MICHIGAN SPIRIT QUEST
The Michigan Spirit Quest series of
geocaches will take you to a number of historic cemeteries
built by MICHIGAN pioneers. This series is inspired by and is a
continuation of the Indiana Spirit Quest caches created by SixDog
Team.
MICHIGAN SPIRIT QUEST #54
"Capt. Charles Grant"
Frink Cemetery is a small wooded
pioneer cemetery and the final resting place of Captain Charles
Grant. Capt. Grant was a veteran of the War of 1812 and served at
Sackets Harbor, NY.
The following is from "History of
Shiawassee and Clinton Counties, Michigan, with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches of their Prominent Men and Pioneers."
Philadelphia: D.W. Ensign & Co, 1880:
"Captain Charles Grant of Wyoming
County, NY, having lost his second wife, took their two children
(boys) and came to this State in October, 1836. Stopping in Ann
Arbor, he left his children with their grandparents and then went
to Mason, Ingham County, where he built a saw-mill, which was the
first erected there. Proceeding to Lyons, Ionia County, he helped
build the first bridge which spanned the Grand River at that place.
He then went back to New York and married Emeline Gillett, of
Gainesville. Returning to Lyons in the winter of 1838, he lived
there working at his trade until the spring of 1840, when he moved
to Bengal Township. Being a carpenter he built a frame house, which
was the first in the township. He lived on this place till 1849,
when he moved about a mile away. His house, which was in an
unfinished condition, was taken down and transferred, and now forms
a portion of his present residence. When Capt Grant moved into the
township there were no roads, and their only way out and in was by
a trail marked by blazed trees."
FIND LOGS ON THIS
CACHE THAT INDICATE NIGHT CACHING WILL BE DELETED WITHOUT
NOTICE!
The cache container
is a bison tube. BYOP. The cache is not located near a grave. As
always, please be respectful, and cache in, trash out. Say a prayer
for our brave troops, fighting overseas. God Bless
America.
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