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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months ago, brings echoes whose reverberations have rolled from
generation to generation down through the ages since the days of
William the Conqueror, and the "misty past" of her own life of
75 years is not without interest, covering as it does nearly all of
Ingham county's history.
In 1837 Miss Dubois' grandparents and parents came to Alaiedon
and settled in the "Dubois" neighborhood, where she was born.
In 1855 her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Garret Dubois, moved to
Bunkerhill, and the remainder of her life was spent there.
Miss Dubois found her life work in the home, caring for her
father and mother in their declining years, making life easier for
an invalid sister and conducting the farm after her father's
death in 1884.
She had a keen sense of humor, and both in her conversation
and in her writing her quaint manner of expression and humorous
touches were a delight to her friends.
She was a great reader, and took pride in having completed the
Chautauqua course of study. She was a member of the M. E.
church and took an active part in all its work until the time of her
death.
She took great interest in her family history, and in 1915 and
again in 1916 she gave the Ingham County Historical and Pioneer
Society a detailed account of the pioneer life of the family and its
part in the early history of the county, told in her racy and pleasing
manner.
In God's acre she is at rest, awaiting the resurrection morn.
STORIES TOLD BY MRS. WM. B. DEAN (WHOSE HUSBAND WAS A SOLDIER IN THE WAR OF 1812), TO HER
GRANDDAUGHTER, MRS. FRED BRENNER, OF
ALAIEDON.
"Backward, turn backward, O time in your flight,
Make me a child again just for tonight."
These words recur to me time and again, and I think of my childhood days when I sat in a little chair at my maternal grandmother's knee sewing never-ending hit-or-miss carpet rags while she