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

her face and head being badly bruised and bleeding. She was
somewhat dazed and could not tell how she reached the yard,
but must have been caught in the current of wind passing through
the rooms. A hog weighing 200 pounds was taken out of a pen and
carried 100 rods, being found with a broken jaw.
The next house struck was that of Wm. Childs, who with his
three sons was in the house at the time. They saw the storm
approaching and went into the cellar by a trap door. Mrs. Childs
and one son were in Mason that day. The house was destroyed
and the contents blown away.
Two other houses in the neighborhood were unroofed. A man
named Henry Cline was killed by a falling tree on Section 22,
Alaiedon. Hogs and sheep were seen in clouds as the storm passed
over Jefferson City.
MIDSUMMER MEETING OF THE INGHAM COUNTY
PIONEER AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY, HELD IN
ALAIEDON, AUGUST 4, 1920.
After adopting the plan of holding a meeting in every township
in the county in order to get all the data possible for the county
history, the first out-of-doors meeting was held on the lawn at
Lloyd Laylin's in Alaiedon, August 4, 1920, and it can be chronicled as an entire success.
The residents of the townhip, and those who had moved away,
showed their interest in the scheme by gathering on that day about
200 strong. The day was perfect, and the huge forest trees on the
lawn made a delightful grove for such a meeting.
On the porch were spinning wheel, reel, ox yoke, a tall silk hat
in the box made to hold it, a mirror, picture, shawl, homespun
sheets, bed coverlets, most of them over 100 years old, a wedding
vest, small chair, spoons and other relics and keepsakes which
dated back to the fifties, old books, one bearing date of 1788.
These historical curios attracted much attention, but as the noon
hour drew near all eyes turned toward the long tables set on one
side of the lawn which fairly groaned beneath the load of good
things for the inner man. Soon all drew round the festive board