Grand Rapids & Kent Co.,
Tornado
1836
The fearful tornado which swept across Central Michigan in 1836 is still living
in the memories of the old settlers. Almost every resident in the valley
of the Grand Rapids suffered from its results.
Justus C. Rogers who located in Kent County in 1835, erected a frame
house on section 14, Wyoming township, during the spring of 1836, made it a neat
pioneer dwelling and had its surroundings tastefully arranged when the terrific
storm swept over his home, taking the house from its foundation and moving it a
distance of 18 feet, and turning it completely round. The shingles and
boards of the roof were scattered over the country for a mile in the course of
the whirlwind. The log house of Cyrus Jones,
then standing in section 6, Paris township, was blown away, the few barns then
in the track were scattered far and wide, so that the ruthless wind may be said
to have left neither house nor forest in its course untouched.
History of Kent County, Michigan, 1881, pages 242-243
 History of Kent
County, Michigan 1881
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