{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3486", "width": "2566", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "Class FS-1 2", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "^19 6 1", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "l-\u00c2\u00ae CT 5si\\n^g^P^gP^g:\\n1^\\n4lSTOi^^\\nMICHIGAN.\\nI\\nI\\nlip\\nm\\nt\\ni\\ni\\ni\\nm\\ni\\ni\\nli\\nI\\nMi.\\nIpith Ipliistrations and l|io9 *\u00c2\u00bb^ltKal ^feetche^\\nsOFi=S_\\nITS i=i?.o:M:insrE3srT zmzeist jlhstx) zpionsTBER^s.\\n^jaw^v^i\\nft-\\nPHILADELPHIA\\nI). W. ENSIGN aO.\\n1880.\\n3=3^g|@^g^", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "PREFACE.\\nThe object steadily kept in view in the preparation of this history has been to furnish an exhaustive\\naccurate account of events of importance or general interest which have occurred within the territory\\ncomprehended in tiie counties of Berrien and Van Buren, from the first discovery of this region by\\nmen down to the present time to exclude everything of doubtful authenticity, but to embody all\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009eotainable facts in the narrative, and at the same time to confine it as closely as practicable to the limits of\\nthe t\\\\4 0 counties, referring to no outside matters, except such as could not well be omitted because of their\\nclose connection with the history of the region which is especially noticed.\\nThe work is divided into three parts. The fii-st nineteen chapters are devoted to matters common to both\\ncounties, viz. the discovery and exploration of this section of country by French adventurers and priests;\\nits occupation by the Miami Indians, and afterwards by the Pottawattamies the operations of Indian\\ntraders through all this region the several Indian cessions of land, covering the territory now included in\\nBerrien and Van Buren navigation and harbor improvements at St. Joseph, South Haven, and New\\nBuffalo internal improvements,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 in the matters of Territorial roads, State roads, plank roads, and railways\\ntraversing both counties military history,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 principally referring to the services performed in the war of the\\nEebellion by a number of Michigan regiments, all or nearly all of which contained soldiers from both\\ncounties; and finally an article on the fruit-belt of Western Michigan, which covers the greater part, if not\\nall, of both Berrien and Van Buren Counties. Next, after these general chapters, is given a separate history\\nof Berrien County, Niles City, and each of the several townships; and this part is followed by a similar\\nsejjarate history of Van Buren County and its townships.\\nTlie amount of time and labor which has been expended in the preparation of this history is great.\\nSome or the material has been gleaned from the very few (reliable) published works which bear upon the\\nsubject much more from county, township, and society records, and files of old newspapers but by far the\\ngreater part has been obtained from the oldest residents and best-informed people of the two counties,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 of\\nwhom more than three hundred have been applied to for information, and have given it.\\nThe result of all this patient labor and research has been so satisfactory that the work is now presented\\nto its patrons with the confident expectation that their verdict will be a favorable onl;. Every efibrt has\\nbeen mt.de to render the history as nearly perfect as it is possible for such a work to be and, this being the\\ncase, no apology is thought necessary. It is proper, however, to make this explanation that if errors are\\ndiscovered (as it is nearly certain there will be) in the orthography of some of the family names of the early\\nand lattT residents of the counties, it is largely due to the fact that the names have been found spelled\\ndifferently (and sometimes in as many as four or five different ways) in the county, township, church, and\\nsociet tecords, and that in several instances different members of the same family vary in the orthography\\nof/) BuJ surname. Under such circumstances, it is not a matter of surprise if the several writers of the\\n-^d township histories, often finding themselves wholly at a loss to know which manner of spelling\\nI have sometimes made the mistake of choosing the wrong one. y", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "PKEFACE.\\nTo those who have kindly given their aid in the collection of material for the work, the writer d(\\nto express his acknowledgments especially to the editors and proprietors of the several newspapers\\ncounty and township officers, the gentlemen of the legal and medical rofessions in the two counties, an\\npastors and leading members of the churches. The pioneers and other citizens of Berrien and Van B\\nwho have furnished information are too numerous to receive the separate individual mention to which\\nare entitled, but grateful thanks are tendered to each and all for the assistance which they have will\\nand courteously given.\\nF.\\nPhiladelphia, Pa., March 26, 1880.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "CONTENTS.\\nh:istoi?.io.a.il\\nHISTOKT OP BEKEIEN AND VAN BTIKEN\\nCOUNTIES.\\nCHAPTER PAQE I\\nI. Discoveries and Explorations 9\\nII. The Miami Occupation IS\\nIII. The Pottawattamie Occupation 21\\nIV.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Pottawattamies of the St. Joseph after 1815 30\\nV. Cessions of Indian Territory Erection of Counties and\\nTowns upon it 35\\nVI. Navigation Harbor Improvements 39\\nVII. Internal Improvements 47\\nVIII.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Military History\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Sauk War\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Great Rebellion 57\\nIX.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Ninth, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Infantry Regiments 67\\nX. Seventeenth, Nineteenth, and Twenty-fourth Infantry 80\\nXI.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Infantry .85\\nXII. Twenty-eighth Infantry First Engineers and Mechanics\\nFirst Sharpshooters 91\\nXIII.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 First and Second Cavalry 95\\nXIV.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Third Cavalry 99\\nXV.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Fourth Cavalry 103\\nXVL\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Seventh, Ninth, and Eleventh Cavalry 108 j\\nXVII. Western Sharpshooters, and One Hundred and Second\\nUnited States Colored Troops 112\\nXVIII. Other Soldiers from Berrien and Van Buren Counties 115\\nXIX.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Fruit Belt US\\nBERRIEN COUNTY.\\n127\\nXX. Natural Features Early Settlement\\nXXr. Erection and Organization of Berrien County Courts\\nand County Buildings 130\\nXXn.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Press of Berrien County 136\\nXXIII.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Medical and Legal Professions 141\\nXXIV.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Civil List\u00e2\u0080\u0094 County Societies 148\\nXXV.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 City of Niles 153\\nXXVI.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Buchanan Township 174\\nXX II.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Benton\\nXXVIII.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Berrien\\nXXIX.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Bainbridge\\nXXX. Bertrand\\nXXXI.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Chickaming\\n187\\n203\\n213\\n227\\n232\\nCHAPTER\\nXXXII. \u00e2\u0080\u0094Galien Township\\nXXXIII.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hagar\\nXXXIV.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Lake\\nXXXV.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Lincoln\\nXXXVI.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Niles\\nPAQE\\n236\\n242\\n248\\n255\\n260\\nXXXVII.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 New Buffalo Township 270\\nXXXVIII.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Oronoko\\nXXXIX.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Pipestone\\nXL. Royalton\\nXLI. St. Joseph\\nXLII. Sodus\\nXLIII.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Three Oaks\\nXLIV.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Watervliet\\nXLV. Weesaw\\n278\\n292\\n304\\n312\\n327\\n332\\n339\\n353\\nVAN BUREN COUNTY.\\nXLVI. Erection and Organization of the County Location of\\nCounty-Seat\\nXLVII. Courts Records County Buildings Civil List\\nXLVIII.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Press of Van Buren County\\nXLIX. The Learned Professions\\nL. County Societies\\nLI. Antwerp Township\\nLIT. Arlington\\nLIII. Almena\\nLIV. Bangor\\nLV. Bloomingdale Township\\nLVI.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Columbia\\nLVII.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Covert\\nLVIII.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Decatur\\nLIX. Geneva\\nLX.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hartford\\nLXI.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hamilton\\nLXII.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Keeler\\nLXIII. Lawrence\\nLXIV.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Paw Paw\\nLXV.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Pine Grove\\nLXVI.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Porter\\nLXVII.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 South Haven\\nLXVIII.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Waverly\\n359\\n3f 2\\n367\\n369\\n373\\n374\\n434\\n439\\n449\\n454\\n;)21\\n527\\n-BXOarTi..A.FT3LXC!J^lLi.\\nHon. George H. Jerome\\nJoseph C. Larimore\\nMajor L. A. Duncan\\nJoseph Coveney\\nHon. Lorenzo P. Alexande\\n.lao.ib P. VanRiper\\nGeoige H. Richards\\nEleazer and Henry C. M\\nJehial Enos\\nSteri,.e Brunson\\nLewis Sutherland\\nG. N. Lord\\nPhiiieas Pearl\\nWarren H. Pearl\\nJ. .TJ Higbee\\nPort- Bury\\nton\\nfacing\\n1\\nm\\n172\\n173\\nISO\\n184\\n185\\n186\\n197\\n199 1\\n199\\n200\\n200\\n201\\n201\\n202\\n202\\nLuther Kinney\\nElkanah Nickerson\\nEdwin T. Dickson\\nNathan McCoy\\nIsrael P. Hutton\\nSilas Ireland\\nNathaniel Brant\\nSidney Spencer\\nMartin Tioe\\nJohn K. Bishop\\nSamuel Messenger\\nGeorge H. Rough\\nJohn C. Morgan\\nAlfred W. Ames\\nDavid A. Cuthbert\\nHenry Renbarger\\nPAGE\\n202\\n203\\n211\\n212\\n212\\n213\\n231\\n235\\n236\\n240\\n240", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "CONTENTS.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0bxc g:rj^ fts:x(Oj^il,.\\nMrs. Mary Witter 240\\nCyrus Thurston\\nFrank Jerue -^2\\nR. B. Huston 242\\nJames Hannah 247\\nAnthony S. Bishop 247\\nIsaac Hathaway 253\\nJohn H. Nixon 253\\nNorman E. Landon 254\\nDavid Myers 259\\nL. W. Archer 259\\nDr. J. N. Percell 259\\nBurton Jarvis 269\\nDaniel Fisher 2T0\\nJohn Murray 277\\nRichard Phillips 277\\nRobert Cassiday 300\\nGeorge C. Hartman 300\\nJosiah Gano 301\\nAmasa a\u00c2\u00bbd Norman C. Preston 301\\nThomas Evans 302\\nAVilliam Ridenour 302\\nMrs. Mary Burton 302\\nMiles Davis 303\\nMorgan Bnos, M.D 303\\nHenry Ashoff facing 304\\nWilliam H. Tryon 308\\nDr. Edward Hall 309\\nGeorge H. Scott 310\\nJohn Bort 311\\nHon. Alexander H. Morrison facing 31 1\\nDr. Lyman Collins 326\\nJ. C. Caldwell 326\\nWalter Donaldson 327\\nJohn B. Rush 332\\nJosephus Fisher 332\\nEdward Vetterley 339\\nEdward Brant 350\\nHarvey C. Sherwood 351\\nW. W. Allen 351\\nJoseph Knapp 352\\nS. P. Merri6eld 352\\nSebastian Smith 353\\nGabriel F. Penwell 358\\nGeorge Boyle 358\\nJason A. Sheldon facing 384\\nLysandor Bathrick 388\\nJonathan J. Woodman 389\\nHenry Waite 390\\nJames M. Lull 391\\nPeter Harwick 391\\nJ. R. Bangs 392\\nOrange Stephens 392\\nN. L. Surdam 393\\nAlvin Chapman 399\\nEdward P. Mills 404\\nAsa Crofoot 405\\nJacob Erkenbeck 406\\nAlonzo W. Stevens 400\\nCharles U. Cross facing 407\\nWilliam W. Kinney 416\\nJohn M. Vanauken 417\\nThomas Cross 417\\nJohn Southard 418\\nDavid K. Charles 418\\nWilliam S. Charles 419\\nAnson Goss 419\\nThomas Kemp 419\\nOrlando S. Brown 420\\nPAOK\\nJ. G. Miller 420\\nJohn Sebring 428\\nAaron K. Tedrow 428\\nJ. G. Clark 428\\nH. H. Howard 429\\nA. S. Brown 433\\nJ. N. Hinckley 433\\nWilliam Packard facing 434\\nEdward A. Rood 438\\nAlfred S. Packard 439\\nAle.\\\\ander B. Copley facing 440\\nDolphin Morris 446\\nCharles H. Morris 447\\nNancy (Beaver) Morris 447\\nElias and Samuel Morris 448\\nDr. C. T. Baker 449\\nGilman and Philena White 453\\nN. S. Taylor 453\\nClark Pierce .454\\nHon. Fabius Miles 462\\nThomas Conklin 464\\nHenry P. Phelps 465\\nG. G. B. Yeckley between 466, 467\\nAaron and Austin M. Barney 466, 467\\nRobert Nesbitt 468, 469\\nCapt. Josiah R. Hcndryx 470\\nPhilotus Haydon 472\\nJames M. Osborn 473\\nErastus Osborn 473\\nJohn Bennett 474\\nJohn Q. Adams 475\\nWilliam Horton 476\\nA. S. Wise 476\\nJohn H. Collins 476\\nDr. George Bartholomew 483\\nOrrendo M. Sikcs 484\\nOrman V. Rosevelt 485\\nCharles Duncombe 485\\nAlbert E. Gregory 486\\nTobias Byers 486\\nA. S. Haskin, M.D facing 492\\nDavid Ferris 496\\nAnson U. Barnes 499\\nEaton Branch 500\\nT. W. Howard 501\\nHoward S. Allen 501\\nAbner M. Munger 501\\nAlbert Harrison 514\\nElder Joseph Woodman facing 514\\nPeter Grempa 515\\nAnderson C. Webb 515\\nHenry W. Rhodes 516\\nEdwin Barnum 516\\nDavid Woodman ^17\\nPhilip Sherrod 518\\nWilliam H. Leo 518\\nJeremiah H. Simmons 519\\nHenry Wilson 520\\nG. F. Harrington [\u00e2\u0096\u00a0;520\\nB. A. Murdock 521\\nDavid Wise between 524J 525\\nD. 0. Everest j 526\\nSamuel Bartlett J 531\\nSanford Corey 1 532\\nNelson Corey I 532\\nRussol V. Munger 532\\nManasseh Kern 53 3\\nWilliam H. Hurlbut a^-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "CONTENTS.\\nILILjTJSTE.J^TI03srS.\\nOutline Map of Berrien and Van Buren Counties\\nGeological Map of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.\\nCourt-IIoufi, Jail, and Countj Buildings facing\\nMLES CITY.\\nEesidenee of Maj. W. S. Millard\\nProperty of Maj.-L. A. Duncan\\nChurch of the Immaculate Conception\\nPremises of Mrs. J. B. Millard\\nResidence and Surroundings of lion. G. H. Jerome\\nPortrait of Hon. George H. Jerome\\nJoseph C. Larimore\\nBUCHANAN TOWNSHIP.\\nResidence of Capt. George H. Richards\\nPortraits of Joseph Coveney and Wife\\nPortrait of Hon. L. P. Alexander\\nJacob J. Van Riper\\nfacing 156/\\n160/\\n164/\\n16S\\n171-\\n171\\n173\\nfacing ,174,\\nv/isn\\nBENTON TOWNSHIP.\\nResidence of James F. Higbee (with portraits)\\nG. N. Lord\\nLuther Kinney\\nCapt. E. Nickerson\\nProperty of L. Kelley\\nResidence of Lewis Sutherland (with portraits)\\nPortrait of Eleazer Morton\\nPortraits of Henry C. Morton and Wife\\nPortrait of Jehial Eros\\nSterne Brunaon\\nResidence of W. H. Pearl (with portraits)\\nPortraits of Phineas Pearl and AVife\\nResidence of J. D. Bury (with portraits)\\nBERRIEN TOWNSHIP.\\nResidence of .Silas Ireland (with portraits)\\nIsrael P. Hutton\\nEdwin T. Dickson\\nPortrait of Nathan McCoy\\nfacing 188\\n190/\\n192/\\n194/\\n194\\n196/\\n197\\n198\\n199\\n199\\nfacing 201^\\nfacing 204\\n208\\n212\\nBAINBRIDGE TOWNSHIP.\\nResidence of Nathaniel M. Brant (with portraits) facing 216-\\nthe late Martin Tice 220^-\\nPortraits of Sidney Spencer and Wife 225\\nJohn K. Bishop and Wife 226\\nBERTRAND TOWNSHIP.\\nResidence of George H. Rough facing 227^\\nCharles F. Howe (with portraits) 228/\\nthe late F. A. Howe between 230, 231^\\nSamuel Messenger 230, 231\\nCHICKA. ttING TOWNSHIP.\\nLakeside Farm Residence of John C. Morgan (three views)\\nfacing 232\\nPortrait of Alfred W. Ames 236\\nGALIEN TOWNSHIP.\\nResidence of the late Henry Renbarger, present residence of\\nD. ivid Cuthbert facing 236-\\nCyrus Thurston (with portraits) 238-\\nPortrait of Mrs. Mary Witter 241\\nResidence of R. B. Huston (with portraits) facing 242\u00e2\u0080\u0094,\\nFrank Jerue 3364-\\nHAGAR TOWNSHIP.\\nResidence of James Hannah (with portraits) facing 246\\nPortraits of Anthony S. Bishop and Wife 248\\nfacing 268\\n270\\nfacing\\nLAKE TOWNSHIP.\\nResidence of Isaac Hathaway (two views) facing 253\\nPortraits of .Isaac Hathaway and Wife 253\\nJohn H. Ni.\\\\on and Wife 254\\nN. E. Landon and Wife 254, 255\\nLINCOLN TOWNSHIP.\\nResidence of D.avid Myers (with portraits) double page\\nbetween 256, 257\\nthe late L. W. Archer (with portraits) facing 258-^\\nPortrait of J. N. Percell, M.D 260\\nNILES TOWNSHIP.\\nResidence of Burton Jarvis (with portraits)\\nPortrait of Daniel Fisher\\nNEW BUFFALO TOWNSHIP.\\nResidence of John Murray (with portraits)\\nl^ortraits of Richard Phillips and Wife\\nORONOKO TOWNSHIP.\\nResidence of Aaron Van Patten\\nPIPESTONE TOWNSHIP.\\nResidence of George C. Ilartmau\\nWilliam Ridenour (with portraits)\\nMiles Davis\\nThomas Evans\\nRobert Cassiday\\nMilton Preston\\nSarah Wells\\nPortraits of Josiah Gano and Wife\\nPortrait of Mrs. Mary Burton\\nMorgan Enos, M.D.\\nROVALTON TOWNSHIP.\\nPortrait of Henry Ashoff _\\nPortraits of A. G. Abbee and Wife\\nW. H. Tryon and Wife\\nPortrait of Dr. Edward Hall\\nPortraits of George H. Scott and Wife\\nJohn Bort and Wife\\nST. JOSEPH TOWNSHIP.\\nView of the Park Hotel\\nPortrait of Joseph W. Brewer\\nHon. A. H. Morrison\\nResidence of Dr. Lyman Collins (with portrait)\\nThe Michigan Basket-Factory of A. W. Wells Co.\\nResidence and Manufactory of A. H. Morrison\\nSt. Joseph s (R. C.) Church\\nPortrait of J. C. Caldwell\\nWalter Donaldson\\nSODUS TOWNSHIP.\\nResidence of J. B. Rush (with portr,aits)\\nPortrait of Josephus Fisher\\nTHREE OAKS TOWNSHIP.\\nResidence of Mrs. Edward Vetterley\\nWATERVLIET TOWNSHIP.\\nResidence of Edward Brant (with portraits)\\nJoseph Knapp\\nHarvey C. Sherwood (three views\\nPortrait of W. W. Allen\\nS. P. Merrifleld\\nViews of Pomona Point, Paw Paw Lake, Property of\\nWEESAW TOWNSHIP.\\nResidence of George Boyle (with portraits)\\nG. F. Pen well\\nfacing V\\nfacing V\\n292-\\n294-\\n296-\\n298-\\n300-\\n301\\\\\\n301\\n301\\n302\\n303\\n304\\n306\\n308\\n310\\n310\\n311\\nfacing\\nfacing\\n312\\n313\\n314\\n318-\\n320-\\n324,\\n,326\\n.328,\\n332\\nfacing\\n340\\n344\\n351\\n351\\n352\\nof S. Smith\\nfacing\\n353\\nfacing\\n354\\n356", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "CONTONTS.\\nXXjl-,TJSTTi.J^TX01 TS.\\nV-A-OSr BTJE.EI r GOTJIiTTir.\\nView of Court-House and County Offices\\nANTWERP TOWNSHIP.\\nResidence of Hon. J. J. Woo.IuKin (with portraits)\\nPeter llarwiek (with portraits)\\nJames M. Lull\\nHenry Waito\\nJ. R. Bangs (with portraits)\\nNathaniel h. Surdam (with portraits)\\nPortraits of Jason A. Sheldon and Wife\\nLysander Bathrick and Wife\\nResidence of Orange Stephens (with portraits)\\nARLINGTON TOWNSHIP.\\nResidence of Alvin Chapman (with portraits)\\nAliMENA TOWNSHIP.\\nResidence of Alonzo AY. Stevens\\nfacing V 37-1\\n376-\\n378/\\n380_\\n382\\n381\\n388\\n392\\nfacing 400-\\n404-\\n404-\\n406\\nfacing\\nAsa Crofoot\\nEdward P. Mills\\nPortraits of Jacoh Erkonbeck and Wife\\nBANGOR TOWNSHIP.\\nPortraits of Charles U. Cross and Wife\\nResidence of Thomas Cross (with portraits)\\nWilliam S. Charles\\nAnson Goss\\nProperty of J. G. Miller\\nResidence of Wm. W. Kinney\\nPortrait of John M. Vanaukcn\\nPortraits of John Southard and Wife\\nResidence of D. K. Charles (with portraits)\\n0. S. Brown\\nPortraits of Thomas Kemp and Wife\\nBLOOMINGDALE TOWNSHIP.\\nResidence of H. H. Howard (with portraits) facing\\nChurch and Parsonage Store and llesidenee of J. Q.\\nClark (with portraits)\\nResidence of Catharine Tedrow (with portraits)\\nJohn Sebriug\\nCOLUMBIA TOWNSHIP.\\nResidence of Mrs. S. D. Brown (with portraits) facing\\nW. J. Dennis\\nPortraits of J. N. Hinckley and Wife\\nCOVERT TOWNSHIP.\\nPortraits of William and W. 0. Packard\\nResidence and Mill of A. S. Packard (with portraits)\\nPortrait of E. A. Rood\\ni407\\n408-\\n410-\\n412-\\n414--\\n416-\\n417\\n418\\n418-\\n420-\\n420\\n422\\n424\\n426.\\n428.\\n430\\n432^\\n434\\nfacing\\nV4a\\n434\\n436-\\n4.38\\nfacing -J 440\\n442--\\n444-\\n446\\n448\\n448!\\n448J\\nDECATUR TOWNSHIP\\nPortrait of Alexander B. Copley\\nDecatur Union School Building\\nResidence of C. T. Baker, M.D. (with portrait)\\nPortraits of Dolphin Morris and Wife\\nElias and Samuel Morris.\\nOld Homestead of Dolphin Morris, late Resilience of C. H.\\nMorris faciu\\nPortraits of the late C. H. Morris and Wife\\nGENEVA TOWNSHIP.\\nResidences of Gilman and Philena White, Irvington\\nbetween 450, 45]r-^\\nGeneva Mills and Residence of S. W. Trowbridge 450,451--\\nRosidenoe of Noble S. Taylor (three views, with portraits) facing 453^\\nPortraits of Clark Pierce and Wife 454\\nPAGE\\nfacing 456-\\n460-\\n462\\nfacing 465\\nbetween 466/467\\n466^^467\\nfacing\\nfacing\\nfacing\\nHARTFORD TOWNSHIP.\\nResidence of Thomas Conklin (with portraits)\\nHenry Phelps\\nFabius Miles\\nHAMILTON TOWNSHIP.\\nResidence of A. S. Wise (with portraits)\\nPortrait of G. B. Yeckley\\nPortraits of Aaron and Austin M. Barney\\nResidence of Robert Nesbitt (with portraits) 468,^69-\\nResidence and Stock-Farm of J. R. H. J. Hendryx facing 471-\\nPortraits of Josiah R. Hendryx and Wife 471\\nResidence of James M. Osborn (with portraits) facing 472\\nPortrait of Philotus Haydon 473\\nBrastus Osborn 474\\nResidence of John Bennett (with portraits) facing 474\\nPortraits of John Q. Adams and Wife 475\\nResidence of J. H. Collins (with portraits) facing 476\\nPortraits of William Horton and Wife 476\\nKEELER TOWNSHIP.\\nResidence of Charles Dunoombe (with portraits)\\nA. E. Gregory\\n0. V. Roseveit\\nCamping-Ground of E. Pardee (three views)\\nPortrait of Dr. George Bartholomew\\nResidence of 0. M. Sikes (with portraits)\\nTobias Byers\\nLAWRENCE TOWNSHIP.\\nResidence of Howard S. Allen (with portraits)\\nPortrait of A. S. Uaskin. M.D\\nResidence of T. W. Howard (with portraits)\\nPortraits of David Ferris and Wife\\nResidence of A. U. Barnes (with portraits)\\nPortrait of Eaton Branch\\nPAW PAW TOWNSHIP.\\nResidence of David Woodman (with portraits)\\nAlbert Harrison\\nG. F. Harrington\\nPhilip Sherrod\\nA. C. Webb\\nB. A. Murdock (with portraits)\\nPortraits of Elder Joseph Woodman and Wife\\nPeter Gremps and Wife\\nHenry W. Rhodes and Wife\\nPortrait of Edwin Barnum\\nWilliam H. Lee\\nJeremiah H. Simmons\\nResidence of Henry Wilson (with portraits)\\nPINE GROVE TOWNSHIP.\\nPortrait of Chauncey Wise\\nResidence of David Wise (with portraits) between 524,\\nPortraits of D. 0. Everest and Wife\\nPORTER TOWNSHIP.\\nPortrait of Sanford Corey between 528.\\nResidence of A. M. Munger 528,\\nR. V. Munger 528,\\nthe late Luke Munger (with portrait) 528,\\nSamuel Bartlott (with portraits) facing\\nPortrait of Nelson Corey\\nManasseh Kern\\nSOUTH HAVEN TOWNSHIP.\\nResidence of W. U. Hurlbut (three views, with portraits), facing\\nLeighton Block and First National Bank Building\\nWAVERLY TOWNSHIP.\\nResidence of 0. A. Brock facing\\n478\\n4S0\\n482\\n483\\n483\\n4S4\\nJS6\\n488\\n492\\n494\\n490\\n498\\n500\\nfacing\\n508\\n510-\\n514-^^*1^5^\\n515\\n516\\n517\\n519\\n519\\n520-\\n629\\n529\\n529\\n529\\n530\\n532\\n533\\n534-\\n538", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "f^\\nGEOLOGICAL MAP\\nor THE LOWER PENINSULA\\ne BLANC ID.\\nliphinaUnn. of Colors\\nI I Melderhtnf Group\\nI I Samilion.\\nCI^Mark Shale\\nC^ Wca erty Group\\nf Caj-boniffrowsZ^mfston,\\nt Jioh V.tl ihj -t\\\\.- 1 CoalMeasures\\nPRisQUE Ns^-J^ C rv", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "H I ST O E Y\\nOF\\nBERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nBY FRANKLIN ELLIS.\\nCHAPTER L\\nDISCOVERIES AND EXPLOEATIOWS.\\nFrench Adventurers, Hunters, Fur-Traders, and Priests The Fran-\\nciscans Tho Jesuits Establishment of Posts and Missions in\\nthe Northwest Formal Possession of the Upper Lake Country\\ntaken by the French The Unknown Waters of Lake Michigan\\nLa Salle, the Adventurer and Explorer Louis Joliet and Jacques\\nMarquette Their Voyage to the Mississippi Discovery of the St.\\nJoseph River Death of Marquette La Salle s Explorations First\\nVessel on the Upper Lakes Sailing of the GrifEn, bound to the\\nMouth of the St. Joseph, where she never arrived La Salle on the\\nSt. Joseph in 1679\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Fort Miami built at the mouth of the River\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Passage up the St. Joseph in Canoes Journey to the Illinois\\nReturn by AVay of the Mouth of the St. Joseph\u00e2\u0080\u0094 First Overland\\nJourney from the St. Joseph to the Detroit River Return to the St.\\nJoseph in 1680 Destruction of Fort Miami .\\\\nother Journey\\nto the Illinois Return to the St. Joseph Fort Miami Rebuilt\\nClearing and Preparations for Ship-Building at the Mouth of the\\nSt. Joseph Winter Quarters at Fort Miami Remote Tribes of\\nIndirtns coming to the St. Joseph for French Protection Councils\\nwith the Illinois and Miamis Expedition to the Mouth of the Mis-\\nsissippi La Salle s subsequent Visits to the St. Joseph River.\\nThe earliest white explorers of the country which is\\nnow the State of Michigan, as of all the regions lying on,\\nand contiguous to, the great lakes of the Northwest, were\\ntraders, priests, and adventurers, who were all subjects of\\nthe king of France. The government of that country had\\nmoved with great energy to extend its power in America,\\nand, as early as 1604, French colonists had settled in\\nAcadia, now Nova Scotia. Quebec was founded in 1608,\\nand from that point, and from Montreal, there were sent\\nforth innumerable expeditions, led by Frenchmen, whose\\nobject was the opening of trade or the establishment of\\ntheir flag and their religion among the Indian tribes of the\\nremote regions stretching away from the St. Lawrence to\\nthe Mississippi. Hunters and fur-traders were in most\\ncases the first to penetrate the wilderness, but these were\\nclosely followed by missionaries of the Romish Church,\\nusually accompanied by representatives of the military\\npower of France. The establishment of the mission was\\nthe precursor of military occupancy. The priest and the\\nsoldier went hand in hand and the cross and the fleur-de-\\nlis were planted side by side.\\nThe Franciscan fathers were the first to enter the new\\nand promising missionary field and when, in the year\\n2\\n1615, Samuel de Champlain, the French Governor of\\nCanada, led an expedition of discovery as far as the shores\\nof Lake Manitoulin (the northern arm of Lake Huron),\\nthe priests of that order either accompanied him or fol-\\nlowed immediately after, and established Catholic missions\\namong the Huron tribes who lived there. But in 1625\\nthe pioneer priests of the far-fitmed Jesuit order arrived in\\nCanada, and they, by their fiery zeal and almost super-\\nhuman energy, pushed aside the less aggressive Franciscans,\\nand took the lead in the occupation of the missionary\\nground throughout the entire lake region. Sixteen years\\nafter the arrival of the Jesuits two of their number\\nFathers Raymbault and Jogues had reached the outlet of\\nLake Superior, and were bending all their energies to the\\ntask of converting the savages around the Saut Ste. Marie.\\nThe route by which the early traders, priests, and expe-\\nditions reached Lake Huron and the waters above it was\\nfrom Montreal by way of the Ottawa River, thence across\\nto Georgian Bay and Lake Slanitoulin, and along the\\nshores of the latter to the Saut and Lake Superior. The\\nroute by way of Niagara River and Lake Erie was con-\\nsidered impassable, for on the shores of those waters dwelt\\nthe powerful and vindictive Iroquois, who were deadly\\nenemies of the French and it was not until fifty-four\\nyears after Champlain s visit to Manitoulin that the first\\ncanoe bearing a white man (the fearless Joliet, on his return\\nfrom Lake Superior) passed through the Detroit River into\\nLake Erie. A few months later two priests, Dollier de\\nCasson and Galinee, crossing from the western end of On-\\ntario to Erie, passed up over the same route, as will be\\nmentioned in succeeding pages.\\nIn 1654 the French fur-traders had penetrated to Green\\nBay, and Father Mercier was with them there, laboring to\\nmake Indian prcselytes. This point had, however, been\\nvisited fifteen years earlier, by Jean Nicollet,* wlio pushed\\nfarther on, to the waters of the Wisconsin River, and after-\\nwards lost his life among the Algonquins. In 1655, Jean\\nde Quens, a missionary, was at Green Bay, and reported\\nthat large and powerful Indian tribes were there one of\\nwhich tribes, he said, numbered sixty villages. In the same\\nyear a large number of these savages, in fifty cauocs, went\\nAn interpreter who had been employed at Throe Rivers, on the\\nSt. Lawrence, and also among the Xqjitminr/ Indians.\\n9", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "10\\nHISTORY OF BP:RRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\ndown to Quebec for the purpose of establishing a fur-trade\\nwith the French. In 1660, Rene Menard, an aged Jesuit\\npriest, explored Lake Superior as far as Chemoimenon\\nBay, and attempted to found a mission there, but failed in\\nhis attempt, and died in the wilderness. In 1G66* the\\nJesuit priest Claude Jean Allouez established the mission\\nof St. J]spnt, at La Pointe, where he was joined soon after-\\nwards by Father Louis Nicholas. In 1G68, Fathers Claude\\nDablon and Jacques Marquette founded a permanent mis-\\nsion at the Saut Ste. Marie. This was the fii st real settle-\\nment made by Europeans within the boundaries of the pres-\\nent State of Michigan. In the autumn of 1669, Allouez was\\nsent to Green Bay, where he founded a mission, to which\\nhe gave the name of St. Francis Xavier, his first mass at\\nthat place being pronounced on the festival day of that\\nsaint, the 3d of December. The mi.ssion of St. Ignace,\\non the northern shore of the Strait of Michillimackinac, was\\nestablished in 1671, by Marquette and Dablon, the latter\\nbeing at that time Superior of the Missions of the Lakes.\\nFormal possession of the upper lake country was taken\\nin the summer of 1671, in the name of the French mon-\\narch, by Daumont dc St. Lusson, a military leader, who\\nhad been sent out in the previous year by Jean Talon, In-\\ntendent of Canada, to search for copper mines reported by\\nIndians and others as existing on the shores of Lake Su-\\nperior. St. Lusson called a council of the Indian tribes,\\nto be held at the Saut Ste. Marie in the spring of 1671, and,\\nin response to the call, representatives of the Pultdwatta-\\nviies, Sauks, Miamis, Wlimehagoes, Mcnomiiiees, and nine\\nother tribes met him at the point designated, where, on the\\n14th of June, the grand ceremony was performed. The\\nparties present on the part of France were St. Lusson,\\nLouis Joliet, a force of fourteen French soldiers, armed\\nand fully accoutred, and four Jesuit priests, Futher.s\\nDablon, Allouez, Gabriel Druilletes, and Louis Andre, all\\nclad in the sacred vestments of their order. On the part\\nof the aboriginal owners of the country there wore the rep-\\nresentatives of fourteen tribes living on the borders of\\nthe great lakes, in what are now the States of Michigan,\\nWisconsin, and Illinois, and the Dominion of Canada. A\\nlarge wooden cross was reared, and blessed by Father Da-\\nblon, who was highest in priestly authority of any present.\\nA cedar post had been prepared, bearing a metallic plate,\\non which was engraved the royal insignia of France. This\\npost was raised and firmly planted beside the cross, while\\nthe soldiers chanted the Dumiiie sahum fac Rcgem and\\nthe Jesuits prayed for the king. Then St. Lusson ad-\\nvanced with drawn sword, rai.sed a sod of earth with his\\nleft hand, and in a loud voice made this proclamation\\nIn the name of the Most High, Mighty, and Re-\\ndoubted Monarch, Louis, Fourteenth of that name. Most\\nChristian King of France and of Navarre, I take posses-\\nsion of this place, Sainte Marie du Saut, as also of Lakes\\nHuron and Superior, the island of Manitoulin, and all\\ncountries, rivers, lakes, and streams contiguous and adja-\\ncent thereunto both those which have been discovered\\nand those which may be discovered hereafter, and all their\\nlength and breadth, bounded on the one side by the seas of\\nSome accounts mivko the date of this event some two or three\\nyears liitur.\\nthe North and of the West, and on the other by the South\\nSea declaring to the nations thereof that from this time\\nforth they are va.ssals of 11 is Majesty, bound to obey his\\nlaws and follow his customs promising them, on his part,\\nall succor and protection against the incursions and invasions\\nof their enemies declaring to all other potentates, princes,\\nsovereigns, states, and Republics, to them and their sub-\\njects, that they cannot and are not to seize or settle upon\\nany of the parts of the aforesaid countries, save only under\\nthe good pleasure of His Most Christian Majesty, and of him\\nwho will govern in his behalf; and this on pain of incur-\\nring his resentment and the efforts of his arms. The\\nspeech was closed by the leader s shout of Vive le Roi 1\\nwhich was taken up and echoed by the soldiers and the\\ndeafening yells of the savages mingled with and swelled the\\nacclamation. Then Father Allouez harangued the red audi-\\ntory. After a reverent mention of the cross as the symbol\\nof the holy religion which he was endeavoring to establish\\namong them, he continued Look at this post, to which\\nare fixed the arms of the great chief of France, whom we\\ncall king. He lives across the sea. He is chief of the greatest\\nchiefs, and has no equal on earth. 1 the chiefs whom you\\nhave ever seen are but children beside him. He is like a\\ngreat tree, and they are but the little herbs that one walks\\nover and tramples under foot. You know Ouontio,f that\\nfamous chief at Quebec you know, and you have seen, that\\nhe is the terror of the Iroquois, and that his very name\\nmakes them tremble since he has laid their country waste\\nand burned their towns with fire. Across the sea there are\\nten thousand Onontios like him, who are but warriors of\\nour great king of whom I have told you. When he says,\\nI am going to war, everybody obeys his orders and each\\nof these ten thousand chiefs raises a troop of a hundred\\nwarriors, some on sea, and some on laud. Some embark\\nin great ships such as you have seen at Quebec. Your\\ncanoes carry only four or five men, or at the most ten or\\ntwelve but our ships carry four or five hundred, and some-\\ntimes a thousand. Others go to war on the land, and they\\nare so numerous that if they should stand in a double line,\\nthey would reach from here to Mississaquenk, which is more\\nthan twenty leagues away. When our king assaults his\\nenemies he is more terrible than the thunder; he makes\\nthe earth shake the sky and the sea are on fire with the\\nflash of his cannon he goes in the midst of his warriors\\ncovered with the blood of his enemies, whom he slays in\\nsuch numbers that he does not count them by the scalps,\\nbut by the streams of their blood. The number of the pris-\\noners whom he takes is so great that he makes little account\\nof them, but lets them go where they will, to show that he\\nis not afraid of them. No one now dares make war on him.\\nAll the nations beyond the sea have submitted to his power\\nand have humbly asked for peace. Men come from every\\npart of the world to listen to him and admire him. All\\nthat is done on the earth is decided solely by him. Again\\nthe savages yelled their approval and admiration again the\\nsoldiers shouted Vive Ic Roi! and the French occupation\\nof the lake was complete, so far as this formal act of the\\nmilitary and priestly power could make it.\\nf Tlic iKunt- given liy lliu Indians to Ihc French tiovernor of Canada.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "DISCOVERIES AND EXPLORATIONS.\\n11\\nBut although, as has been shown above, the zeal and enter-\\nprise of the French traders and priests had led them as far\\nto tlie west and north as the waters of the Wisconsin River\\nand to the head of Lake Superior, and though the French\\nofficer, St. Lusson, had taken verbal possession of an in-\\ndefinite extent of country, embracing both that which had\\nthen been and that which might afterwards be discovered,\\nit seems quite clear that the groat body of Lake Michigan\\nall that part lying south of the mouth of Green Bay\\nwas yet an unknown sea, whose eastern and southern shores\\nhad never been visited by any other people than the native\\nIndians. It is not certain, however, as to who were the first\\nwhite explorers of these waters and this wilderness, or what\\nwas the preci.se time when such discovery and exploration\\nwas made. These questions are matters of some doubt,\\nand must probably remain so.\\nIn some historical accounts of this region it has been\\nstated that in 16G9 the Jesuit fathers Marquette, Dablon,\\nand Allouez set out in canoes and made a circuit of Lake\\nMichigan, discovering and entering the stream now known\\nas the St. Joseph River. This account, however, seems\\nimprobable for a number of reasons, among which is the\\nfact that in the year named Father Marquette was located at\\nthe St. Esprit mission, at the western end of Lake Superior,\\nand during the summer months was engaged in a tour of\\ndiscovery around the .shores of that lake. There is also the\\nsignificant fact that when St. Lusson set up the arms of\\nFrance at the Saut Ste. Marie in June, 1671, he announced\\nthat he thereby took possession in the name of his king, of\\nLakes Huron and Superior, but made no mention of Lake\\nMichigan (or Lake of the Illinois, as it was earliest known\\namong the French), as it seems reasonable to suppose that\\nhe would have done if the existence of such a lake had then\\nbeen known. And if the omission had been made through\\ninadvertence, there were Dablon and Allouez (two of the\\nalleged explorers of the lake two years before) present to\\ncorrect him, and to cause their discovery to be included in\\nthe announcement of occupation. Still another circum-\\nstance tending to the same conclusion is the following:\\nIn May, 1670, two Sulpitian priests. Fathers Galinoe and\\nDollier do Casson, came up through Lake Huron and\\nreached the Saut Ste. Marie, where they found Fathers Dab-\\nlon and Marquette in charge of the mission. Remaining\\nthere a short time, they then returned to Montreal by way\\nof Lake Nipissing and the Ottawa River, and after their\\nreturn Galinoe made a map purporting to be of the lake\\nregion which they had visited. On that map the lower\\npeninsula of Michigan did not appear, nor was Lake Michi-\\ngan portrayed, except the north part of it as far as Green\\nBay, which part was made to appear as merely a prolonga-\\ntion of Lake Huron, and named, with the last mentioned,\\nas IMichigane ou Mcr Douce des Hurons. As Galinee\\nhad then just returned from a visit to Dablon and Mar-\\nquette, it is difiBcult to believe that he could have remained\\nignorant of the result of that exploration if it had really\\nbeen made by them at the time stated and it is equally\\nimprobable that he would have omitted to place Lake\\nMichigan upon his map if he had been aware of its\\nexistence.\\nIn the Jesuit map of Lac Tracy ou Suporicur, how-\\never (published soon after Galinee s map), the northern part\\nof the lower peninsula of Michigan is shown but the first\\nmap in which the lake and peninsula were laid down with\\nanything like accuracy in their whole extent was one made\\nin 1672 or 73. The name of the maker of this map is not\\nshown, but Parkman, in his Discovery of the Great West,\\nassumes it to be the production of that fearless and energetic\\nexplorer. La Salle. f He mentions it as showing the great\\nlakes, including Lake Michigan (designated upon it as Lac\\nMitchiganong ou des Illinois with considerable accuracy,\\nand as bearing, at a point directly in front of the present site\\nof Chicago, a note of remark in French, of which the literal\\ntranslation is: The largest vessels can come to this place\\nfrom the outlet of Lake Erie, where it discharges into Lake\\nOf this Jesuit map Fatlier Dablon says Tt was drawn by two\\nfathers, very intelligent and observing, who did not wish to incorpor-\\nate anything e.xccpt what they had seen with their own eyes. That\\nis the reason why they have only inserted the upper parts of Lakes\\nHuron and Illinois, although they have coasted much on both. That\\nis to s.ay, they only inserted the upper (by which he means the north-\\nern) part of Lake Illinois (Michigan), because they knew nothing of\\nit, except in the part which they had coasted, between Michilliniack-\\ninac and Green Bay. There is no reason to believe that the Jesuits,\\nwho were always c.\\\\ceedingly anxious to appropriate to themselves the\\nhonor, as well as the advantages, of first discovery, would have omitted\\nany lake or country which they had even partially explored.\\nf Rene Robert Cavelier was the name of this famous man. lie was\\nthe son of Jean Cavelier, a wealthy merchant of Rouen, iinJ was born\\nin that city in 1043. The title or designation of Sieur de la Salle, by\\nwhich he was generally known (but which was not a title of nobility)\\nwas obtained from an estate of that name owned by the family, and\\nsituated near Rouen. In his youth he was educated by the Jesuits,\\nand, as some accounts have it, was intended for the priesthood. He,\\nhowever, dissolved his connection with the order, and through all hia\\nafter-life hated them most cordially. Being of an adventurous turn\\nof mind, and having a brother (a Sulpitian priest) in Canada, he\\nsailed for that country in the spring of 1C66. At first he took a grant\\nof land at La Chine, near Montreal, from the seminary of St. Sulpice,\\nand appears to have lived on it in compar.ative quiet for about threa\\nyears but having become fired with a desire for exploration, and hav-\\ning obt.ained the (Jovernor s permission to conduct an expedition (at\\nhis own cost), he set out in July, llifii), with the ultimate intention of\\ndiscovering and exploring the great river (Mississippi) which Indians\\nreported to exist five hundred leagues westward, and which wiis then\\nbelieved to flow into the Vermilion Sea, or Gulf of California. He\\nreached the western end of Lake Ontario, but wiis there taken sick\\nwith a fever. During his sickness a part of his men deserted, and\\nthe expedition was broken up but after his recovery he entered the\\ncountry of the Iroquois, found the Allegany River, and passed down\\nthat stream and the Ohio to the present city of Louisville, being then\\nmuch nearer the Mississippi thau he probably supposed. He, how-\\never, proceeded no farther at that time, on account of the positive re-\\nfusal of his men to go on. His expedition through Lake Michigan to\\nthe present site of Chicago, and thence to the Illinois River, in 1071,\\nas also his building the first sailing-vessel on the upper lakes, in 1C7SI,\\nand his subsequent journeyings by way of the St. Joseph River, of\\nMichigan, to the Illinois River, are mentioned elsewhere in these\\npages. He finally reached the Mississippi, and descended on its\\nmio-hty current to the Gulf of Mexico, in 16S1. He went to France\\nin 1083, and in the following year sailed with an expedition bound for\\nthe Gulf of Mexico and the mouth of the Mississippi. But, either\\nthrough design of the commander of the vessels or by accident, they\\nmissed the mouth of the river, and soon after found themselves in\\nMatagorda Bay. La Salle and his followers were landed in Tex.is,\\nwhere, after enduring great hardships and disappointments, he was\\ndeliberately murdered by two of his own men, in March, 1687, at the\\nage of forty-four years. He is represented as a handsome man with\\nblonde ringlets, apparently belter fitted for the sulons of Paris than\\nthe forests of the New World; but a thousand evidences show him to\\nhave possessed a lion heart, with nn energy and hardihood that made\\nhim the foremost explorer of his time in America.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "12\\nHISTOKY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nFrontenac [Ontario], and from tins marsh, into which they\\ncan enter, there is only a distance of a thousand paces to the\\nriver Divine [Desplaines], which can lead tliem to the river\\nColbert [Mississippi], and thence to the Gulf of Mexico.\\nOf this map Parkuian says that it was evidently made be-\\nfore the voyage of Juliet and Marquette [of which an ac-\\ncount is given below], and after that voyage of La Salle in\\nwhich he discovered the Illinois, or at least the Desplaines\\nbranch of it. It was in the year 1071 that La Salle made\\nthe voyage to which Parkiuau alludes as above, and which\\nhe further mentions as follows It appears that the inde-\\nfatigable explorer embarked on Lake Erie, ascended the De-\\ntroit to Lake Huron, coasted the unknown shores of Mich-\\nigan, passed the straits of Michilliniackinac, and, leaving\\nGreen Bay behind him, entered what is described as an in-\\ncomparably larger bay,* but which was evidently the south-\\nern portion of Lake Michigan. This allusion to La Salle s\\ncoasting along unknown shores, and entering a bay in-\\ncomparably larger than Green Bay, indicates a strong prob-\\nabihty that very little, if anything, was known of the southern\\npart of Lake Michigan at that time.\\nThe voyage in which Joliet and Marquette discovered\\nthe Mississippr lliver, and to which reference has been made\\nabove, was accomplished by them in 1G73. On the 17th\\nof May in that year, with a company of five other French-\\nmen (seven in all), in two bark canoes, they set out from\\nPoint St. Ignace, skirted the north shore of Lake Michigan,\\npassed through Green Bay to the mission at its head, thence\\nup the Fox River, through Lake Winnebago, and across\\nthe portage tb the Wisconsin River, down which they\\nfloated, until, on the 17th of June, they emerged upon the\\nbroad bosom of the Mississippi at Prairie du Chien. Then\\nthey drifted down its swift current by day, camping on the\\nriver bank at night (or sleeping in their canoes, moored in\\nthe stream, for fear of hostile Indians), for more than four\\nweeks, until they reached the mouth of the Arkansas River,\\nwhence, on the 17th of July, they again turned their faces\\nnorthward, and worked slowly and laboriously up the great\\nriver to the mouth of the Illinois, which they entered, and\\npassed up to an Illinois village, mentioned by Marquette as\\nKaskaskia, which was near the site of the present village of\\nUtica. There a chief offered to guide them to the great\\nlake of the Illinois (Michigan). The offer was gladly ac-\\ncepted the party followed up the Desplaines River and\\nacross the short portage to the present site of Chicago,-|-\\nwhere they embarked on the lake, and reached the Green\\nBay mission in the latter part of September, after an ab-\\nsence of about four months.\\nFather Marquette had formed the project of establishing\\na Jesuit mission at the Indian town which he had discov-\\nered on his return from the Mississippi, and had promised\\nthe Illinois chief s that he would soon return to them for\\nII rcconnut une baye incomparablemcnt plus large is the lan-\\nguage of the French account.\\nj- It has been stated, in some accounts, that they returned by the\\nSt. .Joseph Kiver, but I aikman says distinctly that their route was\\nby Chicago, a fact which he learned from the original narrative, writ-\\nten in French. On his ne.\\\\t journey Marquette returned by the St.\\nJusejih.\\nthat purpose. In pursuance of this plan, 1iq set out from\\nGreen Bay mission on the 25th of Octobc; 1G74, accom-\\npanied by two Frenchmen and a number or Potlawattamie\\nand Illinois Indians all embarked in ten canoes. They\\nproceeded to Sturgeon Cove, crossed the portage, thence to\\nLake Michigan, and paddled along the shore of the lake to\\nthe Chicago River, which they entered, and continued their\\nway to a point some five or six miles inland, where they\\nhalted for the holy father had become too sick and weak\\nto proceed farther. His illness continued unabated, so\\nthat he was obliged to pass the winter in that place but\\nat the end of March, 1675, having sufficiently recovered to\\nbe able to resume the journey, he started with his followers,\\ndescended the Desplaines lliver, and proceeded to the Illi-\\nnois village by the route over which he and Joliet had re-\\nturned from their Mississippi expedition in the fall of 1G73.\\nlie was received with great cordiality and rejoicing by\\nthe Indians of the Illinois tribe, and at a grand council,\\nconvened at his request, there were said to have been as-\\nsembled five hundred chiefs and old men, three times that\\nnumber of young men and warriors, and a vast concourse\\nof women and children. Here he made his object known\\nhe displayed four large pictures of the Virgin, harangued\\nthe assembly on the mysteries of the faith, and exhorted\\nthem to adopt it. In short, lie there laid the foundation\\nof a mission which he named the Immaculate Conception.\\nBut his malady had returned in an aggravated form, and,\\nfeeling that his days were numbered and nearly finished,\\nhe decided to return at once to the north, hoping to reach\\nSt. Ignace, and to die there under the shadow of its mis-\\nsion cross. So, about the middle of April, he set out, ac-\\ncompanied by his two Frenchmen, Pierre and Jacques,\\nand with several Indian guides, to go to Lake Michigan by\\na difi erent route from that over which he had passed in his\\nprevious journeys, intending to strike the lake on its eastern\\nside, and to pass northward along that shore to Michilli-\\nmackinac.\\nThe sick priest and his party took their way up the Illi-\\nnois River to the mouth of the Kankakee (tiien called by\\nthe Indians Teankakeek), and thence up the latter stream\\nto a point near its head, where they landed and crossed a\\nportage of five or six miles in length, which brought them\\nto the waters of a stream to which they gave the name of\\nRiver of the Miamis becau.se they found the principal\\nvillage of that Indian tribe located a short distance south\\nof it, on the portage. The Indian name which Marquette\\nbestowed on the river continued to be used by the French\\nexplorers and priests for something more than a quarter of\\na century after that time, and is found appHed to the stream\\nin their accounts of operations in this region until about\\nthe year 1703 but in the following pages the later and\\npresent name St. Joseph will be used without further\\nexplanation, to avoid obscurity of meaning, and circumlo-\\ncution.\\nThe place where the Jesuit and his followers reached the\\nSt. Joseph is at or near the present city of South Bend,\\nInd., and from that point they passed down the river in\\ntheir canoes to its mouth, where the village of St. Joseph\\nnow stands. There is no doubt that Marquette and his\\ntwo voyageurs were the first white men who explored this", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "DISCOVERIES AND EXPLORATIONS.\\n13\\nriver for any considerable distance, and it is not improbable,\\nthough it is not certain, that they were the first of Euro-\\npean birth or descent who ever knew definitely of its ex-\\nistence.\\nFrom the mouth of the St. Joseph, Marquette and his\\ntwo French boatmen moved northward along the eastern\\nborder of the lake, where no sign of civilization or life re-\\nlieved the dreary monotony of the wild and lonely coast.\\nThe priest, though rapidly sinking, still hoped to reach the\\nshelter of his beloved St. Ignace; but when, on the 19th of\\nMay, they came to the mouth of a small stream that enters\\nthe lake a short distance south of Sleeping Bear Point, in\\nthe present county of Leelenaw, he felt that the hour of\\nhis departure was near at hand, and asked his companions\\nto land, and take him on shore to die. They complied with\\nhis request, erected a rude shelter of bark near the shore,\\nand tenderly brought him to it. Knowing that he had but\\na few liours more to live, he calmly gave directions as to\\nthe manner of his burial, administered the sacrament to his\\nhumble but faithful friends, and died the same night in\\nperfect peace and with the names of the Saviour and the\\nBlessed Virgin on his lips. His followers buried him\\nthere in accordance with his directions, and then, bidding\\nadieu to the .spot, hastened to Mithillimackinac to recount\\nthe events of the journey and its sad ending to the holy\\nfathers at St. Ignace. In the spring of the following year\\nthe remains of Maiquctte were disinterred by some Ottawa\\nIndians, who had been his religious pupils at St. E.sprit,\\nand who carried the bones to St. Ignace, where they were\\nburied with great solemnity and ceremony beneath the\\nmission chapel.\\nMarquette s voyage down the St. Joseph was a most in-\\nteresting event in itself, both because it was the first time\\nthat the river, from its mouth to the portage, had been\\npassed over by Europeans, and because this had been done\\nby the famous Jesuit in the last days of his life, when the\\nchill and .shadow of approaching dissolution was already\\nupon him but it was still more important because by this\\nmeans the route was discovered, over which the far more\\nvigorous explorer. La Salle, was to pass, by way of the\\nharbor and river of St. Joseph, to the Illinois, the Missis-\\nsippi, and the sea.\\nLa Salle at this time was living on his seignioral posses-\\nsions at the eastern end of Lake Ontario, but the intelli-\\ngence of Marquette s discovery had caused all his ambition\\nfor exploration to flame up anew, and he at once resolved\\nto outdo the exploit of the Jesuit by following the Mis-\\nsissippi from the country of the Illinois to its ocean outlet.\\nHe still believed that a passage might be found through it\\nto the Vermilion Sea, and thence to China and Japan\\nand he also had an eye to the vast and profitable trade\\nwhich might be prosecuted with the tribes in its valley, of\\nwhich trade it was a part of his project to secure a monop-\\noly. Besides, he would gain high honor and favor by ex-\\ntending the dominion of his king and being the means of\\nestablishing the holy Catholic religion among the Indians\\nof the remote West. He was always a zealous supporter of\\nthe Church, though he preferred that the missionary field\\nshould be occupied by the fathers of the Ilecollet order\\nrather than by the Jesuits, whom he thoroughly di.sliked\\nand distrusted.\\nHaving digested and matured his plans, he went to\\nFrance in the year 1677 and procured an interview with\\nthe prime minister, Colbert, to whom he unfolded his\\nviews. He was well received, and with little difficulty ob-\\ntained authority from the king to prosecute his proposed\\nexploration, on condition that it was to be done at his own\\nexpense. His own slender resources being wholly insufiicient\\nfor the purpose, he supplemented them by loans, which he\\nobtained without great diflBculty from his wealthy relatives\\nand friends; and, having done this and completed all neces-\\nsary preparations, he sailed from France for Canada, July\\n14, 1678, bringing with him tools, cordage, naval stores,\\nand all the articles necessary for the building and equipping\\nof a vessel or vessels upon the lakes, as well as a consider-\\nable stock of merchandise suitable for Indian trade. There\\nalso came with him and in his employ thirty men sailors,\\nmechanics, and laborers as assistants in the schemes he\\nhad in view and he was accompanied by Henri de Tonty,*\\nan Italian officer, who had lost a hand in the wars of his\\nnative country. He was engaged by La Salle as a lieu-\\ntenant or second in command, and he faithfully and fear-\\nlessly performed the duties of that position.\\nOn his arrival in Canada, La Salle lost no time in com-\\nmencing preparations for the business he had in hand. He\\nimmediately sent out fifteen men to the Lake of the Illi-\\n\u00c2\u00abcits, f tor open trade with the Indians and to collect pro-\\nvisions for the use of the expedition. Then he named the\\nNiagara River as a point of rendezvous, and ordered the\\nremainder of his company forward to that point, for which\\nthey started on the 18th of November. La Salle and Tonty\\nfollowed soon after, and, having obtained the consent of the\\nneighboring Indians, a stockaded warehouse was commenced\\nand preparations were made for the building of a vessel on\\nLake Erie. This work was vigorously prosecuted during\\nthe winter, and at the opening of spring the vessel was\\nlaunched in the Niagara River, about two leagues above\\nthe Falls. Soon afterwards she was moved up the river to\\nBlack Rock, and there completed, rigged, and equipped.\\nShe was of about forty-five tons burdenj and armed with\\nfive small cannon but the Indians who flocked to see her\\nregarded her with as much wonder, admiration, and fear as\\nif she had been a ship-of the-liue. She was named by her\\nSeveral writers, in their accounts of La Salle s voyages, have\\nspelled this name Tonti. Parkman, however, who has examined\\noriginal documents bearing Tonty s signature, says he signed his\\nname in the Gallicized form, which has accordingly been adopted in\\nthese pages.\\nf The earliest name given to Lake Michigan by the French was\\nLake of the ////imis, because it afforded access to the country of\\nthe Illinois tribe of Indians. The Jesuit Allouez gave it the name\\nof Lake St. Joseph, in 1676, and the Franciscan priest, Membre, who\\naccompanied La Salle in his expedition of 1679, named it Lake Dau-\\nphin. These names, however, do not appear to have been adopted to\\nany great extent among the French. Allouez gave its Indian name\\nas Marhihigfiitiiit/, but Dablon wrote it Mitch i(/ajion.\\nJ This is the tonnage given by Hennepin in his narrative of 16S3.\\nIn a later edition he gives it as sixty tons, which many later writers\\nhave given as the correct size. Parkman, however, who is the highest\\nauthority in the matter, considers the smaller figure to be the correct\\none.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "14\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\ncommander the Griffin, and was the first sailing-vessek\\nthat ever floated on the lakes above Niagara.\\nThe commander of the Griffin had encountered so\\nmany obstacles and dclay.s in his preparations for the expe-\\ndition, that nearly eight months elapsed from the time when\\nthe vessel s keel was laid before she was ready to commence\\nher perilous voyage. Her company consisted of La Salle,\\ntwenty-nine French followers, sailors, artisans, and other\\nemployes, one Indian hunter of the Mohican tribe, well\\nskilled in woodcraft, and three Franciscan friars, Fathers\\nLouis Hennepin, Zenobe Membre, and Gabriel Ribourde,\\nthe first named being mentioned as the historian of the\\nexpedition.\\nOn the 9th of August, 1671), the anchor of the Griffin\\nwas hoisted, her sails set to a favoring breeze, and she stood\\nboldly out among the billows of Lake Erie, bound for a\\npassage through unknown waters to a port (which she never\\nreached) now known as the harbor of St. Joseph, on Lake\\nMichigan. Three days were passed in traversing the length\\nof Lake Erie, and on the fourth day the little craft entered\\nDetroit River, where she took on board the lieutenant,\\nTonty, who had been sent on in advance early in the sum-\\nmer to look after the men who had been ordered West in\\nthe preceding fall.\\nPassing up through the lake and river of St. Clair, the\\nexpedition emerged upon the waters of Huron, where a\\nviolent storm was encountered, during which the Griffin\\nwas in imminent danger of foundering but the gale finally\\nabated, and in due time she came to anchor in front of the\\nJesuit mission of St. Ignace, at Michillimackinac. Here\\nLa Salle found four of the men whom he had sent forward\\nto open trade and collect supplies. These had treacherously\\nappropriated the merchandise entrusted to them, and had\\ncommenced trading on their own account. La Salle ar-\\nrested them and took them on board, and, having learned\\nthat several other deserters were at the Saut Ste. Marie, he\\ndispatched Tonty to that place with orders to capture them\\nwith their plunder, and then to proceed up the east shore\\nof Lake Michigan and rejoin the party at the mouth of the\\nMiamis (St. Joseph) River.\\nHaving made these dispositions. La Salle left St. Ignace\\naud sailed westward to an island at the mouth of Green\\nBay, where he found several other men of his advance\\nparty, who had been faithful and had collected a large and\\nvaluable lot of furs. He therefore decided to send the ves-\\nsel immediately back to Niagara with these furs, which were\\nto be transported thence to Montreal to satisfy in part the\\ndemands of his many and clamorous creditors in Canada.\\nSo the merchandise was placed on board the Griffin, and\\non the 18th of September .she sailed for Niagara, with\\norders to return with all practicable dispatch to the St.\\nJoseph River, where the party would be found awaiting\\nlier arrival.\\nWhen the Griffin and her crew had departed. La Salle,\\nwith the remainder of his company, viz., the three friars,\\nten other Frenchmen, and the Muhicau hunter, left the\\nisland in four large canoes and proceeded southward. They\\n?o named in honor of Count Frontenac, whose crest bore the figure\\nof a griffin. A carved figure of that imaginary monster adorned the\\njirow of the little vessel.\\npassed along the west shore of the lake, paddling by day\\nand bivouacking on shore at night, always on their guard\\nagainst savages, and sometimes compelled to remain for\\nseveral days at a time on an island or the main land, on ac-\\ncount of storms upon the lake. Their progress was slow\\nand laborious, but early in October they reached the place\\nwhere Milwaukee now stands, and about a week later passed\\nthe present site of Chicago. If, from a point between these\\ntwo places, they could have crossed the lake on a direct\\ncourse to their destination at the mouth of the St. Joseph,\\nit would have shortened their route and lightened their\\nlabor materially but this, of course, it would have been\\nmadness to attempt at that inclement season, even if their\\ncanoes had been burdened with none other than their living\\nfreight but in this case they carried a heavy addititmal\\nload, consisting of arms, merchandise, a blacksmith s forge,\\nand a variety of other necessary implements and tools. So\\nthe voyagers kept on their way near the shore, around the\\nsouthern curve of the lake (meeting near its head a large\\nparty of Outagamie or Fux Indians, who at first showed\\nhostility, but were soon brought to apparent friendliness by\\na judicious display of force), turned northward, passed the\\npresent site of Michigan City and New Buffiilo, and on the\\n1st of November moored their canoes in safety within the\\nharbor of St. Joseph.\\nIt was the intention of La Salle to make this the ba.se\\nof his operations and his vessel s principal port on Lake\\nMichigan. In the royal permission given him to prosecute\\nhis discoveries he was empowered to built forts in the newly-\\nfuund region, and to hold possession of them on certain spe-\\ncified terms, and he was granted a monopoly of the traffic\\nin buffalo-skins, a new branch of trade which he expected\\nto open in the Mississippi valley with enormous profit to\\nhim.self, but he was at the same time expressly prohibited\\nfrom engaging in the fur-trade with the Oltawas or other\\nIndian tribes of the upper lakes. We have seen, however,\\nthat one of his first acts was to violate this condition, by\\nthe collection of the large lot of furs with which the\\nGriffin sailed from Green Bay, and there is no doubt\\nthat it was his intention to continue the traffic in defiance\\nof the prohibition, and to establish a post at this point to\\nsecure the trade of the Indian tribes of the neighboring\\ncountry.\\nImmediately after his arrival he commenced the con-\\nstruction of a fort, or stockaded enclosure of logs, on the\\nbluff bank of the St. Joseph, though his men demurred and\\nobjected strongly to the delay, wishing to push on at once\\nto the lliinois villages, so as to procure provisions from that\\ntribe before they set out for their winter hunting-grounds.\\nLa Salle, however, was immovable in his determination.\\nIt was necessary that such a work should be built for de-\\nfense in case of emergency, and there was nothing to pre-\\nvent its erection while they were waiting for the return of the\\nGriffin and the arrival of Tonty from Michillimackinac.\\nTonty was to bring twenty-one men with him, and La Salle\\ntold his followers here that, though they should all desert\\nhim, he, with his Mohican hunter and the three priests,\\nwould remain until the arrival of the lieutenant and his\\nparty. The men yielded, and the construction of the fort\\nwcTit on. At the end of three weeks, when it was nearly", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "DISCOVERIES AND EXPLORATIONS.\\n15\\ncompleted, Tonty arrived, but had with liim only ten men, the\\nothers having, on account of the failure of provisions, been\\nleft some thirty leagues to the northward to support tliem-\\nsekes by hunting. The commander immediately sent Tonty\\nback with two assistants to bring them in, but their canoe\\nwas swamped in a gale, their arms and provisions lost, and\\nthe party returned in a condition bordering on starvation.\\nThe men who had been left behind, however (excepting\\ntwo who had deserted), came in a few days afterwards.\\nThe arrival of thfese detachments was gratifying to the\\ncommander, but he was yet very anxious on account of the\\nGriffin, which was still absent, though she had had more\\nthan time enough to complete her voyage from Green Bay\\nto Niagara and thence back to the rendezvous. But he\\nfelt that he could wait no longer for lier arrival, and there-\\nfore made preparations for setting out on his way to the\\nMississippi, detaching two men from his party, however,\\nwith orders to go to Michillimackinac, there to intercept\\nthe vessel and pilot her to her destination. But they were\\nto wait and watch in vain for the white wings of the\\nGrifiSn, for she had sunk to an unknown resting-place\\nbeneath the waters, and nothing was ever known of her\\nfate.\\nThe force of La Salle now consisted of tliirty-lhree per-\\nsons, including himself, the Mohican hunter, and the priests,\\nand on the morning of the 3d of December this force was\\nmustered ready for departure. The fort on the bank of\\nthe river had been completed, and a cpace around it cleared\\nof trees to give unobstructed play for musketry. The work\\nitself named by the commander Fort Miami was left\\nwithout a garrison,* but it stood ready to give shelter to\\nthe advancing force if it should be compelled to retreat\\nbefore hostile Indians.\\nThe party embarked in eight canoes, struck out into the\\nicy current of the St. Joseph, and paddled briskly up the\\nstream along its marshy shores. After a time they entered\\na more rolling and wooded country, and at length came to\\nan abrupt turn in the river, at the .site of the city of\\nSouth Bend, in the vicinity of which they knew was the\\neastern end of the portage over which they were to cross\\nto the stream called, in Indian, Teankakeek (Kankakee),\\none of the head-waters of the Illinois. The Indian hunter\\nhad previously gone on shore for game, and in his absence\\nthere were none of the party sufficiently skilled in the mys-\\nteries of the forest to discover where the portage trail struck\\nthe river. The result was that they passed the proper\\nplace without detecting it. La Salle then went ou shore to\\nfind the hunter, but he himself became lost in the mazes\\nof the forest and the blinding snow-storm, and remained\\nthrough the night. In the mean time the hunter had\\nreturned, the trail was discovered, and the party encamped\\nfor the night near the river. On the following day they\\ncrossed the portage, some five or six miles in length,\\ncarrying their canoes, baggage, and implements. Arriving at\\nthe head-waters of the Kankakee, they embarked, and floated\\n*Tuttle, in his History of Michigan (page 105), says that ten\\nmen were left to garri.son the fort, but this is clearly disproved by\\nParkman, as are also a number of other statements found in the same\\nwork in reference to the operations of La Salle and Allouez on the\\nSt. Joseph.\\ndown that stream and the Illinois River until they came to\\nan Indian village containing four hundred and sixty lodges,\\nbut which was entirely deserted. They helped themselves\\nto corn from the Indian caches and resumed their way,\\npassing by the site of the city of Peoria. A short distance\\nbelow, they found a village of eighty lodges, inhabited by\\nIndians of the Illinois tribe, who received the party well\\nat first, but soon began to grow cold and suspicious. La\\nSalic erected a defensive work of logs near this place,\\nand called it Fort Crevecoeur (Broken Heart), which indi-\\ncates that he was then in deep despondency, caused by the\\ndoubtful attitude of the Indians, the desertion of a part of\\nhis men, and the almost certainty of the loss of the Griffin,\\non whose safe return so much of the success of his project\\ndepended. Under these circumstances he determined to\\nreturn to Canada for needful assistance but meantime he\\ncommenced the building of a vessel of about the same size\\nas the lost Griffin, with which, in the future, he expected\\nto explore the course of the Mississippi.\\nLeaving Tonty in command at Fort Criveccour with\\nabout fifteen men, La Salle, accompanied by his Indian\\nhunter and four of his French followers, commenced his\\nreturn journey on the 2d of March, 1680, and worked\\nslowly back along the ice-bound streams, over a part of the\\nsame route by which they came, but struck Lake Michigan\\nat its head, and passed thence along the shore to the mouth\\nof the St. Joseph and Fort Miami, which he reached on\\nthe 24th of March. Here he found the two men Cha-\\npelle and Le Blanc whom he had sent out in the preced-\\ning December to look for the Griffin. Their report having\\nextinguished his last lingering hope of her safety, he ordered\\nthe two men to join Tonty at Fort Crevecoeur and pre-\\npared to move eastward with his party across the Michigan\\npeninsula. The incidents of this stage of their journey\\nwhich was unquestionably the first ever made by white men\\nthrough the wilderness of Southern Michigan from lake to\\nlake are thus narrated by Parkman\\nThey were detained till noon of the 25th in making a\\nraft to cross the St. Joseph. Then they resumed their\\nmarch, and as they forced their way through the brambly\\nthickets their clothes were torn, and their faces so covered\\nwith blood that, says the journal,f they could hardly\\nknow each other. Game was very scarce, and they grew\\nfaint with hunger. In two or three days they reached a\\nhappier region. They shot deer, bears, and turkeys in the\\nforest, and fared sumptuously. But the reports of their\\nguns fell on hostile ears. On the evening of the 28th,\\nas they lay around their fire under the shelter of a forest\\nby the border of a prairie, the man on guard shouted an\\nalarm. They sprang to their feet, and each, with gun in\\nhand, took his stand behind a tree, while yells and bowlings\\nfilled the surrounding darkness. A band of Indians were\\nupon them, but, seeing them prepared, the cowardly assail-\\nants did not wait to exchange a shot.\\nThey crossed great meadows overgrown with rank\\ngrass, and set it on fire to hide the traces of their passage.\\nLa Salle bethought him of a device to keep their skulking\\nf Manuscript Relation des Decouvertcs, from which the account\\nwas translated by Parkman.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "16\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nfoes at a distance. On the trunks of trees from wliich he\\nhad stripped the baric, he drew with charcoal the marlis of\\nan Iroquois war-partj, with the usual signs for prisoners\\nand for scalps, hoping to delude his pursuers with the belief\\nthat he and his men were a band of those dreaded warrioi S.\\nThus, over snowy prairies and half-frozen marshes, wading\\nsometimes to their waists in mud, water, and bulrushes,\\nthey urged their way through the spongy, saturated wilder-\\nness. During three successive days they were aware that\\na party of savages was dogging their tracks. They dared\\nnot make a fire at night lest the light should betray them\\nbut, hanging their wet clothes on the trees, they rolled them-\\nselves in their blankets and slept together among piles of\\nspruce* and pine boughs. But the night of the 2d of\\nApril was excessively cold. Their clothes were hard-frozen,\\nand they were forced to kindle a fire to thaw and dry\\nthem. Scarcely had the light begun to glimmer through\\nthe gloom of the evening when it was greeted from the\\ndistance by mingled yells, and a troop of Mascoutiii war-\\nriors rushed towards them. They were stopped by a deep\\nstream, a hundred paces from the bivouac of the French,\\nand La Salle went forward to meet them. No sooner did\\nthey see him and learn that he was a Frenchman than they\\ncried that they were friends and brothers, who had mistaken\\nhim and his men for Iroquois, and, abandoning their hostile\\npurpose, they peacefully withdrew. Thus his device to\\navert danger had well-nigh proved the destruction of the\\nwhole party. Two days after this adventure two of the\\nmen fell ill from fatigue and exposure, and sustained them-\\nselves with difficulty till they reached the banks of a river,\\nprobably the Huron. Here the sick men rested; their com-\\npanions made a canoe. There were no birch-trees and they\\nwere forced to use elm bark, which at that early season\\nwould not slip freely from the wood until they loosened it\\nwith hot water. Their canoe being made, they embarked\\nin it, and for a time floated prosperously down the stream,\\nwhen at length the way was barred by a matted barricade\\nof trees fallen across the water. The sick men could now\\nwalk again, and, pushing eastward through the forest, the\\nparty soon reached the banks of the Detroit. Thus was\\nmade the first exploration of the overland route between\\nthe Detroit River and the mouth of the St. Joseph, a route\\nwhich, a little more than a century and a half later, in the\\nearly days of railroad projects and schemes of public in-\\nternal improvement, became the subject of many a debate\\nin the legislative halls of Michigan and very familiar to\\nsurveyors and pioneers.\\nTiie party crossed the Detroit River on a raft and trav-\\neled through the woods to Lake Erie, where they embarked\\nin a canoe and paddled to Niagara. At length, after great\\nhardship, La Salle reached Montreal, where with much\\ndifficulty he collected fresh supplies of stores and ammu-\\nnition, and started on his return journey with a company\\nof twenty-five men, comprising a surgeon, ship-carpenters,\\nand other mechanics, laborers, soldiers, and voyageurs,\\neverything needed to finish the vessel he had left on the\\nstocks, and to sail her down the Mississippi. His return\\nThis Bceins to bo an error, as no spruce is found in the region\\ntlirough wliieli tliey pivssed. It was probably tamarack, wliioli they\\nmistook for spruce.\\nroute was by Lake Simcoe, Georgian Bay, and Lake Huron\\nto Michillimackinac, and thence by the eastern shore of\\nLake Michigan to St. Joseph River, which he reached on\\nthe 4th of November.\\nOn his way hither he had been apprised of the destruc-\\ntion of Fort Miami during his absence, and now he found\\nthe report to be true. The men whom he had left at Fort\\nCrevecceur, on the Illinois, had deserted, stolen the goods\\nand stores deposited there, and, proceeding thence northward\\non their way to Michillimackinac, had passed down the St.\\nJosi ph and leveled and burned the logs which formed Fort\\nMiami of which nothing now remained but the charred\\ndebris. The commander made no stay here, but pushed on\\nin haste up the river and across the portage to the Illinois.\\nHe, however, left five men at the ruined fort, in charge of\\nsome heavy stores, to wait for his lieutenant, the Sieur de\\nla Forest, who, with thirteen men, had for some reason\\nbeen left behind at Michillimackinac, but with orders to\\ncome up without delay to the St. Joseph.\\nOn his arrival at Fort Cr^vecoeur, or rather at the\\nplace where it had once been, La Salle found that it also\\nhad been destroyed by the mutineers. His most earnest\\ndesire now was to find Tonty, whom he had left in charge\\nof the fort on his departure for Montreal. For this pur-\\npose he passed on down the Illinois to its junction with\\nthe Mississippi, beholding for the first time the broad,\\nswift current of the Father of Waters. But, finding no\\nsigns of Tonty, he turned back in despair from the great\\nriver which had so long been the subject of his dreams,\\nand retraced his way up the Illinois. On the 6th of Jan-\\nuary, 1G81, his party reached the mouth of the Teanka-\\nkeek, but, instead of going up that stream over the route\\nby wliich they came, they took the northern branch of the\\nriver but, soon finding their way blocked by ice, they left\\ntheir canoes and traveled through deep snow towards the\\nSt. Joseph, where they arrived after many days of excessive\\nfatigue and hardship.\\nHere they found the Sieur de la Forest with his eighteen\\nmen, including the five who had been left by La Salle in\\ncharge of the stores. They had heard nothing of the lost\\nTonty, but during the absence of the commander they had\\nrebuilt the fort, and around it on the plateau^ they had\\nf This old fort afterwards strengthened or rebuilt by the French\\ngovernment is supposed to have stood near the edge of the bluff on\\nor a little north of the spot where now stands the St. Charles Hotel,\\nin the village of St. Joseph. It is said that when the first settlers\\ncame here, a half century ago, they found at that place a large open\\nspac\u00c2\u00ab, which had evidently been cleared by the hand of man. There\\nis little doubt that this was the clearing commenced by La Salle when\\nhe built the fort, and e.vtcnded by his men in the winter of 16S0-SI.\\nIn recent years, when, in the prosecution of village improvements,\\na part of this plateau was graded down, a number of human skele-\\ntons were discovered buried here. It is said that on some of these\\nthe hair was found in a good state of preservation, and that in one\\nor two instances there were decayed remnants of what ajipeared to\\nhave been silken robes, indicating, as was believed, that the wearers\\nhad been priests; also, that there were found silver brooches,\\nwhich appeared to have been worn on the person, and seemed to show\\nthat the wearer was of considerable rank and consequcnco. But an\\nexamination of the old accouixt books of William Burnett, the trader,\\nwho located on the St. Joseph about 1785 (as will be mentioned here-\\nafter), explains this silver-brooch question, and divests it of all its\\nimaginary signiticanco, for in the invoices of that trader s stock the", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "DISCOVERIES AND EXPLORATIONS.\\n17\\ncleared a considerable area of ground for planting in the\\nfollowing spring. Besides this, they had constructed a saw-\\npit, and had already sawed out (by hand) the timber and\\nplanking for a new vessel. This was, unquestionably, the\\nfirst project for the building of vessels ever commenced on\\nthe St. Joseph, or within the limits of the counties of\\nBerrien and Van Buren, as it was also probably the first\\nattempt of the kind made at any point on Lake Michigan.\\nThe winter of 1680-81 was spent by La Salle at his\\nheadquarters, Fort Miami. Here, says Parkman, he\\nmight have brooded on the redoubled ruin that had befallen\\nhim, the desponding friends, the exulting foes, the wasted\\nenergies, the crushing load of debt, the stormy past, the\\nblack and lowering future. But his mind was of a diifor-\\nent temper. He had no thought but to grapple with ad-\\nversity, and out of the fragments of his ruin to rear the\\nfabric of a triumphant success.\\nThe banks of the St. Joseph at that time presented a\\nnew scene, and a strange one for this wilderness. Here,\\ndomiciled within the log inclosure of the fort, were La\\nSalle and La Forest, with a company of twenty-five French-\\nmen and the Indian hunter who had followed the com-\\nmander s fortunes so long and faithfully. The clearing,\\nthe piles of freshly-sawed planks and ship-timber, and the\\npresence of so numerous a company of white men, must\\nhave given the place a decided appearance of civilization.\\nAnd, as a background and contrast to the picture, there\\nwere seen near the fort the bark wigwams of a band of\\nEastern Indians, who were, says Parkman, exiles from\\ntheir homes and strangers in this Western world a band of\\nrefugees, chiefly Ahenukis and Mohicans, driven from their\\nnative seats, who had roamed into these distant wilds and\\nwere wintering in the friendly neighborhood of the French.\\nThe S/iawanoes, living in the valley of the Ohio, had\\nheard of the presence of the French on the St. Joseph in\\nthe winter of 1680-81, and in the following spring a chief\\nof that tribe came to Fort Miami to ask their protection\\nagainst the fearful Iroquois, of whose attack they stood in\\nconstant dread. Their chief promised to come to the fort\\nin the following autumn with all his band, which num-\\nbered two hundred warriors. No account is found of his\\nsubsequent appearance on the St. Joseph, but the Shawa-\\niioes did afterwards join the Indian settlements under pro-\\ntection of the French in Illinois.\\nOn the first of March, 1G81, while the face of the coun-\\ntry was yet covered by the snows of winter, the command-\\nant set out with La Forest and nineteen men (leaving the\\nremainder at Fort Miami), bound on another mission to the\\nIllinois, to induce the Indians to make peace among the\\nitem of silver brooches occurs of teuer than any other, excepting\\nonly the item of Fpirits. And not only are they mentioned fre-\\nquently, but in great numborH as many as one thousand of the large\\nsize anil eleven hundred of the second size being sent at one time by\\none of Burnett s agents (Baptiste Lalime) when he left St. Joseph on\\na trading trip to the Kankakee; so that these silver trinkets must\\nhave been nearly as plenty among the Indians of this region (during\\nBurnett s time) as leaves are supposed to have been in Vallombrosa.\\nThe cost of the silver brooch appears from Burnett s books to have\\nbeen about twenty cents, though this may have been the cust price.\\nThere is nothing very strange, then, about their being found with\\nIndian skeletons.\\nseveral tribes, and to settle at Fort Crevecceur under French\\nprotection. The St. Joseph River at that time was cov-\\nered with ice, so that La Salle and his party were compelled\\nto make the journey across the country on foot. They\\ntraveled on snow-shoes, dragging their canoes after them,\\nfor use upon the breaking up of the ice, which occurred\\nsoon afterwards. They reached the Illinois country, accom-\\nplished the object of the mission, and returned to Fort\\nMiami, but without La Forest, he having been dispatched\\nto Michillimackiiiac to communicate with Tonty, who had\\nat last been heard from at that place.\\nLater in the spring, La Salle, with ten men in canoes,\\nascended the St. Joseph and crossed the portage to the\\ngreat village of the Miamis, with whom his business was\\nsimilar to that on which he had visited the Illinois. Meet-\\ning with the same success with the former as he had with\\nthe latter tribe, he again returned by way of the St. Jo-\\nseph to the fort. He had now made the necessary arrange-\\nments for safe pas.sage through the Indian country, and for\\nassistance by the tribes on his projected journey to the\\nmouth of the Mississippi, but before commencing that\\narduous undertaking he must go to Montreal to procure\\nmeans, material, and men for the expedition. For this\\npurpose he set out with a party in canoes, leaving the fort\\nin the latter part of May, 1681. They passed down the\\neast coast of Lake Michigan to Michillimackinac, and\\nthence along the shores of Huron, St. Clair, Erie, and On-\\ntario to the St. Lawrence, and reached Montreal in safety.\\nThe necessary men and material were collected, and La\\nSalle again traversed the same weary way on his return,\\nreaching his base of operations at the mouth of the St.\\nJoseph River late in November, and having paddled more\\nthan two thousand miles in canoes since his departure from\\nthe place, six months before. With him returned his\\nbrave lieutenant, Tonty, who had been found at Michilli-\\nmackinac after his weary and perilous wanderings among\\nthe savages of Illinois and Wisconsin. The presence of\\nthis one trusty companion was more highly prized by the\\ncommander than would have been an acces. ^ion of fifty men\\nto the strength of his force.\\nDuring a stay of about a month at the fort, all prepara-\\ntions for the great journey to the Mississippi were com-\\npleted, and on the 21st of December a part of the expedi-\\ntion, led by Tonty and accompanied by the Recollet father\\nMembri5, embarked in six canoes upon the waters of the\\nwintry lake and skirted the frozen shores around its south-\\nern curve. La Salle, with the remainder of the party,* fol-\\nlowed by the same route a few days later, and joined them\\nat the mouth of the Chicago River. There they constructed\\nsledges, and loaded the canoes and stores upon them (for the\\nstreams were frozen over), and, hauling these, they crossed\\nthe portage and passed down the valleys of the Desplaines\\nand Illinois Rivers to the foot of Peoria Lake, where, find-\\ning the river open, they lauTiehcd the cSnocs and embarked.\\nThey passed swiftly down the Illinois, and on the 6th of\\nFebruary reached its junction with the Mississippi. Here,\\nfor the time, their progress was stopped, for the river was\\nfull of floating ice. The Indians, too, had lagged behind,\\nThe expedition was composed of twenty-three Frenchmen and a\\nnumber of the Eastern Indians who had been living near Fort Miami.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "18\\nHISTORY OP BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nbut witliin a week all had arrived, the navigation was once\\nmore free, and they resumed their course. In their way\\ndown the great river they met several hitherto unknown\\ntribes of Indians and encountered many strange adventures,\\nbut they accomplished the object for which the commander\\nhad so long labored. On the 9th of April, 1G82, in full\\nsight of the blue expanse of the Gulf of Mexico, La Salle\\nreared a cross and a column inscribed with the name of the\\nFrench sovereign, and took possession for him of the valley\\nof the river and a contiguous country of indefinite extent,\\nwhich he named Louisiana.\\nThe expedition returned up the Mississippi and Illinois\\nRivers to Peoria Lake, and about the 1st of September, in\\nthe same year, La Salle again descended the St. Joseph\\nRiver, on his way to Quebec, from whence it was his inten-\\ntion to proceed to France and report his discovery to the\\nprime minister. But on his arrival at jMichillimackinac he\\nreceived intelligence which changed his plans and caused\\nhim to return to the Illinois by way of Fort Miami. The\\njourney was made late in the autumn of 1GS2; and this\\nwas the last visit ever made here by the great explorer who\\nplanned and directed the first occupation by white men of\\nthe valley of the St. Joseph. On his return from the Illi-\\nnois, in the fall of 1683, he took the route by way of the\\nChicago portage, descended to Quebec, and soon after sailed\\nfor France, He never again visited the northern portion\\nof America, but he afterwards, on an expedition to the Gulf\\nof Mexico (originated and commanded by him), landed in\\nTexas, and was murdered there in 1GS7, as has already been\\nmentioned.\\nIt does not appear that after the final departure of La\\nSalle the river St. Joseph and the fort on its bank were\\never used by the French for the purposes which he had had\\nin view, that is, as a port for vessels coming from Lake\\nErie and a base of supply for military and trading posts on\\nthe Illinois. In fact, very little is known of events whick\\noccurred during the next succeeding eighty years in the St.\\nJoseph valley, or in any part of the territory to which this\\nvolume has especial reference.\\nCHAPTER IL\\nTHE MIAMI OCCUPATION.\\nThe Miamis in the St. Joseph Valley Forays of the Iroquois I.a\\nSalle s Council and Treaty with the Miamis Removal of the\\nMiamis and Eastern Indians to the Illinois lliver The Debatable\\nGround Antecedents of the Miamis Their Return to the St.\\nJose])h Valley Attack and Massacre of the Miamis by the Sioux\\nThe Mission of St. Joseph established among the Miamis In-\\ndian Plot to Exterminate the Miami Tribe Their final Removal\\nfrom the St. Joseph Valley.\\nThe history of the savage tribes who, prior to the be-\\nginning of the eighteenth century, inhabited the region\\nwhich now includes the counties of Berrien and Van Buren,\\nis veiled in almost complete obscurity, and nearly the .same\\nis true of the Indian occupancy of the same territory dur-\\ning a succeeding period of more than sixty years. The\\nearliest event, the record of which tlirows any ligiit on the\\nsubject, was the discovery, in or about 1675, of the St. Jo-\\nseph River and its designation by the French as the River\\nof the Miamis on account of its course being through the\\ncountry which was then peopled by that tribe. There is\\nnothing, however, in the old narratives to show that the\\ndiscoverers found them in any great numbers in the St. Jo-\\nseph valley, nor is any mention made, in the accounts of La\\nSalle s numerous journeyings up and down this river in the\\nyears 1679 to 1682, of his finding their settlements at any\\npoint on the stream below the portage. Their principal\\nvillage was at the southwestern end of this portage, at the\\nhead of the Teankakeek (Kankakee) River, to which\\nplace, in 1681, La Salle went up from Fort Miami to hold\\ngrand council with the chiefs of the tribe. But, although\\nthey were chiefly located farther to the southward, and\\ntheir principal village was outside the valley of the St.\\nJoseph, it is evident that they regarded that valley and the\\ncontiguous country as a part of their domain, and held it as\\nsuch, though not to the complete exclusion of other tribes.\\nThe Iroquois, or Five Nations, though living far away\\nto the east, within the present State of New York, had\\nhitherto been the terror and scourge of the Western Indians,\\nand had rendered their country almost uninhabitable by\\nreason of their destructive and bloody incursions. The\\nterritory of the Miamis, however, had for a time been an\\nexception, because that tribe had been allied with the East-\\nern enemy in their forays against the Illinois. It was\\ndoubtless the intention of the Iroquois, after having used\\ntlie Miamis to conquer the Illinois and other tribes, to turn\\nupon these, their allies, and exterminate them also. Indi-\\ncations of their perfidy had already become apparent. In\\n1680 a party of Iroquois, in returning from an expedition\\nagainst one of the Illinois tribes, had met and slaughtered\\na band of Miamis, and had not only refused satisfaction,\\nbut intrenched themselves in three rude forts of trees and\\nbrushwood in the heart of the il/\u00c2\u00ab(Hu country. The Miamis\\nwere of course terrified at this threatening demonstration\\non the part of the fierce Iroquois, whom they, in common\\nwith the other tribes, believed to be as invincible as they\\nwere sanguinary.\\nIt was while this state of affairs existed, that La Salle\\nseized upon the opportunity to meet the Miamis in council\\nat their village, as before mentioned. The object which he\\nhad in view was to induce them to make peace with the\\nIllinois nation, and to place themselves under the protection\\nof the French, on the Illinois River, where he proposed\\nto establish a strong central post, to congregate around it\\na large number of tribes friendly to the French, and to\\nband them all in a defensive alliance against the irruptions\\nof the dreaded Five Nations. When he came to the Miamis^\\nvillage, on the occasion of the council, he found there a\\nband of Iroquois warriors, who had been for some time in\\nthe place, and who, as he was told, had demeaned them-\\nselves with the insolence of conquerors. He met these\\nwarriors with a menacing arrogance which eclipsed their\\nown, and so completely browbeat and cowed them by his\\nthreats that they stole away from the village under cover\\nof night.\\nThe Miamis who had stood in the greatest dread of", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "THE MIAMI OCCUPATION.\\n19\\ntlieir fierce visitors, were amazed at this result, and in the\\ncouncil which followed they readily yielded to the proposals\\nof the French leader, whom they regarded as a superior\\nbeing. After he had addressed them, in their own tongue,\\nin a speech which was at once eloquent, complimentary, and\\nconvincing, and had further won their hearts by presents\\nof clothing, hunting-knives, guns, and wampum belts, the\\nwhole assemblage gave vent to yells of satisfaction, and the\\nchiefs replied to his overtures, We make you the master\\nof our beaver and our lands of our minds and our bodies.\\nWe cannot wonder that our brothers from the East wish to\\nlive with you. We should have wished it too, if we had\\nknown what a blessing it is to be the children of the great\\nking. Finally, they agreed to make peace and an alliance\\nwith the Illinois, and to remove to the neighborhood of\\nPeoria Lake, there to live under French protection. In\\naccordance with this agreement they vacated their country,\\nand removed to that place in 1681.* Probably they stood\\nin such dread of the vengeance of the Iroquois that they\\nwould not have dared to remain here longer if they had\\nbeen so disposed.\\nIt has already been mentioned that a band of Eastern\\nIndians had built their bark wigwams near the mouth of\\nthe St. Joseph in the autumn of 1080, and pas.sed the suc-\\nceeding winter there, evidently for the purpose of avail-\\ning themselves of the protection of Fort Miami and its\\nFrench garrison. At the Miami village there was found a\\nmuch larger band, in which there were a few Virginia In-\\ndians, but of whom the mnjority were Narragansetts, from\\nRhode Island, intermixed with Mohicans, Abenakis, and\\nother New England tribes, who had, perhaps, some of them,\\nfought under King Philip, and all of whom, after the death\\nof the great chieftain, had been compelled to flee from their\\nnative hunting-grounds to escape the retributive vengeance\\nof the New England settlers. The band which had win-\\ntered at the fort (having apparently been joined by a part\\nof those found at the Miami village) remained there during\\nthe summer and fall and when the French started in De-\\ncember on the Mississippi exploration, thirty-one of them\\n(eighteen warriors and ten women, whom they insisted on\\ntaking with them to perform the labor, and three children,\\nwho necessarily accompanied their mothers) joined the ex-\\npedition and went with it to the Gulf of Mexico. These,\\non their return, remained on the Illinois. Those of the\\nThe strength of the Minmis in their new home on the Illinois,\\ntwo years after their removal thither, was mentioned as hcing thirteen\\nhundred warriors. This was based on the report of La Salle to the\\nFrench minister on bis return to France from the Illinois country.\\nA few years afterwards they were oecuj ying a rudely fortified village\\nat Buffalo Rock, on the Illinois Kiver, a place which was visited by\\nCharlevoix in 1721, and was mentioned by him as Le Fort des\\nNinmls, though the tribe had evacuated the place before that time.\\nWhile they remained on the Illinois River they became cftnsider-\\nably weakened and demoralized, and upon the failure of La Salle s\\ngrand project of Indian colonization around the Rock of St. Louis\\n(near the present Peoria), they, with other tribes, left the place. The\\nMiaiiiia (or at least a large part of them) returned to settle on their\\nformer possessions, not, however, at the site of their old village on the\\nKankakee, but in the valley of the St. Joseph, and principally near\\nits mouth, where, as we shall see, a mission was established among\\nthem a few years later. Before the opening of the mission, however,\\nthey were attacked by the Sioux and lerribly punished. After this a\\npart of them appear to have migrated to the southward.\\nEastern band who remained at the fort on the St. Joseph\\nafter the departure of the French, and those who were at\\nthe village of the Miamis, afterwards migrated with that\\ntribe to the Illinois River.\\nThough the St. Joseph was named by its French discov-\\nerers the River of the Miamis, and the country through\\nwhich it flows was included in the possessions of that tribe,\\nit does not appear to have ever been very firmly held or\\nthoroughly occupied by them. In the narrative, before\\nquoted from, of the journey of La Salle s party across the\\npeninsula in the spring of 1680, it is said of the region\\nbordering, and to the eastward of, the St. Jo.seph River,\\nthat it was a debatable ground, infested with war-parties\\nof several adverse tribes, and none could venture here without\\nrisk of life, and that a war-party of the Mascoutins from\\nWisconsin were at that time roaming in the vicinity. Ac-\\ncounts are also given of Outagamies {Foxes) and other\\ntribes fiom the northwest of Lake Michigan, traversing\\nthese forests in 1079 and 1680.\\nThe Miamis themselves were from Wisconsin, where\\nthey and the Mascoutins were found located together, on\\nthe Fox River, by the Jesuits Allouez and Dablon, in\\n1670. In the account of the visit of those priests it was\\nstated that the two tribes together numbered more than\\nthree thousand, and that the chief of the 3Iiamis was\\nhonored by his .subjects like a king, and his demeanor\\ntowards his guests had no savor of the savage. In the\\nsame year the tribes on the Fox River were visited by St.\\nLusson, on which occasion the Miamis entertained him with\\na sham battle and the Indian game of la crosse. His in-\\nterpreter, Nicholas Perrot, -gave a marvelous account of\\nthe authority and state of the Miami chief, who, he said,\\nwas attended day and night by a guard of warriors.\\nThe circumstances above noticed point to the conclusion\\nthat the J/( a\u00c2\u00bbii tribe removed, soon after 1670, from the\\nFox River to the country bordering the waters of the Kan-\\nkakee and the St. Joseph that their occupation of this\\nregion was of but recent date when the French first ex-\\nplored the last-named river that they never became very\\nfirmly or thoroughly established here and that the tribe\\nemigrated from the lake region to the Illinois River in 1681,\\nleaving their former domain unoccupied, and in truth a\\ndebatable ground.\\nAfter about ten years ab.\u00c2\u00abence they returned to the St.\\nJoseph Valley, and (as is believed, for reasons which will\\nappear in succeeding pages) made their principal settle-\\nments on the lower part of that river. Here, a few years\\nafter their return, they were assailed by the ferocious\\nSioux, who slaughtered a large number of the less warlike\\nMiamis. An account of this massacre is found in a report\\non Indian afiiiirs, made by La Motte Cadillac to Count\\nPontchartrain, dated Fort Pontchartrain [Detroit], Aug.\\n31, 1703, as follows: From time immemorial our allies\\nhave been at war with the Sioux; and on my arrival at\\nFort Michillimackinac [in 1695], in conformity to the\\norders of Count Frontenac, I attempted to negotiate a truce\\nbetween the Sioux and all our allies. Succeeding in this\\nnegotiation, I took the occasion to turn their arms against\\nthe Iroquois, with whom we were then at war and, soon", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "20\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nafter, I effected a treaty of peace between the Sioux and\\nthe Frencli and their allies, which lasted two years. At\\nthe end of that time the Si onx came in great numbers to\\nthe villages of the jMiamis, under pretense of ratifying the\\ntreaty. They were well received by the Mimnis, and after\\nspending several days in their villages departed, apparently\\nperfectly satisfied with their good reception, as they cer-\\ntainly had every reason to be.\\nThe Mlimiis, believing them already far distant, slept\\nquietly but the Sioux, who had premeditated the attack,\\nreturned the same night to the principal village of the\\nMiumis, where most of the tribe were congregated, and,\\ntaking them by surprise, slaughtered nearly three thousand\\nand put the rest to flight. This perfidy irritated all the\\nnations. They came to Michillimackinac with their com-\\nplaints, begging me to join them and exterminate the\\nSioux. But the war which we then had upon our hands\\ndid not permit me to listen to their proposition, so it\\nbecame necessary for me to hold a great council and play\\nthe orator in a long harangue. In conclusion, I advised\\nthem to weep their dead and wrap them up, and leave\\nthem to sleep coldly till the day of vengeance should\\ncome, telling them that we must sweep the land on this\\nside of the Iroquois, as it was necessary to extinguish even\\ntheir memory, after which the allied tribes could more\\neasily avenge the atrocious deed that the Sioux had just\\ncommitted upon them. In short, I managed them so well\\nthat the afiair was settled in the manner that I proposed.\\nThis account given by La Motte indicates the year 1(397\\nas the date of the massacre. There is every reason to be-\\nlieve that the number which he mentions as having been\\nslain by tlie Sioux is a great exaggeration, but there is no\\nreason to doubt that the loss of the Miamis was very\\nsevere. It was probably at this time that a portion of the\\ntribe fled southward to the valley of the Wabash, which\\nregion they continued to occupy, as also the country border-\\ning the Maumoe, a stream which was for many years known\\nas the Miami River of Lake Erie.\\nIf, as La Jlotte s account seems to imply, the entire body\\nof the surviving Miamis fled before the onslaught of the\\nbloody Sioux, it is certain that a part of the tribe after-\\nwards returned to the St. Joseph and these were, in later\\naccounts, freciuently mentioned as the Miamis of the St.\\nJoseph in distinction from the Miamis of Ouyatanon\\nand other divisions of the tribe. The first named appear\\nto have been principally located at the mouth of the river\\nwhose name they bore and here, at about the commence-\\nment of the eighteenth century, the Jesuit mission of St.\\nJoseph was established for the purpose of converting them\\nto Christianity.\\nAs to which of the Jesuit fathers was the founder of\\nthis mission, there is as much doubt as there is concerning\\nthe exact date of its commencement. In some historical\\naccounts it has been stated that it was begun by Father\\nClaude Jean Allouez during the first Miami occupancy\\n(and by some placed as early as 1G75). and that about the\\nsame time, a trading-post was opened and a small force of\\nFrench soldiers was stationed here but this statement is\\nclearly erroneous. In the account of the numerous jour-\\nneyings of La Salle up and down the St. Joseph River\\n(written by Francis Parkman, who has had access to the\\noriginal narratives of La Salle, Hennepin, and Tonty) no\\nmention is made of any such mission, post, or garrison\\nthen existing at this point,* nor is there any allusion which\\ncan lead to another conclusion than that the great explorer\\nfound a complete solitude at the mouth of the St. Joseph\\n(although it was known, through previous discoveries, to\\nbe the base of a feasible route to the country of the Illinois),\\nand that this solitude remained uninvaded, or at least un-\\noccupied, by any Europeans, except those of the parties\\nunder his command, during the period of his operations\\nhere, which extended beyond the time of the removal\\nof the Miami tribe to the Illinois River in 168L This\\nseems to be strong evidence against the supposition that\\nany mission was commenced by Allouez or any of the\\nother Jesuits during the first occupancy of the Miamis.\\nIt is mentioned in the narrative of La Salle s explorations\\nthat Allouez was among the Illinois in 1676 to 1679, and\\nthat in 1680 he was with the Miamis on the Kankakee\\n(not, however, having a permanent mission there) and it\\nis therefore possible, that, in journeying to or from the\\nMiami village, he may have passed by way of the St.\\nJoseph River. Even this, however, is not probable, for an\\nill-feeling existed between him and La Salle, and the priest,\\nwho always showed a disposition to avoid his enemy, would\\nnot have been likely to take a route which would lead him\\npast Fort Miami if he could avoid it. A few years later\\nhe was stationed at the mission on the Illinois, and died in\\n1690 so that, beyond all reasonable doubt, he had lain\\nseveral years in his grave before the founding of the first\\nmission on the St. Joseph.