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History of Litchfield, (Hillsdale County) MichiganOur database does not include an historic photo for Litchfield, (Hillsdale County) Michigan, do you have one you would like to contribute? Contact Us! 15% - 35% off all Products ยป The Ready Store Biographies:Biography of Marion Babcock Baxter Marion Babcock Baxter, lecturer, was born at Litchfield, Mich., April 12, 1850, daughter of A. E. Babcock, an Adventist preacher. Her mother was a woman of rare gifts and marked Christian character. At twenty years of age she delivered her first public address at Jonesville, Mich. It attracted wide and favorable attention, and fixed her vocation as a lecturer. From that time she was constantly before the public, speaking to large audiences in all parts of the country, temperance generally being her theme. She became a prominent member of the women's Christian temperance union, and also of the national W. C. T. U. lecture bureau. In 1891 she was elected state president of the White Rose clubs of Michigan, a partisan organization of women, for the support of the Prohibition party. She has written several poems. |
Michigan Facts: Hillsdale County Facts: Seat: HillsdaleEstablished: 29 Oct 1829 Formed from: Lenawee
Additional Local History Notes: The 1854 Gazetteer of the United States by Thomas Baldwin shows: LITCHFIELD, a post-township forming the N.W. extremity of Hillsdale co., Michigan, intersected by St. Joseph's river. Pop., 1362. Litchfield is situated 312 meters above sea level. |