith in humanity in the early days. Every day he stopped at a tavern kept in the southern part of Barry county by William P. Bristol. Being in need of money, Mr. Burroughs made his wants known to Mrs. Bristol. For the following note he received the needed funds: "I promise to pay to William P. Bristol $100 an soon as God will let me get it. (Signed) William Burroughs
Kalamazoo Gazette
Kalamazoo, Michigan
July 28, 1911
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