\\nOf this mission, which, as before stated, and as nearly\\nall well-informed writers agree, was established about the\\nyear 1700, the earliest mention which is found recorded\\nis contained in a letter dated Michillimackinac, Aug. 16,\\n1706, and addressed to the Governor-General by the Jesuit\\nfather Joseph T. Marest. This letter, after mentioning\\nthe discovery of an Ottawa plot in which a party of war-\\nriors were to leave Michillimackinac, and, having engaged\\nthe Sacs and Foxes to join them, intended to attack the\\nMiamis on the river St. Joseph, and that the plot had\\nbeen temporarily frustrated, proceeds I asked the sav-\\nages if I could send a canoe manned with Frenchmen to\\nthe river St. Joseph with any degree of safety. They re-\\nplied that I could, and urged me to do so, seeming to take\\nan interest in the flitliers who are there. The truth is,\\nthey do not feel at liberty to make war upon the Miamis\\nwhile the missionaries remain there, and for that reason\\nwould prefer that they should come to us. I had previously\\nengaged some Frenchmen to carry the news to the river St.\\nJoseph, and to relieve our fathers if they were in any dif-\\nficulty but one of them has been so much intimidated by\\nthe representations of his friends that he dare not trust\\nhimself among the savages.\\nAs aff airs are at present, I do not think the removal of\\nBut, on the contrary, Parkman does say, He [La Salle] led\\nhis followers to the banks of the river now called the St. Joseph.\\nHere he built a fort, and here, I li n/lcr-i/eam, the Jesuits placed a\\nmission, and the government a garrison. Coimpiriu-y nf J unliac,\\nvol. i. p. oO.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "THE POTTAWATTAMIE OCCUPATION.\\n21\\nthe fathers is advisable, for that [St. Joseph] is the most\\nimportant post in all this region, except IMichillimaekinac;\\nand, if the Ottawas were relieved from the restraint im-\\nposed upon them by the existence of the mission, they\\nwould unite so many tribes against the Miamis that in a\\nshort time they would drive them from this fine country.\\nI have at last found another Frenchman who is willing to\\ngo to the river St. Joseph, and I hope the four will now de-\\npart immediately. We have reason to feel anxious concern-\\ning the safety of the fathers, on account of so many war-\\nparties going down on that side. At least we shall have\\nnews from St. Joseph, unless our men find too many dan-\\ngers in the way. In another letter from Marest to the\\nGovernor, dated August 27th, he says, We are impa-\\ntiently awaiting the return of M. Boudor and tlie Ottawa\\nchiefs. I have not yet sent to the river St. Joseph, but\\nhope to very soon.\\nIt is noticeable, in the above extract from the letter of\\nFather Marest, that the river on which the mission was\\nlocated is called the St. Joseph, instead of the Indian name\\nwhich had been given to it by its discoverers, and which\\nhad been adhered to in the earlier writings. This leads to\\nthe conclusion that at the time of the establishment of the\\nmi.ssion of St. Joseph its name was also given, for the first\\ntime, to the stream which had previously been known as\\nthe River of the Miamis. It is also shown almost con-\\nclusively by Marest s letter that there was then no military\\npost on the St. Joseph. If there had been, he would cer-\\ntainly have felt less anxiety than he here exhibits for the\\nsafety of his priests, and at all events he would have known\\nthat the garrison at St. Joseph (if there had been one there)\\nwould afford the missionaries much better protection than\\ncould be given them by the four men whom he purposed\\nsending in a canoe to their assistance. It seems clear,\\ntherefore, that the French had established no military post\\non the St. Joseph prior to August, 170(5.\\nAbout this time an attempt was made by Indians or dis-\\naffected Frenchmen to burn the fort at the newly-estab-\\nlished post of Detroit and in an account which was subse-\\nquently given to Count Pontchartrain by La Motte Cadillac,\\nthe commandant of the post, there is found a clue as to the\\ntime of the final evacuation of the St. Joseph Valley by the\\nMiamis. In the cour.se of his account, Cadillac said,\\nSoon after the attempt to burn the fort, the Miamis of\\nOuyatanon came to Detroit and made an attack on the sav-\\nages there. Th^y killed an Ottawa, two Hiirons, and a\\nFoltaioattamie. This act of hostility exasperated all the\\nnations at Fort Pontchartrain, and warlike preparations\\nwere immediately made. I succeeded in persuading them\\nto wait a few days, and then dispatched a messenger to the\\ncamp of the Oi(i/atanoiis, who were four hundred strong,\\ntelling them, if they did not come promptly and make repa-\\nration for this insult, I would go myself and exterminate\\nthem. They immediately sent their chiefs to Detroit, re-\\nplaced the dead with the living, according to their cus-\\ntom, and made large presents to the relatives of those who\\nwere killed. Thus a bloody war was prevented. Father\\nMermet, a Jesuit, is missionary to the Ouyatanon Miamis.\\nThis attack was made after the Miamis of the river St.\\nJoseph had left their villages, and had come to settle at\\nDetroit. The last sentence in this extract seems to fix the\\ndeparture of the Miamis from the St. Joseph lliver at about\\nthe year 1706.\\nThe post of Detroit had been established in 1701, by\\nCadillac, who immediately began to use great efforts to in-\\nduce the remote tribes of Indians to leave the territory\\nthey were then occupying, and to locate their villages in\\nthe vicinity of the new military post. In this he succeeded\\nto some extent, though against a determined opposition from\\nall the influence and power of the Jesuits, who were his\\nbitter enemies. That the feeling of enmity was recipro-\\ncated by Cadillac is clearly enough shown in a letter\\nwritten by him to Count Pontchartrain from Detroit,\\nAug. 31, 1703, in which he said, Thirty Hnroiis of\\nMichillimackinac arrived here on the 28th of June to\\nunite themselves with those already established here.\\nThere remain only about twenty-five at Michillimackinac.\\nFather Carheil, who is missionary there, always remains\\nfirm. I hope this fall to pluck out the last feather of his\\nwing, and I am persuaded that this obstinate old priest will\\ndie in his parish without having a single parishioner to\\nbury him. Cadillac never realized all his hopes in this\\ndirection, but he succeeded in drawing a large number of\\nIlurons, Ottawas, Pottaioattamics, and other Indians to\\nthe neighborhood of Detroit and it was largely, no doubt,\\nthrough his persuasions, though probably still more through\\nfear of the threatened attack on them by O^/aifas and other\\ntribes, as mentioned by Marest, that the Miamis were led\\nto take their final departure from the St. Joseph and re-\\nmove to the neiirhborhood of Fort Pontchartrain.\\nCHAPTER III.\\nTHE POTTAWATTAMIE OCCUPATION.\\nPosses.sioa of the St. Joseph Valley taken by the Pottawatt.amies\\nTheir previous Occupation of the Green Bay Country Continuance\\nof the St. Joseph Mission among the Pottawnttamies Military\\nPost and Canadian Villnge at the Mouth of the St. Josejih Relig-\\nious Instruction of the Pottawattamies Their Warlike Spirit, and\\nlong Alliance with the French Surrender of the French Posts to\\nthe English, and Indian Hatred of the Latter Alliance of the Pot-\\ntawattamies with Ponliac against the English Massacre of the\\nEnglish Garrison at the Mouth of the St. Joseph by the Pottawat-\\ntamies in 176.3 The Trader Winston The Pottawattamie Alliance\\nwith the British in the Revolution Langlade s Expedition in 1779\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094The Trading-Posts of Burnett and Bertrand\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mad Anthony\\nWayne s Punishment of the Indians and subsequent Treaty with\\nthem First appearance of the name of Topinabe as head chief of\\nthe Pottawattamies Alliance with Tecumseh Pottawattamies at\\nTippecanoe The killing of John Chandonais near the Mou^h of\\nthe St. Joseph The Pottawattamies fight with England in the\\nWar of 1812-15\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Their last Battle and complete Subjugation by the\\nUnited States.\\nThe successors of the Miamis were the numerous and\\nwarlike Pottawattamies, who spread themselves not only\\nover the lands of the former tribe on the St. Joseph and\\nKankakee, but also over a vast area of additional territory,\\nstretching from the vicinity of Chicago, around the head of\\nLake Michigan, northward at least as far as the mouth of\\nthe Kalamazoo, eastward far enough to include the valleys\\nof that stream and the St. Joseph, as well as the head-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "22\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nwaters of Grand River, and southward into Indiana and\\nIllinois. They held firm possession of this broad domain\\nfor nearly a century and a quarter, being the dominant\\ntribe of Southern Michigan at the coming of the first\\nEnglisli-speakiiig settlers, and a remnant of them lingering\\nhere until within the memory of many persons now living.\\nThe Pottmcatliimies, like the Miaviis, were first found\\nwithin the present State of Wisconsin, their location being\\nin the territory bordering the shores of Green Bay. The\\nparty under La Salle found them a short distance above the\\nmouth of that bay, on the west shore of Lake Michigan,\\nin 1679, and to him, as to other French leaders, they proved\\nvery friendly. Mention is made of one of their principal\\nchiefs, who in his enthusiasm for the French was wont\\nto say that he knew but three great captains in the world,\\nFrontenac, La Salle, and himself This is the first re-\\ncorded instance of the display by a Pottawattamie of that\\nspirit of boastfulness which was a marked characteristic of\\nthe tribe in later years.\\nThe time of the Putfinvattamies migration from the\\nnorthwestern to the southeastern shore of Lake Michigan*\\nis not precisely known, but such facts as have been brought\\nto light in reference to the matter show that it was within\\nthe first decade of the eighteenth century. They, as well\\nas the other Indian nations of the Green Bay and Fox\\nRiver regions, had roamed through the debatable ground\\nof Southwestern Michigan for many years, and they were\\namong the first of the tribes who sent colonies to Detroit\\nin response to the invitation of Cadillac, mention being\\nmade in official documents of a Pottawattamie village near\\nFort Fontchartrain as early as 1702. A part of the tribe\\nat least appears to have been temporarily located within the\\nterritory of the Miamis before the final emigration of the\\nlatter.\\nThe Puttawattamies were fast and faithful alliesf of the\\nOttawas, and nothing is more probable than that the offen-\\nsive combination against the Miamis to which Father\\nMarest alludes in his letter of Aug. 14, 1706, was formed\\nwith a view to the very object which it accomplished, viz..\\nAt the time of the removal of the Pollawitltamiea from Wisconsin\\nto their later homo, at the head of Lake Michigan, a small part of the\\ntrihe was, fofi^ ome reason, left behind at Green Bay. It is st;ited on\\nthe authority of Dr. Lapham, of Wisconsin, that the strength of the\\nPoltiiwiilUimle tribe in what is now the territory of that State was, in\\nthe beginning of the eighteenth century, only twenty warriors. This\\nwas evidently the remnant of the tribe who remained after the migra-\\ntion of the main body.\\nj- Sakima, the second chief of the Oltaivae, having secured pardon\\nfor an unprovoked att-ick on the Miamis at Detroit and the murder\\nof a French priest, made a speech of thanks to the Governor-General,\\nat Montreal, .June 23, 1707, in which he said, The Sues, the Menom-\\niiiies, the Muscoutins, the Kicktipoos, the Outiir/iimies, and tlie J utta-\\nvmltiiiiiies are people who will like to hear the good news. They are\\nour allies, and are those to ivhom our old men will give notice, that\\nthe land may be united. The feelings which were entertained by the\\nMiitmis towards the Ollnmas at that time are shown by this passage in\\na letter written at Detroit by Cadillac to the Governor-General The\\n//ii;oiu, Oiiijatauons, and some of the Miamis are here, and have in all\\nthe councils expressed the following sentiments We will never listen\\nto a treaty of reconciliation with the OtUamta. We will hear, on this\\nsubject, neither the Governor nor you, Onontio might give us all the\\ngoods in Quebec and Montreal, and we would reject them. We\\ndo not wish for peace. It must not be spoken of. If you make pence\\nwilh the Uulaniis. wo shall have bad thoughts.\\nthe removal of the Miamis and the occupation of their\\ncountry by the Pottaicattamies. This gave nearly the\\nwhole of the lower peninsula of Michigan to the throe\\ntribes, Pottawattamies, Ottaieas, and Ojibwas (^Chippe-\\nloas), all of whom were leagued together in a sort of con-\\nfederation, and of whom the first and last named were also\\nallied by consanguinity. The hunting-grounds of the Ot-\\ntawas and Ojibwas ]o\\\\n6A those of the Pottawattamies on\\nthe north and northeast, and extended thence to the shores\\nof Lake Huron, and along Lake Michigan to the Straits of\\nMiohillimackinac.\\nIt was not long after the Miamis left the valley of the\\nSt. Joseph before the Pottawattamies had full possession.\\nIt appears almost certain that their occupation commenced\\nimmediately after the departure of the first-named tribe,\\nand that the Jesuit mission which had been established for\\nthe Miamis was continued, without break, for the conver-\\nsion of their Pottawattamie successors. For it was only\\na few years later (1712) that we find the mission of St.\\nJoseph reported by Father Marest as being in a very flour-\\nishing condition, and the most important of all the missions\\non the lakes excepting that at IMIchiilimackinac. A mili-\\ntary post had also been established here, and around the\\npost and mission there had clustered a small settlement of\\nCanadians, some of whom were without doubt engaged in\\ntrafiic with the Indians, for in those days, and under the\\nFrench rule, the trader always accompanied the soldier on\\nhis advance into the wilderness.\\nAnother mission, or missionary station, was afterwards\\nestablished nearly fifty miles farther up the river, on its\\neastern bank, near the southern limits of the present city\\nof Niles. It is certain that this was commenced prior to\\n1721, for in that year it was visited by the French traveler\\nCharlevoix, but beyond this nothing authentic is known of\\nits commencement or continuance.^\\nJ The writer has visited the University of Notre Dame, at South\\nBend, lad., for the purpose of g.aining information in reference to this\\nancient mission. The fathers in charge of the institution received\\nhim with the greatest courtesy and extended every facility, but they\\nwere unable to afford even the slightest information on the subject,\\nthough willing and anxious to do so. This being the case, it seems\\nevident that the particularized accounts which have from time to time\\nappeared in print in reference to this old mission are either purely\\nimaginary, or at best are based on nothing more substantial than\\nvague tradition.\\nIn a history of which the advanced sheets have very recently been\\npublished of one of the Niles churches the statement is made that\\nThe French Roman Catholic mission [at Niles] was started as early\\nas 1675. Later, Claude Allouez, assisted by Father Dublou [proba-\\nbly having reference to the Jesuit Dablun], reached Niles and removed\\nthe mission [I6S0] to the site of Johnson s brewery. In IC JO Allouez\\ndied, but the mission was maintained by Chiiudon. In 1759 the\\nFrench were attacked l)y the English, and being captured, were carried\\nto Canada. The mission was not re-established for many years. The\\nrude wooden cross on the hill above the dam has been generally sup-\\nposed to mark the grave of a Father Joseph. It marks the grave of\\nFather Allouez, the first white man dying in this vicinity. This\\nwould really be an important item in the history of the old mission\\nif it could, by any possibility, be regarded as authentic. The partie-\\nularization as to dates and localities in this account, as well as the\\npositivcness of its assertions, would seem to close the door agaiust all\\ndoubts of its authenticity, if other statements made by this author\\nwere marked by general accuracy, but this, unfortunately, is not\\nfound to be the case. In another portion of his narrative occurs this\\nremarkable passage: The intrepid French Itunmn Catholic mis-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "THE POTTAWATTAMIE OCCUPATION.\\n23\\nThe report of Father Marest, in 1712, that the mission\\non the St. Joseph was in a flourishing condition, meant,\\nof course, that the Putlaicatlamies were favorably inclined\\ntowards religious instruction, and ready and willing to profit\\nby the teachings of the pious Jesuits. This character they\\nsustained during all the residence of the missionaries among\\nthem. The priests seemed to have always found them more\\ntractable and easily managed than were most of the tribes\\nof the northwest, and for years after the Jesuit fathers left\\nthem, and even down to the time when the remnant of the\\nBionary, navigator, explorer, and discoverer of regions in this new\\nworld. Father Robert de la Sallc, consti uctcd at Foit Erie, then Fort\\nFrontenac, or, as some assert, at Schlcsser s Landing, just above\\nNiagara Falls, on the American side, the first vessel that passed (Au-\\ngust, 1679) Detroit. This was a schooner, the Griffin, of sixty tons\\nburden, and was lost, with all hands, in Lake Huron, Oct. 1, 1679.\\nHere we have an even more minute account than he gives of the\\nestablishment and removal of the old mission, and of the burial-place\\nof Father Allouez for we have the particulars, even to the exact date,\\nof the loss of the little Griffin,* whose fate has remained a profound\\nmystery for more than two centuries. Besides this we learn, fur the\\nfirst time, that the Griffin was built at Fort Frontenac, just above\\nNiagara Falls, all previous historians having located Fort Fronte-\\nnac on the north shore of Lake Ontario, near its eastern end. But\\nthe most remarkable part of this statement is that portion in which\\nallusion is made to the intrepid French lioiiitnt Catholic inisnionari/j\\nFather lltihert de La Snilti This is the description given of a\\nman who publicly denounced the Jesuits, between whom and himself\\nthere existed so cordial a hatred that Father Allouez, when laboring\\namong the Illinois Indians in 16S0, fled the country on hearing of the\\napproach of his enemy, Father La Salle, the Catholic missionary.\\nProbably, if this author were writing a history of France, he would\\nmake mention of the fact that the devout missionary. Father Napo-\\nleon Bonaparte, labored among the Kussians, and established missions\\nat Moscow and Borodino in 1812.\\nIn the traditions and published accounts which have reference to\\nthe old mission at Niles, mention has been made of a defensive work\\ncalled Fort Oola, which is reprisented as having been located at or\\nnear the same place, and as being still visible in a slight elevation of\\nearth supposed to indicate the position of the ancient ramparts.\\nAmong the various statements that have been made in reference to\\nthis Fort Oola is one to the effect that this, as well as Fort St. Jo-\\nseph, was captured by the Indians in the Pontiac war, but there is\\nevery reason to believe that this account is erroneous. In the official\\ndocuments of that time, frequent reference is made to the fort at the\\nmouth of the river, and its capture by the Pottawattamies, but never\\na word in reference to Fort Oola or any other fort in all this re-\\ngion; and in a map of the Forts and settlements in America, a.d.\\n1763, shown by Parkman in his Conspiracy of Pontiac, the only\\nforts shown within the bounds of Michigan are those at Detroit,\\nMichillimackinac, and St. Joseph. In 1760, when the French sur-\\nrendered their American possessions to the English, the French\\ncommander-in-chief at Montreal sent orders to the commandant at\\nMichillimackinac to deliver to the English officers the forts at Michil-\\nlimackinac, Green Bay, and St. Joseph, but mentioned no others j and\\nin the following year, when a detachment of the Royal Americans was\\nsent to receive the surrender of Fort St. Joseph from the French, no\\nsuch detachment was sent to occupy Fort Oola.\\nThe old mound (now nearly if not quite obliterated, but said to\\nhave been plainly visible when the first settlers came here) is de-\\nscribed as circular in form, and some two or three feet high at that\\ntime. This fact is fatal to the theory that it was once a French fort,\\nfor that nation never constructed circular defenses, that form being\\nopposed to all principles of European engineering, nor is there an\\ninstance known of their building an earthwork in the Indian coun-\\ntry. Far better protection against savage attacks was afforded by\\nstockades than by earthen parapets, consequently they never con-\\nstructed the latter. The old mound may have been one of the pre-\\nhistoric works so common in Ohio and other parts of the West, but\\nwhether it was such or not, the conclusion is unavoidable that Fort\\nOola, as a French defensive work, is a myth.\\ntribe emigrated to the far West, there were a considerable\\nnumber of them (including some of the chiefs) who held\\nfast to the religion which the Eomish missionaries had\\ntaught to their ancestors. In fact, there are yet living in\\nVan Buren County, near the northeast corner of Berrien,\\na number of the descendants of the ancient Pottawatlamies,\\nwho are nominally within the fold of the Catholic Church.\\nThe Pjjttaicattamics inherited the usual characteristics\\nof the Indian, and especially of the Algoriqiiin race.\\nNeither in battle, or at the council fire, could they be con-\\nsidered as the equals of the renowned and terrible Iroquois,\\nbut they were, like their allies and kindred, the Otlawas\\nand Ojibicds, brave and hardy warriors, sanguinary, cruel,\\nand implacable as enemies, generally treacherous, as were\\nall other American Indians, but often steadfast and faithful\\nfriends, as they notably proved themselves to be towards the\\nFrench. A very marked exhibition of that friendship was\\nmade in the spring of 1712, when the red warriors of the\\nSt. Joseph bravely aided the French garrison of Detroit in\\na dire extremity, and helped to save them from massacre.\\nIn the year mentioned, early in the month of May, a\\nlarge body of Outagamie {Pux) and Mascoutin Indians,\\nenemies of the other Indian tribes of the lakes, and sup-\\nposed to be in league with the Iroquois against the French,\\nsuddenly made their appearance before Fort Pontchartrain,\\nin an attitude of unmistakable hostility, constructing a\\nbreastwork near the fort, and making other preparations\\nfor its assault. The commandant, Du Bui.sson, had only a\\nforce of twenty men for its defense. The camps of his\\nIndian allies Pottawattamies, Ottawas, and \\\\Vi/ai dots\\nwere near at hand, but their braves were then absent on a\\nhunting expedition, and all he could do was to send run-\\nners to the distant hunting-grounds, to find them if possi-\\nble, and notify them of his danger, and then to await the\\nonset of the savage besiegers, whose force outnumbered his\\nmore than twenty to one.\\nOn the 13th of the month the enemy assaulted the fori.\\nTheir onslaught was most furious, and though the French\\nrepelled it gallantly, the commandant knew that without\\nreinforcements he should be compelled to yield at last to\\nthe terrible odds against them. But suddenly, in the midst\\nof the conflict, there came from the border of the surround-\\ning forest a sound, wild and terrible, but which was as\\nwelcome to Du Buisson and his men as were the shrill notes\\nof the pibroch to the beleaguered ones within the walls of\\nLucknow. It was the mingled yell of the Pottawattamie,\\nWyandot, and Ottawa warriors, who had come from the\\nhunting-grounds with all speed to their succor. The volleys\\nfrom the Indian rescuers, and the fire from the fort, soon\\ndrove the besiegers into their own defenses, and relieved\\nthe garrison for the time but the enemy was still uncon-\\nquered and defiant. The French and their allies attacked\\nin turn, but met a repulse which was followed by a sally\\nfrom their antagonists. And so for many days the battle\\nwent on without decisive results but at last the Foxes and\\nMascoiitins, realizing that they were nearly overpowered,\\nasked for peace. This being denied them, they finally, in\\ndespair, and after nineteen days of fighting, fled at mid-\\nniglit, during a furious storm, towards Lake St. Clair.\\nSeveral miles from Detroit, they again constructed a rude", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "24\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nfortification but the French and allies pursued, bringing\\nwith them two small pieces of cannon, and after three days\\nmore of fighting, their enemies were utterly broken and\\nput to flight, and the rout then became a massacre. The\\nvengeance of the Indian victors, in accordance with savage\\ncustom, was visited alike upon warriors, squaws, and chil-\\ndren. Eight hundred of these were said to have been\\nslain, and so great was the havoc made by the infuriated\\nallies of the French that the Fox nation was reported as\\nbeing entirely destroyed.*\\nThe work of butchery done by the savage allies on this\\noccasion of which the Pottawaltamies undoubtedly per-\\nformed their full share proves that there was in them the\\nsame instinct of tiger-like ferocity which nearly all the In-\\ndian tribes were wont to exhibit in the day of victory the\\nsame wolfish thirst for blood which was shown by the cop-\\nper-colored fiends at Schenectady, Wyoming, and Michilli-\\nmackinac. But the part which the Pottaivdttamies took in\\nthe rescue of the imperiled garrison of Fort Pontchartrain\\nhad the effect to strengthen the alliance between them and\\nthe French, and to draw closer the bond of friendship, which\\nwas never sundered or weakened through all the years of\\ntheir intercourse with that nation.\\nOf the history of the Pottaivattmnies during the half-cen-\\ntury which succeeded the massacre of the Foxes and Mas-\\ncoutiiis, scarcely anything is known. Doubtless they, with\\ntheir confederates, the Ottawas and OJiOwas, were engaged\\nin frequent wars with other tribes, and when not employed\\nin hostilities or hunting they lounged about their squalid\\nvillages, drinking the brandy which the French trader.s\\ngave them in exchange for their beaver-skins, boasting of\\ntheir exploits and prowess in battle, and listlessly watching\\nthe squaws as they prosecuted their rude agriculture.\\nWhen, in 174-4, war broke out between the English and\\nFrench nations, the Pottawaltamies of course espoused the\\ncau.se of the latter, and it appears that they gave material\\nassistance to the Jieiir-de-Us, for there are found in the cor-\\nrespondence of the French officials at Montreal, in the year\\n1745, numerous references to this tribe as one of their\\nIndian allies. One of these is to the effect that fifty\\nPoutewatamies, fifteen Puans, and ten Illinois warriors\\nhad arrived at Montreal to join the French forces and\\nanother memorandum, dated August 22d, in the same year,\\nmentions the arrival of thirty-eight Onlawois \\\\_Oltawas\\nof Detroit, seventeen SuiUerns, twenty-four Ilarons, and\\nfourteen Poutewatamies. These Indian auxiliaries un-\\ndoubtedly moved with the numerous expeditions which,\\nThis statement, however, was untrue, as appears by the extract\\ngiven below from a letter written by Father Marest to the Governor-\\nGeneral, dated Miehillimackinac, June 22, 1712: No doubt you\\nhave already learned the news of the recent attack on Detroit, by the\\nSac\u00c2\u00ab, Fuxca, and MnscouHns, by a canoe sent from that place. The\\nKcvercnd Father Recollet, of Detroit, informs me that about eight\\nhundred men, women, and children of tlie Foxes and MaHcnutins have\\nbeen destroyed. Yet in this large number, I presume, he does not\\nreckon forty warriors, si.\\\\ty women, and more than a hundred chil-\\ndren of the JlfoBcoiiMin, who are reported to have been killed near the\\ngreat river. Although the number of the dead is very great, the\\nFox nation is not destroyed. There still remain a great number of\\nthem near the Bay some say there are two hundred warriors, be-\\nsides those who have gone to the lioquoiu.\\nduring that war, were sent from Canada, to carry terror,\\nslaughter, and desolation into the exposed settlements of\\nNew York and New England. That war lasted for four\\nyears, and during its continuance the Pottawattamies ap-\\npear, from the frequent mention made of them, to have\\nbeen among the most active of the Indian nations who\\nturned their arms against the enemies of France.\\nAfter the peace, which was concluded in 1748 at Aix-la-\\nChapelle, there came a period of about seven years, during\\nwhich the Pottawattamies were compelled to return to their\\nprevious manner of life, and to depend solely for excitement\\non such opportunities as presented themselves for quarrels\\nwith other tribes. But to this period there succeeded\\nanother war, the final one between the English and\\nFrench in America, and in this the Pottawattamies again\\ntook part with their ancient allies. Sargentf mentions\\nthem as taking part with the French against the army of\\nGen. Braddock on the Monongahela, on the fatal 9th of\\nJuly, 1755, but this statement is not fully sustained by\\nother writers. It is certain, however, that a considerable\\nforce of them were summoned to the defense of Fort\\nDuquesne (Pittsburgh, Pa.) in 1758, and that they were\\nparticipators in the attack and massacre of the English\\nbattalion which, under command of Major Grant, had been\\nsent forward by Gen. Forbes to reconnoitre in the vicinity\\nof that French stronghold. Again, in 1759, the warriors\\nof this tribe stood in the ranks of their Gallic friends in an\\nattempt to relieve Fort Niagara, which was lield by a small\\nFrench garrison under command of D Aubry, and besieged\\nby the English and their Iroquois auxiliaries under Sir\\nWilliam Johnson. The latter was fiercely attacked by the\\nrelieving force, but the conflict was as brief as it was de-\\ncisive. The French and Indians were utterly defeated, and\\npursued for many miles through the woods. Their com-\\nmander was wounded and taken prisoner, and a large part\\nof the whole force was either .slain or captured. This is be-\\nlieved to have been the last field on which the Pottawat-\\ntamie braves ever raised the hatchet for France. The war\\nwas virtually ended by the fall of Quebec in September,\\n1759 Montreal fell in the following year, and by the treaty\\nof peace which succeeded soon after England became\\npossessor of all the territory east of the Mississippi which\\nFrance bad previously held in America. On the 29th\\nof November, 1760, the Bourbon flag was lowered from\\nthe flag-staff of the fort at Detroit, and in its place arose\\nthe red cross of St. George.\\nThe forts at St. Joseph, Michillimackinac, and Green\\nBay remained in possession of the French until the follow-\\ning year, for the reason that immediately after the surrender\\nof Detroit the weather became \u00c2\u00a70 cold that it was impracti-\\ncable for the English soldiers to pass Lake Huron. But\\nearly in August, 1701, Lieut. Leslie with three hundred\\nmen of his Majesty s Sixtieth Regiment (known as the\\nRoyal Americans reached Michillimackinac and took\\npossession of the fort, and a few days afterwards a detach-\\nment of the same force proceeded to the St. Joseph River,\\nand raised the British flag on the fort where the French\\nstandard had floated for half a century.\\nf History of BraddocU s E.\\\\pcdition.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "THE POTTAWATTAMIE OCCUPATION.\\n25\\nThe English occupation wrought a great change in the\\ncondition and feelings of the Indians. In their intercourse\\nwith the French, the latter had alway.s treated them with\\nkindness and even with politeness, and had done all that\\nwas possible to secure their lasting friendship, in which, as\\nwe have seen, they had been eminently successful. But\\nwith the new lords all this was reversed. The English\\nofficers were cold, supercilious, and severe with them, and\\neven the soldiers treated them with undisguised aversion\\nand a contempt which was in the last degree galling to the\\nproud spirit of the chiefs and warriors. It had been the\\ncustom of the French to give them presents at stated in-\\ntervals, but when the English came a different course was\\nadopted, and the presents which the Indians expected were\\neither withheld entirely or given with an exceedingly\\nsparing hand. When the French soldiers left the posts\\nthe French traders accompanied them, and their places\\nwere in all instances filled by the English, and these, says\\nParkman, were often ruffians of the coarsest stamp, who\\nvied with each other in rapacity, violence, and profligacy.\\nThey cheated, cursed, and plundered the Indians, and out-\\nraged their families; offering, when compared with the\\nFrench traders, who were under better regulations, a most\\nunfavorable example of the character of their nation.\\nThese and other causes produced in the minds of the\\nPottaicatlamies, as well as Indians of other tribes, the bit-\\nterest hatred of the English domination, and made them\\nwilling and eager to enter the conspiracy which originated\\nin the brain of the great Pontiae, principal chief of the\\nOUawas, and leader and head of the confederacy which\\nwas composed of his own nation, the Ojibwas, and the\\nPuttmmittaniies* The object of this chieftain was to band\\ntogether the tribes of the Northwest, and by a preconcerted\\narrangement to attack all the English posts on the same\\nday, massacre the garrisons, and destroy the forts, and thus\\nclear the way for the return of the French for he lent a\\ngreedy ear to the falsehoods of the Canadians, who assured\\nhim that the armies of King Louis were already advancing\\nto recover Canada, and that the French and their Indian\\nbrethren, fighting side by side, would drive the red dogs\\nback within their own narrow limits.\\nHis first movement towards the execution of this plan\\nwas the sending out, in the autumn of 1762, of emissaries\\nto the different nations, bearing belts of wampum, and in-\\nviting them to join the league. The Poltawa/tami es yielded\\na willing and eager assent, for it was the chief leader of\\ntheir confederacy who asked them to assist in the extermi-\\nnation of the hated English. The time set for the striking\\nof the blow was in the following May, but a grand Indian\\ncouncil was first to be held at the river Ecorces, not far\\naway from Detroit. This was accordingly held on the 27th\\nof April, 1763, on which occasion, after the unfolding and\\nexplanation of the plot by Pontiae, it was adopted by ac-\\nclamation. Another gathering of the conspirators was held\\nIn the Pontiae Manuscript, now in possession of the Historical\\nSociety of Michigan, and supposed to have been written by a French\\npriest, the great Indian conspirator is mentioned as Pondiac, great\\nChief of all the Ottaioas, Cliippemns, and Potliiiealtamies, and of all\\nthe nations of the lakes and rivers of the North, a man proud, vin-\\ndictive, warlike, and easily ofTcnded, etc.\\na few days later in the council-house of the Pottawaitamies\\n(who, though the home of the tribe was in the St. Joseph\\nvalley, had, like other tribes, maintained an outlying village\\nor camp near Detroit), and here the details of the plot were\\nfully matured.\\nThe plan, as regarded the fort at Detroit, was for the\\nleader and sixty of the principal chiefs to demand a council\\nwith the commandant of the fort (Maj. Gladwyn), to\\nwhich, they had no doubt, they would readily be admitted.\\nEach was to wear his blanket wrapped closely about him,\\nand under the blanket of each was to be carried a gun, the\\nbarrel of which had been shortened by filing off, for easier\\nand more perfect concealment. During the progress of the\\ncouncil, at a preconcerted signal by the leader, the chiefs\\nwere to throw off the disguise, yell the war-whoop, and\\nmurder the English officers present. The host of warriors\\noutside, Pottaivalld/mies, Ojibwas, Ottaioas, and Wi/an-\\ndots, who were to be congregated in apparent listlessness\\naround the inclosure, were to await the signal of the whoop-\\ning and firing in the council-room, and upon hearing it,\\nwere to suddenly attack and massacre the unsuspecting gar-\\nrison. The plot was well arranged, but, unfortunately for\\nits success, the details were disclosed to the commandant by\\nan Indian girl, who stood high in his favor, an Ojibicay\\nmaiden who lived in the village of the Pottawattamies.\\nThis is the tradition.\\nOn the day which had been set apart for the execution\\nof the infernal plot, May 7th, the leader with his at-\\ntendant chiefs presented themselves at the entrance, de-\\nmanded a council, were promptly admitted within the stock-\\nade, and the gate closed behind them. But there they saw\\na sight very different from what they had expected. In-\\nstead of a few careless soldiers loitering about the inclosure,\\nthey saw the entire garrison under arms and in line, the\\ndrummers ready to beat the charge, and the artillerists\\nstanding to their guns on the bastions and on entering\\nthe council-room they found the commandant and his offi-\\ncers awaiting them, each wearing sword and pistols at his\\nside. They perceived that their intentions were known\\nand their plans futile, and after a short interview, made up\\nof hollow protestations of friendship on their part, they\\nleft the fort, bursting with chagrin and baffled rage. But\\nthe chief was determined not to abandon his design. On\\nthe following day he held another council at the Pottawat-\\ntamie village, and it was then decided to attack the pali-\\nsade, and if unable to carry it, to force its surrender by\\nregular siege.\\nAccordingly, on the 10th of May the allied savages, to\\nthe number of more than eight hundred warriors, made a\\nfurious assault, which continued through the entire day, but\\nwas unsuccessful. From this time the place was besieged\\nand frequent attacks were made, but all to no purpose, and\\nat the end of about five months, upon receiving intelligence\\nthat a British force was on its way up the lake to relieve\\nDetroit, Pontiae withdrew his remaining forces and retired\\ndiscomfited to the wilderness. His plot, however, though\\nit failed here, was successful with regard to the other remote\\ngarrisons, for all the other EnglLsh posts west of Niagara\\nand Fort Pitt had been destroyed by his allies, and Detroit\\nalone remained unharmed.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "26\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nDuring the first part of the siege the PolUncatUiviies\\nwere active and energetic participators. Their warriors,\\nunder lead of their principal chief, Ninave, were more nu-\\nmerous tlian tliose of the Wtjnndots, though less than those\\nof their allies, tlie Ottaicas and OJil/was. To the Polta-\\nwattamies was assigned the work of destroying the fort (St.\\nJosepli) which was located in their own country and it\\nwas a work which they performed in the most thorough\\nand savage manner. The fort was at that time garrisoned\\nby fourteen British soldiers, under command of Ensign\\nSchlosscr. Near by was the English trading-house, and\\nthe small settlement of Canadians, whicli had been com-\\nmenced here prior to 1712. The commandant and his\\ngarrison appear to have regarded themselves as secure in\\ntheir isolated fortress, and to have been taken entirely by\\nsurprise when, on the 25th of May, the blow fell. Early\\nin the morning of that day the officer was told that a nu-\\nmerous body of Puttaiouttumles had come in from Detroit,\\nprofessedly on a visit to their people at St. Joseph, but he\\nwas to learn, all too soon, that their real mission was a\\nfar different one. Soon the Puttmcattamie chief Wash-\\nashc made his appearance, accompanied by a few other\\nIndians, having come to the fort, as he intimated, for the\\npurpose of paying his respects and having a friendly talk\\nwith the English chief; but immediately afterwards one of\\nthe Canadian residents came to Schlosser with the informa-\\ntion that the stockade was surrounded by a crowd of In-\\ndians whose appearance and behavior indicated that they\\nhad come on no peaceful errand. The commander rushed\\nfrom his quarters to the barracks, ordered the men to fall\\nin instantly with their arms, and then returned to the\\nparade-ground, where he found a great number of Indians\\nand some Canadians. While endeavoring to persuade the\\nlatter to muster for his a.ssistance against the savages, he\\nheard the sound of the war-whoop from within the barracks.\\nIt was the signal for attack. Simultaneously with the fii st\\nquaver of the terrible yell, the swarthy demons inside the\\ninclosure sunk their tomahawks in the head of the sentinel\\nat the gate, and made an entrance for the screeching horde\\non the outside. They rushed in, and in less than two min-\\nutes as Schlosser afterwards declared their bloody work\\nwas done. Eleven of the soldiers were killed and scalped,\\nand the remaining three, with the officer, were made pris-\\noners, securely bound, and marched to Detroit, where the\\nPottawatlamic murderers succeeded in exchanging them\\nwith Maj. Gladwyn for some warriors who had been made\\nprisoners by the English at the commencement of the\\nsiege.\\nThe trading-post on the St. Joseph at the time of the\\nmassacre of the garrison appears to have been owned by,\\nor in charge of, Richard Winston, who, with one or two\\nothers besides the Canadians, escaped the slaughter. An\\nextract from a letter written by him to the Detroit traders,\\nand dated June 19, 1763, is given by Mr. Parkman, in his\\nConspiracy of Pontiac, as follows Gentlemen, I ad-\\ndress myself to you all, not knowing who is alive, or who\\nis dead. I have only to inform you that, by the blessing of\\nGod and the help of M. Louison Chevalic, I escaped being\\nkilled when the unfortunate garrison was ma.ssacred, Mr.\\nIlambough and me being hid in the house of the said\\nChevalie for 4 days and nights. Mr. Hambough is\\nbrought by the Savages to the Illinois, likewise Mr. Chim.\\nUnfortunate me remains here Captive with the Savages. I\\nmust say that I met with no bad usage however I would\\nthat I was (with) some Christian or other. I am quite\\nnaked, Mr. Castacrow, who is indebted to Mr. Cole,\\nwould not give me one inch to save me from death.\\nThe slaughter of the garrison at the St. Joseph was the\\nprincipal exploit of the Puttawattamies during the series of\\nhostilities generally known as the siege of Detroit. They\\nsoon after professed to have become weary of fighting, and\\nfinally asked for peace, which was granted by Major Glad-\\nwyn. They, with the Wi/andots, pretended to withdraw\\nfrom the struggle, but this was only an exhibition of their\\ncliaracteristic treachery, for in two weeks afterwards both\\n}Yijtinduts and Pottawaltamics took part in the attack on\\nCaptain Dalzell s force, who were coming to aid Gladwyn\\nand on the 31st of July they were again found in the sav-\\nage ranks at the slaughter of Bloody Run. A little more\\nthan a month after that time they were engaged in the attack\\non the schooner Gladwyn, and sustained very severe loss\\nat the hands of the brave crew. After that affiiir they did\\nvery little fighting during the continuance of the siege,\\nand probably very little if any ever afterwards under Pon-\\ntiac. Thoy did, however, fight most fiercely to avenge his\\ndeath, which came by assassination at Cahokia, near St.\\nLouis, in 1769. The murder was charged to the Illinois\\nIndians, and when this became known among the warriors\\nof the lakes all were eager to take revenge, for their fierce\\nblood boiled at the thought that the contemptible Illinois,\\nwhom they had always looked on as their inferiors, should\\ndare to slay their redoubtable chieftain. Ottawns, Potta-\\nwattaniie.s, Ojlbwas, and several other tribes sent their war-\\nriors on the errand of vengeance, and before they returned\\nthe Illinois were almost entirely exterminated. It was dur-\\ning this retributive campaign that a party of Pottaicatta-\\nmie warriors assailed a band of Jlllnols and drove them to\\ntheir stronghold, which being unable to carry by assault,\\nthey besieged until the miserable inmates all died by star-\\nvation. The place was afterwards from this circumstance\\ncalled Starved Rock. Its location is on the Illinois\\nRiver.\\nIn 1765, George Croghan who had been a trader among\\nthe Western tribes, and who thoroughly understood their\\nfeelings and peculiarities was sent forward from Niagara\\nto reason with the Indians as far as they were capable of\\nreasoning to soften their antipathy to the English to ex-\\npose the falsehoods of the French, and to distribute presents\\namong the tribes by way of propitiation that is, to pre-\\npare them for the occupation of their country by a stronger\\nEnglish force than had yet been sent there. On tliis mis-\\nsion he held a council at Detroit, on the 17th of August,\\nwith the confederated tribes of the Michigan peninsula.\\nThey had been completely humbled by the failure of Pon-\\ntiac s scheme, and besides this, having acquired many arti-\\nficial wants since the white men came among them, they\\nwere suffering from the suspension of the fur trade, and\\nwere really so anxious for peace that thoy professed their\\nrepentance and submission in abject terms. Particular men-\\ntion is made of a band of Pottawattamics from the St.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "THE POTTAWATTAMIE OCCUPATION.\\n27\\nJoseph,* who were present at this council, and whose orator\\nin the course of a speech made on that occasion said, We\\nare no more than wild creatures to you, fathers, in under-\\nstanding; therefore we request you to forgive the past fol-\\nlies of our young people, and receive us for your children.\\nSince you have thrown down our former father on his back,\\nwe have been wandering in the dark, like blind people.\\nNow you have dispersed all this darkness which hung over\\nthe heads of the several tribes, and have accepted them for\\nyour children, we hope you will let us partake with them\\nthe light, that our women and children may enjoy peace.\\nWe beg you to forget all that is past. By this belt we\\nremove all evil thoughts from your hearts. Fathers, when\\nwe formerly came to visit our fathers the French they\\nalways sent us home joyful and we hope that you, fathers,\\nwill have pity on our women and young men, who are in\\ngreat want of necessaries, and not let us go home to our\\ntowns ashamed. This speech shows that though they had\\nlaid aside all thought of active hostility, they had by no\\nmeans given up the inveterate propensity for begging, which\\nwas universal among all the Indian tribes.\\nThe council resulted in success. Presents were quite\\nfreely distributed, and Poffawallamies, OJibwas, and Olta-\\nwiis returned to their villages well satisfied. Peace was\\nsecured, and with it a friendly feeling on the part of the\\nsavages towards their white fathers. This friendship\\nwas never as thorough or as cordial as that which had ex-\\nisted between the Indians and the French, but it was suffi-\\ncient to hold the red men in alliance with the JJnglish until\\nthe power of the latter was finally expelled fiom Michigan.\\nIn the war of the Revolution the Pu/lawullamies re-\\nmained in sympathy with the British, but it does not ap-\\npear that they afforded much material aid in the struggle.\\nSome of their warriors, as well as those of the Oltawas\\nand other Western tribes (not exceeding six hundred, how-\\never, in all), reported at Montreal, and joined the invading\\narmy of Burgoyne at the head of Lake Champlain about\\nJuly 10, 1777. These accompanied the British forces to\\nthe Hudson River, and a few are said to have been with\\nBaura at Bennington. But they became restive under the\\nstrict discipline which Burgoyne attempted to enforce (in\\nthe matter of indiscriminate slaughter for the collection of\\nscalps), and they soon after deserted, almost to the last\\nwarrior.\\nIn the winter of 1778-79, the Indian allies of the Eng-\\nlish were notified to assemble at L Arbre Croohe (Little\\nTraverse Bay), on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan, for\\nthe purpose of holding a council and organizing an expedi-\\ntion to set out from that point and proceed by way of the\\nSt. Joseph River and through the heart of the country of\\nthe Fotlawatlamics (the old route of La Salle and Mar-\\nquette by way of the Kankakee portage), to reinforce Gov-\\nernor Hamilton, the British leader, who was marching\\nagainst the American general, George Rogers Clark, the\\nlatter having taken possession of the whole llliiwis country.\\nThe tribes did not appear willing to take any further\\npart in the struggle between the white combatants, and\\nConspiracy of Pontiac, vol. ii. p. 29.3.\\nwere not prompt in responding to the call. They were,\\nhowever, finally induced to meet at the appointed rendez-\\nvous, where a grand council was held, and after a great\\ndeal of opposition and heated debate, in the Indian style, a\\nlarge expeditionary force was made up, under command of\\ntwo French halfbreeds, Charles de Langlade| and Gautier\\nde Vierville, and embarked in a great number of canoes on\\nLake Michigan. Skirting the eastern shore southward,\\nthe savage flotilla arrived early in the spring at the mouth\\nof the St. Joseph, where Langlade learned that his mission\\nwas futile, for the reason that Hamilton had surrendered\\nhis force to Clark in the latter part of February and was\\nhimself a prisoner in the American camp. Upon the re-\\nceipt of this intelligence the expedition was abandoned,\\nand the northern Indians returned (probably not unwil-\\nlingly) to their homes. The Puttawattamies, laying aside\\nthe tomahawk, remained in quiet and peace in their villages\\nalong the banks of the St. Joseph, and appeared no more\\nas participants in the conflict which ended in the independ-\\nence of the United States.\\nThe trading-post at the mouth of the St. Joseph, which\\nwas broken up by the ma.ssacre of 17ti3, was probably not\\nreopened but soon after the Revolution another was es-\\ntablished here by William Burnett, who, as tradition says,\\nwas a native of the State of New Jersey. His trading-\\nhouse was not exactly at the mouth of the river, but about\\na mile and a half (by its cour.se) farther up the stream,\\nupon its south bank, the spot being indicated by an old\\napple-orchard, supposed to have been platited by him.\\nSome of Burnett s books of account are still in existence,\\nand have been examined by the writer. They show that he\\ndid a very large business with the Indians, furnishing them\\nnot only strouds, blankets, utensils, brooches, and gewgaws,\\nbut also an abundance of ardent spirits, hatchets, and scalp-\\ning-knives in exchange for which he received great quanti-\\nties of furs of every kind, raccoon skins being largely in\\nexcess of all others. The trader s books which have been\\nfound cover the period from 1792 to 1802. The older one\\nis entitled Ledger B, dating from the commencement\\nof 1792 and extending to 1799. If Ledger A (which\\nis missing) covered a like period, this would place the date\\nof Burnett s establishment here at 1785, which is doubtless\\nabout the correct date. At about the same time Joseph\\nBertrand located in trade among the Potlawat/amies some\\nfifty miles farther up the river, but the books above named\\nindicate that the goods sold by Bertrand were owned by\\nBurnett, and that the former was in the employ of the\\nprincipal trader, Burnett. The presence of these traders\\namong the Indians must have assisted them materially in\\ntheir warfare by furnishing them with more and better\\nweapons than they had before possessed.\\nIn 1794 the red warriors of Southern Michigan were\\nagain on the war-path. Five years before, they had made\\na treaty of peace| with the Americans, but this did not\\nt The same who, in command of the Indian auxiliaries, fought on\\nthe French side against the EngUsh at the battle of the Monongahela,\\nin 1755, and who was mentioned as the person who planned and\\nexecuted the defeat of Gen. liraddoclt.\\nJ In 1789 the Polliiwallnmics and other Michig.an tribes were repre-\\nsented by their principal chiefs in a great council held on the Mus-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "28\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\ndeter them from joining the Indian hordes who collected,\\nin the year above named, to oppose the force which the\\nAmerican leader, Mad Anthony Wayne, was marching\\ninto the wilderness of Ohio for the chastisement of the\\nShawauoes and other tribes who had previously violated\\ntheir pledges by raising the hatchet against General Har-\\nmar. The Indian host, to the number of about two thou-\\nsand (made up from the three principal nations of the\\nMichigan peninsula and several other tribes, with about\\nseventy white men), gathered on the Maumee River and\\nattacked Wayne s forces at a place about five miles south\\nof the head of the rapids of that stream. But the veteran\\nwas well prepared for their reception, and, after a short but\\nliotly contested battle, the Indians gave way at every point,\\nfled in utter rout from the field, and, as was usually their\\ncustom when defeated, abandoned the campaign, and re-\\nturned to their villages humbled, crestfallen, and deeply\\nimpressed by Wayne s vigorous manner of fighting and\\nthe power of the United States. A great number of In-\\ndian warriors were left dead on the battle-field in the val-\\nley of the Maumee, and beside every one was found a mus-\\nket, bayonet, and erjuipments bearing the mark of a British\\narmory, and of course issued to them from British forts for\\nit was not until 1796 that Detroit and the other posts in\\nthe West were surrendered by England to the United\\nStates.\\nIn regard to the military post of St. Joseph very little\\nmention is found of later date than 1763. The forts at\\nMichiliimackinac and Green Bay had in the Pontiac war\\nsuffered the same fate as this at St. Joseph but in the\\naccount of the re-establishment of the former, by order of\\nGen. Bradstreet, in 1764, no mention is made of the re-\\noccupation of the latter, nor does it appear to have been\\ngarrisoned by the British during the Revolutionary war.\\nIts history must, therefoi e, be considered as virtually closed*\\nby the massacre of its garrison by the Puttawattamies.\\nAfter the deserved punishment administered to the In-\\ndian tribes at the Maumee by Gen. Wayne, in 1794, that\\ncommander sent messengers summoning their chiefs to\\ncouncil, to which they very readily assented. The head\\nmen of the Pottawnttamies, Cli!ppcwas, Otlauas, and\\nnine other tribes met the general in council at Greenville\\nin 1795, and there concluded a treaty of peace and friend-\\nship with the United States, which wa^ quite faithfully kept\\nfor about fifteen years. The Sluiwanoes and other tribes made\\na large cession of land in Ohio to the United States, but the\\nMichigan Indians were left in undisturbed possession of their\\nterritory (except some inconsiderable tracts in the vicinity of\\nDetroit and Michiliimackinac), and it was declared on the\\nkinguui River by Gen. St. Clair, Governor of tlie Norlhwest Terri-\\ntory and there they concluded a solemn treaty of peace with the\\ngovernment of the United States.\\nAbout the commencement of the present century the United\\nStates government sent commissioners to the St. Joseph to negotiate\\nwith the Indians for land on which to establish a fort at the mouth\\nof the river (the lands of Southwestern Michigan not having been\\nceded at that time), but the red proprietors refused, and the commis-\\nsioners then selected the location at Chicago, upon which Fort Dear-\\nborn was erected in 1804,\\nf The name of that tribe was originally and properly OJibicu, but\\nin the treaties of the United States it is spelled Cluppewui/ or Ckiji-\\npcivu, which latter is the usual orthography of later years.\\npart of the government that the Indian tribes who have\\na right to those lands are quietly to enjoy them, hunting,\\nplanting, and dwelling thereon as long as they please, with-\\nout any molestation from the United States. Among the\\nIndian signatures to this treaty there appears, ov the part\\nof the Pottawattamicx, the mark and name of Topinabe,\\nwho was then the head chief of the tribe, and continued to\\nhold that position and dignity until his death, nearly forty\\nyears afterwards.\\nIn the autumn of 1810 the vilLiges of the Pottawada-\\nmies received a visit from an Indian personage scarcely less\\nfamed than the great Pontiac himself This visitor was\\nnone other than the Shawanoe chieftain, Tecumseh, who\\ncame accompanied by three other chiefs, all mounted on\\nspirited black ponies, bound on a mission to this and other\\nWestern tribes for the purpose of enlisting them in a league,\\nsimilar to that in which they had joined with Pontiac\\nnearly a half century before, for the destruction of the\\nwhites. His fiery eloquence prevailed, and the Pottawat-\\ntamie chiefs, with Topinabe at their head, promised to enter\\nthe combination. We do not find them engaged in actual\\nhostilities, however, until the fall of the following year,\\nwhen three hundred warriors of this tribe some from the\\nsouthwest of Lake Michigan and some from the St. Joseph\\nattacked Gen. Harrison at Tippecanoe before daybreak,\\nin the morning of the 7th of November. For two or three\\nhours the battle raged furiously the Shawunoes and Pot-\\ntaicatfamie braves fought with desperation, and many of\\nthe Americans were slain. But at length the steady valor\\nof the whites prevailed over the fierce energy of the In-\\ndians, and the latter gave way at all points, fleeing for\\ntheir lives. Being wholly defeated, the Pottaivattamies,\\nof course, returned with all speed to their villages and\\nthese were so far distant that they esc.iped all further pun-\\nishment for the part they had taken.\\nWhen war was declared between England and the United\\nStates, in 1812, there could have been but little reasonable\\ndoubt as to which side the Michigan Indians would join,\\nyet both British and Americans appear to have felt con-\\nsiderable anxiety in regard to the matter, and both parties\\nsent emissaries to the Pottawattami es on the St. Joseph to\\nobserve their movements, and to do what might be done to\\nsecure them as allies. The American commandant at De-\\ntroit sent Robert Forsyth with a small party, among whom\\nwas Jean Baptiste Chandonais,\u00c2\u00a7 a French halfbreed, who\\nhad lived among these Indians for a number of years,\\nhaving been employed here by William Burnett,|| the\\ntrader, as early as 1792, and from that time until 1799 at\\nleast. He was, therefore, well known here, and on that\\naccount an excellent man for the business then in hand.\\nHe was usually called simply Baptiste, or more nearly\\nBatteese. The agent sent by the English was John\\nChandonais, an uncle of Baptiste, and equally fiimiliar with\\nJ Wisconsin Hist. Soo. Collections.\\ng This Chandonais received a pension from the government during\\nhis life for services to the United States in the war of 1S12-15. Ho\\nalso received (at the request of the Indians in the treaty of 1821) a\\ngrant of two sections of land on the north side of the St. Joseph\\nRiver.\\n11 Burnett s boolis of accounts show this fact.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "THE POTTAWATTAMIE OCCUPATION.\\n29\\nIndian life and at home among them. He was then in\\nthe service of the British, and had come up from Michilli-\\nmackinac on this errand, having with him a party of about\\nthirty Cliippetvn Indians.\\nIn the account which is given of this occurrence, it is\\nstated that the Pottniofitlamies were about to hold a council\\nto determine the course they would pursue in the impend-\\ning war, and that the British and American agents had\\ncome for the purpose of being present on the occasion. It is\\nnot probable that such was the case, but however this may\\nhave been, it is certain that the two parties met at or near\\nBurnett s trading-house, and that the elder Chandonais,\\nenraged at finding his nephew there in the interest of\\nthe Americans, demanded of him that he should join the\\nBritish side or .surrender himself a prisoner. In short, he\\nwas determined that he should go to Michillimackinac by\\nfair means or by foul. Baptiste told his uncle that it was\\nuseless to parley, that he would not abandon the American\\ncause nor would he be taken prisoner; and, cocking a double-\\nbarreled gun which he held in his hand, he added that if\\nhe the uncle\u00e2\u0080\u0094 should attempt to approach him for that\\npurpose, and should pass a certain line which he indicated\\non the ground between them, he would do so at the peril of\\nhis life.\\nJohn Chandonais, being a brave and determined man\\nand probably having no thought that Baptiste would exe-\\ncute his threat, drew his sword and boldly advanced, but\\nthe instant he stepped beyond the limit a ball from his\\nnephew s gun entered his heart, and he fell dead on the\\nfatal boundary. The Clu ppewas of the British party\\nrushed to the spot and set up a hideous yelling but Bap-\\ntiste Chandonais who spoke their language as well as\\nhis own met them coolly, and told them that he was\\nsorry he had been compelled to kill his uncle, but that\\nhe was determined not to be captured, and that the first\\none who crossed the line would be a dead Indian that he\\ndid not fear them, for his Pottawattamie friends would stand\\nby him and never see him injured (in which he was no\\ndoubt correct) and finally that if they would be quiet and\\nmake no trouble, and would help bury his uncle, he would\\ngive them plenty of fire-water, which would be much pref-\\nerable to being incumbered with a troublesome prisoner,\\neven if they were able to take him. Upon this a consulta-\\ntion was held, and they finally agreed, for the consideration\\nof ten gallons of rum, to make no disturbance about the\\nmatter, but to allow him and his companions to depart in\\npeace. The dead man was buried near where he fell (the\\nspot being on the farm of the late Capt. Samuel Gr. Lang-\\nley, in St. Joseph town.ship), a cross erected over his grave,\\nand then Chandonais and Forsyth left without delay for\\nDetroit/^ An arrangement had been made with the trader\\nBurnett, by which (as a precautionary measure) the Chtp-\\n2)ewas were not to receive the ten gallons of rum until the\\nnext morning. It was delivered to them at that time, and,\\nupon receiving it they set out on their return to the North.*\\nIf the Fottawattamies had not already determined on the\\ncourse they would pursue in the impending hostilities, they\\nMany of the facts relating to this killing of the elder Chaudon-\\naiswcre related by Maj. Forsyth himself to Mr. Jchial Enos, who is\\nnow living in Benton.\\narrived an an instant conclusion when, immediately after this\\noccurrence, runners appeared in their villages bearing the\\nannouncement from Tecumseh that war had been declared,\\nand asking them to take part with him against the United\\nStates. They acceded to the proposal at once, and a band\\nof warriors were soon on the war-path, marching towards\\nthe southeast, where, on the 5th of August, they took\\npart, with Ottawos and Shawnnoes, in the attack and\\nslaughter of Maj. Vaii/Horn s command on the river Raisin.\\nTen days later the lllinok branch of the tribe attacked\\nthe garrison of Fort Dearborn (sixty-six men and several\\nfamilies, who had already evacuated the work and were\\nmarching eastward), massacred about one-half their number,\\nand took the rest prisoners. Probably there were but few,\\nif any, of the St. Joseph Indians concerned in this atrocious\\naffair.\\nLate in the fall of the same year a force of about five\\nhundred Indians of the Northwest, under command of the\\nafterwards famous chief Black Hawk, and accompanied by\\na small band of Illinois Futtaicallamies, under their chief\\nShaubena,f passed along the southern shore of Lake Mich-\\nigan, and through a part of the valley of the St. Joseph, on\\ntheir way to join Tecum.seh on the river Raisin. No doubt\\nthe sight of this large body of warriors inflamed the ardor of\\nthe Pottawattamies, and caused their braves to flock to the\\nEnglish standard in still larger numbers, for it is stated by\\nAuchinleck, the Canadian historian of the war of 1812-15,\\nthat at the battle of the Raisin, which was fought not long\\nafterwards (Jan. 22, 1813) between the American forces\\nunder Gen. Winchester and the English under Gen. Proctor,\\nthere were two hundred Pottawattamies engaged on the Brit-\\nish side, under Tecumseh. They fought with great bravery\\nin that battle, but afterwards enacted a part which might put\\ndevils to shame, in the frightful butchery of the prisoners\\nwho had been captured there.J\\nIn the force which, under Proctor and Tecumseh, moved\\nagainst the American post of Lower Sandusky (now Fre-\\nmont, Ohio) in the following summer, the Pottawattamies\\nwere still more numerously represented, about three hun-\\ndred and fifty of their warriors being present, out of a total\\nof some twelve hundred Indians of all tribes. The assault\\non the fort was made on the 2d of August by about five\\nhundred British troops, while the Indians surrounded the\\nwork and kept up an unintermitted fire on the defenders\\nwherever they could be seen. But the attacking column\\nwas completely repulsed by the one hundred and sixty\\nAmericans within the fort, commanded by the gallant Maj.\\nCroghan, and soon the red and white assailants retired from\\nthe field, defeated. Afterwards, the Pottaicattamies took\\nf Sketch of Shaubena, a I ullawiillaniie chief, in Wisconsin Hist.\\nSoc. Collections, vol. vii.\\nt The Poltiiwatliimica and other tribes engaged at this battle are\\ncharged with deeds even more horrible than that of massacre, and\\nthat, too, by those whose testimony carries great weight. Rev. Isaac\\nMcCoy, long a missionary among the Indians of the St. Joseph, snys,\\nFrom well attested facts we are compelled to believe that the I ulla-\\nwallamies, Otiaicas, ChqiiKwuH, and Miamis have all been guilty of\\ncannibalism. If the accounts of the Indians can be credited, the\\nlast war with England, in which Indians were mercenaries on both\\nsides, was disgraced by cannibalism, the last instance of which we\\nhave been informed having occurred near Fort Meigs, on the Maumee\\nRiver, in 1813.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "30\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\npart in several other engagements, of which the principal\\nand the last was the battle of the Thames, which occurred\\non the 5th of October, 1813. In this battle they, and all\\nthe Indian allies, fought with unusual desperation, for they\\nfelt that all their hopes of final success were staked on the\\nsuccess of the day. After the British infantry had given\\nway, the savages still fought on with fierce determination,\\nthough against overwhelming odds, until at length Tecum-\\nseh fell, and then, knowing that all was lost and further\\nfighting useless, they yielded and fled.\\nThe field of the Thames was the last battle-ground of the\\nPutUncattamies. Their utter defeat on that day, and the\\ndeath of Tecumseh, had extinguished forever all hope of\\nsuccessful resistance to the Americans. They, like the\\nother tribes, sued for peace, and receiving the mercy which\\nthey had no right to expect, gave hostages for their future\\ngood conduct, retired to their villages, sullen at first, but\\nthoroughly subjugated, and never raised the tomahawk\\nCHAPTER IV.\\nTHE POTTAWATTAMIES OF THE ST. JOSEPH\\nAPTEK 1815.\\nThe St. Joseph Indians as they were found by the Protestant Mission-\\naries in 1S22 The Effects of Fire-Water apparent in their Poverty\\nand Wretched Condition Their Superstiiion and Strange Festivals\\nPottawattamie Chiefs and their Villages Sobriety and Humanity\\nof the Chief Poliagon\u00e2\u0080\u0094 His Conversion to the Catholic Faith\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Im-\\nproved Condition of the Indians during the First Part of the Mis-\\nsionaries Stay among Them Their Later Relapse to a Worse State\\nthan ever\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Departure of the Missionaries Consent of the Potta-\\nwattamies to Emigrate from their Homes in the St, Joseph Valley\\nPokagon and other Catholic Indians refuse to go Final Removal\\nof the Rest of the Tribe to Lands beyond the Mississippi.\\nBetween the time of the subjugation of the Michigan\\ntribes, following the death of Tecumseh, and the time when\\nactual settlement began to be made by whites within the\\nterritory that is now embraced in the counties of Ber-\\nrien and Van Buren, there intervened a period of about\\nfifteen years. During the last half of tliis period, the Rev.\\nIsaac McCoy spent the greater part of his time among the\\nPottawattamies of the St. Joseph Valley, and some idea of\\ntheir condition and mode of life is gained from his pub-\\nlished narrative, or journal, covering the time of his labors\\nhere. There had been, for many years, at least two trad-\\ning-posts established among them on the river (Burnett s,\\nat near the mouth, above where St. Joseph village now\\nstands, and Bertrand s, at the old village of Bertrand, on\\nthe ea.st side of the river, in the present township of Nilcs),\\nand the access which they thus obtained to the white\\nman s whisky had resulted to them, as it has to all other\\ntribes, in advancing them far on the road to demoralization\\nand wretchedness.\\nIn the very first entry made by Mr. McCoy with refer-\\nence to this region, he relates that on the 16th of May,\\n1822, we reached the French trading-house [Bertrand s*]\\nat Pare aux Vaches by traveling through the rain. I was\\nHe had come from Fort Wayne, Ind., and consequently entered\\nthe valley from the southward.\\nsorry to hear that many of the chiefs, whom I desired to\\nsee in reference to our settlement in that country, had gone\\nto Lake Michigan to engage in a drunken frolic; a trader\\nhaving arrived at that place with a quantity of whisky.\\nOn the 23d we passed three drunken Indians, lying\\nasleep in the weeds, and also passed many others who\\nwere intoxicated. Again, he quotes from a letter written\\nto him, during his temporary absence, by Mr. Lykins, one\\nof his associates at the St. Joseph, to the effect that the\\nIndians in the vicinity had been in a continual state of\\nintoxication for twenty-eight days, and that the traders\\nappeared to have enough liquor on hand to keep them in\\nthat condition during the entire spring and summer. This\\ndebauchery resulted in frequent murders, of which a large\\nnumber were committed every year among them, and all,\\nwith scarcely an exception, were caused by drunkenness.\\nThe extreme poverty and destitution which prevailed\\namong the Indians at the time when Mr. McCoy first came\\namong them is shown by this entry: I did not see among\\nthem a particle of either bread or meat, excepting a few\\npigeons which they had killed with sticks. Some deer\\nmight have been taken, but they were destitute of powder\\nand lead, and had not anything with which to purchase\\nthose articles. Excepting roots and weeds, their only food\\nat this time consisted of corn and dried beans, of which\\ntheir stock was exceedingly small. It is difficult to under-\\nstand, however, why they were unable to get powder and\\nlead with which to secure the necessaries of life (game),\\nwhen they apparently found so little difficulty in obtaining\\nwhisky from the traders.\\nIn regard to their dwellings, he makes this allusion\\nIn our excursion [his preliminary visit to the country in\\nthe spring of 1822] we called at two lonely little huts, one\\nmade of bark and the other of flags. Here I met with a\\nchief from a neighboring village, who, with the rest of the\\ncompany, appeared delighted with the prospect of our set-\\ntling near them, and by many rude expressions of friend-\\nship welcomed me to their country. The wigwam of flags\\nwas circular, about ten feet in diameter, and about seven\\nfeet high in the centre. The smoke from the fire in the\\nmiddle of the hut escaped through an opening above. The\\ndoor was closed by a deer-skin attached to the upper part.\\nAnd the condition of its inmates he describes as even more\\nwretched than that of the habitation.\\nThe vicinity of our place, f says Mr. McCoy, had\\nbeen occupied by the Putaivntomies from time immemorial.\\nFormerly the tribe, then numerous, generally resided here\\nin one extensive settlement. Many had been buried on\\nthe shore of the St. Joseph and in the neighborhood. A\\nprincipal village of the tribe is mentioned as being situated\\nfive miles from the mission. Elsewhere he mentions that\\nOn the 18th [Jlay, 1822] I rode to Menominee s and\\nPcheekos villages, and We halted and conversed a while\\nwith the people at Rum s village, and at night pitched our\\ntents amidst a fall of rain but does not describe the pre-\\ncise location of any of these settlements, except the ancient\\nand abandoned one first named. About the Indian vil-\\nlajres, he says, or where villages had once been situated,\\nf The west side of the river near West Niles.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "THE POTTAWATTAMIES OF THE ST. JOSEPH AFTER 1815.\\n31\\nwe often found blue grass,* which affords some grazing at\\nall seasons. On our journey we availed ourselves of a prac-\\ntice, common to us, of seeking those grassy places, though\\nat the expense of turning out of our way. We lodged in\\none of the bark huts, but the dreariness of those places in\\nwinter can hardly be conceived by one who has not visited\\nthem not an individual is to be seen about them, nor any\\ndomestic animals, nor anything which is to be employed\\nfor the future use of the unsettled owners on their return\\nat the commencement of warm weather.\\nThe Fottawattamies of that late day appear to have been\\nas firmly held in the bonds of superstition as wore their an-\\ncestors in the time of La Salle and Marquette. In regard\\nto this Mr. McCoy relates the following incident. In the\\nfall of 1826 a large company of these Indians had been col-\\nlected on the St. Joseph, to attend a treaty-council on the\\nWabash. After their company was formed, which con-\\nsisted of four or five hundred souls, they set out for the\\ntreaty-ground, compelled by circumstances to travel slowly.\\nWithin the first three days journey their most expert\\nhunters, to the number sometimes of fifty, with their utmost\\ndiligence were unable to kill a deer. They saw game, and\\noften shot at it, but killed nothing. The consequence was\\nthat they began to be distressed for food. Soon after the\\ncompany halted to encamp on the evening of the third day,\\nSaugana, a well-known chief, fell asleep and slumbered\\nsoundly through the night. On the following morning he\\ninformed the company that in a dream a person had ac-\\nquainted him with the cause which rendered their hunting\\nunsuccessful, which was an error in Chebass, a celebrated\\nchief, who had been the principal agent in prevailing on\\nthem to set off on the journey, and had neglected to make\\na sacrificial feast before they started. He had started on\\nthis journey, the dreamer said, as a white man would, with-\\nout making any religious preparation and fur this derelic-\\ntion of duty the whole company had been rebuked by the\\nGreat Spirit, to realize the scarcity of food. In order to\\npropitiate the Deity, Chebass must fast that day, and twelve\\nmen, neither more or fewer, with faces blacked, ^indica-\\ntive of hunger and want and of their devotion, must pro-\\nceed to their hunting six of them on each side of the trail\\nalong which the company had to travel. By the time the\\nsun had risen to a height pointed out in the heavens (we\\nwould say about nine o clock), Saugana said they would\\nhave killed four deer. Such, he assured them, would be\\nthe fact, because he had seen in the vision four deer lying\\ndead. The hunters set off according to instructions, killed\\nthe four deer within the time spoken of, and brought them\\nto the company. A general halt was called. The four\\ndeer, including head, legs, and feet, were all boiled at the\\nsame time, and feasting immediately followed, in which all\\nparticipated, excepting Chebass. The feast was considered\\nhis, and on that account it was necessary for him to fast\\nuntil the sun had gone down. Several speeches were made\\nduring the festival. About noon of the same day the com-\\nHe evidently alludes to the well-known blue grass of Kentucky,\\nanil there is no probability of his being mistaken in it, as he was en-\\ntirely familiar with the blue grass region of that State. J?ut it. ia a\\nlittle curious that the location of an Indian village should bring it in\\nwhere it had not before existed.\\npany resumed their march, and on the following day they\\nkilled five deer and one bear, and during the two or three\\nremaining days of their journey they had plenty.\\nAn account of a Pottawattamie festival, at which he was\\npresent, is thus given by the reverend missionary In the\\nsummer of 1825 I attended an Indian festival, which, ac-\\ncording to custom, they .accompanied with dancing.\\nThe aged chief Topinabe led in the ceremonies. He de-\\nlivered a speech of considerable length, without rising from\\nhis seat, with a grave countenance, and his eyes almost\\nclosed. He then sat and drummed with one stick, and\\nsung at the same time, while his aid at his side rattled a\\ngourd. At length four women appeared before him and\\ndanced. A while after this he arose, delivered another\\nspeech, then, drumming and dancing, turned, and moving\\nslowly round the dancing hall, was followed by all the party.\\nWhen he had performed his part in leading, others went\\nthrough the same ceremonies, and these were repeated until\\nevery pair had twice led in the dance. These exercises\\nwere accompanied with many uncouth gestures and strange\\nnoises. Three large kettles of meat, previously boiled,\\nwere hanging over a small fire near the centre of the house,\\nand occasionally a man would stoop to the kettle and drink\\na little soup. One fellow, assuming a frantic air, attended\\nwith whooping, lifted out of a kettle a deer s head, and\\nholding it by the two horns, with the nose from him, pre-\\nsented it first upwards, and afterwards towards many of the\\nbystanders, as he danced round hallooing. The droppings\\nof the broth were rather an improvement than an injury to\\nthe floor, it being of earth, and now becoming pretty dusty.\\nAt the conclusion, which was after sun-setting, each brought\\nhis or her vessel, and received a portion of the food. Che-\\nbass, a chief, sent to nie and invited me to eat with him,\\nand I having consented, he placed his bowl on the earth\\nbeside me and said, Come, let us eat in friendship. After\\neating, another speech was delivered, the music followed, all\\njoined in the dance with increased hilarity, and most of\\nthem with their kettles of meat and broth in their hands,\\nand, at length breaking off, each went to his home. Mr.\\nMcCoy mentions this as one of their religious festivals, but\\nin his description of it there seems to be very little to indi-\\ncate that character.\\nThe chief Topinabe, mentioned above as the leader of\\nthe festival ceremonies, and who, as before noticed, was the\\nrepresentative of the Puttawattamies at the treaty of Green-\\nville, in 1795, was the ranking chief of the tribe for a period\\nof forty years. His village at the time mentioned was lo-\\ncated on the present farm of David Gitchell, in section 5 of\\nthe township of Bertrand. This village was established by\\nthe old chief in or about 1825. Mr. McCoy, in his narra-\\ntive of events in that year, says, I on one occasion went\\nwith two young men to the neio settlement formed near our\\nplace by Topinabe, the principal chief, and his party, where\\nwe found the inhabitants engaged in a horrid bacchanalian\\nrevel. After searching among them awhile, I found a keg\\nof spirits, but I had scarcely taken hold on it before it was\\nseized by the drinking Indians, and I was under the neces-\\nsity of leaving it in their possession. It is evident from\\nthis that the village had been recently located at that place.\\nIt was afterwards known as Swoptuck.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "32\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nTopinabe is spoken of as bein a man of ability and a\\nbrave and cunning warrior and there is little doubt that\\nthis is true of him, otherwise he could not have remained\\nso long the acknowledged leader of the tribe. But during\\nthe latter years of his life he became addicted to the use of\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2whisky, and was its abject slave. At the treaty of Chi-\\ncago, in 1821, where lie represented the tribe in the matter\\nof a proposed cession of lands to the United States, he was\\nadvised by the commissioner. Gen. Cass, to keep sober, if\\npossible, so as to secure a good bargain for himself and his\\npeople but the characteristic reply of the Putlaicattamie\\nsagamore was, Father, we do not care for the land, nor\\nthe money, nor the goods what we want is whisky give\\nus whisky. He was then very old, and from that time\\nhis progress towards complete degradation was rapid. One\\nof the assistants of Mr. McCoy in the St. Joseph Valley in\\nreporting to him the situation of affairs there in May, 1826,\\nsaid, Since we wrote you last, I suppose the Indians have\\nnot passed a single day without drinking. Poor old To-\\npinabe (principal chief) is said to be near iiis end from in-\\ntoxication. And, finally, the death of the old chief is\\nmentioned by Mr. McCoy, as follows On the 27th of\\nJuly, 1826, a poor, destitute Indian woman was murderefl,\\nabout a mile and a half from our house, by Pottawattamies,\\nunder circumstances too shocking to be related. About the\\nthe same time, Topinabe, the principal chief, fell from his\\nhorse, under the influence of ardent spirits, and received an\\ninjury of which he died two days afterwards.* Both these\\ndeaths are attributed to the whisky-sellers.\\nThe chief Pokagon (spelled also Pocagin), whose rank\\nin the tribe was second only to that of Topinabe, was\\nwholly different from his superior iu the matter of whisky\\ndrinking. He is mentioned as a Patuiodtomie chief of\\nrespectability by Mr. McCoy, who, in another part of his\\nnarrative, says, Many of the Indians manifested a dislike\\nto the trafiic in ardent spirits, fraught with ruin to them-\\nselves, though they seldom possessed fortitude enough to\\nwithstand the temptation to drink. On the 20th of August\\n(1824), Pocagin, a chief, and many others came to inform\\nus of liquor in their country, and expressed a wish to go\\nand seize it. We could not hope that Indians in such cases\\nwould be governed by sound discretion, and therefore dis-\\nThis statement of the time and manner of Topinabe s death a\\nstatement m.ade by a man of undoubted veracity, who was well ac-\\nquainted with the person whoso death he records, and who was living\\nin the midst of the Indians at the time would seem to be sufficient\\nproof that the old chief died in July or August, 1826, if it were not\\nfor the unexplained fact that the name of To-pen-e-bee appears at the\\nhead of the Indian signatures to the treaties of 1S28, at Carey Mis-\\nsion, of 1832, at Tippecanoe River, and of 1833, at Chicago, the latter\\nbeing the last in which his name is found. It is known that there\\nwas among the St. Joseph Indians another Topinabe, a much younger\\nman (but whether a son of the old chief or not is not known), and it\\nis, of course, possible that he may have been the Topinab6 whose name\\najipears in the above-mentioned treaties; but it is hardly likely that\\nbe could have been a chief of sufficiently exalted rank to assume the\\nplace of the veteran who had sat in Q^^ivy treaty-council in which his\\ntribe had been represented since 1795, and to entitle his name to take\\npreecdoneo of those of the other chiefs present. Much pains has been\\ntaken to ascertain the e,\\\\act date of Topinabc s death, but without\\nsuccess. The strongest probability, however, seems to be that it was\\nthe old chief Topinabe who signed the treaties of 1823, 1832, and\\n183.!.\\nsuaded them from their purpose. The missionary also\\nrelates an incident, .showing that Pokagon po.sscssed also\\nfeelings of humanity which were very unusual among the\\nPuttawatlamie Indians. After mentioning that a large body\\nof Sdulc Indians^ had passed along the St. Joseph Valley,\\non their return from Detroit, in August, 1827, he says,\\nA few days after the Sniiks had passed on, Pocagin and\\nhis wife visited us, bringing with them an Indian boy, ap-\\nparently about eleven years of age, supposed to be a Naiido-\\ntvisse (^Siotix), whom they had purchased of the Saulcs.\\nPocagin having heard that in divers villages of the Piila-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0walomies the Sanks had been offering a person for sale,\\nwent to them and proposed purchasing. He gave for the\\nboy three horses, saddles and bridles, and other property,\\nequal in value to a fourth horse. The boy had been taken\\npri.soner by the Saitks, and illy treated. Several soars on\\nhim were pointed out to us, occasioned by the blows of a\\ncruel old woman, to whom he had belonged. In making\\nthe purchase, it seemed that Pocagin had been actuated in\\na good degree by humane motives. In evidence of the sin-\\ncerity of our commendation of this praiseworthy act, we\\npresented the boy with a couple of garments, of which we\\nperceived he was still in want. It was certainly very re-\\nmarkable to find a chief of the ferocious PottawatUiniies\\ngiving the value of four horses to save an unfortunate pris-\\noner from cruel treatment.\\nMr. Edward B. Cowles, who was once a pupil of Mr.\\nMcCoy, says of this chief that he was the reality of the\\nnoble red man of whom we read. He was a man of con-\\nsiderable talent, and in his many business transactions with\\nthe early settlers was never known to break his word.\\nEach chief of note appears to have had his separate vil-\\nlage. That of Pokagon was located on the Jacob Troup\\nfarm, in the south part of the township of Bertrand, on\\nPokagon Creek, about one mile from the St. Joseph\\nRiver. The village is laid down on the survey of the\\nMichigan and Indiana State line, made in 1827. The\\nChicago road was also surveyed through it. The chief s\\nhouse was on the north side of the stream, in section 16\\nof the township. On an eminence in section 22, on land\\nnow owned by William Copp, was located the Indian cem-\\netery, where some of Pokagon s people were buried, though\\nhe himself was not. A part of the old cedar cross which\\nmarked the burial-place was standing there in very recent\\nyears.\\nThis village of Pokagon was established after Mr. SlcCoy\\ncame among the Indians, and is thus mentioned by him\\nPocagin and his party had commenced a village about six\\nmiles from us [probably it was about that distance by the\\nroute then traveled], and manifested a disposition to make\\nthemselves more comfortable. It was one of our places of\\npreaching. In the spring of 1826 we were about to aflTord\\nthem some assistance in making improvements, when one\\nof those white men who are commonly hanging about the\\nf Large bodies of Sauls passed through this region every year, on\\ntheir way to and from Maiden, Canada, where they went to receive\\nthe small annuities given them by the British government for their\\nservices against the United States in the war of 1812-15. On these\\njourneys they frequently had prisoners and sealjis with them. Mr.\\nMcCoy says they were addicted to cannibalism, even at that late date.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "THE POTTAWATTAMIES OF THE ST. JOSEPH AFTER 1815.\\n33\\nIndians for the sake of flaying them, like crows around a\\ncarcass, interfered, and made a contract for making improve-\\nments. This ended in disappointment to the Indians. Po-\\ncagin applied to us, and in November we hired white men\\nto erect for them three hewed-Iog cabins, and to fence twenty\\nacres of prairie-land. We saw that justice was done to the\\nIndians in regard to price and the good performance of the\\nwork, and we subsequently employed our team and hands\\nto plow up the new prairie-land for them. We also pre-\\nsented to them some stock hogs, and loaned them a milch-\\ncow, for their encouragement to raise stock. Pokagon was\\na convert to the Catholic religion, and continued in that\\nfaith during his life. He used all his powers to prevent\\nthe final emigration of his tribe, and was one of the few\\nwho did not accompany them to the West. He died at\\nSilver Creek, in Cass County, and there his bones repose.\\nWeesaw was the war-chief of all the Indians of the St.\\nJoseph. He was a great lover of gorgeous dress, and of all\\nforms of Indian pomp and show. One of his three wives\\nwas Topinabe s daughter, and she was the favorite, on whom\\nhe bestowed the most and the choicest of the tawdry finery\\nwhich he was able to procure. She was almost constantly\\nwith him, and on their visits to the white settlements always\\ntook precedence of the other wives, by walking next behind\\nher lord, the others following her. Weesaw s village was\\nlocated on the south .side of the St. Joseph River, on or\\nnear the corner-point of sections 15, 16, 21, and 22, in the\\ntownship of Niles, some two miles below the central part of\\nthe city. An Indian burial-ground was situated in the\\nbend of the river, a short distance below the village. Wee-\\nsaw was a lover of strong drink, and was killed by his own\\nson in a drunken brawl.\\nChebass was a chief of the tribe, and evidently one of\\nhigh rank, as appears from the fact that he was one of the\\ndi.stingui.shed guests invited by Mr. McCoy to his New\\nYear s dinner in 1823, which was soon after his arrival in\\nthe Indian country. The good missionary says, On the\\n1st of January we deemed it expedient to invite Topinabe\\nand Chebass, principal chiefs, and some others, to partake\\nof a frugal meal with us, some attention having generally\\nbeen paid to the 25th of December and the 1st of January\\nby white men among them, most of whom have been\\nFrench Catholics, from whom the natives derived a knowl-\\nedge of these holidays. In July, 1827, a son of Chebass,\\nprobably in a drunken fit, brutally murdered the son of an\\nIndian named Owl, and set fire to the dwelling of a Fot-\\ntawattainic named Shakwaukshuk. One of Shakwauk-\\nshuk s wives, says the missionary, was a sister of the mur-\\nderer. She very unconcernedly said that her brother had\\nbecome so troublesome that the Indians were about to look\\nfor him and kill him. A few hours afterwards the chief\\nChebass called on us and said he was in great distress that\\na council was to be held on the following day, when the\\nfamily of the murdered man would demand vengeance on\\nhis son, who had participated in the murder. He said he\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0would take a horse to the council as an atonement for the\\noffense. The culprit and the price of atonement would be\\nplaced near each other, and the avengers could make their\\nchoice of one or the other. He awaited the decision in an\\nagony of hope and fear, and equal to his anxiety must have\\n5\\nbeen his joy when it was decided that the oifender should\\nnot be executed.\\nChebass appears to have been among the progressive por-\\ntion of the Poltawallamies, as the reverend missionary tells\\nus that In the spring season of this year [1824] Chebass,\\none of the principal Pulawatomie chiefs, and two other\\nfamilies, commenced improving their lands In a manner that\\nwas really promising. Three log cabins were erected, and\\ntwo considerable fields fenced with rails. In this labor, and\\nin plowing the fields, we afforded them some assistance.\\nThe location of Chebass village has not been definitely\\nascertained.\\nAnother chief (probably of lower degree) was Saugana,\\nthe same one whose remarkable dream was believed by the\\nIndians to have provided food for the party on Its way to\\nthe treaty of the Wabash, in 1826. Very little mention is\\nmade of him except that when, in 1827, the Pottawattdnilc\\nchiefs were approached by emissaries from the Winnehagoes\\ninviting them to join In a war of extermination against the\\nwhites, he was one of the most positive and indignant reject-\\ners of the proposal and that when intelligence arrived\\nthat the Winnchagoea had actually commenced hostilities,\\nSaugana, with fifteen other chiefs and head men, visited the\\nmissionaries, to whom he, as chief speaker, made this re-\\nassuring address Our brother, we are sorry to hear that\\nsome Indians have been fighting with the white people.\\nThis is not good, and we will not join them we will re-\\nmain at peace we are happy that you have come to live\\namong us, and that you are our friend, the same as one of\\nus. You will know everything that passes among the\\nwhites. If anything should occur that we ought to know\\nfor our safety, we desire you to infoi m us, and advise us\\nwhat to do. We will understand all that occurs among the\\nIndians. If we hear anything of danger to you we will\\ninform you. Finally, I can say no more than do you take\\ncare of us, and we will take care of you.\\nMoccasin, or Porcupine-Moccasin, as he is called by\\nMcCoy, was a Pottawaltamie, whose village was situated\\non the west bank of the St. Joseph, at a place which is still\\nknown as Moccasin Bluff, something more than a mile\\nnorth of Buchanan village. The mi.ssionary, so frequently\\nquoted in preceding pages, makes the following mention of\\nthis chief: On the morning of July 4, 1824, I took\\nNoaquett, alias Luther Rice, one of our Indian boys, who\\nhad acquired some knowledge of English, and rode five\\nmiles to an Indian village [evidently Moccasin s]. At the\\nhouse where we halted we found the Indians at their usual\\noccupations. One woman was pounding corn In a mortar,\\ntwo were making moccasins, one was preparing bark for\\nmaking sacks, some of the men were idle, and four of them\\nwere playing at cards. We were received with the usual\\nexpressions of friendship, though the men with cards were\\ntoo much Interested in their game to take much notice of\\nus. I entered Into conversation with others, but could not\\nthereby divert the attention of the gamblers from their\\ncards. At length I told the owner of the house that I had\\ncome to talk to them about religion. They replied that\\nthey would be glad to hear me. They were Informed\\nIt appears, however, that the proposition received no favor or\\ncountenance from any of the Poitawattamies^", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "34\\nHISTOKY OF BEKRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nthat if it would be agreeable to them such visits would be\\nfrequently repeated. Yes, said Porcupine-Moecasin, who\\nhad just been at cards, nobody will be sorry for that. We\\nwill be glad when you come, and will listen to you. It\\nappears from this that gambling as well as intoxication had,\\neven at that early day, taken root among these remote Fol-\\ntowatt tmics, and that the chief Moccasin was addicted to\\nthe former vice, as he probably was also to the latter, though\\nthat is not particularly mentioned.\\nBesides the villages to which allusion is made above,\\nMr. McCoy, in his narrative, speaks of the villages of\\nPcheckos and Menominee, and also of Rum s village,\\nbut he does not describe their location, nor does he say\\nwhether these three Indians were chiefs or only common\\nwarriors. A village was located within the present city\\nlimits of Niles, on the west side of the river and at a\\nsomewhat later time there were two villages situated on what\\nis known as the Dr. Wells farm, on the we.st side of the\\nriver, below Niles. The villages last named were those of\\nWeesemo and Matchkee.\\nThe object of Mr. McCoy and his assistant missionaries\\nin coming among the Indians of the St. Joseph Valley, was\\nnot alone to acquaint them with the truths of the gospel, but\\nalso to improve their temporal condition by inducing them to\\nabandon their indolent and improvident manner of life to\\ncultivate their lands to become sober and industrious and\\nby these means to surround themselves with comforts which\\nthey had never yet possessed and to assume by degrees\\na condition approaching civilization. We have seen that\\nthis was partially effected with Pokagon and Cheba.ss, and\\ntheir example appears to have influenced a considerable\\nnumber of others not only chiefs, but many of lower de-\\ngree to move in the same direction. Judge John C. Leib,\\na government agent, made a second official visit to these\\nIndians in the summer of 182G, and in his report made to\\nGovernor Cass he spoke of their improved condition as fol-\\nlows Numerous Indian families have, since my last visit,\\nsettled themselves around, and have, from the encourage-\\nment, countenance, and assistance of the missionary family,\\nmade considerable progress in agriculture. Indeed, a whole\\nvillage has been formed within six miles of it, under its\\nbenevolent auspices and fostering care. I visited them to\\nwitness myself the change in their condition. To good\\nfences, with which many of their grounds are inclosed,\\nsucceed domestic animals. You now see oxen, cows, and\\nswine grazing around their dwellings, without the danger\\nof destroying their crops. Occupancy now seems conse-\\ncrated by the labor which these new exertions cost, and results\\niu giving birth in the mind of the Indian to a strong sense\\nof individual property. lie also mentioned that near the\\nmouth of the St. Joseph the most surprising changes\\nhave taken place. Strong and effective inclosures are\\nmade and making, and stock has been acquired and that\\nthe general condition of the tribe was greatly improved in\\nmany respects since his previous visit to them.\\nBut on this occasion Judge Leib probably saw the St.\\nJoseph Potlatcattamies in the most advanced condition\\nwhich they ever attained, for from about that time the num-\\nber of white whisky traders among them was largely and rap-\\nidly increased, and theeffect of their traffic upon the Indian\\nwas ruinous. They had not sufficient strength of mind to\\nresist the temptation to drunkenness, and to this baneful in-\\nfluence they surrendered all their prospects of advance-\\nment. There were a few individual exceptions, but this\\nwas the case with nearly all of them. Soon after this they\\nseemed to have reached a condition in which they aban-\\ndoned all attempts at improvement, and thought of nothing\\nbut the indulgence of their appetite for whisky, to obtain\\nwhich they were willing to part with everything they pos-\\nsessed articles of comfort and utility, furs, game, and even\\ntheir scanty clothing. One of the missionary assistants\\nMr. Simerwell wrote about this time, and in reference to\\nthis state of affairs, as follows: Our white neighbors\\n[meaning the white men who had come among them with\\nthe sole purpose of furnishing them with ardent spirits]\\ndeal out whisky to the Indians plentifully, with which they\\npurchase anything which the Indians are willing to part\\nwith. A silver-mounted rifle, worth twenty or twenty-five\\ndollars, has been purchased of them for seventy-five cent.s\\nworth of whisky. The clothing of the Indians, and farm-\\ning and cooking utensils, are purcha.scd for liquor and\\nthese articles are sometimes again sold to the Indians for\\nfurs.\\nThe demoralization of the Indians from this cause was so\\nrapid and complete that the missionaries finally abandoned\\nall hope of their ultimate civilization, and Mr. Lykins, Mr.\\nMcCoy s assistant, wrote to the latter (who was then at De-\\ntroit, in conference with Governor Cass and others), I tell\\nyou every hope, every prospect, for the welfare of the In-\\ndians around us is prostrate, is entirely cut off. I entreat\\nyou to plead for their removal. The condition to which\\nthe Indians had sunk is further referred to in the mission\\njournal, under date of April 6, 1828, as follows: Our\\nprospects of usefulness in this country are completely\\nblighted the wretched Indians around us, without the\\nhope of better condition from any improvements which\\nthey may make, daily grow more stupid and indifferent to\\neverything like improvement of circumstances in life or in\\nmind. From intemperance and other evils resulting from\\nthe proximity of white settlements they are rapidly wasting\\naway.\\nSeveral other missionaries were engaged with Mr. McCoy\\namong the Futtatoattamies of the St. Joseph, but the rapid\\ndemoralization of the Indians caused them to despair of\\naccomplishing any good, and iu 1882 the last of them de-\\nparted in complete discouragement. After their departure\\nthe Indians gradually grew more and more degraded and\\nabject. Judge Leib, who annually visited them for the\\ngovernment, relates, in one of his reports to Governor Cass,\\nthat he had frequently expostulated with some of the more\\nrespectable chiefs of the Put/aivattamies, urging them to\\nmake greater efforts to surround themselves with the advan-\\ntages of comparative civilization, and, in particular, as a\\nmeans to this end, to abandon the use of intoxicating\\nliquor. I shall never forget, he says, the answer made\\non one of these occasions by a venerable and interesting\\nchief. After a considerable pause he commenced by\\nstating that what I said was very true that they were all sen-\\nsible of the deleterious effects of whisky, and of the ravages\\nit had made and was still making among them tliat they", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "CESSIONS OF INDIAN TERRITORY.\\n35\\ndid not seek it, but it was brought to them that they\\ncould not prevent it, nor could they possibly forbear from\\ndrinking it when it was within their reach that they had\\nlost all their manhood with their independence that (hey\\nwere a degraded and disgraced race that thei/ noio looked\\nvpon the whiles as so much their siqieriors that they would\\nnot attempt to resist anything (hey did or should do. But,\\ncontinued the chief, elevating his dignified person, if our\\nGreat Fatlier feels such an interest to preserve us as you\\nmention, all-powerful as he is, why does he not command\\nhis people to abstain from seeking our destruction He\\nhas but to will it and his will will be done. Ho can punish,\\nhe can save us from the ruin which surrounds us.\\nWords could not better have described the utterly- abject\\nand hopeless condition to which the tribe had fallen, and in\\nwhich (with a few exceptions) they remained until the\\ntime of their emigration (or rather exile) to the lands be-\\nyond the Mississippi, which occurred a few years after the\\ndeparture of their would-be benefiictors, the missionaries.\\nThe chiefs of the tribe had ceded to the United States,\\nby the Chicago Treaty of 1821, a vast scope of country,\\nwhich may be described as including all of their ancient\\ndomain lying east of the St. Joseph River. Again, in\\n1828, they ceded to the government all of their possessions\\nin Michigan between the St. Joseph River and Lake Mich-\\nigan, except a tribal reservation of nearly fifty square miles\\narea, which embraced the southeastern part of the present\\ntownship of Buchanan, including Buchanan village, all of\\nthe township of Bertrand except its northwest corner, and\\nall that part of Niles township which lies west of the St.\\nJoseph River. On this reservation nearly all their villages\\nwere located, and here was the home of the tribe during the\\nlater years of their occupancy. Finally, in September,\\n1833, this reservation their last foothold was ceded by\\nthem to the government, and they at the same time agreed\\nto evacuate and remove from their lands within three years\\nfrom that time. Long before the expiration of the time\\nnamed in the treaty for their departure, however, they had\\nbitterly repented of their promise to remove to the land of\\nthe setting sun, and prayed the Great Father that they\\nmight be permitted to remain on the poor remnant of\\ntheir ancient hunting-grounds, and to be buried near the\\ngraves of their fathers. Their request to remain was not\\ngranted, but their expulsion (for such it really was) was\\ndelayed until the fall of 1838, when the remnant of the\\nonce powerful tribe, now reduced to one hundred and fifty\\nin number,* were called together at the McCoy Mission\\ngrounds, near Niles, for a talk, which was understood as\\na preliminary to their final departure. At this convocation\\nmany protested earnestly against their banishment, but it\\nall resulted in a peremptory order from the government\\nagents (Godfrey and Kcrcheval) to prepare for removal on\\na certain day. On that day they were gathered (but not\\nall of them), and in charge of the agents, and escorted by\\ntwo companies of United States troops, detailed for this\\nduty by order of Gen. Brady, they moved out on the\\nChicago road, some on foot, but many of the more helpless\\nAs per pay-roll of 1837, based upon an estimate of Indian popu-\\nlation of Michigan, made by Henry R. Schoolcraft, United States\\nIndian agent.