Hi again, Here's another KIDDER with a Michigan connection. See below. Betty (near Lowell, MA) 302 REV. JOHN SUMNER KIDDER (John, Samuel, James, John, James), born at Crown Point, N. Y., 22 Jan. 1811; died at Hopkins Station, Allegan Co., Mich., 29 May 1896. He married at Amherst, N. H., 29 Aug. 1843, MARY ANNE KIDDER (Ezra, James, James, John, James), born at Alstead, N. H., 23 Feb. 1821; died at Hopkins Station, 28 May 1896, daughter of Ezra and Calista (Taft) Kidder. John Sumner Kidder returned with his widowed mother and her other children to Alstead, N. H., about 1823, and spent some years learning the trade of clothier, but in 1833 chose the ministry as his calling. He attended Burr Seminary in Manchester, Vermont, and in 1835 entered Amherst College, from which he graduated in 1839, following which he took a three years course at Andover Theological Seminary, and was ordained to the Congregational ministry, 12 Sept. 1843. In fulfillment of a long cherished purpose to pursue his calling in the West, he proceeded to Michigan, where he preached in many towns from 1843 until 1876, among them Schoolcraft, Wayne, Litchfield, Wayland, Hopkins and other places. Children: i. MARY ANN CALISTA, b. at Schoolcraft, Mich., 4 Feb. 1845; d. 11 Dec. 1916; m. at Wayland, Allegan Co., Mich., 24 Dee. 1865, CHARLES HARRIS FURBER of Hopkins, Mich. Children (surname Furber): 1. Charles Sumner, b. 27 Jan. 1867; d. aged 5 years. 2. James Brainerd, b. 14 Oct. 1868. 3. Roy Harris, b. 17 Sept. 1877; d. aged 9 months. 4. Russell Clarence, b. 20 Oct. 1885. 679 ii. DAVID BRAINERD, b. at Schoolcraft, Mich., 14 Oct. 1846. 680 iii. CHARLES SUMNER, b. at Litchfield, Hillsdale Co., Mich., 7 July 1851. iv. CORA LOUISA (twin), b. at Eaton Rapids, Eaton Co., Mich., 10 Feb. 1859; unm. v. FLORA ANGELINE (twin), b. at Eaton Rapids, Eaton Co., Mich., 10 Feb. 1859; m. at Hopkins, Mich., 13 Apr. 1881, CHARLES BIRD LANE, b. there 19 Feb. 1858, son of Albert and Delia E. (Andrews) Lane. Children (surname Lane): 1. Cora La Verne, b. 5 May 1882. 2. Mary Edith, b. 22 Jan. 1884. 3. Zella Maud, b. 31 May 1888. 4. Margery, b. 20 Dec. 1889. vi. FREDERICK EZRA, b. at Windsor, Eaton Co., Mich., 21 Mar. 1860; d. 2 May 1870.