Lucy Rutan collection, 1865.

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Lucy Rutan collection, 1865.

Three letters of the McLain and Lowery families of Hillsdale, Michigan. One each from T.J. Lowery, 1865; from the chaplain of the Michigan 4th Infantry (reorganized in 1864); and from W.R. Conrnelius, 1865. A notice for receipt of body sent to William McLain, 1865.

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Lowery, Thomas V.

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McLain, William H

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McLain, Samuel.

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Samuel and Charles McLain migrated west in the 1850s to find their fortunes prospecting for gold. Their father, James McLain, was a Pennsylvanian who had settled with his wife in Mountsville, Ohio, where they raised a family of six sons and three daughters. In 1852, Sam, then 24 years old, left the family homestead for Oregon, and settled in Philomath, where he lived for the rest of his life. Considered to be an early pioneer, he helped to blaze the trails that opened up...

Cornelius, W. R.

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Rutan, Lucy,

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