Anson De Peuy Van Buren was born in 1822 in Kinderhook, New York.  He was a cousin of Martin Van Buren, the 8th President of the United States.  His Father Ephriam Van Buren, and his mother Olive Jay Van Buren, moved the family to Michigan settling in Battle Creek in 1836.  He was 13 years old, and would record the annals of his journey later in life along with many other stories of growing up on the Goguac Prairie in the Pioneer Collections.  He was a teacher and writer, and was adept at recording details of pioneer life that included not only the struggles and triumphs, but also the humor of the period.  

His collection of writings in the early pioneer society of Calhoun and Kalamazoo counties were preserved by the Michigan Pioneer Society, and made part of the Pioneer Collections archives.  Today, he is the most referenced historian from the period for these two counties.

To see the video on Young's Cemetery which covers the Van Buren family on the Goguac Prairie: Exploring More History at Young's Cemetery

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