\\nones loaded in wagons, and in this way, dejected and sorrow-\\nful, they commenced their weary journey to new homes and\\nhunl^ing-grounds in Kansas. Not a few of them, however,\\nescaped while on the way, and returned to the St. Joseph.\\nThese, with others who by some means had avoided being\\nmustered for removal in 1838, were finally collected in the\\nfollowing year by Alexis Coquillard, and under his charge\\nwere removed to Kansas, where they joined tbo.se who had\\ngone forward in the previous year.\\nBut Pokagon was not among those who emigrated to the\\nWest. He and a number of others of his band had em-\\nbraced the Catholic faith, and they were apprehensive that\\na removal to the wilderness beyond the Mississippi might\\nin some way deprive them of the enjoyment of their re-\\nligion, as well as of the benefits of the partial civilization\\nwhich they had acquired. They were therefore very deter-\\nmined in their opposition to the removal, and Pokagon re-\\nfused to sign or consent to the treaty by which the reserva-\\ntion was relinquished until he and his fellow Catholics had\\nreceived guarantees that they should be allowed to remain\\nin Michigan. After the departure of the tribe, Pokagon\\nremoved from his old home to Silver Creek, in Cass County,\\nas has already been mentioned. His death occurred at that\\nplace in 1841. Some of the Catholic descendants of the\\nPut tawatt amies are still living at Silver Creek, and a few\\nhave their homes in the western part of Van Buren County.\\nCHAPTER V.\\nCESSIONS OF INDIAN TERRITOKY\u00e2\u0080\u0094 EBECTION\\nOP COUNTIES AND TOWNS UPON IT.\\nIndian Proprietor.sliip of Lands recognized by the United States\\nTreaty of Greenville, 17t)o\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Treaty of Detroit, 1807\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Treaties of\\nSpringwells, 1815, and Saginaw, 1819\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Treaty of Chicago, 1821\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nE.xtensive Cession of Lands in Berrien and Van Buren Counties\\nReservations Carey Mission Tract Ceded Treaty of Carey Mis-\\nsion, 1827^Treaty of 1828, at Carey Mission Cession of Lands\\nwest of St. Joseph River Treaty of Chioago, 1833 Cession of the\\nLast of the Indian Possessions on the St. Joseph Erection of\\nCounties and Towns on the Ceded Lands Erection of Wayne\\nCounty Territory of Berrien and Van Buren Counties attached to\\nMonroe Same attached to Lenaweo The Old Township of St.\\nJoseph Erection of Berrien and Van Buren Counties Niles and\\nPenn Townships.\\nThe possessory title of the Indian tribes to the lands of\\nwhich they were found in occupation has always been recog-\\nnized by the United States government from the time of\\nits formation, and the principle has been established that\\nthis title can only be acquired by the government, or with\\nits consent, and can only be alienated from the native In-\\ndians by their own voluntary act, done in public and open\\ncouncil, where the tribes are represented by their chiefs and\\nhead men, and the government by its accredited agent or\\ncommissioner. This principle has always been acted on\\nand this method observed by the government in its treaties\\nwith Indians for the acquisition of their possessory rights\\nin the public domain.\\nTREATY OF GREENVILLE, 1795.\\nThe first Indian treaty by which the aboriginal title to\\nlands now within the State of Michigan was extinguished", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "36\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nwas that which was concluded at Greenville, Ohio, Aug. 3,\\n1795, by Gen. Anthony Wayne, on behalf of the United\\nStates, with representatives of the Puttiucattamie, Wyan-\\ndot, Sluiwanoe, Ottawa, C/iippeioa, and several other tribes.\\nThis treaty ceded to the United States a strip of land six\\nmiles in width, on and adjoining the west bank of the De-\\ntroit lliver, and extending from Lake St. Clair on the north\\nto the river Raisin (the present city of Monroe) on the\\nsouth, including, of course, the post of Detroit. On this\\ntreaty, heading the list of chiefs of the Potlawattamies\\nof the St. Joseph, appears the name of Thu-pe-ne-ba\\n(Topinabo), whose name continued to head the list of chiefs\\nof his tribe, in treaties, from this time until 1833.\\nTREATY OF DETROIT, 1S07.\\nThe entire southeastern part of Michigan was ceded to\\nthe government by the treaty of Detroit, made and con-\\ncluded Nov. 17, 1807, between Governor William Hull,\\ncommissioner and superintendent of Indian affairs, and the\\nchiefs of the Pottaioattamie, Ottawa, Chippewa, and Wyan-\\ndot tribes. The territory here ceded extended westward to\\nthe line which afterwards became the principal meridian of\\nthe State, and northward on that line to the centre of the\\npresent county of Shiawassee, from which point the north\\nboundary of the ceded territory was drawn in a straight\\nline to White Rock, on the west shore of Lake Huron.\\nTREATIES OF SPRINGWELLS, 1S15, AND OF SAGINAW,\\n1819.\\nThe three principal Indian nations of Michigan, the\\nPottawatlamies, Chippeioas, and Ottawas, by the offen-\\nsive alliance which they made with the British in the war\\nof 1812-15, and their general conduct through that strug-\\ngle, were regarded as having justly forfeited the lands\\nreserved to them. The government, however, was not\\ndisposed to enforce the forfeiture, but rather to adopt a\\nconciliatory and friendly policy towards them and in Sep-\\ntember, 1815, Gen. William H. Harrison, Gen. McArthur,\\nand John Graham, Esq., on the part of the United States,\\nheld a council with them at Springwells, near Detroit, where,\\non the 8th of that month, a treaty was concluded, by which\\nit was agreed that the United States give peace to the\\nChippewa, Ottawa, and Pottawattamie tribes. They also\\nagree to restore to the said Chippewa, Ottawa, and Potta-\\nwattamie tribes all the possessions, rights, and privileges\\nwhich they enjoyed or were entitled to, in the year 1811,\\nprior to the commencement of the late war with Great\\nBritain and the said tribes upon their part agree to place\\nthemselves under the protection of the United States, and\\nof no other power whatsoever. And, at the same time,\\nthe treaty made at Greenville in 1795, and sub.sequent\\ntreaties between these tribes and the United States, were\\nconfirmed and ratified.\\nThe treaty of Saginaw, concluded Sept. 24, 1819, ceded\\nan immense territory in Michigan, lying to the north and\\neast of a boundary line drawn due west from the Indian\\nboundary (the principal meridian) to a point two or three\\nmiles northeast of the village of Kalamazoo, and thence\\nnorthward to the Thunder Bay Ilivor. At this treaty the\\nPotfaicatlainics were not represented, for the reason that\\nthey claimed no ownership in the lands there ceded.\\nTREATY OF CHICAGO, 1821.\\nIn August, 1821, Gen. Lewis Cass and Solomon Sibley,\\ncommissioners of the United States, met the sachems,\\nchiefs, and warriors of the Pottawattamie, Ottawa, and\\nChippewa tribes of Indians in council, at Chicago, and\\nthere, on the 29th of that month, was made and concluded\\na treaty, by which those tribes ceded to the United States\\n(excepting certain reservations) all the land comprehended\\nwithin the following boundaries: Beginning at a point on\\nthe south bank of the river St. Joseph, of Lake Michigan,\\nnear the Pare aux Vaches, due north from Rum s village,\\nand running thence south to a line drawn due east from\\nthe southern extreme of Lake Michigan, thence with the\\nsaid line east to the tract ceded by the Pottawatlamies to\\nthe United States by the treaty of Fort Meigs, in 1817, if\\nthe said line should strike the said tract,* but if the said\\nline should pass north of the said tract, then such line shall\\nbe continued until it strikes the western boundary of the\\ntract ceded to the United States by the treaty of Detroit, in\\n1807 and from the termination of the said line, following\\nthe boundaries of former cessions, to the main branch of the\\nGrand River, of Lake Michigan, should any of the said\\nlines cross the said river, but if none of the said lines should\\ncross the said river, then to a point due east of the source\\nof the said main branch of the said river, and from such\\npoint, due west to the source of the said principal branch\\nand from the crossing of the said river, or from the source\\nthereof, as the case may be, down the said river, on the\\nnorth bank thereof, to the mouth thence following the\\nshore of Lake Michigan to the south bank of the said river\\nSt. Joseph, at the mouth thereof, and thence with the said\\nsouth bank to the place of beginning.\\nTo this treaty of cession were signed the names of Com-\\nmissioners Cass and Sibley and the totemic signatures of\\nTopinabe, Weesaw, and fifty-three other Pottawattamie\\nchiefs and head men, affixed in presence of John R.\\nWilliams, adjutant-general of Michigan militia, Alexander\\nWolcott, Jr., G. Godfrey, and Whitmore Knaggs, Indian\\nagents, John Kenzie, sub-agent, H. Phillips, paymaster\\nUnited States army, Jacob Visger, Henry I. Hunt, R.\\nMontgomery, John B. Beaubien, Conrad Ten Eyck, J.\\nWhippley, George Miles, Jr., Henry Conner, James Ber-\\nnard, and Jacob B. Varnum, United States factor.\\nThe territory to which the Indian title was extinguished\\nby this treaty included all of the present county of Van\\nBuren and all that part of Berrien which lies east and\\nnorth of the St. Joseph River (except nine individual\\nreservations named below), with a tract one mile square on\\nthe west side of that river. Besides these, it embraced\\nnine entire counties, and parts of five other counties, all in\\nthe southwest part of Michigan, and a strip ten miles wide\\nsouth of the Indiana line.\\nAll the southern portion of the territory (about four-\\nfifths of the whole) ceded at this treaty belonged to the\\ncountry of the Pottawattamies and in consideration of\\nthe cession the United States agreed to pay five thousand\\nIt did nut, however, strike the line named, but passed north of it;\\nthe territory ceded at Fort Meigs, in 1817, lying entirely south of\\nthe south liuc of Michigan.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "CESSIONS OF INDIAN TERRITORY.\\n37\\ndollars in specie,* yearly, to that tribe, for the term of\\ntwenty years, and also to appropriate annually, for the term\\nof fifteen years, the sum of one thousand dollars, to be ex-\\npended under direction of the President for the support of\\na blacksmith and a teacher among the Indians. The cession\\nof one square mile of land on the west side of the St. Jo.seph\\nwas designated as the residence of the teacher and the\\nblacksmith of the tribe, and it was to be selected and lo-\\ncated under direction of the President of the United States.\\nThe selection so made was nearly on the western bound-\\nary of the present city of Niles, and the tract became the\\nseat of the Carey Mission, which is mentioned more\\nfully in the history of Niles.\\nThe individual reservations from the tract ceded by this\\ntreaty, within the county of Berrien, were described as\\nfollows\\nTo John Burnett, two sections of land.\\nTo James Burnett, Abraham Burnett, Rebecca Bur-\\nnett, and Nancy Burnett, each one .section of land which\\nsaid John, James, Abraham, Rebecca, and Nancy are chil-\\ndren of Kawkeemee, sister of Topinabe, principal chief of\\nthe Puttaioattamie nation.\\nTo John B. La Lime, son of Nokenoqua, one-half of\\na section of land adjoining the tract before granted, and on\\nthe upper side thereof\\nTo Jean B. Chandonai, son of Chippewaqua, two sec-\\ntions of land on the river St. Joseph, above and adjoining\\nthe tract granted to J. B. La Lime.\\nTo Joseph Daze, son of Chippewaqua, one section of\\nland adjoining the tract granted to Jean B. Chandonai.\\nThe above-named reservations were to be laid out on the\\nnorth bank of the St. Joseph, commencing about two\\nmiles from the mouth, and to be laid out in succession up\\nalong the bank of the stream. The ninth and last of the\\nindividual reservations,. within the present county of Ber-\\nrien, was To Madeline Bertrand, wife of Joseph Bertrand,\\na Pottawattamie woman, one section of land at the Pare\\naux Vaches, on the northeast side of the river St. Joseph.\\nThe treaty provided for a number of other individual\\nreservations, none of which were within the present county\\nof Berrien, but farther up the river. Among these, there\\nwere reservations to Jo.seph Bertrand, Jr., Benjamin Ber-\\ntrand, Laurent Bertrand, Theresa Bertrand, and Amable\\nBertrand, children of the said Madeline Bertrand, each\\none-half of a section of land at the portage of the Kanka-\\nkee lliver. These were the halfbreed children of the\\ntrader Bertrand, who located on the upper St. Joseph soon\\nafter the Revolution, and whose name was giveu to one of\\nthe townships of Berrien County.\\nTREATY AT CAREY MISSION, 1827.\\nA treaty was held by Governor Cass at the Carey Mis-\\nsionf on the 19th of September, 1827, at which time and\\nFor the part ceded by the Oltawas that tribe ivas to receive one\\nthousand dollars in specie, annually. The Ckippnwaii, although two\\nof their chiefs signed the treaty, received nothing; hence it appears\\nthat no part of the ceded landa belonged to that tribe. The lands\\nceded by tlie OlUtwna were those to the northward, along the Grand\\nRiver.\\nf This treaty is mentioned in the Revised Treaties of the United\\nStates as being held at St. Joseph, by which is doubtless meant\\nplace a number of small reservations were ceded to the\\nUnited States, in order to consolidate some of the dispersed\\nbands of the Pottawattamie tribe in the territory of Michi-\\ngan, at a point removed from the road leading from Detroit\\nto Chicago, and as far as practicable from the settlements\\nof the whites. A number of the reservations ceded at\\nthat time wore situated on the upper St. Joseph, in the\\npresent county of St. Joseph, but none of them were lo-\\ncated in Berrien or Van Buren.\\nCAREY MISSION TREATY, 1828.\\nA treaty council was held and a treaty concluded on the\\n20th of September, 1828, at the Missionary Establish-\\nments upon the St. Joseph, of Lake Michigan (meaning\\nthe Carey Mission, near Niles), between Lewis Cass and\\nPierre Menard, on the part of the United States, and the\\nchiefs and head men of the St. Joseph Pottawatlaniies, on\\nthe part of their tribe. By this treaty, signed by Topi-\\nnabe, Pokagon, and sixty-seven other Pottawattamie chiefs\\nand head men, there was ceded to the United States a tract\\nof land described as Beginning at the mouth of the St.\\nJoseph, of Lake Michigan, and thence running up said\\nriver to a point on the same river, half-way between La-\\nvache-qui-pisse and Macousin village thence in a direct\\nline to the nineteenth-mile tree, on the northern boundary\\nline of the State of Indiana thence with the same west\\nto Lake Michigan and thence with the shore of the said\\nlake to the place of beginning.\\nThe ceded territory within the boundaries thus de-\\nscribed embraced all that part of the present county of\\nBerrien which lies west of the St. Joseph lliver, except a\\ntract of irregular shape, bounded on the south by the south\\nline of the county, on the east and north by the St. Jo.seph\\nRiver, and on the west and northwest by a right line drawn\\nfrom the point which forms the southwestern corner of\\nBertrand township and the .southeastern corner of Galien\\ntownship, on the south boundary of the county, to the\\npoint where the south line of section twelve of the town-\\nship of Buchanan intersects the west bank of the St. Jo-\\nseph River. This unceded tract (generally, though incor-\\nrectly, mentioned as a reservation) embraced an area equal\\nto about forty-nine square miles of territory, on which\\nwere located the villages and settlements of this division of\\nthe Pottawattamie tribe.\\nIt was stipulated in the treaty, in the usual form, that\\nthe tribe should receive certain annuities goods and cash\\nin consideration of the ceded lands. Also, that there\\nshould be delivered to them annually a quantity of iron,\\nsteel, and tobacco; that the sum of one hundred dollars per\\nannum in goods should be paid to the chief Topinabe, dur-\\ning his life that a blacksmith should be kept permanently\\namong them at the expense of the United States and\\nthat it was held on the river of that name. The Rev. Isaac McCoy,\\nin his History of Baptist Missions, says, on page 3111, On the I7th\\nof September, 1827, His E.vcellency Lewis Cass and suite arrived at\\nCarey, for the purpose of holding a treaty with our Putawatamie\\nneighbors, whom, by runners sent before him, he had assembled at\\nour house. At this treaty several small reservations on the north\\nside of the St. Joseph s were consolidated into onej five hundred dol-\\nlars worth of goods were paid them, and an annuity of twenty-five\\nhundred dollars,", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "38\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nthat the government should also provide three laborers to\\nwork for the St. Joseph tribe four months in the year for\\nten years. To Madeleine Bertraud, wife of Joseph Ber-\\ntrand, was granted one section of land, but it was not lo-\\ncated nor described. Her claim on account of this grant\\nwas afterwards purchased by Obed P. Lacey, of Niles, who,\\nafter several year.s delay, obtained lands at West Niles\\nunder the grant.\\nTREATY AT CHICAGO, 1833.\\nThe last of the Indian land in Berrien County (being\\nthe tract mentioned above as bounded east by the St. Jo-\\nseph River and south by the south line of the county) was\\nceded to the United States by articles supplementary to a\\ntreaty made at Chicago, Sept. 26, 1833. The supplement-\\nary articles were signed on the 27th of the same month by\\nGeorge B. Porter, Thomas J. V. Owen, and William Weath-\\nerford, commissioners on the part of the United States,\\nand by Topinabe, Pokagon, Weesaw, and forty-five other\\nchiefs and head men, on the part of the Pottawattamies.\\nThis last relinquished possession of the St. Joseph Indians\\nis described in the article of cession as the tract of land\\non St. Joseph River, opposite the town of Niles and extend-\\ning to the line of the State of Indiana, on which the vil-\\nlages of To-pe-ne-bee and Po-ka-gon are situated supposed\\nto contain about forty-nine sections.\\nThe stipulation made for the final removal of the Indians\\nfrom the ceded tract was embraced in the third supplement-\\nary article, as follows All the Indians residing on the\\nsaid reservations in Michigan [having reference not only to\\nthis tract, but also to small reservations farther east, in the\\ncounty of St. Joseph and elsewhere] shall remove there-\\nfrom within three years from this date, during which time\\nthey shall not be disturbed in their possession, nor in hunt-\\ning upon the lands as heretofore. In the mean time no\\ninterruption shall be oifered to the survey and sale of the\\nsame by the United States. In ease, however, the said\\nIndians shall sooner remove, the government may take\\nimmediate possession thereof This was the beginning of\\nthe end of the Indian occupation. It has been told in\\npreceding pages how they were allowed to linger for a time\\nafter the expiration of the period named in the treaty of\\n1833, but were (with the exception of Pokagon and a num-\\nber of others who had become converted to the Catholic re-\\nligion) finally gathered together and removed beyond the\\nMississippi.\\nERECTION OF COUNTIES AND TOWNS ON THE CEDED\\nLAND.S.\\nThe county of Wayne was erected by proclamation of\\nLewis Cass, Governor of the Territory of Michigan, Nov.\\n21,1815,* to embrace that part of the Territory of Mich-\\nigan to which the Indian title has been extinguished. As\\nthe first extinguishment of Indian title to any part of the\\nTerritorial Laws, vol. i. p. .323.\\nterritory now embraced in the counties of Berrien and Van\\nBuren was accomplished by the Chicago treaty of Aug. 29,\\n1821, nearly six years after the establishment of Wayne\\nCounty by Governor Cass, consequently that county, em-\\nbracing only territory to which the Indian title had then\\nbeen extinguished, included no part of Van Buren or Ber-\\nrien County, though a contrary belief has prevailed to .some\\nextent.\\nBy executive act dated Sept. 10, 1822, it was pro-\\nclaimed by Governor Cass thatf all the country within\\nthis territory to which the Indian title was extinguished\\nby the treaty of Chicago shall be attached to, and compose\\na part of, the county of Monroe. By the same executive\\nact the county of Lenawee was erected, and also attached\\nto Monroe.\\nThe territory thus attached to the county of Monroe in-\\ncluded all of the present county of Van Buren, and all\\nthat part of Berrien which lies north and east of the St.\\nJoseph River and it continued to be a part of that county\\nuntil Dec. 31, 1826, the date of operation of an act of the\\nLegislative Council| (approved Nov. 20th of that year) by\\nwhich the county of Lenawee was organized, and which\\nprovided that all the country within this territory to\\nwhich the Indian title was extinguished by the treaty of\\nChicago shall be attached to, and compose a part of, the\\ncounty of Lenawee.\\nThe (old) township of St. Joseph was erected by act of\\nthe Legislative Council (approved April 12, 1827), to in-\\nclude all the lands within the Territory of Michigan which\\nwere ceded at the treaty of Chicago.\\nIn an act (approved Sept. 22, 1829) amendatory to the\\nact organizing the county of Lsnawee, it was provided\u00c2\u00a7\\nthat all the country within this territory to which the\\nIndian title was extinguished at the treaty held at the Carey\\nMission in 1828 shall be attached to the county of Lena-\\nwee, and the said district shall compose a part of St. Joseph\\ntownship. This added to the county and township named\\nall that part of the present county of Berrien lying west\\nand south of the St. Joseph River, except the tract which\\nstill remained in possession of the Indians, embracing the\\nsoutheast corner of the township of Buchanan, nearly all\\nof Bertrand, and the part of Niles lying on the south and\\nwest side of the St. Joseph River.\\nThe counties of Berrien and Van Buren were erected\\nby act approved Oct. 29, 1829, and one week later an act\\nwas approved forming the towns of Niles and Penn, the\\nformer including all the territory of Berrien, and the latter\\nall that of Van Buren, both of which had, up to that time,\\nbeen included in (old) St. Joseph township. In the sep-\\narate histories of Berrien and Van Buren a more extended\\naccount will be given of the erection and organization of\\nthe two counties, and also of the several townships which\\nhave been formed within them.\\nt Ibid., pp. 335, 336.\\nj Ibid., vol. ii. p. 292.\\ng Ibid., p. 709.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "NAVIGATION.\\n39\\nCHAPTER VI.\\nNAVIGATION-HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS.\\nThe Lake Coast and Harbors of Berrien and Van Buren Counties\\nSt. Joseph the Port of Destination of the first Vessel that ever\\nsailed the Upper Lakes The first Ship-Timber ever cut on the\\nShores of Lake Michigan sawed at St. Joseph Vessels running\\nto and from the Mouth of the River before the Year 1800 Vessels\\nbringing Supplies for the Care.v Mission as early as 182. Capt.\\nHinckley jumps the Bar at the Mouth of the River in 1827\\nRapid Increase of Commerce and Shipping Navigation by Lake\\nSteamers running to St. Joseph The Steamer Line from Chicago\\nconnecting with Stages at St. Joseph Decrease of Trade at the\\nMouth of the River on Completion of the Central Railroad\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Rapid\\nIncrease of Steam Navigation caused by Development of the Fruit\\nInterest Ship-Building on the St. Joseph River Inland Naviga-\\ntion on the St. Joseph Keel-Boats, Arks, Pirogues, and River\\nSteamers The St. Joseph Navigation Company Destruction\\nof the Trade by the Central Railroad\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Navigation at New Buffalo\\nFirst arrival of a Sailing Vessel there, in 1S35 Steamer Lino in\\nconnection with the Michigan Central Railroad Shipping Facili-\\nties at South Uaven Lake Steamers at that Port Ship-Building\\nat the Mouth of the Black River Harbor Improvements at St.\\nJoseph, New Buffalo, and South Haven.\\nThe counties of Berrien and Van Buren, of which Lake\\nMichigan forms the western boundary, have, together, a\\ncoast line of about sixty mi!es in length, beginning at the\\nextreme southwestern corner of the State of Michigan,\\nand extending thence in a general northeasterly direction.\\nOn this section of coast line there are situated three lake\\nharbors. Near its southwestern extremity is the harbor of\\nNew Buffalo, and equally near its northeastern termination\\nis the port of South Haven, at the mouth of South Black\\nRiver, in the northwestern corner of Van Buren County.\\nAbout midway between these two is the port of St. Joseph,\\nat the mouth of the river of the same name, in the county\\nof Berrien.\\nOf these three harbors St. Joseph is the most impor-\\ntant, as it is also by far the oldest in its use as a port for\\nvessels navigating the lake. More than two hundred years\\nago it was known as a harbor, and when, in the summer of\\n1679, the first vessel that ever floated on the upper lakes\\nthe little GrifBn left her aiichorage in the Niagara\\nRiver, and, spreading her sails to the breeze for the first\\ntime, bore away westward through the bright waters of\\nErie, she was bound for a haven at the mouth of the\\nriver of the Miamis which is now known as the St.\\nJoseph. Her commander. La Salle, in planning his expe-\\ndition of discovery to the Mississippi, had decided on this\\nplace as his base of operations on Lake Michigan, for he\\nhad learned from the men who had previously passed this\\nway witli Marquette that here was a practicable entrance\\nfrom the lake, and that here his vessel could lie in safety\\nin the old channel of the river (which was then some dis-\\ntance south of the present mouth), securely moored to the\\nland, behind the sheltering sand-hills, while his canoes,\\nfloating in still water by her side, could receive their lading,\\nand then glide away up the stream many scores of miles\\ninto the interior on his proposed route to the Illinois and\\nthe Mississippi.\\nIt is true that the GrifBn never reached this port of\\nher destination, for the reason that, on touching at an\\nisland near the mouth of Green Bay, she found awaiting\\nher there a large quantity of furs, which it was necessary\\nto have transported east without delay, and, freighted with\\nthese, she sailed back, bound for Niagara, but with orders\\nfrom the commander to deliver the cargo with all prac-\\nticable di.spatch, and then return immediately to meet him\\nat the mouth of the Miamis (St. Joseph) aiid here, from\\nthe high plateau that borders the south bank of the river,\\nhe kept long and weary watch for her coming, and built\\nbeacon fires at night, and anxiously scanned the dark-blue\\nhorizon line of the lake by day, to catch the first glim-\\nmer of her white sails, a sight that never gladdened his\\neyes, for she did not return, nor were any tidings of her\\never received. When all hope of the Griffin s safety\\nwas gone, his next plan was to supply her place by a second\\nvessel, to be built at the mouth of the St. Joseph, and for\\nthis purpose a saw-pit was prepared, and the timber and\\nplanks were sawed out ready for her construction but the\\nadverse fortune which constantly attended La Salle pre-\\nvented the execution of his plan, and so this first ship-\\nbuilding project on the St. Joseph came to naught.\\nIt is not certain that, during the period of about one\\nhundred years next following these operations, the St.\\nJoseph River was visited by any vessels other than the\\nbark canoes of the Indians and French voyageurs, though\\nit is very probable that sailing-vessels did come here to\\nbring the garrison and armament of the French fort which\\nwas afterwards established here, as well as the merchandise\\nand outfits of the trading-post, which was opened here about\\nthe same time. But it is certain that after the military post\\nand the trading-station here fell into the hands of the Eng-\\nlish, in 1761, they were occasionally visited by sailing-ves-\\nsels bringing supplies. William Burnett, who re-established\\nthe trading-post about 1785, is known to have employed\\nsloops and schooners in his traffic, receiving by them small\\ncargoes of goods from Detroit and other points, and sending\\npeltries, sugar, and other articles by them on their return.\\nThis is proved by the ledger and journal of Mr. Burnett,\\nwhicli have already been mentioned as covering the period\\nfrom 1792 to 1802. In these books frequent mention is\\nmade of merchandise received and shipped by different\\nvessels, the principal of which appear to have been the\\nsloop General Hunter and the Iroquois. That the\\nfirst-named vessel made regular (or at least frequent) trips\\nto the St. Joseph is made apparent by entries found in the\\nbooks, a few of which are as copied below, viz.\\nMay 26th, 1801.\\nJames May, Esqr.\\nTo Invoice of 5 Casks and 8 Mokoks of Sugar shipped on board\\nthe Gen l Hunter, Capt. Rough, master, as follows\\nNo 1.\\nwt. 297\\n1 do.\\n266\\n3\\n1 do.\\n268\\nI .In\\n243\\n5. 1 do.\\n1 Mnknk\\n282\\n49 1\\n42\\n1\\n34\\n1\\n,i\\n38\\ngross w\\na\\n45\\n1\\n42\\n1\\nu\\n44\\n1\\ndo\\nICfiO\\n45\\nrt. Sugar\\n16il5 V", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "40\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nJune 3d, ISOl.\\nInvoice of 15 Packs consigned to David Mitchell at McKenac\\n[Mackinac] by the sloop Hunter, Cajit. Rough, Master, contained,\\nnumbered and marked as per margin, viz.\\nW.B. No. 1. 1 Pack mi.\\\\ed confg Rats 400\\nMinks 196 Skins.\\ncovering 2 J\\nMo. 2. 1 ditto ditto Raccoons 60 1\\nOtters 38\\nFishers 6 I Skins.\\nMartens 9\\nCubs 5\\nCovering 2 J\\nNo. 3 12 10 packs Deer Skins Containing 50 each\\n13 X 15 3 Raccoons 120\\ncovering 6 skins.\\n2 oil-cloths to be returned.\\nSame date\\nInvoice of Sundries Packs consigned to Messrs. John McGregor\\nCo., merchants, Detroit, in the Sloop G. Hunter, Capt. Rough,\\nnumbered marked as per margin, and containing as follows\\nG.\\nI.M. No. 1 Pack of Otter containing 100 and 2 skins.\\n2. 1 ditto Reaver 91 2 skins.\\n3x53 packs Rats 500 I skins\\n61 covering 6 j\\nCats 64\\nFoxes 60 I skins.\\ncovering 2 J\\n7x148 Packs Bucks containing 30 each,\\n15 x 21 7 ditto Does 50\\n22x20 29 Raccoons 120)\\n-o skins,\\ncovering oS J\\n51 X 52 2 Rats 500 each,\\ncovering 4 J skins.\\nNov. 21st, 1801.\\nJ. May, Esq.:\\n7 Packs of Skins 60 each 420 x 21 skins.\\n163 Raccoons X 4 skins in 1 Pack.\\nThe above shipped on board the Sloop Gen l Ilunter, Capt. Rough,\\nmaster.\\nJuly 14, 1802.\\nJunies May, Esq.\\nTo 4 barrels of Sugar per the Sloop Hunter, Capt. Rough. Vft.\\nas per bill.\\nAs there are none of Burnett s books known to be in\\nexistence of later date than those from which these items\\nare taken, of course no memoranda have been found of his\\nvessels and shipments after 1802; but there is no reason\\nto doubt that tlie sloops and schooners continued to enter\\nthe mouth of the St. Joseph lliver, receiving furs, sugar,\\nand other merchandise, and bringing goods to the trading-\\npost, during the period of more than twenty years that it\\nexisted after the time mentioned.\\nWhile the Carey Mission was in existence near Niles,\\nfrom 1822 to about 1830, the people in charge of it fre-\\nquently received supplies and material from sailing-ves-\\nsels which came to the mouth of the river. In the Rev.\\nIsaac McCoy s narrative of the operations of this mission\\n(pp. 214-214), he says, Upon the failure of the vessel in\\nthe preceding spring to bring us supplies by way of the\\nlake, as we had contracted, we took measures to have sup-\\nplies brought to us by another vessel. This latter, car-\\nrying four or five hundred dollars worth of property for\\nus, anchored at the mouth of St. Joseph s River on the\\n17th of October [1823], and the captain came on shore.\\nAbout this time the wind became so severe that their cable\\nparted, and the schooner was driven out to sea. About\\nmidnight the captain, who was at an Indian house a mile\\nfrom the lake, was informed that the vessel had again come\\nin sight. He hastened off, directing the men who were\\nwaiting to receive our property to be on the shore early in\\nthe morning. Unfortunately, they were able to land only\\nseven barrels of flour, one barrel of salt, and two or three\\nother small articles the remainder of our property was\\ncarried back to Detroit, greatly to our loss and to our\\nserious inconvenience in other respects. Again (p. 222),\\nhe says, We embarked on Lake Erie at Buffalo, on the\\n25th of May [1824], in the schooner Neptune, Captain\\nJohnson. On the night of the 28th we had a thunder-\\nstorm and a pretty severe gale, in which our danger was\\ngreater than at the moment we apprehended. The ves-\\nsel was old, and too much decayed to be seaworthy,\\na circumstance which we did not fully understand until\\nafterwards. At Detroit we put on board iron, steel,\\netc., for our public smitheries. Mr. Simerwell continued\\non board the vessel and ascended to the mouth of St.\\nJoseph s River, while I hired a horse and rode home\\nthrough the wilderness. In June, 1825, a schooner ar-\\nrived at the mouth of the river with supplies for the mis-\\nsion, forwarded by benevolent persons in different parts\\nof the United States; and in 1826, Mr. McCoy says that\\nMr. Lykins, with a hired Frenchman, left Carey on the\\n20th of October for the purpose of getting supplies to\\nThomas [another missionary station on the Grand River].\\nAt the mouth of St. Joseph s River he put his property\\nand a large pirogue on board a schooner, and had them\\nconveyed on Lake Slichigan to the mouth of Grand River.\\nThe schooner anchored a mile from the shore the pirogue\\nwas lowered into the water, and, being loaded, was towed\\nashore by the long-boat, while the waves ran so high as to\\nthreaten to turn all into the lake. There are other entries\\nof the same kind in the journal of the mission, all showing\\nthat there were occasional arrivals and departures of vessels\\nat the mouth of this river, in each year, down to the time\\nwhen the establishment of permanent white settlements cre-\\nated a demand for more frequent and extensive navigation.\\nThe first entrance of a vessel into the harbor of St.\\nJoseph, mentioned in oral accounts given by the oldest\\nresidents now living, was that of the schooner Savage, in\\nthe fall of 1827. This vessel, under command of Captain\\nHinckley, and loaded with supplies for the garrison of Fort\\nDearborn Chicago), being driven off her course by stress\\nof weather, ran for safety into this harbor, though in enter-\\ning it her captain was compelled to jump her over the\\nbar. The place was then entirely uninhabited, but Captain\\nHinckley, seeing no safe alternative, built a .sort of hut in\\nthe shelter of the sand-bank, and passed the winter here.\\nThe knowledge which he gained of the place during his\\ncheerless stay appears to have been turned to good account\\nfor, believing that the harbor would in time cause the build-\\ning of a town upon it, he afterwards purchased land here,\\nand became one of the proprietors of the village of St. Joseph.\\nIt was but a short time after settlements commenced\\nalong the lower part of the St. Joseph River that the\\nmouth of this stream began to receive frequent visits from\\nsailing-vessels of a small class, principally schooners, and\\nthis trade grew constantly greater, of course, with the in-\\ncrease of population in the village and the valley above it.\\nThe vessels arriving here from Detroit, Buffalo, and other\\npoints below, usually called first at Chicago, and, after un-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "NAVIGATION.\\n41\\nloading the freight belonging there, crossed the lake to de-\\nliver the part of their cargo destined for the mouth of the\\nSt. Joseph.\\nThe h;irbor was not at that time as easy of access as it is\\nnow. The river then entered the lake at a point consider-\\nably south of the present mouth, and it was made difficult\\nof approach by a long sand-spit which made out into the\\nlake. The bar extending along its front was covered by\\nabout six feet of water, and during the prevalence of strong\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0westerly winds it was often exceedingly difficult to enter.\\nIt was a common practice for vessels to anchor outside and\\nhave a part of their cargoes lightered, so that they could\\nenter, and some delivered llieir entire cargoes by lighters.\\nNavigators who came here without any previous knowledge\\nof the location, and attempted to make the entrance in\\nheavy weather, found it not only a difficult but a dangerous\\nundertaking, a.s is shown by the numerous disasters which\\noccurred here.\\nWhen the valley of the St. Joseph and the fertile coun-\\ntry contiguous to it became settled and cultivated, and the\\nsurplus product of all that region began to be transported\\ndown the river highway, on keel-boats and a variety of other\\ncraft, to the mouth of the river, then, and for years after-\\nwaids, thei e might always be seen in the harbor of St. Jo-\\nseph, during the season of navigation, the clustering masts\\nof the numerous vessels which came here to deliver their\\ncargoes of such goods as were required in the region of the\\nupper river, and to load with the flour, wheat, and other\\nproduce brought down by the river craft for shipment to\\nBuffalo. This shipping business continued here until the\\ncompletion of the railroads caused the river to be abandoned\\nfor purposes of transportation. With the entire cessation\\nof this traffic the prosperous forwarding houses of St. Jo-\\nseph closed their business, and the arrivals of sailing-vessels\\nbecame infrequent, though they have never entirely ceased.\\nSteam navigation at this point may be said to have com-\\nmenced in the year 1831, in which year the mouth of the\\nriver was visited by the steamer Pioneer. The cause\\nof her visit is not clearly explained, for it does not appear\\nthat she made regular trips here afterwards. At the time\\nwhen the Davy Crockett was brought here (as will be\\nmentioned hereafter) for the purpose of running on the\\nriver, she was convoyed by the Pioneer, which latter\\nvessel grounded on the bar at the mouth of the St. Joseph,\\nand, being caught in that position by a gale which suddenly\\narose, became a total wreck and went to pieces. This was\\nin July, 1834. The Pioneer was built at Erie, Pa., and\\non her first and last trip to this place was under command\\nof Capt. John F. Wight, who was well known on the lake\\nand on the St. Joseph as Bully Wight. Material taken\\nfrom the wreck of the Pioneer was used by Capt. Curtis\\nBoughton to build the schooner Drift, which he ran\\nhence to Chicago for several years.\\nThe steamer William Pcnn came to the mouth of the\\nriver as early as 1832, and it is said that she transported a\\ndetachment of regulars hence to Chicago during the Black\\nHawk war excitement of that year. The Penn was\\nthen under command of Capt. Wight, who had previously\\ncommanded the Pioneer. He purchased the latter vessel\\nG\\nin 1833, and was, as before stated, in command of her when\\nshe was wrecked at St. Joseph, in 1834.\\nThe side-wheel steamer Chicago, owned by John\\nGriffith Co. and Capt. John P. Wight, was built on the\\nSt. Joseph River, near the mouth of Hickory Creek, in\\n1834-35, and in the la,st-named year was put on the route\\nbetween St. Joseph and Chicago. She was one of the\\nearliest steamers (if not the first one) which made regular\\ntrips between the two places. She continued to run on\\nthis route until she was sunk in the bayou at St. Joseph,\\nnear Wells basket-factory. After lying there some two or\\nthree years she was raised, refitted, and taken to Lake Erie,\\nwhere, after running a few years, she was finally wrecked\\nand lost.\\nThe .steamer G. W. Dole was put on the route be-\\ntween Chicago and the St. Joseph River in 1838. She\\nmade three round trips per week, connecting with the\\neastern stage lines, which had their termini at St. Joseph.\\nNot long afterwards the Huron was placed on the line\\nby Capt. E. B. Ward, and ran during the seasons of 1842\\nand 1843. Next came the Champion, which ran on the\\nline for several years, owned and commanded by Capt. E.\\nB. Ward. These boats, like the Dole, ran for passengers,\\nof whom there were frequently twelve or fifteen stage loads\\nin St. Joseph at one time awaiting transportation across\\nthe lake. Travelers by this route made the journey from\\nDetroit to Chicago in thirty-six hours.\\nBesides the steamers mentioned above, others ran at\\ndifferent times upon the line, and among them was the\\nSamuel Ward. The completion of the Central Railroad\\ndiverted both passengers and freight traffic from the river,\\nand then for a time New Buffalo, instead of St. Joseph,\\nwas the focus of steam navigation on this part of the lake.\\nSoon after this diversion of freight and passenger business,\\nhowever, the sudden and wonderful development of the\\nfruit interest in the region tributary to the St. Joseph\\ncaused a new demand for steam transportation to Chicago,\\nand from that time the river-entrance was enlivened by\\nmore frequent arrivals and departures of steamers than in\\nthe earlier days, when stages clattered along the territorial\\nroad and keel-boats swarmed on the river. In the recent\\nyears the great diminution of the fruit-product, caused by\\nthe appearance of a fatal disease among the peach orchards,\\nhas proportionately diminished the demand for steam trans-\\nportation at this point, but steamboat facilities sufficient for\\nthe requirements of the trade have been retained. At the\\npresent time (1879) the Corona, of the Goodrich Trans-\\nportation Company, makes daily trips to Chicago, and the\\nSkylark and Messenger, owned at Benton Harbor, are\\nrunning.\\nShip-building was commenced at St. Joseph as early as\\n1832 by Deacon McKaleb, and not long after by John\\nGriffith Co. and others. During succeeding years a large\\nnumber of vessels have been built at and near the mouth of\\nthe river. Several small vessels were also built on the upper\\nriver in early years. Among the first of these was a fifteen-\\nton sloop, built in 1832 by Dr. L. A. Barnard at La Grange\\nPrairie, and hauled by oxen to Niles, where it was launched.\\nThis sloop, named the Dart, ran from St. Joseph to\\nChicago. A schooner of about fifty tons was built in 1838,", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "42\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nby Heniy Depty, at the south part of Bertrand. She was\\nmoved on ways to the river, and then floated to St. Joseph.\\nSoon afterwards another small schooner was built at or near\\nthe mouth of McCoy s Creek, in Buchanan. In 1846 or\\n1847 parties from Chicago built a schooner, of some eighty\\ntons burden, on the bank of the river, about eight miles\\nabove Berrien Springs. There have probably been other\\nlake vessels built on the upper river, but no accounts of\\ntheir building have been obtained.\\nInland navigation upon the St. Joseph River forms an\\nitem of considerable importance in the history of this sec-\\ntion of country during something more than a quarter of\\na century from the time when the early settlements were\\nmade here. The account of this navigation which is given\\nhere is made up mainly of information furnished by Joseph\\nW. Brewer, Esq., of St. Joseph, who was himself engaged\\nill the river trade for many years.\\nThe river tran.sportation was carried on at first by the\\nuse of keel-boats, arks, and flat-boats but, later, steam-\\nboats were employed, and these, of cour.se, monopolized a\\ngreat part of the traffic. In the year 1833 the time when\\nMr. Brewer came to St. Joseph there were tliree keel-\\nboats running on the river, viz., the Antelope, of about\\nthirty-five tons, built by Mr. Johnson, at South Bend, Ind.,\\nand commanded by Captain Benjamin Finch the St. Jo-\\nseph, of about the same tonnage, also built at South Bend,\\nand commanded by Captain Benjamin Putnam and the\\nConstantino, of about forty tons, built at Constantino,\\nMich., and commanded and owned by Captain John McMil-\\nlan. The Kitty Kiddungo and the Three Rivers,\\nboth built at Throe Rivers by Washington Gascon (and\\nthe latter commanded by him), came on the river two or\\nthree years later. Most of the freight carried up the river\\nby these boats consisted of salt, groceries, provisions, hard-\\nware, and dry-goods. Their downward freight was, of\\ncourse, rather meagre until the country became settled,\\nand harvests were secured. The first cargo of wheat\\nbrought down the river was shipped in 1834, from Three\\nRivers, St. Joseph County, on board the Constantino, of\\nwhich boat Mr. Brewer formed one of the crew. Ten or\\ntwelve years later there were between fifty and sixty keel-\\nboats plying on the river between St. Joseph and points on\\nthe river as far up as Three Rivers. Many of these were\\ntowed by the steamers on their upward trips.\\nThe kind of boats called arks made their appear-\\nance on the river about 183.3. These were simply rectan-\\ngular cribs about forty by sixteen feet in dimensions, and\\ntwo of these were usually coupled together. They were\\ndevised by Burroughs Moore, of St. Joseph County, and\\nintended for the transportation of produce but it was\\nfound by experience that nothing but flour could profit-\\nably be carried in them. The first one of these vessels\\nwhich attempted the passage of the river started from\\nThree Rivers, under command of James Smith and\\nKnapp, passed successfully down the river (with the excep-\\ntion of two or three minor accidents) until it reached the\\nGranddad ripple, above Niles, where it was wrecked,\\nand its cargo of wheat became a total loss. This ended\\nthe arking business for three or four years but when flour\\nbegan to be more plenty, and considerable quantities of it\\nrequired transportation, the arks were again called into\\nrequisition, and became .somewhat popular for that use.\\nAn incident is related showing how, on one occasion,\\nCaptain Elisha Millard, being then in command of one of\\nthese arks, narrowly escaped serious disaster in St. Joseph\\nharbor. There was a strong and rapid current in the river,\\nand Captain Millard, miscalculating the velocity of his\\ncraft, attempted to snub it too suddenly at the wharf,\\nwhen the line parted and the ark moved rapidly on towards\\nthe lake. As it floated on past a vessel which lay there a\\nline was thrown to the captain, who at once made it fast\\nbut here a new difiiculty arose, for when the momentum\\nof the ark was so suddenly checked, and the strong current\\nbegan to act against the square perpendicular surface op-\\nposed to it, the first section of the awkward craft showed\\nunmistakable symptoms of submersion, and it was only by\\na prompt slacking of the line, and the hasty transfer of a\\npart of the cargo from the front to the rear section, that\\nboth were saved from going to the bottom.\\nThe arks (usually carrying a cargo of four or five hun-\\ndred barrels) were not brought back up the stream, but\\nsold for what they would bring, or abandoned. But another\\nexperiment was tried, of building a fleet of small arks car-\\nrying about twenty barrels each, and returning them over\\nland on wagons, to be reloaded and sent down again. It\\ndoes not appear that this plan was ever very successful.\\nFlat-boats and pirogues were in early days used on the\\nriver to some extent for the tran.sportation of light cargoes.\\nThe St. Joseph Navigation Company was incorporated\\nby act of Legislature, approved April 19, 1833, for the\\npurpose of improving the navigation of the St. Joseph\\nRiver between the entrance of said river into Lake Michi-\\ngan at its mouth and the northern boundary of Indiana.\\nHenry B. Hoff^man, Jacob Beeson. and Anson P. Brooks\\nwere appointed commissioners to receive subscriptions to\\nthe capital stock, which was authorized to the amount of\\nfifty thousand dollars. Nothing, however, was done towards\\naccomplishing the objects for which the act of incorpora-\\ntion was obtained.\\nThe first steamboat which ran up the St. Joseph River\\nwas the Newburyport, which was built at Erie, Pa.\\nThis steamer came to the St. Joseph and ran up as far as\\nBerrien Springs in 1832, and this was her first and last\\ntrip on the river. She was wrecked at or near the Calumet,\\nin 1835.\\nNext came the Matilda Barney, which was built e.s-\\npecially for this river by Deacon McKaleb, at St. Joseph,\\nin 1833. Her dimensions were, length of keel, eighty feet;\\nbreadth of beam, sixteen feet depth of hold, three feet.\\nShe was of the class known as stern-wheelers. Her\\ncommander was Captain Daniel T. Wilson, and her pilot Cap-\\ntain Ebenezer Farley. After running for several years she\\nwas taken to pieces and her machincT y used in another boat.\\nThe Davy Crockett, another stern-wheeler, was\\nbuilt at Erie, Pa., and brought to the St. Joseph by Captain\\nJohn F. Wight for John Griflith Co., in the summer of\\n1834, being designed especially for the river trade. She\\nwas commanded by Captain Pitt Brown, with Joseph Smith\\nas pilot. The Crockett carried a peculiar figure-head, it\\nbeing a nondescript, half horse and half alligator, and", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "NAVIGATION.\\n43\\nthis, being connected with the exhaust-pipe of the engine\\nby a smaller pipe, ejected a volume of steam from its mouth\\nat every stroke of the pistons. The boat did but little\\nbusiness in the first year. In 183.5 she ran on the river\\nagain, but with Captain Benjamin Putnam as commander,\\nand J. W. Brewer and Moses D. Burke as pilots. In this\\nyear she did a prosperous business until August, when she\\nran on a rock, seven miles above Berrien Springs, broke in\\ntwo, and sunk.\\nSoon after, the steamer Patronage was built by Hull\\nCo., and received the machinery of the Crockett. She\\nwas placed on the river, under command of Captain Hull,\\nand after running here a few seasons under liim and Captain\\nD. Farley went into the Grand River trade in 1841.\\nThe Pocahontas, a considerably larger boat than any\\nof her predecassors on the river, was built in 1838, by\\nWheeler Porter, forwarding merchants, of St. Joseph.\\nHer builder was James Randall, and her master Captain\\nKbenezer Farley. Her career on the river was not very\\nsuccessful. She was found to draw too much water, and\\nwas withdrawn on that account. She was afterwards dis-\\nmantled, and her engines transferred to the Algoma.\\nThe Indiana was built by Captain John McMillan in\\n1843. She was a side-wheeler, larger even than the Poca-\\nhontas, and, being the most powerful, was also the swiftest,\\nboat which had ever been on the river. Under command\\nof Captain J. W. Brewer she made the passage from St.\\nJoseph to Niles, against a strong current, and back to St.\\nJoseph, one hundred miles, between sunrise and sunset,\\non three successive days, this being the quickest time ever\\nrecorded for any boat on the river.\\nThe next boat on the river was the Algoma, which\\nwas built at Mishawaka by Wheeler Porter, of St. Joseph,\\nin 1845, and made her fir.st trip on September 14th of that\\nyear, under Captain Edward Smith. She was a more costly\\nboat than any which had been put on the river, but, as her\\nmachinery was that of the old Pocahontas, she was in-\\nferior in power and speed to the Indiana. These two\\nboats at this time, on their passages up the river, towed keel-\\nboats to their various loading-places, where they received\\ntheir cargoes of wheat, flour, pork, whisky, high wines,\\nor other commodities, and then floated back to St. Joseph.\\nThere were some twenty or thirty of them which were\\ntowed in this way on their upward trips.\\nThe Mishawaka, also built at Mishawaka, soon after\\nthe Algoma, was commanded by Captain A. Hamilton\\nSmith. This vessel was of very peculiar construction,\\nhaving on each side two wheels of about five feet in di-\\nameter, and placed about sixteen feet apart and over these\\nran an endless chain, on which were fastened the buckets\\nor paddles. This was claimed by the builders to be a more\\neconomical method of applying the propelling power than\\nthe usual one of the single paddle-wheel. Perhaps this\\nmay be true in theory, for this boat is represented as having\\nbeen an unusually fast one, in fact, so speedy as to render\\nit difficult to steer her. But it was found to be of no prac-\\ntical utility, as the propelling apparatus was almost con-\\ntinually out of order, and often broken. Finally the end-\\nless chain of buckets was discarded, and the ordinary paddle-\\nwheel substituted\\nThe steamer Niles, a side-wheeler, was built, not far\\nfrom the same time, by William B. Bceson, of Niles, and\\nplaced under command of Captain John Day, of South Bend.\\nAfterwards she was in charge of Captain Darius Jennings.\\nShe was one of the most successful boats in the river trade.\\nThe Union was a small boat built principally for the\\npassenger trade, by Capt. John McMillan, of Constantine,\\nand came on the river at about the same time as the Niles.\\nShe had an upright tubular boiler, which, after about throe\\nmonths use, was burned out and ruined. The boat was\\nthen sold to Kellogg Bros., of Mottville, who refitted her,\\nput in a horizontal boiler, and put her again on the river.\\nBefore she started from Mishawaka on her first trip down\\nthe river she was examined by Captain J. W. Brewer,\\nwho pronounced her unsafe, because liable to capsize, and\\ngave it as his opinion that if she started on her trip she\\nwould never reach St. Joseph. The warning was disre-\\ngarded, and the boat started on her trip, but, in passing the\\nMishawaka bridge, she struck the pier obliquely and cap-\\nsized, as Captain Brewer had foreseen. In this accident Mr.\\nCharles Kellogg, one of her owners, was drowned. After\\nthis disaster the two surviving brothers Kellogg, and Dr.\\nIngalls, of Mottville, formed a company and built the steamer\\nMichigan, a small but excellent boat, and placed her on\\nthe river, under command of Captain Harlow Gray. She\\nplied between Mottville and St. Joseph until about 1852.\\nIn the fall of 1848, the Central Railroad being pushed\\nthrough from Kalamazoo to Niles, the St. Joseph owners\\nsold their good steamers. The Indiana went to Chicago\\nas a tug-boat, and tlie Algoma to Muskegon. There re-\\nmained, however, the Niles, Captain Brewer; the Mish-\\nawaka, Captain Farley; and the Michigan, Captain L.\\nF. Warner; but in the spring of 1849 the first two named\\nwere sold to W. D. Thompson, general freight agent of the\\nCentral Railroad, with eight or ten keel-boats of the fleet\\nwhich the steamers had been accustomed to tow up the\\nriver to their loading points (these keel-boats having most\\nof them been owned by the same parties who owned the\\nsteamers). After this purchase by the railroad company,\\nthe Niles (still commanded by Captain Brewer), and the\\nkeel-boats were used on the upper river, bringing freight\\nfrom Constantine and points below, to Niles, where it was\\nelevated by steam-power into the company s warehouse, a\\nstructure one hundred feet in height, which had been built\\nin 1848 on the bank of the river at Niles bridge. From\\nthis building the freight was transferred to the railroad.\\nThis traffic was successful during the short time it was con-\\ntinued. The steamer Niles, however, proved deficient\\nfor the amount of towing required, and a new boat was\\nbuilt at Mishawaka expressly for the up-river trade, her\\ndimensions being one hundred and eight feet keel, sixteen\\nfeet beam, four feet hold, and eighteen inches draft of\\nwater, with two engines of forty-horse power. The name\\ngiven her was John F. Porter, in honor of the gentleman\\nof the same name, who was for a long time in the forward-\\ninn- business at St. Joseph, and who was often mentioned\\nby river men as the boatman s friend. Mr. Porter, on\\nexamining this steamer, pronounced her construction per-\\nfect, and correctly prophesied that she would prove a suc-\\ncess. The Porter, under command of Captain Brewer,", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "44\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\npreviously of the Niles, plied between Constantiiie and\\nNiles until the fall of 1851, when the Michigan Southern\\nRailroad, having extended its line westward to South Bend,\\ncut ofl nearly all the up-river trade, and the boats were sold\\nto parties in Grand Rapids for use on the Grand River.\\nDuring all this time the steamer Michigan had struggled\\nto keep up a transportation business on the river between\\nMottville and St. Joseph, and had continued running be-\\ntween those points but on the completion of the Michigan\\nSouthern Railroad her owners gave up the contest, and\\nsold the steamer and two keel-boats to parties in Chicago.\\nBesides the steamers above named, there have run upon\\nthe river at various times several others, among which were\\nthe Pilot, Captain John BIcMilian the St. Joseph,\\nCaptain Charles F. Howe and the Schuyler Colfax, Cap-\\ntain Ezekiel Reynolds. The last-named steamer ran on the\\nupper river, connecting with the Central Railroad at Niles,\\nduring the time in which the company carried on that\\nbranch of its business.\\nAt the present time a small steamer makes daily trips\\nduring the season of navigation between St. Joseph and\\nBerrien Springs.\\nExcepting the mouth of the St. Joseph River, New Buf-\\nfalo properly claims the earliest navigation of any point on\\nthe coast of Berrien and Van Buren Counties. Tire dis-\\ncovery of a practicable haven for small vessels at that place\\nwas made by Wessel Whittaker in the fall of 1834, when\\ntraveling on foot to reach St. Joseph from State Creek,\\nwhere the vessel which he commanded had been driven\\nashore and wrecked. Observing what he regarded as ex-\\ncellent natural harbor facilities, he purcha.sed a tract of land\\nthere, plotted a paper village upon this purchase, and re-\\nturned in the following spring. A few weeks afterwards\\nthere arrived a party made up of Russell Goodrich and\\nothers, who had purchased some of Mr. Whittaker s vil-\\nlage lots. This party came on board a schooner of which\\nthe name has not been ascertained, but which is said to\\nhave been and undoubtedly was the first vessel that ever\\nmade her port at that place. In June, a little later, an-\\nother schooner arrived, bringing the families of several of\\nthe settlers. This was the beginning, but no results in the\\nway of navigation of any importance followed. For a num-\\nber of years, while the country was being cleared of its for-\\nests, wood droghers ran to and fro from New Buffalo, and\\na considerable business was done in the transportation of\\nwood to Chicago. Some shipments of oats^corn, and other\\nproduce were made from here by schooner as early as 1837.\\nAbout 184(j the steamer from St. Joseph to Chicago began\\ntouching at New Buffalo and Michigan City, and continued\\nto do .so for three or four seasons afterwards, but beyond\\nthis, and the occasional arrival and departure of small craft,\\nvery little use was made of the water facilities of the\\nplace, until the Central Railroad made its western termi-\\nnus here, in 1849.\\nThe railroad company had already made extensive im-\\nprovements of the harbor by the construction of costly\\npiers and other preparations for the projected steamer con-\\nnection between the trains and the city of Chicago. These\\nimprovements made by the company cost about the sum of\\ntwo hundred and fifty thousand dollars. When the road\\nwas completed to the lake, and the trains commenced run-\\nning, two steamers the Samuel Ward, Captain Thomas\\nBuntline, and the Pacific, a larger boat, under Captain\\nCharles Cooper were placed on the line which formed the\\nChicago connection. The Pacific lay at her dock, and\\nreceived the pa.ssengcrs brought in by the first train. Both\\nthese steamers left daily for Chicago so that New Buffalo\\nsuddenly found herself transformed from an out-of-the-way\\nlanding-place for occasional sloops and schooners to an im-\\nportant steamboat rendezvous. This state of affairs con-\\ntinued through the navigation seasons of 1849, 1850, and\\n1851, and then ceased, because the railroad company had\\nextended its track into Indiana, and in the last named\\nyear established its terminus (temporarily) at Michigan\\nCity. The St. Joseph steamer had discontinued her\\ntrips here with the close of the season of 1849, and now,\\nwith the withdrawal of the railroad steamers, the naviga-\\ntion interests of New Buffalo received their final extin-\\nguishment.\\nAt South Haven, on the South Black River, at its\\nmouth, where excellent navigation facilities are now afforded,\\nand where the largest lake vessels can enter with ease, and\\nlie in safety, there was really no harbor in existence prior\\nto 1862, and for five years after that time the entrance was\\npracticable for only the smallest sailing-vessels. In 1852\\nthe village was plotted, and improvements were commenced,\\nincluding the erection of extensive saw-mills, which re-\\nquired better facilities than then existed for the shipment\\nof their lumber; but, although .something was done with a\\nview to make the mouth of the river more accessible, no\\nsubstantial results were accomplished, and vessels loading\\nhere continued to receive their cargoes from lighters while\\nlying outside the bar in the lake. The improvements made\\nhere by the combined action of South Haven and neighbor-\\ning towns, in 1862 and following years, as well as the work\\ndone by the government in 1867, 1868, and afterwards, will\\nbe more fully mentioned in succeeding pages. By the im-\\nprovements first mentioned the harbor was made practica-\\nble for the entrance of vessels, though only those of the\\nsmallest class but the later operations by the government\\nhave made it accessible to the heaviest lake steamers.\\nSteam communication with Chicago has been enjoyed by\\nSouth Haven since the improvement of the harbor by the\\ngovernment has made such navigation possible. The\\nsteamer Ira Schaffer, owned in Saugatuck, touched\\nhere on her trips for about ten years. Later steamers run-\\nning to and from South Haven have been the Monitor,\\nowned by Hannahs Hale; the Huron, owned by the\\nsame firm the Riverside, by J. P. Clark, of Detroit\\n(ran in 1877) the Metropolis, which ran here in 1878\\nuntil condemned and the Grace Gruramond, which\\ntook the place of the Metropolis, and is still (1879)\\nrunning.\\nThe arrivals at South Haven during the navigation\\nseason of 1879 were one hundred and seventy-one steamers\\nand ninety-eight sailing-vessels. The clearances from the\\nport during the same season were of one hundred and sixty-\\nnine steamers and one hundred and two sailing-vessels;", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS.\\n45\\nbeing a total tonnage of sixty-five tliousand three liundred\\nand forty tons. Tiie deputy collectors at this port have\\nbeen B. H. Dyckuiau, William E. Stevpart, and Charles\\nDelamere, the present incumbent.\\nFollowing is a list of sailing-vessels which have been\\nbuilt and owned at South Haven, viz., South Haven\\n(built in 1865), Hattie Earle, George L. Beaver\\n(three-mast), Lillie Grey, D. G. Wright, L. Painter,\\nMarvin Hannahs, 0. Shaw, William Smith, Pas-\\ncagoula, S. P. Wilson (three-mast), Mary Ludwig,\\nMary E. Packard, C. J. Smith.\\nIIAKBOIl IMPROVEMENTS.\\nThe first of the harbors on the coast of Berrien and\\nVan Buren Countie.s, as it was also the first on the east\\nshore of Lake Michigan, on which improvements were\\nmade, either at the expense of the government or other-\\nwise, was the harbor of St. Joseph, where a lighthouse\\nwas built in 1831. This structure circular in form, and\\neighteen feet in diameter at the base stood on the top of\\nthe bluff, on or very near the site of the present lighthouse\\nand tower, which succeeded the old one after it had stood\\nfor twenty-eight years, a beacon to navigators upon the\\nlake.\\nIn 1834 a preliminary survey for bettering the condition\\nof the harbor was made by Lieut. J. M. Berrien and a\\ncorps of engineers under his charge, and, upon his report,\\nCongress, in 1835, made an appropriation of twenty-six\\nthousand dollars to build a breakwater and to do other\\nwork necessary for securing a harbor of easier access and\\nlarger capacity. In reference to the improvements made\\nhere under this appropriation, the following extract is taken\\nfrom an ofiicial report of harbor improvements on Lake\\nMichigan The river, previous to any improvement, made\\na sharp bend to the southwest, near its present outlet, and\\nentered Lake Michigan about 1200 feet from its present\\noutlet. The improvement of the harbor was begun by the\\nUnited States in ]83(), and the work constructed from that\\ntime to 1866 was about 1312 feet of piering, of which\\n1100 feet constituted the north and 212 feet the south\\npier, embracing the revetment of the cut through the nar-\\nrow tongue of sand.\\nA survey was made in 1803 by Col. W. F. Reynolds,\\npreliminary to further improvement. At that time the\\nchannel was 240 feet wide confined by the north pier\\n1100 feet, and south pier 212 feet, the river spreading\\ninto a basin 800 feet wide. Two channels were formed,\\none by the Paw Paw River and the other by the St. Jo-\\nseph, with depth of water not less than 12 feet at the\\nentrance of the harbor, and nine feet water-way inward.\\nPlans of further improvement were made in 1806, embrac-\\ning the extension of the south pier 200 feet, which was\\ncompleted during the fiscal year of 1867-68. Surveys\\nwere made in November, 1868, and August, 1869, but\\nnothing was accomplished beyond (he surveys.\\nThe annual reports of harbor improvements show appro-\\npriations for St. Joseph harbor as follows: For 1870,\\n\u00c2\u00a715,000; 1871, \u00c2\u00a710,000; 1872, for repairs, \u00c2\u00a73000; 1873,\\nrepair.s, $2000; 1875, \u00c2\u00a735,000; 1876, \u00c2\u00a712,000; 1878,\\n\u00c2\u00a712,000; and the appropriation for 1879 is $10,953. In\\n1871 the south pier was extended 416 feet, and in 1872-\\n73 the appropriations were used for repairs and protection\\nof work. In 187G, on account of the increased tonnage\\nof Benton Harbor and the necessity of protecting and\\nfostering the fruit interest, an appropriation was asked to\\ndredge away the bar, build a wing-dam, and construct a\\nrevetment in Paw Paw River.\\nThe operations for 1878-79 were to construct and sink\\ntwo cribs in extension of the north pier, one 50 by 24 by 22 J\\nfeet, the other 50 by 30 by 22 i feet. The operations for\\n1879, with the appropriation of $10,953, were the con-\\nstruction for north pier, of a crib 50 by 30 by 26 J feet, the\\ncompletion of a wing-dam at the mouth of Benton Harbor\\ncanal by extension 200 feet, and the building of a trimming\\nwall or dam of brush and stone 300 feet, at root of wing-\\ndam, to confine Paw Paw River to its channel.\\nThe harbor of New Buffalo was first known and visited\\nin 1834, as has been mentioned. At about the same time\\nLieut. Eveleth, who was engaged in a survey of the south-\\neastern shores of Lake Michigan, was drowned, at or near\\nthe entrance of this harbor. Some time after, Lieuts. Ber-\\nrien and Rose were sent by the government to make a sur-\\nvey and examination of this part of the coast and of the\\nmouth of Galien River, in regard to its adaptation for\\nharbor purposes. Lieut. T. B. W. Stockton, of the regular\\narmy (afterwards colonel of the 1st Michigan Regiment,\\nin the Mexican war, and colonel of the 16th Michigan, in\\nthe war of the Rebellion), was also detailed in the spring\\nof 1838 to make an examination into the advisability of\\nerecting a lighthouse and making some harbor improve-\\nments at this place. The reports of these officers were\\nfavorable, and an appropriation was finally made for the\\nerection of a lighthouse at this point.\\nThe place had then scarcely been heard of as a lake-port,\\nand the Secretary of War wrote letters to several persons, in-\\nquiring as to where the proposed lighthouse was to be\\nlocated. The site was decided on in September, 1838, and\\nthe lighthouse was built in the following year. The struc-\\nture appears to have been located without much judgment,\\nfor about eighteen years after its erection its foundation\\nbecame undermined by the action of the water, and it\\ntoppled and fell. No new light-tower was erected in its\\nplace, for the reason that the navigation centering at the\\nharbor was no longer of sufficient importance to require a\\nlight.\\nFor the purpose of improving the harbor and rendering\\nit more accessible, an appropriation of ten thousand dollars\\nwas made about 1854. A part of this appropriation was\\nused in the purchase of timber, but beyond this nothing\\nwas done at that time, and the unexpended balance of the\\nten thousand dollars was covered into the treasury. A\\nfurther appropriation, however, was secured, in or about\\n1865, to the amount of thirty thousand dollars, and this, or\\na large portion of it, was expended in crib-work at the\\nharbor entrance. This was the last money expended on\\nthe harbor of New Buffalo. Previously (1847 to 1849)\\nthe Michigan Central Railroad Company had expended\\nhere five times the amount which has ever been appropri-\\nated by government for the improvement of the harbor.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "46\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nThe total amount expended by the government and the\\ncompany at this place is fully three hundred thousand dol-\\nlars, the results of which have long since ceased to be of\\nany practical utility.\\nSouth Haven Harbor was first improved (or rather it\\nmay be said to have been created) by work which was com-\\nmenced in 1S62 and continued through several following\\nyeiirs, and which was paid for with funds voted by South\\nHaven and other townships interested in the securing of\\nharbor fiiciiities at this point. Prior to the time named,\\nand after the erection of the lumber-mills at South Haven,\\nsomething had been done towards improvement, but the\\nresults were of very little importance, and the mouth of the\\nriver remained virtually closed against navigation.\\nIn 18(51 the Legislature passed an act (approved Feb-\\nruary 25th) to provide for the laying of a special tax in\\ncertain townships in Van Buren and Allegan Counties,\\nherein named, for the improvement of South Black River,\\nin the county of Van Buren. This act provided that\\nthe legal voters of the townships of South Haven, Deerfield,\\nBangor, Arlington, Columbia, and Geneva, in the county\\nof Van Buren, and the townships of Casco, Ganges, and\\nLee, in the county of Allegan, are hereby authorized and\\nempowered to vote annually for ten years, at the annual\\ntownship-meetings for the election of township officers, for\\na special tax, not exceeding one per cent, on the taxable\\nproperty of each township, to be expended in improve-\\nment of the harbor of South Black River, in the county of\\nVan Buren. Emory 0. Briggs, of Arlington, Daniel G.\\nWright, of South Haven, and Timothy McDowell, of Casco,\\nwere appointed commissioners to receive orders drawn on\\ntownship treasurers for all moneys, and to appropriate the\\nsame for the improvement of said harbor.\\nThe aggregate amount raised by the several townships\\nunder the provisions of this act was nearly twenty thousand\\ndollars. The improvements made by aid of this fund con-\\nsisted of piering, piling for the protection of the river banks,\\nand other work. Two piers were built, extending into the\\nlake, diverging from each other at an angle of thirty degrees,\\nand the north one being the longer. These piers were of\\ncrib-work, except about eighty feet of the north one, which\\nwas of piles. The banks of the river, for a distance of five\\nhundred feet on each side, were protected by close piling.\\nThis work was done in 1862 and a few succeeding years,\\nbut, although a comparatively large sum was thus expended,\\nthe harbor was not made accessible, except for vessels of\\nsmall size.\\nRepeated petitions for a government appropriation for\\nthis harbor finally resulted in an order for a preliminary\\nsurvey, which was made in November, 18G6, and a plan\\nwas reported by the engineer for the construction of two\\nparallel piers, one hundred and eighty feet apart, to be ex-\\ntended into the lake to a depth of twelve feet of water.\\nUp(jn this report an appropriation of forty-three thousand\\ndollars was made in 1SG7, and the work was commenced in\\nthe same year. In November, 1808, there had been con-\\nstructed three hundred and fifty-two feet of piering on the\\nnorth side of the channel, and three hundred and twenty feet\\non the south side. In August, 1869, another survey was\\nmade, and under this survey work was commenced June 14,\\n1 870. While the operations were in progress another survey\\nwas made (Aug. 17 to 24, 1871) and when the work was\\ncompleted, in 1872, the north pier had been extended four\\nhundred feet and the south pier four hundred and fifty-two\\nfeet. In soundings made April 10th to 19th, in that year,\\nan average depth of eight and one-half feet of water was\\nfound at the entrance, and not less than seven feet in any\\npart of the channel, though the lake level was at that time\\nabout a foot lower than in previous years.\\nIn a report made by 0. C. Lathrop, II. E. Bidwell, and\\nA. S. Dyckman,* in 1871, these gentlemen, in referring to\\nthe harbor and shipping facilities of South Haven, make\\nthis remark It is a village of about two thousand inhabi-\\ntants, having increased to that number from four hundred\\nin the last four years. Four years ago she had no harbor,\\nthe shifting sands of Lake Michigan blockading the mouth\\nof the river, so that it was accessible only to the smallest\\nsailing-craft. Now, by means of piering, she has a harbor\\ncapable of accommodating the largest vessels and steamers\\nthat ply on the great lakes.\\nIn 1871 a lighthouse was built on the south pier, mount-\\ning a Funk hydraulic lamp of tlie fifth order. It was first\\nused in 1872. The first keeper was Capt. William P.\\nBryan, who was succeeded in 1874 by Capt. J. A. Dona-\\nhue, the present keeper.\\nIn the spring of 1873 repairs were made on the south\\npier, and both were extended. Up to August of that year\\nthe north, pier extension had reached two hundred feet, and\\nthe south pier fifty feet. On the 18th of November, 1873,\\na heavy northwest gale drove the crib at the head of the\\nnorth pier from its place, and on the 13th of March, 1874,\\nthe crib at the end of the south pier was displaced. These\\ncribs were re-sunk in 1874, and soundings made at that\\ntime developed a depth of nine feet of water from the lake\\nto the warehouse dock.\\nIn the winter of 1875 a breach was made through the\\nsouth pier, which increased during the winter and spring to\\na length of ninety feet. From this cause the channel was\\nfilled so that but six and one-half feet of water was found\\nat that point, which prevented vessels from entering, and\\nobliged them to load and unload at the pier outside the ob-\\nstruction. The breach was repaired in the spring of 1876,\\nand five hundred and twenty-five feet of pile revetment was\\nadded to the north pier during the same season.\\nThe operations of 1878-79 were confined to the con-\\nstruction of four hundred and fifty feet of revetment, ex-\\ntending the north revetment in an easterly direction, with\\ndredging of the channel, and nece-ssary repairs.\\nThe appropriations which have been made for this har-\\nbor since the first appropriation of $13,000 have been as fol-\\nlows: In 1870, $10,000; 1871, $15,000; 1872, $12,000;\\n1873, $20,000; 1874, $10,000; 1875, $10,000; 1876,\\n$10,000; 1878, $12,000; 1879, $12,400. The appropri-\\nation of 1879 was applied to extension of the north pier\\nby the sinking of cribs and to the dredging of the channel.\\nA coiiimiltec appointed by the South Haven Pomological Society\\nto prepai-e a report on the advantages of this section for the growing\\nand shipment of fruit.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.\\n47\\nThe lake coast of Van Buren and Berrien Counties has\\nproved a dangerous one to navigators, as is shown by the\\ngreat number of wrecks with which it has been strewed\\nduring the past half-century. A few of the earliest disas-\\nters occurring here were, the loss of the steamer Pioneer,\\nbefore mentioned of the large schooner Bridget, Capt.\\nPeter Druyea, which foundered eighteen miles north of the\\nmouth of the St. Joseph and was lost, with all hands (four-\\nteen in number, including passengers), in the fall of 1834\\nthe wreck (but not total loss) of the schooner Juliet, in\\nthe same year, just north of the mouth of the St. Joseph\\nthe drowning of the captain, four sailors, and a passenger\\nof the schooner Austerlitz, in attempting to land at St.\\nJoseph in 18H3 the total loss of the steamer Champlain,\\non the coast of Berrien, in 1838 the wrecking of the\\nthree-masted schooner Laporte, Capt. Webster, at the\\nentrance of South Haven harbor, in the fall of 1838; and\\nthe loss of the schooner Florida, near the same place,\\nin 1842. If the various disasters on this .section of the\\ncoast, from that time to the present, were enumerated in\\ndetail, the list would be a long and formidable one. One\\nof the most heartrending of the disasters was the loss of\\nthe steamer Hippocampus on her passage from St. Jo-\\nseph to Chicago, in 1868. The loss of this vessel is more\\nfully mentioned in the history of St. Joseph.\\nCHAPTER VII.\\nINTEKNAL IMPROVEMENTS.\\nEarly Routes of Travel The River Highway Indian Trails Roads\\ncut by Pioneers The Chicago Road Territorial Roads State\\nRoads\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Plank-Roads\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Stage Routes\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Railroads\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Detroit and\\nSt. Joseph Railroad Company The Jlichigan Central Railroad\\nThe Michigan Southern Kalamazoo and South Haven Railroad\\nThe Constantine and Niles Canal or Railroad Company St. Joseph\\nValley Railroad Company Elkhart and Lake Michigan Railroad\\nChicago and West Michigan Railroad Paw Paw Railroad\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Toledo\\nand South Haven Railroad Michigan Air-Line Railroad.\\nIn all countries and regions where the first settlers are\\nof the Anglo-Saxon race, their earliest labors are directed\\nto the securing of practicable routes of travel and the\\nopening of these, however rude and primitive they may be,\\nis the first step in the direction of public internal improve-\\nment. The immigrant, in traveling towards his prospective\\nhome in the wilderness, must bestow some labor be it more\\nor less in opening a route over which to reach it with his\\nfamily and the few household necessaries which he brings\\nwith him. In heavily-timbered countries such as was a\\nlarge part of the region to which this history has especial\\nreference this task is often a heavy one, while it is com-\\nparatively trifling in such a country as was found in other\\nportions of Berrien and Van Buren Counties, a country\\nmore thinly wooded, where access could be had to almost\\nany spot through the convenient openings. But even in\\nthese parts the new-comers were obliged to have frequent\\nrecourse to the axe to open a path through intervening\\nthickets, or to fell a few trees to make a solid way across\\nstreams nr marshy places. And this work, though light\\nand insignificant, was road-building, an improvement\\nwhich it was necessary to make before the settler could\\nreach the spot where his cabin was to be reared.\\nThose who came to settle in the valley of the St. Joseph,\\nentering the country from the south and southeast, found a\\npracticable highway in the river, down which they could\\nfloat in pirogues and other light craft, and thus reach their\\ndestinations (if these chanced to be in the vicinity of the\\nstream) with comparative ease. But this was the case with\\nonly a small proportion of the settlers even in Berrien,\\nwhile in Van Buren County, nature had prepared no such\\nconvenient water-way, and routes of travel could only be\\nhad by opening them through the heavy forest-growth\\nwhich sprang from the fertile soil.\\nThe first land highways were the Indian trails, of which\\nthere were several passing through this region. One of\\nthese, coming from the Ottawa settlements at L Arbre\\nCroche (at Little Traverse Bny), passed southward through\\nthe wilderness to the rapids of the Grand River, and thence\\nthrough the present counties of Kent, Allegan, and Van\\nBuren to the villages of the Pottawnttamies, on the St.\\nJoseph. Another, starting from Saginaw, passed up the\\nSaginaw and Shiawassee Rivers, and through the forests to\\nIonia (or where Ionia now is), and thence south westwardly\\nthrough Barry and Van Buren Counties to the Puttaioatta-\\nmie headquarters. These trails, branching, led both to the\\nmouth of the St. Joseph and to the more numerous vil-\\nlages in the vicinity of Niles. There were other trails\\nleading from the dominion of old Topinabe in various direc-\\ntions, including those running south to the Wabash and\\neastwardly to the Kalamazoo and the head-waters of the\\nGrand and Huron Rivers. But the principal one the one\\nover which there was more Indian travel than any, and\\nprobably more than on all the others was that which, lead-\\ning southward from Green Bay and the rivers of Wiscon-\\nsin, passed round the head of Lake Slichigan, thence north-\\neasterly by way of Pokagon s village in the southeast part\\nof Berrien, and on through the wilderness to the Detroit\\nRiver. It was over this trail that from time immemorial\\nthe warriors of the SaiiJc, Outagamie, Winnebago, and\\nother tribes had passed in their expeditions, and it was\\nalong this great path that for many years following 1815\\nalmost entire tribes men, women, and children traveled\\non their way from the northwest to Maiden, in Canada,\\nwhere once a year the British government disbursed the\\nannuities (a small sum per capita to Indians of both sexes\\nand all ages), promised in payment of the .services rendered\\nby the savages in the war of 1812. The route of this\\nancient Indian highway was almost identical with that of\\nthe later Chicago road, over which many of the early\\nimmigrants passed on their way to places of settlement in\\nSouthwestern Michigan.\\nBy act of Congress, passed April 30, 1824, the President\\nof the United States was authorized to cause the neces-\\nsary surveys, plans, and estimates to be made of the routes\\nof such roads and canals as he may deem of national im-\\nportance in a commercial or military point of view, or\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0s Article VI. of the treaty held at Chicago in 1821 provides that\\nthe United States shall have the privilege of making and using a\\nroad through the Indian country, from Detroit and Fort Wayne, re-\\nspectively, to Chicago.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "48\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nnecessary for the transportation of the public mail. He\\nwas also authorized to employ two or more skillful engineers\\nfor the purpose, aod the sum of thirty thousand dollars was\\nappropriated for the surveys. This was the first of the\\nCongressional acts which resulted in tlie construction of\\nthe old Detroit and Chicago road, this being one of the\\nprincipal routes which the President deemed of national\\nimportance, and for the survey of which the sum of ten\\nthousand dollars was apportioned from the appropriation\\nmade by Congress. The great influence of Gen. Cass was\\nexerted, and was very efiFective, in procuring the location\\nand construction of this road.\\nIn the survey\u00e2\u0080\u0094 commenced at the eastern end in 1825\\nthe chief engineer started on the plan of running on nearly\\nstraight lines. He soon found, however, that if he followed\\nthis plan, cutting a vista for his compass through the dense\\nwoods, and spending a large part of his time in searching\\nout good routes and eligible bridge-crossings, the money\\nwould all be expended long before he would have completed\\nhis work. So he determined to follow the Chicago trail,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094the old pathway which the Indians had followed for ages.\\nThis he did so faithfully that it is said there is not an\\nangle, bend, or turn of the Indian trail which is not pre-\\nserved by the present road from Chicago to Detroit, except\\nfor a short distance in Washtenaw County. This is a\\nsomewhat exaggerated statement, but a glance at the map\\nwill show that there are angles enough in the present road\\nto give some color of truth to it.\\nThe Indians had avoided the worst marshes, which were\\nthe principal obstructions to road-making, and, what was\\nequally important, they had selected the best fording places\\nof the creeks and rivers. The trail, and consequently the\\nroad, passed from Detroit southwesterly, crossing the orig-\\ninal southern boundary line of Slichigan surveys* in range\\n9 west, continuing westward between that line and the\\npresent boundary line of Michigan, crossing the St. Joseph\\nRiver at the mouth of Pigeon River, continuing wcstwardly,\\nnearly in a direct line, to Pare aux Vaches, the Bertrand\\ntrading post, on the St. Joseph River, and west through\\nthe village of the Indian chief Pokagon, passing out of\\nthe State of Michigan five and a half miles west of the\\nSt. Joseph River. This route was surveyed through Cass\\nand Berrien Counties in 1832 and 1833 by Daniel G.\\nGarnsey, afterwards one of the proprietors of Bertrand\\nvillage. The road was not completed until 183C.\\nIn the period extending from 1829 to the erection of\\nMichigan as a State, the Legislative Council of the Territory\\nauthorized the laying out and establishment of a number of\\nroads leading to the St. Joseph, Black, and Galien Rivers,\\nand to other objective points within the counties of Berrien\\nand Van Buren. The first of these (authorized by act ap-\\nproved Nov. -1, 1829) was a Territorial road, commencing\\nin the Chicago road, at or near the inn of Timothy S. Shel-\\ndon, in the township of Plymouth, in the county of Wayne\\nThe south boundary of the original surveys of the public lands\\nof Southern Michigan was three and a half miles north of the present\\nsouthern boundary of the State. This line, as well as the route of\\nthe Chicago road, is shown on a Plat of the Northern Boundary of\\nIndiana, Surveyed in Conformity to Act of Congress, To authorize\\nthe I rcsident of the United States to ascertain and designate the\\nNorthern Boundary of Indiana, passed March 2d, 1827.\\nthence west, on the ino.st eligible route through the village\\nof Ann Arbor, by Samuel Clement s, to Grand River, where\\nthe St. Joseph trail crosses the .same, and also through the\\nCohgwagiac and Grand Prairies thence westerly, on the\\nmost eligible route to or near the Paw Paw, to the mouth of\\nSt. Joseph River, of Lake Michigan. The commissioner.s\\nappointed by the act to lay out and establish this road\\nwere Seely Neal, of Panama, Orren White, of Ann Arbor,\\nin the county of Washtenaw, and Jehial Enos, of Grand\\nPrairie of Kalamazoo.\\nA road was authorized by act approved July 30, 1830,\\ncommencing where the township road laid out by the\\ncommissioners of Ontwa town.ship, Cass Co., from Pleasant\\nLake, in a direction to Pulaski, in Indiana, intersects the\\nsouthern boundary line between the Territory of Michigan\\nand the State of Indiana thence on the road laid out as\\naforesaid until it intersects the Chicago road a few rods\\neast of the post-office, near the house of Ezra Beardsley,\\nrunning thence, on the most eligible and practicable route\\nto the entrance of the river St. Joseph, into Lake Mich-\\nigan. The commissioners appointed to lay out and estab-\\nlish this road were George Meachem, John Bogert, and\\nSquire Thompson.\\nBy act of the Legislative Council, approved in June,\\n1832, two Territorial roads were authorized to be laid out\\nand established partially in Berrien County, viz.\\nA road commencing at the county seat of Branch\\nCounty, running westerly, on the most direct and eligible\\nroute, through the seats of justice for St. Joseph and Cass\\nCounties, to the mouth of St. Joseph River. Squire\\nThompson, C. K. Green, and Alexander Redfield, commis-\\nsioners. And a territorial road commencing at Jackson-\\nburg, in the county of Jackson, thence running .southwest-\\nerly, on the most direct and eligible route, to or near the\\nnorth bend of St. Joseph River, in range 5, west thence\\nwesterly, on the most direct and eligible route, through\\nBig Prairie Ronde, to the mouth of St. Joseph River.\\nLyman J. Daniels, Edwin II. Lathrop, and William E.\\nPerrin were appointed commissioners to lay out and estab-\\nlish this road.\\nIn March and April, 1833, the council passed acts au-\\nthorizing and directing the laying out of the following Ter-\\nritorial roads\\n1. A road beginning at the village of Niles, in Berrien\\nCounty thence running, on the most direct and eligible\\nroute, through the county-seat of Kalamazoo County, to the\\nvillage of Saginaw, in Saginaw County. Lucius Lyon,\\nJacob Beeson, and Ephraim S. Williams, commissioners.\\n2. A road commencing at or near the mouth of the\\nSt. Joseph River, in the county of Berrien, thence to the\\nnorthern boundary of Indiana, on the most direct and eli-\\ngible route, towards South Bend, in Indiana provided the\\ncommissioners appointed to lay out the road do not cause it\\nto be laid through the reservation belonging to the Potta-\\nwattamie Indians without their consent. James P. Law,\\nLemuel L. Johnson, and Jehial Enos were the commis-\\nsioners appointed to lay out and establish.\\n3. A road from at or near the mouth of St. Joseph\\nRiver, in Berrien County, thence running to the northern\\nboundary of Indiana, on the most direct and eligible route", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.\\n49\\nto Chicago, in the State of Illinois. John Wittenmyer,\\nJehial Enos, and Fowler Preston, commissioners.\\n4. A road from the village of Schoolcraft, in Kalama-\\nzoo County, on the most direct and eligible route, by the\\nPaw Paw Landing, to the mouth of Black River, between\\nthe mouth of St. Joseph and Kalamazoo Rivers. Joseph\\nA. Smith, John Perrine, and Abiel Fellows, commissioners.\\n5. Sterling Adams, Charles Jones, and Lyman J. Daniels\\nwere appointed commissioners to lay out and establish a\\nroad from Adamsvillc, in Cass County, on the most direct\\nand eligible route, to the Paw Paw River, at or near the\\ncentre of Van Buren County.\\n6. George Meachem, Elijah Lacey, and Fowler Preston\\nwere appointed commissioners to lay out a road from Ed-\\nwardsburg, in Cass County, through the village of Niles,\\nto the mouth of St. Joseph River, in Berrien County.\\nOn the 7tli of March, 1834, the three following-named\\nroads were ordered laid out and established, viz.\\n1. A road to be laid out from Mottville, through St.\\nJoseph, Cass, and Berrien Counties, to the mouth of St.\\nJoseph River. Henry H. Fowler, Hart L. Stewart, and\\nJohn Woohnan, commissioners.\\n2. A road from Niles, in Berrien County, on the most\\ndirect and eligible route, to the mouth of Galien River, in\\nthat county. Plrasmus Winslow, Jacob Beeson, and Ben-\\njamin Redding, commissioners.\\n3. A road from Marshall, in Calhoun County, through\\nClimax Prairie, on the most direct and eligible route, to the\\ncounty-seat of Van Buren County. Michael Spencer,\\nBenjamin F. Dwinnell, and Nathaniel E. Matthews, com-\\nmissioners.\\nAn act, approved Jan. 30, 1835, appointed .James Cowen,\\nMichael Beedle, and D. MeCamly commissioners to lay\\nout and establish a road from Jacksonburg through Casso-\\npolis to the mouth of St. Joseph River and by the same\\nact, James Newton, Henry Jones, and Elijah Lacey were\\nauthorized to lay out a road from Cassopolis to Galien\\nRiver.\\nA large number of State roads wore authorized by the\\nfirst Legislature of Michigan, at the session of 1835-3G,\\nseveral of which were laid out in the counties of Berrien\\nand Van Buren, or across some parts of their territory. An\\nact approved March 2G, 1836, provided that there shall\\nbe laid out and established, a State road from Edward. ^burg,\\nin Cass Co., via Cassopolis, Volinia, and Paw Paw Mills, to\\nAllegan, in Allegan County. David Crane, Jacob Silver,\\nand John L. Shearer were appointed commissioners for the\\npurpose. The same act appointed Albert E. Bull, Na-\\nthaniel M. Thomas, Alexander Copeley commissioners to\\nlay out and establish a road from Schoolcraft, in Kalamazoo\\nCounty, to the village of St. Joseph, in Berrien County.\\nA State road was also authorized at the .same time to be\\nkid out from the mouth of the Galien River to the mouth\\nof the St. Joseph River, Berrien County. John Witten-\\nmyer, John F. Porter, William G. Bailer, commissioners.\\nThe following roads were authorized by act of July 26,\\n1836, viz.\\n1. A State road from Paw Paw Mills, in the village of\\nPaw Paw, Van Buren County, leading through the village\\nof Otsego, to the falls of Grand River, in the county of\\n7\\nKent. Samuel Foster, Oka Town, and John Brackett,\\ncommissioners.\\n2. A State road from French s tavern, on the Chicago\\nroad, at the crossing of Prairie River, to Constantine, in\\nSt. Joseph County thence to Cassopolis, crossing the river\\nat Buck s tavern, and from thence to the mouth of St.\\nJoseph River. Thomas Langley, George Buck, and E. B.\\nSherwood, commissioners.\\n3. A road from Constantine, in St. Joseph County,\\nthrough Berrien, to New Buffalo village. We.sscl Whit-\\ntaker, R. E. Ward, and Thomas Charlton, commissioners.\\n4. A road from Constantine to Niles. William F.\\nHouse, H. W. Griswold, and Robert S. Griffin, commis-\\nsioners.\\n5. A road from Detroit River through the centre of\\ntownship 4 south of base line to- Clark s Lake, and thence\\nto St. Joseph River. Daniel C. Vreeiand, Abraham C.\\nTruax, and Eli Bradshaw, commissioners.\\n6. A road from Centreville, in St. Joseph County,\\nthrough Cassopolis, and through Berrien, to the entrance\\nof Galien River into Lake Michigan. E. P. Toll, Robert\\nE. Ward, and Wessel Whittaker, commissioners.\\n7. A State road from Geneva, on the most direct and\\neligible route, to the entrance of St. Joseph River into Lake\\nMichigan. H. L. Stewart, John Wittenmyer, and E. P.\\nSanger, commissioners.\\n8. A road from Constantine, in St. Joseph County, to\\nthe mouth of the St. Joseph River, by the most direct and\\neligible route. William P. House, James Odell, and\\nMoody Emerson, commissioners.\\nThe following-named roads were authorized by legislative\\nact, approved March 17, 1837\\n1. A State road from Whitman ville to the State road, at\\nor near Bainbridge. Charles J. Martin, C. Whitman, John\\nP. Davis, and Jehial Enos, commissioners.\\n2. A State road from Whitmanville to St. Joseph.\\nEleazer Morton, John Wolver, and E. H. Spaulding, com-\\nmissioners.\\n3. A road from Cassopolis through Berrien to New\\nBuffalo. Abiel Silver, Isaac Sumner, and Pitt Brown, com-\\nmissioners.\\n4. A State road from Liverpool, in Berrien County, to\\nBerrien. Pitt Brown, William Huff, and E. P. Deacon\\nwere appointed commissioners.\\n5. A road from Berrien, in Berrien County, through\\nBainbridge, to South Haven, in Van Buren County. Pitt\\nBrown, John P. Davis, and E. P. Deacon, commissioners.\\n6. A State road from St. Joseph, in Berrien County, to\\nthe southern boundary of the State, on the most eligible\\nroute, towards South Bend, Ind. Joseph Bertrand, John\\nK. Finley, and John Wittenmyer, commissioners.\\n7. A road from St. Joseph to the southern boundary\\nof the State, on the most direct and eligible route, towards\\nLakeport, Ind. John Wittenmyer, Hart L. Stewart, and\\nSampson Stanberry, commissioners.\\n8. A road from the village of Berrien, running west-\\nwardly until it intersects the State road leading from St.\\nJoseph to New Buffalo. William F. St. John, James T.\\nLord, and Joseph F. Barnum, commissioners.\\nThe fever for laying out State roads appears to have", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "50\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nabated during 1838 and 1839, but again, on April 1, 1840,\\nan act was approved, which authorized the establishmeut of\\nthe following\\n1. A road commencing at some point at or near the\\nnorth bank of the river St. Joseph, in the county of Ber-\\nrien, in the vicinity of the village of St. Joseph thence\\nrunning in an easterly direction, on the most eligible route,\\nto the village of La Grange, formerly called Wliitmansville,\\nin Cass County. L. L. Johnson, Morgan Enos, and\\nJacob Allen, commissioners.\\n2. A road commencing at the village of St. Joseph, in\\nthe county of Berrien, running in a southerly direction, on\\nthe most eligible route, to New Buffalo, in the same county.\\nThe commissioners on this road were Fowler Preston, Isaac\\n0. Adams, and William C. Hammol.\\n3. A road to commence at the village of St. Joseph, or\\nat some point on some of the highways leading to or from\\nsaid village, and to run. in a southerly direction till it inter-\\nsects the southern boundary of the State. E. A. Blorton,\\nWilliam Huff, Eleazer Lord, commissioners.\\n4. A State road commencing at or near the north bank\\nof the river St. Joseph, in the vicinity of the village of\\nSt. Joseph, in the county of Berrien thence in a south-\\neasterly direction to the village of Nilos, in the same\\ncounty. Daniel Olds, Jr., David S. Rector, and Job\\nBrookfield, comraLssioners.\\nOtlier State roads wore authorized April 7, 1846, as fol-\\nlows: One commencing at the village of Buchanan, in\\nthe county of Berrien, running thence to New Buffalo.\\nHczekiah Mitchell, Nathaniel Stratton, Samuel Garwood,\\nand John P. Johnson, commissioners. Another, com-\\nmencing at Buchanan, running on the most eligible route\\nto the village of Berrien. Joseph Demont, John Engle-\\nright, Jesse Helmick, and Jacob Stotter, commissioners.\\nAlso, a road from the village of Buchanan, on the most\\neligible route, to some point at Terre Coupee Prairie on the\\nState line best suited to connect with the Chicago turn-\\npike. John Reynolds, Hezckiah Mitchell, and Joseph G.\\nAmes, commissioners.\\nOn April 3, 1848, an act was pas.sed appropriating seven\\nthousand acres of the internal improvement lands of the\\nSlate for opening and improving of the State road from\\nConstantine, in St. Joseph County, to Paw Paw, in Van\\nBuren County.\\nIt is to be borne in mind that to lay out and establish\\na road particularly in the earlier years was not ecjuiv-\\nalent to opening and making it ready for travel, but that\\nin many instances years intervened between the time when\\na highway was laid out by the commissioners and the time\\nwhen it was made pas.sable for vehicles, and that it was not\\nunfrequently the case that roads which had been authorized\\nand laid out were never opened. This was the case with\\nregard to a number of those mentioned in preceding pages.\\nPLANK-ROADS.\\nAbout the year 1848 the construction of plank-roads\\nbegan to come into general favor in Michigan, and nearly\\nAll act was piist^ed March 28, 1848, npju-opriating three thousand\\nacres of the internal improvement lands of the State for the pur-\\npose of opening and improving this rjad.\\nevery county in the settled portion of the State had some\\npart of its territory traversed by the routes of these high-\\nways, projected, if not actually constructed and put in\\noperation. The first project of this kind, the proposed\\nroute of which would cross any part of the counties of Van\\nBuren and Berrien, was that of the Paw Paw Plank-\\nRoad Company, which was incorporated by act of the\\nLegislature, approved April 3, 1848. This company was\\nempowered to lay out, establish, and construct a plank-\\nroad and all necessary buildings, from the village of Paw\\nPaw, in the county of Van Buren, on the most eligible\\nroute, to some point on the Central Railroad, at or near\\nwhere the Little Prairie Ronde road crosses the Central\\nRailroad. Isaac W. Willard, James Crane, and Nathan\\nMears were appointed to receive subscriptions to the capi-\\ntal stock, which was authorized to the amount often thou-\\nsand dollars. The incorporation was for sixty years, but\\nsubject to repeal at any time, under certain conditions and\\nit was so repealed by act approved Feb. 12, 1855.\\nThe New Buffalo and La Porte Plank-Road Company\\nwas incorporated by act of Feb. 13, 1849, with an author-\\nized capital stock of five thousand dollars. Commissioners,\\nIsaac 0. Adams, George W. Allen, Alonzo Bennett, L. N.\\nBowlsby, and Edwin Ballengee.\\nThe Niles and Mottville and the Decatur, Lawrence\\nand Breedsville Plank-road Companies were incorporated\\nMarch 22, 1849. The stock of the latter company was\\nplaced at forty thousand dollars, and the proposed route of\\nits road was as indicated by its title. Aaron W. Broughton,\\nMarvin Hannahs, William B. Sherwood, Henry Coleman,\\nJ. N. Hinckley, Milo J. Go.ss, B. F. Chadwick, H. N. Phil-\\nlips, Israel Phelps, and John Andrews were named as com-\\nmissioners. The Nilos and Mottville Company was empow-\\nered to construct a plank-road between these termini, by\\nway of Edwardsbiirg, Adamsville, or Cassopolis. The\\ncommissioners named to receive subscriptions were James\\nL. Glenn, H. P. Mather, J. M. Finley, H. B. Hoffman,\\nNathaniel Bacon, George Meachem, Ezra Hatch, Moses\\nJay, Hiram HoUibard, Orrin E. Thompson, H. Follett,\\nand Norman Sage. Capital stock authorized, one hundred\\nthousand dollars.\\nThe Lake Michigan and Terre Coupee Plank-Road Com-\\npany was incorporated IMarch 31, 1849. Capital stock\\nauthorized, twenty-five thousand dollars. Commissioners,\\nH. E. Crosby, E. N. Shead, J. P. Johnson, Moses Cham-\\nberlain, A. Emery, and Elkanah Ryther. The route over\\nwhich the company was empowered to build its road was\\nfrom the State line, near the village of Terre Coupee,\\nInd., to the village of New Buffalo, or to some point on\\nthe Michigan Central Railroad.\\nThe following plunk-road companies were incorporated\\nby acts of March, 1850, viz.\\n1. The Niles and State Line Plank-Road Company.\\nCapital, twenty thousand dollars, ominissioners, Jacob\\nBeoson, Nathaniel Bacon, Richard P. Barker, and William\\nMcComber. This company was empowered to build a road\\nfrom Niles to the Indiana State line, running on the cast\\nside of the St. Joseph River.\\n2. The Breedsville and South Haven Plank-Road Com-\\npany, to build between the points indicated. Capital,", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.\\n51\\ntwenty-five thousand dollars. Commissioners, Marvin Han-\\nnahs, Elijah Kiiowles, Joseph B. Sturges, Smith Brown,\\nand Jonathan Hinckley.\\n3. The Paw Paw and Lawrence Plank-Road Company.\\nCapital, twenty-five thousand dollars. Commissioners, Fitz\\nH. Stevens, J. R. Baker, and Nelson Phelps. This com-\\npany was empowered to build from any point in the vil-\\nlage of Paw Paw, on the most eligible route, to the village\\nof Lawrence, in Van Buren County.\\n4. The Paw Paw and Schoolcraft Plank-Road Company,\\nto construct a plank-road from the village of Paw Paw\\nStation, on the Central Railroad, in the county of Van Bu-\\nren, on the most eligible route, to the village of Schoolcraft,\\nin the county of Kalamazoo. Capital authorized, twenty\\nthousand dollars. Commissioners, Edward A. Parks, Uriah\\nKinney, Evert B. Dyckman, and Isaac W. Willard.\\n5. The Paw Paw and Allegan Plank-Road Company,\\nto construct a road commencing at the village of Paw\\nPaw, in the county of Van Buren, and terminating and\\nintersecting with the Kalamazoo and Grand River Plank-\\nRoad, at the most eligible point, in the county of Allegan.\\nCapital, twenty thousand dollars. Commissioners, J. W.\\nWillard, James Crane, and J. R. Baker, of Van Buren\\nCounty, and Henry H. Booth, Joseph Eisk, Abraham\\nHoag, Joshua Hill, Charles Parkhurst, D. W. C. Chapin,\\nEber Sherwood, and A. Rossman, of Allegan County.\\n6. The Decatur and St. Joseph Plank-Road Company,\\nto construct a road commencing at the village of Decatur,\\nin Van Buren County, on the most eligible route, and ter-\\nminating at the village of St. Joseph, in Berrien County.\\nCapital, thirty thousand dollars. Commissioners, Solomon\\nWheeler, B. C. Hoyt, Henry C. Morton, and Samuel\\nIMcRoys, of Berrien County, and William Sherwood,\\nHenry Coleman, and W. H. Keeler, of Van Buren County.