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Dave Hogg > Or, on second thought, maybe this one is.
Dave Hogg > In 1818, Stephen Mack paid $2,400 for 1,280 acres of land and founded the settlement of Pontiac. His daughter, Lovina, was the first white person to die here. Mack, via his sister Lucy, was also the uncle of Joseph Smith of Mormon fame.
Dave Hogg > "We have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night."
Dave Hogg > That might be the strangest-looking tombstone ever.
Dave Hogg > "Warm Summer sun shine kindly here, Warm Summer wind blow softly here, Green sod above lie light, lie light, Good night, Dear heart good night, good night."
Dave Hogg > Wisner, after serving 12 years as governor (1849-61), formed the 22nd Michigan Infantry in 1862. He died of typhoid before the unit reached the fighting - they were later basically destroyed at the battle of Chickamauga.
Dave Hogg > "Major General Israel B. Richardson - He drew his sword for his country , 1841. And sheathed it without dishonor at Antietam, 1862."
Dave Hogg > Although his tombstone doesn't mention it, Dr. Harold A. Furlong won the Congressional Medal of Honor for acts of extreme bravery during World War I.
Dave Hogg > Those men were famous - these died alone and forgotten and rest in Potter's Field.
Or, on second thought, maybe this one is.
Dave Hogg > Or, on second thought, maybe this one is.
Or, on second thought, maybe this one is.
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