Person:Jonathan Billings (1)

Drowned in the Lake. Mention will be made in the history of Saugatuck of a calamity on the Kalamazoo River in 1841 whereby three children of John Hl. Billings, together with Mrs. Billings, were drwoned. three other children of Mr. Billing, in the obat on that occasion, were saved, but one of them, Ozias by name, seemed born under an adverse star, for he subsequently lost his life in Hutchins' Lake, in Ganges, while crossing on the ice. He was warned that the journey was a risky one, but boy-like he [ersisten in making the venture, and before he had proceeded far felt the ice giving way beneath him. He struggled bravelly to save himself, but in vain, and soon went down beneath the icy waters of the lake. (pg 211 of Anonymous. Histoyr of allegan and Barry Counties, Michigan: wil illustrations and biographical sketches of their prominent men and pioneers. Philadephias, D.W. Engisn & Co., 1880)