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| David L. Garling, miller, proprietor of the Mecosta County Mills, Big Rapids, was born in Seneca Falls, Seneca Co., N.Y., Jan. 17, 1846. He is a son of John and Sarah (Hartranft) Garling, the father was born in Pennsylvania in 1795, of Dutch parentage, and died in Cayuga, N.Y., Dec. 24, 1881. The mother was also a native of Pennsylvania, born in 1803, and died June 21, 1883, in Seneca Falls, Seneca Co., N.Y. Mr. Garling was married Nov. 16, 1865, to Henrietta Burtnette, born in Seneca Falls, N.Y., June 25, 1846, of English and French extraction. She is a daughter of William and Rachel Burtnette. Mr. and Mrs. Garling have four children, born as follows: Anna R., Sept. 13, 1869, Johnny E., July 29, 1872, Emma J., Aug. 20, 1875, Burtnette, May 9, 1878. Mr. Garling came to Michigan in June 1878, and made his first location at Percy, Osceola Co. In 1879 he came to Mecosta County, and on the first day of April in that year he purchased the mill property, to the management of which he has since given his attention. He is a Republican in political sentiment. |