The following news story and photo was taken from Kathleen Firestone’s book, “Suttons Bay, Peshawbestown and Bingham Shores of Grand Traverse Bay.”
Cassimere Dearwood and his wife Harriet settled just a little north of Harry Sutton’s soonto- be-platted village. Daughter Jane was born in a cabin, Aug. 28, 1856, and may have been the first white child born in Suttons Bay Township.
Cassimere Dearwood hired some local natives to peel hemlock bark for ballast in the bottom of the Oglebay, so he would feel safer while out fishing or helping settlers find their way. Newcomer Thomas Lee built a cabin along the shore, just north of the Dearwood property, and Harriet Dearwood stayed with the Lee family while her husband was gone on his boat. The Lee cabin is where Harriet gave birth to Jane.