\\n7. The Lawrence and St. Joseph Plank-Road Company,\\nempowered to build from such point in the township of\\nLawrence, in the county of Van Buren, as the commis-\\nsioners may determine, to St. Joseph, in the township of\\nSt. Joseph, in Berrien County. Commissioners, H. W.\\nPhelps, John Andrews, Isaac N. Swain, John R. Haynes,\\nTalman Wheeler, B. C. Hoyt, Henry C. Morton, and Gelsou\\nOsgood. Capital authorized, fifty thousand dollars.\\nA number of other companies became incorporated after-\\nwards under the general law, but no plank-roads were built\\nand put in operation within the counties of Berrien and\\nVan Buren except three of the above-mentioned, viz.,\\nthat from Paw Paw to the Central Railroad, which was\\ncontrolled by Isaac W. Willard and kept up until 1853\\nthe road from Paw Paw to Lawrence, of wiiich John R.\\nBaker was the leading spirit, and which was also kept in\\noperation till about 1853 and a section of about five miles\\nof road extending from Niles, on the Nilcs and Mottville\\nCompany s route. All of these three roads were failures as\\nto the realization of any profit to their .stockholders.\\nThe mention made above of the numerous companies\\nwhich accomplished nothing beyond the obtaining of acts of\\nincorporation is made for the purpose of showing how general\\nwas the plank-road mania at that time in these counties, as\\nin other portions of the State. It also shows what the\\nseveral projects were and the names of their originators.\\nSTAGE-ROUTES.\\nThe first stage-line which entered the territory to which\\nthis history has reference was that which was started in the\\nspring of 1831, by Col. Alamanson Huston, to run between\\nNiles and Detroit. Col. Huston was soon afterwards suc-\\nceeded in the proprietorship of this line by Jones Avery,\\nof White Pigeon, who continued to operate it until the end\\nof 1832. At this time the stages made the round trip be-\\ntween Niles and Detroit in about seven days.\\nWith the opening of 1833, immigration to the western\\npart of the State began to increase rapidly, and in that\\nyear, De Garmo Jones, Benjamin B. Kercheval, Maj. Robert\\nA. Forsyth, of Detroit, and Joseph W. Brown, of Tecum-\\nseh, established a line of stages from Detroit to Chicago,\\nrunning tri-wcekly, with Concord coaches and stage-wagons,\\nand changes of teams at the end of every section of twelve\\nor fifteen miles. The route passed from Detroit by way of\\nYpsilanti, Jonesvillc, Coldwater River, White Pigeon, and\\nNiles, to Chicago. The stage-station at Niles was the\\nCouncil House. In 1834 an interest in this line was\\npurchased by Saltmarsh, Overton Boardman, the last-\\nnamed gentleman acting as general superintendent, with\\nheadquarters at Detroit. The concern was then known as\\nthe Western Stage Company. Soon afterwards the line\\nwas divided into sections, and that part of the road extend-\\ning from Jonesville to Chicago was placed under charge of\\nMaj. William Graves, who located at Niles, as superinten-\\ndent, June 15, 1835. He had previously been employed\\nin the office of the company at Detroit.\\nIn the spring of 1835 the travel had so much increased\\nthat daily stages were put on the line, and even then trav-\\nelers were compelled to secure seats in advance, and places\\nin the coaches were not unfrequently subjects of speculation.\\nLater in that season the stock of the company was increased,\\na double daily line was put on the road, and it was not an\\nuncommon thing for the agent to be compelled to purchase\\nan extra team and wagon, fill the latter with passengers,\\nand send it on to Chicago. This was the only stage thor-\\noughfare through the State, east and west, and being the\\ndirect route to Chicago and other Western points, was very\\nliberally patronized. From Michigan City (which was laid\\nout in 1835) the stage-route followed the lake beach to\\nwithin twelve miles of Chicago.\\nAbout 1836, what is called the Territorial road was\\nsurveyed through the town.ships of Van Buren County, and\\nsoon after the opening of this road the first line of stages\\nwas put on by John Allen. Upon his failure, the business\\nwas carried on by others, and about 1840 it had attained\\nconsiderable magnitude. When the Central Railroad was\\ncompleted to points west of Ann Arbor, cross-lines began\\nto be put on and from Kalamazoo, D. Humphrey, of Ba-\\ntavia, B. F. Haddock and Granville Kimball, of Buffalo,\\nhad charge of and owned the route through Paw Paw,\\nKeeler, Bainbridge, and Benton to St. Joseph. The com-\\npletion of the railroad to New Buffalo destroyed the busi-\\nness of this route as well as the others, and the road be-\\ncame no more than an ordinary township highway.\\nA contract for the delivery of the mail from the railroad\\nterminus to St. Joseph was held by D. Humphrey Co.,", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "52\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nwho afterwards united with the Western Stage Company,\\nand both routes were continued. Fifteen or sixteen stages\\nran daily to St. Joseph, and the steamboat John P. Por-\\nter was also used in the service. Later, the stages met\\nthe lake boats at Michigan City in summer, and in winter\\ncontinued to Chicago. The divisions of the road were\\nbroken up a.? the contracts expired and railroad facilities\\nwere increased. Overton Graves purchased eighty miles\\nof the route (from Niles to Coldwater), and sold the route\\nfrom White Pigeon to Coldwater to Lockwood Raymond,\\nand the remainder was kept till the mail contract expired,\\nwhen the railway-trains superseded the stages. The Con-\\ncord coacbes-and-four, the gathering of the loitering crowd\\nat the tavern when the horn of the driver was heard in the\\ndistance, the alighting, changing of horses, and the crack\\nof the long whip, are all events of the past.\\nMICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD.\\nOn the 29th day of June, 1832, the Legislature of the\\nTerritory of Michigan pa.sscd an act incorporating the De-\\ntroit and St. Joseph Railroad Company. This was the first\\nofficial movement towards the construction of a railroad in\\nMichigan, and the company thus organized was the legiti-\\nmate ancestor of the present powerful corporation, the\\nMichigan Central Railroad Company.\\nThe act just mentioned named twenty men, including\\nCalvin Brittain and Talman Wheeler, of St. Joseph, as\\ncommissioners to open subscriptions and attend to the elec-\\ntion of the first oflBcers. The capital stock of the company\\nwas fixed at one million five hundred thousand dollars. It\\nwas authorized to build a single or double railroad from\\nDetroit to St. Joseph, through the village of Ypsilanti and\\nthe county-seats of Washtenaw, Jackson, Calhoun, and\\nKalamazoo Counties, and to run cars on the same by the\\nforce of steam, of animals, of any mechanical or other\\npower, or of any combination of these forces. The com-\\npany was bound to begin work within two years from the\\npassage of the act, to build thirty miles of track within\\nsix years, to complete half of the road in fifteen years,\\nand to finish the whole of it within thirty years, under\\npenalty of the forfeiture of its franchises.\\nThe proposed line was surveyed by Lieut. Berrien, of\\ntlie regular army, and some work was done on it near the\\neastern ends, so as to hold the corporate rights of the com-\\npany past the two years prescribed in the act. The ques-\\ntion whether the company could have built thirty miles of\\nroad within the six years prescribed by the act was not\\nsolved, for before that time expired now, and important\\nofficial action was taken.\\nMichigan, after a long contest, having been admitted by\\nCongress as a State early in the year 1837, one of its first\\nmovements under the new government was to inaugurate a\\ngrand system of internal improvement, doubtless designed\\nto keep up the good times prevalent during several specula-\\ntive years, and to disperse the cloud of financial disaster\\nalready looming over IMichigan, as well as the rest of the\\ncountry.*\\nA board of commi.ssioners of internal improvements was estab-\\nlished to oiirry the system into effect, and plenty of work was soon\\ngiven thcin to do.\\nOn the 20th day of March, 1837, an act of the Legisla-\\nture was approved by the Governor, which provided for the\\nconstruction of throe railroads, by the State governmenti\\nacross the whole breadth of its territory, to be called the\\nNorthern, Central, and Southern Railroads. Of these the\\nCentral Railroad was to run from Detroit to the mouth of\\nthe St. Joseph River. Tiie act also provided for the pur-\\nchase of the rights and property of railroad companies\\nalready established, and especially of those of the Detroit\\nand St. Joseph Company.\\nWe have said that the act provided for the construction\\nof the three railroads mentioned, but it did so in a very in-\\ndirect and covert way. It first authorized the survey ot\\nthe three routes, then the purchase of roads already begun\\non either route, and then appropriated five hundred and\\nfifty thousand dollars for the survey and making of\\nthe three roads, viz. for the Southern road, one hun-\\ndred thousand dollars for the Central, four hundred thous-\\nand dollars; and for the Northern, fifty thou.sand dollars.\\nBy another act, approved the following day (March 21,\\n1837), the Legislature authorized a loan of five million dol-\\nlars. With the money obtained from this and other sources\\nthe board of commissioners proceeded in the work of con-\\nstructing the Central and Southern roads. The work,\\nhowever, was but slowly carried forward, and it was not\\nuntil the 2d day of February, 1846, that the Central Rail-\\nroad was constructed as far as Kalamazoo.\\nIn the mean time the State had run out of money, and\\nthe people had become thoroughly sick of the experiment\\nof having politicians build railroads at their expen.se. Ac-\\ncordingly, an act was passed by the Legislature, approved\\nMarch 28, 1846, which, so far as the Central road was con-\\ncerned, provided for an entire change in the existing system.\\nBy that act, William Sturgcss, John Elliot Thayer, Alex-\\nander Duncan, William F. Weld, Josiah Quincy, Jr., David\\nA. Neal, John Bryant, James K. M. Mills, Erastus Corn-\\ning, Thomas II. Perkins, John P. Gushing, George Gris-\\nwold, John M. Forbes, R. B. Forbes, Dudley S. Piekman,\\nJohn W. Brooks, Cyrus Butler, Moses B. Ives, Robert H.\\nIves, Edward King, John Carter Brown, Thomas H. Per-\\nkins, Jr., Marcus T. Reynolds, Garrett Y. Lansing, John\\nTownsend, Rufus H. King, and their associates, were con-\\nstituted a body corporate, by the name of the Michigan\\nCentral Railroad Company.\\nIt was authorized to purchase, and the State agreed to\\nsell to it, all of the interest of the State in the Central\\nRailroad and its appurtenances for two million dollars, half\\na million within six months from the passage of the act,\\nand the remaining amount within a year later. On making\\nthe first payinent the company was authorized to go into\\npossession of the road and to proceed to its completion.\\nBut, while it was required to substantially follow the old\\nline to Kalamazoo, it was not compelled to build the road\\nfrom the latter point to the mouth of the St. Joseph River,\\nbut to some point in the State of Blichigan, on or near\\nLake Michigan, which shall be accessible to steamboats on\\nsaid lake, and thence to some point on the southern bound-\\nary line of the State of Michigan. f\\nI It is said that the men of whom the company was e. cpoeted to con-\\nsist insisted on having this provision in the act, in order that they", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.\\n53\\nIt was likewise enacted that the franchises of the com-\\npany should be forfeited if the payments wore not made as\\nbefore provided, that it should not charge over three cents\\nper mile for the carriage of each passenger, and that no\\nmore should be charged on the principal articles than the\\naverage price on the chief New England railroads, the\\naverage to be obtained by a commission. The corporate\\nstock of the company was fixed at five million dollars, with\\nthe privilege of increasing it to eight millions, to be divided\\ninto shares of one hundred dollars each.\\nThe State reserved the right to alter or repeal the act at\\nany time after thirty years by a vote of two-thirds of both\\nhouses of the Legislature.\\nAs soon as the company had made its payment and taken\\npossession of the road, it determined to take the nearest\\nroute by which it could obtain all communication with\\nChicago, and began surveying a route from Kalamazoo to\\nNew Buffalo, running through the southeast part of Van\\nBuren County, the northwest part of Cass, and the whole\\nsouth part of Berrien County. This route was adopted,\\nengineers and laborers were employed, and the work was\\npushed forward with what was then considered remarkable\\nspeed. The road was finished to Niles, Oct. 7, 1848, and to\\nNew BuflTalo in the spring of 1849, where the steamer Pa-\\ncific was waiting to receive the passengers on the first train.\\nThere a halt was made, piers were built and the harbor\\nwas improved, and two steamers ran in connection with the\\nroad to Chicago. For more than three years railroad busi-\\nness made New Buffalo a very lively place. In the winter\\nof 1851-52 the road was opened for traffic to Michigan\\nCity, and in the spring of 1852 it was completed to Chicago.\\nSince then the business of the Michigan Central Rail-\\nroad has been steadily increasing, and it has long been one\\nof the principal lines in the United States. The following\\nfacts in relation to its business are taken from its last pub-\\nlished report Whole length of the road, including lines\\noperated by this company, 520 miles; whole number of\\nemployees, including officials, 4450 locomotives of over\\n30 tons weight each, 168 locomotives of less than 30 tons,\\n51 twelve-wheel passenger cars, 87 eight-wheel passen-\\nger cars, 29 express- and baggage-cars, 35 box freight-\\ncars, 2780; stock-cars, 849; platform-cars, 1291 conduc-\\ntors way-cars, 129 all other cars, 457. Miles run by pas-\\nsenger trains in the year before report (1878), 1,464,299\\nmiles run by freight trains in the same time, 3,075,613;\\nby mixed trains, 165,402 number of through passengers\\ncarried, 133,148; number of local passengers, 1,300,789;\\nnumber of tons of through freight, 1,530,757 of local\\nfreight, 2,033,994.\\nThe tonnage of articles passing over the road is as fol-\\nlows grain, 1,202,372; flour, 272,189; other provisions,\\n108,860; animals, 216,128; other agricultural products,\\n54,918; lumber and other forest products, 457,764 plas-\\nter, 26,804 salt, 94,289 merchandise and non-enumerated\\narticles, 1,131,407.\\nmight have a choice of destination, but sedulously repelled the idea that\\nthey had selected a location. Thej might waut to go to St. Joseph or\\nNow Buffalo or Grand Haven, or possibly some other point. But as\\nsoon as this law was passed they took possession, their doubts all\\nceased, and they at once pushed their road towards New BuB alo.\\nThe American Express Company pays two hundred dol-\\nlars per day for the privilege of sending its freight over the\\nroad, and in some cases still more, and the United States\\npays two hundred and twenty-three dollars per mile each\\nyear for the carriage of the mails. The following fast freight\\ncompanies operate on this road Erie and North Shore Des-\\npatch, Blue Line, International Line, Canada Southern\\nLine, Hoosac Tunnel Line, and Merchants Dispatch Trans-\\nportation Company.\\nSeventeen miles of the Central Railroad lie in Van Buren\\nCounty and thirty-three in Berrien. Among the roads\\noperated by this company are the Kalamazoo and South\\nHaven, which runs through the north part of Van Buren\\nCounty, and the Michigan Air-Line, of which a small por-\\ntion is in the southeast corner of Berrien. Of both these\\nseparate sketches will be given.\\nMICHIGAN SOUTHERN RAILROAD.\\nAlthough this road was not built so as to touch any part\\nof either of the counties embraced in this history, yet it\\nwas originally intended to pass through Berrien County,\\nand for many years the hopes and fears of the people of the\\nsouthern part of that county were earnestly affected by the\\nprospects of that road.\\nThe same act of March 20, 1837, which provided for the\\nconstruction of the Central road, also authorized the build-\\ning of a railroad from the navigable waters of the river\\nRaisin, in the county of Monroe, to Now Buffalo, in the\\ncounty of Berrien, to be called the Southern Railroad. The\\nline was surveyed and established through the southern\\npart of Berrien County, not far from the present line of the\\nCentral road, and the inhabitants of that region looked for\\nits completion in a few years.\\nBy strenuous exertion the State built the road westward\\nas far as Hillsdale in 1843, but was unable to continue it.\\nFor nearly three years nothing was done, but on the 9th of\\nMay, 1846, an act of the Legislature was approved which\\nentirely changed the situation. By this act the Michigan\\nSouthern Railroad Company was duly incorporated, and\\nthe^tate agreed to sell the Southern Railroad to it for five\\nhundred thousand dollars, fifty thousand dollars to be paid\\nin three months, and the remainder in eighteen equal semi-\\nannual instalments of twenty-five thousand dollars each.\\nThe company was required to continue the road westward\\nfrom Hillsdale to Coldwater, but from that point it- was\\npermitted to choose its own route to Lake Michigan, either\\non the line heretofore established as the line of the South-\\nern Railroad by the State, or anywhere farther southward\\nthan that line. The company was nevertheless required\\nto build the road from Hillsdale to Coldwater within four\\nyears from the passage of the act, from Coldwater to some\\npoint on the St. Joseph River, in St. Joseph County, in\\nei2;ht years, and thence to the village of Niles, in Berrien\\nCounty, in twelve years but the only penalty provided for\\nnon-performance was the forfeiture of the company s charter\\nas to the part not built.\\nAs previously stated, the Michigan Central Railroad\\nCompany had already been organized, and its road had been\\nbuilt to Kalamazoo by the State. Considering New Buffalo\\nas the most desirable point to reach Lake Michigan, and", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "51\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nbeing allowed to go there by its charter, that company\\npushed over on to the Southern route, and built its road\\nfrom Kalamazoo, by way of Niles to New Buffalo, long be-\\nfore the Southern Railroad Company could reach the east-\\nern boundary of Berrien County. Consequently, the latter\\ncompany was practically compelled to avail itself of the pro-\\nvision of its charter which permitted it to take a more\\nsoutherly route, and when the Southern road was built\\nfrom Jonesville, Hillsdale Co., to Chicago, which was in\\n1851 and the first part of 1852, it was made to leave the\\nState in St. Joseph County and proceed westward through\\nthe northern tier of Indiana counties, thus acquiring the\\nname which it long bore of the Southern Michigan and\\nNorthern Indiana Railroad. Berrien County thus lost all\\nfurther interest in this great work, and our concern natu-\\nrally ceases with that of the counties whose fortunes we\\nrecord.\\nKALAMAZOO AND SOUTH HAVEN RAILROAD.\\nThe first movement to build a railroad over the line of\\nthe above work was made during the flush times of 1835\\nand 3G, when nearly every man expected to have a railroad\\nthrough his farm. On the 28th of March, 1836, an act\\nwas passed by the Legislature incorporating the Kalamazoo\\nand Lake Michigan Railroad Company, and authorizing\\nit to construct a railroad from the mouth of the South\\nBlack River, in the county of Van Buren, to the county-\\nseat of Kalamazoo County. The point at the mouth of\\nthe South Black River is now the location of the village of\\nSouth Haven, and the county-seat of Kalamazoo County,\\noriginally called Bronson, has long been known as Kala-\\nmazoo.\\nThe incorporators of the Kalamazoo and Lake Michigan\\nCompany were Epaphroditus Ransom, Charles E. Stuart,\\nEdwin H. Lothrop, Horace H. Comstock, Isaac W. Willard,\\nand their associates, and the capital stock was fixed at four\\nhundred thousand dollars. Before, however, anything of\\nany consequence was done in relation to the proposed work\\nthe hard times of 1837 superseded the flush times\\nof 1836, and the construction of the Kalamazoo and Lake\\nMichigan Railroad was indefinitely postponed. The powers\\nof the company lapsed, and, although the project may occa-\\nsionally have been talked of, nothing more was actually\\ndone in the matter for over thirty years.\\nIn the winter of 1868-69 a determined effort to accom-\\nplish the desired object was made at Kalamazoo, at South\\nHaven, and in the intervening townships. On the 14th of\\nApril, 1869, articles of association were filed, organizing the\\nKalatuazoo and South Haven Railroad Company, and on the\\nsame day the following gentlemen were elected as directors:\\nAllen Potter, Lucius B. Kendall, John Dudgeon, David\\nFisher, Stephen W. Fisk, Charles D. Ruggles, Amos S.\\nBrown, Samuel Iloppin, Stephen Garnet, John Scott,\\nSamuel Rogers, Daniel G. Wright, and Barney H. Dyck-\\nman. Allen Potter was elected the first president of the\\ncompany, but resigned after holding the position a few\\nmonths, when James A. Walter was chosen in his place.\\nMr. Walter held the presidency until his death, on\\nthe 5th of April, 1870, and during his administration\\narrangements were made with the Michigan Central Rail-\\nroad Company to guarantee and sell the first mortgage\\nbonds of the Kalamazoo and South Haven Company to\\nthe amount of six hundred and forty thousand dollars. Be-\\nsides this, fifty thousand dollars was voted and subscribed\\nin Kalamazoo by the township and the citizens, and nearly\\ntwo hundred thousand dollars was also voted and sub-\\nscribed by the townships and residents along the line of\\nthe proposed road. The Supreme Court, however, de-\\ncided that the bonds voted by the townships were uncon-\\nstitutional, and consequently very little was derived from\\nthat source. After the decision in question, seventy-five\\nthousand dollars worth of second mortgage bonds were sold,\\nand some new subscriptions were obtained.\\nBy these various means the road was built. It was\\nopened for business to Pine Grove on the 3d of January,\\n1870, and was completed to South Haven on the 17th of\\nDecember, in the same year. The road was operated about\\na year by the company owning it, but at the end of that\\ntime it was leased to the Michigan Central Company,\\nwhich has ever since controlled it as a branch of the Cen-\\ntral road. It has done a very considerable amount of\\nbusiness, and it is expected that it will in time become a\\npart of a through line of rail and boat communication be-\\ntween Detroit, Milwaukee, and the great Northwest.\\nThe following is the present board of directors of the\\nKalamazoo and South Haven Railroad Company James\\nF. Joy, of Detroit Allen Potter, Lucius B. Kendall,\\nHezekiah G. Wells, and William A. Wood, of Kalamazoo;\\nAugustus Haven and David Anderson, of Bloomingdale\\nGeorge Hannahs, Samuel Rogers, A. S. Dyckman, N.\\nConger, D. G. Wright, and B. H. Dyckman, of South\\nHaven. The ofiicers are Allen Potter, President Lucius\\nB. Kendall, Treasurer and George L. Seaver, Secretary.\\nCONSTANTINE AND NILES CANAL OR RAILROAD COM-\\nPANY.\\nOn the 2Cth 9r March, 1836, the Governor of Michigan\\napproved an act of the Legislature incorporating the Con-\\nstantine and Niles Canal or Railroad Company. The\\namount of the capital stock was fixed at two hundred and\\nfifty thousand dollars, and the company was duly author-\\nized to construct either a canal or railroad from Constan-\\ntino, St. Joseph County, to Niles, Berrien County. The\\nfirst directors were William Meek, George W. Hoffman,\\nWelles T. House, Watson Sumner, John G. Cathcart,\\nEdward N. Bridge, J. C. Lanman, Jacob Beesou, and\\nVincent L. Bradford.\\nNothing was done under the law, except that possibly a\\nsurvey was made, and the record on the statute book is the\\nonly memento of this one of the numerous abortive schemes\\nof that period.\\nST. JOSEPH VALLEY RAILROAD.\\nBy an act approved the 3d day of April, 1848, the\\nLegislature of Michigan incorporated the St. Joseph Val-\\nley Railroad Company, and appointed John F. Porter,\\nTalman Wheeler, Rodney C. Paine, Benjamin C. Hoyt,\\nJacob Conipton, and Thomas Fitzgerald commissioners to\\nreceive subscriptions to its stock. The capital stock was\\nfixed at one million dollars, in ten thousand shares of one\\nhundred dollars each, and it was provided that, as soou as", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.\\n55\\nfour hundred shares sliould be subscribed, the subscribers\\nshould become a body politic, by the name of the St.\\nJoseph Valley Railroad Company, with the usual powers\\ngranted to such incorporations.\\nThe company thus created was authorized to construct\\na railroad, with a single or double track, from the village of\\nSt. Joseph, in the county of Berrien, via the village of\\nCassopolis, in the county of Cass, to any point in the\\ncounty of St. Joseph, upon the most desirable route, with\\npower to take, transport, and carry property and persons\\nupon the said railroad, or any part thereof, herein author-\\nized to be constructed, by the force and power of steam or\\nof animals, or of any mechanical or other power, or of any\\ncombination of thorn, which the said company may choose\\nto apply.\\nIt was also provided that if the company should not be-\\ngin work in five years, and complete the road in ten years,\\nits powers .should become void. There was a large number\\nof elaborate provisions concerning tlie manner in which the\\ncompany should act, but as the company did not act at all\\nit is not necessary to consider them. In fact this scheme\\nappears to have been given up in less than two years, and\\na new one adopted, of which mention is made below.\\nST. JOSEPH RAILROAD COMPANY.\\nThis project was a less ambitious one than the foregoing,\\nbut was evidently originated by the same men and aimed\\npartially at the same purpose. By an act of the Legislature\\napproved April 2, 1850, Shubael Conant, Junius H. Hatch,\\nCalvin Britain, Talman Wheeler, Rodney C. Paine, Benja-\\nmin C. Hoyt, Jacob Compton, Thomas Fitzgerald, Warren\\nChapman, Jesse E. Stevens, and Henry C. Morton were\\nappointed commissioners to receive subscriptions to the\\nstock of the St. Joseph Railroad Company. The amount\\nof stock was modestly limited to five hundred thousand\\ndollars, in five thousand shares of one hundred dollars\\neach, and the subscription of two hundred shares (twenty\\nthousand dollars) was declared sufiicient to authorize the\\norganization of the company.\\nIt was empowered to construct a railroad, with a double\\nor single track, from the village of St. Joseph, in the\\ncounty of Berrien, on the most direct and eligible route, to\\nsome point on the Michigan Central Railroad track, in the\\ncounties of Berrien, Cass, or Van Buren, with the usual\\npower to transport persons and property by the power and\\nforce of steam, or of animals, or of any meclianical or\\nother power. As in the case of the St. Joseph Valley\\nroad, this company was allowed five years to begin the\\nroad and ten to complete it.\\nThe provision that the road might terminate at any point\\non the Central road, in Berrien, Cass, or Van Buren\\nCounties, certainly gave ample range, as under it the track\\nmight have run northeast to Lawton, or southwest to New\\nBuff alo, or to any intermediate point, and was probably\\nintended to obtain a large number of subscribers, each of\\nwhom would hope to bring the St. Joseph Railroad to the\\nplace of his own residence. But the plan did not work, and\\nere long the St. Joseph Railroad Company followed the St.\\nJoseph Valley Railroad Company into the list of abortive\\nschemes.\\nELKHART AND LAKE MICHIGAN RAILROAD.\\nShortly after the close of the war a company was organ-\\nized, called Elkhart and Lake Michigan Railroad Company,\\nfor the purpose of building a railroad from Benton Harbor,\\nBerrien County, Mich., to Elkhart, Ind. The line as sur-\\nveyed was to run through Berrien County, entirely on the\\neast and northeast side of the St. Joseph River, passing a\\nshort distance east of the city of Niles. Besides the survey,\\nno work was done on the road until about 1870, when four or\\nfive miles were graded southeast from Benton Harbor. It\\nwas found impracticable, however, to carry on the work, and\\nit was accordingly abandoned, the unused embankment\\nalone remaining to tell the tale of one more unfortunate\\nproject doomed to disappoint the hopes of its projectors.\\nCHICAGO AND WEST MICHIGAN RAILROAD.\\nNotwithstanding the previous failures, already narrated,\\nto procure the construction of a railroad to St. Joseph, the\\npeople of that place did not give up the hope and deter-\\nmination to secure such a convenience. In May, 1SG9, a\\ncompany was organized at St. Joseph, under the general\\nlaw of the State, called the Chicago and Michigan Lake-\\nShore Railroad Company, for the purpose of building a\\nrailroad from New Bufl alo northward along the western\\nshore of Lake Michigan. A. H. Morrison, Warren Chap-\\nman, Benjamin C. Hoyt, Curtis Boughton, George Bridg-\\nman, David Ballentine, and Robert A. Conolly were elected\\nthe first directors. A. H. Morrison was President; Horace\\nW. Guernsey, Secretary David Ballentine, Treasurer Fitz\\nH. Stevens and Horace W. Guernsey, Commissioners and\\nR. A. Conolly, Chief Engineer.\\nAs St. Joseph then controlled the work, and as the peo-\\nple of that place had been so often deceived by the expec-\\ntation of railroads which were either not built or were\\nbuilt elsewhere, it was determined that this one should not\\nslip through their fingers. The work was begun at St.\\nJoseph, the grading was rapidly carried southward from\\nthere, and when, in October, 1809, the road-bed was ready\\nfor the rails, the locomotive Swallow, two platform-cars,\\nand a supply of rails were brought by steamer from Chicago\\nto St. Joseph, where track-laying at once commenced.\\nThese efforts were crowned with success, and on the 28th\\nday of January, 1870, the road was completed from St.\\nJoseph to New Buffalo, a distance of twenty-eight miles;\\nbeing formally opened for trafiic on the 2d day of Feb-\\nruary, 1870, when a grand celebration was indulged in by\\nthe long-desponding but at length jubilant citizens of St.\\nJoseph.\\nThe road was subsequently continued northward, reach-\\ning Grand Junction (Van Buren County) on the 28th of\\nFebruary, 1871, and Pentwater, its present terminus, on\\nthe 1st day of January, 1872. A branch was also built\\nfrom Holland to Grand Rapids, which was completed ou\\nthe 1st day of January, 1872 and one from Muskegon to\\nBig Rapids, which was finished on the 21st day of July,\\n1873. The total length of the road with its branches is\\ntwo hundred and forty-six miles. The distance traversed\\nin Berrien County is forty-four miles in Van Buren\\nCounty, nineteen miles.\\nThe road was managed by the original company until", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "56\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\n1874. It was then given up to the bondholders, who\\noperated it about three years and then foreclosed their\\nmortgage. On the .sale the stock principally passed into\\nthe hands of citizens of Boston, and the road is now con-\\ntrolled by them. The new company changed its name to\\nthe Chicago and West Michigan Railroad. The present\\ndirectors are all Boston men, except James F. Joy, of\\nDetroit.\\nThe cost of construction was $0,225,802, and that of\\nequipment, $899,220. The funded debt of the company\\namounts to $0,630,000, the unfunded to $2,517,218. The\\nreceipts for carriage of passengers during tlie year previous\\nto the last annual report of the railroad commissioners was\\n$175,921; from freights, $333,809; from other sources,\\n$28,293 total, $538,023. The total of running expenses\\nfor the same period was $500,479.\\nSeventy miles of the road are laid with steel rails, weigh-\\ning from fifty to sixty pounds per yard the remainder\\nwith iron rails, weighing from forty-five to fifty-six pounds\\nper yard.\\nThere are employed on the road 21 locomotives weighing\\nover thirty tons each, and 5 which are under that amount.\\nThere are 3 twelve wheel and 10 eight-wheel passenger-\\ncars. There are 9 express and baggage and 114 box\\nfreight-ears, 376 platform-cars, 7 conductors way-cars, and\\n1 pay-car. The miles run by passenger-trains in the year\\nwere 232,328 by freight-trains, 209,442. The number\\nof through passengers was 35,640 of local passengers,\\n182,506. The highest rate per mile paid by passengers\\nwas four cents.\\nThe total number of tons of freight carried over the road\\nduring the year was 266,701, distributed as follows: grain,\\n14,055; flour, 1949; other provisions, 1225; animals,\\n2375 other agricultural products, 7298 lumber and other\\nforest products, 153,563; coal, 2585; plaster, 12,000;\\nrailroad-iron, 189; pig- and bloom-iron, 11,050; ores,\\n19,499 stone and brick, 2812 merchandise and other\\narticles not enumerated, 38,151.\\nThe American Express Company sends its freight over\\nthe road, paying for the privilege one and a half times the\\nprice of first-class railroad freight. Thirteen fast-freight\\nlines also run their cars over this road.\\nThe Chicago and West Michigan road has been unfor-\\ntunate in the fact that, just as it had completed and\\nequipped its line to Pentwater, largely through a new\\ncountry, and a heavy debt had been incurred for the pur-\\npo.se, the hard times of 1873 supervened, with espe-\\ncially unfavorable results to a corporation thus situated.\\nNow, however, that the dark clouds of financial trouble are\\nat length dispersed, and the sunlight of prosperity gladdens\\nthe land, and now, too, that emigration is rapidly pouring\\ninto the country along the northern part of this road, there\\nis every reason to believe that it will .soon take its place\\namong the important thoroughfares of the Northwest.\\nTAW PAW RAILROAD.\\nThis road was built from Lawton to Paw Paw, Van Bu-\\nren Co., a distance of four miles, in 1867, and was originally\\nof the standard gauge. In 1878, however, it was reduced\\nto a gauge of three feet, in order that it might be run in\\nconnection with the Toledo and South Haven road, making\\na continuous line from Lawton to Lawrence.\\nShort as it is, it is one of the most profitable roads in the\\nState, in proportion to its cost. The last published report\\nof the railroad commissioners shows that the cost of con-\\nstruction was .\u00c2\u00a730,000. The equipment is furnished by the\\nToledo and South Haven road, which operates it. Its earn-\\nings from passengers in 1878 were $3453.72 from freight,\\n$4098.91; from other sources, $1668.46; total, $9221.09.\\nThe total expenses were $3949.28, which leaves a net\\nbalance of $5271.81, pretty good interest, for a dull year,\\non $30,000. The number of passengers carried during the\\nyear was 13,760 the number of tons of freight, 4756.\\nThe directors are F. B. Adams, G. W. Longwell, E. 0.\\nBriggs, and C. A. Harrison, of Paw Paw, and J. Ihling,\\nHenry Ford, and J. C. Ford, of Lawton. F. B. Adams is\\nthe president and treasurer G. W. Longwell, the vice-\\npresident J. C. Ford, the secretary and J. Ihling, the\\nsuperintendent.\\nTOLEDO AND SOUTH HAVEN RAILROAD.\\nThe track of this ambitiously-named railroad extends\\nfrom Paw Paw to Lawrence, a distance of nine miles, but\\nit also operates the Paw Paw Kailroad, giving it a total\\nlength of thirteen miles. The company was organized dur-\\ning the winter of 1876-77, the construction of the road\\nand laying of the track of three-foot gauge were pushed\\nforward during the following summer, and on the 1st of\\nOctober, 1877, the road was opened for traffic. In January,\\n1878, the Paw Paw road, having been reduced to the same\\nwidth of track, was taken in charge by the same company.\\nThough the Toledo and South Haven road is not so\\nprofitable as its shorter associate, yet its balance-sheet shows\\nquite well in comparison with many institutions of far\\ngreater pretensions. The number of pa.ssengers carried in\\n1878 was 10,372, and the number of tons of freight, 1146.\\nThe receipts from passengers for the year were $2812.14;\\nfrom freights, $1871.75 from mails, $270 total, $4953.89.\\nThe expenses were $2803.80, leaving a balance in favor of\\nthe company of $2090.09. As the cost of construction is\\nset down at $44,435.73, and that of equipment at $12,461,\\nmaking a total of $56,896.73, the net earnings amounted\\nto a little less than four per cent, on the cost. This was a\\nreasonably fair result for that year, and will doubtless be\\ngreatly improved in the future.\\nThe directors are J. Ihling and G. W. Lawton, of Law-\\nton; F. B. Adams, E. Martin, J. W. Free, and L. C. Hurd,\\nof Paw Paw J. B. Johnson and R. Titlow, of Lawrence.\\nThe president is F. B. Adams the vice-president, J. W.\\nFree the secretary, J. C. Ford the treasurer, E. Blartin\\nand the superintendent, J. Ihling.\\nMICHIGAN AIR-LINE RAILROAD.\\nThis road was built and is owned by parties living along\\nits line, its object being to open to traffic a fertile region in\\nthe counties of Cass, St. Joseph, Calhoun, and Jackson, and\\nalso to form a more direct route from Jackson to Niles than\\nby the old one by way of Kalamazoo. It was opened for\\ntravel to Homer in the summer of 1870, to Three Rivers\\nin the autumn of the same year, and to Nilcs in February^\\n1870. At Niles it dropped its air-line character, made", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "MILITARY HISTORY.\\n57\\na sharp turn, and ran nearly due south to South Bend,\\nInd*\\nThe capital stock is $4,000,000, but of this only $H50,000\\nis paid up. The total cost of construction was $3,1GC,759,\\nand the amount of the funded debt is $2,100,000. The\\nearnings from passengers in 1878 were $49,085.15; from\\nfreight, $60,423.37 from other sources, $8384.07 total,\\n$117,892.59. The road is now leased and operated by the\\nMichigan Central Railroad Company, yet a separate organ-\\nization is necessarily maintained, the thirteen directors being\\nall located along the line of the road, and one of them, R.\\nW. Laudon, being a resident of Niles, Berrien Co.\\nCHAPTER VIII.\\nMILITARY HISTORY-THE SAUK WAR-THE\\nGREAT REBELLION.\\nThe Indian War of 1S;J2 Rendezvous of Troops at Niles Their\\nMovement towards Chicago End of the War The Me.xican War\\nOpening of the Great Civil War in 1861 The Second Michigan\\nInfantry Capt. Brethschncider s Company Flag Presentation\\nDeparture of the Regiment Bull Run The Peninsula Campaign\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Seven Days Fight\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Second Bull Run, Chantilly, and Antietam\\nFredericksburg Transfer to the West Vioksburg and .lackson\\nCumberLand Gap Siege of Knoxville Veteran Re-enlistment\\nand Furlough Return to the Army of the Potomac Wilderness\\nCampaign Petersburg Campaign of 1865 Return to Michigan\\nand Disbandment Members of the Second Infantry from Berrien\\nand Van Buren The Lafayette Light Guard Capt. Edmunds\\nCompany Sixth Infantry .Service at Baltimi^e Transfer to Ship\\nIsland New Orleans and Baton Rouge Assault on Port Hudson\\nIncidents of the Siege The Si.xth, as Heavy Artillery Veteran\\nFurlough Return to Port Hudson Services at Vicksburg and\\nin Arkansas The Regiment on Duty at Mobile^Muster Out at\\nNew Orleans Members of the Sixth from Berrien and Van Buren\\nCounties.\\nThe series of Indian hostilities usually known as the\\nBlack Hawk war was the first public emergency re-\\nquiring the muster of troops after the beginning of settle-\\nments in Berrien and Van Buren Counties. The news of\\nthis savage outbreak, which came in the spring of the year\\n1832, startled and alarmed the few inhabitants of these\\ncounties, and for a short time seemed likely to put an entire\\nstop to their settlement. This was the outbreak of the\\ncelebrated Black Hawk war. The scene of actual strife\\nwas in Western Illinois and Wisconsin, but the white pop-\\nulation was very sparse between these counties and the\\ntheatre of actual war, and Indians bent on vengeance have\\nlong arms. Besides, no one could tell whether the Fotta-\\nwattamies scattered through Southern Michigan might not\\nmake common cause with the warriors of Black Hawk, and\\nturn their tomahawks on their white neighbors. No hostile\\ndisposition, however, was manifested by these ancient\\nenemies, and the whites seem to have generally trusted\\ntheir friendship.\\nScarcely had the first news of the trouble arrived when a dis-\\npatch went through from the government agent at Chicago,\\nasking for the aid of the Michigan militia to defend that\\nThere are only about, seven miles of the road in Berrien County,\\none and a half miles between the east line of that county and the\\ndepot at Niles, and the remainder between the depot and the Indiana\\nState line.\\n8\\nplace, then an insignificant hamlet. The brigade of militia\\nin the southern part of the territory was commanded by\\nBrig.-Gen. Joseph W. Brown, a near relative (we believe a\\nbrother) of Maj.-Gen. Jacob Brown, the hero of the war\\nof 1812, and at one time commander-in-chief of the United\\nStates army. Gen. J. W. Brown possessed much of the\\nmartial fire of his kinsman, and promptly responded to the\\ncall. He ordered his brigade to take the field, the rendez-\\nvous being appointed at Niles, in Berrien County. Tlie\\nmilitiamen of the southern counties readily obeyed, an I in\\na few days company after company came trooping into Niles\\nfrom the east, each man clad, not in bright-blue clothes with\\nbrass buttons, but in the rude garb of the backwoodsman,\\nwith rifle, musket, or shot-gun on his shoulder, as chance\\nmight determine, and with accoutrements equally varied at\\nhis side. Berrien County turned out what few man it\\ncould, but its quota was a very small one.\\nIn strong contrast to these patriotic but rough-looking\\nsoldiers were three companies of regulars, which marched\\nthrough Niles on their way to the seat of war. They\\nreached that place about eleven o clock in the forenoon, and\\nas the commander desired to make his way as speedily as\\npossible to St. Joseph, there to take boat for Chicago,\\nThomas Huston (who was then carrying the mail from St.\\nJoseph to Niles) was sent forward in hot haste to detain\\nany vessels which might be at St. Joseph. He galloped\\nover the rough forest road in a few hours, and found two\\nvessels on the point of leaving the harbor one, in fact,\\nwas already over the bar into the lake, and the other was\\njust weighing anchor. He notified the captain of the latter,\\nwho made signals to the other, and both awaited the arrival\\nof the troops. These marched to Berrien Springs that\\nafternoon, where they camped. The next morning they\\nwent down to St. Joseph on the steamer Matilda Barney,\\nembarked on the vessels detained by Mr. Huston, and set\\nout for the seat of war.\\nThe militia assembled at Niles were mustered into ser-\\nvice at least all who had then arrived on the 24th of\\nMay. Soon after the assembled companies were formed, as\\nwell as might be, into a brigade, and took up the line of\\nmarch for the West. As their ranks included nearly every\\nman capable of bearing arms in Southern Michigan, and as\\nno one knew what the enemy was doing, the women, chil-\\ndren, and old men were left for a few days in a state of\\ngreat dismay, lest their friends and they themselves should\\nbe destroyed by the bloody Indians, and terrifying rumors\\nflew through the scattered settlements by the score.\\nThe militia, however, had only marched as far as La-\\nporte, Ind., when they received the welcome news that\\nBlack Hawk had been completely routed, and his warriors\\nkilled, captured, or driven across the Mississippi. The\\ntroops returned to Niles, where they were dismissed to their\\nhomes about the 3d of June.\\nThe campaign under consideration was not very long, nor\\nvery bloody, but it was a very exciting one, and from 1832\\nuntil 1861, the great military era of Southwestern Mich-\\nigan, from which the people dated their martial recollections,\\nwas that of the Black Hawk war.\\nIn the war against Mexico, 1846-48, there was no regi-\\nment or command raised here, though a considerable num-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "58\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nber of enlistments of men from Berrien and Van Buren\\nhelped to fill companies raised in other parts of the State.\\nThe real military history of these counties commences at\\nthat memorable time, in the spring of 18G1, when the start-\\nling news was flashed over the telegraphs that an organized\\nband of malcontents at Charleston, S. C, had turned their\\nguns on Fort Sumter, and fired on the starry flag that\\nfloated above its brown ramparts. Then the patriotic fire\\nblazed out, and from the time when the President s first\\ncall for men was made, until the time when the death of\\nthe great rebellion made further calls unnecessary, the\\nyoung men, the middle-aged, and not a few of the old men\\nof Berrien and Van Buren, responded to each appeal with\\nan alacrity and patriotism not excelled in any part of the\\nState or Union. The names of these soldiers are found on\\nthe rolls of about seventy regiments and batteries of Michi-\\ngan and other States and such of those regiments as were\\nmost noticeable for the number of Berrien and Van Buren\\nCounty men serving in their ranks are especially mentioned\\nhere, in historical sketches of their organization and ser-\\nvices in the great war for the Union.\\nSECOND INFANTRY.\\nAt the first call for troops, in April, 1861, a company of\\ninfantry was raised at Niles, from that city and vicinity, for\\nthe three months service; Within three days after the roll\\nwas open for signatures the company was full to overflow-\\ning. The first oflicers were Robert Brethschneider, cap-\\ntain Benjamin Brownell, first lieutenant and Jerome\\nBeales, second lieutenant. A beautiful flag was presented\\nto the company by the ladies of Niles, and it then proceeded\\nto Cantonment Blair, on the fair-grounds at Detroit, where\\nit was assigned to the 2d Michigan Infantry as Company E.\\nThere were also a few men from Berrien and Van Buren\\nCounties in other companies of that regiment. The flag\\nof Company E, being in accordance with the regulations\\nof the army, was adopted as the flag of the regiment, and\\nafter being borne on many a bloody field and mutilated by\\nscores of bullets, is now to be seen, among other relics of\\nthe war, in the adjutant-general s ofiice at Lansing.\\nBefore the regiment could be mustered into the United\\nStates service, the government declined to receive any more\\nthree months soldiers. Nearly the whole regiment then\\nvolunteered for three years, and the places of those who\\ndeclined to go were instantly filled by those who were anx-\\nious for a chance to do so.\\nThe 2d left for Washington on the 5th of June, 1861,\\nbeing the first three years regiment in the field from\\nthis State. Its first battle was at Bull Run, on the 18th of\\nJuly. On approaching that field, Capt. Brethschneider was\\nchosen to lead a detachment of two hundred men, selected\\nfrom all the companies of the brigade, with whom he skill-\\nfully unmasked Gen. Beauregard s batteries at Blackburn s\\nFord, being heartily praised for his courage and good man-\\nagement by Gen. Tyler. The 2d was principally engaged\\nin skirmishing during the battle, and was not affected in\\nthe least by the rout which demoralized a portion of the\\nUnion army. After the battle, the regiment encamped on\\nthe heights of Centreville. At one o clock of the following\\nnight it was aroused and ordered to retreat to Washington,\\nwhich it did in perfect order, without hearing anything of\\nthe enemy.*\\nDuring the winter of 1861-62 the 2d lay near Alex-\\nandria, Va., and in April, 1862, it moved with the Army\\nof the Potomac to the Virginia peninsula. After taking\\npart in the .siege of Yorktown it marched up the peninsula,\\nand at Williamsburg was very sharply engaged. It moved\\nwith its brigade three miles on the double-quick, and re-\\nlieved Gen. Sickles Excelsior Brigade, which was very\\nhardly pressed. The 2d Michigan had fifty-five men killed\\nand wounded.\\nIt was again engaged at Fair Oaks, where it had fifty-\\nseven killed and wounded.\\nIn the great seven days fight before Richmond, the\\n2d was more or less engaged, in all of the conflicts, holding,\\nwith the rest of the army, the successive positions taken up,\\nkeeping the enemy at bay every day until nightfall, and\\nthen retreating under cover of the darkness to a new posi-\\ntion. At Malvern Hill it supported the Union batteries in\\nthe southwest portion of the field, and aided in repulsing\\nwith heavy loss several desperate charges made by the\\nenemy. It had fifty-seven officers and men killed and\\nwounded in that conflict.\\nThe regiment then returned with the Army of the Po-\\ntomac to Northern Virginia, and was engaged at the second\\nbattle of Bull Run and at Chantilly. It was in the divi-\\nsion commanded by Gen. Phil. Kearney, and was holding a\\npiece of woodland at Chantilly when that gallant ofiicer\\nrode out in front of it to reconnoitre and was killed. The\\nfirst commander of the 2d Infantry, Gen. Israel B. Rich-\\nardson, was killed at Antietam while in command of a\\ndivision, but the regiment was not actively engaged.\\nWhen Gen. Burnside attacked Fredericksburg, on the\\n12th of December, 1862, this regiment crossed the Rappa-\\nhannock, but was held in reserve, and though under fire\\nfrom shells did not suffer serious loss. In February, 1863,\\nit moved to Newport News, but in March returned to Bal-\\ntimore, moved thence to Kentucky, and in June, with the\\n9th Corps, reinforced Gen. Grant s army in Mississippi.\\nOn the day of the surrender of Vicksburg it moved east-\\nward, and on the 11th of July attacked the enemy s work.s\\nat Jackson, but was obliged to retire, after forty-eight of its\\nofficers and men had been killed and wounded. Jackson,\\nhowever, was soon after occupied by the Union troops.\\nOn the 4th of August, 1863, the regiment set out on\\nanother long journey, making its way up the Mississippi\\nand Ohio to Cincinnati, and thence by way of Cumberland\\nGap to Knoxville, Tenn., where it arrived on the 26th.\\nAfter various movements in the valley of the Tennessee\\nuntil the 17th of November, 1863, it fell back with the\\narmy to Knoxville, and during the succeeding three weeks\\nwas engaged in the defense of that place against the legions\\nof Longstreet\\nThe regiment, if so the oft-decimated little band of vet-\\nerans could be called, suffered severely, as did the rest of\\nthe army, from lack of food and clothing, but gallantly re-\\npelled the assaults of the foe, and finally, on the 4th of\\nDecember, had the pleasure of seeing the baffled enemy\\nStatement of Maj. Evans, of Niles, then a private in the 2d In-\\nfantry.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "MILITARY HISTORY.\\n59\\nretire in complete defeat. During the siege, on tlie 24th\\nof November, a detachment of the 2d charged the enemy s\\nworks, but was repulsed the casualties numbering eighty-\\nsix, more than half the number engaged.\\nOn the 16th of December the regiment was at Blain s\\nCross-Roads, northeast of Knoxville, where, notwithstand-\\ning all its hardships and losses, a sufficient number of the\\nmen re-enlisted to make it a regiment of veteran volunteers.\\nIt did not set out for home, however, until the 4th of\\nFebruary, 1864. After enjoying a thirty-days furlough\\nand receiving over five hundred recruits, the command ren-\\ndezvoused at Mount Clemens, and proceeded to join its\\ncorps at Annapolis, Md., that corps being on its way back\\nto the Army of the Potomac.\\nWhen the great Virginia campaign of 1864 opened, the\\n2d took its usual active part. In the battle of the Wilder-\\nness, on the 6th of May, it had thirty-eight officers and\\nmen killed and wounded at Spottsylvania Court-House, on\\nthe 12th of May, it had eleven killed and wounded and at\\nBethesda Church, on the 3d of June, it had thirty-eight\\nkilled and wounded Having crossed the James River, on\\nthe 12th of June, it took part in the severe battle before\\nPetersburg, on the 17th and 18th of that month, having,\\nin the two days, one hundred and sixty-five officers and men\\nkilled and wounded. During the attack which followed the\\nspringing of the mine, on the 30th of July, the regiment\\nhad twenty killed and wounded.\\nIt took part with its corps in the raid on the Weldon\\nRailroad in August, and also in the movement on the right\\nflank of the Confederate army in September, having seven\\nwounded in the engagement near Poplar Spring Church, on\\nthe 30th of the latter month. After being stationed near\\nthe left of the Union line before Petersburg until the 29th\\nof November, 1864, it moved with its corps ten miles to\\nthe right, where it remained on trench and picket duty\\nuntil the 25th of March, 1865.- On that day it aided in\\nrepelling the attack on Fort Steadman, suffering heavy loss.\\nOn the 3d of April it took part in the capture of Peters-\\nburg. After some unimportant service near Petersburg and\\nat Washington, the regiment set out for Detroit, where it\\nwas paid off and disbanded on the 1st day of August, 1865.\\nNot a regiment in the service made a better record than\\nthe 2d Michigan Infantry. Very few, indeed, of the orig-\\ninal Company E, which left Niles in the spring of 1861,\\nreturned home at the close of the war and of those who\\ndid come there was hardly one who had not been wounded\\nin the service.\\nMEMBERS OF THE SECOND INFANTRY FROM BEEBIEN AND VAN\\nBUREN COUNTIES.*\\nField and Staff.\\nSurg. Evan J. Buiiiiie, Niles; com. Sept. 23, 1861 res. Aug. 31, 18C4.\\nNon-Commissioned Staff.\\nQ.M.-Sergt. Wm. H. Seward, Niles enl April 19, 1861 pro. to 2d lieut. Co. I,\\nDec. 4, 1861.\\nGreat care has been taken in transcribing these military lists for\\nthis, and other regiments, from the rolls in the Adjutant-General s\\noffice, and in verifying them, when practicable, by surviving mem-\\nbers of the regiments to which they have reference. If, notwith-\\nstanding this, they are found (as they doubtless will be, to some\\nexteut) incomplete, it should be remembered that it is on account of\\nthe neglect of officers whose duty it was to return full and complete\\nlists to the Adjutant-General s office.\\nCompany E.\\nCapt Robt. Brethschneider, Niles com. May 25, 1861 res. Dec. 14, 1861 capt.\\n12th Inf.\\nCapt. Benj. Brownell, Niles com. Dec. 14, 1861 Ist lieut. April 25, 1861 res.\\nAug. 30, 1862.\\nCapt. John S. Moore, Niles com. July 30, 1863 1st lieut. Feb. 24, 1863 2d lieut.\\nAug. 9, 1862 must, out at cud of service, Sept. 30, 1864.\\nCapt. Sylvester Keyser, Niles; com. Sept. 30,1864; brev. maj. U.S. Vols, for\\ngallant and meritorious services before Petersburg must, out July 29,\\n2d liieut. Jerome Beals, Niles com. April 25, 1861 res. Aug. 7, 1861.\\nSergt. Henry Kellogg, cnl. May 26, 1861 disch. Dec. 1, 1861, for disability.\\nSergt. Plowdeii Hoggins, enl. May 25, 1861 must, out at end of service, July\\n21, 1864.\\nSergt. John N. Shanahan, enl. May 25, 1861 killed in action at Williamsburg,\\nVa., May 5, 1862.\\nCorp. Wm. H. Delano, enl. May 25, 1861 must, out at end of service, July 21,\\n1864.\\nCorp. Clias. H. Houghland, enl. May 25, 1861 disch. for disability, Dec. 6, 1861.\\nCorp. Wm. Tbayer, enl. May 25, 1861 disch. at end of service, July 21, 1864.\\nCorp. John Moore, enl. May 25, 1861 color sergt. pro. to 2d lieut.\\nCorp. Sylvester Key.ser, enl. May 25, 1861 re-enl. as veteran, Dec. 31, 1863\\npro. to Ist lieut., Co. F, July 7, 1864.\\nWagoner John B, Richardson, enl. May 25, 1861 absent, sick not must, out\\nwith company.\\nPrivates.\\nDriali Arnold, disch. at end of service, July 21, 1864.\\nTheodore F. Brown, disch. at end of service, Sept. 10, 1864.\\nHartley Boswell, disch. for disability, Jlay 21, 1862.\\nJames W. Brown, veteran enl. Dec. 31, 1863 must, out May 25, 1865.\\nGeo. Covert, disch. to enlist in regular army, June 11, 1863.\\nWm. Covert, disch. to enlist in regular army, June 11, 1863.\\nJames H. Delano, disch. for disability, Oct. 7, 1862.\\nFranklin Fariisworth, veteran enl. Dec. 31, 1863 disch. for disability, July 20,\\n1865.\\nGeo. H. Genung, disch. for wounds, Sept. 12, 1862.\\nPhilo H. Gallop, killed in action at Williamsburg, Va., May 5, 1862.\\nEdward Hartman, died of disease at Georgetown, D. C.\\nAlfred A. Houghland, disch. for disability.\\nMarvin Hillicker, disch. for disability.\\nBenjamin He.-^s, disch. to enlist in regular army, Dec. 4, 1862.\\nCharles Hulin, di.^ch. to enlist in regular army, Dec. 4, 1862.\\nSamuel P. Hulin, veteran enl. Dec. 31, 1863; sergt.; pro. to 2d lieut.; must.\\nout as sergt., July 25, 1865.\\nWra. H. F. Holston, veteran enl. Dec. 31, 1803 sergt. pro. to 1st lieut., Co. G\\ncapt. Co. K.\\nWm. H. Harrison, veteran enl. Dec. 31, 1863 sergt. pro. to 2d lieut. must.\\nout as sergt., July 25, 1865.\\nWm. Jay, disch. for disability, July 4, 1862.\\nWm. Jones, disch. for disability.\\nWm. Jackson, veteran enl. Dec. 31, 1863 must, out July 28, 1865.\\nJohn IMcKown, killed in battle at Williamsburg, Va., May 5, 1862.\\nBenj. F. Loop, died Aug. 4, 1862. of wounds received at Fair Oaks, May 31,\\n1862.\\nJames Leech, disch. for disability.\\nJohn T. Lamon, disch. at end of service, Sept. 3, 1863.\\nWm. Lambert, disch. at end of service, July 21, 1864.\\nJohn Noel, disch. for disability, Sept. 29, 1862.\\nJames H. Philips, disch. for dis.ability. May 21, 1862.\\nG. Prossard, disch. to enlist in regular army.\\nWm. Park, disch. at end of service, May 25, 1865.\\nGilbert Parish, veteran; enl. Dec. 31, 1863 disch. for disability, Dec. 25, 1865.\\nWm. Redick, disch. for disability.\\nChas. Richardson, disch. for disability, July 4, 1862.\\nWm. Roach, disch. for disability, Aug. 13, 1862.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2loshna B. Richardson, died of disease at Washington, Feb. 17, 18G3.\\nWatson Ready, disch. at end of service. May 25, 1864.\\nJolin Rutledge, veteran enl. Dec. 31, 1863 must, out July 28, 1865.\\nWm. B. Randall, veteran enl. Dec. 31, 18G3 must, out July 28, 1865.\\nAnthony Rolle, must, out July 28, 1865.\\nWm. Rocker, disch. for wound. i, October, 1862.\\nElias Shockley, died of wounds, Nov. 27, 1863.\\nMartin Stafford, veteran enl. Dec. 3, 1863; died of wounds, June 19, 1864.\\nB. Steinbach, disch. at end of service, May 26, 1864.\\nWm W. Smith, veteran; enl. Dec. 31, 1863 must, out July 11, 1865.\\nWm. Thayer, disch. at end of service, July 21, 1864.\\nEdwin Trumlmrn, disch. at end of service, July 21, 1864.\\nGeo. W. Vandervenf, disch. at end of service, July 21, 1864.\\nAlfred A. Van Vliet, disch. at end of service, June 6, 1864.\\nJohn M. Wilson, disch. at end of service, Sept. 8, 1863.\\nJohn Ward, disch. at eud of service, July 21, 1864.\\nCompany F.\\n1st Lieut. Sylvester Keyser. Niles com. July 7, 1863 pro. to capt., Co. E, Sept.\\n30 1864.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "60\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nCompanti G.\\nIst Lieut. \\\\Vm. H. 1 Holston, Niles; com. Nov. ii, 1SC4 iiro. c:ipt., C K,\\nApril 25, 1865.\\nCompany M.\\nCapt. Clms. H. Rogers, must, out July 28, 1865.\\niBt Lieut. Joliu S. Moore, pro. capt., Co. B, July 30, 1863.\\nCompany L\\n2d Lieut. William H. Seward, res. Aug. 30, 1S62.\\nStephen G. Colvin, veteran; enl. Dec. 31, 1863 died of wounds in Wilderness,\\nVa., May 6, 1864.\\nOssian L. Moody, disch. at end of service, July 21, 18C4.\\nWm. Hadlock, veteran enl. Dec. 31, 1863 must, out July 28, 1865.\\nCompany K.\\nCapt. Wm. H. F. Holston, com. April 25, 1865 must, out July 25, 1865.\\nCorp. Rnscoe D. Dix, enl. May 25, 1861 disch. at end of service, July 2, 1864.\\nStevens Dickinson, disch. at end of service, May 26, 1864.\\nTheodore W. Snell, died of disease at Fortress Monroe, Va., Dec. 20, 1864.\\nLAFAYETTE LIGHT GUARD (Co. C, 70th N. Y. INF.).\\nIn the year 1859 a number of the young men of Paw\\nPaw (Van Buren County) and vicinity organized themselves\\ninto a militia company (infantry), under the name of the\\nLafayette Light Guard. On the outbreak of the Rebel-\\nlion, in April, 1861, the members of the Guard were almost\\nunanimous in their desire to enter the field against the ene-\\nmies of their country, and the ranks were speedily filled to\\nthe maximum strength of an infantry company by eager\\nvolunteers. The regiments called for from Michigan were\\ncompleted so soon, however, that it was found impossible to\\nfind any place in either of them for the Lafayette Light\\nGuard. In the hope that a place would ere long be found\\nfor them in a Michigan regiment, they were supported for\\nnearly two months by the voluntary subscriptions of the\\ncitizens of Van Buren County, but still no more troops\\nwere called for from the Peninsular State.\\nAt length the company tendered its services to Gen.\\nDaniel E. Sickles, who was engaged in raising his Excel-\\nsior Brigade, in New York City. They were gladly ac-\\ncepted, and on the 13th of June the first company from\\nVan Buren County set out for New York.\\nBelow is given a list of the oflScers and soldiers who\\nwent to the front with the company, transcribed from the\\nPaw Paw True Northerner of June 21, 18(51, by the per-\\nmission of Mr. Adelbert Cummings, who preserved a copy.\\nCaptain, Wm. H. Hugo, of Paw Paw First Lieutenant,\\nJ. M. Longwell, of Paw Paw Second Lieutenant, Wm. H.\\nCarroll, Decatur; Sergeants, Wm. H. Drake (Decatur),\\nDon C. Rodgers (Paw Paw), Wm. W. Kilbourn (Paw Paw),\\nHarry R. Brown (Decatur) Fifer, Adelbert Cummings,\\nPaw Paw Drummer, Wm. H. Bullard, Paw Paw.\\nPrivates. From Paw Paw Alfred G. Wright, Carlton\\nCoon, W. H. H. Price, John Williams, James E. Abrams,\\nBarney Parkman, Andrew Loveland, Lyman Robinson,\\nCharles W. Miner, Edward J. Crofoot, David Dolliver,\\nFrank Constable, William Lewis, Charles W. Morse, John\\nSerrine, Art. Senine, Florence McGill, Edward E. House,\\nAlexander Harrison, Hiram G. Saxton, A. H. Lamphear,\\nRichard Hayes.\\nFrom Decatur: Henry B. Myers, Elva F. Moon, John\\nChavalle, Charles S. Cochett, Albert Priest, H. Chamber-\\nlin, Francis M. Swift, Leonard Dutton, Cyrus II. Butler,\\nW. L. Sherman, Stephen W. Berry, Hiram S. Ca.se, Wm.\\nMcDonald, Edward Carney, George W. Hathaway, Porter\\nA. McGliau, James Fitch, George W. David.son.\\nFrom Schoolcraft: J. M. Burson, George W. Orem,\\nAaron Burson, Henry Beals, Emory Chapman, John\\nSprague, R. McKinstry, George W. Beals, M. J. Foot.\\nFrom Lawrence D. W. Rowe, A. J. Roundy, Wm. Van\\nFleet, P. F. Simmons, Herrick Hodge, Elam Branch, Elias\\nRobb.\\nFrom Lawton Samuel Garver, Horatio Burnham, He-\\nman S. Parrish, Albert H. Ransom.\\nFrom Hartford: John Loder, W. H. Lewis, C. E. Van\\nOstran, Draper Decker.\\nFrom Waverly: H. P. Covey, T. J. Chafey, .\\\\arou\\nJ. Covey, W. A. Hathaway.\\nFrom Hamilton Ira W. Putnam, Willard Glace, Davis\\nBriggs, J. Hartinan.\\nFrom Kalamazoo: 0. C. Knapp, M. Ryan, N. L. Deremor.\\nFrom Almena: A. H. Barnum, Parker C. Story.\\nFrom Prairie Ronde H. H. Maybe, A. Edmunds.\\nFrom Keeler Lewis G. Timons, Henry Crandel.\\nFrom other localities: A. J. Richmond, of Lafayette;\\nPercival Warner, Big Prairie; J. W. Bangor, F. Melvin,\\nBloomingdale George B. Goodell, Cheshire J. McMann,\\nGrand Rapids Dexter Patrick, Antwerp A. P. Tucker,\\nArlington; W. 11. Nitiiigale, Prairie Grove Henry Reese,\\nPorter; Mark Worthingtou, Brady A. Ferdio, Milwaukee;\\n0. F. Windsor, Dearborn P. C. Diedrick, Rochester,\\nN. Y. Justus V. Alden, Breedsville.\\nThe Board of Supervisors of Van Buren County appro-\\npriated twelve hundred dollars to pay for the transportation\\nof the company to New York. In their official proceedings\\nthey speak of it as the Van Buren County Light Guard,\\nbut it was generally called, and is still commonly known as\\nthe Lafayette Light Guard. The board also adopted a\\nmemorial commending the Guard to the care of Gen. Sickles,\\nof which the tbllowing is a copy\\nThe Uuard of Supervisors of the Countj of Vau Buren, and State of\\nMichigan, to the Hon. Daniel E. Sickles, commanding Excelsior\\nBrigade, New York City.\\nAt a session of said board, held June 12, 1S61, at the court-bouse\\nin the village of Paw I aw, in said county, the following memorial\\nwas adopted, to wit AVe, the Board of Supervisors, in behalf of said\\ncounty and the citizens thereof, tender to you for the service of our\\ncountry the an Buren County Light Guard, a company of infantry\\norganized and sustained during the past two months at the expense\\nof the county, but who have been unable to procure a position in any\\nof the regiments called from this State, and, being desirous that our\\ncounty should be represented and take a part in the conflict so un-\\njustly waged a,gainst our beloved Union, wo have at our own expense\\nforwarded this company to you, in accordance with your acceptance,\\nas communicated to Adjutant-General Robertson on the 27th ult.\\nWe place them, our patriotic young men, under your charge, with\\nthe fullest confidence that they will find in you a friend and com-\\nmander, under whose guidance and counsel they will have an oppor-\\ntunity of giving unmistakable evidence of that patriotism which has\\nprompted their offer of service to our country.\\nOn arriving at Staten Island, near New York City, the\\nGuard was assigned, as Co. C, to the 70th New York\\nInfantry, one of the regiments of the Excelsior Brigade,\\nand thenceforth it was no longer known as the Lafayette\\nLight Guard, except among its old friends in Michigan.\\nThe regiment arrived at Washington on the day of the first\\nbattle of Bull Run. During the following autumn and\\nwinter the regiment was partly employed on the Maryland\\nside of the Potomac, to guard against rebel incursious across", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "MILITARY HISTORY.\\n61\\nthat river. In the spring of 1862 it went with its brigade\\nand the Army of the Potomac to the Virginia peninsula,\\nand took part in the siege of Yorlitown. After the sur\\nrender of that stronghold the army advanced up the penin-\\nsula, and on the 5tli of May attacked the enemy at Wil-\\nliamsburg. In this, its first battle, the Excelsior Brigade\\nwas in Gen. Hooker s division, which bore the bi-unt of the\\nfight. A long, fierce, infantry conflict took place on ground\\ncovered with heavy timber and slashing, and when the\\nbattle was won it was found that three hundred and sixty-\\nfive men had been killed and wounded in the 70th New\\nYork, out of eight hundred which went into the action.\\nAt the battle of Fair Oaks, on the 31st of May, Casey s\\ndivision was surprised and driven from its works, when\\nHooker s was ordered up to its assistance. The latter drove\\nthe enemy back and captured the works. The 70th was\\nactively engaged, but not as severely as at Williamsburg.\\nThe brigade was in nearly all the conflicts of the cele-\\nbrated seven days fight; but previous to Malvern Hill\\nthe 70th was not in the heaviest part of any of the battles.\\nAt Malvern it was in the reserve until about dark, when it\\nwas brought up to strengthen the lines which were about\\nto advance on the bafiled foe. Through the darkness,\\nlighted up only by the glare of artillery and musketry, the\\ndivision fought its way slowly but steadily forward until nine\\no clock, at length overcoming all resistance and occupying\\nthe ground piled thick with the enemy s slain.\\nIn a short time the brigade was ordered to join Gen.\\nPope in Northern Virginia, and was warmly engaged in\\nthe battles at and near Bull Run during the last days of\\nAugust, 1862, meeting with serious loss.\\nFrom this time the 70th New York was found engaged\\nin nearly all of the long list of battles fought by the Army\\nof the Potomac, at South Mountain, at Antietam, at\\nFrederick.sburg, at Chancellorsville, at Gettysburg, in the\\nWilderness, at Spottsylvania Court-House, at Cold Harbor,\\nand in the earlier struggles around Petersburg, sometimes\\ndefeated, sometimes victorious, but always gallantly main-\\ntaining the honor of the flag. The regiment was mustered\\nout in the summer of 1864, at the expiration of their three\\nyears service, but there were but few of the Lafayette\\nLight Guard returned at that time to their homes in Van\\nBuren County.\\nVAN liUEEN COUNTY SOLDIERS IN THE LAFAYETTE LIGHT GaAKD.\\nCapt. Win. H. Hugo, Paw Paw com. April 22, 1861 pro. to maj., May 17, 1863\\nmust, out as capt., July 1, 1861.\\nIst Lieut. Jas. M. Longwell, Paw Paw com. April 22, 1861 pro. to capt., June\\n12,1862; mustered out.\\n2d Lieut. Wm. H. Carroll, Decatur; enl. May 1, 1861 res. Not. 20, 1861.\\n2d Lieut. Don C. Rogers, Decatur enl. as sergt.. May 1,1861 pro. to 2d lieut.,\\nDec. 1, 1862; to Ist lieut., Feb. 23, 1864.\\n2d Lieut. Wm. W. Killborn, Paw Paw; enl. as sergt., May 1, 1861 pro. to 2d\\nlieut., Nov. 12, 1861 killed at Williamsburg, May 5, 1862.\\nSergt. Henry Chamberlain, Decatur; enl. May 1, 1861 pro. to 2d lieut. of Co.\\nE, Nov. 21, 1862.\\nSergt. Jos. W. Craw, Hartford enl. April 26, 1861 died of wounds received at\\nWilliamsburg, May 5, 1862.\\nCorp. Herrick Hodges, Lawrence enl. April 29, 1861 discli. for disability, Oct.\\n21, 1861.\\nCorp. Alex. M. Harrison, Paw Paw; enl. April 25, 1861: disch. for disability,\\nJuly 26, 1862.\\nCorp. Alviih U. Moor, Decatur; enl. April 26, 1861 killed in battle at Williams-\\nburg.\\nCorp. Elam Branch, Lawrence enl. April 20, 18G1 disch. for wuunrts, July 24,\\n1862.\\nCorp. Francis M. Swift, Docatui- enl. April 29, 1861 trans, to 16th U. S. Inf\\nCorp. Henry B. Myers, Decatur; enl. April 30, 1661 trans, to S6tli N. Y. Inf.\\nCoip. Wm. H. Ballard, Paw Paw; enl. April 22, 1861 trans to Invalid Corps.\\nCorp. Adelbert W. Cummings, Paw Paw; enl. April 6, 1861 disch. for disabil-\\nity, Jan. 22, 1862.\\nCorp. Henry R. Brown, Decatur; enl. April 30, 1861.\\nPrivates.\\nJustin A. Alden, Columbia enl. May 2, 1861 died of disease in Camp Scott,\\nN. Y., June 29, 1861.\\nJames Abrams, Paw Paw enl. M.ay 29, 1861 trans, to 2d U. S. Cav., Oct. 28,\\n1862.\\nAlfred Barnum, Paw Paw; enl. May 29, 1861 died in action at Williamsburg,\\nVa., May 5, 1862.\\nDavid Briggs, Hamilton enl. May 29, 1861 must, out July 1, 1864.\\nHoratio Burnham, Lawton enl. April 30, 1861 died of disease at Wooster, 0.,\\nAug. 15, 1863.\\nCyrus H. Butler, Decatur; enl. April 30, 1861 disch. for disability, March 15,\\n1862.\\nJohn H. Banners, Decatur; enl. Oct. 16, 1861; disch. for disability.\\nSteph. T. Brown, Waverly enl. Sept. 18, 1861 trans, to 86th N. Y. Inf.\\nJohn W. Barber.\\nTheodore Clark, Almena; enl. Sept. 18, 1861; trans, to 86th N. Y. Inf.\\nHarvey Case, Decatur; enl. May 1, 1861 must, out July, 1864.\\nAmon D. Covey, Waverly eul. April 27, 1861; died of disease at Georgetown,\\nD.C., Nov. 28, 1861.\\nHiram F. Covey, Waverly enl. April 29, 1861 disch. for disability, Jan. 20,\\n1863.\\nEdward S. Crofoot, Paw Paw enl. April 22, 1861 trans, to 86th N. Y. Inf., June\\n22, 1864.\\nCarlton Coon, Paw Paw enl. April 22, 1861 disch. for disability, Jan. 6, 1862.\\nJames Clark, Almena; enl. Oct. 22, 1861 disch. for disability, Oct. 18, 1862.\\nJohn F. Clavileer, sergt., Decatur enl. April 30, 1861 must, nut July 1 1864.\\nHenry Crandall, Keeler enl. May 29, 1861 trans, to U. S. Cav., Oct. 28, 1862.\\nCharles D. Crockett, Decatur enl. May 20, 1861 pro. to com. sergt., N. C. S.,\\nNov. 1, 1862.\\nWm. Constable, Paw Paw enl. May 29, 1861 disch. Dec. 31,1862, for wonnds\\nreceived at Williamsburg, Va.\\nPhilip C. Dedriok, Lawrence enl. April 29, 1861 disch. for disability, Aug. 3,\\n1861.\\nLeonard Dutton, sergt., Decatur; enl. May 1, 1861 must, out July 1, 1864.\\nJohn Emery, Paw Paw; enl. Oct. 16, 1861 trans, to 86th N. T. Inf.\\nAuthony Emerling, Paw Paw; enl. Oct. 28, 1861; trans, to 86th N. Y. Inf.\\nPhilip Fitzsimmons, Lawrence; enl. May 13, 1861 died in battle at Spottsyl-\\nvania, Va., May 12, 1864.\\nAndrew H. Fertig, Lawrence enl. May 23, 1861 must, out July 1, 1864.\\nSamuel Garver, Lawrence enl. May 27, 1861 trans, to 2d D. S. Cav.\\nAllen Gorham, Almena; enl. Oct. 18, 1861 disch. for disability, Aug. 23, 1862.\\nRichard Hayes, Paw Paw enl. April 22, 1861 trans, to 86th N. Y. Inf, June\\n22, 1864.\\nJeremiah Hartman, Hamilton enl. May 29, 1861 trans, to 86th N. Y. Inf.,\\nJune 22, 1864.\\nGilman Hinckley, Antwerp; enl. Nov. 1, 1861; trans, to 86th N. T. Inf., June\\n22,1864.\\nNathan Hnlbert, Waveriy enl. Oct. 18,1861; trans, to 86th N. Y. Inf., June\\n22,-1864.\\nEdward B. House, Paw Paw; enl. May 29, 1861 disch. for disability, July 20,\\n1861.\\nBenj. Holt, Paw Paw enl. Oct. 28, 1861 disch. for disability, March 4, 1863.\\nEdward Kearney, Decatur; enl. May 1, 1861.\\nAlbert H. Lapman, Paw Paw enl. May 1, 1861 died of disease in Maryland,\\nNov. 21, 1862.\\nWilliam H. Lewis, Hartford enl. May 1, 1861 detached at Harwood Hospital,\\nWashington, D.C.\\nCharles W. Miner, Paw Paw enl. Aug. 25, 1861 died in battle at Gettysburg,\\nJuly 2, 1863.\\nCharles Moose, Paw Paw; enl. Aug. 22, 1861 must, out July 1, 1864.\\nPorter McGlan, Decatur: eul. Aug. 29,1861; disch. Jan. 23, 1863, for wounds\\nreceived at Antietam.\\nFrederick Melvin, Bloomingdale; enl. Aug. 29, 1861 died in action at Fair\\n0aks,V.a., June 26,1862.\\nWilliam McDonald, Decatur; enl. May 20, 1861 must, out Julyl, 1864.\\nSeth P. Newcomb, Almena enl. Oct. 20, 1861 trans, to 86th N. Y. Inf\\nSteph. W. Perry, Decatur; enl. April 27, 1861 trans, to 86th N. Y. Inf.\\nHeman Parish, Lawton enl. May 20, 1861 trans, to Invalid Corps.\\nWillard Place, Hamilton enl. May 20, 1861 must, out July 1,1864.\\nDexter D. Patrick, Almena; enl. April 22, 1861; died June 3, 1862, of wounds\\nreceived at Williamsburg.\\nWilliam H. Price, Paw Paw enl. April 22, 1861 died May 22, 1863, of wounds.\\nAlbert Priest, Decatur; onl. May 1, 1861 disch. for disability, March 15, 1862.\\nByron Parleman, Paw Paw enl. April 27, 1861 disch. for disability, Jan. 26,\\n1863.\\nAverill S. Roundy, Lawrence; enl. April 26,1861; disch. Oct. 20, ls62, for\\nwounds.\\nLyman Robinson, Paw Paw enl. April 22, 1861 trans, to 2d U. S. Cav., Oct. 28,\\n1862.\\nHenry Reese, Porter; enl. April 30, 1861 trans, to 2d U. S. Cav., Oct. 28, 1862.\\nJohn Eickard, Paw Paw enl. Oct. 16, 1861 disch. for disability, Feb. 12, 1863.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "62\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nSteph. Kemiilio, Almena enl. Nov. 1,1861 drowned at Harrison s Landing,Va.,\\nAug. S, 1862.\\nMichael Ryan, Decatur; enl. May 22, 1861 died in battle at Gettysburg, Pa.,\\nJuly 2, 1863.\\nDaniel W. Kowe, Lawrence enl. May 29, 1801 died in battle at Williamsburg,\\nMay 6, 1802.\\nElias Kobb, Lawrence; enl. May 29, 1861; disch. for disability, Oct. 14, 1862.\\nJohn Service, Taw Paw; enl. April 25, 1861 trans, to 2d U. S. Cav.\\nArthur Service, Paw Paw enl. April 29, 1861 trans, to 2d U. S. Cav.\\nWalter Sherman. Decatur; enl. May 1, 1801 died of disease in Maryland, Jan.\\n2, 1862.\\nSilas Sanders, Paw Paw; enl. Oct. 30, 1861 died of disease at Falmouth, Va.,\\nFeb. 4, 1863.\\nHiram SaxtoTi, Paw Paw; enl. April 27, 1861 trans, to 86th N. Y. Inf.\\nLewis G. Timmins, Keeler enl. May 1, 1861 must, out July 1, 1864.\\nAugustus P. Tucker, Columbia; euL May 3, 1861 died in action at Williiims-\\nburg Eoad.\\nClare E. Van Astran, coi-p., Hartford enl. April 24,1861 must, out July 1,1864.\\nWilliam Van Fleet, Paw Paw; enl. April 22, 1861 disch. for disability, Sept.\\n29, 1862.\\nByron Walrath, Paw Paw enl. Oct. 17, 1861 died in action at Williamsburg,\\nMay 1862.\\nJohn W. Williams, Paw Paw enl. April 22, 1S61 mn^t. out July 1, 1864.\\nCAPT. EDMUNDS COMPANY.\\nOne of the first companies raised in this part of the State\\nassembled at St. Joseph in May, 18(51, its one hundred and\\nfive members being enlisted by Hon. A. H. Morrison, of\\nthat village, mostly from the townships of St. Joseph, Ben-\\nton, Sodus, and Royalton,in Berrien County. It organized\\nby the election of W. W. Edmunds, captain,\\nfirst lieutenant, and Eugene Howe, .second lieutenant.\\nThe officers then requested Governor Blair to commission\\nthem and to assign the company to a Michigan regiment,\\nbut all the Michigan regiments then authorized were already\\nfull and running over with the patriotic sons of the\\nPeninsular State. This company was supported over a\\nmonth by the voluntary contributions of the citizens of St.\\nJoseph and vicinity, in the hope that a place would yet be\\nfound for it in the ranks of the Michigan soldiers. Capt.\\nEdmunds visited the Governor, at Lansing, iu order, if\\npossible, to bring about such a result, but in vain. On his\\nreturn, the unfortunate young officer fell from a steamboat\\ninto the St. Joseph River, about half-way between Niles\\nand Berrien, and was drowned.\\nSoon after that, as the company had no real organization,\\nand as the members had abandoned all hope of securing a\\nplace in a Michigan regiment, they gave up their attempts\\nin that direction, and most of them sought service in other\\nStates. About a third of them joined the 6th Wisconsin\\nInfantry, some enlisted in the 7th Missouri Infantry, and\\nthe remainder united themselves with the Douglas brigade\\nat Chicago. In these commands the fragments of the\\noriginal company gallantly sustained the honor of their\\nState, but, decimated again and again by disease and battle,\\nthere were but few of them who returned after the war to\\nbecome citizens of Berrien County.\\nJay J. Drake, a private in this company, now chief clerk\\nin the general office of the Chicago and West Michigan\\nRailroad, at Muskegon, became a captain in the 7th Mis-\\nsouri. H. C. Matraw, another private of the same com-\\npany, then of Bainbridge, now of Holland, Ottawa Co.,\\nbecame a captain in the 6th Wisconsin before he was nine-\\nteen years old. He fought in every battle of the Army of\\nthe Potomac but one, and in each of three engagements his\\nsenior officers were killed and he commanded the regiment\\nthrough the remainder of the fight. Doubtle.ss many others\\nmade gallant records, but in our country the fortunes of\\npeace, scarcely less than tho.se of war, scatter the people far\\nand wide, far beyond the notice of the most zealous and\\nindustrious historian.\\nSIXTH INFANTRY.\\nThe 6th Regiment of Michigan Infantry was raised in\\nthe summer of 1861. The commissioned officers were\\nselected by the Governor these then selected the non-\\ncommissioned officers of their respective companies and\\nboth commissioned and non-commissioned officers, together\\nwith those of the 5th and 7th Infantry, then went into a\\ncamp of instruction at Detroit, where they were thoroughly\\ndrilled for nearly two months. They then returned, and very\\nspeedily enlisted the necessary number of privates. Com-\\npany A, which was raised at Niles, was composed of men\\nfrom the southeastern part of Berrien County while Com-\\npany B, raised at St. Jo.seph, was from the northwestern\\nsection. Company G was partly from Van Buren and\\npartly from Berrien County. Company K was partly from\\nBerrien and partly from Cass County.\\nThe regiment rendezvoused at Kalamazoo, and left that\\nplace for the East, with nine hundred and forty-four men,\\non the 30th of August, 1861. Arriving at Baltimore, it\\nwas detained there on garrison duty about six months.\\nBeing a well-behaved regiment of patriotic young men, re-\\nmarkably free from the bummer element, the 6th became\\na great favorite with the citizens of Baltimore, who were\\nvery anxious for its retention. The Baltimoreans also treated\\nthe men with much generosity, and are still kindly remem-\\nbered by them. The stay at Baltimore was only interrupted\\nby an expedition down the eastern shore of Maryland, where\\nnothing more exciting occurred than an event known as\\nthe Turkey Review, when the whole brigade was ordered\\nout for inspection b} Gen. Lockwood, on account of a soli-\\ntary turkey whicli had mysteriously disappeared from the\\npremises of a neighboring farmer.\\nIn February, 1862, the 6th proceeded to Newport News,\\nnear Norfolk, Va., and on the day before the celebrated battle\\nof the Merrimac and Monitor it embarked with Gen.\\nButler s expedition, and sot .sail for the Gulf of Mexico. A\\nterrific gale assailed the fleet as it passed that celebrated\\nhome of storms. Cape Hatteras, and for three days the great\\nships reeled and staggered under the bkst until death\\nseemed nearer to the soldiers packed below the decks than\\nit would have appeared on a field of battle.\\nAll the ships, however, escaped without serious damage,\\nand in due time the expedition landed at Ship Island, Miss.\\nFrom that point the 6th proceeded with the other troops\\nto the mouth of the Mississippi River, and when the gal-\\nlant Farragut forced his way past thundering forts and gun-\\nboats, and rams and fire-ships, the land forces sailed up the\\nriver to New Orleans.\\nThe 6th Michigan Infantry was the first Union regiment\\nwhich occupied New Orleans in the day-time (a few had\\nentered it during the previous nightj, and as it formed line\\non the dock, which was covered with sugar and molasses up\\nto the ankles of the men, they began to think they had got\\na sweet thing, if nothing more, in the metropolis of the\\nSouthwest.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "MILITARY HISTOEY.\\n63\\nOn the 15th of May, the 6th, with a lari ;e number of\\nother regiments, proceeded up the Mississippi, landing and\\ntaking formal possession of various places, but meeting with\\nno opposition until they reached Warrenton, a short dis-\\ntance below Vicksburg. The enem} was there fortified in\\nforce, and refused to surrender. The Union troops spent\\nconsiderable time in the vicinity, trying to circumvent the\\nrebels by digging canals, etc., but more than half of them\\nfell sick, and on the 5th of June they returned to Baton\\nRouge, where the 6th was encamped during the greater\\npart of the summer.\\nOn the 5th of August, 1862, about four o clock in the\\nmorning, the rebel Gen. Breckenridge, ex- Vice- President\\nof the United States, attacked the Union lines with a heavy\\nforce. He had been expected ibr three days, but, either\\nfrom lack of experience, or for some other reason, the Union\\ncommander, Gen. Williams, did not order the erection of\\nany breastworks. Later in the war the men would have\\nbeen likely to put up some kind of defensive works, even\\nwithout orders. The enemy was warmly received, how-\\never, and for two hours a severe battle raged, in which\\nGen. Williams was killed, but in which the Union troops\\nsteadily repulsed their assailants. The 6th Michigan was\\non the extreme left, and was not in the thickest part of the\\nfight, yet its casualties numbered sixty-two killed and\\nwounded, and six missing. At length some new regiments\\ngave way, and the rest of the command was then ordered to\\nfall back towards the river. In a short time the lines were\\nagain advanced, when it was found that the rebels had been\\nso severely handled that they had all fled, leaving their dead\\nand many of their wounded on the field of battle.\\nA heavy fog prevailed during the battle, and perhaps\\ntended to prevent any very energetic movements on either\\nside. Capt. David Bacon, of Company A, afterwards lieu-\\ntenant-colonel of the 19th Infantry, was severely wounded,\\nand was left on the ground when the Union troops fell back.\\nThe rebels found him when they advanced, and a soldier of\\nthe 4th Louisiana was posted to guard and take care of him.\\nThe fog was so heavy that he could not see what was going\\non, and when the firing ceased he supposed the Confeder-\\nates were victorious, and waited patiently to be relieved by\\none of his comrades. When the Unionists found them-\\nselves in possession of the field, they sent out squads of men\\nto bring in the wounded of both sides. A squad from Com-\\npany A, of the 6th, while moving through the fog on this\\nduty, came upon a solitary Confederate standing by a tree.\\nHello, reb, cried the sergeant in command, as his men\\nbrought their pieces to a ready, come in out of the wet\\nwe want you.\\nAll right, Yank, replied the grayback but here is\\none of you uns officers you had better see to.\\nThe squad advanced, and sure enough there was the\\nwounded Capt. Bacon, the fog having prevented both guard\\nand prisoner from learning that the supposed victors were\\nin reality the vanquished.\\nOn the 20th of August the 6th was ordered to New Or-\\nleans, where it was stationed in the defenses on Metairie\\nRidge, near a piece of swampy ground a short distance out\\nof the city. Here nearly the whole regiment became sick,\\nand many a liardy son of Michigan was here laid beneath\\nthe unfriendly .soil of Louisiana. One hundred and thirty-\\neight men died of disease during the first year of the regi-\\nment s service, the greater part at this point. At length,\\non the 6th of December, 1862, when there were but one\\nhundred and ninety-one men for duty out of seven hundred\\nand fifty-five, the regiment was removed to CarroUton, a\\nshort distance above New Orleans, where its health was\\nsoon, to a great extent, restored.\\nThe 6th remained in the vicinity of New Orleans\\nthrough the ensuing winter and spring, being engaged\\nduring that time in an expedition to Ponchatoula in the\\nlatter part of February, 1863, where it drove out the rebels\\nand captured a number of pri-soners with slight loss also\\nin a raid up the Jackson Railroad in the early part of\\nMay, when it burned a gun-eariiage factory and a large\\namount of other property belonging to the rebels.\\nOn the 2:-Jd of May, 1863, the regiment joined Gen.\\nBanks army before Port Hudson, where it was placed in one\\nof the most exposed positions in front of the enemy s lines.\\nOn the 27th of May came the celebrated and deadly as-\\nsault on Port Hudson. The ground in front of the fortifi-\\ncations was cut up by numerous ravines, and for a thousand\\nyards the trees had mostly been cut down, forming an\\nalmost impenetrable slashing. Still the 6th moved\\ngallantly forward under a storm of cannon and rifle balls,\\nfollowed with more or less closeness by the other regiments\\nof the column. The killed and wounded fell fast at every\\nstep, but still the depleted regiment struggled on until it\\narrived within twelve rods of the rebel works. But the\\nmen were unable to go any farther, and those who were\\nleft sheltered themselves in a plantation ditch and kept up\\na sharp fire on the rebels whose heads appeared above the\\nparapet. No other regiment advanced as far as this, and\\nthe assault was given up. But the 6th could not be with-\\ndrawn from its position, and remained until nightfall, when\\nit moved quietly back to the Uiiion lines, having had over a\\nthird of its number killed and wounded during the assault.\\nIn front of Gen. T. W. Sherman s division (who must\\nnot be confounded with W. T. Sherman, the present general-\\nin-chief however, there was a narrow, open field running\\nup to the enemy s works. The division lay in column of\\nregiments, the 6th Michigan, not over three hundred strong,\\nin front. Three divisions had been successively repulsed\\nduring the forenoon, and about one o clock p.m. an order\\ncame for Gen. Sherman s division to charge the works.\\nProbably knowing it would be useless, after what had oc-\\ncurred. Gen. Sherman appeared very angry. Riding to the\\nhead of his column, where Gen. Dow, the leading brigadier,\\nwas attending to some matters on foot, he said, somewhat\\nbrusquely,\\nGen. Dow, mount your horse\\nThat officer hastened to his steed, and Sherman said to\\nthe commander of the regiment,\\nWe are ordered to charge those works 6th Michigan,\\nforward and then, attended by near twenty staiT-offieers\\nand orderlies, he rode out into the open field already men-\\ntioned, closely followed by the regiment. Twenty pieces\\nof rebel artillery at once concentrated their fire on the head\\nof the column. Ere long Gen. Sherman was brought to\\nthe ground by a wound which caused the loss of a leg.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "64\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nThen began the siege of Port Hudson. The Unionists\\nsteadily dug their way towards the defiant fortress, and the\\n6th Michigan, which was on the extreme left, took its full\\nshare in the hardships and dangers of that period. On\\nthe 5th of June it took part in another assault on the rebel\\nintrenchments. This, too, was unsuccessful, so far as en-\\ntering the works was concerned, but the Union lines were\\nin some places advanced to within fifty yards of the forti-\\nfications. The loss of the 6th in this aifair was but slight.\\nBy the 29th of June the regiment had worked its way\\nup to within a short distance of a fortified bluif, known as\\nthe citadel. On that day thirty-five men of the 6th,\\nacting as a forlorn hope, attempted to storm the citadel.\\nThey reached the ditch, but were driven back, after eight\\nof them had been killed and nine wounded. Then the\\ndigging process was resumed. During this approach to-\\nwards the citadel an incident occurred, which was related to\\nus by Capt. Edwards, of Company A, and which is worthy of\\nspecial notice. There was a small ravine in front of the\\npickets of the 6th Michigan, on the other side of which\\nwere the Confederate pickets. Col. Bailey, afterwards cel-\\nebrated in connection with the great dam across Red River,\\ndesired to get possession of the rebel picket-line, in order\\nto set a body of negroes to digging on the other side of\\nthe ravine, and ordered Capt. Craig, of Company K, who\\ncommanded the pickets of the 6th during the following\\nnight, to make the efibrt. The captain knew that if he\\nmade an attack with his men the rebels would be quickly\\nreinforced from the fortress, many lives would be lost, and\\nperhaps the attempt would fail. So he determined to try\\nstrategy. Knowing when the rebels relieved pickets, he led\\nabout twenty men quietly through the ravine just before\\nrelief time, and gained a place near the beat of the sentry\\nfarthest from the citadel. Gliding upon the beat be-\\ntween him and the fortress with two or three men, he\\nadvanced to meet him. The sentry was naturally expecting\\nthe relief, and carelessly allowed him to approach until he\\nwas able to seize the luckless Confederate s musket and\\nwhisper a command to yield under penalty of instant\\ndeath, a command enforced by the leveled rifles of his\\ncomrades. In this way he relieved five posts in succession,\\nplacing one of his own men upon each of them. Then came\\nthe most difiicult of all, to capture the relieving corporal\\nwith his guard. The captain arranged his men close be-\\nhind him, and himself took a rifle and occupied the post\\nusually first approached by the corporal. Presently the\\ntramp of half a dozen men was heard, and Craig called out,\\nHalt Who comes there?\\nCorporal of the guard, with relief\\nAdvance, corporal, and give the countersign.\\nThe corporal approached, with arms aport, to within a\\nfew feet of the supposed sentinel, who suddenly exclaimed\\nReady I\\nFifteen rifles clicked behind him.\\nSurrender\\nThe corporal did so without a word.\\nCall in your guard.\\nCome in, boy.s, it s no use, said he and they quite\\nagreed with him, for it was not so dark but that they could\\nsee that fifteen rifles were aimed at their luckless breasts.\\nThe prisoners were then sent into camp, and a strong guard\\nwas established on that side of the ravine. The Confed-\\nerates could not depress the guns of the citadel so as to\\ninjure the Unionists in their new position, and they could\\nnot afford to make a sally, as that would have brought on\\na general engagement, in which the advantage of both\\nnumbers and position would have been with the Federals.\\nSo Col. Bailey and his negroes crossed the ravine and con-\\ntinued their work, and by the 8th of July they had bur-\\nrowed directly under the citadel, and placed a mine there\\nready to be exploded at a moment s notice. But ere the\\nfiring of the mine was ordered there came the news of the\\ncapture of Vicksburg by Gen. Grant, and on the 9th of\\nJuly, 1863, knowing further resistance to be useless. Gen.\\nGardner surrendered Port Hudson and its half-starved gar-\\nrison to Gen. Banks.\\nThis surrender gave a large amount of heavy artillery to\\nthe Unionists, which it was desirable to use, but which\\nthere were no artillerists to man. Gen. Banks accord-\\ningly issued an order the next day after the surrender\\n(July 10, 1863) converting the 6th Michigan Infantry\\ninto a regiment of heavy artillery. It retained its old\\nnumber, but was thenceforth designated as the 6th Michi-\\ngan Heavy Artillery. The men were organized as artillery,\\nand trained to the use of the heavy guns, and received the\\npay, clothing, and equipments of artillerists. They also\\nretained their muskets and bayonets, and fiequentl} left\\ntheir cannon and made long marches as infantry. The\\norder in question was approved by the Secretary of War\\non the 30th of July, 1863.\\nThe regiment remained on garrison duty at Port Hudson\\nuntil the early part of March, 1864, when a sufiScient num-\\nber re-enlisted to make it a veteran regiment. After the\\nmen had spent their furlough in Michigan, where their\\nnumber was increased by over six hundred recruits, they\\nreturned South, reaching Port Hudson on the 11th of\\nMay, 1864. On the 6th of June the regiment proceeded\\nto Morganza Bend, where it served as infantry until the\\n24th of the same month. It then moved to Vicksburg,\\nand served with the engineer brigade about a month. It\\nthen went up White River to St. Charles, Ark., one de-\\ntachment being fired on by a rebel battery on the way, and\\nseveral men being killed and wounded.\\nAfter a short stay at St. Charles, the 6th returned to\\nMorganza Bend, where the men served for a short time as\\nengineers, but soon returned to duty as heavy artillery. In\\na short time the regiment proceeded by way of New Or-\\nleans to Mobile, and was present at the bombardment and\\ncapture of Forts Morgan and Gaines, at the time of Ad-\\nmiral Farragut s brilliant exploit in forcing his way into\\nMobile Bay.\\nOn the 1st of October half of the regiment, including\\nCompanies A and B, was stationed in Fort Gaines, and the\\nother half in Fort Morgan. Though the 6th had gone\\nthrough but little hard fighting after it was transformed\\ninto artillery, it had suffered very severely from disease,\\none hundred and fifty-five men having died during the\\nyear closing on the 30th of November, 1864.\\nlu the latter part of December, Company B and four\\nother companies were attached to Gen. Gordon Granger s", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "MILITARY HISTORY.\\n65\\ndivision, which was operating against Mobile from the di-\\nrection of Pensacola. They returned to Forts Morgan and\\nGaines in the hitter part of January.\\nOn the 31st of March, Companies A and K were each\\nfurnished witli a battery of ten-incli mortars, and ordered\\nto operate against Spanish Fort and Fort McDerniott, in\\nthe immediate vicinity of Mobile.\\nMortars look a good deal like cauldron kettles, with very\\nthick sides and small interiors. They are fixed at an eleva-\\ntion which is not changed, and the shell is thrown to a\\ngreater or less distance by varying the charge of powder.\\nLieut. Beardsley, then commanding Co. K, was very\\nanxious to know the exact distance from his battery to Fort\\nMcDermott. So, the night before he was to open fire, he\\npaced the distance to a high stub of a tree, only a little way\\nfrom the fort. The next morning he estimated the distance\\nfrom the stub to the fort, added it to the distance ascer-\\ntained by pacing, and was ready for accurate work. Just\\nbefore the time for opening fire, Maj.-Gen. Granger rode\\nup-\\nLieut. Beardsley, said he, how far do you think it is\\nto that fort?\\nFour hundred and eighty-five yards, promptly replied\\nthe lieutenant.\\nThe general looked a little surprised at his minuteness,\\nand inquired,\\nHadn t you better call it five hundred yards, and be\\ndone with it\\nNo, four hundred and eighty-five, persisted Beards-\\nley.\\nOh, very well, said the general how much powder\\nand fuse have you used?\\nThe lieutenant told him.\\nWell, that s right for four hundred and eighty-five\\nyards, fire away\\nThe mortar was fired, and the shell was seen to burst on\\nthe parapet of the fort. A few grains more of powder\\nwere used, and the following shells all landed in the fort\\nwith the most demoralizing eifect. The general warmly\\ncongratulated the lieutenant on his talent for guessing dis-\\ntances, and rode off to another part of the field.\\nAfter Fort McDermott and Spanish Fort wore captured.\\nCompanies A and K manned the immense oiie-hundred-\\npound Parrots and other heavy guns of those fortresses, and\\nturned them against the other rebel works, which they bat-\\ntered till all were reduced and Mobile surrendered. These\\ncompanies remained on duty at Spanish Fort until the 20th\\nof April, when they returned to Fort Morgan. Company\\nB was on picket duty at Navy Cove until about the 9th\\nof July, 1864, when it rejoined the regiment, which then\\nproceeded to New Orleans. It was newly equipped and ex-\\npected to go to Texas, but the orders to that eff ect were\\ncountermanded, and on the 20th of August, 1865, it was\\nmustered out of service at New Orleans. On the 23d it\\nstarted up the Mississippi for home, and on the 5th of\\nSeptember it was paid off and disbanded at Jackson,\\nMich.\\nThe 6th Infantry lost 542 men by death (disease and\\nbattle), this being the largest loss sustained by any Michigan\\nregiment during the war.\\n9\\nOFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN OF THE SIXTH INFANTRY FROM\\nBEURIEN COUNTr.\\nFiild md Staff.\\nCol. Edward Bacon, Niles; com. inaj., Aug. 20, 1861; pro. to lieut.-col., June 21,\\n1863 must, out Oct. 16, 1864.\\nChaplain Elizur Andrews, Niles; com. Aug. 20, 1861; must, out Aug. 20, 1865.\\nNon-Commissioiied Staff.\\nSeig*. Maj. William J. Edwards, Niles; enl. Aug. 20, 1801; appointed 2d lieut.,\\nCo. K, Sept. 1, 1862.\\nQ.M. Sergt. Andrew C. Merrill, Niles; enl. Aug. 20, 1861 must, out at end uf\\nservice, Aug. 19, 1864.\\nCom. Sergt. Richard D. Kennedy, Niles enl. Aug. 20, 1861 must, out at eiul of\\nservice, Aug. 19, 1864.\\nCmnptmy A.\\nCapt. Eli A. Griffin, Niles; com. Aug. 10, 1861; resigned July 17,1861; com.\\nmaj., 19th Inf., Oct 22, 1863.\\nCapt. Seidell F. Craig, Niles com. July IT, 1863; com. 2d lieut., Aug. 19, 1861\\npro. to 1st lieut., April 1, 1862; must, out Aug. 20, 1865.\\n1st Li^ut. William W. Thayer, Niles; com. Aug. 10, 1861; resigned March 28\\n1802.\\n2d Lieut. James Russoy, Niles com. April 1, 1862 enl. as sergt., Aug. 20, 1861\\nresigned Dec. 18, 1863.\\nSergt. Stephen S. Smith, Oronoko; veteran; enl. March 2, 18G4; pro. to 2d lieut.,\\nNov. 25, ISM must, out as sergt., Aug. 20, 1865.\\nSergt. Hiram McMichael, enl. Aug. 20, 1861 died on Mississippi River steamer,\\nMay 20, 1862.\\nSergt. Henry P. Glenn, enl. Aug. 20, 1801 died of wounds at New Orleans, Sept.\\n4, 1862.\\nSergt. James M. Smith, enl. Aug. 20, 1861 died on Mississippi River steamer.\\nMay 22, 1802.\\nSergt. George M. Fentoii, enl. Aug. 20, 1861 pro. to 1st lieut., Co. G, July 21,\\n1864.\\nCorp. Lawrence Horrigan, enl. Aug. 20, 1861 discharged for promotion, Sept. 18,\\n1863.\\nCorp. Arthur Dailey, enl. Aug. 20, ISGl discharged for promotion to 2d lieut.,\\nSept. 1,1863.\\nCorp. George B. Tatman, enl. Aug. 20, 1861 sergt. disch. June 20, 1804.\\nCorp. James W. Penrose, enl. Aug. 20, 1801 disch. to enter regular army.\\nCorp. John W. Chesterman, enl. Aug. 20, 1861 veteran, Feb. 1, 1864 pro. to 2d\\nlieut., Co. D, March 12,1865.\\nCorp. William W. Smith, enl. Aug. 20, 1861 disch. Oct. 5, 1S63.\\nJason Bunker, enl. Aug. 20, 1661 disch. for disability, Oct. 11, 1862.\\nMusician Walter G. Cutting, enl. Aug. 20, 1861; pro. to principal musician\\nmust, out Aug. 20, 1865.\\nMusician Bethuel S. Lingrel, enl. Aug. 20, 1861; died of disease at Baton\\nRouse, La., July 26, 1802.\\nWagoner Enos F. Curtis, enl. Aug. 20, 18G1 must, out Aug. 23, 1801.\\nFridolin Abley, veteran enl. Feb. 1, 1864 must, out Aug. 20, 1865.\\nRobert Atwood, veteran enl. Feb. 1, 1864 must, out Aug. 20, 1865.\\nGeorge B. Ashcroft, must, out Aug. 20, 1865.\\nAbram 0. Bennett, disch. by order, June 20, 1864.\\nJoseph J. Breck, mustered out Aug. 20, 1865.\\nWilliam H. Curtis, veteran; en!. Feb. 1, 186J; must, out Aug. 20, 1865.\\nJohn R. Cowlcs, veteran enl. Feb. 1, 1864; must, out Aug. 20, 1865.\\nJulius Cook, veteran enl. Feb. 1, 1864 must, out Aug. 20, 1865.\\nMills Crippen, veteran enl. Feb. 1, 1864; must, out Aug. 20, 1865.\\nDaniel L. Closson, must, out Aug. 20, 1865.\\nWilliam J. Closson, must, out Aug. 20, 1865.\\nJames M. S. Coder, disch. for disability, Oct. 27, 1862.\\nJoseph Cherry, disch. by order, Blay 3, 1865.\\nMilton W. Doty, disch. at end of service, Aug. 23, 1804.\\nCharles Evans, disch. for disability, Dec. 7, 1861.\\nFreeman Evans, died of wounds, Oct. 14, 1802.\\nAlbert Edwards, must, out Aug. 20, 1805.\\nUriah Greers, disch. for disability, Dec. 31, 1862.\\nSamuel Halleck, disch. at eml of service, Aug. 23, 1864.\\nChristopher Hahn, disch. at end of service, Aug. 23,1804.\\nEdward Harrington, disch. by order, March 23, 1802.\\nDwight Hunt, disch. to enter regular army, Nov. 10, 1862.\\nNathan II. Heath, died of disease at Baton Rouge, June 17, 1802.\\nJohn Hall, died of disease in regt. hospital, Nov. 25, 1802.\\nLewis Horan, veteran enl. Feb. 1, 1864 must, out Aug. 20, 1865.\\nAndrew J. Hawkins, must, out Aug. 20, 1805.\\nHenry H. Jackson, disch. for disability, Oct. 21, 1862.\\nGeorge L. Kimmel, disch. for disability, Oct. 16, 1802.\\nWilson D. Kinsey, disch. to enter regular army, Nov. 14,1802.\\nJames H. Kill, veteran enl. Feb. 1, 1804 must, out Aug. 20, 1S65.\\nJoseph F. Kirk, must, out Aug. 20, 1805.\\nHenry Lazelle, veteran; enl. Feb. 1, 1864; must, out Aug. 20, 1865.\\nClarence McCoy, veteran enl. Feb. 1, 1864 must, out Aug. 20, 1865.\\nJ. N. Mendenhall, di,scli. for disability, Oct. 27, 1862.\\nAlex. McManamy, disch. for disability, Dec. 21, 1862.\\nCharles Mizner, disch. for disability, Aug. 2, 1805.\\nSchuyler C. Morris, died of disease at Port Hudson, La., Dec. 30, 1803.\\nJames P. Norris, died of disease at Port Hudson, La., July 29, 1863.\\nWilson Potter, died of disease at Vicksburg, Oct. 5, 1804.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "66\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nAaron Porter, must, out Aug, 20, 18G5.\\nJoseph Partridge, must, out Aug. 21 1865.\\nJohn S. Perkins, veteran enl. Feb. 1, 1804; must, out Aug. 20, 1865.\\nFrank Hood, veteran enl. Feb. 1, 18C4; must, out Aug. 20, 1865.\\nMonroe Redding, veteran; enl. Feb. 1, 1804; must, out Aug. 20, 186.\\nHenry Kedding, died of disease at leginieiitnl liu^pital, Nov. 9, 1862.\\nDaniel Kittcnhouse, disih. for disability, June, 1863.\\nDavid Salabnrj discll. for disability, Oct. 8, 1801.\\nHarvey Skinner, disch. by order, Dec. 6, 1862.\\nFrank B. Swift, discli. by order, Aug. 13, 1863.\\nJames H. Smith, disch. at end of service, Aug. 2.3, 1864.\\nJohn J. Stone, disch. for disability, March 23, 1865.\\nJohn H. Southwell, died of disease at Port Hudson, Jan. 4, 1861.\\nDuncan Smith, veteran enl. Feb. 1, 1864 died of disease at Now Orleans, Oct.\\n6, 1864.\\nEaton D. Slavton, veteran cnl. March 2, 1864; must, out Aug. 20, 1805.\\nJeremiah Thompson, veteran eul. Feb. 1, 1804 must, out Aug. 20, 1805.\\nAlfred Turner, disch. at end of service, Aug. 23, 1804.\\nKiel Truefit, disch. at end of service, Aug. 23, 1864.\\nJeremiah Van Horn, disch. for disability, Dec. 31, 1862.\\nClark Walters, disch. for disability, Oct. 14, 1802.\\nHenry Walters, disch. at end of service, Aug. 23, 1804.\\nCharles Wells, disch. at end of service, Aug. 23, 1864.\\nJames A. Wilson, disch. at end of service, Aug. 23, 1864.\\nPorter Whitney, died of wounds, Oct. 14, 1862.\\nMark Williams, died of disease, Oct. 22, 1802.\\nWm. W. Williams, veteran enl. Feb. 1, 1864 must, out Aug. 20, 1805.\\nCompany B.\\nCapt. Wm. W. Wheeler, Niles com. Aug. 19, 1801 pro. to maj., 23d Inf April\\n6, 1863.\\nCapt. Charles Moulton, St. Joseph; com. Nov. 26, 1864; 1st lieut., Aug. 23, 1864;\\n2d lieut, Oct. 1, 1863 must, out Aug. 20, 1865.\\nIst Lieut. Augustus W. Chapman, St. Joseph com. Aug. 20, 1801 capt., Co. K,\\nDec. 1, 1862.\\n1st Lieut. Patrick H. Lawler, St. Joseph; com. Dec. 1, 1862; 2d lieut., Aug. 19,\\n1861 capt., Co. E, Aug. 12, 1864 must, out Aug. 20, 1865.\\n1st Lieut, Williiim H. Conley, Berrien Springs; com. Nov. 26, 1864; 2d lieut.,\\nAug. 23, 1864; must, out Aug. 20, 1805.\\n2d Lieut. Le Grand W. Perce, St. Joseph com. q.m., Aug. 19, 1861 capt,, Co.\\nD, June 21, 1S62; appointed asst. q m. U. S. Vols., March 10, 1803 must.\\nout Aug. 20, 1805.\\nSergt, Patrick H, Lawler, enl, Aug, 20, 1861 pro, to 2d lieut,\\nSergt, Orrin K. Pomeroy, enl. Aug. 20, 1861 killed in action at Port Hudson,\\nMay 27, 1863.\\nSergt. Wm. S. Witherell, enl. Aug. 20, 1861 disch. Aug. 31, 1862.\\nSergt. Edwin F. Kimmel, enl, Aug, 20, 1861 pro. into 25th luf.