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

who brought up the small boy as his own. They lived for many
years at the old home near the Hubbard school house, where he
attended school. He was the only boy in the family, there being
six girls bearing the name of Hubbard, all of whom are dead
except Mrs. Mary Olds Huntoon, of Harbor Beach. (She died
in 1919.)
The playmates of Isaac Nelson Wolcott were often Indian boys,
and he knew Chief Okemos and John Okemos very well. They
were frequent guests at the home. The old chief was very angry
once when he learned that young John had come to call when
intoxicated, and said to grandmother, "Why didn't white squaw
put him to door and give big kick?" Father spent the "Fourth"
in Lansing when nine years old. There were no houses except
at North Lansing. Indians joined in the sports, and father often
laughed when telling of this day and would say, "I never saw an
automobile all day."
When he was twenty-one he went to California and remained
there eleven years, returning home and marrying Cora White, a
girl whom his mother had brought up while he was away. He
never lost his desire for roving, which grandmother said he acquired from the Indians. At the age of 75 he took a trip to New
Mexico and again visited the places he had traveled over in his
youth. He never failed to look on the sunny side and was happy
to the last. He was greatly interested in the County Historical
Society, and was always present when it was possible for him to
do so.
On October 13, 1917, he went on to join the wife who had preceded him. He is buried in Maple Grove Cemetery at Mason,
and is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Russell and Mrs. Hogan,
both of Lansing.
At one of the meetings of the County Pioneer Society Mr.
Wolcott told the following incidents relating to his early life:
"When seven years old I made a trip to Lansing with one of my
uncles and some of his neighbors. We made the trip with ox
teams, and made North Lansing our stopping place. There
were three houses there, but all of them were on the east side of
the river, and as there were no bridges in Lansing people coming
from the south were obliged to ford the Red Cedar river out near
the old race track east of the city, then travel on to the North