JOSEPH SOURS, farmer, Whitewater, Grand Traverse County, was born July 4, 1820, in Rush, Monroe County, N. Y. At. the age of twenty-one lie learned the cooper's trade, at which he worked for many years. fie first came to Michigan in 1843, settling in the south part, of the state. Came to the Grand Traverse Region in August,1855, being one of the first settlers of the town of Whitewater. The only settler in town was Isaac Fundy, on Section 15, Township 28, Range 9. He is dead and his family moved away.

Mr. Sours located on Section 4, where he has one of the best farms and finest residences in he county. He was married in 1848 to Mary V. Lowell, a native of Chautauqua County, N. Y. They have five children. Lowell, the eldest, whose farm adjoins his father's, was born in Battle (Creek, Mich., in 1852. He was' married in the fall of 1880 to Emma Sherman. Residence on Section 4, where he has a farm of 1.00 acres.
 

The Traverse region, historical and descriptive, with illustrations of scenery and portraits and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers.,