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This entry is part 44 of 99 in the series Deeds in the Family

I am posting information gleaned from land records in the areas where our family’s ancestors resided. You can read more about this project in the overview. You may also check my deed record listing, which I will update frequently, but probably not every day. This group pertain to Papa’s Fenton ancestors who resided in Wexford County, Michigan.

 

Date: 13 October 1922
Liber: 97
Page: 632
Location: Manton, Michigan
Grantor: Harmon Longstreet & Susie M. Longstreet of Manton, Michigan
Grantee: Frank C. Howe & Sarah Howe Of Manton, MI
Witnesses: George A. Longstreet, Jno A. Muche
Type of deed: Warranty
Rec’d and recording: 13 Jun 1923
Clerk/registrar: Johnson
Location of land: Manton
Consideration: $300
Notes: Deed Restriction: Second Parties agree that said premises will not be used before April 14, 1929 for the business of General photography or maintaining a photograph gallery.
Description: Description: Lot 26, Manton

This transaction reverses the “sale” of Lot 26 in Manton which occurred on the deed recorded in Liber 97 page 369. Yesterday’s post was about that deed.

I guess that Frank and Sarah Howe needed a loan in January 1921. It cost $50 for them to borrow $250 for just a period of about 22 months! This type of loan was far more common that I could have imagined. I had not realized what was happening until I began to write about transactions, and compare land descriptions.

There was less buying and selling, and more loaning with property given as security.

This entry is part 43 of 99 in the series Deeds in the Family

I am posting information gleaned from land records in the areas where our family’s ancestors resided. You can read more about this project in the overview. You may also check my deed record listing, which I will update frequently, but probably not every day. This group pertain to Papa’s Fenton ancestors who resided in Wexford County, Michigan.

Date: 4 Jan 1921
Liber: 97
Page: 369
Location: Wexford County, Michigan
Grantor: Frank Howe & Sarah C. Howe his wife, of Manton, Wexford, Michigan
Grantee: Harmon H. Longstreet and Susie M. Longstreet of Manton, Wexford, Michigan
Witnesses: N.A. Reynolds, Linda K. Reynolds
Type of deed: warranty
Rec’d and recording: 25 June 1821
Clerk/registrar: Johnson
Location of land: Manton, Michigan
Consideration: $250.00
Notes: Deed Restriction: Second Parties agree that said premises will not be used before April 14, 1929 for the business of General photography or maintaining a photograph gallery.
Description: Lot 26, Manton

Susie Burdick Fenton Longstreet’s niece, Etoile, was married to Charles B. “Bert” Howe. It is possible that the Frank Howe who sold this lot to Harmon and Susie was somehow related to that family, but I have no evidence that he was.

This lot is from the original town plat of Manton, I have illustrated the location on a section of the old 1889 atlas 1. You can click the thumbnail to view an enlarged version.

97-369

It is possible to take a look at the current configuration of this area in Google maps. Depot Street has been re-named State Street since this atlas was printed, and what was known as Seaman Ave is now Michigan Avenue (old US 131). Keep in mind that lot 26 is the third lot north of the corner of Rose and State Street.


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E.L. Hayes & Co., Atlas of Wexford County, Michigan / compiled by Eli L. Hayes from government surveys, county and township records, and personal investigations and observations , Eli L. Hayes, (Chicago, Ill.: E.L. Hayes & Co., 1889), 21; digital images, The University of Michigan. Michigan County Histories and Atlases. http://name.umdl.umich.edu/3928170.0001.001 : accessed 7 January 2010.