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Owosso’s first house was built in 1835 by John D. Overton and David VanWormer. Mrs. Mary E. Overton Shout of Corunna lived there as a baby. John D. and Mary Ann Overton’s son Nathaniel B. Overton was born there on September 13, 1837, becoming the first white child born in Owosso. He later enlisted at Corunna in the 16th Michigan Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War and died at Gaines Hill, Virginia, on June 27, 1862.
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Owosso, Michigan · United States
