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Title
William Montague Ferry
Creator
NULL

Institution
Loutit District Library

Subject
Ferry, William Montague, 1796-1867

Subject
Clergy -- Michigan -- Grand Haven

Subject
Businessmen -- Michigan -- Grand Haven

Item Number
LH01r047

Relation
NULL

Type
image

Format
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Description
Reverend Ferry had been a missionary on Mackinac Island, who in the summer of 1834, made a circuit of Lake Michigan. He came to Grand Haven to seek is fortune in lumbering. The cities of Ferrysburg, Ferry, Whitehall, and Montague are named for him or members of his family.

William Montague Ferry

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