Laing came to Perry and the following year opened the first store in the township. Miss Julia Stevens taught seven to ten students in one room of her father’s house. It was also the home of the first school. They built a home where the Darling Hardware is now located. Roberts was a physician, the first in the township. Among those who remained were Horace Green and Joseph Roberts. Purdy plowed a small piece of ground for a garden which was probably the first ground plowed in this area.ĭuring the months that followed, many new settlers made their appearance-some to buy land and remain, but some of them soon became discouraged and returned to older settlements. At such times, they would sleep on the floor of the little front room, which was often covered with them. They would sometimes stop during a storm or spend the night with at Mr. Purdy gained their confidence, and before leaving the township the Indians became very friendly. The Indians were at first totally oblivious to the presence of their white neighbors, but in time Mr. Evidently their moccasin-clad feet had trod a great many years. An Indian trail passed near the door and over it long lines of the red men often traveled in their peculiar single file. The crude dwelling, which he soon completed, was the first built by a white man in the township of Perry. Purdy was building his cabin, he left his family at the home of Alanson Alling in Antrim. Upon the northern half of this land now stands the Village of Morrice. Howe and described as the west half of the northwest quarter of Section 13, and the west half of the southwest quarter of Section 12. The first settlement in Perry Township was made by Josiah Purdy in the fall of 1836, upon land which had been entered for him by a Mr. The “Diamond Jubilee Book” can be viewed in its entirety at Perry City Hall. Find out where Perry might be heading in the future by looking at its past. Please feel free to browse down memory lane. We have separated the narrative into sections that we believe to be easier to read. We have included the narration verbatim, which accounts for some of the politically incorrect terminology. It was created in 1968 for Perry’s 75 Year Diamond Jubilee. We would like to thank the “Diamond Jubilee Book Committee” that wrote the script for this history of Perry.
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