\\nSergt. George W. Keeler, enl. Aug. 20, 1861 pro. into U. S. C. T.\\nCorp. Gilbert Ackley, enl. Aug, 20, 1861 Ist sergt,; died of disease, Nov, 21,\\n1862,\\nCorp, Charles Moulton, enl, Aug, 20, 1861 1st sergt; pro. to 2d lieut.\\nCorp. Greenleaf Odell, enl. Aug. 20, 1861 sergt. disch. at end of service, Aug.\\n19,1864.\\nCorp, Samuel Jamison, enl, Aug, 20, J861 disch, for disability,\\nCorp, George W. Hemingway, enl. Aug. 20, 1861 died of disease at New Or-\\nleans, Oct. 9, 1862.\\nCorp. Joseph Boughton, enl. Aug. 20, 1861 disch. for disability, Oct. 20, 1862.\\nCorp. Daniel H. Reese, enl. Aug. 20, 1861 disch. for promotion in U. S. C, T,, 3d\\nBegt,\\nCoi-p, Lorenzo H, Teetzel, enl, Aug, 20, 1861 disch. at end of service, Aug. 22,\\n1864,\\nMusician Wm, H, Conley, veteran; cnl, March 20, 1861; sergt,; pro, to 2d\\nlieut,, Aug, 23, 1864,\\nMusician John Burke, enl, Aug, 20, 1861 trans, to band.\\nWagoner James Whitney, enl. Aug. 20, 1801 disch. at end of service, Aug. 23,\\n1863.\\nMathew Anderson, disch. by order, March 21, 1804\\nJohn Anderson, veteran; enl. Feb. 1, 1864; must, out Aug. 20,1865.\\nJohn Ayliffe, veteran; eul. Feb. 1, 1864; must, out Aug. 20, 1865.\\nElijah AylifTe, killed in action at Port Hudson, May 27, 1863.\\nSylvester AylitTe, disch. by order, Jan. 6, 1865.\\nLafayette Brant, died of disease at Ship Island, April 3, 1802.\\nLevi P. Brown, died of disease at Port Hudson, Sept. 20, 1862.\\nJames Boughton, disch. for promotion, Sept. 26, 1862.\\nHenry L. Beach, disch, at end of service, Aug. 23, 1864.\\nGeorge Brown, disch at end of service, Aug, 23, 1864.\\nSamuel J. Bernard, disch. for disability, July 23, 1865.\\nElias Bailey, must, out Aug. 20, 1806.\\nEnoch Campbell, died of disease at New Orleans, June 12, 1862.\\nGeorge W. Closson, disch. for disability, Oct. 15, 1802.\\nJames Campbell, disch. for disability, Oct. 16, 1862.\\nW. A. Cleveland, disch. at end of service, Aug. 23, 1864.\\nEoberl L. Dehay, disch. at end of service, Aug. 23, 1864.\\nCharles A. Dilts, disch. for disability, Sept. 18, 1803.\\nCharles Davidge, died of disease in Louisiarm, Nov. 12, 1862.\\nPeter Destler, veteran must. Feb. 1, 1864 must, out Aug. 20, 1865.\\nGeorge Forbes, disch. at end of serviiv, Aug. 23, 1804.\\nEdward Francis, disch. at end of service. Aug. 23, 1864.\\nNelson Gardner, disch. at end of service, Aug. 23, 1864.\\nMartin Guhbit, disch. by order, March 21, 1864.\\nMerritt Geary, disch. for disability, Oct. 30, 1803.\\nVintry Green, disch. at end of service, March 7, 1865,\\nWilliam E. Garrison, veteran; must, Feb, 1, 1864 must, out Aug, 20, 1866,\\nJoseph Gubbit, died of disease at Port Hudson, Aug 19, 1863.\\nSylvanuB Gano, died of disease at Jefferson City, March 4, 1863.\\nHenry Huadley, died of disease at Jefferson City, Nov. 13, 1862.\\nCornelius W. Hutchinson, died of disease at Jefferson City, Oct. 31, 1862.\\nJohn E, Hall, disch. for disability. May 5, 1864.\\nJacob Holmick, disch. at end of service, Aug. 23, 1804.\\nCbailes W. Haskins, diseh. by order, July 22, 1865.\\nAlbert Hiiskins, veteran must. Feb. 10, 1864; must, out Aug. 20, 1805.\\nElias W. Jay, veteran; must. Feb. 10, 1804; must, out Aug. 20, 1865.\\nDaniel L. James, disch. for disability, Oct. 15, 1802.\\nPrentiss Jewell, disch. for disability, Jan. 8, 1603.\\nJohn Johnson, disch. at end of service, Aug. 23, 1804.\\nAbram Lafayette, disch. to enter regular army, Nov. 14, 1802.\\nArnold Latham, disch, for disability, Sept. 1, 1863,\\nBarzillai W. Loucks, died of disease at regimental hospital, Oct. 22, 1862.\\nJohn Lane, must, out Aug. 20, 1805.\\nJames Lamonion, vetei-an must, Feb, 10, 1864; must, out Aug. 20, 1805.\\nAnson Mathews, veteran must. Feb. 10, 1864; must, out Aug. 20, 1865.\\nChauncey Miller, veteran; must. Feb. 10, 1864; must, out Aitg. 20, 1865.\\nGeorge W. McFeo, must, out Aug. 20, 1865.\\nOrrin Miller, died of disease at Baton Rouge, July 8, 1862,\\nCharles Morey, died of disease at New Orleans, Aug. 11, 1802.\\nEdward Mason, died of disease at regimental hospital, Oct. 8, 1802.\\nGeorge Metcalf, disch. at end of service, Aug, 23, 1804.\\nGeorge W. Palmer, disch. at end of service, Aug. 23, 1864.\\nMyi-on Pangljorn, died of diseiise at New Orleans, Feb. 3, 1803.\\nWaite Eisley, died of disease at Ship Island, March 26, 1862.\\nEli Robinson, disch. for disability, Oct. 15, 1862.\\nCharles Tubbs, disch. fur disability, Jan. 29, 1803.\\nLewis B. Tryon, disch. at end of service, Aug. 23, 1864.\\nByron B, Taylor, disch, at end of service, Aug, 23, 1SC4,\\nGeorge F, Taylor, nirrst. out Aug. 20, 1805.\\nWilliam H. H. Wheaton, veteran must. Feb. 1, 1804 must, out Aug, 20, 1805,\\nFranklin S. Walters, died of disease at New Orleans, July 7, 1864.\\nAlexander L, Waterman, died of disease at Batoir Rouge, June 18, 1862.\\nSamuel L, Walton, died of disease in Louisiana, Sept. 19, 1862.\\nFrancis Wood, disch. for disability, Oct. 30, 1863.\\nBodnran M. Warden, disch. at end of service, Aug. 23, 1864.\\nJoseph F. Yaw, died in actiorr at Port Hudson, May 27, 1863.\\nFraukliu Yaw, veteran must. Feb. 10, 1804 must, orrt Aug. 20, 1805.\\nCompany D.\\nSergt. John G, Allison, pro. to 2d lieut. must, out as sergt, Aug, 20, 1805.\\nComjKtny E.\\nIsaac Hamilton, disch. by order, June 20, 1865.\\nEdward Hands, disch. by order, June 20, 1865.\\nMark Herman, disch, by oi dei-, June 20, 1865.\\nRiley Higgiubotham, disch, Ijy order, June 20, 1865.\\nCompa^ly K.\\nCapt. David Bacon, Niles com, Aug, 20, 1861 pro, to lieut,-coI, 19th Inf, Aug,\\n8, 1862,\\nCapt, Horace W, Cummings, Niles com, 1st lieut,, Airg, 19, 1861 pro, to capt,.\\nSept, 1, 1862; died of disease in Louisiana, Nov, 13, 1862,\\nCapt, Augrrstus W, Chapman, St, Joseph; com, Dec, 1, 1862; died in action at\\nPleasant Hill, La,, April 27, 1804,\\nCapt,Williant J, Edwards, Niles; com, 2d lieut,, Sept, 1, 1862; pro, to Ist lierrt,,\\nOct. 1, 1863; to capt,, Jrtly 21, 1864; must, out Aug. 20, 1865.\\n2d Lieut, Chas, W, Wood, Niles pro. to Corp. (veteran), March 29, 1864 to 2d\\nlieirt,, March 10, 1865; must, out Aug, 20, 1865.\\nSergt, Robert Farrell, enl, Aug, 20, 1861 disch. for disability, Oct. 26, 1862.\\nMusician James A.Grimes, enl. Aug. 20, 1861; ro-etd.as vet,, Feb, 1, 1864; must.\\nout Aug. 20, 1865.\\natarles H. Adams, disch. for disability, Oct. 26, 1802.\\nGeorge Atkinson, died in action at Port Hudson, La,, May 27, 1863.\\nLewis Burst, died in action at Port Hitdson, La., May 27, 1863.\\nCharles W. Bennett, disch. for disability, Oct. 26, 1862.\\nSmith Benjamin, disch. for disability, Oct. 20, 1862.\\nNicholas P. Bratt, disch. for disability, Jan. 5, 1863.\\nF. E. Bohmankamp, disch, at ettd of service, Arrg, 2:!, 1864,\\nAndrew J. Bratt, vet., Feb. 1, 1864; must, out Arrg, 20, 1865.\\nNiithauiol Bratt, vet. Fob, 1, 1S04; mrrst. out Aug. 20, 1866.\\nHenry C. Buckles, vet,, Feb, 1, 1864; must, out Aug, 20, 1805.\\nSimon P. Boyce, vet, Feb. 1, 1804; must, out Aug. 20, 1865.\\nFrederick Barkway, must, out Aug, 20, 1865,\\nJohn P. Bloom, must, out Aug. 20, 1805.\\nJohtr Chattertou, vet,, Feb, 1, 1864 ntust, out Aug, 20, 1865.\\nElisha Chilson, di^ch. Dec. 18, 1862.\\nGeorge N. Cottrell, disch. by order, Nov, 4, 1804.\\nJames W, Cutshaw, disch, at end of service, Arrg, 24, 1863.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "NINTH INFANTRY.\\n67\\nJohn Ciirl, killed in action, Oct. 11, 1863.\\nWyman A. French, disch. for disal)ility, Oct. 26, 1862.\\nDavid K. French, died of disease at Baton Kouge, Nov. 10, 1802.\\nMartin S. Green, vet., Feb. 1, 1804 must, out Aug. 20, 1864.\\nTobias Hensler, vet., Feb. 1, 1864; must, out Ang. 20, 1804.\\nHenry R. Howard, disch. to enter regular army, Dec. 1, 1862.\\nArthur J. Hamilton, disch. by order, Sept. 8, 1865.\\nMilton Hutshaw, died in action at Port Hudson, May 2.1, 1862.\\nLevi A. Logan, vet, Feb. 1, 1864; disch. for disability, .July 4, 1804.\\nHenry Miller, vet., Feb. 1, 1864; must, out Aug. 20, 1804.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0William E. Milton, must, out Aug. 20, 1864.\\nThomas B. McClure, died of disease at New Orleans, May 5, 1802.\\nCharles Meyers, disch. at end of service, Aug. 2S, 1804.\\nHenson Molden, disch. at end of service, Aug. 23, 1804.\\nAnsel J. Noble, disch. for disability, Oct. 15, 1862.\\nHiram Prouty, disch. f.ir disability, Jan. 20, 1802.\\nUzzicl P. Putnam, disch. by order, Jan. 20, 1804.\\nTliomas W. Eutledge, vet., Feb. 1, 1804; must, out Aug. 20, 1865.\\nAbram W. Reese, must. Aug. 20, 1805.\\nPatrick Rourke, must, out Aug. 20, 1805.\\nHarrison Shead, must, out Aug. 20, 1865.\\nGilbert Shead, must, out Aug. 20, 1865.\\nDavid H. Serviss, vet., Feb. 1,1864; must, out Aug. 20, 1865.\\nElisha Sullivan, disch. at end of service, Aug. 23, 1804.\\nGodfrey Shneidle, disch. at end of service, Ang. 2:), 1864.\\nJames H. Smith, disch. for disability, June 30, 1862.\\nHenry Stratton, disch. Dec. 11,1862.\\nTheodore C. Sachse, disch. by order, Nov. 4, 1863.\\nDavid M. Williann, died of disease at New Orleans, Jan. 29, 1803.\\nKdward Williams, disch. for disability, Apiil 14, 1802.\\nWallace Wood, disch. for disability, Oct. 19, 1801.\\nJohn H. Wisner, disch. by order, Sept. 18, ISSi.\\nMarion Wade, disch. by order, March 1, 1864.\\nOileb S. Williams, must, out Aug. 20, 1865.\\nJohn Worley, must, out Aug. 20, 1865.\\nMEMBERS OF THE SIXTH INFANTRY FROM VAN BUREN COUNTY.\\nJames Ball, disch. to i\\nCo7np iny C.\\nI vet., Feb. 1, 1804.\\nCompanjj D,\\niug. 20, 1801 disch. for disability, June 25, 1863.\\nSergt. Eugene E. Smith, i\\nCorp. Nathan V. Finch, eiil. Aug. 20, 1861; pro. to sergt.; disch. for disability.\\nMay 7, 1864.\\nCorp. Francis M. Scott, enl. Aug. 20, 1861 died of disease at New Orleans,\\nAug. 12, 1862.\\nCorp. Geo. W. Alford, enl. Aug. 20,1801; died of wounds received at Port Hud-\\nson, June 30, 1863.\\nCorp. William J. Argabritc, enl. Aug. 10, 1861 disch. .it end uf service, Aug.\\n23, 1864.\\nCorp. Nichohis S. Parish, enl. Aug. 20, 1861 disch. for disability, Dec. 1, 1801.\\nCorp. Charles H. Finch, enl. Aug. 20, 1801 died of disease at Port Hudson, Nov.\\n20, 1803.\\nCharles R. Bachmau, died of disease at Baltimore, Md., Dec. 21, 1861.\\nWilliam Broadwell, disch. at end of service, Aug. 2.3, 1804.\\nBradfoid Brooks, disch. at end of service, Aug. 23, 1864.\\nSilas W. Brown, disch. at end of service, Aug. 23, 1864.\\nJohn H. Crabbe, disch. at end ..f service, Aug. 23, 1864.\\nAhinson H. Ooggswell, disch. for disability, Oct. 18, 1801.\\nMeeker M. Culver, must, out Ang. 20, 1865.\\nEdward Curtis, died of disease at New Orleans, La., Nov. 30, 1862.\\nHarrison H. Dopp, disch. at end of service, Aug. 23, 1861.\\nOrseamus Green, disch. by order, Sept. 11, 1S05.\\nJohn Halsey, disch. Feb. 10, 1863.\\nHorace IL Hurlburt, vet., Feb. 1, 1804.\\nWilliam 0. Hawley, accidentally killed ou steamboat. May 18, 1862.\\nGeorge F. Heath, must, out Aug. 20, 1805.\\nAndrew Jackson, died of disease at Camp Williams, Sept. 4, 1802.\\nAbner L. Johnson, disch. at end of service, Aug. 23, 1804.\\nNathaniel H. King, disch. f .r dis.ibiUty, Oct. 14, 1802.\\nWilliam R. Kellogi?, vet.. Feb. 1, 1864.\\nOscar Morrison, vet., Eeb. 1, 1S64.\\nWilliam McDr.well, disch. at end of service, Aug. 23, 1804.\\nGeorge W. Mather, disch. for disability, Oct. 14, 1802.\\nSamuel D. Mullen, died of disease at Baltimore, Md,, Nov. 22, 1861.\\nCharles R. Perkins, disch. for disability, March 24, 1802.\\nThomas K. Palmer, disch. at end of service, Aug. 23, 1804.\\nTobias Porter, disch. at end of service, Aug. 23, 1864.\\nGeorge Pierce, died in action at Port Hudson, La., May 27, 1863.\\nJohn W. Pease, died of disease at Baton Rouge, La., July .3, 1802.\\nJoseph Smith, died of disease at New Orleans, La., Feb. 22, 1863.\\nGeorge E. Stevens, died of disease at Port Hudson, La., Aug. 2, 1863.\\nJohn J. Steadman, died of disease at Baton nouge, La., June 23, 1803.\\nThomas 0. Sweet, disch. at end of service, Aug. 23, 1864.\\nHobley Van Ostran, disch. for disability, Oct. 21,1801.\\nOrlando Voorbeis, disch. at end ol service, Aug. 23, 1864.\\nGeorge White, died of disease at Baton Rouge, La., June 5, 1862.\\nSeth D. Wilcox, died of disease at Camp Williams, Sept. 18, 1862.\\nCmnpmuj F.\\nBenj. F. Davis, died of wounds at New Orleans, La., Aug. 21, 1862.\\nC. Schermerhorn, disch. to enl. in regular service, Nov. 12, 1862.\\nGeorge W. Sparling, disch. at end of service, Aug. 23, 1864.\\nCHAPTER IX.\\nTHE NINTH, TWELFTH, AND THIRTEENTH\\nINPANTBY KEGIMENTS.\\nOrganization of the Ninth Infantry Campaigns in Kentucky and\\nTennessee The diisastrous Fight at Murfreesboro Provost Duty\\nat Army Headquarters Veteran Re-enlistment and Furlough\\nGeorgia Campaign of 1S64 The Regiment on Duty at Atlanta,\\nChattanooga, and Nashville Muster Out and Discharge Twelfth\\nInfantry Rendezvous at Nilea Battle of Shiloh Battle on the\\nHatchie Siege of Vicksburg Service in Arkansas Veteran Re-\\nenlistment Muster Out and Discharge Heavy Losses of the Regi-\\nment Officers and Soldiers of the Twelfth from Berrien and Van\\nBuren Counties Thirteenth Infantry Services in Alabama\\nMarches through Tennessee and to Kentucky Battles of Stone\\nRiver, Chickamaiiga, and Mission Ridge Veteran Re-enlistment\\nDuty on Lookout Mountain March to the Sea Battles of\\nAvcrysboro and Bentonville Grand Review at Washington\\nMuster Out at Louisville, Ky. Members of the Thirteenth from\\nVan Buren and Berrien Counties.\\nNINTH INFANTRY.\\nThe 9th Regiment of Michigan Infantry was raised\\nin the late summer and early autumn of 1861 its mem-\\nbers coming from nearly all portions of the State. About\\nhalf of Company B was from Berrien, and there were nearly\\nfifty oiEcers and men scattered through the other com-\\npanies.\\nThe regimental rendezvous was Fort Wayne, near De-\\ntroit, and there the regiment was mustered into the United\\nStates service on the 23d and 25th days of October, 1861.\\nOn the last-named day it left for Kentucky, being the fir.st\\nMichigan regiment which reached that part of the seat of\\nwar lying west of the Alleghanies. It went up Salt River,\\nKy., constructed defensive works on Muldiaugh s Hill,\\nand remained in that vicinity until February, 1862.\\nImmediately after the capture of Fort Donelson, the\\n9th was ordered to Nashville, and after a few weeks, to\\nMurfreesboro Tenn., where it was on garrison duty, at\\nMurfreesboro nearly all of the time until the 13th of July,\\n18G2. During that period, however, it formed a part of\\nGen. Negley s command, which marched as far as the Ten-\\nnessee River, opposite Chattanooga, and then returned to\\nMurfreesboro Four companies were sent to Tullahoma,\\nwhile the other six, under Lieut.-Col. Parkhurst, remained\\nat Murfreesboro\\nOn the 13th of July, at four o clock in the morning, the\\nforce at the latter point was attacked by three thousand\\nrebel cavalry under Gen. Forrest. The 3d Minnesota In-\\nfantry, with a battery, was encamped two miles northwest\\nof town. Tiie first attack on the camp of five companies\\n(one company was at the court-house) was repulsed with\\nloss. Gen. Forrest then attacked the single company in\\nthe court-house. Col. Parkhurst sent to the commander of\\nthe Minnesota regiment for aid, which the latter, perhaps", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "68\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nfor good reasons, declined to give. The one company in\\nthe court-house held the foe at bay two hours, but was\\noblif^ed to surrender.\\nForrest tlien returned to attack the camp. The men\\nhad meanwhile thrown up some slight defenses, behind\\nwhich they fought vigorously until past noon; having just\\none hundred officers and men (out of less than three hundred)\\nkilled and wounded. Finding themselves outnumbered\\nten to one, and receiving no assistance, they finally yielded\\nto the inevitable, and surrendered.\\nThe enlisted men were paroled at McMinnville, but the\\nofficers were not released until several months later.\\nIn the latter part of December, 1862 (the prisoners\\ntaken at Blurfreesboro having been exchanged and returned\\nto duty), the regiment was detailed as provost-guard of the\\n14th Corps, with Col. (afterwards General) Parkhurst as\\nprovost-marshal. Gen. Thomas remarked when he made\\nthe detail that he had fully acquainted himself with the\\nconduct of the regiment in the defense of Murfreesboro\\nand that he needed just such a force for provost-guard.\\nThe 9th acted in that capacity throughout the remainder\\nof the war. Its services at the battles of Stone River and\\nChickamauga in stopping runaways and maintaining order\\nwere arduous in the extreme, and were warmly compli-\\nmented by Gen. Thomas. When that gallant officer as-\\nsumed command of the Army of the Cumberland, after\\nChickamauga, Col. Parkhurst was made provost-marshal-\\ngeneral of the department, and the 9th became the provost-\\nguard of that army.\\nIn December, 1863, two hundred and twenty-nine of\\nthe regiment re-enlisted as veterans, and returned to Mich-\\nigan on furlough. In the latter part of February, 1864,\\nthey again appeared at Chattanooga, with their numbers\\nincreased to about five hundred men. The regiment was\\nagain ordered to act as provost-guard of the Army of the\\nCumberland, and during the summer and autumn pan^ici-\\npated in all the movements of that army in Georgia and\\nTennessee. It entered Atlanta on its evacuation by the\\nenemy, and was there engaged in provost duty until that\\ncity was abandoned by the Union forces, when it returned\\nto Chattanooga. It was largely recruited during the season,\\nand, notwithstanding the muster out ofnon-veteranswho.se\\nterms had expired, had eight hundred and ninety-seven en-\\nlisted men on the 1st of November, 1864. It remained\\nin Chattanooga until the 27th of March, 1865, when it was\\nmoved to Nashville. There it stayed on duty at head-\\nquarters, and as guard at the military prison until the 15th\\nof September, when it was mustered out of service. The\\nfollowing day it set out for Michigan, arriving at Jackson\\non the 19th, and on the 2Gth day of September, 1865,\\nthe 9th Michigan Infantry was paid off and disbanded.\\nMEMBERS OF THE NINTH INFANTRY FROM BERRIEN COUNTY.\\nNon-Comiimsioned Sla^.\\n(I.M. Surgt. James W. Higgius, Niles; till. Miiy 1, 1864 pro. to 2d lieut,, Co.\\nK, Aug. 1, ISC4.\\nQ.M. Sergt. Gilbert A. Watkins, Nil\u00e2\u0084\u00a2; ciil. Oct. 28, 1804; pro. to 2il lieut., Co.\\n15, Oct. 16, 1804.\\nPrincipal Musician George H. Newell, Niles; enl. .\\\\ug. 21, 1801 veteran, Nov.\\n23, isa3 must, out Sept. 15, 1805.\\nCow^ianij A.\\nCipt. .lames G. Huntley, Niles; com. Nov. 2:i,1804; Ist lieut., Aug. 6, 180:!; 2cl\\nlieut., Co. E, Dec. 19, 1802; must, out Sept. 15, 18G5.\\nWilliam Millard, must, out Sept. 15, 1865.\\nCompamj B.\\nCapt. OliTer 0. Rounds, Kiles; com. Aug. 12, 18G1 res. Aug, 7, 18G3.\\nIst Lieut. MoPes A. I owell, Kiles com. Aug. 12, 1861 res. Feb. 2, 1862.\\nl8t Lieut. Leonard J. Wright, Niles com. Dec. 13, 1861 2d lieut., Aug.l2, 1861\\ncapt., Co. D, Fell. 27, 186:!.\\nSergt. Thomas H. Gaffney, enl. Aug. 12, 1801; pro. to 2d lieut., Co. C, March\\n25, 1802.\\nSergt. James G. Huntley, enl. Aug. 12, 1801 pro. to 2d lieul., Co. E, Dec. 19,\\n1802.\\nSergt. Ebenezer A. Burnett, enl. Aug. 12, 1801 disch. at end of service, Oct. 4,\\n1864.\\nSergt. James W. Higgius, enl. Aug. 12,1861; veteran, Dec. 7, 1863; appointed\\nq.in. sergt.. May 1, 1864.\\nSergt. John L. Allen, enl. Aug. 12, 1801.\\nCorp. William 11, Loslibougli, enl. Aug. 12, 1801 veleran. Doc. 7, 1863 disch.\\nby order, Sept. 28, 1S04.\\nCorp. Joseph Reynolds, enl. Aug. 12, 1801 died of disease at Bnclianan, June,\\n1803.\\nCorp. James H. Sharp, enl. Aug. 12. 1861; disch. Feb. 3, 1862.\\nCorp. Gilbert A. Walkius. enl. Aug. 12, 1801 veteran, Dec. 7, 1803; pro. to q.m.\\nsergt., Oct. 28, 1864.\\nCor] James Gallaghan, enl. Aug. 12,1861; veteran, Doc. 7,1803; must, out\\nSept. 15, 1865.\\nCoi p. Lb Grand A. Swift, enl. Aug. 12, 1801 died of disease at Nashville, Feb.\\n9, 1865.\\nCorp. Silas York, enl. Aug. 12, 1801 veleran, Dec. 7, 1863 must, out Sept. 15,\\n1865.\\nMusician George H. Newell, enl. Aug. 12, 1861; veteran, Dec. 7, 1803- pro. to\\nprincipal musician, March 6, 1864.\\nWagoner David Bell, eiil. Aug. 12, 1861 absent, sick, at muster out.\\nElliott Burton, must, out June 20, 1805.\\nWilliam A. Boswell, must, out Sept. 15, ISO.I.\\nHezekiah Buck, must, out Sept. 15, 1865.\\nMortimer M. Cutshaw, must, out Sept. 16, 1866.\\nJames Clark, must, out Sept. 15, 1805.\\nGeorge W. Curtis, must, out Sept. 15, 1805.\\nI atriek Carl, must, out Sept. 15, 1866.\\nHiram Carpenter, must, out Sept. 15, 1865.\\nJohn A. Cox, must, out June 20, 1865.\\nJacob Eastman, must, out Sept. 15, 1805.\\nAmbrose Gephart, died of disease in Tennessee, March 24, 1865.\\nJacob Plait, disch. by order, Sept. 28, 1865.\\nEdwin M. Pressly, must, out Sept. 15, 1805.\\nLewis Piatt, disch. by order, Aug. 10, 1805.\\nWilliam Redder, must, out Sept. 15, 1865.\\nAbner Reams, must, out Sept. 15, 1865.\\nJohn Richardson, must, out Sept. 15, 1S05.\\nAlex. Sweeny, must, out Sept. 16, 1805.\\nSylvester Sherman, must, out Sept. 15, 1865.\\nGeorge W. Wells, must, out Sept. 16, 1865.\\nCompany C.\\n2d Lieut. Thomas H. Gaffney, com. March 26, 1862; res. April 9, 1863.\\nJohn C. Dick, must, out June 20, 1806.\\nElisha Everett, must, out June 20, 1805.\\nZebedee Everelt, must, out June 20, 1805.\\nCliarles Everliiig, must, out June 20, 1805.\\nAmos Fesher, must, out June 20, 1866.\\nFrederick J. Forsyth, must, out July 5, 1865.\\ntVin}}Hiin/ D,\\nCapt. Leonard J. Wright, Niles; com. Feb. 27,1803; must, out at end of service,\\nNov. 23, 1804.\\nCoim)auij E.\\n2d Lieut. James G. Huntley, Niles; com. Dec. 19,1862; pro. to 1st lieut., Co. A.\\n2d Lieut. Gilbert A. Watkins, Niles; com. Oct. 15, 1804; pro. to 1st lieut., Co. I,\\nJan. 8, 1805.\\nCoinptmij G.\\nFritz Klais, must, out June 20, 1806.\\nGottlieb Kramer, must, out June 20, 1866.\\nGeorge W. Lake, must, out July 5, 1865.\\nFrederick J. Forsylh, must, out Sept. 16, 1865.\\nCompany 11.\\nCon Joel Kerr, Niles; enl. Aug. 16, 1861 j died of disease in Kentucky, Nov.\\n18, 1861.\\nZacheus Meade, died of disease at Nashville, May 19, 1865.\\nGeorge Markley, must, out June 20, 1865.\\nEdward McVeigh, must, out June 20, 1865.\\nJohn Murray, must, out June 20, 1865.\\nWalter F. McCracken, must, out June 20, 1866.\\nRichard Pressley, died of disease at West Point, Ky.\\nAnd. J. Richardson, must, out Aug. 10, 1805.\\nAlonzo Rice, veteran, Dec. 7, 1863; must, out Sept. 15, 1805.\\nSamuel Sommci s, disch, fordisabiliiy.\\nDaniel R. Shalier, disch. at end of service, Oct. 14, 1804.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "TWELFTH liNFANTRY.\\n69\\nEictiarrt H. Wilts, (iisch. Aug. T, 1862.\\nMiles Woods, died of disease at West Point, Ky.\\nCoinpany I.\\nIst Lieut. Gilbert A. Watkins, com. Jan. 8, 1865: must, out Sept. 15, 1865.\\nCharles Stanwell, died of disease at Nashville, June 21, 1865.\\nCharles H. Smith, must, out June 20, 1865.\\nJoel Starr, must, out June 20, 1865.\\nAlmon G. Stoddard, must, out June 20, 1865.\\n1st Lieut. James W. Higfins, Niles: com. Nov, 23, 1864 res. July 15, 1865.\\nHenry Bussi-ll, must, out Sept. 15, 1805.\\nVAN BUREN COUNTY SOLDIERS IN THE NINTH REGIMENT.\\nCoiiipniitj G.\\nReuben Lee, disch. for disability, March IJ, 1865.\\nJames St. Clair, died of dis\\nCompany 1.\\nat Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 25, 1864.\\nTWELFTH INFANTRY.\\nThis rei;iment had a larger representation than any other\\nfrom the two counties which are the subject of this his-\\ntory, there being over four hundred men in its ranlvs from\\nBerrien County and about one hundred from Van Buren.\\nCompany B was raised at St. Joseph and vicinity Company\\nC, at Buclianan and vicinity Company E, and parts of Com-\\npanies F and K, at Niles and Company I, at and around\\nBerrien Springs. There were also many from Berrien\\nCounty in the other companies. Company H and part of\\nK were raised in Van Buren County, and tliere were thirty\\nor forty more from that county in other companies.\\nThe regimental rendezvous was at Niles. It remained\\nthere in camp of instruction, busily preparing for its duties\\nin the field, until the 18th of March, 1862, when it set\\nout for St. Louis, with a thousand men and officers on its\\nrolls. From St. Louis it was hurried forward to Pittsburg\\nLanding, and was stationed in the extreme front of the\\nUnion army, about eighty rods from Shiloh Church.\\nMuch has been said about tlie Union troops being sur-\\nprised at Shiloh but Maj. (then lieutenant) S. W. Pearl,\\nof Benton, who was with the 12th at the extreme front,\\nsays there was nothing of the kind. The advanced regi-\\nments knew from the reports of reconnoitering parties that\\nthere was a large Confederate force not far off, and were\\nexpecting its approach.* About two o clock in the morning\\nof the tith of April, 1862, a reconnoitering party was sent\\nout, met the enemy, and fell back before him to the Union\\npicket line. Meanwhile the 12th and other regiments were\\nput in line of battle, and moved to a point about one hun-\\ndred rods in front of their color-line, and there, about six\\no clock in the morning, they began the fight with the\\nadvancing enemy.\\nThe Confederate commanders hurled heavy columns\\nagainst the comparatively few regiments at the front of the\\nfield, and steadily drove them back. All day long the battle\\nraged in the forests of Tennessee, the Union troops being\\nslowly but steadily forced back until six o clock in the even-\\ning, when they stood near the banks of the Tennesisee\\nItivcr, and saw across that stream the welcome reinforce-\\nments of Buell.\\nThat night a portion of Buell s army crossed the Ten-\\nnessee, and in the morning the Union forces took the of-\\nTrue, there were no intrenohmcnts, which would certainly have\\nbean built under such circumstances at a later period of the war.\\nfensive, and drove back the enemy over the same ground\\nwhich he had triumphantly traversed the preceding day.\\nDuring the battle of the 7th this regiment was most of the\\ntime in the rear of Buell s army, but it took part in the\\nfinal charge in the afternoon, when the rebels were driven\\nfrom the field. In this battle the TZth suffered severely\\nhaving about forty men killed and eighty wounded.\\nAfter the surrender of Corinth the 12th was ordered to\\nJackson, Tenn., and was on duty at that place and Bolivar\\nduring a large part of the summer and autumn of 1862.\\nWhen Gens. Price and Van Dorn were defeated in their\\nattempt to recapture Corinth, on the 3d and 4th of Octo-\\nber, the 12th was a part of the force sent by Gen. Grant\\nfrom Bolivar, under Gen. Huilbut, to cut off the retreat\\nof the defeated army. Gen. Hurlbut s command met the\\nretreating Confederates at the bridge over the Hatchie\\nRiver, some fifteen miles west of Corinth, on the 5th of\\nOctober, the point being sometimes called Metamora.\\nA very sanguinary battle ensued, which, for the numbers\\nengaged, was one of the hardest of the war. The portion\\nof the Confederate aiuiy which had crossed the river were\\nattacked on the west side and driven back, and then, amid\\na storm of shot and shell, the 12th and other regiments\\ncrossed the bridge, and drove the enemy from his position\\non the west side. His attempt to escape at this point was\\ncompletely foiled, though the greater part of his army made\\ntheir way across the river at a point several miles farther\\nsouth.\\nAfter the battle of the Hatchie the 12th returned to\\nBolivar, where it remained until the 4th of November.\\nFrom that time until the 31st of May, 1863, it was en-\\ngaged in guarding the Mississippi Central Railway from\\nnear Bolivar to Hickory Valley, the regimental headquarters\\nbeing at Middleburg, Tenn.\\nOn the 24th of December, 1862, one hundred and fifteen\\nof the men, who were in a block-house at Middleburg,\\nunder the command of Col. William H. Graves, were sur-\\nrounded by a whole division of rebel cavalry under Gen.\\nVan Dorn, who had captured over a thousand Union troops\\nat Holly Springs, Miss., and had thence made his way into\\nTennessee. He demanded the surrender of the post, which\\nwas promptly refused by Col. Graves. The rebels then\\nopened fire, and during two hours made desperate efforts to\\ncapture the little garrison. The latter, however, gallantly\\nmaintained its position, and, as it was well protected, it was\\nable to inflict on the enemy a much greater loss than its\\nown. Finally the assailants withdrew, leaving nine killed\\nand eleven wounded on the field, besides the less severely\\nwounded, whom they took away with them. Fifteen rebel\\nprisoners, including ten oflicers, were captured. The gar-\\nrison had six wounded, and lost thirteen prisoners, most of\\nwhom were captured while on picket.\\nIn general orders issued from the headquarters of Gen.\\nGrant, the 12th Michigan, and other regiments which had\\nsuccessfully defended their posts, were declared to be de-\\nserving of the thanks of the army, which was in a measure\\ndependent on the road they so nobly defended for supplies.\\nThe regiment remained on duty in West Tennessee dur-\\ning the ensuing winter and the beginning of the spring, but\\nabout the last of May embarked on transports at Memphis,", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "70\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nand proceeded down the Mississippi, arriving at Chickasaw\\nBluff, near Vicksburg, on the 3d of June, 1863. It dis-\\nembarked at Sartatia, on the Yazoo, and marched to Haynes\\nBluff, and then clo.sed in towards Vicksburg. Though it\\nformed a part of the Union line which prevented escape\\nfrom, or succor of, the doomed city, and though the men\\ncould hear the continual roar of the cannon and see the\\nshells circling gracefully on their mission of death, yet they\\nwere not themselves brought under fire during the siege.\\nOn the 28th of July the regiment embarked for Helena,\\nArk., where it remained until the 13th of August. It then\\nmarched with Gen. Steele s army to Little Rock, the capital\\nof Arkansas. Arriving on the 10th of September at a point\\nsix miles below that city, on the north side of the Arkansas,\\nthe Union troops found the way slopped by Gen. Price with\\na large Confederate army, strongly intrenched on the north\\nside of the river, with several batteries on the south side.\\nDuring the night of the 10th this regiment and others\\nwere placed close to the river. Early on the morning of\\nthe 11th the command was rapidly crossed on pontoons to\\nthe south side of the stream, and immediately drove the\\nrebels from their intrenchments on that side. A running\\nfight was maintained all day, the enemy constantly retreat-\\ning before the advancing Unionists, who entered Little Rock\\njust before nightfall. The 12th suffered no loss during the\\nmovement.\\nOn the 2Gth and 27th the regiment moved from Little\\nRock to Benton, Ark., but on the 1st of November it re-\\nturned to the former place. It remained there until the\\n14th of January, 1864, during which time the larger part\\nof the men re-enlisted, constituting it a veteran volunteer\\nregiment. It then returned to Michigan, arriving at Niles\\non the 1st day of February, when the men were furloughed\\nfor thirty days.\\nRendezvousing at Niles in the first part of March, with a\\nlarge number of recruits, the regiment left on the 21st for\\nLittle Rock, where it arrived on the 1st of April. On the\\n26th it set out for Pine Bluff, marching forty-eight miles\\nin two days, and arriving there on the 28th. Two days\\nlater it returned to Little Rock. On the 17th of May\\nit moved to Brownsville, and from Brownsville to Spring-\\nfield, reaching that place on the 25th, and returning to\\nLittle Rock on the 31st the object of this and many\\nsimilar marches being to drive away the guerrilla bands\\nwhich infested the State, but who were extremely difiBcult\\nto come up with.\\nOn the 25th of June the regiment proceeded by rail to\\nDuvall s Bluff, and thence by steamer to Clarendon, on\\nWhite River. It engaged the enemy, under Gen. Shelby,\\non the 26th, having a running fight with him, and chasing\\nhim all that day and the next. It then returned to Du-\\nvall s Bluff, where it remained encamped until the 30th of\\nAugust following.\\nThe next move of the 12th was up White River by\\nsteamer. It was fired on by guerrillas, on the 4th of Sep-\\ntember, from the banks of the river, six of its men being\\nkilled and wounded. The regiment disembarked as soon\\nas possible, but the chivalry had fled. The next day the\\nregiment moved up the river to Austin, but returned to\\nDuvall s Bluff on the 7th of September.\\nFrom this time until the 6th of June, 1805, the head-\\nquarters of the regiment were at Duvall s Bluff, the men\\nbeing stationed there or in the immediate vicinity, and\\nbeing employed on picket, scout, provost, and fatigue\\nduties, and especially in guarding the railroad which pre-\\nserved the communications of troops more advanced.\\nOn the 6th of June the regiment broke camp, and\\nmoved by way of Little Rock to Washington, Ark., where\\nit arrived on the 31st. The war was now over, but it was\\nnecessary still to employ troops at various points to prevent\\nthe depredations of guerrillas, and assure the maintenance\\nof the power of the Union. The 12th was accordingly\\nbroken up for that purpose. Companies A, B, C, and F\\nwere sent to Camden, where thoy were under the command\\nof Maj. S. W. Pearl. Company E was stationed at Arka-\\ndelphia, and Company D at Paraclifta. The other com-\\npanies remained at Washington with the headquarters of\\nthe regiment. On the 30th of September, Company F\\nwas sent from Camden to Champagnolle, on the Washita\\nRiver, and about the same time the headquarters of the\\nregiment, with Companies H and K, were removed from\\nWashington to Camden.\\nThe various detachments remained at the positions first\\nnoted until the forepart of February, when they all assem-\\nbled at Camden, and on the 15th of that month were mus-\\ntered out of the service. The regiment then proceeded by\\nsteamer down the Washita and Red Rivers to the Missis-\\nsippi, and up that stream to Cairo, and thence by rail to\\nJackson, Mich. It was paid off and discharged on the 6th\\nday of March, 1866.\\nThe fortunes of war were such that the 12lh Infantry\\ndid not meet the enemy on as many fields of battle as did\\nsome of its comrade organizations, but it performed fliith-\\nfully all the duties intrusted to it, and its record from first\\nto last was a credit to its members and to the State. The\\nlosses of the 12th during its term of service numbered\\nfour hundred and thirty-two deaths by disease and in bat-\\ntle, this being the largest death-record of any Michigan\\nregiment excepting only the 6th Infantry, in which the\\ncorresponding loss was five hundred and forty-two.\\nBEKRIEN COUNTY MEMBERS OF THE TWELFTH INFANTRY.\\nFidd mid SUiff.\\nCol. Francis Qiiirin, Niles; com. Oct. 5, 1S61 res. Aug 31, 1662.\\nM,aj. Geo. Kimmel, Niles; com. Oct. 6, 1861; res. April 22, 1862.\\nMaj. Lewis W. Pearl, Benton com. June 10, 1865 must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nAdj. John Graham, Oronoko; com. Oct. 5, 1861 res. June 9, 1864.\\nAiij. Wm. E. Stewart, Niles; com. March 19, 1864; pro. to aipt., Co. D, .Tune 14,\\n1865.\\nQ.M. Geo. S. Bristol, Niles; com. Feb. 10, 1862; res. Juno 14, 1862.\\nQ,M. Wm. B. rerrott, Buchanan com. Aug. 4, 1802 dieil March 14, 1864, at\\nBuchanan, Mich.\\nSurg, Jas. S. Rundall, Niles com. Oct. 8, 1862 asst. surg., April 25, 1862 must.\\nout Oct. 12,1865.\\nChaplain Rev. And. J. Eldrcd, Niles com. Oct. 5, 1861 res. Sept. lu, 1803.\\nNon-Commissioned Stiijf.\\nSergt. Maj. Wm. E. Stewart, Niles; onl. Oct. 9, 1801 veteran, Feh. 27, 1SC4\\npro. to 1st lieut. and adjutant.\\nSergt. Maj. Richard H. Burke, lierrien veteran, Dec. 26,1803; pro. to 2a lieut.,\\nCo. G.June 10, 1805.\\nSergt. Maj. Stephen J. Weaver, Niles veteran, Jan. 21, 1804 pro. to 2d lieut.,\\nCo. C, Jan. 7, 1805.\\nQ.M. Sergt. Hiram L. Brown, St. Jnsepli enl. Aug. 2l), 1804 private, Dec. 28\\n1803; pro. to 2d lieut., Co. I, June 7, 1865.\\nCom. Sergt. Chas. A. Hongland, Niles pro. to Ist lieut., Co. E, Maidi 19, 1804.\\nHo\u00c2\u00bbp. Stew. H.irvey R. Backus, Niles veteran, Jan. 2, 1804 must, out Feb. 15,", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "TWELFTH INFANTRY.\\n71\\nPrincipal Muaician Willard Bostwick, Yeteran, onl. Dec. 24, 1863 pro. capt., to\\nCo. E, July 1,1863.\\nPrincipal Musician Chas. W. Holcomb, Oronoko; trans, to Co. C.\\nPrincipal Musician Silas Sonles, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nCompiiiiij A,\\nCnpt. Chas. E. Howe, Berrien Springs; com. Sept. 14, 1862; brev. mnj. U. S.\\nVols., March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services during tlie\\nwar; app. acting adj. -gen. tJ. S. Vols., April 10, 18G5.\\nCapt. John C. Welcli, com. April 15, 1865; pro. tolst licut., Jan. 7, 1865; must.\\nout Feb. 15, 1S06.\\nIst Lieut. Wni. M. T. Bartholomew, Oronoko com. July 3,1804 pro. capt., Co.\\nI, Dec. 20, 1864.\\n1st Lieut. Samuel L. Hull, Benlon com. April 15, 1805 must, out Feb. 15,\\nISOG.\\n2d Lieut. Geo. L. Autisdale, Niles; com. April 14, 1865; disch. for disability,\\nAug. 25, 1805.\\n2d Lieut. Ezekiel P. Spaulding, Buchanan com. Aug. 23, 1865 must, out Fob.\\n16, 1860.\\nSergt. John N. Wooley, disch. for disability, Aug. 31, 1803.\\nJohn Adams, missing at battle of Shiluh, April 6, 1862.\\nWm. Beans, died of disease at Jackson, Tenu., July 10, 1862.\\nOliver Brockway, must, out Feb. 15, 1860.\\nWilson Clyboum, must, out Feb. 15, 1800.\\nJohn H. Clark, disch. at end of service, Sept. 9, 1SC5.\\nCharles E. Davis, must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nLewis P Graham, died of disease at Duvall s Bluff, July 20, 1804.\\nBonaparte Hyland, died of diseitse at Little Uock, May 18, 1804.\\nJohn Higgins, must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nElon M. Ireland, must, out Feb. 1.5, 1866.\\nGeo. G. Jenkins, disch. at end of service, Sept. 9, 1805.\\nEzra M. Keyser, must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nRichard Landon, must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nAndrew Mershon, died of disease at Duvall s Bluff, Jan. 15, 1865.\\nSylvester P. Smith, died of disease at Macon, Ga., Aug. 11, 1862.\\nJonathan W. Stephens, died at Pittsburg Lauding, Tenn May 16, 1802, of\\nunds.\\n111. Dec. 25, 1863 pro. to p; incipal\\nSilas Soules, Vetera\\nto F. and S.\\nSanford Weutworth, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nn, and tn\\nC^mpattlj B.\\nCapt. Thos. Wallace, St. Josepli com. Oct. 10, 1861 res. May 7, 1802.\\nCapt. Lewis W. Pearl, Benton; com. Sept. 1, 1802 1st lieut.Sept. 20, 1802; pro.\\nto maj. June 10. 1865.\\nCapt. Wm. A. Deuel, New Buffalo com. June 10, 1865 2d lieut., Oct. 11, 1804;\\nnuisl. out Feb. 15, 1866.\\n1st Lieut. Kobt. B. King, St. Joseph com. Sept. 1, 1802 2d lieut., Oct. 10, 1801\\nres. April 14, 1805.\\n2d Lieut. Thos. A. Walker, St. Joseph com. March 19, 1801 sergt., corp. res.\\nOct. 11, 1864.\\nSergt. Leonard K. Jillson, Benton enl. Sept. 3, 1861 veteran, Dec. 28, 1S63\\npro. to 2d lieut., Co. H, Jan. 20, 1865.\\nSergt. Saml. L. Hull, Benton enl. Sept. 3, 1801 veteran, Dec. 28, 1803 pro.\\nto 2d lieut., Co. D, Oct. 19, 1804.\\nSorgt. Chas. M. Van Horn, Benton enl. Sept. 7, 1861 died of disease at Quincy,\\n111., June 25, 1802.\\nSergt. Wm. H. Long, Benton enl. Sept. 10, 1861 veteran, Dec. 28, 1803 must.\\nout Feb. 16, 1866.\\nCorp. Dustin Woodin. Benton enl. Oct. 19, 1861 veteran, Dec. 28, 1863 must.\\nout Fell. IS, 1860.\\nCorp. Lyman A.Burke, Hagar; enl. Oct. 20, 1861 died in battio at Shiloh,\\nApril 6, 1862.\\nCorp. Joshua L. McKean, Coloma enl. Sept. 0, 1861 disch. for disability, Sept.\\n28, 1863.\\nCorp. Wm H. Brown, Benton enl. Sept. 3, 1301 died of wounds received at\\nSlilloh.\\nCorp. Hiram L. Brown, St. Joseph enl. Nov. 1, 1801; veteran, Dec. 28, 1863;\\npro. to q.m. sergt., Aug. 21), 1864.\\nGeorge F. Allen, disch. for disability, Nov. 14, 1862.\\nEdwin Arndt, died of disease at Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 5, 1864.\\nGeorge Adams, discli. at end of service, Sept. 9, 1866.\\nJames Benton, died of disease at Atlanta, Ga., July 12, 1802.\\nAlbert A. Benton, disch. for disability, Nov. 11, 1803.\\nAugustus Beyeii, disch. for disability, Dec. 9, 1803.\\nCharles Barnes, died of wounds at Pittsburgii, Pa., received at Shiloh.\\nThos. J. Ba-ssford, died of disease at Benton, Mich.\\nJames R. Bunily, disch. for disability, Aug. 30, 1802.\\nDavid W. Brownell, disch. by order, June 17, 1865.\\nGeo. W. Brown, disch. at end of service, Sept. 9, 1805.\\nAlunzo Bett-i, disch. at end of service, Sept. 9, 1865.\\nBeiij. liishop, disch. at end of service, Sept. 9, 1865.\\nWm. Becker, veteran, Dec. 28, 1863 must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nLewis Bessey, veteran, Dec. 28, 1803 must, out Feb. 15, 1868.\\nRichard H. Bell, veteran, Dec. 28, 1863 must, out Feb. 16, 1866.\\nHiram L. Brown, veteran, Dec. 28, 1863 must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nGeo. 11. Bury, veteran, Dec. 28, 1863 must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nMelviu Collace, died of disease at Little Bock, Ark., April 19, 1864.\\nGeorge W. Closson, disch. by order, Sept. 9, 1806.\\nWilliam M. Curtis, veteran, Dec. 28, 1803; must, out Feb. 5, 1866.\\nMichael Casey, veteran, Dec. 28, 1863 must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nThomas Denims, veteran, Dec. 30, 1863 must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nJohn Donahue, veteran, Dec. 30, 1863; disch. by order, Oct. 12, 1865.\\nMartin Donahue, died of wounds received in battle at Shiloh, April 6, 1802.\\nLorenzo J. Defield, died of disease at Duvall s Bluff, Ark., July 24, 1864.\\nHenry Defiebl, must, out Feb. 15, 1800.\\nAmber A. Doan, disch. by order, March 6, 1866.\\nNorman B. Emerson, disch. by order, Kov. 25, 1862.\\nOscar Epley, disch. by order, Nov. 9, 1862.\\nChristian Eisele, disch. by order, July 2, 1862.\\nAnanias Ellis, disch. for disability, Sept. 3, 1862.\\nAmos P. Evans, disch. by order, Slay 18, 1805.\\nWilliam H. Epley, disch. at end of service, Sept. 9, 1805.\\nLawrence Earl, must, out Oct. 15, 1800.\\nHenry Farnliam, disch. for disability, July 22, 1800.\\nLyman H. Frisbie, disch. for disability, June 27, 1805.\\nPeter Flynn, veteran, Dec. 28, 1863; must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nDewitt C. Guy, veteran, Jan. 1, 1864; must, out Feb. 15,1866.\\nSeth S. Gregory, veteran, Dec. 28, 1803; must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nWilliam Garrett, veteran, Dec. 28, 1803; must, out Feb. 16, 1866.\\nLeonard J. Goulet, veteran, Dec. 28, 1803; must, out Feb. 15, 1860.\\nLeonard K. Jillson, veteran, Dec. 28, 1803 pro. to sergt. pro. to 2d lieut.\\nJohn Garrett, must, out Feb. 16, 1806:\\nGeorge F. Granville, disch. at end of service, Sept. 9, 1865.\\nHenry C. Harris, died of disease at Atlanta, Ga., June, 1862.\\nAndrew Hicks, died of disease at Atl.^nla, Ga., June 8, 1802.\\nPhiletus Hazard, died of disoase at Little Rock, Ark., April 19, 1864.\\nJames C. Hull, died of disease at Little Rock, Ark., June 26, 1864.\\nJohn L. Handy, died of disease at Duvall s Bluff, Ark., Sept. 10, 1804.\\nJohn Harris, died of disease at St. Louis, Mo., May 10, 1862.\\nMyron Higbee, veteran, Dec. 30, 1863; disch. for disability, 1864.\\nWilliam D. Huyck, veteran, Dec. 28, 1863; disch. for disability, 1805.\\nSamuel L. Hull, veteran, Dec. 28, 1863; pro. to 2d lieut., Co. H.\\nNorman Ivory, died of wounds at St. Louis, Mo., May 9, 1862 (Shilob).\\nGuardian Jacrjues, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nNathan Kelley, disch. fur disability, July 1, 1862.\\nJames G. Krine, disch. at end of service, Jan. 7, 1865.\\nJohn Krause, disch. at end of service, Jan. 7, 1865.\\nJohn King, disch. at end of service, Sept. 9, 1865.\\nFlorence B. Ketcbum, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nMorris Lyons, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nCarlton Lloyd, must, out Feb. 15, 1860.\\nMorris La Mott, disch. for disability, Jan. 6, 1806.\\nJoseph La Mott, disch. for disaliility, Jan. 31, 1862.\\nMichael Larkin, disch. from Vet. Res. Corps, April 15, 1865.\\nGeorge W. Lee, disch. by order, June 9, 1865.\\nJohn C. Lorinier, died of disease at Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 26, 1864.\\nJohn W. Murphy, died of disease at Helena, Ark., Aug. 10, 1803.\\nStephen Mussulman, died of disease at Duvall s Bluff, Aug. 13, 1864.\\nJames Mills, died in rebel prison at Macon, Ga., July 10, 1802.\\nWilliam Miller, veteran, Dec. 28, 1803; must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nWilliam Mull, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nZerah Moore, must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nJames W. Morrow, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nPatrick McLaughlin, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nEdwin A. McClave, must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nWilliam C. Norris, died of diseasaat Little Roclc, Ark., Aug. 1, 1864.\\nJohn D. Nason, veteran, Dec. 28, 1863 disch. for disability, March 14, 1865.\\nOra 0. Nutting, diach. at end of service, Sept. 9, 1806.\\nElon P. Osgood, veteran, Dec. 28, 1863; disch. for disability, Jan. 22, 1860.\\nHenry 0. Plumb, disch. for disability, Aug. 18, 1862.\\nJasper Pitcher, disch. for disability, Nov. 20, 1862.\\nWilliam H. Pierce, disch. for disability, Dec. 15, 1864.\\nGeorge 0. Post, killed in battle at Shiloh, April 6, 1862.\\nWilliam Parkerton, veteran, Dec. 28, 1863; must, out Feb. 16, 1860.\\nW. S. Quackenbush, must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nMorton Qiiackenbush, disch. by order, July 19, 1865.\\nSolomon Quint, disch. at end of service, Jan. 7, 1866.\\nChauncey Reese, disch. at end of service, Sept. 9, 1866.\\nJohn Rogers, disch. May 10, 1803.\\nGilbert Rogers, disch. for disability, July 1, 1802.\\nGeorge Riley, disch. for disability, July 18, 1802.\\nJoseph Rokely, veteran, Dec. 28, 1803 must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nRobert Robertson, must, out Feb. 15, 1860.\\nJohn D. Rose, died of disease at St. Louis, Mo.\\nEdward Sutton, died of disease at Camden, Ark., Sept. 7, 1802.\\nHuey M. Sweet, died in rebel prison at Richmond, Va., Oct. 19, 1802.\\nAlvah Smith, died of wounds received at Shiloh, April 6, 1862.\\nFrancis E. Shiver, disch. for disabilily, June, 1802.\\nGeorge Stanley, disch. for disability, July 23, 1802.\\nLevi Sherman, disch. at end of service, Jan. 7, 1865.\\nLoren-zo D. Schofield, disch. at end of service, Sept. 9, 1866.\\nCharles G. Sheets, disch by or.lor. May 22, 1805.\\nElijah Spink, veteran, Dec. 28, 1863; must, out Fob. 15, 1806.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "72\\nHISTOKY OP BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nMiiiert Shippey, veteran, Dec. 28, 1863 must out Feb. U, 1866.\\nJames Sheirard, veteran, Dec. 28, 1863; must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nHarmon Schniul, veteran, Dec. 28, 18G:i must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nCharles So\\\\iles, veteran, Dec. 28, 1863; must, out Feb. 16, 1806.\\nAmos Stout, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nNathan Stanley, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nKellogg Stanley, must out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nCharles H. Sclimul, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nWilliam H. Shiver, must, out Feb. 15, 18G6.\\nWilliam Turner, veteran, Doc. 24, 1863; must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nHenry Teachout, veteran, Dec. 28, 1863; must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nOliver C. Timmins, veteran, Dec. 28, 1863; must, out Feb. 15, 1866\\nJames Troy, veteran, Der. 28, 1863; must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nAlliert Teachout, disch. Dec. 5, 1862.\\nEzra Teachout, disch. Aug. 10, 1863.\\nWilliam H. Tliatchcr, disch. by order, Ocr. 12, 1865.\\nWilliam Turner, veteran, Dec. 24, 1863; must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nAlfred A. Teachout, died of disease in Michigan.\\nGates Upson, died of disease at St- Joseph, Mich.\\nCharles M. Van Horn, died of disease at Quincy, III.\\nJulius Valentine, disch. for disability, Sept. 18, 1862.\\nJohn W. Van Hazen, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nJared H. Vincent, must, ont Feb. 15, 1866.\\nNelson Wheeler, veteran, Dec. 28, 1863; must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nJohn Webber, veterau, Dec. 28, 1863; must. Feb. 15, 1806.\\nTheodore Waddel, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nSylvanus E. Whitehead, must, ont Feb. 15, 1866.\\nOtis A. Winslow, died of disease at Montgomery, Ga., June, 1862.\\nForrest F. Woodward, died of disease at Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 11, 1863.\\nLafayette Wood, di=cli. for disability, Nov. 14, 1864.\\nOrlando H. Wright, disch. for disability, Sept. 24, 1862.\\nGeorge Williams, disih. Nov. 15, 1862.\\nWilliam Wheaton, disch. by order, July 10, 1865.\\nCharles Warner, disch. at end of service, Sept. 9, 1865.\\nComjtani/ C.\\nCapt. John M. Albert, Buchanan com. Oct. lU, 1861 res. April 27, 1802.\\nCapt. Benjamin E. Binns, Buchanan; com. Oct. 1, 1802; res. Feb. 1.5, 1805.\\nIst Lieut. William F. Molsberry, Buchanan; com. Oct. 14, 1801; res. Oct. 15,\\n1862.\\nIst Lieut. Kichard A. Demout, Bertraiul com. March IS, 1804; pro. to capt.,\\nCo. H.JuneO, l?04.\\nIst Lieut. .lohn Perrott, Buchanan; com. June a, 1864; res. Jan. 20, 1805.\\n2d Lieut. David J. Whitten, Niles; com. June 0, 1804; pro. to 1st lieut., Co. F,\\nJan. 7, 1805.\\n2d Lieut. Stephen J. Weaver, Niles com. Jan. 20, 1865 res. June 12, 1865.\\n2d Lieut. Dion B. Keltner, Niles; com. Juno 12, 1805; must, out Feb. 15, 1860.\\nSergt Richard A. Demcmt, Buchanan enl. Oct. 14, 1801 pro. to 2d lieut.\\nSergt. Charles E. Brong, Buchanan oid. Oct. 23, 1861 disch. June 21, 1803.\\nSergt. John Perrott, Buchanan enl. Oct. 15, 1861 pro. to 1st lieut.\\nSergt. Herbert M. Reynolds, Buchanan enl. Oct. 15, 1861 wounded at Shiloh\\ndisch. June 6,1862.\\nCorp. James K. Woods, Buchanan enl. Oct. 14, 1861 di.sch. Aug. 30, 1862.\\nCorp. Van B Cahowe, Buchanan; enl. Nov. 11,1301; died of disease at Pitts-\\nburg Landing, April 3, 1802.\\nCorp. Francis Conroy, Wee\u00c2\u00abaw; enl. Oct. 18,1861 disch. Aug. 20, 1863.\\nCorp. James S. McCoy, Galien enl. Oct. 20, 1861 disch. at end of servici-, Jan.\\n7,1865.\\nCorp. Charles Smith, Buchanan; enl. Oct. 14, 1861 absent, sick not must, out\\nwith company.\\nCorp. Zimri Moon, Buchanan; enl. Oct. 30, 1861; disch. Oct. 18,1862.\\nCorp. George Merrill, Buchanan enl. Oct. 14, 1801 must, out Feb. 15, 1860.\\nMusician James Boswell,Weesaw; eul. Nov. 19, 1861; discli. for disability, Aug.\\n30, 1802.\\nSimon P. Aldrich, disch. Feb. 15,1802.\\nAsa C. Alexander, disch. for disability, June 8,1865.\\nDavid Allen, died of disease at Duvall s Bluif, Nov. 24, 1804.\\nAmos P. Atwood, must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nEdgar Atwood, must, out Feb. 15,1806.\\nEmory Atwood, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nWilliam H. Bachelor, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nJohn Y. Birge, must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nBenjamin Brown, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nFredeiick Brown, died May 22, 1862, of wounds received at Sliiloli, April 6,\\n1802.\\nWilliam T. Brown, died of disease at Niles, Mich., March 14, 1802.\\nDaniel Brown, disch. March 1, 1862.\\nJames Boswell, disch. July 10, 1862.\\nHarvey Backus, Niles; trans, to non-commissioned staff, hospital steward.\\nHezekiah Branch, died in battle at Shiloh, April 6, 1802.\\nDaniel P. Beattie, died of disease at Mobile, Ala.\\nCharles Baldwin, disch. Sept. 20, 1802.\\nJoel Blackniau, veterau, Dec. 29, 1803; disch. for disability, Jan. 4, 1805.\\nWilliam IL lieacli, disch. at end of service, Jan. 7, l.SO.i.\\nThomas Bristley, disch. at end of service, Jan. 7, 180-5.\\nIsaac Batten, disch. at end of service. Jan. 7, 1S65.\\nGeorge W. Biewer, disch. by order, May 22, 1865.\\nJohn E. Barrymore, disch. by order, July 29, 1805.\\nJames II. Burns, veteran, Feb. 25, 1804; must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nWesley A. Burrows, died of disease at Duvall s Bluff, Ark., Sept. 3, 1804.\\nBenjamin Chandler, died of disease at Buchanan, Oct. 7, 1864.\\nPerry W. Cottrell, died of wounds at Shiloh.\\nJohn S. Curtis, veteran, Dec. 29, 1803; must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nSylvester Considine, veteran, Feb- 25, 1864; must, ont Feb. 15, 1866.\\nJerome Chamberlain, must, out Feb. 15, 1800.\\nUsher B. Collins, must, out Feb. 1,% 1800.\\nAmos Cook, must, out Feb. 15, 1860.\\nJeremiah Courtney, must. ont Feb. 15, ISOtJ.\\nJackson Dalrymple. must, out Feb. 15, 1860.\\nAlonzo Drinkle, must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nAbi .am S. Dempsey, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nAustin A. Durand, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nGeorge G. DwohI, disch. for disability, Aug. 16, 1802.\\nJames S. Davis, disch. for disability, Dec. 4, 1802.\\nJohn Dills, disch. at end of service, March lu, 1865.\\nJoseph Elwell, disch. at end of service, Oct. 20, 1863.\\nFrancis W. Elliott, disch. fur disability. May 28, 1862.\\nJohn H. Egbert, disch. for disability, Aug. 2, 1864.\\nRalph Fuller, disch. by order, Jan. 15, 1865.\\nWilliam H. Fisher, disch. by order, Nov. 3, 1865.\\nWilbur W. Fuller, veteran, Dec. 24, 1863; must, out Feb, 15. 1866.\\nOtis J. Fenton, veteran, Feb. 18, 1864 must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nSamuel J. Griffith, veteran, Dec. 24, 1863; must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nJohn A. Graham, must, ont Feb. 15, 1860.\\nJohn Groves, must, out Feb. IS, 1806.\\nElisha H. Goldman, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nJohn Gathergood, disch. at end of service, Jan. 7, 1803.\\nAndrew (jraham, disch. for disability, Aug. 12,1865.\\nCharles Helms, disch. July 8, 1802.\\nVictor H. Helms, veteran, Dec. 24, 1863 disch. by order, June IT, 1865.\\nJames Hemingway, veteran, Feb. 25, 1861: must, out Feb. 15, 1800.\\nLewis Hahn, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nnust. out Feb. 15, 1866.\\n1st. out Feb. 15, 1S66.\\nin battle at Shiloh, April 0, 1802.\\nd of disease at Duvall s Bluff, Ark-, Dec. 4,1864.\\n)ll, disch. for disaldlity, Feb. 2, 1865.\\nlor, must, ont Feb. 15,1860.\\nWallace E. P. Hunt, i\\nSamuel K. Hazen, mi\\nHenry Hudson, died i\\nCharles T. Harris, die\\nJohn S. lug\\nChristophei\\nWilliam Johnson, must, out Feb. 15, 1860.\\nV. Kirkendall, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nFrank B. Kelley, must, out Feb. 15,1866.\\nWilliam Kinney, must, ont Feb. 16, 1806.\\nJames Kinney, discharged.\\nCharles II, Knight, died of disease at Little Rock, Ark., May 4, 18?4.\\nErwiii Knight, died of disease at Cairo, 111., Aug. 9,1864.\\nWilliam Lemon, disch. for disability, Sept. 2, 1862.\\nNicholas W. Miller, veteran, Dec. 29, 1803; disch. for disability, Dec. 21, 1865.\\nThonnvs A. Morley, disch. May 16, 1802.\\nWarren Martin, disch. Jlay 25, 1862.\\nAlfred Murray, disch. Juno 30, 1862.\\nJames H. Martin, died of disease at St. Louis, Mo., May 25, 1862.\\nR. Maxwell, died of disease at Niles, Mich., March 13, 1862.\\nElisha Blarshall, dieil of ilisease at Niles, Mich., Nov. 20, 1802.\\nJauies S. McCoy, disch. at end of service, Jan. 7, 1865.\\nCharles McCracken, disch. at end of service, Jan. 7, 1865.\\nJohn F. Miller, veteran, Feb. 25, 1864; must, out Feb. 1.5,1806.\\nGeorge W. Merrill, veteran, Dec. 24, 1863; must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nE. Motinger, veteran, Dec. 24, 1803; must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nD. Jlcitiiiger, must, out Feb. 15, 1S06.\\nM. N. Mansfield, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nWilliam H. Martin, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nSamuel Miller, must, out Feb. 15, 1800.\\nJames Mudge, must, out Feb. 16,1800.\\nHenry Piatt, veteran. Doc 29, 1803 must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nSamuel Potter, died in battle at Shiloh, April 6, 1862,\\nJames Painter, disch. for disability, Sept. 5, 1862.\\nArmenius Penwell, died of disease at Little Rock, May 31,1864.\\nOscar Reed, died of disease at Niles, May 28, 1862.\\nHerbert M Be,vnolds, disch, for wounds, June 6, 1862.\\nFrancis C. Rue, must, out Feb. 15,1866.\\nJohn M. Roe, must, out Feb, 15, 1806.\\nJohn C. Shelman, veteran, Dec. 24, 1863 must, out Feb. 15, 1860.\\nHorace Salsbury, veteran, Dec. 24, 1863; must, out Feb. 15, 1860.\\nJohn Salsbury, veteran, Feb. 25,1864; must, out Fob. 15, 1866.\\nHoward F. Smith, veteran, Dec. 24, 1863; must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nJames 0. Smith, veteran, Dec. 24, 1863; must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nHenry Sanders, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nNathaniel R. Seely, must, ont Feb. 15, 1806.\\nEdgar Sanford, must, out Feb. 15,1866.\\nIlowidl Strojig, must, ont Feb. 15,1866.\\nCharles Snyder, nuist. out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nChristopher Sawden, must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nMoses Shaliip, clied of disease in Ohio, May 19, 1862.\\nGeorge Smith, died of disease ut Macon, Ga.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "TWELFTH INFANTRY.\\n73\\nEri 0. Smith, disch. Jan. 1, 1863.\\nSamuel Smith, discb. Nov. 8,1862.\\nJames Smith, diach. for disability, Julj 15, 1862.\\nJohn Scott, disch. for disability, Aug. 6. 18C2.\\nLeonard Simmons, disch. tor disability, Aug. 10, 1802.\\nLewis Sanford, disch. at end of service, Sept. 9, 1805.\\nJohn Shamp, disch. at end of service, Sept. 9, 1805.\\nFrederick Taylor, disch. for disability, Nov. 5, 1805.\\nJoseph Taylor, disch. by order, June 17, 1805.\\nJames Tallman, must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nMorgan Wynn, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nThouLas B. Wynn, veteran, Dec. 24, 186:!; must, out Feb. 15,1860.\\nSimon L. Wilbur, veteran, Jan. 2, 1864; must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nAlexander Wilbur, veteran, Jan 2,1864; died of disease at Duvall s Bluff, Ark.,\\nNot. 20, 1864.\\nNelson Wilbur, died of disease at Niles, March 19, 1802.\\nJames K.Woods, disch. Aug. 30, 1862.\\nFrancis Watson, disch. Feb. 15, 1862.\\nDavid A. White, disch. Jan. 19, 186.3.\\nWilson E. Wells, disch. for disability, June 7, 1862.\\nOrlando Wilson, disch. for disability, June 12,1865.\\nDelos D. Wilson, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nHenry H. Wybert, must, out Feb. 13, 1866.\\nCompany D.\\nCapt. William E. Stewart, Nilei; com. June 14, 1865; must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\n1st Lieut. Charles H. Dye, Niles com. Dec. 31, 1804; must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\n2d Lieut. Samuel L. Hull, Benton; com. Oct. 19, 1864; pro. to 2d lieut., Co. A.\\n2d Lieut. Otis J. Fenton, Buchanan; com. April 15, 1865; pro. to 1st lieut.,\\nCo. H.\\nDaniel W. Allen, died May 7, 1802, at Louisville, Ky., of wounds received at\\nSbiloh.\\nCassius Cliipman, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nIsaac J. Frame, died of disease at Little Rock, Ark., July 1, 1864.\\nJohn Green, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nRiualdo Reed, disch. for disabilily, July 23, 1863.\\nFrederick Reim. disch. for disability, July 15, 1862.\\nCalvin Smith, disch. April 21, 1862.\\nMiles W. Stubbs, accidentallv killed at Duvall s Bluff, Oct. 28, 186+.\\nGeorge Stilwell, must, out Feb. 15, 1800.\\nCoDipniil/ E.\\nCapt. Henry Gcphart, Niles; com. Oct. 9, 1801; res. Dec. 19, 1802.\\nCapt. Willard S. Bostwick, Niles; com. July 1, 1863; must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\n1st Lieut. Thomas Bradley, Three Oaks com. Oct. 9, 1801 wouiided at Sliiloh\\nres. Oct. 15, 1862.\\nIst Lieut. Charles A. Hoagland, Niles; com. March 19,1801; res. June l.S,\\n1804.\\n1st Lieut. William A. Deuel, New Buffalo; com. Feb. 15, 1805; pro. to capt.,\\nCo. B, June 10, 1865.\\n1st Lieut. Benton Stearns, Galien com. June 10, 1865 must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\n2d Lieut. John Crofoot, Niles; com. Sept. 14, 1862; disch. for disability, April\\n28, 1864.\\n2d Lieut. James Adams, Niles com. April 28, 1864; pro. to lat lieut., Co. H,\\nNov. 15, 1864.\\nSergt. Charles W. Barrett, Niles; enl. Oct. 9, 1861 disch. July, 1862.\\nSorgt. Frank M. Johnson, Nilea enl. Oct. 9, 1861 disch. at end of service, Dec.\\n9, 1864.\\nSergt. Erasmus N.Shead, Three Oaks; enl. Nov. 26, 1861 disch. April 9, 1803.\\nSergt. Simon Bierbauer, Niles; enl. Oct. 9, 1861; disch. at end of service, Jan.\\n7, 1865.\\nCorp. Thomas Swobe, Niles enl. Oct. 16, 1861 veteran, May 1 1864 sergeant\\npro. to 2d lieut., Co. K.\\nCorp. Charles Naumett, Three Oaks; enl. Nov. 25, 1861.\\nCorp. James Adams, Niles; enl. Oct. 24,1861; veteran. Doc. 24, 1863; pro. to\\n2d lieut., Co. B.\\nCorp. John N. Harder, Niles enl. Oct. 9, 1861 disch. at end of service, Jan. 7,\\n1866.\\nCorp. Abram Parmenter, Niles; enl. Nov. 2, 1861; disch. at end of service, Jan.\\n7, 1865.\\nCorp. William E. Stewart, Niles; enl. Oct. 9, 1801 Veteran, Jan. 1, 1864; app.\\nsergt. uiaj., Nov. 1, 1863.\\nCorp. Ebenezer Harris, Galien enl. Oct. 22, 1801 disch. for disability, April\\n21, 1802.\\nMusician John A. Slater, Niles enl. Oct. 19, 1801 discb. for disabilily, July\\n17, 1863.\\nHenry D. Austin, veteran, Dec. 24, 1863; must, out Fob. 15, 1866.\\nHeury Alspaugh, veteran, Dec. 24, 1863; must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nOriando Allen, disch. Nov. 8, 1862.\\nJohn Brihl, disch. for disability, July 22, 1862.\\nLyman Barnes, discb. for disability, Feb. 27, 1865.\\nCharles W. Baird, disch. by order, Feb. 17, 1805.\\nJoseph Branihall, disch. for disability, June 2, 1805.\\nThomas Broom, veteran, Dec. 24, 1803 must, out Feb. 15, 1860.\\nRichard Buck, veteran, Dec. 24, 1863 must, out Fob. 15, 1866.\\nEmil Bachman, veteran, Dec. 24, 1863 must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nRobert Bloom, missing in battle at Shiloh, April 6, 1862.\\n10\\nHenry Corcoran, killed at Louisville, Ky., by the cars, Nov, 12, 1862.\\nAlbert Grossman, disch. at end of service, Jan. 7, 1865.\\nJoshua R. Crosby, veteran, Dec. 28, 1863 must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nNewton W. Cottrell, veteran, Dec. 24, 1803; must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nWilliam Dingman, veter.iii, Dec. 24, 1803; must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nHarvey A. Daken, veteran, Dec. 24, 1863; must, out Fob. 15, 1866.\\nWilliam A. Deuel, veteran, Jan. 21, 1864; pro. to 2d lieut,, Co. D.\\nEdgar H. Durand, missing at Shiloh, April 6, 1862.\\nMorris Dulin, disch. for disability, July 24, 1862.\\nJohn Dulin, disch. at end of service, Jan, 7. 1865.\\nPatrick Dulin, disch. at end of service, Jan. 7, 1805.\\nAllen Dolph, disch. by order, Sept. 14, 1865.\\nMartin Dallon, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nJoseph Deuel, must, out Feb. 16, 1866.\\nFiancis Darling, must, out Feb. 1.5, 1860.\\nWilliam Dean, must, out Feb. 16, 1866.\\nLewis Fench, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nAugustus Fetterly, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nGeorge S. Foster, veteran, Dec. 24, 1863; must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nBenjamin Franklin, veteran, Dec. 24, 1363 must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nAndrew Finch, died of disease in Arkansas, May 24, 1865.\\nAlex. D. Finch, disch. by order, May 6, 1865.\\nJohn Greiner, disch. by order, Sept. 15, 1865.\\nWilliam Giay, died of wounils at Bertrand, Mich., May 28, 1862.\\nLogan Gardner, died of disease at Louisville, Ky,, June 12, 1802.\\nEdward George, mast, out Feb. 15, 1860.\\nGeorge M. Gunn, must. out. Feb, 15, 1806.\\nHenry Gleason, must, out Feb. 15, 1800.\\nJohn Hess, must, out Feb, 15, 1866,\\nEbenezer Harris, veteran, Dec. 24, 1863; must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nJames F. Hunt, veteran, Jan. 21, 1864; must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nClark Hough, veteran, Dec. 24, 1863; must, out Feb, 15, 1866.\\nFrancis W. Hurd, missing in action at Shiloh, April 2, 1862.\\nJohn Hoyt, disch. for disability, July 17, 1862.\\nJohn N. Harder, died at end of service, Jan. 7, 1865.\\nPeter Henkel, disch. by order, Oct. 13, 1805.\\nEdward M. Hawley, disch. by order, Jan. 24, 1806.\\nSamuel D. Hammond, veteran, Dec. 24, 1863; must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nCharles A. Hoagland, veteran, Dec. 31, 1803; died at Duvall s Bluff, Ark., May\\n3, 1865.\\nGeorge Ives, disch. for disability. May 7, 1865.\\nDavid 0. Inglewright, disch. May 8, 1863.\\nMagnus Imboden, disch. by order, June 13, 1865.\\nJohn C. Ingling, disch. at end of service, Sept. 9, 1805.\\nMonroe Ingersoll, must, out Feb, 15, 1866.\\nWilliam S. Inman, must, out Feb. 15, 1800.\\nFrank M. Jolinsou, disch. from Vet. Res. Corps, Feb. 15, 1864.\\nSamuel Johnson, disch. at end of service, Jan. 7, 1865.\\nJoseph Johnson, died of disease at Niles, June 29, 1802.\\nCornelius Kirkstead, died at Louisville of wounds. May 28, 1802.\\nWilliam H. Kelly, died of disease at Duvall s Bluff, Oct. 18, 1864.\\nGeorge W. Knowlton, veteran, Dec. 24, 1803; must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nHeui-y Kircheiier, must, out Feb. 15, 1806,\\nHenry Larch, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nEdward Lewis, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nWilliam McDonald, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nWilliam L. Moody, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nJoseph Mossbroogler, must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nJohn McNally, veteran, Dec. 24, 1863; must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nPhilip May, veteran, Dec. 24, 1803; must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nAndrew Miller, veteran, Dec. 24, 1863; died of disease, Oct. 11, 1864.\\nV. H, Matchett, died of disease iu Tcimessee, June 27, 1862.\\nAbram Morris, missing in battle at Shiloh, April 6, 1862.\\nJohn McDonald, disch. May 9, 1803.\\nJohn McDermott, disch. at end of service, Jan. 7, 1865.\\nWilliam Maudlin, disch. for disability, Sept. 26, 1862.\\nCharies Naumett, disch. May 9, 1803.\\nJohn W. Perkins, disch. for disability, July 8, 1862.\\nSimon Potter, died of disease at Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 3, 1863.\\nCharles M. Powell, veteran, Dec. 24, 1863; must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nCollins Phelps, veteran, Jan. 21, 1864; must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nFrederick Powell, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nWilliam F. Page, must, out Feb. 15, 1860.\\nLowell M. Page, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nAbram Parmenter, must, out Feb. 15, 1866,\\nCalvin Penderbaugh, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nWilliam D. Reprogle, died of disease at Detroit, Dec. 16, 1804.\\nWilder M. Robbins, disch. at end of service, Jan. 7, 1866.\\nJohn P. Ran, disch. by order, June 20, 1865.\\nLuther Sage, disch. by order, Sept. 14, 1865.\\nLoien Shead, disch. by order, Sept. 16, 1865.\\nFerdinand Swartz, disch. by order, Aug, 22, 1805.\\nJohn A. Sonce, disch. by order, Sept. 15, 1S05.\\nJoseph Swartz, disch. by order.\\nGeorge W. Shead, disch. July 12, 1863.\\nHarvey Simons, disch. for disability. Fob. 12, 1863.\\nMichael Sullivan, disch. from Vet. Res. Corps, Feb. 15, 1804.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "74\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nJan. 7, T8B5.\\nnil s Bluff, Mil)- 3, 18G5.\\nWilliam II. H. Skinner, disrli. at end of service, Jan. 7, 1865.\\nLewis Smith, died in laittlc at Shiloh, April 6, 1802.\\nAlbert Steinbeck, missing in battle at Shiloh, April 6, 1862.\\nValentine Shaffer, died of disease at Memphis, Aug. 29, 1S63.\\nJohn G. Schurz, died of disease at Niles, Mich.\\nDaniel Shudder, died of disease at Duvall s Bluff, May 24, 18C5.\\nJohn J. Sutter, must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nSteplien Scott, must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nJohn W. Smith, must, out Feb. 16, 1806.\\nAlphonzo Straul, must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nPerry Sumner, must, out Feb. 15, 1860.\\nBenanil Swartz, must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nDavid Terwilliger, disch. at end of ser\\\\\\nCharles Toffelmyer, died of disease at I\\nPeter Tanse.v, must, out Sept. 14, 1865.\\nJacob Ugea, died in battle at Shiloh, April 6, 1862.\\nWilliam Van Campi n, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nWilliam Vanderhoof, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nCyrus C. Whaley, must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nWilliam C. Williams, veteran, Jan. 4, 1864; must, out Feb. 15, ISGG.\\nElijah Warren, died of disease at Macon, Ga., Aug 1, 1862.\\nJames E. Walling, died of disease at Little Eock, Dec. 16, 1864.\\nMenzies Webster, died of disease.\\nFrederick P. Warner, disch. by order, May 27, 1865.\\nJoseph Yaw, died of disease at Galien, May 30, 1863.\\nWilliam Yawkey, veteran, Dec. 25, 1863; must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nCompany F.\\nCapt. Eussell M. Weston, Niles; com. Oct. 10, 1801 res. May 7, 1862.\\nCapt. James Adams, Niles; com. Aug. 25, 1865 must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nIst Lieut. David I. Whitten, Niles; com. Jan. 7, 1865; res. Nov. 18, 1805.\\n2d Lieut. Charles H. Dye, Niles com. March 19, 1864 pro. to 1st lieut., Co. D.\\n2d Lient. William Horton, Jr., Pipestone res. June 12, 1865.\\nSergt. Newell Cleveland, Berrien; enl. Nov. 20, 1861; died of disease at Pitts-\\nburg Landing, May 8, 1862.\\nSergt. John B. Cochrane, Niles; enl. Nov. 18, 1861 disch. July 15, 1862.\\nSergt. Henry M. Bryant, Niles; enl. Sept. 1, 1801 disch. for disability, June\\n17, 1862.\\nCorp. Hubert L. Putnam, Niles enl. Nov. 10, 1801 disch. for disability. May\\n26, 1862.\\nCorp. James Manny, Niles; enl. Sept. 21,1861; disch. for disability, May 28,\\n1862.\\nCoi-p. William Dillon, Niles; enl. Dec. 4, ISCI disch. for disability, March 111,\\n1862.\\nCorp. Edwin F. Crandall, Niles; enl. Nov. 9, 1861 disch. July 18, 1862.\\nCorp. John B. Martin, Eoyalton; enl. Oct. 21, 1861; died in rebel prison in\\nAlabama, June 26, 1802.\\nStephen M. Bonnell, died in battle at Shiloh, April 6, 1862.\\nHenry E. Brown, died at St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 27, 1802.\\nMartin C. Burt, must, out Feb. 16, 1860.\\nArmstead Claspie, died of disease at Nashville, Tenn., June 17, 1802.\\nBenjamin F. Cahow, died of disease at Duvall s Bluff, Ark., Nov. 24, 1804.\\nWilliam E. Davis, died of diseiise at St. Louis, Mo,, June 15, 180J.\\nCharles H. Dye, veteran, March 8, 1864; pro. to 2d lieut., March 19, 1804.\\nWilliam C. Evick. disch. by order, May 22, 1865.\\nMilton Hazard, died in rebel prison at Montgomery, Ala., June 20, 1862.\\nEenben Hart, must, out Feb. 16, 1866.\\nDaniel B. Martin, veteran, Dec. 30, 1\u00c2\u00ab63; must, out Feb. 16, 1866.\\nAbner Marckle, disch. by order. May 22, 1865.\\nIsaiic Marckle, disch. by order, June 9, 1866.\\nWilliam E. Patterson, disch. by order, June 27, 1865.\\nCharles H. Parketon, disch. June 27, 1S62.\\nNathan S. Page, disch. for disability, Sept. 13, 1864.\\nMahlon Pearson, must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nMyron Parshall, must, out Feb. 15, 1860.\\nPreston Parmeter, must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nJesse Painter, veteran, Dec. 25, 1863 must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nLewis Purdy, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nJohn Shockley, died of disease, June 25, 1862.\\nJames D. Taggart, died in rebel prison at Macon, Ga Aug. 12, 1862.\\nStephen J. Weaver, veteran, Jan. 21, 1864; pro. to 2d lieut., Co. C, Jan. 7, 1805.\\nCompany G.\\n2d Lieut. Alex. G. Davis, Niles; com. Oct. 23, 1801 died of wounds received at\\nShiloh, April 0,1802.\\n2d Lieut. Benton Stearns, Galien com. March 21,1865; pro. to Ist lieut., Co. E.\\n2d Lieut. Kichard II. Burke, Coloma; com. June 10, 1866; must, out Feb. 16,\\n1806.\\nCalvin H. Crowley, disch. by order, Aug. 22. 1865.\\nJasper Finch, died of disease at Little Rock, July 22, 1864.\\nErwin J. Fancher, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nGeorge King, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nHenry L. King, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nCompany K.\\nCapt. John Graham, Oronoko; com. Oct. 8, 1862; res. June 9, 1864, as 1st lieut.\\nCapt. Itichard A. Dcmont, Buchanan com. June 9, 1804; res. Nov. 15, 1804.\\n1st Lieut. Henry T. Kimmel, Niles; com. March 16, 1864; com. 2d lieut. May 6,\\n1802; pro. to capt. in SO.th Inf.\\n1st Lieut. James Adams, Niles; com. Nov. 15, 1804; pro. to capt., Co. F.\\n1st Lieut. Otis J. Fenton, Niles; com. Aug. 26,1865; must, out as 2d lieut.,Fcb.\\n15, 1866.\\n2d Lieut. Leonard K. Jillson, Benton com. Jan. 20, 1865 must, out Feb. 15,\\n1866.\\nJames Anstice, veteran, March 8, 1864.\\nCharles Burrows, disch. by order, Sept. 30, 1865.\\nWesley Buckniaster, disch. by order, Sept. 30, 1865.\\nJoshua Rogers, disch. at end of service, March 1, 1865.\\nGeorge R. Rogers, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nHiram F. Strong, disch. by order, Sept. 20, 1865.\\nJames F. Vallean, disch. at end of service, Feb. 25, 18G5.\\nCompany I.\\nCapt. Darius Brown, Niles; com. Oct. 5, 1861; must, out at end of service, Jan.\\n7, 1805.\\nCapt. William M. T. Bartholomew, Oronoko; com. Dec. 20, 1804; com. 2d lieut.\\nMarch 29, 1804 must, out Feb. 16, 1806.\\n1st Lieut. John Graham, Oronoko; com. Oct. 5,1861 pro. to capt., Co. H, Match\\n19, 1804.\\n1st Lieut. William H. Miller, Berrien com. March 19, 1804; res. May 3, 1865.\\n2d Lieut. Charles E. Howe, com. Oct. 8, 1861 pro to capt Co. A.\\n2d Lieut. Hiram B. 11 ipp, Berrien com. Sept. 14,1862; disch. for disability,\\nMarch 29, 1864.\\n2d Lient. John C. Welch, com. July 3, 1864; pro. to 1st lieut, Co. A.\\n2d Lieut. Jnsiab C. Murphy, Buchanan; com. Jan. 7, 1864; resigned June 7,\\n1865.\\n2d Lient. Hiram L. Brown, St. Joseph; com. June 7, 1805; must, out Feb. 15,\\n1800.\\nSergt. William H. Hail, Niles; enl. Sept. 1, 1801 disch. July 25, 1862.\\nSergt. Hinim B. Hipp, Berrien enl. Oct. 5, 1801 pro. to 2d lieut.\\nSergt. William H. Miller, Berrien enl. Oct. 11,1801; veteran, Dec. 26, 1803\\npro. to 1st lieut.\\nSergt. Charles H. Parketon, Oronoko enl. Oct. 12, 1801 disch. for disability,\\nJune 27, 1862.\\nSergt. Henry L. Johnson, Berrion enl. Oct. 11, 1861; killed in battle at Shiloh,\\nApril 6, 1862.\\nCorp. John E. Eidson, Oronoko enl. Oct. 7, 1861 disch. Nov. 12, 1862.\\nCorp. William M. T. Bartholomew, Oronoko enl. Oct. 12, 1861 sergeant vet-\\neran, Dec. 26, 1863; pro. to 2d lieut.\\nCorp. David K. Hubbard. Oronoko enl. Oct. 14, 1861 veteran, Dec. 25, 1803\\ndisch. for disability, Juno 8, 1805.\\nCorp. Daniel G. W. Gangler, Oronoko eul. Oct. 12, 1801 veteran, Dec. 26, 1803;\\ndisch. Nov. 13, 1805.\\nCorp. Henry R. Smith, Pipestone; enl. Oct. 14, 1861 died of wounds received\\nat Shiloh, May 4, 1862.\\nCorp. William W. Leader, Oronoko; enl. Oct. 14, 1801; veteran, Dec. 25, 1803;\\nkilled in battle, Sept. 4, 1804.\\nCorp. Israel M. Allen, I ipestone enl. Nov. 6, 1861 disch. by substitute.\\nCorp. Charles S. Reese, Pipestone; eul. Oct. 9,1801 died in rebel prison in Ala-\\nbama, May 11, 1862.\\nMusician Daniel E. Clark, Berrien; enl. Nov. 8, 1861 died of disease at St.\\nLouis, May 11,1862.\\nMusician James R. Ackerman, Oronoko; enl. Oct. 12, 1801; veteran, Dec. 25,\\n1803; must, out Feb. 15, 1800.\\nJohn A. Anniick, died of disease at Little Rock, Ark., June 12, 1864.\\nWilliam Brayman, died of disease at Little Rock, Ark., May 8, 1864.\\nFrancis Bartholomew, died of disease at Duvall s Bluff, Ark., Aug. 6, 1865.\\nElisha M. Blakeman, died of disease at St. Louis, Mo., June 18, 1862.\\nLemuel S. Barlow, Jr., disch. Feb. 1, 1863.\\nGeorge Brown, disch. at end of service, Jan. 7, 1865.\\nGeorge W. Babcock, disch. at end of service, Jan. 7, 1865.\\nJames C, Bedinger, disch. at end of service, March 28,1865.\\nEphraim Black, disch. by order, Feb. 11, 1865.\\nJohn Barber, disch. by order, Sept. 30, 1805.\\nWilliam V. Baker, veteraTi, Dee. 26, 1863 must, out Feb. 15, 1800.\\nRaymond Brosius, veteran, Dec. 26, 1803; must, out Feb. 16, 1805.\\nAlonzo Brayman, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nJoel Benson, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nCharles Brownell, must, out Feb. 16, 1866.\\nIsaac Crawford, must, out Feb. 16, 1866.\\nGeorge B. Crandall, must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nAlbert D. Crandall, veteran, Dec. 25,1863; must, out Feb. 15,1866.\\nEdward J. Curtis, veteran, Dec. 25, 1863 must, out Feb. 16, 1866.\\nJames D. Curtis, veteran, Dec. 25, 1863 must, out Feb. 16, 1866.\\nJohn E. Curtis, disch. Nov. 11. 1862.\\nAndrew Covert, disch. for disability, Aug. 8, 1862.\\nVan B. Clendenin, disch. by order, Aug. 10, 1805.\\nJames Conkwrite, died of disease at Little Rock, Ark., June 16, 1864.\\nOrlando A. Cook, died of disease at Pitlsburg Landing, Slay 20, 1862.\\nJacob Cool, died of disease at Little Rock, Ai k., May 24, 1804.\\nHiram Clawson, died of disease at Duvall s Bluff, Ark., Aug. 5, 1864.\\nEzra N. Cleveland, died of disease Iti Tennessee, Sept. 16, 1862.\\nLevi Chase, died of disease at Chickaming, Oct. 31, 1803.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "TWELFTH INFANTRY.\\n75\\nWilliam Calhoun, died in battle at Shiloh, April 6, 1862.\\nJames C. D..nnell, died of disease at Pittsburj; Landing, May 20, 1802.\\nCalvin H. Davidson, died of disease at Macon, Ga., Sept. 6, 18G2.\\nSamuel L. Davis, died of disease at Balcigh, N. C, Oct. 12, 18G2.\\nLyman I. Davidson, veteran, Dec. 25,1863; disch. at end of service, March 28,\\n186.\\nSilas Davidson, veteran, Dec. 25, 1863 disch. at end of service, March 28, 1865.\\nWayne B. Delong, veteran, Dec. 25,1863; disch. by order, July 29, 1865.\\nJesse P. Delong, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nJames W. Delong, must, out Feb. 15, 18G6.\\nHenry Delong, must, out Feb. 16, 1860.\\nCharles D. Donnelly, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nTliomas T. Elliott, disch. at end of service, Jan. 7, 1865.\\nNoble Fisher, disch. by order, Nov. 28, 1862.\\nJohn Fisher, Jr., must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nGphraim Fairbanks, must, out Feb. 15, 1K66.\\nWilliam H. Faulkner, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nDavid Foster, died of wounds at Pittsburgh, Pa., May 2, 1802.\\nAmos Goff, died of disease at Jackson, Tonn., July 7, 1802.\\nJohn Gilbert, died of disease at Little Rock, Ark., July 20, 1864.\\nJaphet Godfrey, disch. at St. Louis.\\nIra Gorhani, disch. for disability, July 25, 1864.\\nLuther Graham, disch. for disability, Dec. 19, 1864.\\nFrederick Goodrich, veteran, Dec. 25, 1863 must, out Feb. 15, 1800.\\nFranklin Grande, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nArmingo Gilford, must, out Feb. 15,1866.\\nIsaac Horton, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nWilliam Horton, Jr., veteran, Dec. 25, 1863; must, out Feb. 15,1866.\\nNathan Harrington, veteran, Dec. 25, 1863; disch. by order, Jan. 6, 1806.\\nWilliam M. House, disch. by order, Aug. 30,1865.\\nWilliam H. Hall, disch. July 26, 1862.\\nLewis J. Hunneston, disch. by order, June 21, 1803.\\nGeorge W. Hatlleld, disch. by order, Sept. 30, 186.i.\\nPerry G. Hatfield, disch. at end of service, Sept. 9, 1865.\\nJohn W. Haverna, disch. at end of service, Sept. 9, 1865.\\nLevi Horner, transferred to Vet. Res. Corps.\\nAaron Hiser, veteran, Dec. 25,1863; died of disease at Little Rock, Ark., July\\n20,1864.\\nElias Hartline, died of disease at Duvall s Bluff, Ark., Nov. 16, 1804.\\nSamuel Jasper, died of disease at Duvall s Bluff, Ark., Nov. 25, 1804.\\nJacob Johnson, must, out Feb. 15,1866.\\nRoyal Jacobs, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nJames Jones, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nJacob Lauer, veteran, Dec. 25, 1863; must, out Feb. 15, 1S66.\\nThomas Lightfoot. must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nA. Lightfoot, disch. for disability, Aug. 22, 1865.\\nAlbeit Lumbard, disch. for -disability, Oct. 29,1862.\\nAlex. Lowrey, disch. July 14, 1862.\\nGeorge W. Lake, trans, to Vet. Res. Corps, Deo. 12, 1803.\\nHugh McClelland, died of disease at Niles, Jan. 11, 1802.\\nGeorge F. Murphy, died of disease in Tennessee, Sept. 8, 1862.\\nGeorge W. Murphy, died of disease at Duvall s Bluff, Ark., Dec. 16, 1864.\\nJohn Marsh, died of disease in Arkansas, July 2, 1864.\\nJasper N. Murphy, disch. at end of service, Jan. 7, 1865.\\nWilliam Murphy, disch. Nov. 28, 1862.\\nNicholas Michael, disch. July 12, 1862.\\nElijah Michael, veteran, Dec. 25,1863; must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nAlbert McMichael, veteran, Dec. 25, 1863; must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nAdam Michael, must, ont Feb. 15, 1866.\\nDaniel Miller, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nWilliam W. Morris, must, out Feb. 16, 1806.\\nJames O Connor, must, out Feb. 15, 1860.\\nJohTi B. Odell, died of disease at St. Louis, Mo., June 9, 1802.\\nAaron Renbargor, died of disease in Arkansas, Jan. 30, 1866.\\nPatrick Reagan, disch. for disability, Sept. 2, 1864.\\nWilliam Ryan, must, out Feb. 16, 1866.\\nWilliam Robinson, must, out Feb. 16, 1866.\\nWilliam Reagan, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nDaniel Redpath, must, out Feb. 16, 1866.\\nEnsley Rakestraw, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nHenry R. Smith, died of wounds at St. Louis, Mo., 1362.\\nAlonzo Sircho, died of dise,ase at Pittsburg Landing, May 18, 1862.\\nThomas Streets, veteran, Dec. 25,1863; died of disease at Berrien, Mich., Jan.\\n1, 1865.\\nSebastian Shafer, veteran, Dec. 25,1863; disch. by order, Dec. 16, 1805.\\nLuther St. John, veteran, Dec. 26,1863; must, out Feb. 15,1860.\\nWilliam Stringer, disch. for disability, Nov. 10, 1865.\\nJohn Templar, disch. at end of service, Sept. 9, 1865.\\nClark Toland, disch. by order, Sept. 30,1805.\\nJohn Treadwell, died in battle at Shiloh, April 6, 1802.\\nRoyal J. Tuttle, died of disease at Duvall s Bluff, Ark., Aug. 12, 1864.\\nJulius Teich, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nJohn Vanseau, disch. at Detroit, 1862.\\nMaitland Wilson, disch. July 18,1862.\\nWilliam E. Willis, died in battle at Shiloh, April 6, 1862.\\nJasper F. Willis, died of disease in Alabama, May 24, 1802.\\nCharles H. Willard, died of disease at Duvall s Bluff, Ark Jan. 6, 1866.\\nCompany K.\\nCapt. Robert Brethschneider, Niles; com. Oct. 10,1861; res. Oct. 3,1862.\\nCapt. Byron B. Rockwell, Niles; com. Sejit. 3, 1862; res. April 12, 1865.\\nIst Lieut. Andrew P. Collins, Niles; com. Sept. 30,1861; must, out Jan. 7,\\n1865.\\n1st Lieut. Thomas Swobe, Niles; com. April 12, 1865; com. 2d lieut., Dec. 20,\\n1804 must, out Fell. 15, 1866.\\n*2d Lieut. William E. Stewart, Niles; pro. to Ist lieut. and adjt.\\nSergt. Dion B. Keltner, Niles; enl. Oct. 7, 1861; veteran, Jan. 1, 1804; pro. to\\n2d lieut., Co. C.\\nSergt. James A. Parish, Niles; enl. Nov. 21, 1801 missing in action at Shiloh,\\nApril 6, 1862.\\nSergt. Ezekiel Spaulding, Buchanan; enl. Oct. 16, 1861 veteran, Dec. 29, 1863 j\\npro. to 2d lieut, Co. A.\\nCorp. Granville M. Willis, Berrien; eul. Oct. 8, 1861; died of disease at Pitts-\\nburg Landing, May 7, 1802.\\nCorp. Almbn Richardson, Niles; enl. Sept. 17, 1861 died of disease at St. Louis,\\nMo., May 1.3, 1862.\\nCorp. John E. Curtis, Niles; enl. Nov. 11, 1861 disch. Nov. 11, 1862.\\nCorp. Albert V. B. Lumbard, Pipestone enl. Oct. 10, 1861 disch. Oct. 29, 1862.\\nCorp. Lorenzo Drake, Niles; eul. Sept. 17, 1801 veteran, Dec. 29, 1863; disch.\\nby order, Aug. 10, 1865.\\nMusician Zalmon A. Disbrow, Chickaming; enl. Nov. 1, 1801; died of disease\\nat Pittsburg Landing.\\nMusician Thos. M. Stewart, Pipestone enl. Oct. 10, 1861 disch. for disability,\\nJuly 29, 1803.\\nWagoner David Hofstetter, Niles enl. Oct. 25, 1801 died of disease at St. Louis,\\nJune 21, 1862.\\nDavid Anglemeyer, must, out Feb. 15, 1800.\\nThomas Brown, must. oTit.\\nGeorge Bowers, must. out.\\nHosea Clemens, must. out.\\nWilliam R. Campbell, must. out.\\nRobert Charlton, disch. by order, June 20,1865.\\nCharles Denend, must, out Feb. 15,1866.\\nJohn N. Denend, must, out Feb. 1.5, 1860.\\nAlmou A. Doane, disch. for disability.\\nGeorge Dragoo, died of disease at Fort Smith, Ark., June 20, 1864.\\nJames Finnell, died of disease at Helena, Ark., Aug. 17, 1863.\\nPatrick Finn, died in battle at Shiloh, April 6, 1862.\\nAlvin A. Godfrey, died in battle at Shiloh, April 6, 1862.\\nHarvey Green, died of disease.\\nJohn Green, died of disease at Corinth, Miss., September, 1862.\\nWilliam Higgins, died of disease in Alabama, May 26, 1862.\\nOrlando Hoadley, died of disease.\\nAaron H. Hoadley, veteran, Dec. 29, 1863; must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nRodney Holstein, must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nRobert Hawkins, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nWilliam Haumer, died in battle at Shiloh, April 6, 1802.\\nAbram J. Hudson, disch. by order, Nov. 16, 1865.\\nElias B. Kendy, must, ont Feb. 15, 1866.\\nAbram O. Kendy, must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nLuke Lavanway, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nWilliam Lavanway, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nWilliam H. Lavanway, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nAnson Lewis, veteran, Dec. 29, 1803 must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nAnsel Lewis, veteran, Jan. 1, 1864; must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nDorus M. Lewis, died of disease in Arkansas, Dec. 13, 1865.\\nCharles C. Luce, disch. at end of service, Jan. 7, 1865.\\nJohn Large, disch. for disability, July 10, 1862.\\nJohn Lynn, drowned at St. Louis, Mo.\\nAddison McCoy, veteran, Dec. 29, 1803 must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nDaniel McGee, veteran, Dec. 29, 1803; must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nJames McGurk. must, out Feb. 15, 1860.\\nJohn H. Morrison, disch. for disability.\\nNoel Matchett, disch. at Detroit, July 9, 1862.\\nSylvester B. Nolan, disch. by order, June 17,1865.\\nJames Norris, disch. for disability, Dec. 28, 1864.\\nJeremiah Puterbaugh, disch. Nov. 25, 1862.\\nLewis M. Pope, veteran, Deo. 29,1863; must, out Feb. 15,1806.\\nDaniel Price, veteran, Dec. 29, 1863; must, out Feb, 15, 1866.\\nJames D. Parish, missing in battle at Shiloh, April 6, 1802.\\nWilliam Parish, missing in battle at Shiloh, April 6, 1862.\\nFerdinand P. Row, died in battle at Shiloh, April 6, 1862.\\nAlmon Richardson, died of disease.\\nJames R. Riggin, died of disease at Niles, Sept. 9, 1864.\\nOscar Rood, disch. by order, July, 1862.\\nJerome Roseman, disch. by order, Sept. 30, 1865.\\nSamuel H. Smith, disch. by order, Sept. 30, 1865.\\nAlfred Sherwood, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nBernard Scanlon, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nChristopher Stephens, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nJohn H. Srackengast, veteran, Dec. 29, 1863 must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nNelson Sinkler, veteran, Dec. 29, 1803 must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nChauncey B. Sinkler, died of disease.\\nAdelbert R. Tabor, died of disease.\\nHenry Teesdale, died of disease at Macon, Ga, July 13, 1862.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "76\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nCharles V. H. Trowbridge, disch. at Detroit, July 9,1862.\\nOliver D. Trowbridge, must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\njHCob Tibbs, veternu, Dec. 29, 18G3; must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nWillinm Tilroe, veteran, Dec. 29, 1863; disch. by order, Sept. 27, 1865.\\nJiimes E. Vaudemark, disch. for disability, .July 19, 1862.\\nBenjamin Van Patten, disch. for disability, Aug. 25, 1802.\\nGranville M.Willis, died of disease.\\nNicholas W. Webber, discli. at end of service, Jan. 7, 1865.\\nIsaac Wilson, must, out Feb. 16, 1866.\\nGeorge Williams, must, out Feb. 15, 1860.\\nMEMBERS OF THE TWELFTH INFANTRY FROM VAN BUBEN\\nCOUNTY.\\nCovtjHwy A.\\nAlonzo H. Allen, died of disease at Bolivar, Tenn., Sept. 30, 1862.\\nHorace N. Alexander, disch. by order. May 22, 1805.\\nCaleb J. Brown, veteran, Dec. 25, 1863; must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nJohn Buckley, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nJoseph Freelove, must, out Feb. 16, 1860.\\nSamuel Horton, discli. by order, Jan. 24, 1866.\\nCalvin Hess, disch. by order, Jan. 24, 1866.\\nJohn Welcher, disch. May 31, 1862.\\nAlbert Welcher, disch. May 31,1862.\\nCompamj B.\\n2d Lieut. James H. Hall, Lawton com. Feb. l. i.lSOS; pro. to Ist lieut., Co. C,\\nJune 14, 1866; must, out Feb. 16, 1866.\\nFranklin Beal, disch. by order, Nov. 11, 1865.\\nUriah Bucknell, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nThomas Denims, must, out Feb. 16, 1866.\\nKobert K. Evans, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nFranklin D. Gates, must, out Feb. 16, 1866.\\nWilliam W. Lamson, died of disease at Camp Prentiss, Tenn., April 2, 1862.\\nMorgan Matran, must, out Feb. 15,1866.\\nOliver C. Tinimins, must, out Feb. 16, 1866.\\nBedienI Timmins, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nHenry Teachout, disch. by order, June 20, 1865.\\nCompany D.\\nPorter Dousherty, died of disease at Duvall s Bluff, Ark., May 11, 1865.\\nAndrew L. Davidson, must, out Feb. 16, 1866.\\nNathaniel Keyes, disch. for disability, June 12, 1865.\\nJohn McMillan, must, out Feb. 15, 1866,\\nEstell D. Smith, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nCompany E.\\nDavid G. Crippen, disch. by order, May 22, 1805.\\nCompamj F.\\nCharles Barrett, must, out Feb. 15, 1860.\\nShadrack H. Hamblin, disch. at end of sorrice, Sept. 9, 1866.\\nElias V. Johnson, must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nEber A. Smith, disch. by order, June 20, 1865.\\nIsrael D. Tryon, died of disease at Washington, Ark., July 21, 1865.\\nCoiiipanr/ G,\\nAndrew Bratton, disch. for disability, Jinie 9, 1865.\\nRobert Barnes, must, out Feb. 15, ISGO.\\nCompaiiy II.\\nCapt. Gilbert D. Johnson, Lawton com. Oct. 14, 1861 res. Oct. 8, 1862.\\nIst Lieut. Stephen Bitely, Lawton; com. Nov. 11, 1863; app. q.m. March 15,\\n1864.\\nl8t Lieut. Runyan Van Hise, Lawton res. Dec. 31, 1864.\\n2d Lieut. Jonathan L. Chase, Lawton com. Oct. 10, 1861 res. May 16, 1862.\\n2d Lieut. Wm. H. Debolt, Lawton res. Aug. 20, 1804.\\nSergt. Lucius K. Robinson, Lawton; enl. Oct. 14, 1861; disch. for disability,\\nJuly 7, 1863.\\nSergt. Orion R. Hight, Lawton enl. Oct. 16, 1861 disch. July 11, 1862.\\nSergt. Wm. H. Dobolt, Lawton enl. Nov. 6, 1861; veteran, Dec. 19, 1863; pro.\\n2d lieut.\\nCorp. Wm. A. Nash, Lawton enl. Oct. 31, 1861 died of disease at Pittsburgh,\\nI a., April 27, 1862.\\nCorp. Luther D. L. Follett, Lawton enl. Nov. 6, 1861 died of disease at St.\\nLouis, June 0, 1802.\\nCorp. Wesley M. Hall, Lawton enl. Oct. 29, 1861 disch. for disability, Aug.\\n25, 1862.\\nCorp. Saml. F. Slainbrook, enl. Oct. 30, 1801 veteran. Doc. 19, 1803 must, out\\nFeb. 15, 1860.\\nCorp. Stephen Bitely, Lawton enl. Nov. 1, 1801 app. commissary sergt. Sept.\\n1,1802.\\nMusician Wm. Beals, Lawton enl. Oct. 10, 1801 veteran, Dec. 19, 1863 must.\\nout Feb. 15, 1800.\\nWagoner Richard Monroe, Lawton enl. Oct. 23, 1861 disch. Nov. 10, 1862.\\nWilliam E. Atkinson, supposed to have been taken prisoner and murdered by\\nguerrillas. May, 1863.\\nRichaid Aimatago, veteran, Dec. 19, 1803; mual. out Feb. 16, 1866.\\nWallace W. Andrews, disch. at end of service, Feb. 4, 1865.\\nNelson Arsnell, must, out Feb. 15, 1860.\\nOwen L. Allen, must, out Feb. 16, 1806.\\nJoseph Burrel, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nDavid Burgess, must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nFranklin Baker, must. Feb. 15, 1860.\\nJames M. Bowman, died in action at Shiloh, Tenn., April 6, 1802.\\nGeorge Barnes, died in action at Shiloh, Tenn., April 0, 1862.\\nWilson Burch, disch. Jan. 29, 1863.\\nCyrus Bitley, veteran, Dec. 19, 1863 must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nWilliam II. Brott, disch. by order, Sept. 30, 1805.\\nRandall Z. Case, veteran, Dec. 26, 1863; must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nJohn J. Cole, supposed to have been taken prisoner and murdered by guerrillas.\\nMay, 1863.\\nDanford D. Cole, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nBenjamin F. Dine, must, out Feb. 13, 1866.\\nCharles J. Dibble, died of disease at Little Bock, Ark., Nov. 13, 1863.\\nLewis Dine, disch. from Vet. Res. Corps by order, Nov. 17, 1866.\\nAlbert Doolittle, veteran, Dec. 19, 1863; must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nAdam Dine, veteran, Dec. 19, 1863 must, out Feb. 16, 1866.\\nJames E. Durden, disch. by order, June 20, 1865.\\nHarvey Egleston, disch. by order, Aug. 22, 1865.\\nGeorge Eastman, disch. May 8, 1863.\\nJohn Farron, disch. for disability. May 5, 1866.\\nWilliam Fuller, disch. to re-enlist as veteran. May 8, 1864.\\nEdwin Flanders, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nMilan Flanders, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nClinton J. Gustin, must, out Feb. 16, 1866.\\nHarvey Harper, missing in action at Shiloh, Tenn., April 6, 1862.\\nJames H. Hall, pro. to commissary sergt. veteran, Dec. 19, 1863 pro. to 2d\\nlieut., Co. B, Feb. 16, 1865.\\nDaniel Hawkins, veteran, Feb. 6, 1864; must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nEli J. Hincher, must, ont Feb. 15, 1866.\\nCyrus Hopkins, must, out Feb. 15,1806.\\nGeorge K. Kenney, must, out Feb. 16, 1866.\\nWilliam Kennard, disch. for disability, June 20, 1806.\\nHenry W. Lee, veteran, Dec. 20, 1803 disch. by order, Sept. 30, 1865.\\nFranklin Leet, died of disease at Pittsburg Landing, Tenn.\\nNicholas Miller, died of disease at St. Louis, Mo.\\nWilliam Minnick, died of disease at Atlanta, Ga., June 17, 1S62.\\nLivingston McNiel, died of disease at Little Rock, Ark., July 21, 1804.\\nLyman Mayo, disch. for disability, Oct. 24, 1862.\\nAlpheus D. Munger, disch. at Detroit, July 18, 1862.\\nAlfred Myers, veteran, Dec. 19, 1863; must, out Feb. 15, 1800.\\nSamuel D. Nash, veteran, Dec. 19, 1803; died of disease at Little Rock, Ark.,\\nJuly 12, 1864.\\nDyro Parker, died of disease at Little Rock, Ark Oct. 17, 1863.\\nJames W. Parker, died of disease in Michigan, March 26, 1864.\\nJames Parker, died of disease at Lawton, Mich., Jan. 11. 1805.\\nDaniel Prince, died of disease at Lawton, Mich., Nov. 21, 1804.\\nChristopher Parsons, disch. for disability, July 14, 1862.\\nWalter P. Robinson, disch. for disability, Dec. 1 1, 1802.\\nUriah W. Rough, must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nJames B. Reynolds, must, out Feb. 15, 1860.\\nEdward H. Bice, must, out Feb. 15, 1860.\\nGeorge Stephens, died of disease at Pittsburg Landing, Tenn,, April 6, 1802.\\nThomas J. Scott, died of disease at Duvall s Bluff, Ark., July 26, 1864.\\nLuther D. Sheldon, died of disease at Duvall s Bluff, Ark., Nov. 23, 1864.\\nJames Stilwcll, veteran, Deo. 19, 1863 disch. by order, Sept. 30, 1865.\\nWilliam Sternberg, disch. by order, Aug. 22, 1865.\\nSamuel A. Sidney, trans, to Vet. Res. Corps, May 2, 1866.\\nIsaiah Stilwell, veteran, Dec. 26, 1803 must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nJames Sams, must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nJacob Showers, Jr., must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nAllen Smith, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nBennett Smith, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nJames Tomlinson, must, out Fob. 16, 1866.\\nClanson Tomlinson, died of disease at Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., Juno 6, 1S62.\\nJames P. Tyler, disch. for disability, Oct. 24, 1862.\\nRungan Van Hise, veteran, Dec. 19, 1863 sergeant.\\nSamuel Votight, disch. by order, June 17, 1805.\\nGerald Van Hise, disch. by order, June 17, 1805.\\nWilliam Vannetten, missing in action at Shiloh, Tenn., April 6, 1802.\\nWilliam R. Van Hise, must, out Feb. 16, 1800.\\nThomas A. Vought, must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nAdelbert Wright, must, out Feb. 16, 1866.\\nStephen E. Wait, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nWilliam Wilson, must, out Feb. 15, 1806.\\nBurney 0. Wilson, died at Shiloh from wounds received there.\\nCharles Wilson, died of disease at Duvall s Bluff, Ark., Aug. 23, 1803.\\nWilliam Wilson, died in action at Shiloh, Tenn., April 6, 1862.\\nCompany K.\\nSergt. Othniel H, Field, Hamilton enl. Nov. 13, 1861 must, out Feb. 15, 1S60.\\nSergt. Russell L. Cbubbuck, Lawrence; enl. Nov. 4, 1801; veteran, Dec. 29,\\n1803; must, out Feb. 1.5, 1800.\\nCorp. Barney 0. Wilson, Hamilton; enl. Nov. 16, 1801; died May 30, 1802, of\\nwounds received at Shiloh.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "THIRTEENTH INFANTRY.\\n77\\nCorp. Allen J. Jordan, Hamilton; eul. Nov. 15, 1S61 Tcli ran, Dec. 29, 1861\\nmust, out Feb. 15, 18CC.\\nKoswell Ames, disch. at end of service. Jan. 7, 1865.\\nDavid C. Blackmer, died of disease at Little Kock. Ark., Sept. 24, 1SC3.\\nJohn E. Blackmer, veteran, Jan. 1, 1864; discli. for disability, June 1, 1865.\\nAmos Barnuni, died of disease at Washington, Ark., July 3, 18G5.\\nWilliam Barnnm, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nEli M. Corder, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nJohn Code, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nJohn L. Earl, disch. to re-enlist as veteran, Dec. 29, 1863.\\nSamuel E. Earl, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nCharles M. Gear, died of disease.\\nWilliam A. Geer, died of disease at Camp Tyler. Te. sas, Dec. 22, 1864.\\nConrad R. Hartman, disch. by order, June 21, 1863.\\nWilliam H. James, trans, to Vet. Ees. Corps, Jan. 15, 1864.\\nCharles C. Luce, disch. at end of service, Jan. 7, 1865.\\nJohn Morrison, disch. for disability.\\nJohn A. Peck, disch. at end of service, Jan. 7, 1865.\\nDavid E. Fletcher, mnst. out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nHenry 0. Parker, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nJohn D. KeddiT]g, must, out Feb. 15, 1866.\\nKussell H. Bobaids, died of disease at Duvall s BlulT, Ark Sept. 1, 1864.\\nWilliam B. Rider, died of disease at Keeler, Mich., July 15, 1S62.\\nBarney L. Eobards, veteran, Jan. 1, 1863.\\nAllen Sweet, disch, for disability, June 12, 1865.\\nWilliam W. Sterns, disch. for disability, Sept. 6, 1865.\\nTHIRTEENTH INFANTRY.\\nThis regiment, raised during the autumn and winter of\\n1861, had its rendezvous at Kalamazoo. It left that\\nplace for the front on the 12th of February, 1862, with\\nnine hundred and twenty-five officers and men, to which\\nseventy- four were added by enlistment before the 1st of\\nJuly following. Company K was from Van Buren County,\\nand so were considerable portions of Companies C, D, E,\\nand H. There were also some from that county in other\\ncompanies, and the regiment contained a few from Berrien\\nCounty.\\nFrom Kalamazoo the regiment proceeded through In-\\ndiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee to Pittsburg Landing,\\nwhich it reached, after a forced march, near the close of the\\nsecond day s battle, too late to take part in the conflict.\\nFrom that time until the evacuation of Corinth, the 13lh\\nwas engaged in the arduous picket and fatigue duties per-\\nformed by Gen. Halleck s army. It then moved with Gen.\\nBuell s forces into Northern Alabama, and was the last of\\nthe command to leave that locality when the general fell\\nback towards Louisville. It shared all the hardisliips of\\nthat long march through Tennessee and Kentucky, and\\nimmediately on reaching Louisville, in October, 1862,\\nretraced its weary steps in pursuit of the rebel Gen.\\nBragg It aided in chasing him and his motley forces out\\nof Kentucky, but did not happen to be present at any\\nheavy battle. It suffered severely from disease, however,\\nthe deaths from this cause during the first year of service\\n(closing on the 1st of November, 1862) numbering sev-\\nenty-one, while the number discharged for disability during\\nthe same time was one hundred and twenty.\\nAfter a short stay at Silver Springs, Tenn., the regiment\\nadvanced and aided in driving the enemy from Lebanon.\\nProceeding to Nashville, it was on duty in that vicinity\\nuntil the 26th of December, when it marched with Gen.\\nRosecrans army towards Murfreesboro On the 29th it\\nwas engaged in skirmishing with the enemy, and had sev-\\neral of its men killed and wounded. On the 31st of De-\\ncember and 1st and 2d of January the regiment was hotly\\nengaged in the battle of Stone River, having twenty-five\\nkilled, sixty-two wounded, and eight missing, out of two\\nhundred and twenty-four who entered the conflict. On\\nthe 31st of December it recaptured, by a bayonet charge,\\ntwo Union cannon which had fallen into the hands of the\\nenemy.\\nAfter the victory at Stone River, the 13th was engaged\\nin building fortifications at Murfreesboro and in scouting\\nthrough the adjoining parts of Tennessee until the 2-lth of\\nJune, 1863, when it advanced with Rosecrans against\\nBragg. After various marches and countermarches in rear\\nof the retreating forces of the latter general, the regiment,\\nwith its division, moved from HilLsboro Tenn., to cross\\nthe Cumberland Mountains. By a march of four days\\nover mountains three thousand feet high, along roads so\\nsteep that the cannon and baggage often had to be hauled\\nby hand, the division reached the valley of the Sequatchie.\\nIt then crossed the Tennessee and marched upon Chatta-\\nnooga, the 13th being one of the first regiments to occupy\\nthat place.\\nOn the 19th and 20th of September, 1863, the 13th\\nwas warmly engaged in the disastrous battle of Chicka-\\nmauga, going into action with 217 officers and men, and\\nhaving twenty-five killed and mortally wounded, fifty-seven\\nothers wounded, and twenty-five missing, some of whom\\nwere probably killed. The total number of those killed\\nor mortally wounded in action during the year ending Nov.\\n1, 1863, was fifty-one, while tliere were ninety-two others\\nwounded, sixty-six who died of disease, and one hundred\\nand sixty-two who were discharged for disability.\\nOn the 5th of November this regiment, with the 21st\\nand 22d Michigan Infantry, and the 18th Ohio Infantry,\\nwas organized into a brigade of engineers and a.ssigned to\\nduty at Chattanooga, being attached to the headquarters of\\nthe Department of the Cumberland.\\nThe 13th was present at the battle of Mission Ridge, but\\nwas not seriously engaged. During the months of Decem-\\nber, 1863, and February, 1864, it was stationed on the\\nChickamauga, engaged in picket duty and in cutting logs for\\nbuilding warehouses at Chattanooga.\\nThe regiment re-enlisted as a veteran organization on the\\n5th of February, 1864, and in the early part of February\\nreturned home. After the usual veteran furlough, the men\\nrendezvoused at Jackson, in this State, their number being\\nincreased by over four hundred new recruits. On the 26th\\nof March they again set out for the field, reaching Chatta-\\nnooga on the 20th of April. For five months from that\\ntime the regiment was stationed at Lookout Mountain, en-\\ngaged in the construction of military hospitals and guarding\\nthe sick and wounded sent back from Sherman s army. It\\nwas then relieved from engineer duty, and assigned to the\\n2d Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Corps. After a severe march\\nin pursuit of the rebels, under Forrest and Roddy, through\\nNorthern Alabama, the regiment joined the brigade at\\nRome on the 1st of November.\\nIn a few days it joined Gen. Sherman s army near At-\\nlanta, and set out on the celebrated march to the sea,\\nthat renowned but comparatively easy achievement, when\\nsixty thousand men, the flower of the whole Western army,\\n.swept in a resistless mass through Georgia, brushing con-\\ntemptuously aside the few feeble detachments of home-\\nguards and conscripts which endeavored to oppose them.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "78\\nHISTORY OP BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nwithout delaying for a moment their own mighty and ma-\\njestic advance. Having reached Savannah on the 16th of\\nDecember, 1864, the regiment was on duty in the trenches\\nbefore that city until the 21st of the same month, when the\\nenemy evacuated the place. On the 17th of January,\\n1865, the regiment advanced with the army through the\\nCarolinas, being slightly engaged at Catawba River, S. C,\\non the 28th of February, and at Averysboro N. C, on the\\n16th of March.\\nAt Bentonville, N. C, on the 19th of March, 1865, the\\n13tli took part in one of the severest battles of the latter\\npart of the war. By this time Gen. Joseph E. Johnston,\\none of the best officers in the Confederate service, had col-\\nlected all the rebel troops in North and South Carolina,\\nand was prepared to make a desperate effort to stop, or at\\nleast to delay, the advance of Slierman s array towards the\\nlast ditch which encircled Richmond. Down to this\\ntime there had been hardly any opposition worthy of the\\nname since the army left Atlanta, and when the 1st Division\\nwas ordered to drive the enemy from the position which he\\nhad taken up near Bentonville, the men advanced with con-\\nfident steps to what they e-xpected would be a repetition of\\ntheir former easy victories. But when they arrived on the\\nground they were met by a withering fire from a large force\\nof veteran .soldiers, heavily intrenched and ably commanded.