Other Kent County Michigan Biographical Resources:
See also the "Diaries and Letters" and "Obituaries" sections on homepage of the Kent County Michigan GenWeb Project.

• Stories/Biographies of Local People
• Links to Transcribed Biographies from the 1881 Chapman history of Kent County  (No longer valid)
• Famous People Who Resided in Michigan

• 1876 Kent County Atlas - Biographical Sketches
• 1878 Everett history
• 1881 Chapman history
• Organized by Township
• Organized Alphabetically
• 1891 Baxter history
• Extended Biographies
• Special Personal Paragraphs
• 1900 Bowen history
• 1918 Fisher history
• 1924 White history.

The following biographies are of Kent County historical figures where the biography is located somewhere on the World Wide Web, outside of the Kent County Michigan GenWeb Pages or the Biographies Message Board.

 
• Aaron Dikeman

Pioneer citizen and Grand Rapids' most famous early jeweler.
• Lawrence Carmichael Earle

"Grand Rapids' First Artist."
• John Wesley Fallass

Founder of Fallassburg, early settler of Vergennes Twp. Placed online by the Fallassburg Historical Society.
• Gerald and Betty Ford

The President and First Lady were Grand Rapids natives.
• Marinus Harting (Hartung)

Early Grand Rapids artist - 1838-1907
• Emily Burton Ketcham

Women's suffrage activist.
• James Kent

Kent County is named for this New York lawyer and judge. He is especially remembered for his book Commentaries on American Law.

• Abraham Kuyper (1837-1929)
  Religious leader, Reformed Church.
  Madame La Framboise

This female fur trader was a pioneer of Western Michigan.
• Mme. Valeria Lipczynska

Queen of the Poles, Angel of Mercy.
• Rev. Isaac McCoy

Rev. McCoy led a Baptist mission among the Indians along the Grand River in the 1820s.
• Julia A. Moore

Poet from Edgerton.

Contact County Coordinator:  evlynsaw@comcast.net