About the New Site
I created the original Stanwood, Michigan website that contained the town’s history way back in early 2006. Many years of research and expense went into …
Introduction
It has been commonly accepted for generations that the little community of Stanwood, Michigan was given its name by Oliver Pillsbury, after he and local …
Portrait of David M. Benjamin
David M. Benjamin Portrait and Biographical Album, Mecosta County, MichiganPublished by Chapman Bros. – Chicago, IllinoisPage 538 – 539 1883 David M. Benjamin, lumberman, resident …
History of the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan with an Appendix
History of the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan with an AppendixBy Albert Baxter Chapter XXXIX DAVID MARCELLUS BENJAMIN There is one species of ancestral pride …
Anna Louise Benjamin
If you reside in the Seapointe Subdivision on Fort Point, you may know that your lot was once part of the spectacular Benjamin Estate. On …
Village of Stanwood is Recorded
NEW RAILROAD STATIONBig Rapids Independent, 1870 On 12 October 1870 the owners of O.P. Pillsbury & Co., Annie and David M. Benjamin, Vesta and Oliver …
Edward Jeffries
Edward Jeffries and his wife Lucile owned and operated the very same store I grew up in. They both had big plans for the store …