\\nThe division advanced gallantly, their men falling by\\nscores, and at one time the 13th gained a position within\\nsix rods of the enemy s breastworks, but the storm of lead\\nwas too severe to be withstood the regimental commander,\\nLieut.-Col. Willard G. Eaton, was shot dead at the head of\\nhis men, and at length the whole division was compelled to\\nfall back to the shelter of a low acclivity within easy\\nmu.sket range of the rebel intrenchments. Here the fight\\nwas continued during a considerable part of the day, until\\nat length heavy reinforcements came up, and the breast-\\nworks were captured without serious difficulty. In this\\nbattle the 13th Michigan Infantry had one hundred and ten\\nofiicers and men killed, wounded, and captured.\\nAfter the surrender of Gen. Johnston s army the 13th\\nleft its camp on the Cape Fear River on the 30th of April,\\n1865, participated in the grand review of Gen. Sherman s\\narmy at Washington, on the 21th of Slay, left that city on\\nthe 9th of June, and reached Louisville, Ky., on the 15th\\nof the latter month. It was mustered out in that city on\\nthe 25th of July, and on the 27th of July arrived at Jack-\\n.son, Mich., where it was paid off and disbanded.\\nMEMBERS OF THE THIRTEENTH INFANTRY FROM VAN BUREN\\nCOUNTY.\\nFUld and Staff.\\nCol. Joshua B. Culver, Paw Paw; com. May 26, 1863; l!eut.-col., Feb. 26, 1863;\\nmaj., July 4, 1862; 1st lieut. and adj., Nov. 9, 18G1; must, out Feb. 23,\\n1865.\\nQ.M. G. Edwin Dunbar, Decatur; com. Aug. 18, 1802 app.q.m. D. S. Vols.,\\nDec. 1863 bvt. maj. and lieut.-col. U. S. Vols, for gallant and meritori-\\nous services during the campaign in Georgia aud the Carolinas; must,\\nout Nov. 22, 1865.\\nChaplain Rev. Lewis Whitcomb, Paw Paw ccm. Aug. 7, 1863 disch. for \\\\is-\\nability, March 17, 18G5.\\nNon-Commissi/yned Staff.\\nCom. Sergt. John Kirby, Mattawan enl, Dec. 1(1, 1861 pro. to 2d lieut., Co.\\nA, May 7, 1865.\\nCompani/ A.\\n2d Lieut. John Kirby, Mattawan; com. May 7,1865; pro. to 1st lieut., July\\n5, 1866 must, out 2d lieut., Jnly 25, 1805.\\nJesse Brown, disch. by order, June 8, 1865.\\nDewey D. Chapman, must, out July 25, 1805.\\nBenjamin F. Hoyt, must, out Jnly 25, 1865.\\nFred. Waldron, must, out Feb. 0, 1806.\\nCompany B.\\nWilliam F. Austin, died of disease, June, 180.\\nJames C. McVey, disch. by order, June 8, 1865.\\nCompany C.\\n2d Lieut. G. Edwin Dunbar, Decatur; com. May 15, 1862; sorgt., Oct. 9, 1861\\npro. q.m., Aug. 18, 1S62.\\n2d Lieut. Smitli G. Williams, Antwerp; com. March 19, 1864; veteran, Jan. 18,\\n1804; sergt.; pro. capt., July 5, 1865; must, out 2d lieut., July 25, 1805.\\nMusician Geo. W. Edict;, Decatur; enl. Nov. 2, 1861; veteran, Jan. 18, 1864\\nmust, out July 25, 1805.\\nWilliam W. Arnold, must, out July 25, 1865.\\nWilliam D. Butler, died of disease at Nashville, Teun., May 20, 1863.\\nWilliam H. Britain, must, out July 25, 1805.\\nOrlando W. Calkins, died of disease at Mattawan, Mich., May 10, 1862.\\nStephen A. Colbnrn, disch. by order, June 8, 1865.\\nAndrew J. Davis, disch. by order. May 31, 1865.\\nWilliam S. Dailey, must, out July 25, 1805.\\nIra Dailey, must, out July 25, 1805.\\nHenry Fox, died in action at Chickamauga, Term., Sept. 19, lSe3.\\nMiles Greenman, died of disease at Louisville, Ky., Apiil 27, 1802.\\nCollins D. Griffith, disch. by order, June 6, 1865.\\nHenry Huff, disch. by order, July II, 1865.\\nMarion Huff, disch. by order, June 9, 1805.\\nAlden S. Hand, dieil in action at Stone River, Tenn., Dec. 31, 1862.\\nChamplin Lent, discli, by order, June 30, 1865.\\nElbridge G. Lynden, must, out July 25, 1866.\\nAugustus Niles, disch. by order. May 30, 1805.\\nWarren Pratt, disch. by order, July 30, 1804.\\nLawrence E. Prindio, disch. by order, June 8, 1866.\\nWilliam Van Sickle, disch. by order, JuTie 0, 1805.\\nJohn Yarnum, discli. by order, June 8, 1865.\\nJohn A. Welch, disch. by order, June 15, 1865.\\nCantlne R. Williams, must, out July 25, 1865.\\nCompauy D.\\nAnson S. Allen, must, out July 23, 1805.\\nEphraim M. Bell, died of disease at Nashville, Tenn., March 28, 1804.\\nSylvester Bush, disch. by order, July 12, 1805.\\nWilliam H. Burkhart, disch. by order, June 8, 1806.\\nLevi Cadwell, disch. by order, June 8, 1865.\\nWillis C. Cook, disch. for disability, Nov. 3, 1862.\\nWilliam Doran, veteran, enl. Jan. 18, 1864 must, out July 25, 1806.\\nCortes F. Foot, disch. for disability, July 16, 1802.\\nOiange T. Howard, died of disease at Lookout Mountain, Tenn., Aug. 13, 1804.\\nAndrew J. Joy, died of disease at Stevenson, Ala., Feb. 10, 1804.\\nAbner Lull, died of disease at Hdlsboro Tenn., Aug. 4, 1863.\\nGeorge Steadman, died of disease at Bridgeport, .\\\\la., Jan. 14, 1805.\\nHarmon Timerson, disch. by order, June 15, 1805.\\nGeorge W. Vaughan, disch. by order, May 20, 1806.\\nOscar D. Vanderveer, disch. by ordei-, June 28, 1865.\\nCompcnuj E.\\nSergt. James Wilson, Paw P.iw enl. Oct. 10, ISGl In\\n3U, 1803.\\nSergt. Elisha Tyler, Paw Paw enl. Sept. 14, 1861; ve\\nout July 26, 1865.\\nCharles W. Acker, disch. for disability, July 12, 1862.\\nGeorge W. Berridge, died of disease, Oct. 26, 1862.\\nOra S. Brown, must, out July 25, 1865.\\nJames Cannon, disch. by order, Aug. 29, 1863.\\nCorey Davi.s, disch. by order from Vet. Res. Corps, Sept. 29, 1665.\\nJohn R. Fowler, disch. at end of service, Jan. 16, 1805.\\nWilliam Henry, disch. for disability, Sept. 12, 1862.\\nAndrew J. Jobn.son, disch. for disability, October, 1863.\\nHenry Jay, trans, to Vet. Res, Corps, Sept. 1, 1803.\\nEphraim Lewis, must, out July 26, 1805.\\nArthur L. Lillie, must, out July 23, 1865.\\nDavid McNeil, disch. for disability, Sept. 14, 1802.\\nNathaniel C. Parrish, died of disease at NaNhvillo, Tenn., April 4, 1802\\nHenry A. Rogers, disch. for disability, Oct. 5, 1862.\\nWilliam Robbins, disch. at end of service, Jan. 18, 1805.\\nHenry K. Slocomb, disch. for disability, July 22, 1862.\\nGeorge W. Sams, disch. for disability, Nov. 21, 1862.\\nByron Sa.\\\\ton, disch. for disability, Jan. 20, 1803.\\nHarry Smith, died of disease, April 20, 1802.\\nWilliam S. Tattman, veteran, enl. Jan. 18, 1864.\\nGuy E. Trumball, disch. July 29, 1862.\\nJohn V. Wetheibee, died of disease at Savannah, Ga., Dec. 19, 1864.\\nto Invalicl C )rps, Sept.\\nin, .Ian. 18,1804; must.\\nA/.or Barnum, died of dii\\nPliilo Cadilv, luiiat. out 51\\nCintipani/ F.\\nat Savannah, Ga., Ja", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "THIRTEENTH INFANTRY.\\n79\\nNathan Belong, disch. by order, June 8, 1865.\\nJohn H. Hannah, disch. by order, June 27, 1865.\\nHiraui L. Stratton, disch. by order, June 8, 18G5.\\n2d Lieut. William Murcli, Paw Taw com. Jan. 11, 1S64; resigned May 26,1864.\\nCorp. Wni. H. Johnson, Columbia enl. Oct. 16, 1801 veteran, Feb. 13, 1804\\ndisch. by order, July 29, 1865.\\nCorp. George W. Bewley, Columbia enl. Nov. IB, 1861 sergt. disch. at end of\\nservice, Jan. 10, 1865.\\nCorp. George W. Belden, Columbia; enl. Oct. 23, 1801 sergt.; disch. at end of\\nservice, Jan. 10, 1865.\\nAlbert Adams, died of disease at Detroit, Mich., May 3, 1805.\\nWilliam II. Ashley, disch. June 8, 1805.\\nTimothy P. Bewley, disch. for disability, Feb. 25, 1803.\\nLevi Bush, must, out July 25, 1865.\\nJames Bell, must, out July 25, 1805.\\nLucius Cleveland, must, out July 25, 1SG5.\\nJamea Cleveland, veteran, enl. Jan. 18, 1864.\\nHiram S. Coovey, died of disease at Savannah, Ga., March 18, 1865.\\nWalter H. Campbell, disch. by order. May 26, 1805.\\nWillard N. Campbell, disch. June 8, 1805.\\nMarshal Dean, disch. by order, July 29, 1865.\\nHubert Dean, died in action at Beulonville, N. C, March 19, 1865.\\nJohn H. Davis, died of disease at Indianapolis, Itid., Oct. 24, 1864.\\nJames Fox, disch. May 15, 1805.\\nSimon P. Foster, disch. at end of service, June 28, 1865.\\nEuos Huey, died of disease at Millen, Ga., Dec. 4, 1864.\\nDaniel F. Hayes, must, out Feb. 26, 1865.\\nObadiah Joy, must, out Feb. 25, 1865.\\nHenry B. Johnson, must, out July 25, 1865.\\nGeorge Johnson, must, out July 25, 1865.\\nGeorge Kent, must, out July 25, 1865.\\nNathaniel Kent, disch. by order, June 20, 1865.\\nByron H. Kidney, disch. for disability, Aug. 4, 1863.\\nJohn W. Niles, disch. at end of service, Jan. 16, 1805.\\nAndrew A. Price, disch. for disability, July 31, 1862.\\nCharles U. Rice, disch. for disability, July 8, 1862.\\nJames S. Kandall, died of disease at Gallatin, Tenn., Dec. 9, 1802.\\nJohn T. Robinson, must, out July 25, 1805.\\nEzekiel V. Taylor, disch. for disability, Oct. 20, 1802.\\nWilliam Vallien, died of disease at David s Island, N. Y. Harbor, Maich 8, 1865.\\nRobert Walker, disch. May 15, 1S05.\\nMartin J. Wcscott, disch. May 15, 1865.\\nJoel S. Wait, disch. May 15, 1805.\\nCfynipany H.\\nSergt. Wm. R. Sirrine, Paw Paw; pro. to 2d lieut. must, out as sergt. .Ivily 25,\\n1865.\\nSergt. Alvin P. Holmes, Antwerp; enl. Oct. 5, 1861 must, out July 28, 1865.\\nWilson Burch, disch. for disability. May 4, 1864.\\nJames Bennett, disch. by order, July 18, 1866.\\nJames H. Bovier, disch. by order, June 13, 1865.\\nGeorge W. Brooks, must, out July 25, 1805.\\nEdward M. Coon, disch. by order, June 8, 1865.\\nWilliam D. Duston, must, out July 26, 1805.\\nGeorge De Long, must, out May 6, 1865.\\nEdwin Dunton, must, out May 15, 1865.\\nMortimer J. Edson, must, out July 2.^, 1865.\\nJamea Ellison, di.scb. for disability, Nov. 17, 1863.\\nMartin V. Erhenback, disch. by oi der. May 28, 1865.\\nCliarles Gibson, disch. by order, July 13, 1805.\\nPhilemon Holmes, disch. by order, June 8, 1805.\\nIra M. Hill, disch. by order, June 16, 1866.\\nJerome D. Hall, disch. by order, June 8, 1865.\\nJohn H. Hannah, disch. Juue 8, 1805.\\nAshbel Heron, must, out July 26, 1805.\\nVan Rensselaer Hnzainin, must, out July 25, 1865.\\nIrving W. Lane, must, out July 25, 1865.\\nJohn Loveridge, disch. by order, June 8, 1805.\\nMalcolm McGregor, must, out May 27, 1865.\\nSpencer Mather, died of disease at Lookout Mountain, Tenn., July 20, 1864.\\nGeorge W. Myers, must, out July 25, 1865.\\nFiancis P. Myers, must, out July 25, 1805.\\nEugene F. Osborne, missing on march near Sebastopol, Ga., Dec. 1, 1804.\\nCharles Bhiel. died in action at BentonviUe, N. C, March 19, 1865.\\nOrrin Rhodes, must, out July 25, 1866.\\nElijah Strong, must, out July 25, 1865.\\nAddis Wolcott, must, out July 25, 1865.\\nGeorge Wood, disch. by order, June 8, 1865.\\nCharles Welch, disch. by order, June 8, 1865.\\nJerome C. Warner, disch. by order, June 22, 1805.\\nCompany I,\\nJames A. Byers, disch. by order, June 8, 1805.\\nAlvin Chapman, disch. by order, Juue 8, 1865.\\nArris B. Culver, disch. by order, June 10, 1865.\\nDavid Fi eeman, must, out July 25, 1865.\\nDraper Fish, disch. by order, June 8, 1806.\\nBradford Gorbam, must, out July 25, 1865.\\nZenas Kidney, must, out July 25, 1865.\\nWarren B. Kinney, must, out July 25, 1865.\\nJames S. Lee, disch. by order, June 8, 1805.\\nJames Martin, diud of wounds at Newborn, N. C, April 23, 1865.\\nComp tnif K.\\nCapt. Dewitt C. Fitch, Mattawan com. Oct. 3, 1861 pro. to maj., 25th Inf.,\\nSept. 17, 1862.\\n1st Lieut. Harrison Balfour, Mattawan; com. July 13, 1862; pro. to 2d lieut.,\\nOct. 3, 1801 res. March 6, 1802.\\n2d Lieut. Hiram Reed, MatUwan; com. July 5, 1865; must, out as sergt, July\\n26, 1805.\\nWilliam Anderson, veteran, enl. Feb. 13, 1804; must, out July 25, 1865,\\nEiustus v. Allen, disch. for disability, Nov. 15, 1803.\\nEdmund B. Allen, disch. at end of service, Jan. 16, 1865.\\nGeorge E. Anderson, must, out July 25, 1805.\\nDemick Butler, must, out July 25, 1865.\\nWilliam R. Berzley, must, out July 25, 1865.\\nElmore A. Byington, died of disease at Murfreesboro Tenn., Nov. 22, 1862.\\nAlvertou Baker, died of disease at Hamburg Landing, Tenn., June 26, 1862.\\nChester Baker, veteran, enl. March 19, 1864; must, out July 26, 1865.\\nJoshua Bishop, disch. at end of service, July 5, 1865.\\nOthaniel H. Blandon, disch. for disability.\\nWilliam Boss, disch. for disability, Sept. 9, 1862.\\nJeremiah Brick, disch. by order, Juno 9, 1865.\\nCharles A. Barker, disch. by order, July 19, 1805.\\nAndrew J. Boss, disch. by order, June 25, 1865.\\nCharles L. Curtis disch. for disability, Nov. 8, 1862.\\nGeorge Clugston, disch. for disability, Nov. 10, 1862.\\nJoseph A. Cook, disch. for disability, July 12, 1862.\\nCyrus J. Clark, disch. for disability, July 8, 1863.\\nWilliam Cleveland, disch. at end of service, Jan. 15, 1865.\\nDanlord Daggitt, disch. at end of service, Jan. 18, 1865.\\nMichael J. Dykeman, died of disease at Savannah, Ga., Feb. 1, 1865.\\nHorace Dyer, must, out July 25, 1805.\\nWilliam W. Dean, veteran, enl. Jan. 18, 1864; must, out July 25, 1865.\\nAlbert W. Earl, veteran, enl. Jan. 18,1804; must, out July 26, 1865.\\nJames L. Earl, died in action at Chickamauga, Tenn., Sept. 19, 1863.\\n.idelbert L. Earl, died in action at Chickamauga, Teuu., Sept. 19, 1863.\\nAlexander R. Griffin, disch. by order, June 8, 1866.\\nWilliam T. Gilpin, disch. at end of service, Jan. 18, 1865.\\nFranklin Hoppin, disch. at end of service, April 4, 1865.\\nWilliam C. Hamblin, missing in action at Chickamauga, Tenn., Sept. 19, 1863.\\nJulius P. Hamlin, died of disease at Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov. 25, 1864.\\nChester Hurlburt, died of disea.se at Do Camp Hospital, N. Y. H., March 7,1805.\\nJoel Hudson, veteran, enl. Jan. IS, 1804; must, out July 25, 1865.\\nFrederick J. D. Hamlin, must, out July 25, 1805.\\nCharles Hudson, must, out July 25, 1865.\\nMilon Hudson, must, out July 25, 1805.\\nWilliam P. Johnson, died of disease at Nashville. Teiin., Juue 7, 1802.\\nAaron H. Johnson, disch. for disability, Sept. 27, 1802.\\nJoshua Jackson, disch. at end of service, March 16, 1865.\\nJames F. Kidder, disch. at end of service, Jan. 16, 1865.\\nJohn Ketchum, disch. by order, July 25, 1865.\\nOliver Ketchum, veteran, enl. Jan. 18, 1864 must, out July 26, 1865.\\nSherburn Kidder, veteran, enl. Jan. 18, 1864 must, out July 25, 1865.\\nSamuel J. King, died of disease at Shiloh, Tenn., April 22, 1862.\\nHarvey E. Leighton, died of disease at Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 1, 1862.\\nAguiUa Lett, disch. by order, June 8, 1865.\\nRichard Monroe, disch. by order, Aug. 9, 1865.\\nWilliam McPlierson, disch. for disability, Aug. 20, 1862.\\nNelson S. Marshall, disch. for disability.\\nGeorge F. Miller, disch. for disability, Sept. 8, 1802.\\nAudrew Marcellus, veteran, Jan. 18, 1864; nmst. out July 26, 1805.\\nJeremiah Miller, veteran, Jan. 18, 1804 must, out July 25, 1866.\\nFrancis M. Nelson, died of disease at Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 5, 1862.\\nEdmund R. Nichols, died of wounds at Nashville, Teuu., Nov. 10, 1863.\\nAnthony Nightingale, disch. for disability.\\nAlfred B. Palmer, disch. by order, June 8, 1866.\\nTimothy Parks, disch. by order, July 18, 1865.\\nLeonard Parks, must, out July 26, 1865.\\nWilliam H. H. Robinson, died of disease at New Albany, Ind., Nov. 9, 1802.\\nClark Randall, must, out July 25, 1866.\\nBufus M. Rowe, disch. at end of service, Jan. 10, 1865.\\nCharles F. Spencer, disch. for disability, June 20, 1862.\\nReuben C. Smith, disch. for disability, Oct. 2, 1862.\\nWilliam R Storey, disch. for disability, Jan. 26, 1864.\\nEdwin P. Samson, disch. at Detroit, July 25, 1862.\\nJohn L. SUnton, disch. by order. May 16, 1865.\\nSamuel H. Smith, must, out July 25, 1805.\\nLorenzo D. Story, veteran, enl. Jan. 18, 1865; must. o it July 26, 1S65.\\nMartin Stover, veteran, enl. Jan. 18, 1805 disch. for disability, June 25, 18C5.\\nDavid H. Slielters, died in action at BentonviUe, N. C, Maich 19, 1865.\\nEdgar Story, died of wounds, Oct. 18, 1863.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "80\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nIsaac Shower, died of disease at Na8h?ille, Tenn., Sept. 20, 1862.\\nNoble Sumner, died of disease at Murfi-eesboro Tt-nn., Nov. 19, 1862.\\nGeorge A. Taplin, discli. at eud of service, Jan. 30, 1805.\\nHawley Van Oslrum, disch. for disability, Dec. LI, 1802.\\nBenjamin Van Siclile, veteran, enl. Jan. 18, 1864; must, out July 25, 1805.\\nClarlc Vandervort, died of disease at Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 4, 1802.\\nNathan Vandervort, died of disease at Savannah, Ga., Jan. 18, 1865.\\nAhram R. Ward, died of disease at Town Creek, Ala., Jtme 27, 1802.\\nHenry 0. Wallace, liied of disease at De Camp Hospital, N. Y. II., May 29, 1805.\\nJohn Walker, died in action at Stone River, Tenn., Dec. ;il, 1802.\\nJames White, Jr., disch. for disability.\\nHopkins West, disch. by order, June 8, 1805.\\nAmos Wait, veteran, enl. Jan. 18, 1804; must, out July 25, 1865.\\nMEMBERS OF THE THIRTEENTH INFANTRY FROM BERRIEN\\nCOUNTY.\\nCompany B,\\nLawrence Hand, must, out July 25, 1865,\\nPeter Higgins, must, out July 25, 1865.\\nCompany C.\\nThos. W. Brown, disch. for disability. May 26, 1862.\\nEdward A. Johnson, disch. for disability. May 26, 1862.\\nCompany E.\\n2J Lieut. Levi Brown, Pokagon; com. March 19, 1S64 veteran, Jan. 18, 1804;\\nsergeant; corporal; res. January, 1865.\\nWm. Morris, must, out June 8, 1805.\\nLeander Tallnian, must, out June 8, 1865.\\nWm. S. Tallman, must, out July 25, 1865.\\nColnpayiy K.\\nWm. W. Dean, must, out July 25, 1805.\\nCHAPTER X.\\nSEVENTEENTH, NINETEENTH, AND TWENTY-\\nFOURTH INFANTRY.\\nThe SeTentcenth Infantry at South Mountain and Antietam Trans-\\nfer to the West Services in Mississippi, Kentuclty, and East Ten-\\nnessee Return to the Army of Potomac Campaign of the Wilder-\\nness Before Petersburg Muster Out Members of the Seventeenth\\nfrom Berrien and Van Bureu Counties The Nineteenth Infantry\\nMorrison Guards Campaign in Kentuclsy and Tennessee\\nDesperate Fight and Surrender at Thompson s Station, Tenn.\\nThe Georgia Campaign of 1864 March to the Sea Averysboro\\nand Bentonville Close of Service Van Buren and Berrien Mem-\\nbers of the NinetecnfB The Twenty-Fourth Regiment at Hatcher s\\nRun\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Before Petersburg\u00e2\u0080\u0094 On Duty at Springfield, III.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Close of\\nService and Discharge Berrien and Van Buren County Members\\nof the Twenty-Fourth.\\nSEVENTEENTH INFANTRY.\\nThis regiment had about forty men from Berrien\\nCounty, and about half as many from Van Buren. It\\nwas raised in tlie summer of 1862, and left Detroit for\\nWashington on the 27th of August. Scarcely had it ar-\\nrived at the latter place when it was assigned to the Army\\nof the Potomac, and in less than three weeks from the time\\nof leaving Michigan these raw recruits were gallantly bat-\\ntling for their country at South Mountain. The victory\\ngained there by the Union army cost the regiment the lives\\nof twenty-seven of its officers and men, besides one hundred\\nand fourteen who were wounded. On the 17th of Sep-\\ntember it was again hotly engaged at Antietam, where it\\nhad eighteen of its members killed and eighty-seven\\nwounded.\\nAfter following Lee s defeated army through Northern\\nVirginia, and camping for a while at Falmouth, the regi-\\nment crossed the Rappahannock at Fredericksburg, but did\\nnot particijiate in tlie battle of that place. It remained in\\nthe Army of the Potomac through the winter, but in the\\nspring was ordered to Kentucky. After a short stay in\\nthat State, it proceeded with the 9th Corps to Mississippi,\\nand joined Gen. Grant. It was stationed at Haynes Bluff\\nand Milldale, and was slightly engaged before Jackson on\\nthe 10th of June.\\nIt soon returned to Kentucky, and moved thence with\\nBurnside s army into East Tennessee. It took part in\\nnumerous movements and counter-movements, for which the\\nforces in East Tennessee became famous, and on the IGth\\nof November was acting as the rear-guard of the army, which\\nwas falling back towards Knoxville. While it was crossing\\nTurkey Creek, near Campbell s Station, the enemy attacked\\nin force, and a sharp engagement followed. The 17th,\\nwith its brigade, steadily covered the rear of the army,\\nhaving twenty-six officers and men killed and wounded\\nduring the fight.\\nThat night the whole Union force moved into Knox-\\nville, and from then until the retreat of the enemy, on the\\n4th of December, the 17th was busily engaged in the\\ndefense of that place, suffering greatly from want of rations,\\nbut gallantly performing its duty. After the defeat of the\\nConfederates, the marching up and down the Tennessee\\nValley was resumed, and was kept up, with some intervals\\nof rest, throughout the winter.\\nOn the 20th of March, 1864, the regiment set out with\\nthe 9th Corps from Knoxville, and marched over the Cum-\\nberland Mountains to Nicholasville, Ky., whence it moved\\nat once to Maryland.\\nWith the same corps the 17th passed through the great\\ncampaign of 1864. It was sharply engaged in the Wilder-\\nness on the 6th of May, having forty-six men killed and\\nwounded. At Spottsylvania, on the 12th of May, the\\nregiment charged gallantly on the rebel works, but was\\nsurrounded by a superior force in the dense woods, and\\nhad twenty-three killed, seventy-three wounded, and ninety-\\nthree taken prisoners, out of two hundred and twenty-five\\nengaged. So small a squad remained for duty that on\\nthe 16th of May it was detailed for engineer service,\\nthough still retaining its regimental number.\\nIt served throughout the winter of 1864-65 either in\\nthis capacity or as provost-guard. During the Confederate\\nattack on Fort Steadman, however (March 25, 1865), the\\n17th advanced as skirmishers, drove back the enemy s\\nskirmishers, and captured sixty-five prisoners. After the\\ncapture of Petersburg and the surrender of Lee, the regi-\\nment moved north to Washington, set out for Michigan on\\nthe 4th of June, 1865, reached Detroit on the 7th, and\\nwas forthwith paid ofi and discharged at the latter place.\\nBERRIEN COUNTY MEMBERS OF THE SEVENTEENTH INFANTRY.\\nCompany B.\\n1st Lieut, John Cunningham, Niles com. June 2,1802.\\nSorgt. William H. Marston, Niles enl. June 2, 1862 lost a leg at retorsburg,\\nVa., June Ifi, 1804 disch. for wounds, May 6, 18C5.\\nCorp. Samuel H. Case, Buchanan must, out June 3, 1806.\\nCorp. Allen B. Myers, Sodns enl. Aug. 6, 1802; killed in battle at Spottsylvania,\\nVa., May 12, 1864.\\nAlonzo G. Bigelow, discli. for disability, Sept. 13, 1802.\\nAlbert Bixby, must, out June 3, 1865.\\nJohn Beauwain, must, out June 3, 1805.\\nGeorge W. Chase, disch. for disability, Feb. 9, 1803.\\nJonathan Day, trans, to Vet. Res. Corps., Feb. 15, 1864.\\nKock Edwards, must, out Jnne 3, 1865.\\nJesse Foster, disch. for disability, March 3, 1863.\\nDaniel A. Gates, disch. for disability. Fob. 26, 1863.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "NINETEENTH INFANTRY.\\n81\\nJohn Hazlett, dUcli. for wounds, Sept. 14, 1802.\\nHenry Hinman, died of disease in Tennessee, Jan. 21, 1863.\\nNutter M. Ualstod, must, out June 3, 1865.\\nJohn R. Haynes, must, out June 3, 1865.\\nGeorge Isham, died in action at Ciimpbell s Station, Tonn., Nov. 10, 1863.\\nLewis Jones, accidentally killed at Antietam, MJ., Sept. 17, 1S02.\\nHenry .Jackson, died in action at Cainphell s Station, Nov. 16, 18G3.\\nSylvanus NcManua, disch. for disability, Deo. 3, 1862.\\nFerdinand Metzger, disch. for disability, Oct. 3, 1861.\\nStephen Mead, must, out June 3, 1865.\\nBenjamin Norris, must, out June 3, 18G5.\\nColumbus Paddock, disch. for disability, Feb. 6, 186\\nEdward F. Kice, must, out June 3, 1865.\\nChester J. Walser, must, out June 3, 1865.\\nLoreuzo D. White, disch. for disability, Sept. 17, 1863.\\nVAN BUREN COUNTY MEMBERS OF THE HTU.\\nContpani/ B.\\nMusician John Slover, Waverly; enl. July 22, 1863; must, out June 3, 1866.\\nWagoner Daniel A. Gates, Lake; enl. Aug. 4, 1862; disch. for disability, Feb.\\n1803.\\nCompany E.\\nStephen B. Hodsill, disch. Jan. 4, 1861.\\n17, 1802; killed in action at\\n2d Lieut. George Galligan, Lawrence cc\\nSoutb Mountain, Md., Sept. 14, 1862.\\nSergt. Herrick Hodges, Lawrence; enl. May 21), 1862 diach. for disability, June\\n1, 1863.\\nCorp. Orrin W. Hodges, Lawrence enl. May 29, 1862 disch. for disability, April\\n14, 1803.\\nWagoner Uriah Woods, Lawrence enl. May 29, 1802 disch. by order, April 28,\\n1865.\\nFrederick Brotherton, died of diiease at Washington, D. C, Sept. 12, 1802.\\nHarry Bailey, died of disease at Newport News, Va., March 8, 1863.\\nWilliam Coombs, disch. for disability, Sept. 12, 1863.\\nJ.din T. Dunning, missing in action, April 30, 1804.\\n.John S. Dunning, must, out June 3, 1865.\\nNorman Dexter, must, out June 3, 1865.\\nHezekiah Dills, must, out June 3, 1S65.\\nJames Grey, died of disease at Camp Nelson, Ky,, Nov. II, 1863.\\nBoas A. Griffin, disch. f.n- disability, Nov. 5, 1862.\\nFloyd Lindsley, disch. for disability, Jan. 5, 1863.\\nPatrick McGann, disch. by order.\\nJohn Nichols, must, out June 3, 1865.\\nGeorge Pritchard, disch. Nov. 27, 1863.\\nJohn Bobb, trans, to V. R. C, April in, 186 1.\\nPhilip J. Smith, disch. for disability, Dec. 30, 1862.\\nNINETEENTH INFANTRY.\\nThe 19Lh Kegiment of Michip;aD Infiintry was raised\\nfrom the counties of Branch, St. Joseph, Kalamazoo, Cass,\\nBerrien, Van Buren, and Allegan, in the summer of 18G2,\\nunder the President s call of July 2d, for three hundred\\nthousand men. Its rendezvous for recruiting and organi-\\nzation was at Dowagiac, Cass Co. Company I, of this re-\\ngiment, was from St. Joseph, Royalton, and vicinity, and\\nwas, when first raised, known as the Morrison Guards.\\nThere were also a number of the soldiers from Berrien\\nCounty in other companies. Company G was principally\\nfrom Van Buren County.\\nThe 19th broke camp at the rendezvous on the 14th of\\nSeptember, 1862, proceeded to Cincinnati, Ohio, thence to\\nNicholasville, Ky., and later, towards the close of the year,\\nto Danville, Ky. It had been assigned to duty with the\\n4th Brigade of the 1st Division of the Army of Kentucky,\\nwhich, on the formation of the Department and Army of the\\nCumberland, was transferred to that army as a reserve\\ncorps. As a part of that corps the regiment moved from\\nDanville early in February, 18(53, and reached Nashville on\\nthe 7th, proceeding thence to Franklin, Tenn.\\nOn the 4th of March, 1863, the brigade, consisting of\\nthe 19th Mjchigan, the 33d and 85th Indiana, and the\\n22d Wisconsin Regiments, numbering fifteen hundred\\nand eighty-seven men, strengthened by two hundred men\\n11\\nof the 124th Ohio, with detachments of three regiments\\nof cavalry, about six hundred strong, and a full battei-y\\nof artillery, all under command of Col. Coburn, moved\\nout from Franklin on a reconnoissance in force. After\\na march of about four miles the enemy s outposts were\\nencountered, but they retired before the Union skirmishers,\\nand the brigade bivouacked there for the night.\\nResuming the march on the following day, the Union\\ncolumn found the enemy in force and strongly posted at\\nThompson s Station, nine miles from Franklin. At the\\npoint where the railroad crosses the turnpike the enemy\\nopened fire on the forces of Col. Coburn, who immediately\\nformed his men, and ordered a section of the battery to\\noccupy a hill on the left of the road, sending the lOtli\\nMichigan and 22d Wisconsin to support it. The 33d and\\n85th Indiana, with the other guns of the battery, took posi-\\ntion on a hill at the right. The enemy had two batteries\\nposted on a range of hills, three-fourths of a mile in front\\nand south of the position of tiie Union troops. The 33d\\nand 85th Indiana made a demonstration on the left of the\\nenemy, to draw him out or charge his batteries, as circum-\\nstances might dictate. This movement was made under a\\nmost galling fire from the enemy s batteries, and, when the\\nposition was reached, two entire brigades of dismounted\\nrebel cavalry were disclosed sti ongly posted behind stone\\nwalls and other defenses.\\nAs it was found impossible to advance farther under the\\nsevere and incessant fire, the regiments were ordered to re-\\nturn to their former position on the hill, supported by a\\nsquadron of cavalry but for .some unexplained reason the\\ncavalry failed to occupy the supporting position, as intended.\\nNo sooner had the two regiments commenced to fall back\\nthan they were pursued by two rebel regiments, firing rapid\\nvolleys into the retiring Union force, which was at the same\\ntime under fire from the enemy s batteries. But as soon\\nas they reached the hill the Indiana regiments turned upon\\ntheir rebel pursuers and drove them back at double-quick,\\nkilling Col. Earle, of Arkansas. The enemy rallied and\\ncharged desperately, and was handsomely repulsed but it\\nsoon became evident that the command of Col. Coburn had\\nhere encountered the entire cavalry force of Bragg s army,\\nconsisting of six brigades, commanded respectively by\\nGens. Forrest, Wheeler, French, Armstrong, Jackson, and\\nMartin, all under the command of Gen. Van Dorn.\\nOn the left the enemy, under Gen. Forrest, advanced on\\nthe position occupied by the 19th Michigan and its com-\\npanion regiment, the 22d Wisconsin. At the time the\\nattack was made the section of artillery posted with these\\nregiments hurriedly left its position, and at the same time\\nthree companies of the Wisconsin regiment abandoned the\\nfield without orders, moving ofi by the left flank, and join-\\ning the reireating Union cavalry and artillery. The 19th\\nand the remainder of the 22d Wisconsin, however, bravely\\npoured in their fire, and held the assailants at bay fully\\ntwenty minutes. FoiTCst, checked in his advance, made a\\ncircuit with his whole force beyond the ground occupied by\\nCol. Coburn to the east, with the intention of turning his\\nleft flank. The 19th and 22d were then moved to the\\nwest side of the turnpike, leaving the 33d and 85th In-\\ndiana to protect the southern acclivity of the hill. The", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "82\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nfour regiments had scarcely formed in line behind the crest\\nwhen Armstrong s rebel brigade charged from the east and\\nthe Texans from the south. The fighting now became\\nterrific. Three times the enemy charged gallantly up the\\nhill, and thrice was he forced back with severe loss. In\\none of these charges the colors of the 4th Mississippi were\\ncaptured by the 19th Michigan.\\nThe fighting became desperate. The enemy, having\\ngained possession of the hill on the east of the road, was\\nsweeping the Northern ranks with canister, and, bravely as\\nthe Union troops fought, it soon became evident that the\\nstruggle was hopeless. Their ammunition was nearly ex-\\nhausted, and Forrest, who had already cut them off from\\nFranklin, was advancing on their rear. Col. Coburn faced\\nhis command to the north to repel this new danger, and\\nthus Forrest was held in check until the Union men had\\nexpended their last round of ammunition. Then the brave\\nband fixed bayonets, determined to charge through the\\nenemy s lines and escape; but just then it was discovered\\nthat still another line lay in reserve, and ^till another bat-\\ntery opened on them from an unexpected quarter. Escape\\nwas now hopeless, and to avoid a further and useless loss of\\nlife the command surrendered. Col. Gilbert had had his\\nhorse shot under him in the early part of the fight, and\\nthroughout all the fierce engagement had borne himself\\nmost gallantly. When he offered his sword to the Confed-\\nerate commander the latter declined to receive it, with the\\nremark that so brave an officer, commanding so gallant a\\nregiment, deserves to retain his arms.\\nA part of the 19th had escaped capture at Thomp.son s\\nStation. This small body, with those who had been left in\\ncamp at Franklin, were sent to Brentwood, organized with\\nthe remaining fragments of the brigade, and placed under\\ncommand of an officer of another regiment. This force was\\nsurrendered to the rebel general Forrest on the 25th of\\nMarch, 18(53, without the firing of a gun. The enlisted\\nmen were soon paroled and sent North the commissioned\\nofiicers were exchanged on the 25th of May following.\\nThe 19th was reorganized at Camp Chase, Ohio, and on\\nthe 8th of June, 1863, left Columbus to engage once more\\nin service at the front. It reached Nashville on the 11th,\\nand from that time was employed in ordinary camp and\\npicket duty until July, when it formed a part of Rosecrans\\ncolumn, advancing on Tullahoma. The regiment was ordered\\nback to Murfreesboro on the 23d of July, to do garrison\\nduty in the fortifications at that point and along Stone\\nRiver, where Company D was captured on the 5th of Oc-\\ntober by a rebel cavalry force, under Gen. Wheeler. After\\nhaving been plundered, the men were released on parole.\\nAbout the last of October the 19th was ordered to Mc-\\nMinnville, Tenn., where it remained engaged in the con-\\nstruction of fortifications and similar duty until the 21st of\\nApril, 18G4, when it was ordered to join its division, and\\nmarch with the strong columns of Sherman into Georgia. It\\nreached Lookout Valley on the 30lh, and moved forward\\nwith the army on the 3d of May, being then in the 1st\\nBrigade, 4th Division of the 20th Army Corps. Moving by\\nway of Buzzard Roost and Snake Creek Gap to Rcsaca, it\\nwas, with its brigade, desperately engaged in the battle at\\nthat place on the 15th, on which occasion it gallantly\\ncharged and captured a battery of the enemy, afterwards\\nholding the position against all efforts to retake it. It was\\nin that charge that Col. Gilbert received the wound from\\nwhich he died at Chattanooga on the 24th of May. The\\ntotal lo.ss of the 19th in killed and wounded was eighty-one.\\nThe regiment was also engaged at Cassville, Ga., on the\\n19th of May, at New Hope Church on the 25th, at Gol-\\ngotha on the 15th of June, and at Culp s Farm on the\\n22d of June having in these engagements eighty-three\\nofficers and men killed and wounded. Joining in the pur-\\nsuit of the enemy after his evacuation of the position and\\nworks at Kenesaw Mountain, the 19th, then under com-\\nmand of Maj. John J. Baker, crossed the Chattahoochee\\nand took part in the battle of Peach-Tree Creek, on the 20th\\nof July, in which its loss was thirty-nine killed, among the\\nlatter being its commander, Maj. Baker. During the re-\\nmainder of the siege of Atlanta the regiment was constantly\\non duty, much of the time under artillery fire, its loss\\nduring that time being eight killed and wounded.\\nIn the early days of November, 1864, the 19th was\\nquartered in the city of Atlanta, and on the 15th of that\\nmonth moved with its brigade (the 2d of the 3d Division,\\n20th Corps) on the storied march to Savannah, taking an\\nactive part in the siege of that city, until its evacuation, on\\nthe 21st of December. It remained near Savannah until\\nJan. 1, 1865, when, with the companion regiments of its\\ncommand, it moved across the Savannah River into South\\nCarolina. It crossed the Pedee River at Cheraw on the\\n2d of February arrived at Fayetteville, March II th de-\\nstroyed the arsenal and other public buildings at that place,\\nand moved thence towards Raleigh. On the 16th the\\nenemy was found in heavy force at Averysboro Here\\nthe 2d Brigade was ordered to assault the works, and carried\\nthem with great gallantry, capturing the guns and a large\\nnumber of prisoners, the loss of the 19th being nineteen\\nin killed and wounded. During the conflict of Benton-\\nville, on the 19th of March, the regiment stood in line of\\nbattle, but was not ordered to engage.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0From Bentonville the regiment moved to Goldsboro\\narriving there on the 24th of March, and then marched\\nto Raleigh. Here it remained until the war was\\nvirtually closed by the surrender of Johnston s army.\\nThen, with its corps, it faced northward, and marched\\nthrough Virginia to Alexandria, where it arrived on the\\n18th of May. Six days later it marched with the bronzed\\nand battered veterans of Sherman s army, on the 24th of\\nMay, through the streets of the national capital. Prom\\nthat time it remained in camp near Washington till June\\n10th, when it was mustered out of the service and ordered\\nto Michigan. Covered with honor, the men of the 19th\\nreturned to Jackson, and were there paid off and discharged,\\non or about the 15th of June, 1865.\\nMEMBERS OF THE NINETEENTH INFANTRY FROM V.\\\\N BUEEN\\nCOUNTY.\\nCompany A.\\n2d Liout. Eenben B. Larzalore, Hamilton com. Aug. 9, 1SC2; res. AuR. 7, 18(j3.\\nDaniel W. Broadheall, must, out June 10, 18G5.\\nFrank Frost, mnst. out June 10, 1805.\\nGeorge Lee, must, out June 10, 1805.\\nCharles E, Stever, ilii-il in action at Thompson Station, Tenn., March 5, 1S63.\\nCompanfi F.\\nlienjainiii Grosfent, must, out M.iy 20, 1805.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "NINETEENTH INFANTRY.\\n83\\nCiynipalijj G.\\n1. July 28, 1SI!2 died May 29, 18G4,\\nJan. n, ISC:! 2d lieut. July 28, 1SG2\\nDec. 17, 18G4; sergt. July U, 18C2\\nin. G, 18G:i; sergt. July IC, 1S62; res.\\nTgt. Aug. 1,1802; res.\\nCapt. Chas. W. liigelow. South Ilaren;\\nof wounds received at Dallas, Ga.\\nlet Lieut. John A. Stafford, Decatur; co\\nres. July 27, 1803.\\nlet Lieut. John Wilson, South Haven; c\\nmust out June 10, 18G5.\\n2d Lieut. A. J. McLachlin, Bangor; con\\nMay 25, 1804.\\n2d Lieut. A. J. Nynmn, Bangor; com. Sept. G, ISM;\\nApril 24,1805.\\nSergt. Augustus Bailey, South Haven enl. July 10, 1802 died of disease at\\nMurfree\u00c2\u00abhoro Sept. 0, 1803.\\nSergt. Orlando Van Hise, Decatur; eul. July 31, 18G2; pro. into U. S. C. T., Dec.\\n3, 1803. _\\nSergt. John Graham, South Haven; enl. July 31, 1862; pro. Ic 2d lieut. must.\\nout June 10, 1805.\\nCorp. Newton Chapman, Decatur enl. Aug. 11, 1862; must, out June 5, 1865.\\nCorp.Lsaac K. Evans, Keeler; enl. Aug. 14, 1862; disch. for disability, April 19,\\n1863.\\nCorp. Albert J. Olds, Hartford enl. Aug. 6, 1862; must, out Juno 10, 1865.\\nCorp. John Rea, Bangor enl. Aug. 11, 1862; absent, wounded not must, out\\nwith company.\\nMusician Phineas Watson, Geneva; enl. Aug. 14,1862; must, out June 10, 18G5.\\nMusician Solomon E. Stone, Decatur; enl. Aug. 12, 1862 must, out June 10,\\n1805.\\nWagoner Wm. H. Hubbard, South Haven; enl. July 14, 1862; must, out Juno\\n10, 1805.\\nWilliam Breed, died of disease at Eichmond, Va., March 29, 1803.\\nJohn Beechner, died of disease at Lynchburg, Va., March 22, 1803.\\nCharles H. Brown, died of disease at Nicholasville, Ky., Dec. 12, 18G2.\\nClark D. Bminard, died of disease at Nicholasville, Ky., Dec. 25, 1862.\\nErastus P. Brown, disch. for disability, Oct. 24, 1803.\\nChester Clark, disch. for disability, Feb. 1863.\\nWilliam M. Chambers, disch. for disability, June 8, 1863.\\nThomas W. Carroll, died of disease at Covington, Ky., Nov. 22, 1862.\\nJohn A. Dunham, died of wounds at Eesaca, Ga., May 17, 1804.\\nSilas De Long, must, out June 10, 1805.\\nHenry Delongay, must, out June 10, 1865.\\nCyrus Dopp, must, out June 10, 1865.\\nSelah J. Evans, disch. for disability, June 17, 1863.\\nMoses E. F. Eaton, disch. for disability, June 22, 1803.\\nCharles Freeman, must, out June 10, 1865.\\nJonathan W. Foster, must, out June 10, 1865.\\nElias B. Oilpen, died in action at Averysboro N. C, March 16, 1865.\\nGeorge Gowers, died of disease at Annapolis, Md., April 5, 1863.\\nGershom Hinckley, died of disease at Na.shville, Tenn., March 29, 1803.\\nJames Heald, discli. for disability, Jan. 20, 1863.\\nJames Hughes, must, out June 10, 1805.\\nPliilip Hughes, mU4t. out June 10, 1865.\\nPatrick H,and, must, out June 10, 1865.\\nThomiis Uortou, must, out June 10, 1805.\\nThomas W. Harvey, must, out June 10, 1865.\\nCharles W. Jones, must, out June 10, 1805.\\nJohn W. Kingston, must, out June 10, 1865.\\nFrederick Kieckner, must, out June 27, 1805.\\nOsmer Lester, must, out Jutjo Id, 1865.\\nJacob H. Lewis, must, out Juno 10, 1865.\\nMnnley B. McNitt, must, out June 10, 1865.\\nAaron Missinger.\\nOllin 0. Olds, must, out June 10, 1865.\\nAlmon Olds, must, out June 10, 1866.\\nEphraim E. Page, must, out June 10, 1865.\\nJohn Page, died of wounds at Nashville, Tenn., June 14, 1864.\\nAlmon J. Pierce, disch. for disability, Jan. 20, 1803.\\nHenry D. Boot, discli. for disability, Nov. 18, 1862.\\nUriah Beams, disch. tor disability, July 15, 1863.\\nSamuel Sweet, disch. for disability, April 23, 1863.\\nAaron Sweet, disch. for disability, April 25, 1863.\\nWilliam S. Stone, disch. for disability, Nov. 14, 1862.\\nBenjamin C. Sayles, died of disease at McMinnville, Tenn.\\nJohn W. Shearer, must, out July 19, 1805.\\nJerome Stone, must, out June 10, 1865.\\nLyman S. Sweet, must, out June 10, 1805.\\nAndrevf S. Shuff, must, out June 10, 1865.\\nSears J. Shepard, must, out June 10, 1865.\\nCharles D. Smitli, must, out June 10, 1865.\\nAzariah D. Sturvesant, must, out June 10, 1805.\\nGeorge W. Tuttio, accidentally killed at Porter, Mich., Juno 2, 1803.\\nGilmore Todd, must, out June 10, 1865.\\nJohn W. Vincent, must, out June 10, 1865.\\nJared Van Horn, died of disease at Nashville, Tenn., Marcli 12, 1803.\\nHenry White, must, out June 10, 1805.\\nCotnpaiiil H.\\nWilliam Graham, died of wounds at Eichmond, Va., March, 1803.\\nGeor\\nBoyd, Norman Davis\\n:e M. Kleet, died of wi\\nands at Chattan\\nTenn., Aug. 8, 1864.\\nBEERIEN COUNTY MEMBERS OF THE NINETEENTH INFANTEY.\\nField awl HUiff.\\nLieut.-Col. David Bacon, Niles; com. Aug. 8, 1862 wounded in action at Baton\\nRouge; res. April 3, 1863.\\nLieut.-Col. Eli A. Griffin, Niles. com. April 20, 1864; ma,)., Oct. 22, 1803; capt.,\\n0th Inf Aug. 19, 1801 died in action at Golgotha, Ga., June 15, 1804.\\nAdjt. Heury M. Brown, St. Joseph com. May 1, 1803 com. 1st lieut., Co. I res.\\nOct. 4, 1864.\\nQ.M. Warren Chapman, Sr. Joseph; com. Aug. 2, 1862; res. Nov. 17, 1862.\\nNmi-Cmnmi.ifui,ml Stag.\\nQ.M. Sergt. Lysander J. Brown, St. Joseph; enl. Aug. 12, 1802; died May 20,\\n1863.\\nPrincipal Musician Charles E. Bort, Eoyalton; trans, to Co. I.\\nCompatii/ A.\\n1st Lieut. Herbert M. Reynolds, Niles; enl. May 2.5,1804; pro. to 2d lieut, July\\n27, 1803; com. sergt. disch. for disability, July 20, 1804; 2d lieut.\\nLyman Carney, died in action at Thompson s Station, Tenn., March 5, 1863.\\nLee Chapman, disch. for disability, Aug. 27, 1863.\\nEdward C. Dix, must, out June 10, 1865.\\nM. D. L. Peters, must, out June 10, 1865.\\nMiKord Tice, died in action at Thompson s Station, March 4, 1803.\\nCompany li,\\nGeorge M. Kirk, died in action at Frederick, Md.\\nCouijtatiif C.\\nAlbert Newton, trans, to 10th Inf. must, out July 19, 1865.\\nEmanuel Einehard, trans, to 10th Inf. must, out July 19, 1865.\\nCompany D.\\nJeremiah Van Horn, must, out Sept. 8, 1865.\\nCompany G.\\nWilliam L. Black, trans, to 10th Inf.; must, out July 19, 1865.\\nFrancis Cooper, must, out June 10, 1865.\\nWilliam H. Cook, must, out June 10, 1805.\\nOrange Hutchins, must, out June 10, 1865.\\nWilliam Moore, must, out June 10, 1805.\\nAaron Messenger, died March 5, 1863, in Columl.ia, Tenn., of wounds.\\nIsaac A. Williams, died in rebel prison at S.alisbury, N. C, Jan. 27, 1805.\\nWinfleld Wilson, must, out June 4, 1805.\\nFranklin E. Wilson, must, out June 4, 1805.\\nAlbert H. Wheeler, must, out June 4, 1865.\\nEli Wittfery, must, out June 4, 1865.\\nCompany I.\\nCapt. Eichard Lysaght, St. Joseph com. July 25, 1862; res. June 6, 1803.\\nCapt. Charles H. Calmer, St. Joseph com. May 1, 1863 pro. to 2d lieut., July\\n26, 1862; died in action at Resaca, Ga., May 16, 1864.\\n1st Lieut. Heury M. Brown, St. Joseph; com. Aug. 11, 1862; app. adjt.. May 1,\\n1803.\\nSergt. Aaron F. Brewer, St. Joseph enl. Aug. II, 1862; pro. to 2d lieut.\\nSergt. Marvin Beamau, Eoyalton enl. Aug. 11, 1862; must, out July 10, 1805.\\nSergt. Geoige W. Livingston, St. Joseph eul. Auit. 21, 1802; died July 1, 1864,\\nof wounds received at Golgotha, Ga., June 15, 1804.\\nSergt. Charles A. Cronkhite, St. Joseph enl. Aug. 11, 1862; disch. for disability,\\nMarch 11, 1865.\\nSergt. George Brown, St. Joseph; enl. Aug. 12, 1862; disch. for disability, April\\n23,1863.\\nCorp. D. H. Stevenson, St. Joseph enl. Aug. 11, 1862 disch. March 6, 1863.\\nCorp. George W. Eiley, St. Joseph enl. Aug. II, 1802; must, out June 8, 1865.\\nCorp. Asher Lane, St. Joseph enl. Aug. 11, 1862 disch. for disability, June 17,\\n1803.\\nCorp. Frederick Clay, Eoyalton enl. Aug. 13, 1862 died in action at Golgotha,\\nGa., June 15, 1S04.\\nCorp. Thomas Eiley, St. Joseph enl. Aug. 11, 1862; must, out June 10, 1865.\\nCorp. George F. Stewart, St. Joseph enl. Aug. 22, 1802 pro. to sergt. 1st lieut.,\\nCo. F, March 29, 1805.\\nMusician Charles E. Bort, Eoyalton; enl. Aug. 12,1862; must, out June 10,\\n1865.\\nWagoner John Wilson, St. Joseph; eul. Aug. 15, 1862; must, out June 15,\\n1865.\\nSilas W. Allen, died of disease at Nashville, Tenn., April 11, 1803.\\nWilliam Bnndy, died of disease at Danville, Ky., Jan. 13, 1863.\\nJames M. Boswell, disch. for disability, April 21, 1863.\\nHenry L. Beaman. must, out June 10, 1805.\\nJohn Bradley, must, out Juno 10, 1805.\\nCharles Chanbeck, died of disease at Danville, Ky., Jan. 8, 1863.\\nEdward Cronan, disch. for disability, June U, 1803.\\nDaniel Calmer, must, out Juno 10, 1S05.\\nJoseph Clamfoot, must, out May 30, 1805.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "84\\nHISTORY OP BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nDaniel E. Dopp, must, out June 10, 1805.\\nPeter T. Dopp, must, out June 10, ISC\\nOscar Dee, must, out June 10, 1805.\\nWilliam A. Depuc, must, out June in, 1805.\\nWilliam G. Ensley, most, out July l:i. 1805.\\nJohn H. Fikes, must, out Jnne 1(1. 1805.\\nBenj. Fikes, must, out June 10, 1805.\\nBenjamin Green, disch. for disaliility. May 13, 1.S03.\\nMilo H.yde, must, out May 20, 1805.\\nAlexander Hunter, died of disea-se at Annapolis, Md., Juno 2, 1S03.\\nGeorge Koof, died of disease in Indiana, Feb. 14, 1805.\\nWilliam Kelsey, died in action at Thompson s Station, March 5, 180.3.\\nCharles McCain, died in rebel prison, Richmond, Va., March 22, 1863.\\nWilliam Morelock, died of wounds at Big Shanty, Ga., June 24, 1804.\\nTheodore Morelock, trans, to 10th Inf. must, out July 19, 1865.\\nPeter Mooth, trans, to lOth Inf.; must, out July 19, 1865.\\nHorace M. Pitcher, died while a prisoner, March 20, 1803.\\nJoseph Peiiland, died while at work on fortifrcations, Aug. 11, 1864.\\nCharles J. Peterson, died of disease at Murfreeslwro Sept. 17, 1803.\\nJerry Robicho, disch. for disability, June 1, 1803,\\nMartin V. Sherman, disch. for disability, June 17, 1863.\\nTimothy H. Spelman, died of disease at Annapolis, Md., April 11, 1863.\\nJames Snyder, died at Kno.\\\\ville, Tonn., April 20, 1864.\\nGeorge Thompson, disch. for disability, Apiil 23, 1803.\\nWilliam Wiese, disch. for disability, April 11, 1803.\\nThomas Waterman, disch. for disability, July 18, 1863.\\nWilliam W. Webster, died of diseiise at Murl i eesboro Sept. 17, 180:5.\\nTWENTY-FOURTH INFANTRY.\\nIn tlie earlier parts of its career there were no members\\nof the regiment from Van Buren or Berrien Counties. In\\nthe summer of 1864, however, its commander. Col. Henry\\nA. Morrow, now of the regular army, found that his regi-\\nment was below the minimum number, and was likely to be\\nconsolidated with some other organization. To avoid this\\nhe obtained, by the aid of Edgar A. Kimmel, of Niles, nearly\\nfifty recruits, who joined the regiment before Petersburg in\\nSeptember and October, lSt)4, bringing it up to the required\\nnumber and saving its organization. Mr. Kimmel was\\ncommissioned as first lieutenant. Afterwards more recruits\\njoined the regiment from Berrien County, making the whole\\nnumber of members from that county near one hundred.\\nThe Berrien County men first mentioned, as well as those\\nwho followed, were distributed among the various compa-\\nnies. The first fight of the regiment, after the arrival of\\nthe Berrien County squad, was at Hatcher s Run, on the\\n27th of October, 18G4. It was not in the thickest of the\\nfight. The division to which it belonged -the 3d in the\\n5th Corps lost its way in tlie dense forest, and about dark\\nran almost against a rebel breastwork. Falling back a\\ntrifle, the men bivouacked within musket-range of the foe.\\nSoon after, a rebel division, which was also at a loss as to\\nits location, marched in behind the Union division. In the\\nconfusion which ensued some of the men of the latter were\\ncaptured, but the division succeeded in taking a much\\nlarger number from the enemy.\\nAfter its return to Petersburg the regiment was engaged\\non trench and picket duty until the 5th of December, when\\nit moved with its corps and other forces against the Wel-\\ndon Railroad, which was destroyed for about twenty miles.\\nThere was no general engagement, but continuous fighting\\nfor several days.\\nThe usual siege d,uties before Petersburg occupied the\\ntime of the regiment until the 5th of February, 18G5, when\\nit moved witli the army to Hatcher s Run, and on the 6th\\nand 7th it was liotly engaged with the enemy at Dabney s\\nMills. Col. Morrow was shot through the body, and one\\nother oflRcer and twenty men were killed and wounded.\\nOn the 11th of February, the 24th left Petersburg and\\nproceeded to Springfield, III., where it was on duty at the\\ndraft rendezvous until the end of the war, being principally\\noccupied in guarding conscripts and taking them to the\\nfront. When the body of President Lincoln was brought\\nhome for interment, the 24th acted as the escort at his\\nfuneral. On the 19th of June, 1865, the regiment left\\nSpringfield for Detroit, and on the 3d of the same month\\nwas mustered out of service at the latter place, being soon\\nafter paid off and disbanded.\\nMEMBERS OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH INFANTRY FROM BERRIEN\\nCOUNTY.\\nNon-CmnmissioTied Slajf.\\nHosp. Steward Owen Churchill, Niles; enl. Aug. 24, 1864; must out June 30,\\n1865.\\nConipanij A.\\nRiihard Burr, must, out Jnne 30, 1865.\\nSelah House, must, out June 30, 1865.\\nAlex. P. Manamy, must, out June 30, 1805.\\nGeo. F. Niles, must, out June 30, 1805.\\nCoinpmiy B.\\nCalvin W. Aiken, must, out June 30, 1805.\\nCharles Brunke, must, out June .30, 1805.\\nWm. II. Emmons, must, out June 30, 1865.\\nBu rkhardt Freund, must, out June 30, 1865.\\nXiuther Hemingway, must, out June 30, 1805.\\nWm. Sullivan, must, out June 30, 1805.\\nLorenzo Smith, inudt. out June 30, 1865.\\nContpauii\\nJames Bo\\\\irdon, must, out June 30, 1865.\\nJames Breen, must, out June 30, 1805.\\nWm. Burlingame, must, out June 30, 1865.\\nAri-a Cook, must, out June 30, 1865.\\nPatrick English, must, ont June 30, 1805.\\nJolin R. Field, must, out June 30, 1865.\\nThos. Gendersou, must, out June 30, 1805.\\nJerome Head, must, out June 30, 1865.\\nJohn Hutchinson, must, out June 30, 1865.\\nJohn J. Hart, must, out June 30, 1865.\\nDavis L. Hurlburt, must, out June 30, 1805.\\nAlexander Lamond, must, out June 5, 1800.\\nWalter S. Mizner, must, out June 30, 1865.\\nAndrew E. Mitchell, died of disease in Illiuoi.\u00c2\u00bb, April 22. 1865.\\nJames M. Noel, must, uut Juno 30, 1805.\\nJames St. John, must, out June 30, 1865.\\nOscar St. John, must, out June 30, 1805.\\nJames h. Sharp, must, out June 30, 1805.\\nTheodore Swain, must, out June 30, 1805.\\nJames S. Stafford, must, out June 30, 1805.\\nGideon B. Stiles, died of disea.se at Niles. Nov. 5, 1804.\\nAmos A. Thompson, must, out June 3U, 186.5.\\nFrank Verbanm, must, out June 30, 1S05.\\nompavj/ I).\\nChiirles A. Champion, nmst. out June 30, 1865.\\nHenry Varsop, must, out June 30, 1865.\\nCnmpnii;/ E.\\nHenry Aldridge, died of wounds at Baltimore, Feb. 22, 1805.\\nHenry Bradley, must, out June 30, 1805.\\nFrederick H. Eisenhardt, must, out June 30, 1865.\\nDiiyton Fuller, must, out Juno 30, 1805.\\nJames S. Gender, must, out June 30, 1865.\\nJohn H. Hawkins, must, out June .30, 186.5.\\nE])hraim P. St ntton, must, out Juno 30, 1805.\\nJ.din Talbot, must, out June 30, 1865.\\nuis W. Rutledge, Galii\\ni-mpmni t.\\nt. out Juno 3IJ, 1SC5\\n2d Lieut. Andrew J. BucUIin, Niles; com\\nWm. B. Flanigan, must, ont June 30. 1806.\\nHarvey B. Hall, must, out June 30, 1865.\\niimpaii l II.\\nFnink Higbee, must, out June 3(1, 1805.\\nFrederick W. Holnics, must, out June 30, 1805.\\nSept. 27, l(-04 resigned May 3, 1865,", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "TWENTY-FIFTH INFANTRY.\\n85\\nI.\\nThos. Evans, must, out June 30, 1865.\\nJames H. Nostrand, must, out June 30, 1865.\\nJohn O Connor, must, out June 30, 1863.\\nJackson Itobertson, must, out June 30, 1$G5.\\nCompany K.\\n1st Lieut. Edgar A. Kimmel.Niles; com. Sept. 27, 1S04 must, out Juno 30, 1805.\\nWni. H. Ames, must, out Juno 30, 18G5.\\nWm. Breen, must, out June 30, 1866.\\nDavid Boyd, must, out June 30, 1865.\\n\\\\Vm. L. Condit, must, out June 30, 1805.\\nFranklin Oelbretzcr, died of disease in Illinois, April 23, 1865.\\nHenry Griffilli, must, out June 30, 1865.\\nHenry L. Morse, must, out June 30, 1865.\\nAnson Miller, must, out June 30, 1865.\\nCharles Pike, must, out June 30, 1865.\\nHenry Smith, must, out June 30, 1865.\\nWm. W. Serviss, must, out June 30, 1865.\\nSilas J. Tomlinson, died of disease at Alexandria, Dec. 5, 1804.\\nVAN BUEBN SOLDIERS IN THE TWENTY-FOURTH INFANTRY.\\nAnthony Hawkins, Co. B must, out June 30, 1805.\\nPeter A. Di-an, Co. H must, out June 30, 1805.\\nIsaac F. Parrish, Vo. K; must, out June 30, 1865.\\nElijah J. Khinehart, Co. K must, out June 30, 1865.\\nRichard A. Ward, Co. K must, out June 30, 1865.\\nCHAPTER XL\\nTWENTY-FIFTH AND T WENTY-SIXTH IN-\\nFANTBY.\\nBerrien Companies in the Twenty-Fifth Infantry Departure for\\nKentucky and Winter Quarters at Bowling Green Fight at Tibbs\\nBend, Ky. The G reen River Boys Siege of Kno.wille The\\nAtlanta Campaign Pursuit of Gen. Hood Transfer to North\\nCarolina Muster Out of Service Berrien and Van Buren Soldiers\\nin the Twenty-Filth\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Organization of the Twenty-Sixth Infantry\\nService at Sutfolk, Va., and on the Peninsula Transfer to New\\nYork Harbor Return to Army of the Potomac Mine Run, the\\nWilderness Campaign, and Petersburg Appomattox Muster Out\\nSoldiers from Berrien County in the Twenty-Sixth.\\nTWENTY-FIFTH INFANTRY.\\nDuring the general uprising of the people which fol-\\nlowed McClellan s disasters on the Virginia peninsula, in\\nthe summer of 1862, six regiments of infanti y were raised\\nfrom the several Congressional districts of the State. Upon\\nthe organization of these, there was still found a surplus of\\ncompanies, raised by the patriotic young men of Michigan,\\nand the 25th Infantry was constituted from that surplus.\\nThree of its companies were from Berrien County, -Com-\\npany C, from Berrien Springs and vicinity Company F,\\nfrom Niles and vicinity and Company K, from Buchanan\\nand vicinity.\\nThe regiment rendezvoused at Kalamazoo, and on the\\n29th of September left that place for Louisville, Ky. It\\nmoved thence to Munfordsvllle, Ky., on the 8th of Decem-\\nber, 1862, where it remained until the 8tli of January,\\n1863. It then proceeded to Bowling Green, Ky., and re-\\nmained there during the rest of the winter. On the 20th\\nof March, 1863, the regiment moved to Lebanon, Ky., and\\ntook part, under Gen. Manson, in the pursuit of the rebels\\nunder Gen. Pegram. It then went to Louisville, where it\\nwas employed as provost-guard.\\nOn the 10th of June five companies (including Com-\\npanies F and K of Berrien Couoty), under Col. 0. H.\\nMoore, the commander of the regiment, were ordered to\\nGreen River. They took post at Tibbs Bend, near Co-\\nlumbia, a place where that river makes a circuit, inclosing\\na peninsula united by a narrow neck to the main land.\\nMany details had been made from the five companies of\\nthe garrison, so that there were only about two hundred\\nmen of the 25th present for duty. There were al.so about\\ntwenty bridge-builders detailed from various other regi-\\nments. There was no artillery.\\nOn the 2d of July, Col. Moore learned that the celebrated\\npartisan. Gen. John H. Morgan, was approaching with a\\ndivision of rebel horsemen. A breastwork was imme-\\ndiately built across tlie neck before mentioned, and then\\nthe little band quietly awaited the result.\\nAbout three o clock in the morning of the 4th of July,\\n1863, just as the first flush of dawn was beginning to tinge\\nthe sky, the long column of the enemy appeared and formed\\na line of battle in front of the breastwork. The Confederates\\nopened on the Unionists with two guns, doubtless for the\\npurpose of letting them know that the former had artillery,\\nfor immediately afterwards several horsemen rode up with\\na flag of truce. Capt. Spencer S. Lansing, of Company\\nF (now city marshal of Niles), who was in command at the\\nfront, received the bearers, and sent back to Col. Moore the\\nwritten communication which they presented. Ere long\\nthe colonel, who was an ofiicer of the regular army, came\\nriding up.\\nAh, captain! said he to Lansing, I see you have\\nsome visitors this morning.\\nYes, replied the captain allow me to introduce Maj.\\nElliott, of Gen. Morgan s command.\\nThe major was the bearer of dispatches, but Col. Basil\\nDuke, Morgan s right-hand man, was also one of the party.\\nCol. Moore courteously saluted his enemies, and at once\\nbegan chatting with them on indiS erent subjects, without\\nmentioning the communication from Morgan. Presently,\\nhowever, Col. Duke said to Elliott,\\nThis won t do we are losing time. Ascertain imme-\\ndiately what answer we are to take back to Gen. Morgan.\\nOh, excuse me, gentlemen, .=aid Col. Moore I be-\\nlieve I did receive a communication from Gen. Morgan\\nlet us see what it says.\\nHe took the paper from his pocket, and read nearly as\\nfollows\\nTo THF COM-IIANDER 01 THE UnITEJ) StATI^S FOHCES AT TiBBs\\nBend\\nI, John H. Morgan, major-general in the array of the Confederate\\nStates, hereby demand the immediate and unconditional surrender of\\nthe troops and post under your orders.\\nJohn H. Morgan, Maj.-Gen. C.S.A.\\nWell, major, said Col. Moore, smiling as he folded up\\nthe paper, and speaking as pleasantly as if he were convers-\\ning with a friend at the breakfast-table, please present my\\nbest compliments to Gen. Morgan, and say to him for me\\nthat this is the Fourth day of July, a day held sacred in\\nthe feelings of every American. If it were any other time\\nI might possibly take his demand into consideration but\\non this day be kind enough to say to him, with my com-\\npliments, that I ll see him damned first.\\nLet us be ofl said Duke, sharply, and the next mo-\\nment the party of Confederates was galloping swiftly back\\ntowards Morgan s line.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nCol. Moore then ordered Capt. Lansing to hold the right\\nof the position with Company F, while he himself took\\ncharge of the left and centre. The colonel ordered all his\\nmen to lie down behind the breastworks, and then, standing\\nerect in their rear, spoke to them in a low but clear voice\\nNow, men, this is the Fourth of July, and we must\\ndie right here in our tracks before we let those fellows whip\\nus. You must all lie perfectly quiet until I order you to\\nrise and fire. There are two pieces of artillery dii ectly in\\nfront of you, which you can t see now, but which you will\\nsee when you rise up, and there are thirty or forty rebel\\nofficers around them. I want every man of you, when the\\ncommand is given, to fire at that artillery and those officers.\\nDo you all hear me\\nYes, yes, replied the men.\\nAttention, battalion stand up ready aim fire\\nWith the last word nearly two hundred rifles cracked at\\nonce, all aimed at the group around the rebel guns. It was\\nafterwards learned that twenty-three Confederate officers\\nwere killed and wounded by that discharge. This disas-\\ntrous opening greatly depressed the spirits of the rebels,\\nand contributed greatly to their defeat.\\nGen. Morgan then sent a large force of dismounted men\\nto flank the right of the Union line. They got as far as a\\ngorge cut out by the rains in the bank of the river near\\nthe breastwork, but they could get no farther. The men\\nof Company F, who were mostly excellent marksmen, cut\\nthem down by the score, and at length they gave up the\\nattempt. Then the whole Confederate force, dismounted,\\nmade a grand charge on the breastwork, but the rifles of\\nthe men of Michigan blazed with pitiless aim and incessant\\nfury; the killed and wounded among the assailants fell at\\nevery step, and at length this efi ort was also abandoned.\\nDuring a lull in the combat. Col. Moore rode back for a\\nfew moments to bring up his little reserve, and when he re-\\nturned he found that, through some mistake, all of his first\\nline except Company F had retired to the second line of\\ndefense, which was a slashing, stretching across the penin-\\nsula. Company F was then ordered back to the second\\nline, and slowly retired, fighting as they went, under the\\ndirection of Capt. Lansing. The latter especially noticed\\nLieut. Tennant, since deceased, setting the example of stub-\\nborn resistance, retreating step by step, and firing in rapid\\nsuccession at the enemy from the revolver which he held\\nin either hand.\\nCol. Moore, having arranged his little command at his\\nsecond line, firmly awaited the advance of the enemy. The\\nConfederates came on, and again and again essayed to carry\\nthe position, but in vain. Notwithstanding their over-\\nwhelming numbers, they could not make head against the\\nrifles of the Michigan boys, and at length gave up the\\nattempt in despair after the fight had lasted four or five\\nhours.\\nAfter there had been a long silence on the part of the\\nassailants. Col. Moore ordered Capt. Lansing to make a\\nreconnoissance. He advanced cautiously with a small de-\\ntachment, and at length reached the point used by Morgan\\nas a hospital. There he found some of the wounded rebels,\\nwho, mostly severely injured, were in charge of a Confed-\\nerate surgeon, who gave his word that Morgan had left, and\\nhanded Capt. Lansing a written message to Col. Moore\\nfrom Gen. Morgan, requesting permission to bury his dead.\\nThis was granted, and the task was no slight one, for the\\nMichigan rifles had killed and wounded more men than\\nthere were in the Union ranks, or nearly two hundred and\\nfifty. It is doubtful if any other conflict of the war showed\\nas severe a loss inflicted by so few defenders. One colonel\\n(Chenault), two majors, five captains, and six lieutenants\\nwere killed outright. The Union loss was about eight\\nkilled and twenty wounded.\\nMorgan moved forward from Tibbs Bend, and captured,\\nwithout difficulty, two or three other bodies of troops, each\\nmuch larger than the one which defended that post. In\\nfact, the Confederate chieftain, who seems to have had a\\nspice of humor in his composition, was so much impressed\\nwith the extraordinary character of the defense that he\\nsent back a communication to Col. Moore, breveting him a\\nbrigadier-general in the United States army.\\nThe Legislature of Kentucky unanimously passed a reso-\\nlution thanking Col. Moore and hi\u00c2\u00ab men for their gallant\\ndefense, and Gen. HartsufT, the commander of the depart-\\nment, ordered that a flag should be erected on the field of\\nbattle, which should fly as long as there was a tatter left, in\\ncommemoration of Michigan valor. The Fourth of July,\\n1863, was distinguished as the day of the surrender of\\nVicksburg, and also as witnessing the retirement of the\\nbeaten foe from the field of Gettysburg but the battle of\\nGreen River, though less important, was certainly no less\\nhonorable to those engaged. Its lame spread throughout\\nthe Army of the Cumberland, and thenceforth the 25th\\nMichigan Infantry was almost universally known by the\\nname of the Green River Boys.\\nThe five companies which had remained at Louisville\\njoined the rest of the regiment at Lebanon on the 19th of\\nAugust, and on the same day the regiment began its march\\nwith the 23d Corps, being in the 1st Brigade, 2d Division,\\nover the Cumberland Mountains into East Tennessee.\\nAfter various movements back and forth through the val-\\nley of the Tennessee, it was stationed at Kingston, a few\\nmiles from Knoxville, on the 9th of November, to aid in\\ndefending the latter town, then threatened by the enemy.\\nThe 25th remained at Kingston during the celebrated siege\\nof Knoxville, and on the 26th of November aided in re-\\npulsing a sharp attack by the Confederates under Gens.\\nWheeler and Armstrong.\\nLeaving Kingston on the 4th of December, it was occu-\\npied during the winter of 1863-64 in numerous tedious\\nmarches up and down the valley of the Tennessee, being\\nstationed for brief periods at Mossy Creek, Knoxville and\\nMorristown, and other places, again camping at Mossy Creek\\non the 12th of March, 1864. It remained there until the\\n26th of April, preparing for the summer campaign, and\\nthen moved into Georgia, where it joined Gen. Sherman s\\narmy in its advance on Atlanta.\\nAt Rocky-Face Ridge the 25th was ordered forward\\nagainst the almost impregnable position. It advanced with\\ngreat gallantry, and two companies, extended in skirmish-\\nline, dashed forward, drove the rebels from their rifle-pits,\\nand occupied them themselves. The troops on both flanks\\nof the 25th, however, fell back, and the regiment was ordered", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "TWENTY-FIFTH INFANTRY.\\n87\\nto lie down. Capt. Lansing, findinc; himself the ranking\\nofficer of the force thus circumstanced, moved it back with-\\nout loss to the shelter of the woods. The division to which\\nit belonged then climbed a portion of the ridge, and rein-\\nforced Gen. Harker The next day Gen. Barker s division\\ncarried the main position of the enemy by assault, losing\\nsix hundred men killed, among whom was its gallant com-\\nmander.\\nSkirmishing all the way, the regiment advanced with the\\narmy to Resaca. There Gen. Judah ordered the brigade\\nto which it belonged to charge one of the enemy s forts\\nwith the bayonet. The brigade did so, but the 25th was\\nthe only regiment which reached the foot of the intrench-\\nments, having many of its men killed and wounded on the\\nway. Alone, and decimated every moment by the fire of\\nthe well-protected foe, it could go no farther, and was obliged\\nto seek shelter in the bed of a creek, where the men\\nremained, half under water, until night, when they returned\\nto their comrades.\\nAt Lost Mountain the enemy, as usual, had the choice of\\nposition, and was heavily intrenched. After his skirmishers\\nhad been driven back to his main line, a Union battery,\\nwhich was supported by Gen. Cooper s brigade, to which\\nthe 25th belonged, opened on the foe, principally to as-\\ncertain his strength. The cannon-balls and shells, how-\\never, were pitched with such rapidity and accuracy into the\\nrebel breastworks that the occupants swarmed out en masse\\nand scampered up the hill in the rear. Gen. Cooper saw that\\nwas the time to strike, and immediately ordered his brigade\\nto advance. The men went swiftly forward the Confeder-\\nates continued to retreat; a gap was opened in their lines,\\ninto which the brigade entered the news of the break spread\\nright and left among the Union commanders: brigade after\\nbrigade, division after division, swept forward to the attack\\nthe Confederates gave way at every point, and were pur-\\nsued eleven miles.\\nThe regiment was also engaged, though less prominently,\\nat Pine Mountain, June 15, 1SG4; at Gulp s Farm, June\\n22d and at Nickajack Creek, July 1st. On the 9th of\\nJuly it crossed the Chattahoochee, and on the 22d appeared\\nbefore Atlanta. It took an active part in the siege of that\\nplace^and on the 6th of August it aided in carrying, by\\na gallant charge, the enemy s works near East Point. It\\nalso participated in the flank movement to the rear of At-\\nlanta at Jonesboro which resulted in the evacuation of the\\nformer place. During the campaign it had been under fire\\nfifty-eight days.\\nAfter a short stay at Decatur, Ga., the 25th moved north\\nwith its corps in pursuit of Gen. Hood. Reaching John-\\nsonville, Tenn., on the 5th of November, it remained there\\nuntil the 14th, when it marched with its brigade to Centre-\\nville, where it was engaged in guarding important fords\\nacross Duck River. Still moving northward, it was engaged,\\nthough not very severely, at the battle of Franklin, on the\\n30th of November, 1864.\\nSoon after, it was ordered with its brigade to Nashville,\\nbut, as Gen. Hood had invested that city and lay directly in\\nfront of the command in question, the latter was obliged to\\nmake a long circuit by way of Clarksville, during which it\\nwas at one time entirely within the rebel lines. Under\\ncover of a dark night, however, it made its way out,\\nreaching Nashville on the 8th of December, and on the\\n15th and 16th was slightly engaged in the battle before\\nthat city, having eight men killed and wounded.\\nThe regiment then marched with the 23d Corps in pur-\\nsuit of Hood. With that corps it was afterwards transported\\nfrom Columbia, Tenn., over a circuit of thousands of miles,\\nby way of Washington, D. C, to North Carolina, where it\\ntook part with Gen. Schofield s army in extinguishing the\\nlast remnants of life in the expiring hydra of treason.\\nAfter the surrender of the Confederate army commanded\\nby Gen. Johnston, the regiment remained at Salisbury,\\nN. C., until the 24th of June, 1865, when it was mustered\\nout of service and set out for Michigan. It arrived at\\nJackson on the 2d of July, 1865, where it was paid ofi\\nand discharged.\\nBERRIEN COUNTY MEMBERS OF THE TWKNTV-FIFTH INFANTRY.\\nFit ld and Staff.\\nAdj. Chas. Wuodniff, Njles; com. April 7, 1864; scrgt. niaj., Jan, 14, 1864; 2d\\nlieut. Co. K must, out June 24, 1865.\\nompttHif C.\\nCapt. Cihas. E. McCollislcr, Oronoko com. Aug. 10, 1862 res. May 11, 1853.\\nCapt. Jacob Ewalt, Oronoko; com. Maroli 13, 1863; 1st lieut. Aug. lu, 1862;\\ndisch. lor disability, Oct. 10, 1864.\\nCapt. Clarence H. Howe, Oronoko com. Nov. 1, 1864; 2d lieut. .March l;l, 1864\\nsergt., Aug. 12, 1862 must, out June 24, 1865.\\niBt Lieut. Edwin F. Kimmel, Oronoko com. March 13, 1863 2d lieut. Aug. 1,\\n1862 res. Sept. 23, 1864.\\n2d Lieut. Jos. L. Carli-Ie, Oronoko; com, Feb, 24, 1865; 2d lieut., Nov. 1, 1864;\\nsergt,. Aug, 11,1862; must, out June 24,1805.\\nSergt. Ezra E. Dunn, Buchanan enl, Aug, 9, 1862 died of disease at Bowling\\nGreen, Ky,, March 20, 1863,\\nSergt. Marion W. Jennings, Pipestone; enl. Aug. 13, 1862; must, out June 24,\\n1865.\\nSergt. Benj, F, Feather, Oronoko enl. Aug. 11, 1862 trans, to Inv. Corps, July,\\n1863 must, out July 8, 1865.\\nSergt. Roulen H. Eichardson, Oronoko; Corp., Aug. 1, 1862; must, out Juno 24,\\n1865.\\nCorp. James W. Granger, Oronoko; enl, Aug. II, 1862; must, out June 24,1865.\\nCorp. Sylvester P, Mason, Buchanan enl. Aug. 15, 1802 disCh. for disability,\\nFell. 24, 1863.\\nCorp. Francis M. Douj^herty, Oronoko; enl. Aug. 11, 1862 disch. for disability.\\nSept. 21, 1863.\\nCorp. Abram Long, Oronoko enl. Aug. 13, 1862; trans, to Inv. Corps, Dec. 15,\\n1863,\\nCorp. Alfred French, Royaltun enl. Aug. 9, 1802 disch. by orler, May 29,\\n1865.\\nCorp. Eli Uclmick, Oronoko; ejil. Aug. 15, 1862; must, out June 25, 1865.\\nMusician Win. H, Dennisun, Oi onoko enl. Aug. 14, 1862 died of disease at\\nBowling Green, Jan. 16, 1863.\\nWagoner Elliot Chamberlain, Orouoko; eul. Aug. 18, 1802; died of disease at\\nLouisville, July 27, 1803.\\nJames B. Alden, must, out June 24, 1866,\\nOrange L. Blake, must, out June 24, 1805,\\nJohn A, Bui-ke, must, out June 24, 1865.\\nSamuel C, Burke, must, out June 24, 1805.\\nLavinius Bratt, must, out June 21, 1865.\\nJosephus Brownell, must, out June 24, 1865,\\nPorter H, Buckley, must, out June 24, 1805.\\nPeter Bovee, disch. by order, July IS, 1863.\\nReuben Cnlbretzer, nmst. out June 24, 1865.\\nEli N. Crabbe, must out June 24, 1805.\\nMilton Cowley, must, out July 4, 1805,\\nDorman Curtis, must, out June 24, 1805.\\nRalph Denn, must, out June 24, 1805.\\nAlanson Dickerson, must, out June 24, 1805.\\nAmbrose Dickerson, nmst. out June 24, 1805.\\nThos. Daker.must. out June 24, 1865.\\nWm. Desler, trans, to Vet. Res. Corps.\\nJesse Fisher, nmst. out June 24, 1865.\\nB. P. Ferris, mu^t. out June 24, 1865.\\nBelhuel H. Friley, must, out June 24, 1805.\\nStephen E, Gilbert, died of accidentia wouniis, March 31, 1803.\\nAbel Goddard, disch. for disability, June 16, 1863.\\nEdwin S. Hadlock, must, out June 24, 1866.\\nWm. B. Hartnian, must, out June 24, 1865.\\nWm. Hunter, must, out June 24, 1865.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nPeter IlHmphrey, died of disease at Bowling Green, Ky., Marcli 9, 1863.\\nTFmik .lern, Dinst. out Juno 24, 1865.\\nWill. H. Jones, trans, to 28tli Inf.; must, out June 5, 1866.\\nGeo. H. Kinimel, must, out May 31, 1805.\\nSamuel Kiiiimel, must, out June 29, 186,5.\\nJohn A. Kcbler, must, out July 1, 1865, from Vet. Res. Corps.\\nAlbert Kuglcs, must, out June 24, 1865.\\nLudoVic Leeds, must, luit June 24, 1865.\\nIsaac Long, must, out June 24, 1865.\\nStephen Lappaii, must, out June 24,1865.\\nEichaid Lawrence, disch. f.ir disability, Jan. 9, 1863.\\nNott. Lockman, distli. for disability, Juno 16, 1863.\\nJonathan Mosier, disch. for disability. May 9, 1863.\\nGeo. D. Matlier, died in action at Resaca, Ga., May 14, 1864.\\nGeo. W. M.vers, must, out June 24, 1865.\\nSimeon McOmber, must, out June 24, 1865.\\nHenry P. Movier, must, out June 24, 1865.\\nIsaac Maddox, must, out June 24, 1865.\\nChaa. S. Mead, must, ont June 5, 1860.\\nGeorge Mallison, must, out June 5, 1806.\\nHenry Near, died of disease at Louisville, Ky., Feb. 6, 1.S05.\\nMerritt Nichols, niu t. out from Vet. Ues. CorjM, June 12, 1805.\\nPatrick E. O Brien, must, ont from A et. Res. Corps, July 7, 1865.\\nWni. P. Olds, must, out July 2, 1865.\\nJoel Pangburn, must, out June 24, 1865.\\nBenj. F. Potter, must, out June 24, 1805.\\nAaron Puntivers, must, out Juno 24, 1865.\\nWm. R. Place, trans, to 2Sth Inf.; must out June 6, 1866.\\nWm. E. Patterson, disch. for disability. May 8, 1863.\\nDelos Reed, disch. by order, July 18, 1863.\\nJohn P. Rooney, died of disease at Bowling Green, Ky., Feb. 16, 1803.\\nGalen R. Rogers, died of disease at Bowling Green, Ky., Feb. 17, 1863.\\nJonathan Ressler, must, out June 24, 1865.\\nMyron H. Roberts, must, out June 24, 1805.\\nReuben H. Richardson, must, out June 24, 1865.\\nFrederick Simons, must, out June 24, 1865.\\nSamuel StuUer, must, out June 24, 1865.\\nNathan Smith, must, out Oct. 28, 1865.\\nWra. H. Shankwiler, must, out June 24, 1865.\\nJ. Shankwiler, died of disease at Knoxville, Tenn., April 21, 1864.\\nStephen Simons, died of disease at Bowling Green, Marcli 29, 1863.\\nNoah St. John, disch. for disability, June 16, 1863.\\nJohn A. Sperinar, disch. for disability, July 21, 1864.\\nAndrew J. Tebbs, trans, to Vet. Res. Corps, Jan. 15, 1804.\\nJames M. Taylor, must, out June 25, 1865.\\nChas. E. Terriere, must, ont Jnne 25, 1865.\\nPeter JL Van Husan, must, out June 25, 1805.\\nMichael Van Husan, disch. for disability, March 10, 1863.\\nSolomon Wirrick. disch. for disability, Dec. 21, 186:i.\\nBenj. Wirrick, disch. for disability. May 22, 1865.\\nJohn Williams, discli. by order, July, 1863.\\nDavid H. Whipple, trans, to 28th Inf. must, out June 5, 1866.\\nCompiittij F.\\nCapt. Spencer L. Lansing, Niles; com. Aug. 10, 1862; distil, for disability, Oct.\\n28, 1864.\\nCapt. Irving Paddock, Three Oaks; com. May 8, 1865; 1st lieut., Nov. 1, 1804;\\nsergt., Aug. 14, 1862 must, ont June 24, 1865.\\nIst Lieut. Gideon Frisbie, Avery; com. Aug. 10, 1862; disch. for disability,\\nSept. 24, 1864.\\n1st Lieut. Henry Bond, Niles; com. May 8, 1865 2d lieut., Nov. 2, 1804; Kergt.,\\nAug. 11, 1862; mn,\u00c2\u00abt. out June 24, 1865.\\n2d Lieut. Artliur Twombly, Niles; com. Aug. 10, 1862; res. Sept. 18, 1864.\\nSergt. Chas. Woodruff, Niles enl. Aug. 14, 1862 pro. to sergt. maj., Jan. 14, 1862.\\nSergt. Henry B. Adams, Niles; enl. Aug. 7, 1862; dieil of disease at Knoxville,\\nTenn., Feb. 20, 1864.\\nSergt. Julius C. Webb, Niles; Corp., Aug. 14, 1862; must, out June 24, 1865.\\nCorp. Don A. Clark, Niles; enl. Ang. 13, 1862; died Dec. 25, 1864, of wounds re-\\nceived Aug. 6, 1864.\\nCorp. Peter G. Cuddeback, Berrien; enl. Aug. 13, 1802; died July 4, 1863, of\\nwounds received at Tibbs Bend.\\nCorp. Henry T. Kimmel, Niles enl. Aug. 14, 1862 disch. by order, Feb. 27, 1863.\\nCorp. Joel F. Warner, New Buffalo; enl. Aug. 14,1862; must, out June 24, 1865.\\nCorp. Byron W. Earl, Niles; enl. Aug. 7, 1862; trans, to Iiiv. Corps, Feb. 15,1804.\\nCorp. Thos. tjuigley, Niles enl. Aug. 13, 1862 disch. for disability, Jan. 20, 1 805.\\nMusician Isaac McDaniel, Niles enl. Aug. 9, 1862 died of disease at Murfrees-\\nboro Tan. 16,1863.\\nDavid C. Bachelor, trans, to Vet. Rea. Corps, May 1,1864.\\nHenry Bowman, must, ont June 24, 1805.\\nThos. D. Bines, must, out June 21, 1805.\\nJohn IJouike, must, out Juno 24, 1865.\\nChas. U. Burbank, must, out June 21, 1865.\\nKellison Collins, disch. for disability, Feb. 24, 1805.\\nFrederick W. Doane, disch. for disability, April 23, 1863.\\nJerry Doolan, tiaus. to Vet. Res. Corps, April l(i, 1864.\\nJohn Davis, must, out June 24, 1865.\\nJames Kdgiri, from Vet. Res. Corps must, out July 5, 1865.\\nJames Fallon, disch. for disability, Feb. 18, 1803.\\nMorris Frisbee, must, out Juno 24, 1805.\\nWm. Gray, must, out June 24, 1805.\\nJohn J. Garris in, must, out June 24, 1805.\\nFrancis W. Gano, must, out June 10. 1805.\\nNathan Gilbert, must, out June 24, 1865.\\nThos. J. Gilbert, must, out June 24, 180.5.\\nJustus H. Hastings, must, out June 24, 1805.\\nLevi Hoover, disch. for disability, April 4, 1863.\\nGeo. C. Inman, trans, to Vet. Res. Corps, Feb. 15, 1864.\\nEdwin G. Loncks, must, out June 24, 1865.\\nLeroy Lamunion, must, out June 24, 1865.\\nWm. Lahey, must, out June 24, 1866.\\nJohn W. McKee, must, out June 24, 1805.\\nJohn McClarey, disch. by order, July 20,1863.\\nJames McGurk, disch. for disability, Aug. 28, 1803.\\nArbuth M. Nott, disch. for disability, Sept. 4, 1803.\\nI bilo Norton, must, out June 24, 186.5.\\nThos. O Callaghan, must, out Jnne 24, 1865.\\nWm. M. Otwell, must, out June 24, 1865.\\nEmory Otwell, disch. by order, July 20, 1863.\\nAndrew J. Painter, must, out June 24, 1865.\\nHoratio H. Richardson, must, out Juno 24, 1865.\\nLewis Quick, died of disease at Louisville, Feb. 8, 1863.\\nJesse Sheridan, died of disease at Bowling Green, Feb. 18, 1863.\\nWm. Slater, died of disease at Bowling Green, March 10, 1863.\\nRowland Soper, died at Chattanooga, June 29, 1804.\\nIsaac Smith, trans, to Vet. Res. Corps, Feb. 16, 1863.\\nThos. E. Sheridan, disch. for disability, Nov. 21, 1863.\\nChas. T. Serviss, must, out June 24, 1865.\\nThos. P. Starr, must, out June 24, 1865.\\nJohn P. Titsworth, must, out June 24, 1865.\\nFrederick L. Thaldorf, must, out June 24, 1865.\\nMarcus Tuttle, trans, to Vet. Res. Corps, Jan. 16, 1864.\\nThos. Wood, trans, to Vet. Kes. C!orps, Dec. 15, 1864.\\nMichael Wood, disch. for insanity, Oct. 28, 1863.\\nNathan Williams, disch. by order, March 20, 1863.\\nEphraiiu Wellwood, disch. by order, July 20, 1863.\\nJoliii Wright, died at Resaca, Ga., May 14, 1864.\\nOrson S. Warner, must, out June 24, 1865.\\nJohn Wing, must, out June 24, 1865.\\nCompany K.\\nCapt. M. V. McKinney, Buchanan; com. July 23, 1862; res. July 26, 1863.\\nCapt. John Tennant, Buchanan; com. July 26, 1863; 1st lieut., Aug. 4, 1862;\\ndisch. for disability, June 14, 1804.\\n1st Lieut. Frank D. Weaver, Buchanan; com. July 20, 1803; 2d lieut., Aug. 15,\\n1802; died of disease, April 2, 1804.\\n2d Lieut. Chiis. Woodruff, Niles; com. April 2, 1864; pro. to 1st lieut. and adj.,\\nApril 7, 1864.\\n2d Lieut. Norris H. Merrill, Buchanan com. June 1, 1864; sergt., July 22, 1862\\ndisch. for wounds, Nov. 4, 1804.\\nSergt. Rodney Knight, Buchanan; enl. Aug. 13, 1802; died of disease at Knox-\\nville, Jan. 4, 1805.\\nSergt. Abram Welles, Wecsiiw enl. Aug. 11, 1862; discli. for disability, .Sept. I,\\n1863.\\nSergt. Jos. C. Harris, Buclianun enl. Aug. 15, 1802; disch. for disability, Jan.\\n3, 1803.\\nSergt. John A. Sperry, Royalton enl. July 12, 1862; disch. for disability, Jan.\\n16, 1803.\\nCorp. Jas. L. Slater, Weesaw; enl. Aug. 12, 1862; died in action at Tibbs Bond,\\nKy., July 4, 1863.\\nCorp. Emmet S. Totlen, Buchanan; enl. Aug. 15, 1802; must, out May 31, 1805.\\nCorp. Solomon Ulery, Buchanan enl. Aug. 12, 1862; absent, sick.\\nSimon P. Aldrich, must, out June 24, 1865.\\nJohn Boyce, must, out July 7, 1805.\\nHenry Beacham, disch. for disability, March 3, 1863.\\nChas. Cochran, disch. for disability, Sept. 10, 1862.\\nOliver J. Chin, died of disease at Bowling Green, March 31, 1863.\\nCharles Carr, missing in action in Tennessee, Jan. 22, 1864.\\nGeoigo W. Colvin, must, out June 16, 1805.\\nJames A. Cook, must, out June 24, 1805.\\nWm. Conradt, must, out June 24, 1865.\\nWm. W. Compton, must, out June 24, 1805.\\nNathan DoddB,must. ont June 24, 1865.\\nAmbrose Dickerson, discli. for disability, Jan. 6, 1863.\\nHiram Dunham, trans, to Vet. Res. Corps, April 20, 1864.\\nA. Ewarts, disch. for disability, July 21, 1803.\\nJoseph Fuller, disch. for disability, Sept. 10, 1862.\\nFranklin B. Fancher, disch. for disability, Jan. 15, 1863.\\nEmory F. Ferry, disch. for disability, February, 1864.\\nLewis B. Force, trans, to Vet. Res. Coriis; must, out June 30, 1865.\\nChas. W. Fancher, trans, to Vet. Res. Corps, July 26, 1863.\\nGeorge Furay, must, out May 7, 1866.\\nWni. R. Gonder, must, out June 24, 1805.\\nJ. L. Oorham, trans, to Vet. Res. Cor|)S, April 10, 1864.\\nJacob Garlinger, trans, to Vet. Res. Corps, Jan. 15,1804.\\nAndrew Graham, disch. by order, July 21, 1803.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "TWENTY-SIXTH INFANTRY.\\n89\\nJ. S. Gordon, disch. by order, July 21, 1S63.\\nF. G. M. Hollies, disch. for disability, Sept. 10, 1862.\\nWm. J. Henderson, disch. fur disability, Sept. 11, 18a:i..\\nWm. H. Hanover, disch. for disability, Mnrcli ISOi.\\nWarren J. Harris, must, out June 24, 1805.\\nHenry Homer, must, out June 24, 1865.\\nMartin V. Hulmes, must, out Juno 24, 1806.\\nDavid Hill, must, out June 24, 1865.\\nMarvin H. Haskins, must, out June 24, 1865.\\nWm. Inglewriglit, Sr., disch. by order.\\nWm. Inglewright, Jr., trans, to Vet. Res. Corps, Feb. 15, 1804.\\nHarvey V. Judson, trans, to Vet. Res. Corps, Teb. 15, 1864.\\nAndrew Judy, died of disease at Louisville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1862.\\nJames S. Lee, disch. for disability, Jan. 15, 1861.\\nJames Meeker, utust. out June 24, 1865.\\nRobert Norris, must, out June 24, 1865.\\nJames Penwell, died of disease at Bowling Green, Ky., March 11, 186 J.\\nGeorge Pierce, died of disease at Kno.\\\\ville, Tcnn., May 25, 1804.\\nNathan Pratt, disch. by order, July 29, 186:i.\\nA. Randall, trans, to Vet. R.-8. Corps, Feb. 15, 1864.\\nHenry Rundell, must, out June 24, 1805.\\nBenj. N. Redding, must, out June 24, 1865.\\nJames M. Rose, must, out May 30, 1865.\\nJohn Z. Swanger, must, out June 24, 1865.\\nChas. W. Strong, must, out June 24, 1865.\\nJames H. Snodgrass.\\nJohn C. Spinetta, died of disease at Louisville, Ky., Oct. 7, 1862.\\nJacob Shrnler, disch. for disability, Sept. 10, 1802.\\nZi/nith Strong, disch. for disability, Sept. 10, 1862.\\nJohn Taylor, must, out June 24, 1865.\\nVolney 0. Van Denbuigli, died of disease at Bowling Green, Ky., Feb. 11, 1863.\\nFrank Watson, died of disease at Knoxville, Tenn., May 11, 1804.\\nJohn Weaver, died of wounds at Bcsaca, Ga., May 14. 1864.\\nEvert Wirt, died In action at Rocky Face, Ga., May 9, 1864.\\nAlvertus Wray, died in Indiana, March lu, 1805.\\nPhilip Walwortli, disch. for disability, Sept. 10, 1862.\\nH. Wells, disch. for disability, Sept. 1, 1863.\\nOscar Woodworth, di\u00c2\u00bbch. f.)r disability, Jan. 15, 186.3.\\nEmery Wray, disch. by order to Vet. Res. Corps, July 21, 1863.\\nSamuel Washburn, disch. by order to Vet. Res. Corps, July 21, 1803.\\nHiram Wnlcott, discli. for disability, Feb. 10, 1803.\\nW. P. Wood, disch. for disability, Feb. 6, 1863.\\nJ. J. Wade, must, out June 24, 1865.\\nDavid Washburn, nuist. out June 24, 1865.\\nJohn Washburn, must, out June 24, 1865.\\nWm. H. Walworth, must, out June 24, 1805.\\nNoah Weaver, must, out June 23, 1805.\\nNoah M. Wilter, must, out May 18, 186\\nGoo. H. Watson, must, out May 20, 1805.\\nOFFICERS AND MEN OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH INFANTRY FROM VAN\\nBUREN COUNTY.\\nField and SUiff.\\nMaj. Dewitt C. Fitch, Jlattawan com. Sept. 17, 1862 res. April 12, 1864.\\n1st Lieut, and Q.M. John M. Eidlon, Paw Paw; com. Aug. 27, 1862; res. March\\n16, 1863.\\nCompany C.\\nJonathan Ryder, died of disease at Louisville, Ky., Feb. 0, 1805.\\nComiKtny D,\\nStephen H. Kenney, must, out Juno 19, 1885.\\nCompany F.\\nFranklin C. Snow, disch. for disability, Feb. 5, 1863.\\nCompany G.\\nWilliam Ryan, must, out June 5, ISOO.\\nForice Rhodes, must, out Sept. 13, 1865.\\nPhilo M. Russell, must, out June 5, 1866.\\nStephen Root, must, out June 5, 1860.\\nReuben Root, must, out Juno 5, 1806.\\nCompany H.\\nLeander Vining, died of disease at Washington, D. C, March 9,1865.\\nTWENTY-SIXTH INFANTRY.\\nThis regiment was rai.sed during the summer and autumn\\nof 1862, in Berrien, Muskegon, Ingham, Livingston, and\\nOther counties. Over half of Company G was from Berrien\\nCounty.\\nThe regimental rendezvous was at Jackson, where it was\\nmustered in by Capt. Mizuerof the United States army, with\\nJudson S. Farrar as colonel, Henry H. Wells as lieutenant-\\ncolonel, and William Donnell as major.\\n12\\nThe regiment, nine hundred strong, left Jackson on the\\n13th of December, and proceeded at once to Washington.\\nAfter a few unimportant marches it was stationed in the\\nsuburbs of Alexandria, Va., as provost-guard of that place,\\nLieut.-Col. Wells being appointed provost-marshal. The\\n26th remained at Alexandria about four months, a period\\nwhich is remembered by the survivors of the regiment as\\none of the most pleasant in their war experience. On the\\n1st of April, 1862, a small newspaper called Our Camp\\nJournal was issued by members of the regiment, and it\\nappeared occasionally (or, perhaps, it were allowable to say,\\nsemi -occasionally) afterwards. But such pleasant intel-\\nlectual work was soon interrupted, for on the 20th of April,\\n1862, the 26th embarked on a steamer, and the next day\\nlanded at Norfolk, Va. On the 22d it moved to Suffolk,\\nand remained there till the 16tli of May, when it advanced\\nto Deserted House, ten miles out from Suifolk.\\nOn the 23d of May the 26th became engaged in its first\\nconflict, near a place called Windsor. The rebels charged\\non a post occupied by a part of the regiment, yelling like\\ndevils, in hopes to intimidate the Michigan Yankees. The\\nlatter, however, who then met the gray-backs for the first\\ntime, stood their ground like veterans. Although the assail-\\nants were in large force, yet, on seeing the firmness of the\\nUnion line, they retreated faster than they came, and their\\nflight was accelerated by a counter-charge of the men of\\nthe 26th, which drove them out of sight in a very brief\\ntime.\\nOn the 19th of June, 1862, the regiment was moved to\\nYorktowu, proceeding thence in Gen. Keyes corps by way\\nof Williamsburg to the White House, on York River.\\nOn the 1st of July it marched to the vicinity of Bottom s\\nBridge, on the Chickahominy, where it remained eight days\\non the plantation of ex-President Tyler. About the 10th\\nof that month it returned to Yorktown, and at once pro-\\nceeded by way of Washington to New York to keep watch\\nover the disloyal element of that city, which showed some\\nof the same disposition to resist the laws which resulted a\\nyear later in the trouble and the well-known draft riots of\\n1863. It was not, however, found necessary to use a mili-\\ntary force there at that time. After a brief stay in the\\ncity the regiment was encamped on Staten Island.\\nAbout the middle of October, 1863, the regiment returned\\nto Virginia and joined the Army of the Potomac at War-\\nrenton, being assigned to the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 2d\\nCorps. After changing its position to Stevensburg, it ad-\\nvanced with the army on the 26th of November, and on the\\n29th arrived in front of the hostile works at Mine Run. In\\nthe morning of that day the 1st Brigade moved forward in\\nskirmish-line, driving the enemy s pickets to within a mile\\nof his main works. Eighty rods in front of the brigade a\\npiece of pine woods was held by a force of the enemy\\nsuperior both in numbers and position. After a half hour s\\nhalt the brigade was ordered to charge it, and did so, rush-\\ning swiftly, with wild shouts, across the open space of a\\nquarter of a mile, exposed to a fierce fire of musketry from\\nthe woods and of shells from the batteries, and in ten\\nminutes they held the wood, within easy musket range of\\nthe rebel intrenchments. The Confederates repeatedly en-\\ndeavored to dislodge the brigade from its position, but amid", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "90\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nbursting shells, hissing balls, and falling boughs the men of\\nthe 1st Brigade coolly held their position, and all of the\\nfoemen s efforts were easily repulsed. An officer present\\nattributed to the bad practice of the enemy s gunners and\\ninfiintry the fact that only ten of the regiment wore\\nwounded during the charge.\\nThe Mine Run expedition was but a reconnoissance in\\nforce, and on its completion the 26th returned to its camp\\nat Stevensburg, where it remained in winter quarters until\\nthe opening of the campaign of the Wilderness.\\nOn the 3d of May, 1864, the regiment advanced with\\nthe Army of the Potomac, and on the 5th was in hearing\\nof the roar of battle, though it did not then take any part.\\nThat night and the next day it was bu.sy throwing up\\nintrenchments. On the 7th the regiment was slightly en-\\ngaged, driving back the enemy without serious loss. On\\nthe 8th it had a slight skirmish with the foe near Todd s\\nTavern, on the 9th and 10th was not engaged, but on the\\n11th had a sharp, brief fight, in which eighteen men were\\nkilled and wounded.\\nOn the 12th of May, 1864, came the memorable and\\nsuccessful attack by the 2d Corps on the enemy s works at\\nSpottsylvania, in which the 2Gth Michigan took a most\\nactive and gallant part. At the word of command the\\nregiment swept steadily forward, amid a storm of bullets\\nand cannon-balls, charged with the bayonet, fought hand to\\nhand with the desperate Confederates, drove them from\\ntheir position, captured two guns with their gunners, and\\nwas the first regiment to place its colors on the hostile\\nworks. It was also engaged in the desperate fight which\\nfollowed the exploit just mentioned, and assisted in the cap-\\nture of a large number of guns, colors, and prisoners. In\\nthis day s work the gallant regiment had one hundred and\\ntwenty-five men killed and wounded and fourteen missing,\\nmost of the latter being afterwards found to be among the\\nslain.\\nThe next engagement of the 26th was at Jericho Bridge,\\non the 24th of May, where it crossed the North Anna\\nRiver under a heavy artillery fire, and drove the enemy into\\nhis works, having fourteen men killed and wounded. On\\nthe 29th of May it was slightly engaged near Tolopotomoy\\nCreek. At Cold Harbor, on the 2d and 3d of June, the\\n26th had fifteen wounded and five missing. Ten more were\\nkilled and wounded during the skirmishes of the next nine\\ndays.\\nOn the 16th of June the regiment reached the front of\\nPetersburg, and the same day aided in carrying by assault\\nthe first line of Confederate rifle-pits, twelve of its members\\nbeing killed and wounded, among the mortally wounded\\nbeing its commander, Capt. Lothian. On the 17th it\\nhelped to carry a line of works, having nine men killed and\\nwounded. It was also heavily engaged on the 22d near\\nthe Williams House.\\nOur space will not allow us to describe in detail the in-\\ncessant labors, skirmishes, and minor combats of the gallant\\n26th during the long investment of Petersburg we can\\nbarely mention some of the principal events. On the 27th\\nof July it participated in the assault on and capture of the\\nenemy s works at Deep Bottom, and the next day, while on\\na reconnoissance, routed a large force of Confederates and\\ndrove them into their intrenchments. On the 16th of\\nAugust it had a sharp fight with the enemy near White\\nOak Swamp, seventeen of its members being killed and\\nwounded, and seventeen taken prisoners.\\nOn the 25th of August the regiment, while at work de-\\nstroying the Weldon Railroad, was furiously assaulted at\\nReam s Station and driven from its defenses, which were,\\nhowever, retaken by a gallant charge, in which the 26th\\nsuffered considerable lo.ss. From this time until the 25th\\nof March, 1865, the regiment in question was almost con-\\nstantly employed in constructing earthworks or in other\\nfatigue duty, and on picket in front of Petersburg.\\nOn the day last named, immediately after the furious\\nConfederate attack on Forts Steadman and Hancock, the\\n26th with its brigade charged the works in front, and cap-\\ntured a part of them, with a considerable number of pris-\\noners. On the 31st of March it was heavily engaged in\\nskirmishing in front of the enemy during the great flank\\nmovement to the left, and continued in pursuit of the enemy\\nduring the four following days. On the 6th of April it\\ncaptured a train of two hundred and sixty wagons, loaded\\nwith ammunition and provisions. The 26th was in the\\nextreme advance at the time of Lee s surrender, having\\ncaptured four hundred prisoners since the 28th of March,\\nand having during the same period had about sixty men\\nkilled and wounded, more than a fourth of the number\\npresent for duty.\\nThe regiment started for home on the 2d of May, arrived\\nat Washington on the 13th, took part in the grand review\\nof the Army of the Potomac on the 23d, was mustered out\\non the 4th of June, and was paid off and disbanded at\\nJackson, Mich., on the 14th day of June, 18G5.\\nSCLDIERS FROM BERRIEN COUNTY IN TWKNTY-SIXTH INFANTRY.\\nCompitntf C.\\n2d Lieut. Sylvester R. Wilson, Galien; com .Iiiii.2, 1SG5; l.ro. to 1st lieul.; must,\\nout us 2d lieut., Juno 4, ISOS.\\nCouipani/ (r.\\nCapt. Asa G. Daile.v, Dayton com. Aug. 4, 1802 resigned April 27, IStW.\\n1st Lieut. Win. M. Cady, Dayton com. Aug. 11, 1864 resigned April 0, 1864.\\nSergt. .lames M. Price, Weesaw enl. Aug. 15, 1802; discli. fer disability, Nov.\\n28, 180:i.\\nSergt. Sylvester R. Wilson, Galien enl. Aug. 7, 1862; pro. to 2d lieut., Co. C.\\nSergt. William Hulmes, Dnyton eul. Aug. 6, 1802; died in rebel prison, Salis-\\nbury, N. C, Jan. 12, 1SG5.\\nSergt. John Landor, Dayton onl. Aug. 6, 1862; must, out June 3, 1805.\\nSergt. Albert 0. Ewen, New lluffalo; enl. Aug. 8, 1802 must, out June 3, 1865.\\nCorp. Henry Howlaod, Daytiui enl. Aug. 6, 1862 must, out Juno 3, 1805.\\nCorp. David Bryant, Niles; enl. Aug. 14, 1862; must, out June I J, 1S65.\\nCorp. Winfleld WiLson, Galien; enl. Aug. 12, 1862; must, ont June 4, 1805.\\nCorp. William Do Armand, liertiand; enl. Aug. 15, 1802; died of wounds re-\\nceived at Spottsylvania, May 12, 1864.\\nCorp. George Day, St. Joseph; enl. Aug. 12,1862; died of di8ea. e at Alexandria,\\nVa., Feb. 15, 1863.\\nCorp. Reuben H. Uice, Galien: enl. Aug. 15, 1862; must, out June 10, 1805.\\nCorp. Alvah H. Spalding. Galien; enl. Aug. 22, 1802; must, out June 4, 1SC5.\\nCorp. Albert H. Wheeler, Dayton enl. Aug. 6, 1802 must, ont June 4, 1S65.\\nChauncey K. Ashcroft, must, out June 2il, 1805.\\nCinirles E. Bradley, must, out June 29, 1806.\\nSclah Baxter, must, ont June 2U, 18 .5.\\nF. A. Bunas, must, out June 29, 1866.\\nMilford L. Brightford, di.sch. for disability, April 20, 1865.\\nWilliam L. Bennett, died in Andersonvillo prison, Nov. 20, 1864.\\nUri M. Barber, died in Andersonvillo prison, Sept. 23, 1804.\\nJohn Bowen, missing in battle. May 12, 1864.\\nJohn A. Davidson, must, out June 4, 1865.\\nJohn F. Espy, died of disease at Weesaw, Mich., May 8, 1804.\\nT. J. Green, died of disease. Doc. 21, 1801.\\nJoseph F. Grooms, must, out June 4, 1805.\\nJoseph V. Grooms, disch. fur disability, Feb. 17, 1805.\\nJohn Ilaggerty, disch. for disability.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "TWENTY-EIGHTH INFANTRY.\\n91\\nJoseph Happe, died in liattle at Spottsylvania, Va., May 12, 18G4.\\nDaniel Hiirris. died in Salisbury prison, Jan. 12, 18G5.\\nSamuel Hills, must, out June i, 180S.\\nGilbert F. Kinney, disch. for disability. May 2, 1863.\\nNelson Kinney, disch. for disability, Nov. 17, 18(j3.\\nKobert Landon, must, out June 4, 1865.\\nJames Lavelle, must, out June 4, 1865.\\nObed Look, died of diseiise, Nov. 7, 1862,\\nElkanah A. Parish, died of disease at Dayton, Mich., Feb. 20, 18G4.\\nEdgar Potter, died of disease at Alexandria, April 9, 1863.\\nAaron Perks, died in batde at Spottsylvania, Va., M.ay 12, 1804.\\nJames R. Boss, died of disease at Dayton, Mich., Feb. 20, 1861.\\nJoseph Kouse, must, out June 4, 1865.\\nDavid Stoner, must, out June 4, 1865.\\nAlvin C. Spalding, must, out June 4, 1865.\\nAbncr P. Spalding, must, out June 4, 1865.\\nGeorge W. Spengelburch, died in rebel prison at Salisbury, Dec. 9, 1865,\\nGeorge W. Stoner, disch. for disability, June 17, 1863.\\nNicholas Shoop, died of disease at Alexandria, Va., Jan. 21, I8C4.\\nHiram A. Sackett, died in battle at Spoltsylvani.i, Va., May 12, 180J.\\nWilliam Seward, died iii battle at Spoltsylvania, Va., May 12, 1864.\\nBenjamin F. Yaw, discli. for disability, Dec. 16, 1863.\\nJonathan Yaw, disch. for disability, Dec. 16, 1863.\\nFROM VAN BUREN COUNTY.\\nGeorge Snow, must, out May 30, 1865.\\nCHAPTER XII.\\nTWENTY-EIGHTH INFANTRY FIRST ENGIN-\\nEERS AND MECHANICS FIRST SHARP-\\nSHOOTERS,\\nOrganization of the Twenty-Eighth at Kalamazoo Short Service in\\nKentucky and Tennessee Transfer to North Carolina Fight at\\nWise s Forks Kailroad Duty Close of Service Berrien and Van\\nBuren Soldiers in the Twenty-Eighth First Engineers Fight at\\nLavergne, Tenn. Severe Duly in Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia,\\nand the Carolinas Muster Out The First Sharpshooters Fight-\\ning John Morgan in Indiana and Ohio Services with the Army\\nof the Potomac Members from Berrien and Van Buren Counties.\\nTWENTY-EIGHTH INFANTRY.\\nThe colonel of this regimeDt was William W. Wheeler,\\nof Niles, and there were about one hundred and fifty men in\\nit from Berrien and Van Buren Counties. Company H\\nhad over thirty men from Berrien County, and a few from\\nVan Buren. Company G had nearly fifty from Van Bu-\\nren County, and about a dozen from Berrien. The other\\nrepresentatives of the two counties were scattered through\\nthe different companies. The regiment was raised in the\\nsummer and early autumn of 18G4, its rendezvous being\\nat Kalamazoo, and it was completed in October of that year\\nby the consolidation with it of several partially formed\\ncompanies intended to form the 29th Infantry.\\nThe new regiment left Kalamazoo on the 26th of Octo-\\nber for Louisville, Ky., arriving in that city on the 29th.\\nOn the 10th of November it was ordered to Camp Nelson\\nto guard a wagon-train from that place to Na.shville, Tenn.\\nArriving at that city on the 5th of December, it was as-\\nsigned to temporary duty at Nashville until Jan. 14, 1865,\\nwhen it was embarked on steamboats, under orders to pro-\\nceed to Ea.stport, Miss. But on reaching Paducah, at the\\nmouth of the Tennessee River, orders were received, chang-\\ning its destination to Louisville, Ky. Arriving at Louis-\\nville on the 18th of January, 1865, it was ordered to An-\\nnapolis, Md., but while on its way to that place another\\nchange of orders was made, under which it was moved to\\nAlexandria, Va. There, having been assigned to the 2d\\nBrigade, 1st Division, of the 23d Army Corps, it embarked\\non ocean transports for Morehead City, N. C, where it ar-\\nrived on the 24th of February, leaving at once by railroad\\nfor Newborn, and reaching that point on the following day.\\nOn the 2d of March the regiment moved with its com-\\nmand on the road to Kinston, but encountered the enemy,\\nunder the rebel Gen. Hoke, at Wise s Forks, and was\\nthere engaged on the 8th, 9th, and 10th of March, having\\ntwenty ofiicers and men killed and wounded. After this\\naffair the march was continued, the regiment reacliing\\nKinston on the 14th and Goldsboro on the 21st of March.\\nIt was then, with its brigade, assigned the duty of guarding\\nthe railroad line, and so continued until the 9th of April,\\nwhen it was moved by way of Goldsboro to Raleigh, ar-\\nriving there on the 13th of that month.\\nAfter the substantial closing of the war by the surren-\\nder of Johnston, the 28th remained in North Carolina, en-\\ngaged on duty at Goldsboro Raleigh, Charlotte, Lincoln-\\ntown, Wilmington, and Newbern, till the 5th of June,\\n1860, when it was mustered out of service. It was paid\\noff and disbanded at Detroit, on the 8th of June, 1866.\\nBERRIEN COUNTY SOLDIERS IN THE TWENTY-EIGHTH.\\nField aud Staff.\\nCol. Wm. W. Wheeler, Niles; com. Aug. 15, 1864; lieut.-col. and maj. 23d Inf.;\\nmust, out July 13, 1866.\\nCompami B.\\nS. F. West, died of disease at Nashville, Jan. 9, 1865.\\n^itnpany C.\\nAndrew Baer, must, out June 12, 1S65.\\nWilson J. Norton, must, out June 12, 1865.\\nWillis S. Norton, disch. by order, July 26, 1865.\\nCharles E. I erry, disch. by order. May 26, 1865.\\nPaul Pasch, must, out June 5, 1806.\\nAbram Packard, died of disease at Alexandria, Va., Feb. 13, 1865.\\nJames E. Sprang, must, out June 5, 186G.\\nJames A. SUelden, must, out Sept. 12, 1865.\\nCompany E.\\nJohn Brott, must, out June 5, 18G6.\\nCharles L. Cunmiings, must, out June 5, 1866.\\nLawson T. Humphrey, must, out June 5, 1866.\\nGeorge Hamilton must, out Oct. 6, 18G5.\\nWm. W. Jordan, must, out June 5, 186G.\\nZephaniah Linscy, disch. by order, Aug. 26, 1865.\\nFrank Matron, must, out Aug. 23, 1865.\\nMichael Rohrer, must, out June 5, 18G6.\\nArchibald Schoonover, disch. by order, Sept. 5, 1865.\\nLuman Wireman, must, out June 14, 1865.\\nCompany G.\\nWm. Allen, must, out June 5, 18C6.\\nJohn A. Hunt, must, out May 22, 1865.\\nHenry D. Kirtland, disch. for disability.\\nIia Olds, died of disease at Detroit, March 4, 1865.\\nDaniel Quinn, must, out June 5, 18GG.\\nCharles H. Stevens, must, out Sept. 13, 1865.\\nJames 1 Tilton, must, out June 5, 1866.\\nWm. S. Williams, must, out June 5, 186G.\\nCornelius Williams, must, out Jan. 3, 18C6.\\nWm. Wittier, must, out May 25, 1865.\\nCompany U.\\nSergt. Orrin W. Grossman, Benton; enl. .Sept. 3, 1801; .lied of disease at Alex-\\nandria, Va., Feb. 16, 1805.\\nSergt. Orange C. Burbank, Benton; enl. Oct. 1, 18G4; died of disease in North\\nCarolina, Aug. 16, 1865.\\nCorp. Anthony Jerrue, Benton enl. Sept. 16, 1864; disch. by order, Sept. 6, 65.\\nCorp. Delmont J. Coboneau, Berrien; enl. Sept. 10, 1864; sergeant; must, out\\nJunes, 1866.\\nCorp. Francis H.Taylor, St. Joseph; enl. Sept. 13,1864; disch. for disability,\\nSept. 23, 1865.\\nCorp. James Hanna, St. Joseph enl. Sept. 1, 1864 must, out June 6, 1865.\\nCorp. Uriah Greas, Benton; enl. Sept. 19, 1864; disch. by order, May 19, 1805.\\nPerry J. Ashley, died at Kalamazoo (shot), Dec. 6, 1861.\\nDavid Abbey, disch. by order. May 17, 1866.\\nWm. Annable, must, out June 5, 1866.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "92\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nW. S. Aikens, disch. at end of service, Marcli J, 1800.\\nFrerlerick Barney, disch. by onler. May 26, 18G5.\\nRiclinnI W. Brown, must, out .Inly 7, 18(15.\\nSniitli B. Barker, must, out June 5, ISCli.\\nWni. W. Fenno, must, out .Tunc 1\u00c2\u00ab00.\\nGeorge G. Goucliy, must, out July 1, 1865.\\nLewis Herbert, must, out Sept. l;t, 18G5.\\nWin. E. Jakeway, must, out Dec. 4, 1805.\\nRichard S. Lawrence, died of disease at Louisville, Nov. 21, 1804.\\nCharles K. Mowry, must, out June 12, 1805.\\nGeorge W. Odell, died of disease in In Uana, Nov. 23, 1804.\\nGain 0. Kobinson, died of disease at Alexandria, Va,, Feb. 10, 1865.\\nHumphrey Starks, must, out May 29. 18\u00e2\u0082\u00acn.\\nHarvey Smith, must, out June 5, 18G6.\\nPardon D.Taylor, died of diaeiiso at Nashville, Jan. 10, 1805.\\nEdmund Tappen, must, out June 5, 18G0.\\nHiram Tubb.s, must, out Sept. 13, 18G5.\\nMerrick Vincent, died of disease in Norlli Carolina. June 5, 1865.\\nHenry Weber, disch. by order, May 19, 1805.\\nCalvin S. Warren, disch. for disability, Oct. 19, 180.5.\\nArthur Wordon, must, out June 5, 18G0.\\n(hmpany T.\\nWashington S. Blowers, died of disease at Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 10, 18G6.\\nFred. N. Bachman, must, out June 5, 1866.\\nJohn Buchanan, must, out June 5, 1806.\\nJohn J. Baxter, must, out June 5, 1806.\\nGeorge A. Cook, must, out June 5, 1866.\\nFrederick M. Cook, must, out July 14, 1805.\\nWilliam C. Conklin, disch. by order, May 27, 186.5.\\nAmos L. Herrick, disch. for disability, Dec. 21, 1805.\\nDaniel D. Havens, must, out June 5, 1800.\\nStephen R. Thayer, must, out Sept 13, 1865.\\n.Tohn B. Woodward, died of disease at New Vork City, June 30, 1805.\\ntkympany K.\\nCorp. Warren Beckwith, Watervliet; enl. Oct. 11, 18G4; died of disease in\\nNorth Carolina, June 8, 1865.\\nDaniel Aspinwall, must, out May 11. 1865.\\nPerry Converse, must, out Muy 16, 1865.\\nSibis J. Chapman, died of disease at Alexandria, Va., Feb. 10, 18G5.\\nAlexander Fisher, must, out June 5, 1806.\\nDavid W. Felson, must, out June 5, 1860.\\nAlbert E. Ilealon, must, out May 15, 1865.\\nRichard A. Lawience, must, out May 20, 1865.\\nEdward Measure, must, out May 26, 1805.\\nJohn 11. Measure, must, out June 5, 1865.\\nWilliam H. Morey, must, out June 5, 1866.\\nJames P. Versan, must, out June 5, 1866.\\nSamuel Versau, must, out June 6, 1866.