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 INGEIAM COUNTY

always left the house before the break of day, for in those days the
latch string always hung out, and doors were never locked.
Mrs. Allen gave a short sketch of District No. 1, which was
organized in 1866, in the corner of Leslie and Onondaga, Ingham
county and Thompkins and Rives of Jackson county. There
was a little school house built, and just back of it was a rural
cemetery. In 1873 the present school house was built. One
teacher kept her position there for ten years, with but little
equipment. She named many teachers of early days. Many
farms are still owned by the descendents of the men who took
them from the government.
HISTORY OF DAUGHTERS OF TIE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, ELIJAH GROUT CHAPTER.
By MRS. ELVA MURPHY VAN CAMP.
Elijah Grout Chapter, D. A. R., was organized in Leslie on
October 7, 1910, by Mrs. Kittie Bailey, with sixteen charter
members. Leslie has the distinction of being the smallest town
in the state with a Chapter of the D. A. R. It has at times taken
up various lines of work, but as we today arc especially interested
in pioneer history, I will mention only the work it has been our
privilege to do in honor of some of the men and women who have
made such history.
To our Chapter belongs the honor of caring for the grave of
Lovey Aldrich, now sleeping in the Leslie cemetery. She was the
widow of Caleb Aldrich, who was enrolled as a soldier of the
Revolutionary War, New Hampshire and Rhode Island line. He
was born in 1766, and died in New Hampshire, aged 84 years.
Mrs. Aldrich was born in Belknap county, New Hampshire, in
1800, and was married in 1821 to Mr. Clark, a soldier of the War
of 1812, who died in 1829. In 1833 she married Mr. Aldrich, and
upon his death became his pensioner, and for some years was the
only Revolutionary pensioner living in the west. She was a descendent of the historical Hannah Dustin.
On June 11, 1920, our Chapter marked the grave of Martin