Pioneer history of Ingham County, compiled and arranged by Mrs. Franc L. Adams, secretary of the Ingham County pioneer and historical society.

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PIONEER HISTORY OF INGHAM COUNTY

Dubois Cemetery, Alaiedon.
Abel Irish.
Aurelius Center, Aurelius.
Erastus Bateman.
North Aurelius, Aureliis.
Henry Ferry, John C. Youngs.
Howard Cemetery, Ingham Township.
Aaron J. Hunt.
Grovenburg Cemetery, Delhi Township.
Ezekiel Williams.
Rolfe Cemetery. Vevay Township.
Wm. Marshall, Benjamin Rolfe.
MEXICAN WAR VETERANS.
Jacob Boam, Lansing; William Field, Dansville; Capt. Asa
Shattuck, Lansing; Capt. Townsend, Mason; John Aseltine,
Alaiedon.
Canadian soldier, Eden, Vevay Township.
William Kirby, Lieutenant Colonel, Co. I, Missiscoe Rangers.
CRIMEAN WAR.
George S. Wilson was a familiar character in Ingham county
for many years, and not until a short time before his death did the
public become aware that he served in the Crimean War and that
the slight limp he had was not caused by rheumatism but the
result of a Russian bullet which he received on the field of historic
Inkerman. Mr. Wilson was born at Bawtry, Yorkshire, England, and was only sixteen years old when he entered Her
Majesty's service in Company 2 of the Thirteenth Light Infantry,
of which regiment Prince Albert was then colonel.
After three years service his regiment was one of those ordered
to the seat of war in Russia, Their sailing vessel proved unseaworthy, and they were beached on the coast of Spain and forced to
stay there two months. In October, 1854, Mr. Wilson was on
the skirmish line during the battle of Balaklava and saw the
"Six Hundred" make their immortal charge. Eleven days later,
with a 50 pound knapsack and 100 rounds of ammunition, he
took the ten mile march to Inkerman, where he was severely