\\nMEMBERS OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTH INFANTRY FROM VAN BUREN\\nCOUNTY.\\nField and SUiJf.\\nQ.M. John B. Upton, Lawrence com. Aug. 27, 1864 must, out June 5, 1800.\\nQ.M. Seigt. Augustus H. Draper, Lawrence disch. by order, May 22, 18G0.\\nCom. Sergt. William H. Clay, Lawrence must, out Sept. 13, 1805.\\nCompany C.\\nJolin Ganiby, disch. at end of service, Feb. 0, 186G.\\nCharles A. Woodward, must, out May 12, 1805.\\nCompany D.\\nIsnac Graham, died of disease at Louisville, Ky., March 30, 1865.\\nCompany E.\\nCorp. Barker C. Storey, Bloomingdale; enl. Sept. 15, 1804; disch. for di.sability,\\nFeb. 18, 1866.\\nThomas J. Draper, must, out June 5, 1860.\\nThomas B. Draper, must, out May 25, 1866.\\nHenry M. Freeman, disch. lor wounds, June 5, 1866.\\nEdward M. Wetmore, must, out June 5, 1860.\\nCompany O.\\nCapt. Kri Barber, Bangor com. Sept. 30, 1804 resigned Sept. 12, 1865.\\nCapt. Edwin E. Farmer, Lawrence com. Sept. 12, 1806 1st lieut., Sept. 30, 1864\\nmust, out June 6,1860.\\n2d Lieut. Daniel Spicer, Antwerp com. Sept. .30, 1864; must, out May 15, 1805.\\nSergt. Orvillo F. McNitt, Lawrence; enl. Sept. 6,1804; must, out June 5, 1800.\\nSorgt. Washington I. Bird, Decatur; enl. Sept. 2,1804; must, out June 6, 1806.\\nSergt. Erastiis V. Allen, Lawrence; enl. Sept. 3, 1804; must, out June 6, 1806.\\nSergt. Andrew Bartlett, Lawrence enl. Sept. 9, 1804 disch. by order, April 20,\\n1800.\\nSergt. John Mayhard, Antwerp enl. Sept. 13, 1804; disch. by order, April 10,\\n1800.\\nCorp. Robert 11. I rivilts, Lawrence; enl. .Sept. B, 1804; d.sch. by order, Aug.\\n25, 1805.\\nCorp. Orlen F. Olcott, Decatur; enl. Sept. 30, 1864 disch. by order, June 12,\\n1805.\\nCorp. John G. Youngs, Decatur; enl. Sept. 1, 1864; must out June 5, 1806.\\nCoip. Wallace H. Page, Lawrence enl. Sept. 5, 1864 must, out June 5. 1860.\\nCorp. Charles Kelley, Lawrence enl. Sept. 3, 1804 must, out Sept. 13, 1865.\\nCorp. Lewis Herrington, Lawrence; enl. Sept. 12, 1864; must, out June 5,\\n1800.\\nSherman Andrews, died in action. Wise Forks, N. C, May 8, 1865.\\nCharles C. Butcher, died of disease at Newbern, N. C, March 26, 1805.\\nDaniel Bancroft, died of disease at Alexandria, Va., Feb. 14, 1805.\\nJames L. Cooper, must, out May 31, 1805.\\nJoseph C. Cook, must, out May 20, 1805.\\nJames Cannon, must, out June 5, 1800.\\nJames M. Drake, disoli. for disability, Dec. 0, 1864.\\nIsaac M. Drake, must out June 6, 1866.\\nCharles Doty, must, out June 6, 1806.\\nJohn M. Dowejer, must, out June 5, 1866.\\nLarue Dyer, must, out June 6, 1866.\\nJames E. Depilds, must, out June 16, 1865.\\nGeorge H. Eaton, must, out June 5, 1866.\\nPulaski Easton, must, out May 29, 1806.\\nEdward Forman, must, out June 7, 1865.\\nJohn Fitzpatrick, died of disease at Alexandria, Va., Feb. 1, 1806.\\nAmos Gibbs, died of disease at Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 10, 1805.\\nJustice A. Irish, must, out May 31, 1805.\\nEzra McAllister, must, out June 5, 1866.\\nRussell W. Menton, must, out June 5, 1866.\\nLyman A. McNitt, must, out Sept. 13, 1866.\\nThomas S. Nesbitt, must, out June 5, 1866.\\nHarvey Potter, must, out May 26, 1805.\\nJoseph Salisbury, must, out June 5, 1860.\\nMorris Stedman, must, out June 8, 1865.\\nLyman F. Smith, died of disease at New York City, Ang. 22, 1805.\\nCassias M. C. Traver, died of disease at Charlotte, N. C, Aug. 28, 1865.\\nGeorge W. Wells, must, out June 13, 1865.\\nCompany if.\\n1st Lieut. George Platts, Bloomingdale; com. Feb. 2, 1866 23 lieut., March 2,\\n1865; sergt., Sept. 10, 1804; must, out June 5, 1860.\\nSergt. Dyer Newcomb, Lawrence enl. Sept. 6, 1864 must, out May 27, 1866.\\nCorp. Wm. H. Braman, Hamilton enl. Aug. 30, 1804; died of disease at Alex-\\nandria, March 12, 1805.\\nCorp. Jefferson Slaybaugh, Hamilton; enl. Aug. 30,1804; died of disease at\\nKalamazoo, Mich., Oct. 11, 1804.\\nCliarles C. Crisler, must, out June 5, 1806.\\nNewcomb Dyer, must, out May 27, 1806.\\nReuben Drake, must, out July 0, 1865.\\nLewis Wise, must, out June 12, 1806.\\nCompany 1.\\nSergt. Wm. H. Nichols, Lawrence enl. Sept. 12, 1864 must, out June 5, 1806.\\nAmos Gibbs, died of disease at Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 10, 1805.\\nAbram A. Smith, must, out June 8, 1806.\\nMiles Spicer, disch. by order. May 24, 1865.\\nCompany K.\\nSergt. Allen Gorham, Almena enl. Oct. 4, 1804 must, out June 5, 1866.\\nCorp. Frecnan Vanliew, Waverly enl. Sept. 30, 1804; must, out June 5, 1800.\\nFIRST ENGINEERS AND MECHANICS.\\nAbout half of Company G of this regiment was from\\nVan Buren County, and there were a few in other com-\\npanies from Berrien County. The regiment was raised in\\nthe summer and autumn of 1861, and left Marshall for\\nLouisville, Ky., with ten companies, of one hundred men\\neach, on the 17th of December in that year. It was soon\\ndivided into detachments, which were principally employed\\nthroughout the following year in building bridges and\\nmaking repairs on the railroads between Louisville and\\nNashville, Nashville and Chattanooga, Nashville and Co-\\nlumbia, Corinth and Decatur, Huutsville and Stevenson,\\nand Memphis and Chattanooga. In June, 1861, alone, it\\nbuilt seven bridges on the Memphis and Charleston Rail-\\nroad, varying from eighty-four to three hundred and forty\\nfeet in length. During that year the regiment was in-\\ncreased by law to twelve companies, of one hundred and\\nfifty men each, arranged in three battalions, but the men\\nwere not recruited till the next year.\\nOn the 1st of January, 1862, the regiment was attacked", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0104.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "FIRST SHARPSHOOTERS.\\n93\\nat Lavergne, Tenn., by from three to four thousand rebel\\ncavalry, with two pieces of artillery, under Gens. Wharton\\nand Wheeler. The assailants were repulsed with serious\\nloss. During the year 18G3 the Engineers and Mechanics\\nwere engaged at their former work of building bridges and\\nrepairing railroads in Tennessee and North Alabama, for\\nthe benefit of Gen. Rosecrans army. The one over Elk\\nRiver, Tenn., was four hundred and sixty feet long, and\\nthe one over Duck River three hundred and fifty feet.\\nDuring the winter of 1863-6-1 the regiment, divided as\\nusual into detachments, was engaged in building trestle-\\nwork and bridges, and also in constructing store-houises,\\netc., at Chattanooga and Bridgeport. Part of the time the\\nmen at Chattanooga were refitting saw-mills, and in March\\nand April, 1864, they were running saw-mills, getting out\\nrailroad ties, working on the defenses. Other detachments\\nwere erecting block-houses on the Nashville and Chatta-\\nnooga and other railroads.\\nThe greater part of the regiment followed Sherman s\\narmy during the summer of 1864, building block-houses\\nwith which to hold the railroad from Cliattanooga to At-\\nlanta, the great artery which preserved the life of the army.\\nAlthough the time of the regiment expired in October,\\n1864, there were enough re-enlisted veterans and new\\nrecruits to maintain its full strength. During the latter\\npart of the fall of 1864 it was very busily engaged in de-\\nstroying rebel fortifications, rolling-mills, foundries, etc., and\\nin constructing defenses for the small Union force which\\nGen. Sherman intended to leave behind him.\\nOn the 16th of November the regiment, except two com-\\npanies retained with the Army of the Cumberland, set out\\nwith Sherman s army on the great march to the sea, during\\nwhich its duties were probably harder than that of any other\\nregiment in the service. It had to keep pace with the army,\\nmarching over twenty miles a day, and performed an im-\\nmense amount of extra service in destroying railioad tracks\\nand bridges and in building bridges and corduroy roads for\\nthe use of the army. On the 10th and 11th of December\\nit built a dam across the Ogeechee Canal, near Savannah,\\nunder the fire of rebel batteries. After the capture of that\\ncity, the regiment began work on fortifications there, which\\nwere completed in six days.\\nHaving been carried to Beaufort, S. C, on transports, it\\nset out with the army on its northward march on the 31st\\nof January, 1865. Its course through the Carolinas was\\nmarked by its old work of alternate destruction and repair.\\nAt Edisto Station the men built a bridge under fire from\\nthe enemy s sharpshooters. At Lynch Creek they con-\\nstructed a crossing a mile long in the night, when the water\\nwas waist deep, and corduroyed it the next day for the\\ntrains. The regiment reached Goldsboro N. C, on the\\n23d of March, 1865, and two days later was joined by the\\ntwo companies which had been left in the Army of the\\nCumberland.\\nAfter the surrender of Gen. Johnston s army, the 1st\\nEngineers and Mechanics moved north to Washington,\\nparticipated in the grand review of Sherman s army on the\\n24th of May, was sent West early in June, and arrived\\nat Nashville on the 1st of July, 1865. It was employed\\non the defenses there until the 22d of September, when it\\nwas mustered out of service. It was paid oft and disbanded\\nat Jackson, Mich., on the 1st day of October, 1865.\\nVAN BUREN COUNTY SOLDIEHS IN THE FIRST ENGINEERS AND\\nMECHANICS.\\nSergt. Bra ilo) W, Stant.in, djl. Sept. 10, ISGl disch. iit end uf service, Oct. 29,\\n1864.\\nCorp. David H. Gault, enl. Sept. 16,1861; disch. July 12, 186:i.\\nCorp. Alva Hayep, enl. Sept. 14, 1861 disch. at end of service, Oct. 29, 1864.\\nCorp. Newlimd Na.sh, enl. Sept. 11, 1861 sergt. disch, at end of service, Oct.\\n31, 1K64.\\nCorp. Edmund N. Ila.vden. enl. Sept. 12, 1861 dii d of diseiis Miircli 22, 18C4.\\nDarius F. Austin, discli. for diaal.ility, July 2:!, 1863.\\nReuben H. Allen, disch. at end of service, Oct, .l, I8G4.\\n.lames C. Brown, disch, for disability, Aug, 18, 1862.\\nEli Busb, disch. for disability, April 28, 1862.\\nCynerus Brown, died of disease at Louisville, Ky., March 13, 1862.\\nBarnabas Brown, died of disease at Nashville, Tenn,, Oct. 30, 1863.\\nClark K. Brewer, disch. at end of service, Oct. .31, 1864,\\nDavid D, Brown, disch. at end of service, Oct. 31, 1864.\\nR lbert B. Bisliop, veteran. Jan. 1, 186 J.\\nWilliam Craver, died of disease at Bridgeport, Ala.\\nWilliam H. Carr, must, out Sept, 22, 1864.\\nSylvester Dyer, disch. at end of service, Oct. 31, 1864.\\nLewis Fosberry, disch. at en.l of service, Oct. 31, 1864.\\nKzra H, Fosmire, disch, at end of service, Oct, 31, 1864.\\nKlial L. Goble, disch. for disability, Sept, 16, 1862.\\nDavid H. Garrett, disch. for disability, July 23, 1863.\\nAlonzn Libbie, di*ch. for disabilily, July 24, 1862.\\nWilliam Murch, disch. for disability, April 21, 1862.\\nEdwin R, .Murch, disch, at end of service, Oct. .31, 1864.\\nJohn M. Palmer, disch. at end of service, Oct. 31, 1864.\\nStephen A. Hoot, disch. for disability, June 23, 1862.\\nJohn Richardson, disch. at end of service, Oct. 31, 1864.\\nJames H. Boot, disch. at end of service, Oct. 31, 1864.\\nWilliam Reed, died of disease at Murfreesboro Tenn., April 23, 1S03,\\nUriah Steiihens.dicd of disease at Murfreesboro Tenn., Jan, 111, 1863,\\nJesse Stevens, disch, by order, June 6, 186,5.\\nJohn M, Vosburg, died of disease at Nashville, Tenn,, Oct, 31, 1863,\\nDaniel Van Tassel, vetemn, enl, Jan, 1, 1864,\\nDavid S, Van Tassel, must, out Sept. 22, 186.\\nMartin A. We. gate, disch, at end of service, Oct. 31, 1864.\\nCompnwi H.\\nGiles S, Nolile, must, out Sept. 22, 1865,\\nBERRIEN COINTY MEN IN THE ENGINEER REGIMENT,\\nCompany D.\\nGeorge Scott, disch, by order, June 6, 18G,\\nCowprtmj F.\\nAddison M, Gustiii, must, out Sept, 22, 186,1,\\nI F, Guslin,\\nSt. out Sept. 22, 1865.\\nFIRST SHARPSHOOTERS.\\nThe formation of this regiment began at Kalamazoo in\\nthe autumn of 1862. Ira L. Evans, who had served over\\na year as a private in the 2d Infantry, recruited about thirty\\nmen from Niles and vicinity, and was commissioned as\\nlieutenant. Other recruits were obtained from various\\nparts of Berrien and Van Buren, amounting in all to\\nnearly one hundred.\\nThe incomplete regiment remained at Kalamazoo and\\nDearborn until the summer of 1863, when it went to In-\\ndiana to help drive Morgan s raiders from that State and\\nOhio. After returning to Dearborn and filling up its ranks,\\nit proiieeded to Chicago, where it acted as guard over rebel\\nprisoners until March, 1864, when it joined the 9th Army\\nCorps at Annapolis, Md.\\nWith that corps it went through the Virginia campaign\\nof 1864, taking part in nearly all the battles, and suffering\\nheavy loss. In the Wilderness it had twenty-four officers\\nand men killed and wounded. At Spottsylvania it gallantly\\ncharged a rebel battery, but was so terribly cut up by shell\\nand canister that it was ordered to lie down and hold the", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0105.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "94\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nground, which it did until night. During the conflict at\\nSpottsjlvania the regiment had one hundred and fifty-one\\nofficers and men killed and wounded.\\nAfter several sharp skirmishes at North Anna River,\\nTulopotomoy Creek, and Bethesda Church, it reached Cold\\nHarbor on the 4th of June. It was but slightly engaged\\nthere, and on the 1 6th of June arrived in front of Peters-\\nburg. The next day it participated in the successful\\ncharge on the enemy s works, and as.sisted in repelling two\\nefforts to retake them, capturing eighty-eight officers and\\nsoldiers and a rebel battle-flag. The Sharpshooters were\\non the extreme left of the corps, and the Confederates\\nmade a night attack on its left and rear, inflicting heavy\\nloss and nearly capturing the whole regiment. The greater\\nportion, however, succeeded in cutting its way through the\\nrebel lines, though several companies were badly shattered.\\nThirty-one officers and men were reported killed, forty-six\\nwounded, and eighty-four missing.\\nThe Sharpshooters were also actively engaged in the fight\\nwhich followed the celebrated mine explosion on the 30th\\nof July, capturing fifty prisoners, but also suffering a loss\\nof three killed, twelve wounded, and thirty-three missing.\\nThe regiment likewise took part in engagements on the\\nWeldon Railroad in August near Peebles House, on\\nthe 30th of September and on the South Side Railroad,\\non the 27th of October. After the latter event the regi-\\nment served on picket, and in the trenches before Peters-\\nburg until the 25th of March, when two companies aided in\\nrepelling the Confederate attack on Fort Steadman and in\\nthe final charge, which drove him behind his works, cap-\\ntured more prisoners than they had men engaged, with but\\nslight loss to themselves. The regiment lost heavily, how-\\never, on the 2d of April, in making a feint against the\\nenemy s left, in order to facilitate an attack on his right.\\nOn the 3d of April the Sharpshooters advanced, at half-\\npa.st three in the morning, to reconnoitre, and, finding that\\nthe enemy had evacuated his works, pushed forward, and\\nwas the first regiment of Union troops to enter the long-\\ncontested city of Petersburg. The regiment was at this\\ntime commanded by Maj. Ira L. Evans, before mentioned,\\nnow of Niles. As the column approached the court-house,\\nMaj. Evans sent his adjutant to hoist the regimental flag\\nupon its tower. Near the top of the tower was the\\ntown-clock, and, as the adjutant was determined that no\\nbanner should float higher than that of his regiment, he\\npunched the flagstaff through the dial of the clock and\\nfastened it there, with the flag of the 1st Michigan Sharp-\\nshooters floating in the morning breeze, the first symbol of\\nthe national sovereignty displayed over captured Petersburg.\\nThe regiment was employed in guarding the South Side\\nRailroad until after Lee s surrender, when it returned to\\nWashington, and there remained till the 28th of July. It\\nwas then mustered out of service, and set out for Michigan,\\nbeing paid off and disbanded at Jackson on the 7th of\\nAugust, 1865.\\nBEBRIKN COUNTY MEMBERS OF THE FIRST SHAKP.SHOOTEUS.\\nCompany A. r\\nfapt. Ira L. Evans, Nilcs; com. June 19,1801; brevet, inuj. U.S. V., Dec. 2,\\n1864, for gaUant and meritorioua services in tlie aasault before Peters-\\nburg.\\n1st Lieut. Daniel C. Gore, Niles; com. Dec. U, 1804; must, out July 28, 1805.\\nCornymmj E.\\nIst Lieut. Ira L. Evans, Niles com. April 10, 1803; pro. to capt., Co. A.\\nCorp. Jacob Barnhardt, Berrien enl. Jan. 3, 18G 1 disch. for disability, Oct. 14,\\n1804.\\nCorp. Daniel C. Gore, Berrien enl. Jan. M, IBO.i pro to 1st lieiit., Co. A.\\nMusician John Jones, Berrien enl. Dec. 20, l8G:i pro. to principal miis ician,\\nDec. 1, 1804.\\nWagoner Edward TeruiUiger, U.rrieo enl. .Ian. VI, ISCIl; must, out July 28,\\nlSG,i.\\nLuke D. Hatch, must, out of Vet. Res. Corps, Aug. 11, 18C0.\\nJosepli Nichols, died uf wounds at Portsmouth, Sept. 8, 1804.\\nIsaac Odell, must, out July 28, 1805.\\nWilson Ryan, died in Andersonville prison-pen, Sept. 1, 180i.\\nOscar E. Thompson, disch. for disability, March 22, 1804.\\nCharles M. Wheeler, trans, to 9th Ind. Vols., January, 1804.\\nChltqiatlit G.\\ncoiu. Aug. 8, 1803; died of V\\ned at\\nCapt. Thomas II. Caffney, Nile\\nPetersburg, June 17, 1804.\\nSergt. Hubert Farrell, Berrien Springs enl. June 20, 1803 pro. to 1st lieut., Co.\\nH, Doc. 27, 1864.\\nSergt. John Uniah, Galien enl. July 2, 1863; must, out May 25, 1865.\\nCorp. Horace B. Secley, Niles enl. June 27, 1803 must, out May 2.1, 1805.\\nCorp. Stephen Teeter, Galien enl. July 15, 1863; died of disease, Sept. 10,1804.\\nCorp. James Jones, Niles; enl. June 0, 18Gi; died in battle at Wilderness, Va.,\\nMay 0, 1804.\\nCorp. George J. Davis, Weesaw eul. Aug. 1,1803; must, out of Vet. Res. Corps,\\nNov. 20, 1865.\\nMusician P. B. Bostwick, Niles enl. June 1, 1863 must, out July 28, 1805.\\nWagoner Charles A. Knoll, Weesaw enl. June 25, 1863 must, out July 28, 1865.\\nSylvester Berry, disch. for disability, Sept. 27, 1864.\\nNelson E. Drayman, must, out July 28, 1805.\\nDennis Broderitk, must, out July 28, 1865.\\nJohn H. Countryman, must, out of Vet. Kes. Corps, July 28, 1805.\\nEdward Corey, must, out July 28, 1865.\\nNoah Cain, died of disease, Aug. 17, 1864.\\nSimon E. Davis, died of disease, Aug. 17, 1864.\\nJairus Davidson, must, out July 2S, 1865.\\nIsrael R. Dalrymple, disch. March 9, 1805.\\nJohn Harvey, died of disease at Chicago, Dec. 3, 1803.\\nJohn Hanover, disch. for disability, Dec. 10, 1864.\\nCharles Hunstable, must, out July 28, 1865.\\nJohn Knoll, must, out July 28, 1863.\\nSamuel McArthur, died of disease at Chicago, Nov. 20, 1803.\\nJohn McCann, must, out July 28, 1805.\\nLewis Matliews, must, out of Vet. Res. Corps, Miircli 18, 1805.\\nGeorge W. Morris, must. out. Aug. 18, 1805.\\nAbram Norris, disch. April 17, 1804.\\nMuuford A. Potter, must, out July 28, 1865.\\nJerome Paddock, died of disease, July 6, 1864.\\nRobert B. Ready, disch. for disability, Dec. 29, 1805.\\nWm. A. Roby, must, out July 28, 1865.\\nMerritt F. Reed, must. out. July 28, 1865.\\nBossiler Sanford, must, out July 28, 1806.\\nAlbert Shedd, died in battle at Spottsylvania, May 12, ISO*.\\nAlvah Thayer, must, out July 28, 1865.\\nJolin Wallace, disch. May 12, 1865.\\nWm. Wiseman, died of disease, April 10, 18(54.\\nJoseph Wilson, died in action near Petersburg, June 17, ISOl.\\nCompnwj I.\\nCapt. George H. Murdock, Berrien Springs; com. Oct. 1, 1803; wounded in\\naction before Petersburg, June 17, 1864; pro. to brevet maj. U. S. Vols,,\\nDec. 2, 1864, for gallant services in the battle of Spottsylvania and during\\ntlie campaign before Richmond; res. Dec. 6, 1864.\\nWilliam B. Andrews, must, out July 28, 1865.\\nLouis 1 Boulford, must, out July 28, 1805.\\nWdliam Cassell, must, out July 28, 1805\\nAndrew J. Davis, must, out July 28, 1865.\\nMyron Fox, must, out July 28, 1866.\\nAustin Harmon, died of disease at Chicago, Dec. 22, 1863.\\nBenjamin Long, must, out July 28, 1805.\\nHenry Miller, disch. for promotion in U. S. C. T., June 12, 1865.\\nJames M. Walton, must, out July 28, 1865.\\nVAN BUREN COUNTY MEN IN THE FIRST SHARPSHOOTERS.\\ni^vipanij B.\\nAlbert Garmire, must, out June 2, 1805.\\nAugustus Taylor, must, out June 8, 1805.\\nEnos .\\\\ustin, must, out June 3, 1805.\\nBenjamin Caswell, must, out July 28, 1805.\\nCyrenius Irish, must, out July 28, 1305.\\nCompany D.\\nCharles Bonfoey, must, out June 29, 1806.\\nCharles Y. Briggs, must, out Aug. 14, 1805.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0106.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "FIKST CAVALKY.\\n95\\nAlvin P. Enrl, mu^t. out July 28, 1865.\\nDavid R. Meacliam, must, out June 27, 16fi5.\\nKirk W. Noyes, missing in action, re.ioine(i regiment.\\nNelson A. Storey, died of disease at Hilton Head, S. C, Nov. 21, 181\\nLevi H. Waite, died in action near Petersbuig, Va-, June 1 18C4.\\nDaniel W. Watson, mnst. out July 28, 1805.\\nGeorge M. Wikley, mu\u00c2\u00abt i.ut July 28, 1805.\\nCHAPTER XIII.\\nFIRST AND SECOND CAVALKY.\\nServices of the First Cavalry with the Army of the Potomac The\\nRegiment at Geitysburg and in the Wilderness The Richmond\\nRaid Battle at Trevillian Station Campaign in the Shenandoah\\nValley Winter Quarters at Winchester Campaign of 1S65 Five\\nForks and Appomattox Service on the Plains Members of the\\nRegiment from Van Buren and Berrien Counties Second Cavalry\\nLong and Arduous Service in Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama,\\nand Georgia Veteran Re-enlistment Berrien and Van Buren\\nRepresentation in the Second Cavalry.\\nFIRST CAVALRY.\\nThis regiment, which was raised in the summer of 1861,\\nunder Col. T. F. Brodhead, with its rendezvous at Detroit,\\nat first contained thirty or forty men from Berrien County\\nand about an equal number from Van Buren. Subse-\\nquently a considerable addition was made from the latter\\ncounty, as will be mentioned farther on.\\nThe regiment -left Detroit for Washington on the 29th\\nof September, 1861. It passed most of the succeeding\\nwinter at Frederick, Md., and in the spring of 1862 entered\\non a season of active service on the Upper Potomac, in\\nthe Shenandoah Valley and near the eastern slopes of the\\nBlue Ridge. It was in action at Winchester, March 23,\\n1862; at Middletown, March 25th; at Strasburg, March\\n27th at Harrisonburg, April 22d at Winchester again.\\nMay 24th at Orange Court-House, July 16th at Cedar\\nMountain, August 9th and at Bull Run, August 30th.\\nIn the latter action Col. Brodhead was mortally wounded\\nand the regiment had twenty men killed and wounded.\\nDuring the season it had thirty men killed iu action, fifty-\\neight wounded, and sixty who died of disease.\\nAfter another winter passed near Frederick, Md., the 1st\\nCavalry again entered the field, and performed grand-guard\\nduty along the front line of the defenses of Washington in\\nVirginia, extending from Edwards Ferry to the mouth of\\nthe Occoquan. On the 27th of June it moved northward,\\nand for fifteen days it was almost constantly engaged in con-\\nflicts with the enemy. It formed a part of the celebrated\\nMichigan Cavalry Brigade, of which Custer was the\\ncommander, and which contributed very largely to the\\nrenown of that distinguished cavalry general.\\nAt Gettysburg, on the 3d of July, 1863, it met and\\ncharged Hampton s legion, consisting of three regiments of\\nrebel cavalry, and defeated it in six minutes, having eleven\\noflficers and eighty men killed and wounded out of three\\nhundred who went into the action.\\nIn September, 1863, the War Department authorized\\nthe consolidation of the twelve companies into eight, and\\nthe raising of a new battalion of four new companies. These\\nwere speedily raised, and the new battalion was mustered\\ninto service at Mount Clemens, in December. 1863. One\\nof its companies (K) was largely from Van Buren County.\\nThis battalion went to Camp Stoneman, near Washington,\\nin December, 1863, and remained there until the spring of\\n1864. Meanwhile the two old battalions re-enli.sted, came\\nhome on veteran furlough, and joined the new levies at\\nCamp Stoneman.\\nThe battalions went to the front together, and in the latter\\npart of March, 1864, joined Gen. Sheridan s cavalry corps\\nat Culpeper, Va., being still a part of the Michigan Cavalry\\nBrigade, under the fiery Custer, which was made the 1st\\nBrigade of the 1st Cavalry Division. In the first days of\\nMay the brigade advanced with the army, and soon became\\nengaged in the great battle of the Wilderness, fighting,\\nmounted, during the first three days with the renowned\\ncavalry of Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, having ten men killed\\nand twenty wounded.\\nOn the 9th of May the cavalry corps set out under Gen.\\nSheridan, on his great raid towards Richmond. Three divi-\\nsions, numbering full twelve thousand, turned their horses\\nheads to the south ward the blue-coated column, as it marched\\nby fours, stretching eleven miles along the road. Towards\\nevening of the same day, the 1st Michigan Cavalry, fol-\\nlowed closely by the rest of the column, dashed into the\\nrebel depot at Beaver Dam, driving away almost in an\\ninstant the force stationed for its defense. All night long\\nthe men were busy destroying the immense amount of rebel\\nsupplies accumulated at Beaver Dam, the flames of which\\nrose in lurid columns through the darkness, amid the cheers\\nof the excited soldiers.\\nAt daybreak the next morning the command moved for-\\nward, and on the 11th of May reached Yellow Tavern,\\nten miles from Richmond. There Gen. Stuart had assem-\\nbled a large force of cavalry, and a hard battle took\\nplace. Again and again the Union horsemen charged,\\nsabre in hand, and scattered the chivalry like chaff before\\nthe whirlwind. A single squadron of two companies of\\nthe 1st Michigan, one of which was Company K, dashed\\nlike lightning upon a rebel battery of two guns, sabred or\\ndrove away the cannoniers, and captured both pieces in an\\ninstant. A detachment of the 5th Michigan scattered the\\nimmediate followers of Gen. Stuart, and ere he could escape\\na soldier of that regiment mortally wounded the rebel com-\\nmander. Ere long all the Confederate forces were driven\\naway, and the Union column pursued its unmolested course.\\nThe regiment of which we are writing had eleven killed\\nand twelve wounded.\\nThe next day the command arrived within a mile and a\\nhalf of Richmond, but there were found strongly-manned\\nfortifications, on which cavalry could make no impre.ssion,\\nand Gen. Sheridan turned his course towards the Chicka-\\nhominy. Near that stream a large rebel force occupied a\\nnarrow passage through a swamp, along which not more\\nthan four men could ride abreast, and where a well-posted\\nbattery cut down the head of the Union column, com-\\npletely checking its advance. The leading brigade vainly\\nendeavored to force a passage. The next one likewise failed,\\nand then Gen. Sheridan sent to the rear for Custer and his\\nMichigan brigade, which at once hastened to the front.\\nThere the youthful general dismounted the 5th and 6th\\nMichigan, and sent one regiment on either side into the", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0107.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nswamp, while the 1st and 7th, with drawn sabres, awaited\\nan opportunity to charge. Wading sometimes waist-deep,\\nthe dismounted men advanced towards the flanks of the\\nbattery, and plied their Spencer carbines on the cannoniers.\\nThe latter were obliged to turn their guns on these assailants,\\nto prevent being entirely enfiladed. The moment they did\\nso Custer gave the order, and the two mounted regiments,\\nwith brandished sabres and ringing cheers, dashed forward\\nat the top of their horses speed. The gunners had barely\\ntime to limber their pieces and retreat, and the road was at\\nonce laid open for the advance of the whole corps. The\\ncommand then proceeded to Malvern Hill, and thence to\\nWhite House Landing, whence it marched to rejoin the\\nmain army of Gen. Grant.\\nThe regiment was engaged at Hanover Town on the 27th\\nof May, at Hawes Shop on the 28th, where fifteen of its\\nmembers were killed and wounded, and at Old Church on\\nthe 30th, where fifteen were killed and wounded. On the\\n31st of May and 1st of June it was engaged, together with\\nother cavalry regiments, at Cold Harbor, where it fought,\\ndismounted, in advance of the infantry, having eighteen men\\nkilled and wounded.\\nSoon after, the Michigan brigade set out, under Gen.\\nSheridan, to join Gen. Hunter, who was moving from the\\nShenandoah Valley towards Lynchburg. On the 11th of\\nJune the command met at Trevillian Station a large force\\nof the enemy, both cavalry and infantry. During that day\\nand the next, there en.sued one of the severest cavalry fights-\\nof the war, the men mostly fighting dismounted with the\\nenemy s infantry, and the 1st Regiment losing fifty-one men\\nin killed and wounded. During the first da} the Michi-\\ngan brigade did almost all the fighting, and no loss than\\nsix commissioned officers of the 1st Regiment were killed.\\nThe brigade battery was three times captured by the rebels,\\nbut was each time recaptured by the determined efforts of\\nthe Michigan soldiers. Gen. Hunter failed to make the\\npassage of the mountains, and Gen. Sheridan consequently\\nmade his way to White House Landing, and then joined\\nGen. Grant at City Point.\\nAfter serving on picket and scout duty through July,\\n18G4, the Michigan brigade was taken on transports to\\nWashington, and thence marched to the Shenandoah Valley.\\nHere it followed Custer in many a desperate charge, fully\\nsustaining its old renown. It was engaged at Front Royal,\\nAugust 16th, where the 1st Cavalry had eleven killed and\\nwounded at Shephordstown, August 20th, where it had\\nsix killed and wounded; at Sniithfield, September 4th,\\nwhere there were but four of its number in that li.st at\\nWinchester, where the killed and wounded numbered thirty-\\ntwo and at Cedar Creek, October 19th, when twenty-seven\\nof its officers and men were slain or injured. Capt. Charles\\nShier, of Company K, was killed in this action.\\nDuring the si.K months closing on the 1st of November,\\n1864, the regiment had eighty-two men killed or mortally\\nwounded in action, and one hundred and two less seriously\\nwounded, while only thirty-three died of disease.\\nIn December the Michigan brigade went into winter\\nquarters, near Winchester, and remained until the latter\\npart of February, 1865. On the 27th it started, with the\\nrest of the cayalry, under Gen. Sheridan, on a long and\\nrapid journey up the Shenandoah Valley, past Staunton, over\\nthe mountains, and down the James River. The command\\nmet with little opposition, and soon joined Gen. Grant before\\nPetersburg.\\nOn the 30th and 31st days of March and 1st day of\\nApril, 186.5, the Michigan brigade was warmly engaged at\\nFive Forks. During the first two days the men gen-\\nerally fought mounted. On the 1st of April they charged\\nthe enemy mounted, and drove him into his breastworks,\\nand then attacked the fortifications, dismounted, with the\\nrest of Sheridan s corps, capturing the fort with several\\nthousand prisoners. The brigade was con.stantly engaged\\nin fighting with the enemy from this time until the sur-\\nrender of Lee, on the 9th of April, at which time it was in\\nthe extreme advance, the flag of truce to negotiate the sur-\\nrender being sent through its lines.\\nAfter this, the regiment moved into the edge of North\\nCarolina, then returned to Washington, and immediately\\nafter the review of the Army of the Potomac, on the 23d\\nof May, 1865, was sent by rail and steamer to Fort Leav-\\nenworth, Kan., whence it was ordered across the Plains.\\nThere was much dissatisfaction, but most of the regiment\\nset out on the march, reaching Camp Collins, at the foot of\\nthe Rocky Mountains, on the 26th of July. Its head-\\nquarters remained there until about the 1st of November,\\nwhen it was moved to Fort Bridger. There it was consoli-\\ndated with the 6th and 7lh Michigan Cavalry, forming an\\norganization known as the 1st Michigan Veteran Cavalry.\\nCompany K was distributed among several other compa-\\nnies. After the consolidation eight companies were sent to\\nCamp Douglas, near Salt Lake City, while four remained at\\nFort Bridger. The regiment garrisoned those two stations\\nuntil the 10th of March, 1866, when it was mustered out,\\npaid ofi and disbanded. The men were given their choice\\nto be disbanded in Utah then, or remain till June and then\\nbe marched to Fort Leavenworth, without horses or tents.\\nAll but about seventy made the former choice. The com-\\nmutation paid them in lieu of transportation, however, was\\nnot enough to carry them home, and on representation of\\nthe injustice to Congress, that body voted three hundred\\nand twenty-five dollars to each member of the regiment,\\nminus the amount already paid as commutation money.\\nThis gave each member about two hundred and ten dollars\\nextra, which was duly paid them by the government.\\nVAN BUREN COUNTY MEMBERS OF THE FIRST CAVALRY.\\nField and Slag.\\nAiljt. Henry Beach, Decatur com. Oct. 26, 1S64 prg. to 2a licut., Co. K, Nov.\\n18, 18G3 capt., Co. G, Dec. 4, 18C4.\\nNon-CommimUmcd Stuff.\\nSorgt. Maj. James S. McElheiiy, Mattawan eiil. October, 1862; pro. to 2il licut.,\\nCo. G, Nov. 12, 1862.\\nCom. Sergt. Henry B. Babcock, Keeler.\\nHosp. Steward Watson N. Sbilliiig, Decatur; veteran, Dec. 21, 18C3 must, out\\nDec. 4, 1865.\\nCompany A.\\nAmasa Lyon, liisch. for disability, April 24, 1865.\\nGeorge H. Prentice, must, out Jan. 4, 1866.\\nOrlando F. Tracy, died of disease at Fort Leavenworth, June i, 1865.\\nCompany B.\\n1st Lieut, Tlioa. Stephenson, PawP.iw; com. Dec. ^8, 1803; disch. for disability,\\nMay 28, ISG4.\\nAlonzo Eleuwood, disch. by order, July 19, 1865.\\nCharles B. Galligan, disch. Au-. 1(1, 1865.\\nMathias Michaels, must, out July lU, 1805.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0108.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "SECOND CAVALRY.\\n97\\nCompamj C.\\n1st Lieut. Wm. H. Tucker, Decatur; com. Marcli 7, 1805 2d lieut., Oct. 28, 1803\\nmust, out March 10, 1SG6.\\nCompinu/ D.\\n1st Lieut. John Munson, Decatur; com. 2(1 lieut., Dec. 4, 1801; pro. to 1st licut.,\\nMarch 7, 1805; must, out March 10, 1800.\\nCompantj E.\\nZehulon Cleveland, must, out July 17, 1805.\\nWilliam B. Mills, must, out Marcli 2, 1865.\\nColeman P Rawson, ntust. out March 10, 1SG5.\\nHenry ;jtoddard, must, out March 10, 1SG6.\\nCompany F,\\nSergt. Henry B. Balicock, Keeler; pro. to com. sergt.\\nWilliam H. Bilrcli, must, out March 25, 1800.\\nSeth Stiilts, must, out Marcli 25, 1800.\\nCompany G.\\nCapt. Henry Beach, Decatur; com. Dec. 4, 1864; must, out March 10, 1866.\\n1st Lieut. James S. McElheny, Decatur; com. 2d lieut., Nov. 12, 1802; pro. to\\n1st lieut.. May 18, 186:i; died in action at Fairfield Gap, Va., July 4, 1803.\\nFloyd Bisby, must, out March 10, 1866.\\nDavid A. Cornell, must. out March 10, 1800.\\nIsaac B. Conner, must, out June 2, 1860.\\nEbenezcr Daily, must, out March 10, 1800.\\nCassius M. Field, must, out March 10, 1806.\\nAlbert Flanders, must, out March 10, 1860.\\nJoseph Flanders, must, out March in. 1806.\\nHudson M. Harris, must, out March 10, 1806.\\nBenjamin C. June, must, out March 10, 1866.\\nOilvin Lee, must, out March 10, 1866.\\nJohn Laberdy, must, out Marcli 10, 1866.\\nWilliam J. Manuel, must, out March 10, 1800.\\nFord Orr, must, out March 10, 1660.\\nSeth Orr, must, out Jan. 20, 1806.\\nNathan Kyan, disch. by order, July 19, 1805.\\nCompany H.\\nOrlando Hoard, must, out June 30, 1805.\\nCharles H. Johnson, must, out Juue 30, 1866.\\nCompany I.\\nAugustus Benlly, died in action at Gettysburg, Pa,, July 3, 1S63.\\nOscar A. Eastman, died of wounds at Winchester, Va., Oct. 28, 1864.\\nLucius Hungerford, died of disease, Nov. 1, 1861.\\nLucius L. Judson, veteran, Dec. 21, 1863.\\nIra A. Hunger, disch. for disability.\\nEdward J. Bickard, veteran, Dec. 21, 1863.\\nIrvin U. Skinner, disch. for disability, Nov. 14, 1862.\\nAlexander L. Whitford, died of disease, July 19, 1862.\\nCompany K,\\nCapt. Chas. Shier, Jr., Decatur; died of wounds received in action, Oct. 19, 1864.\\n1st Lieut. Thos. H. Stephenson, Paw Paw; trans, to Ist lieut., Co. B.\\n2d Lieut. Henry Beach, Decatur; com. Nov. 18,1863; pro. to 1st lieut. and ad,;.,\\nOct. 25, 1804.\\nSergt. John Munson, Decatur; enl. Nov. 18, 1863; pro. to 2d lieut., Co. D, Dec.\\n4, 1804.\\nSergt. Wm. H. Tucker, Decatur enl. Nov. 18, 1803 pro. to 2d lieut., Co. C, Oct.\\n25, 1864.\\nHiram Ayers, died of disease at Harper s Ferry, Va., .\\\\pril 23, 1865.\\nAbner Anger, disch. by order. May 3, 1865.\\nCharles Amak, must, out July 10, 1865.\\nPercy S. Bowers, must, out July 24, 1805.\\nJohn G. Bionson, disch. by order, May 3, 1805.\\nTi-uman B. Bashford, disch, by order, Aug. 21, 1865.\\nCharles S. Caryl, disch. by order, June 28, 1865.\\nElhannon J. Copley, must, out July 10, 1805.\\nOrange Hays, trans, to Invalid Corps, Sept. 25, 1804.\\nCadmus 0, Huntley, disch. for disability. May 3, 1865.\\nJoseph W. Jones, disch. by order, July 10, 1805.\\nLewis Meechara, disch. by order. May 3, 1865.\\nPeter Manuel, died of wounds at Washington, D. C, July 29, 1864.\\nCharles H. Mather, must, out June 21, 1866.\\nTheodore G. Nortlirup, disch. by order. May 19, 1805.\\nSamuel H. Painter, disch. by order, June 16, 1865.\\nHiram Bevere, disch. by order, Aug. 18, 1805.\\nEdgar K. Kickard, must, out .lune 30, 1806.\\nDe Witt C. Shattuck, must, out Dec. 8, 1865.\\nJohn Sutter, must, out Nov. 14, 1805.\\nTopham Smith, disch. by order, July 16, 1863.\\nAlexander Winburn, disch. by order, July 17, 1865.\\nJohu West, disch. for disability, Jan. 10, 1805.\\nCompany L.\\nJohn P. Clay, must, out Dec. 5, 1866.\\n13\\nCompany M.\\nQ.M. Sergt. Lorenzo D. F. Poor, Decatur; enl. Aug. 20, 1801; disch. at end of\\nservice, Aug. 22, 1804.\\nSergt. Gilbert Viucent, Decatur; enl. Aug. 20, 1801; disch. for disability, Nov.\\n1, 1862.\\nSergt. Jag. S. Mcllheny, Mattawan enl. Jan. 1, 1802 pro. to 2d lieut., Co. G.\\nCorp. Henry B. Babcock, Keeler; enl. Aug. (6, 1861; veteran, Dec. 21, 1803;\\npro. to sergt., Co. F.\\nWilliam Baker, disch. for disability, September, 1801.\\nBenjamin F. Bartholomew, disch for disability, October, 1802.\\nMathew Burgher, disch. for disability, March 24, 1863.\\nJohn F. Barnum, disch. by order, Aug. 8, 1865.\\nCharles Johnson, veteran, Dec. 21, 1863.\\nDaniel Knight, disch. for disability.\\nIsaac N. Lowe, died of disease at Frederick, Md., Jan. 5, 1802.\\nHarris Price, missing in action at Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1863.\\nJames W. Randall, missing in action at Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1863.\\nJohn N. Shaw, veteran, enl. Dec. 21, 1803.\\nEzra Serriiie, disch. for disability. May, 1802.\\nBichard L. Shaw, must, out July 23, 1806\\nAlbert Vincent, died of disea.se.\\nlinos B. Wilcox, died of disease at Detroit, Mich., Feb. 27, 1803.\\nBERRIEN COUNTY SOLDIERS IN THE FIRST CAVALRT.\\nCompany B.\\nIsaac B. Johnson, must, out Dec. 5, 1805.\\nCompany C.\\nJohn Carrier, must, out Dec. 5, 1805.\\nAlbert H. Watel-s, must, out March 10, 1866.\\nCompany D.\\nAnthony Trembly, must, out March 10, 1866.\\nCompany E.\\nSamuel Nolan, must, out Dec. 5, 1865.\\nTheodore Parmelee. must, out Aug. 8, 1865.\\nP. K. Sampson, must, out March 10, 1866.\\nCompany F.\\nMark A. Aiken, must, out March 26, 1806.\\nJohn Abbott, must, out July 15, 1865.\\nChas. Hagerman, must, out May 11, 1865.\\nChas. Pennell, must, out March 25, 1866.\\nCompany H.\\nShadrach Colo, must, out Dec. 5, 1865.\\nCompany K.\\nRobert Diamond, died of disease.\\nJohn W. Hatflold, must, out Nov. 30, 1866.\\nJames H Leiand, disch. by order, June 6, 1805.\\nCharles Wilson, disch. by order, June 7, 1865.\\nCompany JIf.\\n2d Lieut. Richard H. Van Atta, Watervliet;\\nAug. 20, 1861 res. March 24, 1S65.\\nAlonzo Bullock, died of disease at Strasburg, Va., April 2, 1862.\\nHarrison Branch, disch. for disability, Feb. 2, 1862.\\nFrancis Barclay, disch. at end of service, Aug. 22, 1864.\\nTheodore A. Barnum, disch. at end of service, Aug. 22, 1864.\\nSolomon Brummer, disch. by order. May 17, 1865.\\nPeter Baldwin, veteran, enl. Dec. 21, 1863 must, out Aug. 7, 1865.\\nHenry Beachman, must, out Dec. 5, 1805.\\nHarrison H. Cole, disch. at end of service, Aug. 22, 1864.\\nAlfred Cook, disch. at end of service, Sept. 24, 1864.\\nJohn C. Cleland, missing in action at Buck s Mills, Oct. 19, 1863.\\nOscar W. Elliott, veteran, enl. Dec. 21, 1803; must, out Nov. 24, 1865.\\nJoseph H. Fisher, must, out Nov. 24, 1805.\\nMicah W. Grimes, died of wounds. Sept. 2, 1864.\\nW. R. Hopkins, must, out July 10, 1865.\\nWilbur Moore, must, out Dec. b, 1865.\\nGeorge W. Miles, disch. by order. May 15, 1865.\\nEdward O Donnell, must, out Dec. 5, 1805.\\nSimon Shrickengast, must, out Dec. 5, 1805,\\nGeorge W. Walcott, disch. at end of service, Sept. 6, 1864.\\n.Nov. 12, 1862; sergt.; Corp.,\\nSECOND CAVALRY.\\nOf this regiment about fifty men, in all, were from\\nBerrien aud Van Buren Counties. It left Grand Rapids\\nfor St. Louis in November, 1861, remaining at the latter\\nplace until Maruh, 1862. It then took part in the opera-\\ntions near New Madrid and Island No. 10. In May,\\n1862, it proceeded to Corinth, Miss., and was occupied", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0109.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "98\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nthroughout the summer in cavalry duty in Northern Mis-\\nsissippi and Western Tennessee. Its colonel was then\\nPhilip H. Sheridan, now lieutenant-general, who had re-\\ncently been detailed from duty as a captain in the regular\\narmy to receive the colonelcy lately vacated by the promo-\\ntion of Gen. Gordon Granger. Col. Sheridan commanded\\nthe brigade consisting of the 2d Michigan, 2d Iowa, and\\n7th Kansas Cavalry, and at its head made numerous excur-\\nsions through the country around Corinth, to keep down\\nguerrillas and learn the movements of the enemy.\\nEarly in the autumn, however, Col. Sheridan was made a\\nbrigadier-general of volunteers and transferred to the Army\\nof the Cumberland, and about the same time the 2d Cav-\\nalry was sent to Kentucky. In December, 1862, and\\nJanuary, 1863, it was engaged in a movement into East\\nTennessee, the men being in the saddle twenty-two days\\nand taking part in several sharp skirmishes. Soon after-\\nwards it moved into Tenncs.see, and for several months its\\nheadquarters were at or near Murfreesboro while it was\\nalmost constantly engaged in scoutings and raids through\\nMiddle Tennessee.\\nOn the 25th of March, 1863, it had a sharp encounter\\nwith a large rebel force under Gen. N. B. Forrest, killing\\nand wounding many and capturing fifty-two prisoners.\\nThe 2d had seven men killed and wounded. On the 4th\\nof June it had another brisk skirmish between Franklin\\nand Triune, five of its men being killed and wounded.\\nWhen the army advanced from Murfreesboro in June,\\n1863, the 2d accompanied it in the cavalry division, driving\\nthe enemy from Shelbyville, Middletown, and other points.\\nIn the autumn it was engaged in scouting around Chatta-\\nnooga, at one time being part of a force which chased\\nGen. Wheeler s cavalry one hundred and ninety-one miles\\nin six days (October 3d to 8th inclusive). In November\\nit marched into East Tennessee, and on the 24th of Decem-\\nber it participated in an attack on a large force of the\\nenemy at Dandridge, Tenn., having ten men killed and\\nwounded. On the 26th of January, 1864, the 2d with\\nother forces attacked a brigade of rebel cavalry on Pigeon\\nRiver, capturing three pieces of artillery and seventy-five\\nprisoners, and having eleven of its own men wounded.\\nThree hundred and twenty-eight of tiie men re-enlisted\\nas veterans, and in April wont home on veteran furlough.\\nThe rest of the regiment accompanied Gen. Sherman in\\nhis Atlanta campaign, having several sharp skirmishes with\\nthe enemy, but being ordered back from Lost Mountain to\\nFranklin, Tenn., where they were rejoined by the veter-\\nans in July. During the summer and autumn it was\\nbusily engaged in marching through Middle Tennessee,\\nfisrhtin f with the horsemen of Forrest and other rebel\\ngenerals.\\nOn the 5th of November, 1864, the regiment was at-\\ntacked at Shoal Creek, Ala., by a large Confederate force\\n(a part of Hood s army, then advancing against Nashville),\\nand was forced back with heavy loss. It steadily fell back,\\nskirmishing almost constantly with the enemy, and at\\nFranklin, on the 30th of November, it resisted his ad-\\nvance all day, having eighteen olficers and men killed and\\nwounded.\\nAfter Hood s defeat before Nashville, the 2d pressed hard\\non his rear, and at Richland Creek, on the 24th of Decem-\\nber, charged repeatedly, driving the foe sixteen miles, and\\nhaving seven men killed and wounded. After Hood s final\\nretreat from the State the regiment remained mostly in\\nMiddle Tennessee until March 11, 1865, when it set out\\non a long raid through Northern Alabama to Tuscaloosa,\\nthence through Talladega to Macon, Ga., where it arrived\\non the 1st day of May, 1865.\\nAfter remaining in Georgia, on garrison duty until the\\n17th of August, the regiment was mustered out and sent\\nhome, arriving at Jackson on the 25th of August, where it\\nwas paid ofi and disbanded.\\nBERRIEN COUNTY MEMBERS OF THE SECOND CAVALRY.\\nCompany L.\\nC apt. Bezaloel P. WcMa, Niles com. A lg. 24, 1861 must, out Oct. 22, 1864.\\nCapt. Kichaid F. Williams, Niles com. Oct. 22, 1864 2d lieut. March 1, 1864;\\nsergt. must, out Aut 17, 1866.\\n1st Lieut. Andrew .1. Foster, Niles; com. Aug. 24, 1861 res. Aug. 31, 1862.\\n1st Lieut. John Huttou, Niles; com. Sept. 9, 1862 2d lieut. Sept. 2, 1861 res.\\nApril 9, 186t.\\n2d Lieut. Joseph N. Stfvens, Niles com. April 15,1863; Ist sergt. Aug. 24,1861\\nmust, out Oct. 22, 1864.\\nSergt. Rohert S. Longreel, Niles; cnl Sept. 7, 1861; pro. to 2d lieut. must, out\\nAug. 17, I8G5.\\nSergt. Wni. H. Wynne, Niles enl, Sept. 14, 1S61 veteran, Jan. 5, 1864 pro, to\\n2.1 lieut. must, out Aug. 17, 186.\\nMurk A. 1 Chipman, Niles enl. Sept. 7, 1861 disch. April 2, 1864.\\nWm. H. n.irnliouso, Niles enl. Sept. 14, 1861 disch. at end of service, Oct. 22,\\n1864.\\nJohn Lanioure, Niles enl. Sept. 7, 1861 veteran, Jan. 4, 1864; must, out Aug.\\n17, 1805.\\nCorp. Frank H. Cross, Niles; enl. Sept. 13, 1861; disch. at end of service, Oct.\\n22, 1864.\\nOrville D. Carlisle, Niles enl. Sept. 17, 1861 disch. for disahility, Nov. 4, 1S62.\\nIra Hagerty, Niles; enl. Sept. 6, 1861 disch. at end of service, Oct. 22, 1864.\\nJames Scliram, Niles enl. Sept. 14, 1861 sergt. disch. at end of service, Oct.\\n22,1864.\\nFarrier Freen.iin Hitchcock, Niles; enl. Sept. 11, 1861 disch. at end of service,\\nOct. 22, 1864.\\n.lolin Armsburgh, must. o\\\\it Aug. 17, 1865.\\nJohn Bec died July I, 1863, of wounds reo-ived at Farmington, Miss.\\nHarrison L. Baxter, must, out Feb. 16, 1866.\\nHenry D. Benson, disch. at end of service, Oct. 28, IS6t.\\nRansom Birdsall, disch. at end of service, Oct. 28, 1864.\\nAshley Carlisle, disch. at end of service, Oct. 2S, 1864.\\nDavid E. Cook, must, out Dec. 5, 1805.\\nNelsou W. Corwin, died of disca.se at F.irniinglon, Mis.s., July 22, 1S02.\\nGelson Clark, died of disea.se at Rienzi, Miss., Aug. 0, 1862.\\nJohn B. Cisney, disch. for disability, Oct. 3, 186i\\nNelson W. Crippeii, disch. for disability, Dec. 22, 1862.\\nHerman Chapman, must, out May 24, 1805.\\nAugustus Conrad, must, out Aug. 17, 1865.\\nJames Dewitt, disch. for disability, July 14, 1862.\\nJames Dunn, disch. at end of service, Oct. 28, 1864.\\nWm. H. Dodge, disch. for disability, Dec. 4, 1863.\\nDelos Ellis, disch. at end of service, Oct. 28, 1864.\\nChaa. W. Granger, disch. for disability, July 16, 1862.\\nHamilton McKean, must, out Dec. 5, 1865.\\nOriin Wray, died in battle at Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1803.\\nEdward HoUister, disch. for disability, Nov. 27, 1862.\\nJacob Hand, veteran, enl. Jan. 8,1864; drowned in Sopsie River, Ala., Apr.l 10,\\n1S65.\\nAlbert W. Hayward, trans, to Vet. Bes. Corps, Feb. 15, 1865.\\nCharles Hudson, veteran, enl. Jan. 8, 1804; must, out Aug. 17, 1805.\\nChas. Kennicott, disch. for disability, Sept. 15, 1802.\\nWm. Kelley, disch. at end of service, Oct. 28, 1864.\\nJoseph M. Lester, disch. at end of service, Oct. 28, 1804.\\nCivilian S. Lee. must, out Aug. 17, 1865.\\nFrank Maxwell, must, out June 19, 1865.\\nChester Niles, disch. for disability, July 15, 1862.\\nBenj. F. Kugg, disch. for disability, July 16, 1862.\\nFranklin B. Bice, veteran, enl. Jan. 6, 1864 disch. by order, July 4, 18G. i.\\nLoren A. Bice, must, out Aug. 17, 1865.\\nEdgar Sanford, disch. for disability, Oct. 20, 1862.\\nMarvin E. Scott, disch. for di.sability. May 14, 1802.\\nJohn W. Stone, disch. for disability. May 14, 1862.\\nFmnklin Stevens, disch. at end of service, Oct. 28, 1804.\\nGeo. S. Schram, disch. at end of service, Oct. 28, 1804.\\nFrank J. Stevens, died of wounds at Thompson s Station, March 4, 1803.\\nColonel I. Stephens, died of disease nt Nashville, Dec. 29, 1804.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0110.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "THIRD CAVALRY.\\n99\\nGeo. Smitli, veteran, enl. Jan. 5, 1864; must, out Aug. 17, 1805.\\nGeo. Shear, veteran, enl. Jan. 6, 1864; must, out Aug. 17, 1865.\\nAylmer Taggart, discli. for disability, Oct. 10, 1862.\\nAnthony Turner, disch. at end of service, Oct. 28, 1865.\\nChas. Valleau, veteran, enl. Jan. 5, 1S64; must, out Aug. 17, 1865.\\nCornelius Young, disch. I or disability, Aug. 9, 1862.\\nVAN BUBEN COUNTY SOLDIERS IN THE SECOND CAVALRY.\\nCompuitt/ I.\\n2d Lieut. Alonzo W. Carty, com. Sert. 24, 1864; resigned.\\nSergt. Frank H. Lanikin, enl. Sept. 11, 1861 died of disease.\\nSergt. Oscar Caldwell, enl. Sept. 1, 1861 disch. for disability.\\nSergt. Alonzo W. McCarty, enl. Sept. 11, 1861 veteran, Jan. 5, 1864 pro. to 2d\\nlieut.\\nSergt. Gilbert Mitchell, enl. Sept. 13, 1861 veteran, Jan. 5, 18G4 pro. to 1st\\nlieut., Co. L.\\nReuben A. Lambkin, died of disease at Nashville, Tenn., April 1, 1861.\\nGeorge S. Steward, veteran, enl. Jan. 5, 1864.\\nContpanij K.\\nWilliiim H. Brotherton, must, out Aug. 17, 1865.\\nJames Freeman, must.out Aug. 17, 1865.\\n1st Lieut. Gilbert Mitchell,\\nJune 22, 1865.\\nJohn C. Barker, must, out Aug. 17, 1865.\\nHiram Daily, must, out March 10, 1866.\\nCompany h.\\nFeb. 20, 1865 trans, to 130th Regt., U. S. C. T.,\\nCHAPTER XIV.\\nTHIRD CAVALRY.\\nOrganization of the Third Cavalry at Grand Rapids Departure for\\nthe Front Capture of Prisoners l)y Capt. Boihaiu Long Cam-\\npaigning in Mississippi and West Tennessee Veteran Re-enli-st-\\nment and Furlough Subsequent Duty in Arkansas, at Mobile, and\\nin Texas Muster Out at San Antonio List of Van Buren and\\nBerrien County Members.\\nThis regiment, raised in the southwestern part of the\\nState, contained in all about one hundred men from Berrien\\nCounty and about two hundred from Van Buren. Capt.\\nThomas H. Botham, of St. Joseph, in the former county,\\nraised Company L, principally in that place and vicinity,\\nand Capt. Hudson organized Company C from among the\\nyoung men of Van Buren County. Company A was also\\nlargely from the latter county. The regiment was recruited\\nduring the summer and autumn of 18U1, its rendezvous\\nbeing at Grand Rapids.\\nIt left that place for St. Louis on the 28th of November,\\nunder Col. John K. Mizner. It remained at Benton Bar-\\nracks, St. Louis, until February, 1862, when it joined the\\narmy of Gen. Pope, in the vicinity of New Madrid, Mo.\\nIt was then actively engaged in picket duty and other cav-\\nalry service, and one battalion supported the heavy guns\\nplaced in position before New Madrid.\\nAfter the capture of that place and Island No. 10, the 3d\\nwas sent to Pittsburg Landing, where it arrived soon after\\nthe battle of Shiloh, and took an active part in the ad-\\nvance of Gen. Halleok s army upon Corinth. During this\\nperiod, about the middle of April, a battalion of the 3d\\nMichigan, containing Companies L and C, and a battalion\\nof an Illinois cavalry regiment were sent out to repel the\\nenemy s horse, which had driven in the Union pickets. A\\nskirmish ensued and the rebels retreated. Company G,\\nunder Capt. Botham, an old soldier of the British army,\\ndashed forward on the right to intercept their retreat.\\nComing to a deep creek, with miry bottom and banks, the\\ncaptain plunged in. His mare fell under him, but he\\nurged her up, and with great difficulty made his way\\nthrough. Some of his men attempted to follow, and as he\\nsupposed they would all be able to cross he galloped for-\\nward at full speed towards the foe.\\nAs he approached the point where the road he was fol-\\nlowing struck at an acute angle the one on which the rebels\\nwere retreating, he found himself alone, though he could\\nsee that at least a few of his men were getting through the\\ncreek. Riding into a thick undergrowth in the forks\\nof the road, he saw a hundred or more horsemen dash\\npast him, eager to get out of the way of the Yankees.\\nThen they came in scattering groups of six, eight, or ten\\nmen together. Capt. Botham saw that something mu.st be\\ndone quickly if any of the rebels were to be caught, and\\nso, relying on the speedy arrival of his men, he spurred\\nout in front of a group of eight, who were making the best\\nof their way to the rear, brandished his sabre and shouted,\\nin stentorian tones,\\nHalt, dismount You are surrounded by a thousand\\nmen. Throw down your arms or you will all be cut to\\npieces\\nThe captain had lost his hat while struggling through\\nthe creek, and with his waving sabre and streaming beard,\\nhis horse covered with mud and his face with dust, looked\\ndecidedly ferocious. The fugitives, too, naturally supposed\\nthat he was followed by at least a company, and the group\\nof eight already mentioned at once dismounted and threw\\ndown their arms. As they did so, two more of Company\\nL, Lewis Seymour and Cochrane, who were all that had\\nsucceeded in getting through the creek, joined Capt. Botham,\\nand aided in guarding the prisoners. Scattering rebels\\ncontinued to come up, dismount, and throw down their\\narms until the three Unionists had thirteen captives. An-\\nother man dismounted and fled into the brush, leaving his\\nhorse, which joined the others and raised the number of\\ncaptured steeds to fourteen. Others of the fleeing Confed-\\nerates, seeing what was going on, rode aside into the forest\\nand escaped. The three Unionists then guarded their pris-\\noners until the rest of the company came up.*\\nImmediately after the evacuation of Corinth the 3d Cav-\\nalry was ordered to Booncville, a few miles south of the for-\\nmer place. Soon afterwards the Berrien County and Van\\nBuren County companies (L and C), under Capt. Botham,\\nwere ordered to advance and ascertain the position and\\nstrength of the enemy. After finding a rebel force of all\\narms, halting and Temaining out all night, the detachment\\nagain advanced the next morning, but halted to get some\\nbreakfast. While doing so the enemy was discovered by a\\nscout. The command left their breakfast half eaten,\\nmounted, and hurried forward. They soon found a small\\nbody of horsemen, who fled before them.\\nThe Union horsemen advanced at a rapid pace, and soon\\nfound an entire regiment of rebel cavalry disputing their\\nprogress. There was no time for consideration. If the\\nThe writer might possibly have looked with some suspicion on\\nthis account, though received from the most authentic source, had he\\nnot known beyond cjuestion of a similar occurrence, which happened\\nnot far from Corinth the following year. Such events were not com-\\nmon, but they did sometimes happen.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0111.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "100\\nHISTOKY OF BERKIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nlittle command had then retreated, it would have been at-\\ntacked and crushed by the elated Confederates. Capt.\\nBothani knew it was essential for cavalry to get the advan-\\ntage of its own momentum in a combat, and accordingly\\nshouted the order to charge. The detachment dashed for-\\nward at the top of its speed, burst tlirough the Confederate\\nlines, and then turned and charged back. The enemy was\\nso demoralized by these movements that no attempt was\\nmade to follow. How many of the foe were killed and\\nwounded was not known, but it was certain that at least\\neleven were dismounted, for eleven of their horses accom-\\npanied the Union force on its returning charge. After\\nretreating a short distance, Capt. Botham halted and sent a\\ndispatch to camp. About four o clock in the afternoon he\\nwas relieved by the 2d Michigan Cavalry, under the com-\\nmand of Col. Philip H. Sheridan. The latter drove back\\nthe enemy four or five miles, and then rejoined the main\\narmy.\\nThe regiment was actively engaged in the usual cavalry\\nduty of picketing and scouting throughout the whole season.\\nThrough the month of August it was at Tuseumbia and\\nRussellville, Ala. On the approach of Price s rebel cavalry\\nit returned to the vicinity of Corinth. Just before the\\nbattle of Corinth, while a detachment was scouting in the\\ndark, an advance-guard of two or three, among whom was\\nMr. Cross, now postmaster at Lawrence, was startled by the\\nquestion, coming almost from their horses feet\\nWhat the devil are you doing? Take care where you\\nride, or your horses will step on us.\\nThey had ridden unsuspectingly into a group of rebels\\nwho seemed to have lain down without a guard. They got\\nout of their dangerous position as soon as possible. After\\nthe battle of Corinth the regiment had some sharp skirmish-\\ning with tlie foe at Hudsonville, capturing a whole rebel\\ncompany at once. The regiment was with the advance of\\nGen. Grant s army in Mississippi, and shared the defeat\\ninflicted on the cavalry at CofFeeville. During the winter\\nit was on duty in North Mississippi and West Tennessee.\\nOn the ist of April, 1863, near Lexington, Tenn Capt.\\nTerry Harvey and Private JIalloy, both of Bangor, Van\\nBuren Co., while out together chased and captured seven\\nguerrillas, who supposed there were more Yankees in the\\nrear. The very next day Del Cross captured a rebel\\nwith a loaded rifle and revolver by drawing an empty pistol\\non him.*\\nDuiing the year 1863 the 3d Cavalry was principally\\nengaged in the arduous service of driving out the numerous\\nbands of guerrillas which infested Western Tennessee and\\nNorthern Mississippi, and repelling the incursions of Con-\\nfederate forces from other quarters, its camp being most of\\nthe time at Corinth, Miss. There were few very severe\\nbattles in this kind of warfare, and few opportunities for\\nwinning martial glory amid the shock of charging squad-\\nrons, but it tested to the utmost the endurance, the fortitude,\\nand the patriotism of the hardy sons of the West. Day\\nand night, in sun and rain, the cavalry was kept in\\nmotion. Often, when all the camp lay locked in the\\n*For those and other incidents we are indebted to the diary of\\nCapt. Rowhind, of Paw Paw.\\ndeep slumbers of two o clock in the morning, the silence\\nwould suddenly be broken by the stirring sounds of the\\nbugle, and a moment later the oSicers would be heard going\\nfrom tent to tent, arousing the half-awakened men with the\\norders, Turn out here. Company B. Turn out. Com-\\npany F. Get ready to march, with three days rations.\\nLively now lively, I say.\\nThen would follow a hurried drawing of rations, the\\nfilling of haversacks and saddle-bags with cofiee, pork, and\\nhard tack, and perhaps the cooking of a hasty meal for\\nimmediate consumption. Presently the bugles would sound\\nBoot and Saddle, the horses would be speedily equipped,\\nmounted, and ridden into line, the voices of a dozen cap-\\ntains would be heard in succession commanding Fours\\nRight Column Right March and away into the dark-\\nness would go the 3d Jlichigan, or the 7th Kansas, or the\\n3d Iowa, or any two of them, or all of them, as the occasion\\nmight seem to require.\\nNobody would know where they were going except the\\nfield-oSicers,and very frequently they didn t but all sorts of\\nrumors would pass rapidly among the boys. Forrest is\\ncoming to attack the camp; Roddy is out here ten\\nmiles Chalmers is raising the devil over at Holly\\nSprings, etc. A ride would follow, perhaps lasting two\\nor three hours, perhaps extending through three or four\\ndays and half as many nights, and sometimes embracing\\na period of one, two, or three weeks, during which the\\nbold riders were generally compelled to live upon tlie coun-\\ntry they traversed. In that half-cleared country there was\\nseldom an opportunity for the dashing charge which one\\nnaturally associates with the idea of cavalry service but\\nwhenever they met the foe, which was quite frequently,\\nboth sides dismounted, and a lively skirmish with carbines\\nagainst shot-guns ensued, which lasted until one party or\\nthe other retreated. The retreating party was usually,\\nthough not always, the rebels, as the best Confederate troops,\\nafter the battle of Corinth, in October, 1862, were taken\\naway to other sections, leaving only undisciplined bands\\nof what was called shot-gun cavalry in Northern Missis-\\nsippi and Western Tennessee.\\nIn such tasks the 3d Michigan Cavalry was engaged\\nthroughout 1863, taking part in sharp fights, and gen-\\nerally defeating the enemy at Clifton on the 20th of Feb-\\nruary at Panola, Miss., on the 20th of July; at Byhalia,\\nMiss., on the 12th of October; at Wyatt s Ford, Miss., on\\nthe 13th ol October. At Grenada, Miss., also, on the 14th\\nof August, the od led the Union advance, and, after a vig-\\norous fight, drove back the enemy, captured the town, and\\ndestroyed more than sixty locomotives and four hundred\\ncars, gathered there by the Confederate authorities.\\nIn the latter part of January, 186-1, the regiment being\\nthen in winter quarters at Lagrange, Tenn., three-fourths\\nof the men enlisted, and the command became the 3d\\nMichigan Veteran Cavalry. After enjoying their veteran\\nfurlough the command went to St. Louis in March, 1864,\\nand in the latter part of May proceeded, dismounted, to\\nLittle Rock, Ark. It was not mounted until the 1st of\\nAugust, when it resumed the work of chasing guerrillas,\\nscouting for information, etc., with an experience similar to\\nthat already described.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0112.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "THIRD CAVALRY.\\n101\\nFrom November, 1864, to February, 1865, the 3d was\\nin garrison at Brownsville Station, on the Memphis and\\nLittle Rock Railroad, where the men built such a fine-\\nappearing set of quarters and stables that the place was com-\\nmonly called Michigan City, instead of Brownsville Station.\\nIn March, 1865, the regiment, as a part of the 1st Brigade,\\n1st Division, 7th Army Corps, proceeded to New Orleans,\\nand in April continued its course to Mobile. After the\\ncapture of that place the 3d was on outpost duty in that\\nvicinity until the 8th of May, when it marched to Baton\\nRouge, La. In June it set out for Texas by the way of\\nShreveport, and on the 2d of August arrived at San Anto-\\nnio, in that State. Its headquarters remained at San An-\\ntonio until the 15th of February, 1866, while successive\\ndetachments were scouting tlie country, protecting the\\nfrontier against Mexicans and Indians.\\nIn February, 1860, the regiment was dismounted, mus-\\ntered out, and sent home, being paid off and disbanded at\\nJackson, Mich., on the 15th of March, 1866, after a ser-\\nvice of four years and a half, unsurpassed as to hardship and\\nfidelity by that of any other regiment in the army. It is\\nclaimed to have captured during the time over two thou-\\nsand five hundred prisoners, besides those taken in co-op-\\neration with other regiments.\\nOFFICEES AND MEN OF TUE THIRD CAVALRY FROM VAN BUREN\\nCOlINTy.\\nField ami Ht.iff.\\nMaj. Wm. S. Burton, South Haven com. Sept. 7, ISGl res. Dec. 2, 18G4.\\nMaj. Gilbert J. Hudson, Paw Paw com. Nov. 1, 1802 must, out Juue 6, 1865.\\nSurg. Josiah Andrews, Paw Paw com. Sept. 7, 18GI honoraljly disch. at end\\nof service, Oct. 24, 1864.\\nAsst. Surg. Lucius C. Woodman, Paw Paw; com. Sept. 7, 1861; pro. to surg.\\nmil Cav., Oct. 7,1863.\\nSurg. Albert Thompson, Lawton com. Oct. 4, 1864; asst. surg. March 31, 1864\\nhospital steward 2d lieut. Oct. 1, 1862; must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nChaplain Afa Harmon, Paw Paw com. Dec. 10, 1862 must out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nC^imptinij A,\\nCapt. Barney Dyokman, South Haven com. Jan. 13, 1862 res. Oct. 24, 1864.\\nSergt. John McDonald, Paw Paw enl. June 9, 186. must out Feb. 12, 1806.\\nCorp. Ezra Whaley, Bloomingdale eul. Aug. 30, 1861 must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nMusician Benj. F. Bridges, Bloomingdale; enl. Sept. 2, 1861 veteran, Jan. HI,\\n1864; must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nJames Alger, must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nHomer E. Boughnian, veteran, Jan. 19, 1864 must out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nCharles M, Brown, disch. for djeability, Dec. J, 1S62.\\nCyrus Brown, disi-h. by order, Feb. 3, 1863.\\nEdwin A. Cohvell, disch. at end of service, Oct. 24, 1864.\\nMarcus F. Clark, disch. for disability, July 13, 1862.\\nCbarlJs M. Coon, must, out Oct. 6, ise.?.\\nGeorge Fowler, died of disease at St. Louis, Mo., May 27, 1862.\\nCharles Ives, must, out Oct. 6, 1865.\\nFord Manch, nuut. out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nShertis Mitchelson, must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nJames U. Miller, veteran, Jan. 19, 1864; nnnt. out Heb. 12, 1866.\\nWilliam McMechau, disch. for disability, March 28, 1864.\\nFrancis M. Pearson, veteran, Jan. 19, 1864.\\nBenjamin Parker, must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nObed W. Quint, disch. at enil of service, Oct. 24, 1864.\\nWilliam A. Robinson, disch. for disabil.ty, Jan. 20, 1863.\\nWilliam Bice, disch. at end of service, Oct. 20, 1864.\\nAaron Scott, veteran, Jan. 19, 1864; must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nMarion M. Smith, must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nCompttnij B.\\nJohn AWiott, must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nFrank Branch, must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nHarrison Hilliard, must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nRansom D. Norton, must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nUziab Osborn, must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nDavid H. Wiard, must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nCfimpamj C.\\nCapt. Gilbert J. Hudson, P.iw P.iw; com. Sept. 17, 1861 pro. to maj., Nov. 1,\\n1862.\\nCapt. Orrin W. Howland, Lawrence com. Nov. 17, 1864; 1st lieut., Co. I; must.\\nout June 6, 1865.\\nnl. Sept. 17,1861 (sergt.); disch. at end of\\nnl. Sept. 17, 1861; disch. for dis-\\n1st Lieut. Joseph W. Huston, Paw Paw com. Sept. 17, 1861 res. Jan. 12, 1862.\\n1st Lieut. Barney Dyckman, South Haven; com. Jan. 13, 1862 2d lieut. Sept.\\n17, 1861 pro. to capt., Co. A.\\nIstLieut. Henry Chattield, South Haven; com. Nov. 7,1864; 2d lient; res. June\\n12, 1865.\\n2d Lieut. Albert H. Thompson, Paw Paw com. Jan. 13, 1862 sergt.; res. Oct.\\n12, 1862.\\nQ.M. Sergt. Henry A. Rogers, Paw I aw; com. Sept. 17, 1861 pro. to 2d lieut.,\\nCo. L.\\nSergl. Benj. F. Ewing, Bangor; onl. Sept. 17, 1861 disch. for disability, Nov.\\n30, 1863.\\nSergt. Nuble D. Richardson, Arlington enl. Sept. 17, 1861 disch. for disability,\\nApril 6, 1862.\\nSergt. Minard McNeil, Lawton enl. Sept. 17,1861 disch. at end of service, Oct.\\n21, 1864.\\nSergt. Orrin W. Rowland, Lawrence; enl. Sept. 17,1861 veteran, Jan. 19,1864;\\npro. to 2d lieut., Co. E.\\nSergt. Charles S. Daskam, Paw Paw onl. Sept. 17, 1861 pro. to 2d lieut., Co. F,\\nNov. 17, 1864.\\nCorp. John Blaisdell, Ai lington onl. Sept. 17, 1861 disch. for disability, Nov.\\n22, 1862.\\nCorp.Ainot Dopp, Lawrence: enl. Sept. 17, 1861 disch. for disability, Dec. 29,\\n1862.\\nCorp. Wm. 11. Durkee, Paw\\nservice, March 3, 1865.\\nCorp. Joseph G. Van Dyke, South Ila\\nability, March 28, 1864.\\nCorp. John Mahard, Lawton; enl. Sept. 17. 1861; disch. for disability, July 27,\\n1862.\\nCorp, John McDonald, Paw Paw; enl. Sept. 17,1861 (sergt.); trans, to Co. A;\\nveteran, Jan. 18, 1864.\\nCorp. Orrin W. Cross, Bangor; enl Sept. 17, 1861 disch. Sept. 16, 1862.\\nCorp. Isaiah L. Bates. Porter; enl. Sept. 17, 1861; veteran, Jan. 19, 1864: ser-\\ngeant must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nPhilo N. Ferguson, Paw Paw enl. Sept. 17, 1861 disch. at enil of\\ne, Oct. 3, 1864.\\nMusician George M. D. Tucker, Arlington enl. Sept. 17, 1861 veteran, Jan.\\n19, 1864; must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nFarrier Edward D. Ormsby, Porter; enl. Sept. 17, 1861 disch at end of service,\\nFeb. 7,1864.\\nFarrier Hiram A. Randall, South Haven enl. Sept. 17, 1861 veteran, Jan. 19,\\n1864 must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nArchibald Abbott, veteran, enl. Jan. 19, 1864.\\nCornelius Buys, disch. for disability, Feb. 14, 1863.\\nJob C. Bunnell, liisch. for disability, May 13, 1863.\\nOrson M. Baker, disch. for disability, Oct. 16, 1864.\\nEli Beardslie, died of disease at Duvall s Bluff, Ark., Aug. 14, 1864.\\nCharles Branch, died of disease, March 24, 1865.\\nWalter Bowman, missing in action at Lagrange, Tenn., Aug. 28, 1864.\\nIsaac L. Bates, veteran, enl. Jan. 19, 1864.\\nJohn G. Boosted, veteian, enl. Jan. 19, 1864.\\nGeorge A. Cross, veteran, enl. .Ian. 19, 1864; must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nJohn D. Chandler, veteran, enl. Jan. 19, 1864; must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nDaniel S. Camp, veteran, enl. Jan. 19, 1864.\\nJesse Cooper, veteran, enl. Jan. 19, 1864.\\nBurrell A. Cross, disch. at end of service, Oct. 24, 1864.\\nJoseph Don, Jr., died of wounds, April 29, 1862.\\nAndrew J. Daily, died at Corinlh, Miss., Nov. 14, 1863.\\nAndrew Donovan, veteran, enl. Jan. 19, 1864; must, out Oct. 2.3, 1865.\\nJohn H. Dolson, veteran, eul. Jan. 19, 1864; must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nRoswell Earl, vetoi an, enl. Jan. 19, 1864; must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nEbenezer Ewart, veteran, enl. Jan. 19, 1864.\\nWilliam Ewers, missing at Brownsville, Ark., Dec. 22, 1864.\\nWilliam Ewart, veteran, enl. Jan. 19, 1864.\\nWilliam W. Finley, veteran, enl. Jan. 19, 1864; must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nSelim P. Fuller, died of disease at Detroit, Mich., Oct. 14, 1862.\\nJames F. Fassett, died of disease at Corinth, Miss., Nov. 8, 1863.\\nDaniel P. Fuller, disch. by order, Jan. 2, 1866.\\nAbram F. Foster, disch. for disability, March 28, 1864.\\nJames Gilbert, disch. for disability, FefcS, 1863.\\nErnest Geisen, disch. for disability.\\nOliver E. Goodale, disch. at end of service, Oct. 24, 1864.\\nJohn P. Gross, veteran, enl. Jan. 19, 1864; must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nDelos Gage, nmst. out June 2, 1865.\\nJames Harris, disch. for disability, Nov. 8, 1862.\\nSpencer N. Hurlbut, disch. for promotion, Jan. 31, 1864.\\nOrville 0. Hoxie, died of disease at Duvall s Bluff, Ark., Aug. 10, 1864.\\nAlbert Hurlbnrt, veteran, enl. Jan. 19, 1864; must, out Feb. 1, 1866.\\nSamuel P. Harvey, veteran, enl. Jan. 19, 1864; must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nEdwin S. Hofmeyer, veteran, enl. Jan. 19, 1864; must, out June 2, 1861.\\nMitciiell H. Hofmeyer, veteran, enl. Jan. 19, 1864; must, out June 2, 1805.\\nWilliam H. Huston, veteran, enl. Jan. 19, 1864.\\nJames Hennessy, must. out. Tune 2, 1865.\\nFranklin Kelly, must, out June 2, 1866.\\nMarvin Kidney, disch. at end of service, Feb. 14, 1865.\\nJohn R. Kinney, veteran, enl. Jan. 19, 1864; must, out Fob. 12, 1666.\\nJulius H. Kelley, veteran, enl. Jan. 19, 1864.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0113.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "102\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nJohn R. King, yetemn, enl. Jan. 19, 18C4.\\nCImrles 0. King, veteran, enl. Jan. 19, 18 ;4 nmsl. .mt Ful). 12, 1865.\\nSamuel Luiz, veteran, enl. Jan. 10, 1804.\\nLoren E. Lamiihere, veteran, enl. Jan. 19, 1804 must, out Fob. 12, 1860.\\nJoseph W. Luce, ilisfb. for disal.ility, Nov. 7, 1802.\\nHans Laniont, di^ch. for disahility.\\nJerome B. Marshall. di\u00c2\u00bbch. for disability, July 1, 18G2.\\nJudson J. Moses, disch. for disability, June 27, 1862.\\nWilliam n. Moon, disch. for disability, April 0, 18G2.\\nEugene W. Moon, disch. for disability, July 29, 1863.\\n0. D. Martin, discU. at end of service, Oct. 24, 18114.\\nEben \\\\V. Monroe, disch. at end of service, Oct. 24, 1864.\\nAndrew S. Moses, died of disease at Uamhurg, Tenu., June 2, 1862,\\nSamuel C. Mallory, veteran, enl. Jan. 13, 1864.\\nRonald McDonald, veteran, enl. Jan. 19, 1864; must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nWilliam M. Nichols, disch. for disability, July 24, 1862.\\nR. C. Nyman, veteran, enl. Jan. 19, 1864 must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nGeorge W. Peabody, veteran, enl. Jan. 19,1864; must, out Feb. 19,1800.\\nEnoch M. Pease, veteran, enl. Jan. 19, 1804; must. out Feb. 19, 1806.\\nFranklin M. Pierce, disch. for disability, Jan. 1(1, 1861.\\nJames M. Parrisb, disch. for disability, Dec. 10, 1863.\\nLyman S. Russell, disch. by orrler, Sept. 16, 1863.\\nClai-k G. Russell, disch. by order, Sei.t. 16, 1863.\\nHiram L. Royall, voteran, enl. Jan. 19, 1864; must, out Feb. 12, 1806.\\nJohn B. Shuler, veteran, enl. Jan. 19, 1804.\\nStacy N.Stearns, disch. for disabili .y, Nov. 7, 1862.\\nJ. Swan, disch. for disability, Jan. 11, 1863.\\nWilliam J. Smith, disch. lor disability, Oct. 7, 1804.\\nJohn Showei-8, disch. for disability, Oct. 23, 1802.\\nSilas J. Southrell, died of disease at St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 12,1802.\\nOtis Sinclair, died of disease at St. Louis, Mo.\\nJames B. Travis, died of disease at New Madrid, Mo., April o, 1862.\\nUriah Utley, disch. July 1, 1862.\\nHenry Van Duzer, disch. April 21, 1863.\\nA. Voorhees, discli. at end of service, Oct. 24, 1864.\\nWilliam H. Wovelhen, disch. for disability.\\nClaudius D. Wright, died of disease at Rienzi, Miss., Aug. 19, 1862.\\nWilliam H. Ward, died at Corinth, Miss., Nov. 15, 1803.\\nHenry A. WelU, veteran, enl. Jan. 19, 1864; must, out Feb. 12, 1806.\\nDavid M. Ward, veteran, enl. Jan. 19, 1864.\\nR. C. Wymau, must, out Feb. 12, 18GG.\\nCompany D.\\nHorace B. Buss, must, out Feb. 12, 1860.\\nCharles Hilliard, must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nTalcott Shaver, must, out Feb. 12, 1860.\\nCompauTj E.\\n2d Lieut. Orrin W. Rowland, com. April 29, 1803 pro. to 1st lieut., Co. I, Oct.\\n24, 1804.\\nMark Dawson, must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nBenjamin Sisson, must, out Feb. 12, 1860.\\n(Jompanif F.\\n2d Lieut. Chas. S. Daskam, Paw Paw; enl. Nov. 17, 1804, sergl., Co. C; must.\\nout Frb. 12, 1806.\\nJohn Q Bousted, must, out Feb. 12, 1806.\\nElieuezer Ewers, must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nJulius Hamilton, must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nMartin A. House, must, out Feb. 12, 1886.\\nDempster Lamphere, must, out June 19, 1865.\\nLemuel E, Mallory, must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nLyman Mills, disch. Aug. 24, 1802.\\nFernando Hhodes, must, out Feb. 12, 1806.\\nCompany H,\\n1st Lieut. Henry A. Rogers, Paw Paw com. Dec. 11, 1802 2d lieut., Co. L,\\nJuly 12, 1802; res. Aug. 13, 1863.\\nEzra A. Exceea, must, out Feb. 12, 1806.\\nWilliam Hinckley, must, out Feb. 12, 1800.\\nElbert E. Taylor, died of disease at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., Aug. 20, 1805.\\nCoinpanij J.\\n1st Lieut. Orrin W. Rowland, Lawrence; com. Oct. 24,1804; pro. to capt,, Co. C.\\n2d Lieut. Wm. A. Woodward, Lawrence; com. Oct. 20, 18G5.\\nMarion C. Benjamin, must, out Feb. 12, 1860.\\nJames Bridges, must, out Feb. 12, 1806.\\nJulius F. Kelly, miist. out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nTruman K. Lamphere, must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nOtis E. Lnmpliere, must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nSamuel Lutz, disch. for disability, Oct. 22, 186,5.\\nWilliam Patterson, must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nAndrew I. Richmond, must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nMilan Richardson, must, out Feb. 12. 1866.\\nHiiani K. Wells, must, out Feb. 12, 1860.\\nJames Widner, must, out Feb. 12, 1860.\\nContpauy K.\\nWm. T. Carpenter, died of disease, Sept. 14, 1804.\\nCoiiipantf L.\\n2d Lieut. Henry A. Rogers, Paw Paw; com. July 12, 1802; pro. to 1st lieut.,\\nCo H.\\nCompany M,\\nBedford Boyce, died of disease at Brownville, Ark., Nov. 29, 1864.\\nWilliam Clokes, must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nOrrin S. Koag, must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nAllied T. Ingram, disch. by order, June 21, 1800.\\nAchilles Long, died of disease at Duvall s Bluff, Ark., July 6, 1804.\\nHugh MiPherson, must, out Oct. 9, 1805.\\nJohn McDouough, must, out Feb. 12, 1860.\\nNicholas Newman, died of disease at Duvall s Bluff, Ark., July 20, 1804.\\nCharles Pratt, must, out Feb. 12, 1860.\\nRobert Orr, must, out Feb. 12, 1806.\\nHenry Pease, must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nWm. S. Parker, must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nJ, Paul, died of disease at Duvall s BlulT, Ark., Aug. 6, 1804.\\nAdrian Uathbun, must, out Feb. 12, 1860.\\nWilliam Swick, died of disease at New Orleans, La., April 19, 1805.\\nJason M. Van Tassel, must, out Feb. 12, 1800.\\nGeorge W. Williams, died of disease at St. Louis, Mo., March 25, 1864.\\nBERRIEN COUNTY SOLDIERS IN THE THIRD CAVALRY.\\nNon-commiseioned SUtff.\\nSergt. Maj. Wm. B. Philips, Niles; pro. to 2d lieut.; died of disease in Missouri,\\nMarch 25, 1862.\\nQ.M. Sergt, Aaron Bowo, St, Joseph enl. Sept. 20, 1861; disch. for disability,\\nApril 27, 1862.\\nCompany L.\\nCapt. Thomas H. Botham, St. Joseph; com. Sept. 18, 1861; res. June 18, 1862.\\n1st Lieut. Monroe G. Carlton, St. Joseph; com. Sept. 18, 1861; pro. to capt.;\\nres. June 18, 1862.\\n2d Lieut. Harvey L. Drew, Niles; com. Aug. 13, 1862; pro. to 1st lieut., Co. M,\\nDec. 20, 1862; res. Nov. 14, 1804,\\n2d Lieut. Samuel W. Boyle, St. Joseph com. Nov. 4, 1864 trans, to Co. D pro.\\nto 1st lieut Oct. 17, 1805 must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nSergt. Cornelius Williams, St. Joseph eul. Sept. 21, 1861 disch. for disability,\\nDec. 16, 1862.\\nSergt. Theopli. Hardcubrook, Oronoko enl. Sept. 21, 1861 veteran, Jan. 19, 1864\\ndisch. by order, Sept. 12, 1865.\\nSergt. Wm. I. Barber, Berrien enl. Sept. 20, 1801 veteran, Jan. 19, 1864 disch.\\nfor disability, Jan. 19, 1865.\\nSergt. Thomas Mackay, Hagar; enl. Sept. 22, 1861 disch. by order, Jan. 15, 63.\\nCorp. Mike Galvin, Niles enl. Sept. 20, 1861 disch. at end of service, Oct. 24,\\n1804.\\nCorp. Patrick Daly, St. Joseph; enl. Sept. 23,1801; disch. for disability April\\n19, 1864.\\nCorp. Nelson Patterson, SodLis enl. Sept. 20, 1801 veteran, Jan. 19, 1804; must.\\nout Feb. 12, 1800.\\nCorp. Lewis Seymour, St. Joseph; eid. Sept. 18, 1801 disch. for disability, April\\n7, 1863.\\nCorp. Edward R. Foster, St. Joseph enl. Sept, 22, 1861 died of disease at Ma-\\ncon, Ga., Aug. 14, 1862.\\nCorp. Jesse Jones, St. Joseph enl. Sept. 22, 1861 disch. for disability, Jan. 14,\\n1863.\\nAndrew J. Acker, Buchiiuan; enl. Sept. 29, 1861; disch. at end of\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0vice, Oct. 24, 1864.\\nLeander McDougal, Sodus; enl. Sept. 20, 1861 disch, for disability,\\nJune 15,1862,\\nFariier Robert Badgely, St. Joseph; enl. Sept. 18, 1861; died of disease in Mis-\\nsouii, March 20, 1802.\\nAlonzo Avery, died of disease at Cincinnati, Ohio, June IS, 1862.\\nJoseph Boudin, died of disease in Tennessee, May 31, 1802.\\nStephen Bailey, veteran, enl. Feb. 2, 1804; died of disease in Arkansas, Nov.\\n4, 1804.\\nOrrin F. Boyle, disch. for disability, October, 1862.\\nLacey Brant, disch, for disability, Sept. 25, 1863.\\nAndrew Bassford, veteran, enl. Jan. 19, 1864; must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nGeorge M. Brant, veteran, enl. Jan. 19, 1864; mnst. out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nS. W. Bayless, veteran, enl. Jan. 19, 1804; must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nAndrew D. Barnuni, veteran, enl. Feb. 2, 1804; must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nWm. Blakesley, must out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nNicholiis Bartling, must, out Feb. 12, 1860.\\nCharles D. Case, veteran, enl. Jan. 19, 1864 must, out Nov. 4, 1805.\\nEzra Dowell, disch. for disability, Oct. 15, 1862.\\nGeorge J, Davis, disch, for disability, Oct. 17,1862.\\nJames Drake, disch, for disability, April 8, 1863.\\nLouis Eckhardt, must, out Feb. 12, 1866,\\nWilliam Freund, must, out Feb. 12, 1806.\\nPhiletus Farr, veteran, enl. Jan. 19, 1864 must, out Feb. 12, 1S66.\\nAnloine Geraw, must, out Sept. 1, 1865.\\nOrlando S. Cans, disch, for disability, April 12, 1802.\\nLouis Grabfelter, disch. for disability, Nov. 21, 1865.\\nJohn Graw, died of disease at Sodus, Mich,, Aug. 10, 1864.\\nJesse Hodges, died of disease at St, Louis, Mo., March 26, 1862.\\nFrancis M. Uardenbrook, disch. for disability, Aug. 1, 1802.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0114.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "FOURTH CAVALRY.\\n103\\nJohn Hi-ath, disch. for disability, Jan. TO, 1863.\\nHenry Hanmer, veteran, enl. Feb. 2, 1804: must, out Feb. 12, 1806.\\nHenry Hoffman, veteran, enl. Feb. 2, 1804; mnal. out Feb. 12, 1886.\\nHenry Hediick, veteran, enl. Feb. 2, 1804; must, out Feb. 12, 1806.\\nAsabel I. Howard, must, out Feb. 12, ISGO.\\nr. B. Hardenbrook, veteran, enl. Feb. 2, 1864 must, out Feb. 12, 1800.\\nLewis W. Jones, veteran, enl. Jan. 19, 1804; must, out Feb. 12, 1806.\\nLewis Lamb, veteran, enl. Feb. 2, 1864; must, out Feb. 12,1860.\\nGeorge W. McCormick, veteran, enl. Jan. 19, 1804; must, out Feb. 12, 1800.\\nJohn McLelbin, veteran, enl. Jan. 19, 1864; must, out Feb. 12, 1806.\\nJobu E. Madison, must, out Feb. 12, 1860.\\nHenry Mellen, died of disease at New Madrid, Mo., April 9, 1802.\\nCharles W. Morse, died of disease a St. Josepji, Mich., Jnne 10, 1862.\\nPatrick Mabau, died of disease at Cincinnati, Ohio, June 13, 1862.\\nAlbert Nichols, must, out Feb. 12, 1806.\\nJohn Proper, veteran, enl. Jan. 19, 1864; must, out Feb. 12, 1860.\\nJoseph Prickett, veteran, enl. Jan. 19, 1864; must, out Feb. 12, 1860.\\nHenry C. Plumb, must, out Feb. 12, 1800.\\nMichael Pollock, must, out Feb. 12, 1800.\\nFranklin Rvther, died of wounds in Alabama, July 21, 1802.\\nMaurice T. Root, disch. for disalility, Oct. 24, 1802.\\nCbnrles D. Boome, disch, for disability, Jan. 15, 1803.\\nAbram Rosey, veteran, enl. Jan. 19, 1804; must, out April 20, 1806.\\nJoseph Bosey, veteran, enl. Jan. 19, 1864; must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nJacob Rebl, veteran, enl. Feb. 2, 1864; must, out Feb. 12, 1860.\\nDavid 0. Ramsay, veteran, enl. Jan. 19, 1804; must, out Feb. 12, 1800.\\nLewis B. Ruble, veteran, enl. Jan 20, 1864 must, out Feb, 12, 1806.\\nPerry W. Roome, veteran, enl. Jan. 19, 1864; must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nWilliam Ritchie, veteran, enl. Feb. 2, 1864; must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nElmer L. Ritchie, must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nOrrin Roatli, disch. at end of sirvicc, Oct. 24, 1864.\\nCharles D. Stodilnrd, di.*ch. tor disability, Feb. 16, 1862.\\nWm. B. Smith, disch, a end of service, Oct. 24, 1804.\\nJosiah Simons, died of disease at Duvall s Bluff, Aug. 21, 1864.\\nJacob Spielniau, died of disease in Texas, Aug. II, 1805.\\nJohn Stouffer, veteran, enl. Jan. 20, 1801; must, ont Feb. 12, 1800.\\nGottfried Siefert, veteran, enl. Feb. 2, 1864; must, out Feb. 12, 1806.\\nSolomon Siifford, veteran, enl. Jan. 19, 1864; must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nAdoniram Strickland, veteran, enl. Jan. 20, 1864 must, ont Feb. 12, 1866.\\nWinson Simson, must, out Feb. 12, 1866.\\nJohn Stearns, must, out Feb 12 1806.\\nJohn G. Stingee, must, out July 17, 1865.\\nFrancis Versaw, veteran, enl. Jan. 19, 1804; must, ont Nov. 4, 1865.\\nBelos Vinton, veteran, enl. Jan. 19, 1804; must, out Feb. 12, 1806.\\nJames Yanderbeck, must, out Feb. 12, 1806.\\nPhilander E. Webl-i, must, out Fob. 12, 1800.\\nJohn P. Wood, must, out Feb. 12, 1800.\\nChristopher Williams, must, out Feb. 12, 1800.\\nAlfred D. Williams, missing in action at Duvall s Bluff, Ark., June 22, 1864.\\nCHAPTER XV.\\nPOUETH CAVALRY.\\nOrganization of the Fourth, and its Assignment to Duty in the\\nSouthwest Battles of Stone River and Chickamauga Wintering\\nin Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia The Atlanta Campaign\\nPursuit of the Confederate Gen. Hood Remounting of the Regi-\\nment at Louisville Return to Alabama Battle at Selma Capture\\nof Macon, Ga. Capture of Jefferson Davis Muster Out Soldiers\\nof tbe Fourth from Van Buren and Berrien Counties.\\nThe 4th Michigan Cavalry was authorized about the 1st\\nof July, 1862. Its rendezvous was at Detroit, and it was\\nmustered into the United States service on the 29th day of\\nAugust, its colonel being Robert H. G. Minty, and each of\\nits twelve companies being filled to the maximum number\\nof one hundred men. Of these. Company C was almost en-\\ntirely from Van Buren County, while full half the men of\\nCompany M were credited to Berrien County.\\nOn the 26th of September the regiment left Detroit for\\nthe seat of war in the Southwest, receiving its arms at Jef-\\nfersonville, Ind. It moved at once into Kentucky, and was\\nsoon engaged with the redoubtable guerrilla, John Morgan.\\nIt was in the advance on the attack on Morgan at Stan-\\nford, and pursued him as far as Crab Orchard. It also led\\nthe attack on Lebanon, Ky., on the 9th of November, five\\nhundred and forty of its men pushing in Morgan s pickets\\nat a gallop, entering the town two miles in advance of the\\ninfantry, and driving out the guerrilla leader with seven\\nhundred and fifty followers.\\nAfter a short stay at Nashville, the regiment marched, on\\nthe 13th of December, to Franklin, drove out the enemy,\\nthirteen hundred strong, killed, wounded, and captured a\\nnumber of them, and also captured their colors. On the\\n20th of December it moved in advance of the army to-\\nwards Murfreesboro and began the fighting at Lavergne.\\nOn the 31st of December it had a sharp skirmish with a\\nlarge force of the enemy, which it drove back in disorder,\\nhaving ten of its own men killed and wounded.\\nAfter the battle of Murfreesboro the 4th was engaged\\nfrom the 9fh to the 19th of January, 1863, in an im-\\nportant cavalry expedition to Harpeth Shoals, by which\\nWheeler s, Forrest s, and Wharton s mounted men were\\ndriven beyond Harpeth River. During the month of Feb-\\nruary it made numerous scouts, capturing one hundred and\\nforty-five prisoners, including two colonels and fourteen\\nother commissioned ofiicers.\\nNumerous other expeditions were made out of Murfrees-\\nboro during the spring, in all of which more or less pris-\\noners were taken and stores destroyed. On the 22d of May\\na detachment of cavalry, with a part of the 4th Michigan\\nand two companies of regulars in advance, charged into the\\ncamp of the 8th Confederate, 1st Alabama, and 2d Georgia\\nCavalry, and, after a sharp engagement, routed them, taking\\nfifty-five prisoners and destroying their camp. The colors\\nof the 1st Alabama were captured by the 4th Michigan,\\nand are now in the ofiice of the adjutant- general.\\nThe regiment moved in advance of the Army of the\\nCumberland in June, 1863, charged into the enemy s in-\\ntrenchments near Shelbyville, and aided in driving the\\nrebels through that town into Duck River, where many of\\nthem were drowned. Six hundred prisoners and four can-\\nnon were captured by the Union troops. After two or three\\nminor skirmishes, the regiment entered Chattanooga on the\\n11th of September, 1863. On the 18th, while scouting\\ntowards Ringgold, it met a large force of the enemy of all\\narms and was driven back, eleven of its men being killed\\nor wounded.\\nThe next day it fired the first shots in the disastrous\\nbattle of Chickamauga. After doing duty as skirmishers\\nuntil nearly the close of the battle, it met a rebel brigade\\nin the afternoon of the 20th, and held it in check until\\ndark, while the shattered Union army was making its way\\nofi from the field. The 4th bivouacked on the ground\\nit had held, but the next day was compelled to share in the\\ngeneral retreat.\\nOn the 30th of September it was driven by Wheeler s\\nrebel cavalry near Cotton s Ferry, on the Tennessee but\\nfrom the 1st to the 3d of October the tables were turned,\\nand the 4th had the pleasure of following its late pursuers\\nwith ardor and success.\\nBy the 1st of November, 1863, the service of the regi-\\nment had been so severe that only three hundred of the\\nmen were mounted. This battalion was actively engaged\\non picket and scout duty in Southeastern Tennessee, North-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0115.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "104\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nwestern Georgia, and Northeastern Alabama throughout\\nthe winter, the number of mounted men being i-educed,\\nby the latter part of March, 186+, to one hundred and\\ntwenty-eight. Meanwhile, the dismounted men had been\\nemployed in various duties in the same locality and also in\\nMiddle Tennessee.\\nOn the 28th of March, 18C4, all of the regiment except\\nthe one hundred and twenty-eight mounted men set out\\nfor Nashville, wliere the men received new horses and\\nequipments, and were armed with Spencer carbines. On\\nthe 14th of April the regiment joined the 2d Cavalry\\nDivision, at Columbia, Tenn. Thence it advanced, with\\neight hundred and seventy-eight men, into Georgia, where\\nthe cavalry began its arduous and dangerous labors in co-\\noperation with Sherman s army, which was then advancing\\non Atlanta.\\nOn the 18th of May seven companies were sent towards\\nKingston on a reconnoissance. Meeting the enemy s cavalry,\\nthey drove them several miles, until at length the pursuers\\nwere stopped by the rebel infantry. The opposing cavalry\\nthen threw themselves on their flanks and rear, but the men\\nof Michigan drew their sabres and cut their way out, with\\na loss of twenty-four iu killed, wounded, and missing.\\nCrossing the Allatoona Mountain and the Etowah River,\\nthe regiment marched on Dallas, where it had a heavy\\n.skirmish and took several prisoners. As a specimen of the\\nincidents constantly occurring, we relate a circumstance told\\nus by Mr. James F. Bullard, a member of the regiment\\nand now a citizen of Paw Paw. He and two others were\\nsent ahead in advance even of the skirmish line. Suddenly\\nthey were fired on by a squad of mounted men, who at\\nonce dashed forward to kill or capture them. They fled,\\nbut Bullard s horse was so exhausted by long .service that\\nhe could not be urged ofi from a slow trot, and he was soon\\nleft alone. Two mounted rebels, revolver in hand, dashed\\nup on either side of him, with the emphatic and duplicate\\ncommand,\\nHalt, you d d Yankee\\nAll right, he replied, bringing his worn-out horse to a\\nstop. Without stopping to take away his weapons they\\ngalloped on after his comrades. Mr. Bullard still had his\\nSpencer carbine with two or three loads in the breech. He\\ncocked it and awaited developments. A moment later another\\nhorseman rattled up, crying out,\\nGive me that, you d d Yankee give me that gun,\\nI say.\\nNot liking his style, Mr. Bullard lifted his carbine, fired,\\nand the rebel fell from his horse. Others were immediately\\nbehind, but without waiting for them, Mr. Bullard sprang\\nfrom his jaded steed and into the thick and swampy under-\\nbrush which lined the sides of the road. Unclasping his belt,\\nhe flung aside all his weapons and made the best time possible\\nthrough the brush. A storm of bullets cut the leaves above\\nand around him, but he escaped unharmed, and made his\\nway by a long and circuitous route to the Union lines.\\nSoon after, the regiment, with its brigade, moved to the\\nright and rear of the rebel army, driving back the Confed-\\nerate cavalry, and aiding the flank movements which forced\\nGen. Johnston s command from one stronghold to another.\\nOn the 9th of June it assisted in driving the enemy s\\ncavalry, supported by infantry, from their intrenchments\\nto the base of Kenesaw Mountain, capturing a number of\\nprisoners. On the 12th the command again encountered\\nthe enemy at McAfFee s Cross-Roads, where it carried a\\nline of rebel intrenchments.\\nAfter continued skirmishing with Wheeler s cavalry,\\nfrom the 12th to the 20th of June, the 4th Michigan and\\n7th Pennsylvania Cavalry, on the latter day, went to Lat-\\ntimore s Mill, on Noonday Creek, to secure a quantity of\\nwheat stored there. While there the two regiments were\\nsurrounded by three brigades of rebel cavalry. Col. Minty,\\nwho was in command of the Union forces, dismounted a\\npart of the men, and charged with the sabre at the head\\nof the rest. Repulsed in their first attack, the rebels made\\ndesperate efibrts to destroy the little force of Unionists.\\nThe 7th Alabama charged seven times on a battalion of the\\n4th Michigan (including Company C), which lay dis-\\nmounted behind a knoll, and met the assailants with terrific\\nvolleys from Spencer carbines.\\nAt length the rebels gave way, enough so that Col.\\nMinty s command was able to retire and join its supports.\\nWheeler s whole division of Confederate cavalry then at-\\ntacked the Union command, and was repulsed with heavy\\nloss. The troops then went to the .scene of the first fight\\nto bury their dead, every one of whom they found to have\\nbeen stripped to the skin by the rebels. Persons living\\nnear the field said there was a very large number of rebels\\npiled up on the knoll where the men of the 4th Michigan\\nused their Spencers and it is said that the Confeder-\\nates themselves fixed the number of their killed and\\nwounded at five hundred. The 4th Michigan had thirty-\\nseven men killed and wounded.\\nA constant succession of raids and fights occupied the\\ntime until the 1st of August, 18G4, during which many\\nmiles of railroad track and many bridges were destroyed,\\nthus impeding the operations of the enemy and facilitating\\nthose of Gen. Sherman, who had steadily advanced to the\\nfront of Atlanta. From the 1st to the 14th of that month\\nthe regiment was employed as infantry, occupying a por-\\ntion of the trenches before Atlanta. Being remounted, it\\nparticipated in Gen. Kilpatrick s raid on the Macon Rail-\\nroad, when twenty miles of track was torn up, and contri-\\nbuting largely to the fall of Atlanta. While thus engaged,\\nCol. Minty s brigade was caught between two bodies of\\nrebel cavalry, one of them being Ferguson s Texan Ran-\\ngers. The Unionists at once charged with the sabre,\\nbursting through the ranks of the Texans like a whirlwind,\\nand chasing them ofi the field. Over two hundred of\\ntheir number were taken prisoners, nearly all of them with\\nsabre-cuts across the head.\\nAfter the fall of Atlanta the regiment moved northward,\\nand on the 4th of October joined the 2d Cavalry Division\\nat Marietta, with which it started in pursuit of Hood s\\narmy, then making its way towards Middle Tennessee, and\\nhad numerous skirmishes with its rear-guard.\\nOne of the sharpest fights of the regiment was near\\nRome, Ga., on the 13th of October. A body of Union\\ntroops were occupying Rome, and a force of mounted rebels\\nundertook to drive them out. While a brisk skirmish was\\ngoing on, Minty s brigade crossed the Oostenaula River, and", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0116.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "FOURTH CAVALRY.\\n105\\nmade a sabre charge on the flank of the Confederates. The\\nlatter fled in the utmost confusion. The Unionists ran\\nover a battery of guns and captured it in an instant, and\\n.then pursued the enemy several miles, capturing prisoners,\\nand sabring those who resi-sted. The 4th Michigan alone\\ntook one hundred and twenty-eight prisoners, which was\\nabout the number of the mounted men in the regiment,\\nnearly all the horses having been worn out by the severity\\nof the service.\\nMr. BuUard, before mentioned, who ran down and\\ncaught in succession eight of the fleeing rebels, rode up to\\nan ambulance, drawn by four mules, and ordered the driver\\nto halt but he only urged his team to greater exertions.\\nSpurring his horse up beside the lead team, Mr. BuUard\\nstruck one of the mules over the head with his sabre,\\nknocking him down. Another sabre cut dismounted the\\ndriver, who I olled to the side of the road witii the scalp\\ntorn from one side of his head, but not fatally wounded.\\nSitting up and lifting the loose scalp, he looked up to the\\nvictor and drawled out\\nMister, you cut my head mighty bad.\\nSimilar incidents were constantly taking place as the\\ntide of pursuers and pursued swept tumultuously onward\\nover the hilly road. At length a force of inlrenched Con-\\nfederate infantry was reached, and the Union cavalry retired\\nwith its prisoners to join the main command.\\nThe mounted men of the regiment moved thence to\\nLittle River, Ala., where the command had a conflict with\\nWiieeler s cavalry, which was forced to retire.\\nMeanwhile the dismounted men were sent back from\\ntime to time as their horses were worn out by the severity\\nof the service, being mostly employed in garrisoning block-\\nhouses on the Nashville and Huntsville Railroad. On the\\n17th of September, 1861, a corporal and seventeen men in\\na block-house were attacked by a cavalry division with\\nartillery, but although the assailants shelled the block-\\nhouse over five hours, they could not compel the gallant\\nlittle squad to surrender, and finally retired, after having\\neight men killed and sixty wounded. The corporal was\\npromoted to bo a commissioned oflicer, and the names of\\nhis men were honorably mentioned in general orders.\\nAfter the fight at Little River, before mentioned, the\\nmounted men of the regiment, then numbering but about one\\nhundred, transferred their horses to the 3d Brigade, and pro-\\nceeded to Louisville, Ky. The dismounted men also concen-\\ntrated at the same point. They remained there until the latter\\npart of December, being in the mean time remounted and fur-\\nnished with new Spencer seven-shooting carbines. On the\\n28th of December the 4th again moved southward, with\\ntwenty-six officers and six hundred and ninety-six soldiers.\\nIt proceeded by way of Nashville to Gravelly Springs, Ala.,\\nwhere it remained until the 12th of March, 1865. Some\\nof the time the men suffered severely for want of rations,\\nbeing obliged to live on parched corn for several days.\\nOn the 12th of March the regiment broke camp, and set\\nout on Gen. Wilson s great cavalry movement through\\nCentral Alabama. Four divisions of cavalry stretched in\\nan almost interminable line as the command made its way\\nsouthward over mountains, rivers, creeks, and swamps. It\\ncrossed the Black Warrior River, on the 2i)th of March, by\\n14\\nswimming the horses, losing one man and from thirty to\\nforty horses. On the 31st it crossed the Cuhawba River,\\npassing the accompanying battery over the railroad-bridge,\\nwhich was temporarily floored with ties, five or six horses\\nbeing killed by falling nearly a hundred feet from the bridge\\nto the river.\\nOn the 2d of May, at two p.m., the bi-igade to which the\\n4th belonged being in the advance, the column arrived in\\nfront of the city of Selma. This, the chief city of Central\\nAlabama, was surrounded by two lines of bastioned in-\\ntrenchments. On the top of the parapet lay a line of\\nlarge logs, supported by blocks two or three inches above\\nthe earth, giving just room for the defenders standing\\nbehind the parapet to push their rifles through the inter-\\nstices. The works were defended by Gen. Forrest with\\nseven thousand men, according to the rebel statement,\\nthough the Unionists claimed there were nine thousand.\\nThe 2d Division, in which was the 4th Michigan, was\\nordered to attack, dismounted, on the Summerville road.\\nFor a while the 4th supported a battery which played on\\nthe rebel works. Just before the assault was ordered to\\ntake place, the rebel Gen. Chalmers attacked the rear\\nof the 2d Division. Three regiments were detached to\\noppose him the remainder, including the 4th Michigan,\\nswept forward to the assault. Besides the men holding\\nhorses, the force resisting Chalmers, and other detachments,\\nthere were about fifteen hundred men of the 2d Division\\nin the a.ssaulting column. These moved forward under a\\nterrific fire from the breastworks, which was followed by a\\nswift succession of volleys from the Spencer carbines of the\\nUnionists, steadily aimed at the top of the parapet.\\nCol. Long, the division commander, was shot in the head\\nat the beginning of the a.ssault, and Col. Minty, of the\\n4th Michigan, led the men against the works. Increasing\\ntheir pace, they dashed forward with resounding cheers,\\nswarmed through the ditch and over the breastworks, killed,\\ncaptured, or drove away the rebels almost in an instant, and\\ntook possession of the enemy s main line in twenty minutes\\nafter the first advance. Three hundred and twenty-four out\\nof the fifteen hundred assailants were killed in this brief\\nperiod.\\nSo close had been the aim of the Unionists, that a con-\\nsiderable number of the Confederates (our informants think\\nas many as twenty) were found standing erect inside the\\nbreastworks, but shot through the head and stone dead.\\nTheir rifles were held in place by the logs before mentioned,\\nand death came to them so suddenly that they were held\\nupright by the parapet and by their stiff ened grasp on their\\nweapons.\\nThe inner line of works was also captured by the 2d\\nDivision by the time the 4th Division arrived at the outer\\nline. The result of the whole operation was the capture\\nof one hundred pieces of artillery, two thousand eight hun-\\ndred prisoners, and an immense amount of ammunition and\\nstores.\\nOn the 7th of April the command moved eastward, pass-\\ning through Montgomery and Columbus into Georgia. The\\nbrigade to which the 4th belonged marched all the night\\nof the 17th of April to save the double bridges over the\\nFlint River, reaching them early in the morning of the", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0117.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "106\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\n18th, when a gallant sabre charge was made by one bat-\\ntalion of the 4th Michigan, which carried the bridges and\\ncaptured every man of the rebel force left to destroy them.\\nOn the 20th of April the 2d Division, which was in the\\nadvance, after a rapid march of twenty-seven miles, was met\\nsome twelve or fifteen miles from Macon, Ga., by a rebel\\noflBcer with a flag of truce, who informed Col. Minty that\\nan armistice had been stipulated between the contending\\nforces, and requesting him not to enter Macon.\\nI have had no notification of any armistice from my\\nsuperiors, replied Col. Minty, and shall not stay out of\\nMacon. I will give you five minutes start (taking out his\\nwatch) in returning to Macon, and you had better make\\ngood use of it.\\nThe officer and his escort set out on the gallop. Col. Minty\\nSilt on his horse, watch in hand, until the five minutes had\\nelapsed, when he returned the watch and gave the order\\nForward gallop, march\\nThe division dashed forward, in thundering column,\\ntowards Macon. Over hill and down dale it pursued its\\nfiery course. The flag-bearers were run down and passed\\nsome small detachments stationed along the road were\\nswept away like chaff, and at six p.m. the division dashed\\ninto Macon, where it received the unconditional surrender\\nof Gen. Howell Cobb and about two thousand men, with\\nsixty-two pieces of artillery. Being there ofiicially notified\\nof the surrender of the rebel armies under Lee and John-\\nston, Gen. Wilson stayed the fiirther advance of his corps.\\nOn the 7th of May the 4th Michigan, four hundred and\\nforty strong, under Lieut.-Col. Pritchard, left Macon for\\nthe purpose of capturing Jefierson Davis and his party,\\nwho were known to be making their way towards the coast.\\nHaving struck the trail of the fugitives at Abbeville, on\\nthe 9th of May, Col. Pritchard selected one hundred and\\nthirty-five of his best-mounted ofiicers and men, and moved\\nrapidly by a circuitous route to intercept them. At Irwins-\\nville, at one o clock in the morning of the 10th of May,\\nCol. Pritchard learned that a train, which probably belonged\\nto Davis, was encamped a mile and a half distant.\\nMoving out into the vicinity of the camp, he sent Lieut.\\nPuriuton, with twenty-five men, to wait on the other side\\nof it. At daybreak, Col. Pritchard and his men advanced\\nsilently, and without being observed, to within a few rods\\nof the camp, then dashed forward and secured the whole\\ncamp before the astonished inmates could grasp their\\nweapons, or even fairly arouse themselves from their slum-\\nbers. A chain of mounted guards was immediately placed\\naround the camp, and dismounted sentries were stationed\\nat the tents and wagons.