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Woodbury, Eaton County, Michigan

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Woodbury Rural School
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Dr. Laughlin-Store & Office
Dr. Arthur Laughlin was born March 4, 1879 in Michigan, the son of Charles & Kate (Gaylord) Laughlin. Arthur graduated from medical school at Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan. On June 26, 1907 Arthur married Katherine Becker at Lake Odessa, Ionia County, MI and they moved to Woodbury, Sunfield Township, Eaton County, Michigan. A son Gaylord was born to them in 1912. Dr. Arthur Laughlin was a MD and a Surgeon. In the 1920’s they moved to Campbell, Ionia County and in the 1930’s they were living in Clarksville, Ionia County where he continued to practice medicine.

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Woodbury United Brethren in Christ Church

Woodbury United Brethren in Christ Church located at 216 Maple Street in Woodbury. Later sold to St. Herman’s Orthodox Church.

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Woodbury Hotel, Woodbury, MI

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Woodbury Blacksmith Shop

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Pere Marquette & Chicago, Kalamazoo & Saginaw Railroad Depot located in Woodbury Michigan

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C.K. & S. Turnaround at Woodbury, MI
Area Historian, William ‘Bill’ Feasal recalled that when he worked in Lake Odessa as a young man he had to ride the train to work and back boarding at Mulliken. At times they would stop in Woodbury to help turn the engine around on the track because the C.K. & S. Railroad ended at Woodbury. Men from Hastings, Nashville & Woodland would ride to Woodbury to have a beer while the train was being turned around because Barry County was a dry county. When the train was ready to go, they would get a bucket of beer to take with them, thus the train was dubbed “The Beer Bucket Special.”

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