WHEREAS, Our worthy brother—-Dr. S. S. Messenger, has been removed from our midst by death;
Therefore be it Resolved, That we deeply deplore his loss, and hereby extend our sincere sympathy to the bereaved family, and that the lodge be requested to be properly draped in mourning the usual length of time, and a copy of these resolutions be printed in the Grand Ledge papers and forwarded to the family of our deceased brother.
Q. W. THOMAS,
CASSIUS ALEXANDER,
D. D. F. BROWN.
The Grand Ledge Independent was founded in 1871 and published through 2018. After more than a century of serving the community, the newspaper's closure marked the end of an era for local news coverage in Grand Ledge, Michigan.
WHOSE DEATH OCCURRED WITHIN THREE DAYS. All Had Done Their Share Toward Making This Country What It Is. This week it Is our duty to chronicle the deaths of three of the pioneers of this section, all of whom had done his and her share of the work incident to settling a new country. To…
WAS RETURNING HOME FROM HIS WORK When He Was Hit By A Passing Automobile A very sad accident occurred Wednesday evening which snuffed out the life of a Grand Ledge youth Sherman L. Tidd and son Sherman V. aged seventeen years were returning from work In Lansing. They had ridden with fellow workmen as far…
BROWN—Wednesday morning, May 24, George A. Brown passed away at the age of nearly 73 years. For about a quarter of a century Geo. A. Brown had resided in Grand Ledge, where he was engaged at dentistry most of the time. The past few years he was a great sufferer from physical Ills, and death…
Grand Ledge, Mich, June 10. – Sanford S. Messenger, one of the best known men in Eaton county and a practicing physician here for 24 years, died Saturday night, from the effects of a stroke of paralysis.
Rob’t Morris, L. L. D.. the veteran traveler and Masonic lecturer, addressed the Grand Ledge lodge last Saturday evening on “Freemasonry in the Holy Land.” Sunday Eve. he spoke at the Congregational church oo the evidences in the holy land of the truthfulness of the Bible. He was attentively listened to by a large audience,…
At a regular meeting of Grand Ledge Lodge No. 179 of F. A. M., Dec. 15, 1877, the following named persons were elected officers for the ensuing year: Hugh Rossman, W. M., Marvin T. Streeter, S. W.; Isaac M. Brown, J. W., Samuel Chadwick, Sec’y; Francis M. Kent, Treas.; Albert Newkirk, S. D.; Henry M….
