... Moses Olmstead, who purchased Snow's improvements, came originally from some of the Eastern States, quite probably from New Jersey, and settled in Oakland County, in Michigan, at an early day. From that county he came here, late in the fall of 1831, with his wife, his sons, Moses, Jr., Philip, Gideon, and Lyman,-and his daughters, -Abby, Eliza, and Hannah. They moved into the log hut built by Snow, and built another hut of rails, covered with hay, in which the men found a lodging-place while the women occupied the log hut. In this manner the first winter was passed, and then a larger and more convenient house was built for the accommodation of the family. ...
... Of his children, Gideon died about two or three years after the family settled here. His was in all probability the first death of a white person in this town. ...
