This is the story of Ezra Convis who was also known in his time as General Ezra Convis.  He was an early pioneer industrialist to Calhoun County who founded the Village of Verona and also was a co-founder of the Village of Augusta in Kalamazoo County.  He at one point was a partial owner in downtown Battle Creek.  He became elected to the Legislature when Michigan was vying for Statehood, and was elected as Speaker of the House.  He won re-election the year Michigan became a state, and died in a sled accident near Detroit on the way to a wedding in the winter of 1837-38.  Speculation on what would have happened in Calhoun County had he not died when he did, as the railroad coming through the county was still undecided at the time of his death.  Convis Township in Calhoun County was named in his honor after his death.

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