\\nWhile this was going on, Corp. George Munger, now of\\nSchoolcraft, Kalamazoo Co., and private James F. Bullard,\\nof Paw Paw, Van Buren Co., observed two persons, in\\nwomen s dress, moving rapidly away from one of the tents.\\nMunger was mounted and Bullard dismounted.\\nThat ought to be attended to, said one of them.\\nYes, replied the other, and Munger immediately rode\\naround in front of one of them and ordered Halt\\nBullard mounted and followed a moment later.\\nThis is my mother-in-law, said one of them. She\\nis going after some water. Can t you let her pass?\\nHer companion, a tall person, much bent, wrapped in a\\nwoman s water-proof, with a .shawl over the head and a\\npail in one hand, remained .silent.\\nNo, you can t pass, replied Munger.\\nAt that moment Bullard rode up, and the hitherto silent\\npersonage, seeing that further disguise was u.seless, straight-\\nened up, dropped the pail, threw ofi the waterproof and\\nshawl, and disclosed a tall, thin, sharp-faced, sour-looking\\nman, with gray hair, gray whiskers under his chin, and one\\nblind eye. Several other soldiers came up immediately\\nafterwards, but no one at first seemed to recognize in this\\nforlorn fugitive the renowned chief of the defunct Confed-\\neracy. Mrs. Davis, however (for she was his companion),\\nhad her wifely fears aroused by the grim faces and clanking\\narms around her, and threw her arms around her husband s\\nneck, exclaiming,\\nDon t shoot him don t shoot him\\nLet them shoot, said Davis, if they choose I may\\nas well die here as anywhere.\\nBut no one was inclined to be his executioner, and the\\nsquad with the two prisoners moved back towards the tents.\\nMrs. Davis, when questioned, admitted that her companion\\nwas the ex-president of the Confederacy. As they went\\nalong, Mrs. Davis said to Mr. Bullard,\\nMr. Davis is a very reverend man I hope he will not\\nbe insulted.\\nI shall not insult him, curtly replied Bullard, if he\\nbehaves himself\\nMeanwhile Col. Pritchard had taken the greater part of\\nthe force and gone to the assistance of Lieut. Purinton, in\\nwhose front heavy firing was heard. It proved to be a\\nmost unfortunate rencontre with a detachment of the 1st\\nWisconsin Cavalry, which was also in pursuit of Davis, and\\nthe advance-guard of which began firing on Purinton s\\nmen before ascertaining who they were. After this error\\nwas discovered (which was not until several men had been\\nkilled and wounded). Col. Pritchard returned to camp and\\ndiscovered that, besides Davis, his wife, and four children,\\nhis command had also captured two of his aides-de-camp, his\\nprivate secretary, several other Confederate ofiicers, thirteen\\nprivate servants, waiting-maids, etc., making a total of\\nabout thirty persons. As he rode up, Col. Pritchard was\\naccosted by Davis, who asked if he was the ofiicer in com-\\nmand. The colonel said he was, and asked how he should\\naddress his interlocutor.\\nCall me what or whoever you please, said the rebel\\nchieftain.\\nThen I shall call you Davis, replied Pritchard. After\\na moment s hesitation the former admitted that that was\\nhis name. He then suddenly drew himself up with great\\ndignity and exclaimed,\\nI suppose you consider it bravery to charge a train of\\ndefenseless women and children but it is theft it is van-\\ndalism.\\nWithout stopping to inquire whether the distinguished\\nprisoner considered himself a woman or a child, the colonel\\nset out for Macon, joining the rest of the regiment on the\\nway.\\nThe lucky man of the expedition was one Michael Lynch,\\na deserter from the Confederate army, who had enlisted in", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0118.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "FOURTH CAVALRY.\\n107\\nthe 4th Michigan. He secured a pair of saddle-bags con-\\ntaining eighteen thousand dollars in Confederate gold.\\nAlthough vigilant search was made for it by the officers, he\\nmanaged to conceal it, got out of camp with it, and buried\\nit. He was strongly suspected from various circumstances\\nof being the person who had it, and the acting adjutant-\\ngeneral of the brigade endeavored to persuade him to give\\nit up, saying it would certainly be found, and then he would\\nlose it, but if he would give it up he (the officer) would\\nuse his influence to have it, or a part of it, given back to\\nhim.\\nWell now, captain, said Lynch, with great apparent\\nfrankness, I haven t got that money, but if I had it I\\nshouldn t be green enough to give it up.\\nWhy, what could you do with it queried the officer.\\nWhat could I do with it? replied Lynch, why I\\nwould bury it, and after I was discharged I would come\\nback and dig it up. But then I haven t got it.\\nAnd this was precisely what he had done, and what after\\nhis discharge he did do.\\nFrom Macon Col. Pritchard, with twenty-three officers\\nand men, was ordered to Washington, as a special escort\\nfor Davis and his party. Corporal Munger and Private\\nBullard were placed on the detail by the adjutant, on account\\nof their having been the first to stop Davis. While this\\nparty went to Washington (giving Mr. Davis into the cus-\\ntody of the commandant at Fortress Monroe), the rest of\\nthe regiment returned, by way of Atlanta and Chattanooga,\\nto Nashville, where it was mustered out and paid off on the\\n1st of July, 1865. It reached Detroit on the 10th of the\\nsame month.\\nVAN BUISEN COUNTY MEMBERS OF HIE FOURTH CAVALRY.\\nField and Slag.\\nMaj. Joseph W. Heuston, Paw Paw com. Sept. 1, 1802 res. Aug. 23, 1863.\\nMaj. Kobert Burns, Lafayette com. Dec. 11, 1804; must, out July 1, 1865.\\nAiljt. Robert Burns, Lafayette; com. Dec. 18, 1802; pro. to capt., Co. C, March\\n31, 1863.\\nCom y John S. PugsU-y, com. Jan. 23, 1801 must, out July 1, 1805.\\nNmi-Commiesinned Sta^\\nSergt. Maj. E. Fitz-Stevens, must, out July 1, 1865.\\nVet iny Sergt. Silas M. Rawson, must, out July 1, 1865.\\nCompany A.\\n2J Lieut. Mortimer Buck, Lafayette; com. Feb. 17, 1803; pro. to 1st lieut, Co.\\nC, Feb. 25, 1804,\\nJohn Baty, must, out Aug. 15, 1865.\\nKodolphus Moon, died of disease at Cartersville, Ga., June 7, 1804.\\nCompany B.\\n2d Lieut. John Bennett, Decatur; sergt Co. C; brevet 1st lient. U. S. Vols.,\\nMay 10, 1865, for meritorious services in the capture of Jefferson Davis.\\nJohn A. Sullivan, died in action at Noonday Creek, Ga., June 20, 1804,\\nCompany C\\nCapt. Thaddeus W. Molcher, Laf.iyette; enl. July 8, 1802 res. for disability,\\nMarch 31,1863.\\nCapt. Robert Burns, Lafayette com. March 31,1863; Ist lieut., July 8,1862;\\npro. to maj., Dec. 11, 1864.\\nCapt. George W. Lawtou, Porter com. Aug. 23, 18G3 let lieut,, Jan. 23, 1803\\n2d lieut., July 8, 1862; wounded in action at Dallas, Ga,, May 24, 1864;\\nbrevet maj, U, S, Vols,, March 13, 1865, for g.allant and meritorious con-\\nduct in action near Dalhis, Ga,\\nCapt. Mortimer Buck, Lafayette com Jan. 3, 1865; Ist lieut., Feb. 25, 1804\\n2d lieut., Co, A, Feb, 17, 186:1 must, out July 1,-1865,\\n2d Lieut. Albert H, Marsh, Paw Paw com, Dec, 24, 1862 res, Feb, 17, 1863,\\n2d Lieut, Aaron F, Ismon, Lafayette com. May 31,1863; q.m, sergt., Aug. 6,\\n1862; res. Dec. 19, 1863,\\n1st Sergt. Mortimer Buck, Lafayette enl. Aug. 6, 1862 pro. to 2d lieut., Co. A.\\nSergt. Thomas J. McKinney, Porter; enl. July 21, 1862 must, out July 1, 1805.\\nSergt. James C. Crandall, Hartford enl. July 23, 1802; disch.for disability, Jan.\\n20, 1803.\\nSergt, Henry Sherwood, Columbia; enl, July 23, 1862 disch by order.\\nSergt. James Dopp, Lawreuce enl, July 31, 1802 died of disease at Murfrecs-\\nboro Jan. 17, 1863.\\nSergt. William Moore, Columbia; enl. Ang. 2, 1862; died of disease at Mur-\\nfreesboro Feb. 17, 1863.\\nSergt. John Bennett, Decatur; enl. Aug. 5, 1802 pro. to 2d lieut., Co. B.\\nSergt. Thomas D. Smea l. Antwerp must, out July 1, 186-5.\\nCorp. Henry Loveland, Lafayette; must, out July I, 1865.\\nCorp. Franklin Buck, Keeler; disch. for disability, April 25, 1863.\\nCorp. Bulla Dean, Hamilton disch. March 8, 1863.\\nCorp. Gilbert H. Darling, Antwerp must, out July 1, 1865,\\nCorp, Charles H, Leathers, Columbia; sergeant; must, out July 1, 1865,\\nReturn T, Anderson, must, out July 1, 1865,\\nBenjamin F. Austin, must, out July 1, 1865,\\nJohn R. Bryant, must, out July 1, 1865.\\nJames M, Buckley, must, out July 1, 1865,\\nJames F, BuIlarJ, must, out July 1, 1865.\\nCharles Burrell, must, out July 1, 1865.\\nWesley P. Barker, must, out July 1, 1865.\\nCharles W. Barnes, disch. for disability, Dec. 30, 1862.\\nJames M. Bierce, died of disease at Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 28, 1862.\\nEdwin L. Clark, died of disease at Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 13, 1863.\\nGeorge W. Collins, died of disease at Murfreesboro Tenn., Feb, 17, 1863.\\nStephen A. CoUrarn, disch. for d.sability, Dec. 27, 1863.\\nLuman Conklin, disch, for disability, Aug, 6, 1863,\\nJames M. Crane, disch, for disability, Oct. 3, 1S63,\\nPeter Carr, missing in action at Columbia, Tenn,, April 17, 1805,\\nLester Crawford, must, out July 1, 1865,\\nEdgar A, Crane, must, out ,luly 1, 1865,\\nDavid Q, Curry, must, out July 1, 1865.\\nHiram P, Dake, must, ont July 1, 186,5,\\nBenajah M, Davis,\\nTimothy Darien, disch, for disability, Feb, 3, 1863,\\nHarvey Delano, died of disease,\\nElon G, Dalson, disch, for disability, Sept. 30, 1863.\\nJohn Denton, must, out May 3, 1865.\\nEgbert 0. Dickenson, must, out July 1,1865.\\nDavid Dillon, must, out July 1 1865.\\nDaniel Eckler, must, out July 1, 1865.\\nAllen Engle, must, out May 8, 1865,\\nNorman W, Eastman, disch, for disability, March 25, 1863,\\nAugust Freeman, disch, for disability, June 2, 1864,\\nWilliam A, Field, tians. to Vet. Res, Corps, Nov. 1, IS63.\\nGeorge N. Fish, ilied of disease at Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 20, 1863.\\nJeremiah C. Hayues, died of disease at Nashville, Tenn., Jan, 18, 1863,\\nH, L, Howard, died of disease at Nashville, Tenn,, Feb, 2, 1863,\\nRussel Harrington, died of disease at Murfreesboro Tenn., March 14, 1863.\\nE. C, Hazaril, died of disease at Detroit, Mich., July 21, 1863,\\nHarry T, Howe, disch for disability, Feb, 25, 1863.\\nHenry A. Holly, disch, for disability,\\nGeorge P, Harrison, must, out July 1, 1865.\\nElijah Hazard, disch. for disability, July 1, 1863.\\nWilliivm G. Irwin, disch. for disability.\\nAllen Jones, disch. for disability. Sept, 30, 1863,\\nMarcus D, Jenkins, trans, to Vet, Res. Corps, Dec. 15, 1863,\\nGeorge J.cnkins, died of disease at Ooltewah, Tenn,, Feb, 28, 1864,\\nOliver Jaqnayes, died of disease at Nashville, Tenn,, Jan, 5, 1863.\\nWilliam Leonard, died of diseiise at Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 14, 1862.\\nByron W, Lamphire, died in action at Noonday Creek, Ga,, June 20, 1864.\\nEdward I. Lane, must, out July 1, 1805.\\nJohn C. McLean, nnist. out July 1, 1865,\\nStephen B, Munson, must, out July 1, 186.5,\\nAlfred M, Merrymnn, trans, to Vet, Res, Corps, Sept, 15, 1863,\\nHenry Merriman, died of disease at Murfreeshoro Tenn,, Nov, 22, 1863,\\nGideon P, Niles, disch, by order, May 3, 1365.\\nGeorge W. Pierce, disch. by order, M ly 3, 1865.\\nHowland Place, disch. for disability, March 2, 1863.\\nJohn Prince, Jr., trans, to Vet. Res. Corps, Aug. 1, 1803.\\nJohn F. Page, must, ont July I, 1805.\\nReuben Palmerton, must, ont July 1, 1865.\\nPhilo Pritchard, must, ont July 1, 1865,\\nPomeroy Prince, must, ont July 1, 1805.\\nJerome Rockwell, must, ont July 1, 1805,\\nJohn Ryan, must, out July 1, 1865,\\nGeorge B, Rediker, must, out July 1, 1865.\\nIsa-ic P. Riiss, trans, to Vet. Res. Corps, Dec. 15, 1863,\\nRensselaer Riggs, disch, for disability, Aug, 11, 1803,\\nWilliam J, Smith, disch. by order, June 3, 1805,\\nCharles H, Smith, must, out July 1, 1865,\\nReuben 0. Wilcox, must, out July 1, 1865.\\nWilliam Woolsey, died of disease at Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 18, 1SG3.\\nCompany L.\\nJohn L. Derby, died of disease at Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 5, 1863.\\nBERRIEN COUNTY SOLDIERS IN THE FOURTH.\\nNon-Commissioned Stajf.\\nSergt. Major Virgil M. Jones, Niles com. Feb. 23, 1863 pro. to 2d lieut., Co, E,\\nMarch 31, 1863; disch, fur disability, Aug, 27, 1864,", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0119.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "108\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nCnmpttmj A.\\nGeo. W. Cull, Diust. out Aug. 15, 1805.\\nAlbert Killing, must, out Aug. 16, 18C5.\\n.Tohn I etcrliiiugh, dieil of tiiseaBe iit Kaslivillc, Tenn\\nOtis Sliaw, must, out Aug. l.i, 1865.\\nEnoch WoodbriJgp, must.\\nCompany B.\\nut Aug. 15, 1*65.\\nOnnpamj C.\\nDaniel vfBiowu, Jisdi. by order, Mny 4, 1805.\\nCornpttT};/ M,\\n2d Lieut. Aaron Kowe, Niles com. Aug. 13, 1862 res. Sept. 20, 1864.\\n1st Seigt. Virgil M. Jones, Niles; eul. Aug. 4, 1802; pro. to sergt. maj.\\nSergt. Andrew S. Pcnnell, Niles; eiil. Aug. 0. 1802; disdi. for disability, Jan. 1,\\n180.i.\\nSergt. Geo. W. Collins, Benton enl. Aug. 0, 1802 must, out July 1 1865.\\nSergt. John H. Phiiiuey, Beutou enl. Aug, 9, 1802; discli. by order, May 26,\\n18135.\\nSergt. Daniel C. Bickford, Niles enl. Aug. 4, 1862 disch. for disability, March\\n26, \\\\mi.\\nSergt. Edwiu McComber, Niles; enl. Aug. 5, 186i disch. for disiibility, Jan. 17,\\n180;!.\\nEdward B.GrifDlh, Niles; enl. Aug. 0, 1802; must, out July 1, 1805.\\nSergt. Reuben A. Hay, Niles; enl. Aug. 0, 1802; disch. lur disability, July 1,\\n1805.\\nHomer E. Atkins, died of disease at Nashville, Feb. 24, 1805.\\nChas. C. Branch, died of disease at Murlreesboro May 11, 1803.\\nSeymour Boyer, disch. for disability. May 5, 1803.\\nAlbert Brooks, must, out July 1, 1805.\\nBarton J, Curtis, disch. for disability, Jan. 14, 1803,\\nIsaac Curry, discU. for disability, April 22, 1863.\\nChas. E. Durham, di-ch. for disability, April 22, 1803.\\nThos, Douglass, dieil of disease at Colouia, Mich., April, 1864.\\nJames Edmonds, disch. for disability, June 24, 1863.\\nJ. M. Edwards, disch for disability, July 28, 1864.\\nU. V. Fasha, disch. for disability, Sept. 21, 1804.\\nJared N. Gray, disch. by order, May lU, 1865.\\nWatson Gray, must, ont July 1,1865.\\n\\\\Vm. B. Greene, died of wounds, Dec. 17, 1802, at Nashville, Tenn.\\nHenry E. Gibney. trans, to Vet. Kes. Corps, April 30, 1804.\\nNelson J. Gibney, trans, to Vet. Res. Corps, Jan. 15, 1801.\\nJaftrey Godfrey, must, out July 1, 1865.\\nBarllett Huiitover, must, out July 1, 180.5.\\nSamuel Harris, must, out July 1, 1865.\\nlleury Hammond, trans, to Vet. Res, Corps, April 30, 1804.\\nS. C. Irwin, disch. for disability, Jan. 15,1863.\\nChas. S. Lincoln, disch, for disability, Dec. 6, 1862.\\nPeter S. Ludwig, trans, to Vet. Res. Coips, April 15, 1804.\\nOrville McKean, died of disease at Nashville, Tenn,, D.^c, 8, 1862.\\nC. McComber, disch. for disability, Feb. 22, 1863.\\nW. W. Matlice. disch. for disability, May 1 1, 186:!.\\nGeo. N. Marshall, missing in action in Georgia, Aug, 19, 1864.\\nElisha Martindale, must, out July 1, 1865.\\nAndrew B. Norris, died of disease at Nashville, Ma.v, 1864,\\nRoland Osgood, must, out July 1, 1805.\\nAustin L. Sniitli, must, out July 1, 180.5.\\nWalker Smith, must, out July 1, 1805.\\nJohn Silver, died of disease at Chattanooga, Dec. 18, 1862.\\nCHAPTER XVI.\\nSEVENTH, NINTH, AND ELEVENTH CAVALRY.\\nThe Seventh Cavalry assigned to the Michigan Cavalry Brigade\\nService in Virginia in 1863 The Kilpatrick Raid Sheridan s\\nRichtuond E.\\\\j)edition Service in the Shenandoah Valley March\\nto the James River Petersburg, Five Forks, and Appomattox\\nTransfer to Fort Leavenworth Service on the Plains Muster Out\\nand Disbandmcnt Ninth Cavalry Pursuit of the Rebel John\\nMorgan Campaign in East Tennessee Again in Pursuit of Mor-\\ngan Participation in the Atlanta, Savannah, and Carolina Cam-\\npaigns Muster Out at Concord, N. C. Eleventh Cavalry Scout-\\ning in Kentucky Raiding with Stoneman in Virginia and North\\nCarolina Consolidation with the Eighth Cavalry Muster Out at\\nNashville Rerrieu and Van Buren Soldiers in the Eleventh.\\nSEVENTH CAVALRY.\\nAbout half of Company B of this regiment was from\\nthe northwestern part of Berrien County about a third of\\nCompany A was from the central and southern parts while\\nseveral other residents of the same county were scattered\\nthrough Companies C, D, E, II, I, and L.\\nThe regiment was raised by Hon. T. W. Kellogg, in the\\nfall of 18G2 and the ensuing winter, its rendezvous being\\nat Grand Rapids. Two battalions (including Companies\\nA and B) left that place for Washington on the 20th of\\nFebruary, 1863, being joined by the third battalion in May\\nfollowing.\\nThe 7lh was assigned to the celebrated Michigan cavalry\\nbrigade, consisting of the 1st, 5th, 6th, and 7th cavalry re-\\ngiments from this State, and commanded successively by\\nGens. Kilpatrick and Custer, and participated with it in all\\nthe glory and excitement of the ensuing campaigns. It\\ntook part in minor actions at Thoroughfare Gap, Va., on\\nthe 21st of May, 1863 at Greenwich, Va., on the 30th\\nof May and at Hanover, Pa., on the 30th of June. On\\nthe 3d of July it was very hotly engaged, charging the\\nenemy repeatedly, and having fifty-seven of its men killed\\nand wounded, besides twelve missing and twelve taken\\nprisoners. It was also in conflicts of more or less impor-\\ntance at Smithson, Md., July 6th at Boonston, Md., July\\n8th at Falling Waters, Md., July 14th at Snicker s Gap,\\nJuly 19th at Kelly s Ford, Va., Sept. 13th at Culpeper\\nCourt- House, Va., Sept. 14th at Raccoon Ford, Va,, Sept.\\n16th Brandy Station, Va., Oct. 13th, and others. Ninety-\\ntwo men were killed and wounded during the season, be-\\nsides forty-six reported missing in action, many of whom\\nwere killed.\\nDuring the winter of 1863-64 the 7th was mostly em-\\nployed on picket duty in front of the Army of the Potomac,\\nbut on the 28th of February, 1864, it started with several\\nother regiments in the Kilpatrick raid. Arriving before\\nRichmond on the 1st of March, it was placed on picket the\\nfollowing night. During the night it was attacked by a\\nsuperior force of the enemy, and being unsupported was\\ndriven back. Forty-four men were reported missing, among\\nwhom was the commander of the regiment, Lieut -Col.\\nLitchfield. The command soon marched to Yorktowii,\\nwhence it proceeded by transports to Alexandria, Va.\\nHaving crossed the Rapidan with the Army of the Po-\\ntomac on the 5th of May, the regiment set out on the 9th\\nin Gen. Sheridan s movement against the enemy s commu-\\nnications. On the 11th it was in the battle of Yellow\\nTavern, charging the enemy s cavalry and driving it from\\nthe field, and having eighteen of its own men killed and\\nwounded. The operations of the Michigan cavalry brigade\\non that raid have been mentioned in the sketch of the 1st\\nCavalry, previously given, and the 7th took its full share in\\nthem all.\\nAfter rejoining the army, it attacked the rebel cavalry on\\nthe 27th of May, charging and driving one of their bri-\\ngades several miles, and capturing forty-one men. The\\nnext day it was in a fight at Hawes Shop, where fourteen\\nof its men were killed and wounded. It also took part in\\nthe attack on the enemy s works at Cold Harbor, on the\\n30th of May, fighting dismounted in advance of the in-\\nfantry.\\nWith the rest of the Michigan brigade and other regi-\\nments, it then moved, under Gen. Sheridan, towards Gor-\\ndonsville, and on the 11th and 12th of June had a hard", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0120.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "SEVENTH CAVALRY.\\n109\\ncavalry fight at Trevillian Station, losing twenty-nine\\nkilled and wounded during the conflict. On the first day\\nof the fight a small squad of the 7 th recaptured from a large\\nforce of the rebels a piece of artillery which had been taken\\nfrom a Union battery.\\nThe command then returned to the main army, and on the\\n31st of July the Michigan brigade set out for Washington\\nand the Shenandoah Valley. On the 16th of August, the\\n7th Cavalry was in the battle of Crooked Run, where it had\\ntwelve men killed and wounded, and where, according to\\nthe oflficial report, one battalion charged a brigade of\\nrebel cavalry, routing them and capturing nearly a hundred\\nprisoners.\\nOn the 25th of August it was engaged near Shepherds-\\ntown, with slight loss. On the 29th, its division being at-\\ntacked by infantry in force, it covered the retreat to Smith-\\nfield, having fourteen killed and wounded.\\nOn the 19tli of September the regiment was warmly\\nengaged in the battle of Opequan Creek. It charged\\nacross that stream, drove the enemy from the bank, advanced\\nand aided in driving him at headlong speed through the\\ntown of Winchester. Twenty-three officers and men were\\nkilled and wounded in the 7th, among the mortally wounded\\nbeing its commander, Lieut. -Col. Melvin Brewer. Five\\ndays later the regiment was in another combat at Luray,\\ndriving the enemy back in great confusion, and capturing\\nsixty prisoners.\\nOn the 9th of October the 7th took part with its corps in\\nrouting the rebel cavalry under Gen. Rcsser. Ten days later,\\nat Cedar Creek, while the 7th was on picket, the enemy,\\nby a sudden attack, broke through the line of the Union\\ninfantry and struck this regiment in the rear. It made\\ngood its retreat, however, without serious loss. When\\nSheridan galloped up from Winchester and retrieved the\\nfortunes of the day, the 7th Michigan Cavalry took an active\\npart in the conflict, and in the final charge which drove the\\nfoe in confusion from the field it captured about one\\nhundred prisoners.\\nDuring the year ending Nov. 1, 1864, the regiment had\\nhad no less than one hundred and fifty-nine officers and\\nmen killed and wounded, a very heavy loss for a cavalry\\nregiment.\\nThe 7th remained in camp near Winchester most of the\\ntime until the 27th of February, 1865, when it moved up\\nthe Shenandoah Valley, with its corps, to take part in Gen.\\nSheridan s celebrated march to the James River. On the\\n8th of March the regiment aided in routing a portion of\\nRosser s cavalry near Louisa Court-House, and capturing\\nthe town. After destroying a large part of the Lynchburg\\nand Gordonsville Railroad, and the locks, aqueducts, and\\nmills on the James River Canal, the command reached\\nWhite House Landing on the 19th of March, and was soon,\\nwith the cavalry corps, established on the left of the Army\\nof the Potomac. The 7th took an active part in the battle\\nof Five Forks, and was engaged with the enemy almost till\\nthe moment of Lee s surrender at Appomattox.\\nAfter a short stay in North Carolina, the Michigan\\nbrigade returned to Washington, and thence proceeded to\\nFort Leavenworth, whence it was ordered to cro.ss the\\nPlains and operate against the ho.stile Indians. There was\\nmuch bitterness felt by the men at this extension of their\\nservice to another field from what was originally intended.\\nNevertheless, they crossed the plains to the Rocky Moun-\\ntains, and were employed until November in guarding the\\noverland stage-route from the Indians. About the 1st of\\nNovember the regiment transferred two hundred and fifty\\nmen, whose term extended beyond March 1, 1866, to the\\n1st Michigan, the remainder of the regiment returning to\\nFort Leavenworth, and being there mustered out of the\\nservice. It was paid off and disbanded at Jackson, Mich.,\\non the 25th of December, 1866.\\nOFFICERS AND SOLDIERS OF THE SEVENTH C.WALRY FROM\\nBERRIEN COUNTY.\\nField mid Staff.\\nMiij. Alpxaniier Walker, Niles com. capt., Oct. 16, 18G2 pro. to maj., Feb. 24.\\n1864; discli. for disability, NiiT. 28, 1S64.\\nMiij. I.inU3 F. Wariu i-, Rciyalton com. capt., Oct. 15, 1862 pro. to maj., Oct. 12,\\n1864; mu.it. out 1st Cav., Miircli 2Y, 1866.\\nAdjt. Charles O. Pratt, Niles; com. Maidl 28, 1804; pro. to capt., Dec. 12, 180.J\\nmust, out as adjt., Dec. 15, 1865.\\nNoii-Cowm,ixfiioited Skiff.\\nQ.M. Sergt. Chailc-s O. I nitt, Niles; cnl. Sept. 8, 1862; pro. tolst lieut. and adjt.\\nQ.M. Sergt. William W. liro-.vi., St. .Toseph eol. Nov. 1, I8G4 most, out Dec. 11,\\nl 6.i.\\nCmqnmii .1.\\nSergt. Edwin D. Cook, Pipestone enl. Sept. 15, 1862 pro. to 2d lieut.. May 21,\\n1865; mUKt. out a\u00c2\u00ab sergt Dec. 15, 1805.\\nSergt. Edwaid R. Havens, Bucliauan enl. Sept. 12, 1862; pro. to 2d lieut.. May\\n24, 1866; must, out a,\u00c2\u00ab 2d lieut., Dec. 15,1865.\\nSergt. William H. CBrii^n, Benien; enl. Sept. 6,1862; died in Andersonville\\nprison. Sept. 13, 1864.\\nSergt. Edwar.l S. Lang, Niles; enl. Sept. 22, 1862 died in rebel prison, Rich-\\nmond, Va.. Feb. 1, 1864.\\nCorp. Harvey S. Reynolils, Berrien enl. Sept. 8, 1862; taken prisoner; disch.\\nby order, July 5, 1865.\\nCorp, Wni. S. Graham, Niles enl. Sept. 8, 1862; must, out Dec. 15, 1865.\\nJohn Alexander, trans, to 1st Cav.; must, out March 27, 1866.\\nEli J. Briney, must, out Dec. 15, 1866.\\nEdward J. Brickell, died of disease at Gettysburg, Pa., Aug. 10, 1863.\\nGeorge Bridleman, died of disease at Grand Rapids, Mich., Oct. 19, 1S62.\\nMadison Cox, must, out of Vet. Res. Corps, Oct. 13, 1SG5.\\nCalvin Chester, must, out Dec. 15, 1805.\\nDavid Fnlton, died of disease at St. Loiiia, June 1.5, 1865.\\n0. H.dlis, disch. for disability, Oct. 17, 1803.\\nAlexander Lowrey, died of disea- C in Ohio, Feb. It, 1803.\\nE. S. Lenney, died of dlwise iit Annapolis, Md., June, l -64.\\nOliver Marcott, died of disease.\\nN. Matchitt, died in action at Trevillian, Va., Iay U, 1.S04.\\nGeorge U Matchitt, rau.st. out Dec. 15, 1865.\\nCharles Malcolm, must, out June 7, 1806.\\nAllen C. Parks, missing in action at Cedar Cieek, Va., Ort. 19. 1804.\\nA. L. Reims, disch. for disability. Oct. 17, 1863,\\nMichael Shrewder, died of disease at Alexandria, Va., Aug. 2, 1863.\\nJohn H. Stead, must, out Dec. 15, 1865.\\nSpencer N. Sparks, from Vet. Res. Corps; must, out Oct. 13, 1865.\\nCornelius Sparks, trans, to 1st Cav.; m\\\\ist. out March 1(1, 1806.\\nJames Trumbull, died of disease at convalescent camp.\\nGeorge \\\\V. Vosburg, must, out Dec. 15, 1865.\\nCompany B.\\nCapt. Linus F. Warjier, Royalton com. Oct. 15, 1862; pro. to maj, Oct. 12, 1864.\\n2d Lieut. James C. Boughton, St. Joseph com. Oct. 15, 1802; res. June 26, 1805.\\n1st Sergt. Riley A.Gregg, Royalton; eul. Aug.30, 1802; pro. to 2d lieut., Co. M,\\nOct. 23, 1864.\\nSergt. Ira Enos, Benton enl. Aug. 29, 1802; disch. by order, Aug. 18, 1863\\nSergt. Kellogg B. Martindale, St. Joseph; enl. Sept. 29, 1862 must, out Dec.\\n15, 1865.\\nJames Barney, from Vet. Res. Corps; must, out June 29, 1865.\\nJames Burnett, must, out Dec, 15, 1865.\\nJohn J, Burrows, must, out June 20, 1865.\\nJohn Boughton, must, out June 3, 1865.\\nNorman H, Badger, must, out Dec, 15, 1865,\\nGeorge Birdsay, missing in action at Trevillian, Va., June II, 1864.\\nJacob Chant, missing in action and gained no other record.\\nJames Conley, must, out Dec, 16, 1865,\\nJohn Drake, disch. for disability.\\nWilliam H, Erlck, trans, to 1st Cav, nuist, cut March 10, 1860,\\nJohn S, Hagan, dieil of disease, Dec. 8, 1862.\\nGeorge Hartsell, died in Andersonville prison-pen, April 2, 1864.\\nJames Haskins, died of wounds in field-hospital, April 7, 1865.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0121.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "110\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\niBiulc Iless, must, out May 2 18G5.\\nWilliam Hawthorne, must, out Dec. 15, 1865.\\nCaleb L. Hatch, tiaiis. to 1st Cav. must, out Marili 10, ISCIi.\\nHamilton Hicks, missing in action at Hichniontl, Va., niaich 1, 1SG4.\\nEl enezer Jakeway, died in Andersonville prison, July 18, 1864.\\nHenry H. Keller, died in hospital of wounds, June 25, 18U4.\\nJoseph H. Miller, must, out June 27, 1865.\\nLewis P. McBiide, must, out Dec. 16, 1865.\\nArthur N. Napier, must, out Aug. 22, 1805.\\nEdwin J. Philips, missing in action near Richmond, Va., March 1, 1864.\\nJosiah Safford, died of disease at Grand Rivpids, Mich., Feb. 15, 186:i.\\nMickle Smith, trans, to Vet. Res. Corps, April 10, 1864.\\nCharles Stevensou, must, out Dec. 15, 1805.\\nWilliam H. Stevens, trans, to Ist Cav.; must, out March 10, 1860.\\nFrederick Scott, trans, to 1st Cav.; must, out March 10, 1800.\\nHiram Tietzel, must, out Dec 15, 1805.\\nFrancis H. Van Pelt, dieil ut disease in Virginia, April 24. 1863.\\nJoseph F. Whitaker, died in Andersonville prison-pen, April 2, 1804.\\nSamuel Whitmore, must, out Dec. 16, 1866.\\nCompanif C.\\nGeorge B. Griffith, niuat. out Dec. 15, 1865.\\nHenry Parmenter, must, out Dec. 15, 1865.\\nAdam Sinn, must, out Dec. 15, 1865.\\nGtmpanij D.\\nCharles Grisler, died of disease at Washingtofl, DC.\\nWesley GrifBth, must, out Dec. 15, 1865.\\nCompany E.\\nJoseph C. Cassidy, must, out Dec. 16, 1865.\\nCompany H.\\nWilliam Covert, must, out July 17, 1865.\\nCompany T.\\n2d Lieut. Edward R. Havens, Buchanan com. June 2.5, 1805; must, out Dec. 15,\\n1865.\\nThomas Mclntyre, must, out June 7, 1865.\\nCnmpimy L,\\nGeorge W. Riley, must, out Dec. 8, 1805.\\nJasper Abbe, must, out Dec. 8, 1S65.\\nVAN BUREN COUNTY SULDIERS IN THE SEVENTH CAVALRY.\\nCompany B.\\nStephen Austin, died of disease on board transport, Dec. 17, 1864.\\nJerome Gessler, missing in action at Trevillian, Va., June 11, 1864.\\nGeoige H. Hedding, must, out Dec. 15, 1865.\\nJohn Oifard, must, out Dec. 15, 1865.\\nHenry C. Russell, must, out Dec. 15, 1865.\\nJason Ru3 ell, died of disease at Richmond, Va., March 5, 1864.\\nRobeit Thompson, must, out May 23, 1865.\\nDavid McNeal, must, out Au\\nCompany F.\\n8, 1805.\\nCompany II,\\nGeorge H. Prentice, trans, to 1st Cav.; must, out Jan. 4, 1806.\\nNINTH CAVALRY.\\nMore than half of Company E of this regiment was from\\nVan Buren County, and a few men of Company L were from\\nBerrien County. It was raised in the autumn of 1862\\nand in the winter and spring of 18G2-63, having its ren-\\ndezvous at Coldwater. Except two incomplete companies,\\nit left there for Kentucky about the 20th of May, 1863.\\nAfter chasing ordinary guerrillas through June, it joined\\nin the pursuit of the famous Morgan on the 4th of July,\\nand followed him through Kentucky, engaging his rear-\\nguard at Lebanon and capturing some prisoners.\\nOn the 12th the regiment was divided at Westport, Ky.\\nOne battalion joined Gen. Hobson s command, which fol-\\nlowed Morgan s force to BufiBngton s Island, on the Ohio\\nRiver, and there captured five hundred prisoners and three\\ncannon. Another battalion went to Portsmouth, Ohio,\\npursued the enemy to Chester, Ohio, and captured a part\\nof his force, then joined Gen. Shackleford and marched to\\nEight Mile Island, where the Confederates were again en-\\ngaged and more than a thousand captured. The third bat-\\ntalion pursued the rebels which had escaped capture at\\nBuffington s Island. It overtook them near Steubenville,\\nOhio, on the 25th of July, and the next day routed them,\\nkilling and wounding .sixty-seven, and capturing three hun-\\ndred and five, more than were in the Union force.\\nThe regiment was then united, and went with Gen. Burn-\\nside to East Tennessee. It reached Knoxville on the 3d\\nof September, but immediately moved on Cumberland Gap,\\nwhere it took part in the capture of two thousand five\\nhundred men and fourteen pieces of artillery.\\nIt then returned to the Valley of the Tennessee, and\\nuntil the 15th of January was almost constantly engaged\\nin scouting the country, skirmishing with the enemy in that\\nregion. On the 16th it encountered the rebel infantry\\nin heavy force at Kinsbro s Cross roads, and was repulsed\\nwith a loss of thirty-two killed, wounded, and missing.\\nThe regiment soon returned to Knoxville with two hundred\\nof its horses worn out and the men dismounted by reason\\nof the severity of the service.\\nThe 9th then returned to Kentucky and received new\\nhorses. On the 12th of June it again encountered Morgan\\nat Cynthiana, and aided in routing him, capturing one hun-\\ndred and ton prisoners.\\nIn July it moved south to join Sherman. It reached\\nthe vicinity of Atlanta on the 8th of August, joined Kil-\\npatrick s cavalry division, and was employed around At-\\nlanta until its fall. It afterwards participated in Sherman s\\ngreat march to the sea, being engaged in numerous minor\\nconflicts with the enemy on the way. At Waynesboro\\nGa., on the 4th of December, it charged with the sabre,\\ncapturing four hundred prisoners, and receiving special\\nnotice from Gen. Sherman and the War Department. It\\nremained near Savannah after its capture until the 27th\\nof January, 1865, when it started on the Carolina cam-\\npaign. During this campaign it was in fights and skir-\\nmishes at Salkohatchie, S. C, February 0th at White\\nPond, S. C, February 9th at Aiken, S. C, February\\n11th; at Lexington, February 15th; at Broad River\\nBridge, S. C, February 17th; at Phillips Cross-Roads,\\nN. C, March 4th at Wadesboro N. C, March 5th at\\nSolemn Grove, N. C, March 10th; at Averysboro N. C.,\\nMarch 15th at Bentonville, N. C, March 20th and 21st;\\nat Raleigh, N. C, April 12th; and at Morrisville, N. C,\\nApril 13, 1865. The news of Lee s surrender was received\\non the 14th, and the regiment did no more fighting. It\\nremained in North Carolina until the 21st of July, when\\nit was mustered out of service at Concord, in that State.\\nIt then returned home, reaching Jackson on the 30th of\\nJuly, where it was paid off and disbanded.\\nMEMBERS OF THE NINTH CAVALRY FROM VAN BUREN COUNTY.\\nCompany E.\\nCapt. John G. Hinchey, Antwerp com. Nov. 5, 1802; must, out July 21, 1865.\\nIst Lieut. F.ugene E.Smith, Antwerp; com. Nov. 5, 1862; disch. for disability,\\nDec. 28, 1803.\\nIst Lieut. Will H. S. Banks, Porter; com. Jan. 8, 1864; 2d liout, Nov. 12, 1862\\npro. to capt., Co. C; must, out July 21, 1805.\\n2d Lieut. Geo. B. A. Hill, Antwerp; com. May, 1805 sergt. must, out July 21,\\n1806.\\nIst Sergt. Ellis D. Simmons, Antwerp; enl. Dec. 8, 1862; disch. for disability,\\nJune 0, 1865.\\nCom. Sergt. Grant \\\\V. Tuttle, Lafayette enl. Dec. 1(1, 1802 pro. to 2d lieut., Co.\\nK res. Ni v. 24, 1864.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0122.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "ELEVENTH CAVALRY.\\nIll\\nCom. Sergt. Clias. Vf. Brown, Almena; enl. Dec. 5, 1862; dlsch. by order, Juno\\n7, 1805.\\nSergt. Geo. L. Tultle, Lafayette enl. Jan. 10, 1863 (liscli. by order, May 18, 65.\\nSergt. Silas A. Smith, Lafayette enl. March 6, 186:i j l8t sergt. mnst. out July\\n21, 1S65.\\nCorp. John G. Markellie, Almena: enl. Dec. 5, 1SG2; sergt.; must, out July 21,\\n1805.\\nCorp. Wallace R. Snyder, Antwerp; enl. Nov. 20, 1802 sergt. niTist. out July\\n21, 1865.\\nCorp. Edwin T. Phelps, Pine Grove enl. Dec. 12, 1802 must, out July 21, 1865.\\nCorp. Alfieil Finch, Pine Grove enl. Dec. 18, 1862 must, out July 21, 1865.\\nCorp. Wm. Brown, Antwerp; enl. Nov. 20, 1802 disch. by order, July 18, 1805.\\nCorp. Mauley M. Morse, Pine Grove; enl. Dec. 18, 1802; disch. by order, June\\n12, 1865.\\nCorp. Uri.ah Waldo, Antwerp enl. Dec. 26, 1802 must, out July 21, 1865.\\nCorp. Reuben D. Ford, Pine Grove; enl. Nov. 10, 1862; must, out July 21, 1S05.\\nMerritt Bliss, died of disease at Indianapolis, Ind.\\nGeorge Bilby, di.-d of disease at Andersonville prison, Ga April 20, 1804.\\nMerritt Binell, missing in action at Dandridgc, Tenn., Jan. 10, 1804.\\nAaron Bott, must, out July 21, 1865,\\nCalvin P. Bradford, must, out July 21, 1805.\\nJoseph Clark, must, out July 21, 1805.\\nCharles Cristie, must, out July 21, 1865.\\nWillis C. Cook, must, out July 21, 1865.\\nAlplionzo Carey, disch. for disability.\\nJohn Clark, died of disease at Camp Nelson, Ky., June 2, 1804.\\nJoseph Ellison, must, out Aug. 5, 1805.\\nDavid Earl, must, out July 7, 1865.\\nEdward Finch, must, out July 1, 1865.\\nDewitt C. Goff, must, out July 21, 1805.\\nOrviu Holden, must, out July 21, 1805.\\nSamuel E. Holden, must, out July 21, 1805.\\nEhuore Holden, died of disease at Knoxville, Tenn., March 10, 1804.\\nBruce Lewis, must, out July 21, 1865.\\nHamilton W. McLean, must, out July 21,1805.\\nJames G. Mar^h, must, out July 21, 1865.\\nCharles Magoou, must, out June 18, 1865.\\nJacob Markellie, disch. for disability, Feb. 4, 1864.\\nTruman Rider, died of disease at Andersonville prison, Ga., July 7, 1804.\\nSolomon Shook, died of disease at OolJwater, Mich., April 6, 1863.\\nJoseph Sheldon, must, out July 21, 1805.\\nThomas Stevens, must, out July 21, 1805.\\nWilliam Veeley, must, out July 21, 1865.\\nDaniel L. Williams, must, out Juno 20, 1865.\\nCompany L.\\nCorp. Maurice T. Root, Keeler; enl. Jau. 1, 1863; trans, to Inv. Corps; must.\\nout Aug. 30, 1865.\\nSOLDIERS OF THE NINTH CAVALRY FROM BERRIEN COUNTY.\\nCompany L,\\n2d Lieut. Ira B. Riford, Niles; com. Jan. 22, 1863 res. for disability, Jan. 19, 64.\\nSergt. Wm. Butler, Niles; enl. Dec. 16, 1862; pro. to 2d lieut.; died of wounds\\nat Marietta, Ga., Sept. 7, 1864.\\nQ.M. .Sergt. Collins A. Kinsley, Niles; enl. Dec. 10, 1802; must, out July 10,\\n1865.\\nCom. Sergt. M. M. McClave, Niles; enl. Dec. 16, 1802 sergt. must, out July\\n21,1865.\\nCom. Sergt. Burwell Carniichael, Sodus enl. Dec. 16, 1802; must, out May 22,\\n1865.\\nChas. B. Soule, died in action in Georgia, Dec. 4, 1804.\\nLuke Versaw, disch. by order, Aug. l;^, 1864.\\nWm. N. Wood, died of disease at Knoxville, Feb. 10, 1804.\\nELEVENTH CAVALRY.\\nMore than half of Company K of the 11th Cavalry was\\nfrom Berrien County, which also furnished a few men to\\nCompanies A and I. There were also a dozen or so from\\nVan Buren County scattered through Companies B, D, E,\\nG, and I. The regiment was recruited during the sum-\\nmer and autumn of 1863, and left its rendezvous at Kala-\\nmazoo in December of that year for the scene of war in the\\nSouthwest.\\nAfter scouting in Kentucky about six months, the 11th,\\nin company with other regiments, came in collision with\\nthe noted rebel cavalry leader, John H. Morgan, at Mount\\nSterling, in that State, and, after a sharp action, utterly\\nrouted his command. On the 12th of June, 18G4, it came\\nup with the remainder of his force at Cynthiana, Ky., and\\nagain the sons of chivalry were compelled to fly before the\\nmen of Michigan. In the latter part of September, 1864,\\nthe regiment moved with its division on a long and tedious\\nraid over the mountains to Saltville, Va. The place was\\nfound to be fortified and well defended by a large force, under\\nGen. Breckenridge. The attack failed, and the command\\nreturned to Kentucky.\\nIn the latter part of November the 11th was ordered to\\nEast Tennessee, where it was engaged in the usual fighting\\nwith guerrillas and rebel cavalry until the middle of Jan-\\nuary, 1865, when it marched with Gen. Stoneman on an\\nimportant raid into Virginia. On the 16th of January,\\n1865, it fought with Vaughan s Brigade all day near Ab-\\ningdon, Va., completely routing it and capturing all its ar-\\ntillery and two hundred and fifty men. After defeating\\nBreckenridges infantry, destroying the salt-works at Salt-\\nville, burning an arsenal, and capturing a large quantity of\\nsupplies and artillery, the command pa.ssed over the moun-\\ntains into Kentucky, three-fourths of the horses being worn\\nout and the men dismounted.\\nIn the early part of March the regiment, with new\\nhonses, again went to East Tennessee, where it joined an-\\nother expedition of Gen. Stoneman, bound for North Car-\\nolina. At Salisbury, in that State, on the 12th of April,\\nthe command defeated a large force of the enemy, captur-\\ning eighteen hundred prisoners and twenty-two pieces of\\nartillery. It then passed on through South Carolina into\\nGeorgia, and on the 11th of May captured the cavalry\\nescort of Jefferson Davis, near Washington, in that State.\\nIt then went back through South Carolina to East Ten-\\nnessee.\\nOn the 20th of July, 1865, the 11th was consolidated\\nwith the 8th Michigan Cavalry, the united body taking\\nthe latter name. The consolidated regiment was retained\\nin service in Tennessee for the purpose of suppressing guer-\\nrillas, etc., until the 22d of September, 1865, when it was\\nmustered out at Nashville. It immediately returned home,\\nreaching Jackson on the 28th of September, and was soon\\nafter paid off and disbanded at that point.\\nBERRIEN COUNTY SOLDIERS IN THE ELEVENTH CAVALRY.\\nFkU awl Sl ijr.\\nAdj. Mauley S. Rowley, Niles; enl. Sept. 1, 1863 must, out Aug. 10, 1805,\\nOnitpiiiiy A.\\nEdward Frazer, must, out June 16, 1865.\\nCharles H. Fanow, mnst. out Sept. 22, 1865.\\nCompany I.\\nSergt. Joel Turner, Watervliet; disch. for disability, April 13, 1863.\\nJoseph O Keefe, must, out July 17, 1865.\\nCompany K.\\nCapt. Geo. M. WelH, Niles com. Aug. 1, 1803 trans, to 8th Cav.; must, out\\nSept. 22, 1865.\\n2d Lieut. Chas. H. Palmer, Niles com. June 1, 1864 sergt., Oct. 20, 1863 trans.\\nto 8tli Cav.; must, out Sept. 22, 1865.\\n(J. M. Sergt. F. M. Cottrell, Buchanan enl. Sept. 25, 1863 disch. for disability,\\nJan. 26,1865.\\nCom- Sergt. Jas. E. Goodman, Niles enl. Oct. 15, 1863 trans, to Sth Cav. i)ro.\\nto 2d lieut. must, out Ist sergt., Sept. 22, 1805.\\nSergt. James H. Delauo, Niles; enl. Sept. 21, 1863; trans, to Sth Cav.; must.\\nout Sept. 22, 1865.\\nSergt. Burwell Hickman, Three Oaks; enl. Sept. 2, 1863 must. out May 20, 05.\\nSergt. Benjamin F. Ralph, Niles; enl. Oct. 23, 1803; trans, to Sth Cav.; pro. to\\ncapt. in U. S. C. T.\\nCorp. Wm. Martin, N. Buffalo enl. Sept. 28, 1803 sergt.; trans, to Sth Cav.\\nmust, out Sept. 22, 1865.\\nCorp. C. D. n. Trowbridge, Pipestone; enl. Sept. 10,1863; trans, to Sth Cav.;\\nmust, out Sept. 22, 1865.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0123.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "112\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nCorp. Win. H. Drew, Niles; enl. Nov.2,1863; trans, to Inv. Corps; must out\\nMay 18, IfOo.\\nCorp. Thos. S. Stewiirt, Pipestone eul. Sept. 24, 1803 sergt. trans, to 8th Cav.\\nmust, out Si pt. 22, 180.5.\\nCorp. James MfOniNer, Niles; enl. Sept. 17, 1803; must, out June 16,186.5.\\nCorp. Henry C. Redding, Niles; enl. Sept. 8, 1863; sergt.; trans, to 8th Cav.;\\nmust, out Sept. 22, 1865.\\nMusician Wm. C. Winch, Buclianan enl. Oct. 15, 1803; died in action at Sal t-\\nvill.., Va., Oct, 2, 1864.\\nKarrier Henry L. Beecroft, Niles; enl. Oct. 23,1863; trans, to SIh Cav.; pro.\\nintoU.S. C. T.\\nJohn G. Allen, diseh.by order, July 31, 180.5.\\nChiis. Boyce, trans, to Sth Cuv.; niiist. out June 16, 1865.\\nMoses Binniman, trans, to 8th Cav.; must, out Sept. 22, 1805.\\nJames H. Biiyes, must, out June 10, 1805.\\nChas. B. Cronkite, trans, to Sth Cav. must, out Sept. 22, 186.5.\\nJohn B. Cnistraw, trans, to 8th Cav, must, out Sept. 22, 1805.\\nSullivan Clawson, trans, to 8th Cav. must, out Sept. 22, 1865.\\nChas. Dunlap, ti-ans. to 8th Cav. must, out Sept. 22, 1805.\\nQnincy S. Drew, trans, to Sth Cav. must, out Sept. 22, 1865.\\nJames A. Doinielly, discli. May 2-t, 1805.\\nH. B. Emerson, disch. by order, July 25, 1805.\\nGilljert Green, must, out July 17, 1805.\\nWm. Henry, trans, to Sth Cav. must. out.\\nAlbert Knappen, mis.nng in action at Saltville, Va., Oct. 2, 1804.\\nGeorge Munjoy, must, out June 10, 1805.\\nJohn McLogiin, trans, to Sth Cav.; must, out Sept. 22, 1805.\\nF. Parmeter, trans, to Vet. Res. Corps,\\nFrank J. Pennell, trans, to 8tli Cav.; must, out Sept. 22, 1S65.\\nOliver T. Philips, traus. to Sth Cav. must, out Sept. 22, 1865.\\nWm. H. Summers, tr.ms. to Sth Cav. must, out Sept. 22, 1865.\\nHarvey Stratton, trans, to Sth Cav.; must, out Sept. 22, 1865.\\nZ. E. Strong, must, out July 17, 1S05.\\nIsaac Tinmiins, trans, to 8tli Cav.; must, out Sept. 22, 1805.\\nAloysius Tucker, trans, to Sth Cav. must, out Sept. 22, 1805.\\nAylmer Taggart, trans, to Sth Cav. must, out Sept. 22, 1865.\\nCharles Taggart, died of di-sease at Detroit, Mich., March 9, 1864.\\nWm. C. Webb, trans, to Sth Cav. must, out Oct. 1 1805.\\nJames W. Webber, trans, to Sth Cav.; must, out Sept. 22,1865.\\nVAN BUREN COUNTY SOLDIERS IN THE ELEVENTH CAVALRY.\\nField and S(.#.\\nSurg. Lucius C. Woodman, Paw Paw; com. Oct. 7, 1863; taken prisoner in\\naction at Saltville, Va., Oct. 2, 1864; sent to Libby prison; exchanged\\nOct. 20, 1864; must, out Aug. 10, 1805.\\nCompany B.\\nJames E. Donaldson, died of disease at Mt. Sterling, Ky., Feb. 12, 1805.\\nC omjjani/ D.\\nJohn Elliot, died at Clinch River, Va., Dec. 0, 1864.\\nOtmpanii E.\\nGeorge W. Busb, trans, to 8th Cav. must, out Sept. 22, 1865.\\nCompany G.\\nChiirles W. Acker, trans, to Sth Mich. Cav.\\nEli Huey, trans, to Sth Mich. Ciiv. must, ont Sept. 22, 1865.\\nZephaniah Reams, died of disease at Bowlinii: Green, Ky., Feb. 20, 1865.\\nJames A. Skinner, died of disease at Lexington, Ky., Feb. 13, 1S64.\\nCompany I.\\nSergt. Stephen Randall, Decatur corporal; disch. for di-abilily. May 26, 1805.\\nThomns Coltun, trans, to 8lh Mich. Cav.; must, out Sept. 22, 1805.\\nJohn T. Courtwiight, disch. fur disability, July 15, 1805.\\nRiley S. Plapper, must, out May 22, 1865.\\nCHAPTER XVII.\\nWESTERN SHARPSHOOTERS AND ONE HUNDRED\\nAND SECOND U. S. COLORED TROOPS.\\nThe Paw Paw Rifle Company Assignment to the Fourteenth Mis-\\nsouri Capture of Forts Henry and Donelson Shiloh and Corinth\\nLong Stay in Missi.ssippi The Atlanta Campaign\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The March\\nwith Sherman\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The One Hundred and Second U. S. Colored Regi-\\nment Service in South Carolina and Florida Return to South\\nCarolina Muster Out at Charleston Berrien and Van Burcn\\nMembers of the Regiment.\\nIn the spring of 1861 a company was raised in Van\\nBuren County, with its headquarters at Paw Paw, intended\\nfor service under Fremont, as a rifle company. When its\\nranks were full it joined Birge s Western Sharpshooters,\\nwhich was mustered into the service of the United States\\nunder the name of the 14th Missouri Infantry, the com-\\nmand from Van Buren County becoming Company D. The\\nregiment was armed with heavy target-rifles, without bay-\\nonets, and the men were generally expert marksmen.\\nThe 14th Missouri served in Fremont s (afterwards Hal-\\nleck s) department during the autumn of 1861, and about\\nthe 1st of February, 1802, reported to Gen. Grant, at\\nCairo. It proceeded up the Cumberland with Grant s\\narmy, and on the 9th of February took part in the capture\\nof Fort Henry. Immediately afterwards the whole force\\nmarched to attack Fort Donelson.\\nThere, Company D, of the 14th Missouri, occupied the\\nextreme advance and opened the battle. During the suc-\\nceeding conflict the men were employed as sharpshooters to\\nsilence the enemy s batteries, and most efiiciently performed\\ntheir work, gliding forward through the forest beneath a\\nstorm of shot and shell until within reach of the hostile\\nguns, and then leveling the cannoniers with shot after shot\\nfrom their unerring rifles. On two occasions they were\\nthus employed to extricate brigades which were being cut\\nto pieces by the deadly fire of the rebel artillery. Saturday\\nevening, the 14th led the grand assault by Gen. Smith s di-\\nvision, clearing the way and pushing on almost to the edge\\nof the rebel ditch, and then halting while the infantry\\ndashed forward with leveled bayonets, captured a large part\\nof the enemy s works, and brought about the surrender of\\nthe whole rebel command the next day.\\nThe regiment then proceeded with the army to Pitts-\\nburg Landing. When Gens. Johnston and Beauregard\\nattacked the Union troops on the morning of the 6th of\\nApril, the 14th Missouri was turned out at daybreak and\\nordered to hold the ford across Owl Creek against any force\\nwhich should attempt to pass it. These orders were faith-\\nfully obeyed. Wall s Texas Legion endeavored to cross\\nthe ford, but the rifles of the 14th thinned their ranks so\\nrapidly that they gave up the attempt and retreated.\\nThe 14th Missouri was in the skirmish-line all the way\\nfrom Shiloh to Corinth, and after the capture of the latter\\nplace, still in the advance, followed Bragg s army a lonsr dis-\\ntance down the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. The regiment\\nwas then stationed at Corinth until after the battle of the\\n10th and 11th of October, 1862, when the rebel Gens.\\nPrice and Van Dorn attempted to recapture tliat place.\\nOn the second day of that battle the 14th was in the skir-\\nmish-line in front of Battery Robinett, and when the rebels,\\nunder Col. Rogers, of Texas, made their last desperate\\ncharge against that breastwork, they broke in solid mass\\nthrough the thin line of the sharpshooters, and, leaving\\nthem behind, swept gallantly on to the assault. But the\\nUnion artillery and musketry cut them down by the hun-\\ndred. Col. Rogers was killed while vainly endeavoring\\nto urge his horse over the parapet, and the shattered col-\\numn was soon compelled to flee back to shelter, leaving\\nthe ground covered with killed and wounded, while its\\nnumbers were constantly diminished by the rifles of the\\nvigilant sharpshooters.\\nAfter this the regiment remained in camp in (lie vicinity", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0124.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "ONE HUNDRED AND SECOND U. S. COLORED TROOPS.\\n113\\nof Corinth nearly a year.* In the autumn of 1863 it was\\nordered to Chattanooga, where it remained until the spring\\nof 1864, and then set out with Sherman on his great At-\\nlanta campaign. In this campaign the long rifles of the 66th\\nIllinois Infantry were constantly in the advance, not only\\nopening, but taking an active part in, nearly every one\\nof the many battles which marked the course of Sher-\\nman s victorious army. The captain of Company D was\\nkilled, and both lieutenants and nearly all of the non-com-\\nmissioned oflacers and privates were killed or wounded dur-\\ning the campaign. After the flank movement from before\\nAtlanta the company marched into Jonesboro under com-\\nmand of a corporal, all the commissioned ofiicers and ser-\\ngeants having been killed or disabled. That night the\\ncorporal in command received a commission as a lieutenant,\\nand the very next morning he too was killed at the battle\\nof Jonesboro\\nThe decimated regiment also took part in Gen. Sherman s\\neasy march to the sea, accompanied him through the Caro-\\nlinas, and was finally mustered out in 1865.\\nVAN BUREN COnNTV SOLDIERS IN THE WESTERN SHARPSHOOTERS.\\n1st Lieut. Albert Gore, com. Sept. 10, 1861 res. June 11, 1802.\\n1st Lieut. Stephen W. Dunscombe, com. June 11,1862; 2(i lieut., Sept. 10, 1801.\\nSergt. Philip Dedrick, enl. Sept. 28, 1801 disch. for dis;ihility, Aug. 24, 180i.\\nSergt. John H. Andrews, enl. Oct. 1861 disch. by order, Miiy 1.1, 186:J.\\nSergt. James M. Arbowe, enl. Sept. 2.5, 1801 disch. fjr disability, Feli. 5, 1802.\\nSergt. Newton J. Foster, enl. Oct. 15, 1801 disch. for disability. May 10, 1802.\\nCorp Harlow G. Barnes, enl. Sept. 20, 1801 disch. for disability, Oct. 8, 1862.\\nCorp. Hiram T. Breese, enl. Sept. 23, 1801 disch. at end of service, Sept. 16,\\n1804.\\nCorp. Daniel Goodenough, enl. Oct. 11, 1861 died iu action at Corinth, Oct. 4,\\n1802.\\nCorp. Robert D. Irish, enl. Oct. 11, 1861 veteran, Dec. 2 i, 186.J; must, out July\\n7, 1865.\\nCorp. Luther E. Sutton, enl. Oct. 30, 1861 disch. for disaliility, BUy 10, 1862.\\nMusician Aaron D. Cheney, enl. Nov. 4, 1861 must, out July 7, 186.5.\\nWagoner Henry 0. Carris, enl. Sept. 2a, 1861 trans, to Co. H, 60th III.\\nJames Balfour, died in action at Corinth, Oct. 4, 1862.\\nGeorge M. Bigolow, died in action at Corinth, Oct. 4, 1862.\\nHenry W Bridgeford, died of disease at Rome, Ga., Oct. 22, 1864.\\nOmer A. Baird, trana. to Co. H.\\nGeorge llridgeford, veteran, enl. Dec. 23, 1863; must, out July 7, 1805.\\nDallas Hrewster, veteran, enl. Dec. 23, 1863 must, out July 7, 1865.\\nGeorge L. Bliss, veteran, enl. Die. 21, 1S6J; must, out July 7, 1S65.\\nJames Burton, must, out July 7, IS05.\\nGoorge Bidloe,niuat. out July 7, 1SG5.\\nAlb rt B.irnett, must, out July 7, 186.5.\\nAurelius Barney, must, out July 7, 1865.\\nWalter H. Baird, disch. for disability, Aug. 3, IS62.\\nVine Branch, disch. for disability.\\nHiram T. Bruce, disch. at end of service, Sept. 16, 1864.\\nJohn Combes, disch. at end of service, June 2, 1865.\\nCharles Cook, disch. at end of service, June 2, 1865.\\nCliarles H. Camp, disch. for disability, Feb. 23, 1862.\\nWilliam Crobaugh, veteran, Dec. 23, 1803; must, out July 7, 1865.\\nIsaac Chatfield, veteran, Dec. 23, 1803; must, out July 7, 1805.\\nWatson Carlyl, must, out July 7, 1865.\\nEdward Disbrow, must, out July 7, 1865.\\nJefferson S. Dowd, trans, to Co. H.\\nPatrick Doyel, died at Dallas, Ga., May 27, 1864.\\nWillard E. Draper, disch. at end of service, April 4, 1865.\\nDaniel Ellis, must, out July 7, 1805.\\nJ. Erwin, must, out July 7, 1865.\\nMorris B. Foster, trans, to Co. H.\\nCalvin C. G(iodenougb, disch. for disability, Feb. 23, 1S02.\\nAlonzo D. Gibson, must, out July 7, 1865.\\nBaitholom-w Hard, must, ont July 7, 1805.\\nEber Hardy, must, out July 7, 1805.\\nAlbert D. Hurlbut, must, out July 7, 1805.\\nWilliam Henry, disch. for disability. May 13, 1863.\\nAsa D. Hazard, disch. for disability, July 13, 1862.\\nLuther W. Hammond, disch. for disability, May 24, 1862.\\nDuring this time its designation Wiis changed from the 14th Mis-\\nsouri to the 66th Illinois, the majority of the members being from the\\nlatter State.\\n15\\nOscar P. Hill, died of disease, April 29, 1862.\\nFrnncis M. Jones, disch. for di-ability. Oct. 8, 1862.\\nJames H. Kennedy, nmst. out July 7, 1865.\\nWillinm W. Long, died at Peaoh-Tree Creek, Ga., July 22, 1864.\\nMartin Miller, died of disease, March 14, 1862.\\nMarcus S. Nelson, died of wounds received at Corinth.\\nOrriu W. Noi tlirup, must, out July 7, 1805.\\nFoster T. Newton, disch. for disability, May 10, 1862.\\nWilliam R. Nelson, disch. at end of service, June 2, 1805.\\nHarmon Nelson, disch. at end of service, June 2, 1805.\\nGeres W. Prater, disch. at end of service, June 2, 1805.\\nSeth Polmantier, disch. for disability, June 17, 1862.\\nHenry L. Prosser, died of disease at Camp Davis, July 20, 1863.\\nGeo. Payne, veteran, enl. Dec. 23, 1863 must, out July 7, 1865.\\nGporge Riley, must, out June 5, 1805.\\nJ.ihn Ruiiert, died of disease, April 26, 1862.\\nWilliam Rupert, veteran, enl. Dec. 23, 1863; died at Dallas, Ga., May 27, 1864.\\nAlfred Robinson, disch. at end of service, Sept. 16, 1864.\\nPhilip I. Ritcr, disch. for disability, Feb. 23, 1802.\\nFreeman Stowe, veteran, enl. Dec. 23, 1803 must, out July 7, 1865.\\nJames Smith, veteran, enl. Dec. 23, 1803; must, out July 7, 1865.\\nHiram P. Simmons, must, out July 7, 1865.\\nHumphrey P.Tyler, veteran, enl. Dec. 23, 1863 must, out July 7, 1805.\\nEnos W.Tyler, trans, to Co. H.\\nMason M. Vernett, veteran, eid. Dec. 23, 1803.\\nJohn Van Anken, must, ont July 7, 1805.\\nJohn G. Van Ostran, disch. for disability, Feb. 23, 1862.\\nRobert Van Brunt, trans, to Co. H.\\nWilliam Van Fleet, died of disease near Ackworth, Ga., Juno 9, 1864.\\nHorace Vincent, must, out July 7, 1865.\\nWilliam Wigent, must, out July 7,1805.\\nEllas Whipple, must, out July 7, 1865.\\nBERRIEN COUNTY SOLDIERS IN THE WESTERN SHARPSHOOTERS.\\nCompantj D.\\nCorp. Perrival R. Dix, Berrien; enl. Oct. 20, 1861; trans, to Co. H.\\nCorp. Ira Enos, Berrien enl. Oct. 20, 1861.\\nMusician Franklin Bragg, Berrien enl. Sept. 30, 1861 died of disease at Padu-\\ncah, Ky., April 10, 1862.\\nAdell.ert D. Allen.\\nProsper Bowe, veteran, enl. Dec. 23, 1863 must, out July 7, 1865.\\nSeth A. Bour, disch. for disability, Juno 17, 1862.\\nGilbert S. Bour, trans, to Co. H.\\nEdwin S. Bmdianan, trans, to Co. H.\\nWooster Bryant, must, out July 7, 1865.\\nFrank M. Mi.\\\\, imist. out July 7, 1805.\\nJoseph Dennis, nmst. out July 7, 1865.\\nCassius M. Field, disch. for disability, May 30, 1802.\\nJesse W. Fulgham, died of disease, April 14, 1804.\\nJohn C. Gates, disch. for disability, July 13, 1862.\\nAlonjio D. Gilson, veteran, enl. Dec. 23, 1803 must, out July 7, 1805.\\nJohn D. Hill, veteran, enl. Dec. 23, 1863; must, out July 1, 1865.\\nFrederick Hill, died in action at Corinth, Oct. 4, 1802.\\nWillet F. Jaquay, died in action in Georgia, May 6, 1864.\\nSamuel Kilring, must, out July 7, 1805.\\nJohn Mayo, trans, to Co. H.\\nLewis A. Merrin,died of disease, Dec. 4,1861.\\nHenry W. Noble, died in action in Georgia, May 27, 1804.\\nPhilip Russell, disch. for disability, Jan. 1, 1802.\\nJohn Randall, veteran, enl. Dec. 23, 1863 must, out July 7, 1865.\\nMurdock Randall, must, out July 7, 1805.\\nAnsel A. Stiles, died of disease, April 18, 1802.\\nJedediah Safford, disch. lor disability, Oct. 15, 1862.\\nJoel Turner, diiCli. for ilisability, April, 1802.\\nAlonzo Vincent, veteran, enl. Dec. 23, 1863; must, out July 7,1865.\\nLysander Vincent, disch. at end of service, Sept. 16, 1804.\\nJay Wetmore, disch. at end of service, June 2, 1805.\\nMichael Whalen, must, out July 7, 1865.\\nGeorge Yerrington, veteran, enl. Dec. 23, 1803; must, out July 7, 1865.\\nONE HUNDRED AND SECOND UNITED STATES COLORED\\nTROOPS.\\nThis regiment was first known as the 1st Regiment of\\nMichigan Colored Infantry, but its name was changed by\\nthe War Department to the one given at the head of this\\nsketch. It contained about fifty men from Berrien County\\nand twenty from Van Buren, scattered through all the\\ncompanies, the largest number being in Company G.\\nThe regiment was raised in the winter of 1863-64, and\\nleft its rendezvous at Detroit on the 28th of March, 18G4.\\nIt joined the 9th Army Corps at Annapolis, but on the", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0125.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "114\\nHISTORY OF BERIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\n15th of April was detached and embarked for Hilton Head,\\nS. C, where it arrived on the 19lh. For a month it\\nguarded in detachments various points on the coast of South\\nCarolina, and was then concentrated at Port Royal. On\\nthe 1st of August it proceeded by sea to Jacksonville, Fla.,\\nbut only remained in that State during that montli. It\\nmade several long marches, but was only once engaged with\\nthe enemy. Some rebel cavalry attacked it on the 11th of\\nAugust, but they were easily repulsed.\\nDuring the last days of August the regiment returned to\\nBeaufort, S. C, where it was employed on picket and fatigue\\nduty in that vicinity until the 30lh of November. Three\\nhundred men then joined Gen. Foster s command at Boyd s\\nLanding. It was engaged with the enemy at Honey Hill,\\non the 30th of November, at Tullifinny, on the 7th of De-\\ncember, and at Devereaux Neck, on the 9th, having during\\nthe three conflicts sixty-five officers and men killed and\\nwounded out of the three hundred.\\nThe whole regiment was concentrated at Devereaux Neck\\non the 24th of January, 1865. It moved to Pocotaligo,\\nand remained there until the 7th of February. It then\\ntook part in various operations against Charleston, and the\\n27th of that month took post on Charleston Neck. On the\\n9th of March it went by sea to Savannah, Ga., and on the\\n1st of April returned to Georgetown, S. C.\\nOn the 9th of April the right wing landed in Charles-\\nton, S. C, and on the 11th, 12th, and 13th of that month\\nmarched to the Santee River, driving back the enemy s\\ncavalry, which annoyed it on the last day of the march.\\nIt also had a skirmish with the enemy on the 18th while\\nmarching towards Camden.\\nThe left wing having marched from Georgetown on the\\n5th of April, under Gen. Potter, reached Manning on the\\n9th, after heavy skirmishing with the enemy, and then pro-\\nceeded towards Camden. On the 16th it skirmished with\\nthe Confederates at Spring Hill. It reached Camden on\\nthe 17th, and the next day returned towards Manchester.\\nAbout five miles out it met the enemy in force, but\\nwith the 54th Ma.ssachusetts (colored) it drove them back\\ntowards Stateburg.\\nOn the 19th, the two wings having united, the regiment\\nmet the Confederates near Singleton s plantation, where it\\nmade a flank movement which compelled them to retire in\\ngreat haste. On the morning of the 21st of April, while\\nCompany A was on picket, it was attacked by some two hun-\\ndred of the enemy, who were handsomely repulsed. The\\nsame day the Confederate commander sent a flag of truce\\nstating that Gens. Sherman and Johnston had ceased hos-\\ntilities. This virtually closed the war, and Company A of\\nthe 102d fired and received almo.st if not quite the last\\nshots in the conflict.\\nThe regiment remained in South Carolina on provost\\nduty until the 30th of September, when it was mustered\\nout of service at Charleston. It reached Detroit on the\\n17th of October, 1865, where it was paid off and dis-\\nbanded.\\nBERRIEN COUNTY SOLDIEIIS IN THE ONE HUNDRED AND SECOND\\nUNITED STATES COLOUED TROOPS.\\nCompany A,\\nSleplien Ifusljce, must, out Sept. 30, ISC\\nJoshua Eiamons, liied oldi;\\nin Souih CiiioliiKi, Julj 4, 1S04.\\nAnthony Nash, nniBt. out Sept. :i0,1865.\\nRuhert Ogilen, di\u00c2\u00abl of disease in South Carolina, Feb. 6, 1865.\\nOympany B.\\nJohn Baltics, must, out Sept. 30, lfi65.\\nJames T. Battles, must, out Sept. 30, 1865.\\nGeorge Brown, must, out Sept. 30, 1865.\\nEzekiel Harris, must, out Sept. 30, 1865.\\nWilliam Linsey, discli. for disability, Aug. 11, 1864.\\nLevi Mitchell, disch. by order, May 24, 1864.\\nCompantj C\\nWilliam Adams, disch. for disability, June 16, 1865.\\nOwipauy D.\\nHenry Harris, must, out Sept. 30, 1865.\\nAbner A. Mitchell, must, out Sept. 30, 1865.\\nCompany E.\\nScrgt. Eli Smith, Niles; enl. Nov. 30, 1863 absent, sick, at muster c\\nNathan Hall, must, out Sept. 30, 1865.\\nWilliam P. Minnis, must, out Sept. 30,1805.\\nCe\\n1 Vincent, l\\nCompany F.\\nSt. out Sept. 30, 1865.\\nCompany G.\\nSergt. Wm. Powers, Niles; enl. Oct. 28, 1863; must, out Sept. 30, 1865.\\nSergt. Harrison Johnson, Niles; enl. Dec. 26, 1863; must, out Sept. 30, 1865.\\nCorp. John Lett, Sodus; eul. Jan 2, 1864; died of disease in South Carolina,\\nJune 24, 1865.\\nCorp. Benj. T. Coleman, Sodus; enl. Jan. 24,1864; died of disease in New York,\\nJan. 6, 181.5.\\nCorp. Miner Rivers, Niles; enl. Dec. 26, 1863; must, out Sept. 30, 1865.\\nWm. Buchanan, must, out Sept. 30, 1865.\\nBenj. J. Co7,zens, must, out Sept. 30, 1805.\\nJos. Dickinson, must, out Sept. 30, 1865.\\nAndrew Farmer, disch. for wounds, May 26, 1865.\\nLewis Gibney, must, out Sept. 30, 1865.\\nWashington Gibney, mu-t. out Sept. 30, 1865.\\nAshberry Hackley, must, out Sept. 30, 1865.\\nMarcellns Hackley, nmst. out Sept, 30, 1865.\\nEdward Hicks, must, out Sept. 30, 1865.\\nNeedham Miller, must, out Sept. 30, 1805.\\nSamuel McLean must, out Sejit. 30, 1805.\\nGeo. W. Patterson, must, out Sept. 30, 1865.\\nJohn Stephens, must, out Sept. 30, 1865.\\nC omjnniy H.\\nCorp. George Jackson, Chickaming; enl. Dec. 31, 1863; must, out Sept. 30, 1865.\\nThos. Buck, must, out Sept. 30, 1865.\\nSteph. A. Douglass, must, out Sept. 30, 1865.\\nGeo. H. Hicks, must, out Sept. 3ii, 1865.\\nWillis Littleton, must, out Sept. .30, 1865.\\nJacob Steele, must, out Sept. 30, 18G5.\\nBenj. A. Woodruff, must, out Sept. 30, 1865.\\nCompany f.\\nSergt. Edward Firiley, Niles; enl. Jan. 21, 1864; must, out Sept. 30, 1865.\\nCorp. John Wright, Niles; enl. Jan. 1.3, 1804; must, out Sept. 30, 1805.\\nEdwin Crowder, must, out Sept. 30, 1865.\\nAbram Love, died of disease at Detroit, Feb. 13, 1864.\\nWui. Norman, died of disease in South Caroliua, Feb. 4, 1865.\\nCompany K.\\nWm. Bailey, absent, sick, at muster out.\\nIsaac Horden, must, out Sept. 30, 1865.\\nJohn Melchum, must, out Sept. 30, 1865.\\nVAN BUREN COUNTY SOLDIERS IN THE ONE HUNDRED AND SECOND\\nUNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS.\\nCompany A.\\nAnderson Lewis, disch. for disability, June 2, 1865.\\nWilliam Owens, must, out Sept. 30, 1865.\\nCompany B.\\nJohn Russell, must, out Sept. 30, 1865.\\nSamuel Sweet, disch. by order, Nov. 11, 1865.\\nCompany C.\\nWilliam Craid, must, out Sept. 30, 1865.\\nCompany D.\\nJohn Jones, must, out Sept. 30, 1865.\\nJames L. Miller, must, out Sept. 30, 1865.\\nCompany E.\\nAlbert W. Hungerford, must, out Sept. 30, 1865.\\nCompany F.\\nFrederick Sherwood, must, out Nov. 11, 1865.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0126.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "OTHER SOLDIERS PROM BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES.\\n115\\nCompany G.\\nJames Bowliii, must, out Sept. 30, 1865.\\nEmanuel Lett, must, out Sfpt. 30, 1865.\\nCompany H.\\nCaasius T. Lewis, must, out Sept. 30, 18G5.\\nWilliam Shurtie, must, out Sept. 22, 1865.\\nCompany K.\\nJames Mumford, must, out Sept. 22, 1865.\\nJeremiah Stafford, Jr., must, out Sept. 30, 1865.\\nCHAPTER XVIII.\\nOTHER SOLDIERS PROM BERRIEN AND VAN\\nBUREN COUNTIES.\\nRepresentation of the Two Counties in Twenty Michigan Infantry\\nand Cavalry Regiments Michigan Provost-Guard First Michigan\\nLight Artillery Berrien and Van Buren Soldiers in Ohio, Illinois,\\nIowa, Pennsylvania, and United States Regiments.\\nBesides the regiments which have been mentioned above,\\nthere were many others which contained soldiers from Ber-\\nrien and Van Buren Counties, whose record is equally\\nbright and honorable, though serving in regiments in which\\nthese counties were less numerously represented. Of the\\nmen who served in these regiments a list is given in this\\ncliapter.\\nFIRST INFANTRY.\\nSOLDIERS FROM BERRIEN COUNTT.\\nAsst. Surg. Andrew Hobart, Jr., Niles; com. .\\\\ug. 17, 1861; pro. to surg., Dec.\\n10, 1802; must, out at end of service, Oct. 7, 1864.\\nHenry Merikee, Co. D; disch. Feb. 7, 1862.\\n.lames P. Clary, Co. E; died of wounds, Sept. 12, 1862.\\nWilliam H. Cash, Co. E; died in action at Jaclsson, Miss., July 11, 1863.\\nOtho Cann, Co. E; must, out April 27, ISC\\nFrank Morehouse, Co. E; disch. for disability.\\nFerdinand Marcliefke. Co. E; veteran, Dec. 31, 186i; must, out July 25, 1865.\\nVAN BUKEN COUNTir MEN IN THE FIRST.\\nHoward Vbbott, Co. H died of wounds.\\nJohn J. Strong, Co. K died in action at Gaines Mill, Va., June 27, 1862.\\nTHIRD INFANTRY.\\nFROM BERRIEN COUNTY.\\nSergt. James W. Rich, Co. E enl. Sept. 24, 1864 absent, sick, at time of muster\\nout.\\nRandon Keyes, Co. E; disch. at end of service, March 2, 1806.\\nMelvin A. Wells, Co. E; most, out Sept. 2, 1S65.\\nFROM VAN BUKEN COUNTY.\\nFranklin Pearl, Co. A; died of dise.xse in Texas, June 18, 1865.\\nPhilip T. Miller, Co. F; must, out May 25, 1866.\\nDavid A. Munson, C. D disch. for disability, Aug. 8, 1S03.\\nFIFTH INFANTRY.\\nFROM VAN BUREN.\\nRussell Everett, Co. Aj disch. for disability, Sept. 2!, 1862.\\nPeter W. Galiiger.Co. A; veteran, Dec. 10, 1803.\\nHerman B. Haven, Co. A veteran, Dec. 10, 1803.\\nJames Sherman, Co. -K; died of disease at Camp Michigan, Va., Feb. 19, 1SC2.\\nWilliam Nesbltt, Co. G disch. at end of service. Aug. 28, 1864.\\nJames D. Rockwell, Co. II; disch. at end of service, Aug. 27, 1864.\\nFrank M. Vought, Co. H disch. by order, Oct. 21, 1864.\\nSEVENTH INFANTRY.\\nFROM BERRIEN COUNTY.\\nPatterson, Co. I; com. April 20, 1864; died March 29, 1865,\\nut. Steph\\nif wounds received at SpottsylVi\\nMay 14, 1864.\\nEIGHTH INFANTRY.\\nBERRIEN SOLDIERS.\\nNiles; com. May 1,1803; lieut.-col. Aug. 19, 1801 killed i\\nCol. Frank Grav\\nbattle at Wilderness, Va., May 11, 186\\nGeorge Brown, Co. G; disch. by order, June 10, 1805.\\nGeorge W. Brown, Co. H; disch. by older, Sept. 14, 1805\\nWilliam T. Davis, Co. K must, out July .30, 1805.\\nVAN BUREN SOLDIERS.\\nJohn M. Mnnson. Co. A; trans, to Vet. Res. Corps, Feb. 1.% 1864.\\nJohn W. Mouser, Co. C; disch. for disability, March 14, 1863.\\nJohn O Brien, Co. O; must, out July 30, 1865.\\nTENTH INFANTRY.\\nVAN BUREN SOLDIERS.\\nJohn N. Shearer, Co. B; must, out July 10, 1805.\\nMyron Andress, Co. E; must, out July 10, 1805.\\nFrederick Penard, Co. E must, out July 19, 1805.\\nWilliam A. Cole, Co. F; must, out July 19, 1805.\\nWilliam Linsenmeyer, Co. K must, out July 19, 1805.\\nBERRIEN SOLDIERS.\\nCharles Qnlgley, Co. G; disch. for disability, Dec. 6, 1862.\\nELEVENTH INFANTRY (OLD).\\nVAN BUREN SOLDIERS.\\nJohn Clark, Co. A; disch. at end of service, Sept. 30, 1864.\\nAlfred G. Wright, Co. E disch. at end of service, Sept. 30, 1864.\\nElislia C. Branson, Co. G died of disease, Jan. 11, 1862.\\nElkins Bobbitt, Co. G; died of disease, March 18, 1862.\\nA. Freeman, Co. G disch. at end of sefvice, Sept. 30, 1864.\\nNEW ELEVENTH INFANTRY.\\nVAN BUREN COUNTY SOLDIERS.\\nJohn Clark, Co. C; most, out Sept. 16, 1865.\\nAllen E. Clement, Co. F; must, out Sept. 16, 1865.\\nDaniel Duke, Co. F; must, out Sept. 10, 1865.\\nCharles H. Crandall, Co. K; must, out Sept. 10, 1805.\\nGeorge L. Tyrell, Co. K; must, out Sept. 16, 1865.\\nFOURTEENTH INFANTRY.\\nFROM BERRIEN COUNTY.\\nAsst. Surg. Alfred Wyker, Niles: com. Nov. 1802; resigned June 1, 1803.\\nVAN BUREN SOLDIERS.\\nJohannes Johnkerman, Co. A; must, out May 31, 1805.\\nHiram M. Goodale, Co. B; disch. for disability, April 16, 1862.\\nJiimes A. Stewart, Co. B; must, out July 18, 1865.\\nMerritt W. Barnes, Co. D must, out July 18, 1865.\\nFIFTEENTH INFANTRY.\\nVAN BUREN SOLDIERS.\\nJohn Coleman, Co. A must, out Aug. 13, 1865.\\nIleniy Fitzsiinmons, Co. A must, out Aug. 13, 1865.\\nJoseph Geotz, Co. A disch. by order, Sept. U, 1865.\\nThomas J. Whipple, Co. C; must, out Aug. 13, I860.\\nPeter Chugninian, Co. D; disch. by order, June 22, 1865.\\nGeorge Hancock, Co. E; must, out Aug. 13, 1865.\\nStephen Kocliry, Co. E; disch by order, May 30, 1865.\\nGeorge McGowau, Co. F; must, out Aug. 13, 1805.\\nDavid Rupert, Co. F; must, out Aug. 13, 1865.\\nJesse C Blass, Co. G; must, out Aug. 13, 1865.\\nDarius Cbatfleld, Co. G disch. by order. May 30, 1865.\\nLodwick Disbrow, Co. G disch. by order, July 3, 1865.\\nMoses G. F. Baton, Co. G; must, out Aug. 13, 1865.\\nDaniel S. Ingersoll. Co. G disch. by order, Aug. 11, 1866.\\nBurse Merriman, (i) G must, out Aug. 13, 1805.\\nJohn Buchanan, Co. H must, out Aug. 13, 1865.\\nJohn May, Co. I died of disease at Baltimore, Md., June 23, 186:).\\nHonry Snyder, Co. K; must, out Aug. 13, 1865.\\nSIXTEENTH INFANTRY.\\nBERRIEN SOLDIERS.\\nEdward Barminl, 1st Independent Co.; must, out by order, Jon. 18, 1865.\\nHorace Garrison, Co. H.; mu.st. out July 8, 1865.\\nJolin \\\\V. Redding, Co. H disch. by order. May 12, 1865.\\nJoseph White, Co. H must, out July 8, 1805.\\nM. E. Laughliu, Co. I; disch. for disability.\\nAlfred I. Coiiklin, Co. K; must, out July 8, 1805.\\nWilli.im H. Doane, Co. K must, out July 8, 1805.\\nVAN BUREN SOLDIERS.\\nJohn Shant, Co. died of disease at Hall s Hill, Va., March 1, 1802.\\nNelson H. Cole, Co. G; must, out July 8, 1805.\\nLevi Cole, Co. G must, out July 8, 1865.\\nWilliam F. P. Vanscoy, Co. G mtist. out July 8, 1805.\\nHenry S. Kennicott, Co. I died in action at Bull Run, Va., Aug. 30, 1802.\\nDYGERT S SHARPSHOOTERS (ATTACHED TO SI.\\\\TEE.\\\\TH\\nMICHIGAN INFANTRY).\\nVAN BUREN SOLDIERS.\\nFii st Independent Company.\\nSergt. Edwin R. Farmer, Oct. 14, 1861 disch. by order, Oct. 28, 1862.\\neorgo W. Beebe, disch. at end of service, Oct. 15, 1804.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0127.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "116\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nKolieit G. Botsford, disch. for disnl.ility, Oct. 22, 1802.\\nHenry S. De Bolt, trans, to Invalid Corps, Nov. 16, 1863.\\nJoseph F. Dick, veteran, Dec. 22, 1863.\\nJames B. Long, disch. at end of service, Oct. 15, 1804.\\nCorp. Frederick E. Minnis, veteran, Dec. 22, 1863; must, out July 24, 1805.\\nCliarles J. Northrop, ve teran, Dec. 22, 1863 mu\u00c2\u00bbt. out July 24, 1805.\\nMichael Werner, veteran, March 3, 1864.\\nBERRIEN COUNTY.\\nHoel C. Wright, disch. for disahility, Oct. 9, 1862.\\nTWENTY-FIRST INFANTKY.\\nFROM VAN BUREN COUNTY.\\nGeorge W. Billiard, Co. B; must, out June 8, 1865.\\nTWENTY-SEVENTH INFANTRY.\\nBERRIEN SOLDIERS.\\nWilliam W. Chaddorc, Co. D must, out July 26, 1805.\\nCephas Earl, Co. D died of disease at Annapolis, Md., April 1865.\\nDavid Ostrander, Co. D; trans, to Vet. Res. Corps, Jan. 15, 1864.\\nElias H. Rcmd, Co. D died in action helore Petershurg, Va., July 30, 1804.\\nTWENTY-NINTH INFANTRY.\\nBERRIEN SOLDIERS.\\nJesse Olmslead, Co. H must, out Sept. 6, 1866.\\nCharles Smith, Co. H must, out Sept. 6, 1805.\\nFROM VAN BDREN COUNTY.\\nEdward Shields, must, out Sept. 6, 1865.\\nTHIRTIETH INFANTRY.\\nBERRIEN SOLDIERS.\\n1st Lieut, and Adjt. Stephen H. Bahcock, Nilcs com. A|iril 7, 1865 j 2d li ut.,Co.\\nA, March 16,1866; sergt. maj., Nov. 23, 1804 must, out June 10,1805.\\nCapt. Henry T.Kimmel,Niles; com. Nov. 28, 1804; 1st lieut, Co. H, 12th Inf\\nmust, out June 30, 1805.\\nJohn Campbell, Co. B must, out June 30, 1866.\\nMatthias Hunner, Co. B; died of disease at Detroit, Jan. 4, 1865.\\nJohn H. Wilson, Co. B must, out June 30, 1806.\\nCompany if. George O. Bates, Christopher Deltman, Bernard V. Forshee, Theo-\\ndore Meti.ger, Roland Tripp, Isaac Welsh, Louis C. Wolfe, must. out June\\n30, 1805.\\nVAN BUREN SOLDIERS.\\nGuy H. Gregory, Co. A must, out June 30, 1805.\\nLewis C. Vedci-, Co. H must, out June 30, 180.5.\\nMICHIGAN PROVOST-GUARD.\\nVAN BUREN SOLDIERS.\\nElijah Burt, must, out May 9, 1865.\\nJohn Barnard, must, out May 9, 1806.\\nAsahel B. Calver, must, out Jlay 9, 1865.\\nllir.im A. Chapin, must, out May 9, 1805.\\nJacob 8. Frazer, must, out May 9, 1805.\\nErnest Henry, must, out May 9, 1805.\\nChristol her Parsons, must, out May 9, 1805.\\nFayette Raw8on,di\u00c2\u00bbcli. for disability, Oct. 29, 1863.\\nJoseph L. Salisbury, disch. for disability, March 23, 1803.\\nFIFTH CAVALRY.\\nVAN BUBEN SOLDIERS.\\nEdwin J. Babcock, Co. D trans, to 1st Cav. must, out March 10, 1806.\\nLawrence Martin, Co. D; trans, to 1st Cav.; must, out .March 10, 1808.\\nColeman P. Uiiwson, Co. D trans, to 1st Cav. must, out March 10, 1806.\\nCortes Foot, Co. L; disch. for disability, April 15, 1863.\\nOF BERRIEN COUNTY.\\nCorp. Allen P. Hoggins, Niles; eul. Aug. 14, 1862; disch. for promotion, Dec.\\n16, 180-::.\\nSIXTH CAVALRY.\\nBERRIEN SOLDIKRS.\\nGeo. Cornelia, Co. A trans, to 1st Cav. must, cuit March 10, 1860.\\nTheophile Gebeau, Co. A; must, out Dec. 8, 1865.\\nScolield Ferrier, Co. 11 trans, to 1st Cav. must, out March 10, 1860.\\nJames Mott, Co. G must, out June 17, 1805.\\nGeo. W. Collins, Co. H trans, to 1st Cav. must, out March 10, 1800.\\nAlbert H. Waters, Co. L; trans, to 1st Cav. must, out March 10, 1800.\\nOF VAN BUKEN COUNTY.\\nTheron S. Uailey, Co. I must, out Nov. 24, 1805.\\nEIGHTH CAVALRY.\\nBERRIEN SOLDIERS.\\nSergt. Maj. Horace E. Woodbridge, Buchanan; enl. July 20, 1805; pro. to 2d\\nlieut.; must, out as sergt., Co. M, June 10, 1805.\\nCom. Sergt. Allen P. Huggins, Niles; Jiro. to 1st lieut, Co. C, May 15, 1804;\\ntrans, as 1st lieut. to Co. D, July 20, 1865; must, out Sept. 22, 1865.\\nJuly 20, 1805; must, out Sept. 22,\\n.June 29, 1865.\\n2d Lieut. Joseph T. Goodwin, Nile\\n1865.\\nJohn C. Horn, Co. F must, out Sept. 22, 1805.\\nJohn Philips, Co. F; must, out Sept. 22, 1865.\\nRicharil Powers, Co. H must, out Sept. 22, 1865.\\nJoseph Pnlaski, Co. H; must, out Sept. 22, 1865.\\nGottlieb Schroedcr, Co. H; must, out Sept. 22, 1866\\nJames Price, Co. I; must, out Sept. 22, 1865.\\nJosepli C. Garrison, Co. K; died of disease in Tenni\\nVAN BUREN SOLDIERS.\\nThomas Colton, Co. A must, out Sept. 8, 1865.\\nEli Hewey, Co. B must, out Sept. 22, 1865.\\nGeorge Leonard, Co. D mnst. out Sept. 22, 1865.\\nJatues M. Mastin, Co. D must, out Sept. 22, 1865.\\nJohn Mclntyre, Co. D; must, out Sept. 22, 1805.\\nJohn J. Rowley, Co. D; must, out Sept. 22, 1805.\\nAlfred Wicket, Co. D; must, out Sept. 22, 1866.\\nJames H. Chamberlain, Co. E; must, out Sept. 22, 1865.\\nAugustus Smith, Co. E; must, out Sept. 22, 1865.\\nGeorge Perry, Co. F; must, out Sept. 22, 1805.\\nLeonard Crandall, Co. H must, out Sept. 22, 1866.\\nLouden H. Davis, Co. H must, out Sept. 27, 1805.\\nHiram Flanders, Co. 11; must, out Sept. 27, 1866.\\nGeorge E. Grant, Co. H must, out Sept. 27, 1865.\\nA. J. Van Brent, Co. H died of disease at Edgefield, Te:\\nHelon McDowell, Co. I must, out Sept. 22, 1866.\\nAsa Bell, Co. L must, out Sept. 22, 1866.\\nTENTH CAVALRY.\\nBERRIEN SOLDIERS.\\nTheo. F. Brown, Co. B; must, out Nov. 9, 1805.\\nAlonzo Burnett, Co. B must, out Nov. 9, 1805.\\nChas. C. Burnett, Co. B must, out Nov. 9, 1805.\\nJohn Kelly, Co. B; must, out Nov. 9, 1865.\\nLawrence Larkins, Co. B; must, out Nov. 9, 1865.\\nDavid McKain, Co. B; must, out Aug. 28, 1805.\\nDaniel Redmond, Co. B; must, out Aug. 28, 1865.\\nAddison E. Storrs, Co. B; must, out Nov. 20, 1865.\\nVAN BUREN SOLDIERS.\\nColon D. Manley, Co. A; must, out Nov. 11, 1866.\\nRandolph B. Osborn, Co. A must, out Sept. 23, 1863.\\nJ. S. Vaught, Co. A; must, out Nov. 11, 1866.\\nPhilip C. Dedrick, Co. B; disch. by order, July 7, 1865.\\nEdward D. Ormsby, Co. U; must, out Nov. 7, 1865.\\nNewton Ormsby, Co. B; must, out Nov. 25, 1805.\\nMichael Ryan, Co. B; must, out Nov. 7, 1805.\\nSamuel Sweet, Co. B; disch. by order, Nov. 11, 1865.\\nJohn H. Osborn, Co. C; must, out Nov. 25, 1865.\\nJacob Dodd, Co. E discli. by order, Juno 13, 1865.\\nChester E. Kooker, Co. F; must, out Nov. 11, 1865.\\nFrederick Sherwood, Co. F mnst. out Nov. II, 1865.\\nFIRST MICHIGAN LIGHT ARTILLERY.\\nThis regiment contained a comparatively large number\\nof men from Van Buren and Berrien Countijis, but these\\nmen were scattered through several of the batteries of\\nwhich the regiment was composed, and the histories of the\\nbatteries are as distinct and as unconnected with each other,\\nor with the regimental organization, as are the histories of\\nthe same number of cavalry or infantry regiments. There-\\nfore the 1st Light Artillery cannot be mentioned as a whole\\nnor is it practicable to give separate histories of the several\\nbatteries, in each of which a few men were found from tliuse\\ncounties. The lists of these men, as found on the rolls in\\nthe adjutant-general s office, are as follows\\nVAN BUREN COUNTY SOLDIERS IN FIRST ARTILLERY.\\nBattery A.\\nJacob Carr, mnst. out July 28, 1805.\\nFranklin W. Hyde, must, out July 28, 1866.\\nJohn Lemon, must, out July 28, 1865.\\nWilliam Lemon, must, out July 28, 1866.\\nIra A. Monger, trans, to Vet. Res. Con April 10, 1804.\\nBatteni B.\\nIst Lieut. Lovell C. Teed, Antwerp; com. March 14,1805; 2d lieut., Feb. 8,1804;\\nsergt.; must, out July 1, 1805.\\n2d Lieut. William S. Charles, Bangor; com. Oct. 28, 1864; sergt. must. outJuly\\n1, 1805.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0128.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "OTHER SOLDIERS FROM BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES.\\n117\\nQ.M. Sergt. Roswell W. Brown, Antwerp; mnst. out July 1, 1865.\\nSergt. Lucius W. Mills, Antwerp; enl. Oct. 28, 1861 discli. fur difabililj-, Oct.\\n25, 1862.\\nCorp. Nelson rinnib, Almcna; enl. Oct. 25, 1861 \\\\eteran, Dec. 24, 1663.\\nMusician Ransom 0. Thayer, Antwerp; enl. Oct. 8, 1861 disch. for disability,\\nJan. 21, 1863.\\nGeorge D. AuBtin, must, out June 14, 1865.\\nJames Beach, disch. for disability.\\nEarl Deremo, must, out June 14, 1865.\\nAlbert H. Freeman, mnst. out June 14, 1865.\\nBradd G. Freeman, mnst. out June 14, 1865.\\nWesley Holmes, veteran, enl. Dec. 24, 1863.\\nElijah L. Shepard, veteran, enl. Dec. 24, 18G3 mnst. ont Feb. 14, 1805.\\nOliarles H. Tilton, disch. at end of service, Dec. 24, 1864.\\nBalleni V.\\nGeorge W. Percival, veteran, enl. Dec. 28, 1865 nnist. ont June 22, 1SG5.\\nStephen Percival, veteran, enl. Dec, 28, 1865 must, out Juue 22, 1805.\\nSterne L. Kipley, died of disease at St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 10, 1863.\\nAllen C. Sterns, veteran, enl. Dec. 28, 1S05 must, out June 22, 1865.\\nBiiUerij E.\\nCharles D. Claflin, must, out Aug. 3(i, 1865.\\nlinUeiij a,\\nCasper Dunham, must, otit Aug. 6, 1865.\\nWilliam Killiffin, disch. by order, Oct. 24, 1865.\\nBaUery H.\\nElijah M. Kinney, must, out July 22, 1865.\\nLewis Slienn.m, disch. for disability.\\nBtillery I.\\nStephen Ciisli, must, ont July 14,1805.\\nEben C. Hiinl, must, out July 14, 1865.\\nJoseph Skelton, died of wounds at Chattanooga, Tenn., Jnly 24, 1804.\\nBattery M.\\nWilliam Hare, must, out Aug. 1, 1805.\\nWilliam Sleadnian, must, ont Aug. 1, 1805.\\nBERRIEN COUNTY SOLDIERS IN THE FIRST ARTILLERY.\\nBtiltery A.\\nBurton Preltyman, must, ont July 28, 1805.\\nAlbert Weaver, must, out July 28, 1865.\\nBatten/ V.\\nAbram Evans, disch. for disability, Feb. 26,1803.\\nBiiUemj D.\\nAndrew E. Ruttan, miist. out Aug. 3, 1S65.\\nBiUterij E.\\nAlbeit S. Bliss, must, out Aug. 3n, 1865.\\nL. W. Dragon, must, out Aug 30, 1S65.\\nJohn Shook, must, out Aug. 30, 1865.\\nSamuel .Simpson, must, out Aug. 30, 1805.\\nBatVtij L.\\nArchelaus Goddard, must out Aug. 30, 1865.\\nDavid Lyon, died of disease at Knoxville, Dec. 20, 1863.\\nHenry Rinker, must. Ut Aug. 30, 1865.\\nAbram Voorliees, must, out Aug. 30, 1865.\\nBnUery M.\\nOrson 0. Bronson, must, out Aug. 1, 1865.\\nEdwin D. Batclielor, must, out May 0, 1805.\\nWilliam F. Hurlburt, must, out May 0, 1805.\\nFOURTEENTH MICHIGAN BATTERY.*\\nVAN BUREN SOLDIER*.\\nBlacksmith Patrick Crowley, Decatur; enl. Oct. 13, 1863; disch. for disability,\\nApril 10,1805.\\nRobert Goon, died of disease at Camp Darry, D. C, March 18, 1864.\\nBenjamin Drake, must, out July 1, 1805.\\nBERRIEN SOLDIERS.\\n1st Lieut. James B. Finley, Niles com. July 1, 1864 must, out July 1, 1805.\\nSergt. David S. Lyon, Buchanan; enl. March 20, 1863; died of disease at Knox-\\nville, Dec. 30, 1803.\\nNatlian Morlan, died of disease at Washington, April 28, 1804.\\nHenry F. Summei s, died of disease at Washington, March 31, 1804.\\nFORTY-SECOND ILLINOIS INFANTRY.\\nBerrien County was quite numerously represented in the\\nranks of this regiment, the following being the list, as\\nnearly as it is possible to obtain it\\nNot a part of the First Regiment of Artillery.\\nCompany E,\\nCapt. Wm. R. Tuwnsend, Niles; com. Sept. 2, 1803; 1st lieut., July 22. 1801\\nmust, out Jan. 23, 1865.\\n1st Lieut. Edward llursoii, Berrien Springs; com. Sept. 2, 1863; 2d lieut., May\\n2, 1862 sergt., July 2, 1861 died May 17, 1R64.\\nIst Lieut. Cbas. Munger, Berrien Springs; com. April 11, 1865; Corp., July 26,\\nISOl; must, out Dec. 16,1805.\\n2d Lieut. Byron J. Dal t, Berrien Springs; com. Dec. 16, 1\u00c2\u00ab0 veteran, Jan. 1,\\n1S04 seigt. must, out Dec. 16, 1S65.\\nCorp. Cliristoplier Halluon, Berrien Springs; enl. July 26, 1801 veteran, Jan.\\n1, 1S61; sergt.; must, out Dec. 16, 1805.\\nAlanson Dickersoii, Berrien Springs; enl. July 20, 1601; d.sch. for disability.\\nComfort P. Eite.s, Berrien Springs; enl. July 26, 1801 di. d in action at Kcne-\\nsaw Mountain, June 18, 1804.\\nUriah Elliott, Berrien Springs; enl. Sept. 19, 1861 muat. ont Dec. 10, 180.5.\\nFlorinioiiil Evans, Berrien Springs enl. Sept. 19, 1861; disch. for wounds, July\\n28, 1864.\\nJohn Leaf, St. Joseph enl. Aug. 7, 1861; died in Missis.ippi, July 15, 1862.\\nRobert Moioiiy.lierrien Springs; enl. July 20, 1S61 must, out Sept. 10,1864.\\nCompany F.\\nSergt. Cbas. Stone, New Buffalo; enl. July 26, 1861 died at luka, Miss., Sept. 9,\\n1862.\\nSergt. Ogden H. Baton, New Buffalo; enl. July 26, 1861 disch. for disability,\\nJuly 9,1862.\\nSergt. D.ivid Ledyard, New Buffalo enl. July 26, 1801 veteran, Jan. 1, 1864;\\nmust, out Dec. 16, 1865.\\nCorp. Samuel II. Davis, New Buffalo enl. July 29, 1861 disch. for disability,\\nDec. 18, 1862.\\nCorp. Chas. Du^l, New Buffalo; enl. July 29, 1861; disch. for disability. May\\n28, 1862.\\nCorp. Henry A. Merriman, New Buffalo enl. July 20, 1801 disch. for disability,\\nSept. 22, 1862.\\nCorp. John Harmon. New Buffalo; enl. July 20, 1861; veteran, Jan. 1,1864;\\nmnst. out Dec. 10, 1865.\\nCorp. Wm. H. Bowen, New Buffalo; enl. Aug. 4, 1801; veteran, .Tan. 1, 1804;\\nmust, out Dec, 16, 1865.\\nReuben Birdsall, New Buffalo enl. Aug. 4, 1861 disch. for disability, Aug, 9, 1802.\\nMarian Birdsall, New Buffalo; enl. Aug. 4, 1861; died at Big Springs, Miss.,\\nJuly 15, 1802.\\nGeo. Courser, New Buffalo; enl. July 26, 1861; veteran, .Tan. 1,1804; absent,\\nsick, at muster out.\\nJacob Dingman, New Buffalo; enl. July 30, 1861; died in battle at Chicka-\\nmauga, Sept. 20, 1S63.\\nChas. Lohman, New Buffalo enl. July 26, 1861 veteran, Jan. 1, 1864 mu.st.\\nout Dec. 16, 1865.\\nJohn Lieman, New Buffalo enl. July 26,1861 disch. for disability, Feb. 11, 1802.\\nCharles Ledyard, New Buffalo enl. Sept. 3, 1861 j must, out Sept. 10, 1861.\\nJos. Newnuan, Buchanan; enl. Aug. 10, 1861; disch. to enl. in 4th U. S. Cav.,\\nDec. 3, 1802.\\nOwen Pritchaid, New Buffalo enl. July 26, 1861 died at Chicago, 111., Sept.\\n14, 1863.\\nStephen E. Ban.lall, New Buffalo; enl. July 20, 1801 died at Tipton, Mo., Dec.\\n18, 1801.\\nWm. D. Russell, New Buffalo; enl. July 29,1801 must, out Sept. 19, 1805.\\nJames Scroufe, New Buffalo enl. July 30, 1801 died at Camp Baker, Mo., Nov.\\n2,1801.\\nVolney Satterlee, New Buffalo; enl. July 26, 1361 died at St. Louis, Mo., Feb.\\nir, 1862.\\nWm. A. J. Topping, New Buffalo; enl. July 20, 1861 died at Nashville, Tenn.,\\nJan. 31, 1863.\\nCaleb Topping, New Buffalo; enl. July 20, 1861; disch. for disability, Feb. 3,\\n1802.\\nCompany G.\\nSergt. Edward Aiker, Pipestone; enl. Jnly 29, 1861 wounded; must, out S-pt.\\n16, 1804.\\nPeter Barrow, St. Joseph enl. July 29, 1861 veteran, Jan. 1, 1804 must, out\\nDec. 16, 1865.\\nCarlton L, Bunker, St. Joseph enl. July 29, 1861 must, out Sept. 16, 1804.\\nN. B. Collins, Pipestone; enl. July 29, 1801; must, out Sept. 16, 1804.\\nHiram A. Chapman, Pipestone enl. Aug. 4, 1801 disch. for disability, Feb. 7,\\n1863.\\nDaniel A. Warrell, Watervliet; enl. Aug. 28, 1861 must, out Sept, 16, 1864.\\nVAN BUREN COUNTY SOLDIERS IN THE FORTY-SECOND ILLINOIS.\\nCorp. Jas. D. Mayberry, Paw Paw, Co. E; enl. July 20, 1801 died at Nashville,\\nTenn., Sept. 20, 1863.\\nJesse Miller, Paw Paw, Co. E enl. Jnly 26, 1861 disch. Dec. 5, 1862.\\nJohn Tanner, Mattawan, Co. H; enl. Aug. 23, 1861; wounded; must, out Sept.\\nlU, 1864.\\nFORTY-FOURTH REGIMENT ILLINOIS VOLUNTEER IN-\\nFANTRY.\\nVAN BUREN SOLDIERS.\\nCompany H.\\n1st Lieut. John W. Pierce, South Haven enl. June 20, 1864 sergeant res. May\\n17, 1805.\\nCorp. George W. Petts, Decatur; enl. Aug. 1, 1861 killed by guerrillas in Mis-\\nsouri, April 18, 186:i.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0129.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "118\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nGeorge B. Andrews, Lawrence; cnl. Aug. 1, 1861.\\nJohn Bliss, South Hiiven enl. Aug. 1, ISCl Jisdi. for liisnhillty, .Ian. 7, 1802.\\nSylvester Benton, Antwerp; enl. Aug. I, 1801; disch. for disability, June 7,\\n1805.\\nAlgernon S. Barrett, Pine Grove; cnl. Aug. 1, 1861; discli. for disability, Feb.\\n6, 1863.\\nJohn A. Bennett, Columbia; enl. Aug. 1, 1861 must, out Sept. 2.o,lS65.\\nGeorge W. Clark, Leroy enl. Aug. 1, 1861 niu\u00c2\u00abt. out Sept. 2. ISG. i.\\nMartin Carver, Lawrence enl. Aug. 1, 1801 must, out Sept. 25, 1865.\\nWells Graham, Pine Grove; enl. Aug. 1, 1801 died at Rolla, Mo., Jan. 20, 1862.\\nJames H. Harris, Pine Grove enl. Aug. 1, 1861 died at Bolla, Mo., Feb. 18,\\n1862.\\nIra K. Harris, Pirje Grove enl. Aug. 1, 1861 must, out Sept. 25, 1865.\\nJas. W. Harris, Hamilton; cnl. Aug. 1, 1801 died of wounds, Sept. 20, 1803.\\nJob Johnson, Columbia; enl. Sept. 1, 1S61; must, out Feb. 28, 1865.\\nCalvin Meacliam, Aillngton; enl. Sept. 1, ISOl must, out Sept. 25, 1805.\\nAlvah Orvett, Decatur enl. Aug. 1, 1801 died at Rolla, Mo., March 7, 1802.\\nJohn W. Pierce, Soutii Haven; enl. Aug. 1, 1801 veteran, Jan. 1, 1804; pro. to\\nsergt. and 1st lieut.\\nChristopher Reagan, South Haven enl. Sept. 1, 1801 disch. for disability, Feb.\\n6. 1802.\\nGeorge D. Sickendick, Columbia; enl, Sept. 1, ISOl; veteran, .Tan. 1, 1864 must,\\nout Sept. 25, 1865.\\nEugene D. Tibbets, Pine Grove; enl. Aug. 1, 1,?C1 must, out Sept. 25, 1805.\\nGeoi-ge H. Thompson, Arlington enl. Aug, 1, 1861 killed in action at Stone\\nHiver, Dec. 31, 1802.\\nSamuel Van Fleet, Lawrence; enl. Aug, 1, 1S61 d sch. for disability, Feb. 12,\\n1862.\\nRea-uUs.\\nReuben Chur :h, Columbia; enl. March 22, 1864; died at Nashville, June 4,\\n1864.\\nAlfred Manson, Columbia; enl. March 31, 1864; corporal; mu,st, out Sept. 23,\\n1865.\\nBERRIEN SOLDIERS,\\nGeorge G. Patterson, Co. B; enl. Sept, 3, 1861; disch. for disability, March 31,\\n1863.\\nThe soldiers named below as having served during the\\nwar of the Rebellion in several organizations outside of\\nMichigan were all from Van Buren County, viz.\\nBATTERt I, FIRST ILLINOIS ARTILLERY.\\nJoseph H. Bardwell, veteran, enl. Feb. 10, 1804,\\nCharles J. Pierce, veteran, eul. Feb. 10, 1804,\\nHorace Reddo, veteran, enl. Feb. 10, 1864.\\nGeorge Smith, veteran, enl. Feb. U, 1864.\\n\\\\Vm, H. Sanger, veteran, enl. Feb. 30, 1864.\\nFIRST UNITED STATES SHARPSHOOTERS.\\nIst Lieut. Edwin A. Wilson, Paw Paw Co. C; com. Nov.21,1863; 2d lieut.,\\nMay 23, 1863; Corp., Aug. 21, 1801; must, out Aug, 20, 1804.\\nNINTH IOWA INFANTRY.\\nLyman A, Roberts, Hamilton veteran, enl, Jan. 1, 1864; disch. for disability,\\nJuly 2, 186.5.\\nTENTH PENNSYLVANIA RESERVES.\\nWarren A.Salisbury, Decatur; veteran trans, to 190th Pennsylvania, June, 64.\\nTHIRTEENTH U. S. ARTILLERY (COLORED TROOPS).\\nHenry Higgius, Lawrence; enl. April 11, 1865.\\nSIXTY-FIRST U. S. INFANTRY (COLORED TROOPS).\\nSergt. Lyman G. Russell, Bangor, Co. A; veteran,\\nSergt. Clark G. Russell, Bangor, Co. C; veteran.\\nThe following list is of Berrien County men serving iu\\nthe organizations indicated belonging outside the State\\nFORTY-SEVENTH OHIO INFANTRY.\\nCapt, Wm. B. Townsend, Niles; com. Sept. 2, 1861 must, out Aug. 11, 1865.\\nFIFTH U. S. COLORED CAVALRY.\\n2cl Lieut. Heury L, Beecraft, Niles; com. Aug, 9, 1864.\\nTHIRTEENTH U. S. ARTILLERY (COLORED TROOPS).\\nCalvin Hackley, Pipestone; enl. March 18, 1865,\\nGeorge M, Works, Pipestone; enl, March 18, 1865.\\nTWELFTH U. S. INFANTRY (COLORED TROOPS).\\nQ.M. Sergt. Theodore C. Sachse, Niles.\\nONE HUNDRED AND SIXTEENTH U. S. COLORED TROOPS.\\nLieut. -Col, George II, Laird, .St, Joseph com, July 15, 1864,\\nCHAPTER XIX.\\nTHE FRUIT BELT.\\nLocation of the Favored Region Causes of its Peculiar Fitness for\\nFruit Culture\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Influence of Lake Michigan on the Climate of its\\nEastern Shore The Earliest Orchards Early Peach-Growing\\nFirst Shipments of Peaches Discovery of the Peculiar Capabilities\\nof the Lake-Shore Region Rapid Increase of Peach-Growing and\\nConsequent Inflation of Prices of Lands Commencement of Sys-\\ntematic Peach-Growing for the Market E.vtension of the Business\\nNorthward from the St. Joseph Earliest Orchards in the South\\nHaven Region Rapid Advance of Van Buren County in Fruit\\nCulture The Y^ellows among the Peach-Trees.\\nO.N the extreme western border of the lower peninsula\\nof Michigan, a strip of territory not clearly defined in\\nbreadth, but extending along the entire eastern shore of\\nLake Michigan, from near its head, northward to Grand\\nTraverse Bay, has become widely known and ftimed as the\\nMichigan Fruit Belt. It has received this designation\\nbecause it has been found, by an experience of more than\\nthirty years, that this region excels any other portion of the\\nState and probably any part of the United States in its\\nnatural adaptiveness for fruit culture particularly for the\\nsuccessful production of those varieties which are most\\nsensitive to sudden and severe climatic changes.\\nBy some, the remarkable adaptability of this belt of coun-\\ntry for the purposes of fruit cultivation is ascribed in part\\nto the nature of its soil, but the opinion which is concurred\\nin by the closest and most competent observers and which,\\nby universal acceptance, has come to be regarded as an in-\\ncontrovertible fact is, that it is principally due to the\\nproximity of the broad, unfreezing expanse of Lake Michi-\\ngan, which acts as a vast regulator modifying the extremes\\nof heat and cold through all this region protecting fruit-\\ntrees by checking a premature development of their buds\\nin spring, and no less by retarding an unnatural and hurtful\\ngrowth in the late autumn preventing in a great degree\\nboth fall and spring frosts disseminating needed moisture\\nin time of drought and creating, in many ways, the favor-\\nable conditions which have made its eastern shores so famed\\nfor successful fruit cultivation.\\nThe influences of the great lake on the belt of country\\nunder consideration have frequently been explained by\\ngentlemen who are profound students of the subject, and\\ndeeply interested in it. Some of the best of these explana-\\ntions are found in papers which have been read from time\\nto time before the State Pomological Society of Michigan\\nand it is from one of these papers* that the following ex-\\ntracts, showing the cau.ses and effects of this lake influence,\\nare taken\\nThe spring season finds Lake Michigan a mass of water\\nnearly covered with floating ice. The storms of March and\\nthe rains of April having broken up the ice in the rivers,\\nlarge quantities of ice find their way to the lake. Some-\\ntimes there are drifts and gorges of this ice on the west\\nside, but more frequently it hugs the east shore, and is so\\nextensive that the blue open water beyond is scarcely dis-\\ntinguishable from a dark cloud on the horizon. The shore\\nis usually protected by a pile of ice from twenty to fifty\\nfeet in height, which has been thrown up during the winter\\nRoad by Henry S. Clubb, of Grand Haven, in 1874.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0130.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "THE FRUIT BELT.\\n119\\nby the action of the waves. The effect of this floating ice,\\nand this pile of ice and snow on tlie shore, is to retard the\\nseason.\\nThe prevailing winds being from the west, southwest,\\nand northwest, the east shore is kept backward by the cool\\nbreezes, which prevent that early expansion of the buds,\\nwhich is so much deplored on the west side of the lake,\\nand which renders the destruction of fruit prospects so\\ncommon every spring in the Western and Southern States.\\nNot until summer weather is fairly established, and the\\ndanger of late frosts over, does the water of Lake Michi-\\ngan become warm so as to melt the ice, and the sun dissolve\\nthe ice-wall so as to allow the breeze which passes over the\\nlake to permit the expansion of the fruit-buds on the trees\\nof the eastern shore. It is much less changeable in its\\ntemperature than the land-breezes. It warms slowly, but\\nwhen warmed it retains the heat proportionately with its\\ndepth and volume. The effect of this warm condition of\\nthe lake-water is to prevent sudden changes on the lee shore.\\nRegularly as the tides of the ocean the summer breezes\\ntraverse the land and water along the lake-shore. In the\\nforenoon the breeze is usually towards the lake, and in the\\nafternoon a lake-breeze comes over the land, modifying the\\ntemperature and making the hottest days of July and\\nAugust pleasant and agreeable. This is the true system of\\nventilation, of atmospheric drainage, and where the sloping\\nhill-sides are fiivorably formed, almost certain is the exemp-\\ntion from summer frosts.\\nAs summer proceeds with its work of perfecting fruit,\\nthe lake is not only a protecting but a fertilizing influence.\\nThe intense heat of the sun is exerted on a large expanse\\nof water, and the atmosphere is laden with the moisture\\ndrawn up during the day, and in the dryest season dew\\ncomes to the aid of exhausted nature, and, wherever culti-\\nvation of the soil is properly attended to, the cool earth\\ncondenses the moisture and absorbs it, producing the best\\npossible condition for growth. In calm summer weather\\nthis condition is probably best secured along the lake-shore,\\nas during strong winds the moist air is apt to be carried\\nfarther inland before the earth, cooled by cultivation, can\\ncondense and absorb the moisture, and immediate proximity\\nto the lake iu strong .summer winds may be no great ad-\\nvantage but as summer is the period of calm, and the\\nwinds are seldom strong or violent, the moist lake-air is an\\nimportant element of fertilization. Plunge the hand into\\nthe loose sand of our lake-shore during the most severe\\ndrought of summer, and you find moisture within a few\\ninches of the surface, while in digging twelve to eighteen\\ninches deep in the plowed field, twenty miles from the lake,\\nyou will fail to develop any indications of moisture.\\nAfter serving to enlarge and perfect the fruit by its\\nmoistening influence, the lake is .still at work. It again\\nassumes the oiBce of protector, but in a different manner.\\nIn the spring it protected the fruit by holding it back, by\\nretarding the swelling of the buds by its cold atmosphere\\nbut in the fall it performs its functions by retaining and ex-\\nerting its acquired heat. The deep water of Lake Michi-\\ngan is as slow to give up its summer heat as it was in the\\nspring to yield its winter cold. It is to Michigan, in the\\nfall and early winter, what the Gulf Stream of the At-\\nlantic is to Europe. It prolongs summer and fall weather\\nalong its eastern shore, through the western counties of the\\nState, far beyond the period of killing frosts in the interior\\ncounties, or on the western shore of the lake, in Wisconsin\\nand Illinois. It keeps off early fall frosts even more effect-\\nually than it warded off those of early summer. The fruits\\nthe latest varieties of the peach, and several varieties of\\ngrapes have ample time to perfect to thorough ripeness be-\\nfore the frosts intercept their work, while the young fruit\\nbuds for the succeeding sea.son develop, stop their growth,\\nand the young wood ripens so as to withstand the rigors of\\nsucceeding winter storms and cold.\\nLong after the small lakes and principal rivers of Michi-\\ngan have become frozen over. Lake Michigan maintains its\\nhigh temperature and consequent freedom from ice. Its\\nbreezes constantly temper the wind to the necessities of the\\nfruit-grower along our western coast. It remains substan-\\ntially open, in fact, during the whole winter, making a dif-\\nference, during every cold period, of from ten to twenty\\ndegrees in favor of the fruit belt.\\nThe first effect of a sharp frost on the lake is a matter\\nof peculiar interest. Before ice forms to any extent on the\\nlake, the effect of a frost along the shore is to coat over\\nwith ice the beach and everything upon it near enough to\\nbe touched by the spray. As winter advances the ice\\nthickens, and snow perhaps mingles with the spray still\\nmore abundantly every day a new aspect is presented by\\nthis new-formed shore. If the cold continues, the bulk of\\nice and snow increases in thickness, until it assumes the\\nform of an immense but somewhat irregular wall, skirting\\nthe lake at the point where the force of the waves is usually\\nexpended. This wall forms a natural breakwater, against\\nwhich the waves dash with a violence increased by the\\nstubbornness of the resistance it presents to the course of\\nthe waves up the beach. The greater the resistance the\\nmore abundant the spray, and, with the temperature of the\\nair perhaps near to zero, every assault made by the waves\\nincreases the height and thickness of the barrier. The\\nlake, as the cold increases, becomes partially covered with\\nice, which is broken up into pieces by every wind-storm.\\nThis broken ice, dashed up with great violence against the\\nice-formed barrier on the beach, and in violent storms\\nthrown completely over the ice-wall, is piled upon it, and\\ngreatly augments its breadth and height. Ice is piled upon\\nioc, and the whole dashed with water and frozen, until a\\nsolid mass is formed, firm as a rock, rivaling the lake bluffs\\nand hills in their height and dimensions.\\nThis mass of ice forms one of the principal agencies of\\nthe lake in retarding the expansion of the fruit-buds dur-\\ning the spring. It is the great refrigerator or reservoir of\\ncold that holds back the buds until the danger of frost has\\npassed. It is the fruit-grower s ice-store, piled up without\\nany labor, and placed just where it is needed for protection\\nfrom that sudden transition from winter to summer so re-\\nmarkable in this latitude. Under its cooling influence the\\nfruit-buds bide their time, and do not burst into bloom\\nuntil danger of blighting frost is over. This accumulation\\nof cold, so to speak, is just as important in the spring as\\nwas the store of warmth in the fall. The whole effect is to\\nprevent sudden transition from cold to heat. The lake is", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0131.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "120\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nthe great evener of the temperature at all seasons, counter-\\nactinji; all extremes of temperature and modifying the effect\\nof all sudden changes.\\nNor is the great ice-wall and its accompanying floe of\\nbroken ice in the lake, important as they are, the only pro-\\nvision made by the lake to protect the fruit husbandry of\\nthe adjacent country. The operations of the lake-breezes\\non land, during the terrific snow-storms of winter, are of\\nsimilar importance. The snow that would, were it not for\\nthe wind, fall on the lake, is taken over the coast, on and\\non, from one to six, and frequently ten miles, where it is\\ndrifted to great depth. Were it not for the wind, this\\nsnow would cover the ground twelve to twenty inches\\nevenly, and the first few days of warm weather would dis-\\nsolve it but piled in immense drifts, it continues for weeks,\\ngiving forth its cooling influences gradually, retarding vege-\\ntation in locations that would otherwi.se be but little bene-\\nfited by the lake, and thereby carrying lake benefits farther\\ninland than could be secured without. So important is this\\nsnow-drift regarded by some fruit men, that I have heard\\nit claimed as marking the true peach belt. But I am in-\\nclined to regard it as a wise provision for widening and in-\\ncreasing the security of that belt. This drift does not form\\nin gullies or on low spots alone. It is just as likely to form\\non high as on low land, wherever some obstruction to the\\ncourse of the wind renders the location favorable for a drift.\\nA peach-orchard that is so located as to attract the drift, as\\nis often the case within the limit named, secures almost\\ncertain protection from winter and spring frosts. In such\\nlocalities figs could be grown with almost the same certainty\\nas peaches, the snow being a most perfect protection for\\nthese exotics.\\nIn reference to this subject of the peculiar climate of the\\nfruit belt, Mr. J. E. Bidwell* says, Unquestionably, our\\nclimate cannot be surpassed for its uniformity of temper-\\nature, rarely exceeding twenty degrees variation in one or\\ntwo days this is of great practical value to fruit culture,\\nin the uniform growth and ripening of wood and fruit.\\nNor is the moisture deficient so as to produce inferior size,\\nshrinkage, or wilt nor in excess for the perfect develop-\\nment of vegetable, grain, or fruit. These lasting results are\\nmaiidy due to the great length, breadth, depth, and position\\nof our lakes, which in summer constantly evaporate, expand,\\nand raise cool, moist vapor, to be gently distilled upon us\\nat night, or showered upon us by day in seeming acci-\\ndent, but through great design. Even in winter the rest-\\nless waters rapidly absorb the cold, contract and settle, and\\nare as quickly replaced by the waimer waters from below.\\nFresh water is easily influenced by slight atmospheric\\nchanges, one cubic foot of which will affect in one like de-\\ngree of temperature over three thousand cubic feet of air\\nhow great, then, is the influence of Lake Michigan, three\\nhundred and forty by eighty-five miles in extent of surface,\\nand upwards of one thousand feet in depth Our prevailing\\nwinds are from the west, principally southwest, and so re-\\nceive the equalizing influences of the water. Who can es-\\ntimate the quantity of imperceptible vapor rising from sixty-\\nIn an address before the South Haven Pomological Society, Feb.\\n8, 1873.\\nsix thousand square miles of fresh water in extreme warm\\nweather in summer, and those immense, cloud-like masses\\nof dark vapor rising from the unfrozen surface in extreme\\nweather in winter, extending its beneficial influence over\\nour State?\\nFacts gained from actual observation are given below,\\nshowing the superior advantages in climate enjoyed by the\\neastern over the western shore of Lake Michigan and other\\nregions. They refer to South Haven especially, but of\\ncour.se apply approximately to other portions of Van Burcn,\\nas well as to Berrien County.\\nFacts presented by A. S. Dyckman to the South Haven\\nPomological Society in 1871\\nThe coldest point ever touched by the thermometer at our place,\\nwithin the recollection of civilized man, was in the winter of 185()-57,\\nnine degrees below zero since which time the coldest point was seven\\ndegrees below zero, Jan. 1, 1861. The summer following eivch of these\\nwinters brought abundance of fruit on all bearing trees. In ordinary\\nwinters the thermometer does not reach zero.\\nAs a remarkable instance of our lake protection, it is said that\\nwhen the thermometer was at seven degrees below zero here, in .lan-\\nuary, 1864, it was as low as twelve degrees below at Corinth. Miss.,\\nand twenty-seven degrees below at Milwaukee, Wis.\\nFacts stated by I. S. Linderman before the South Haven\\nPomological Society, Jan. 7, 1878\\nI believe that we are favored with a climate unexcelled, if not\\nunequiiled, in this latitude, between the Atlantic and the Rocky\\nMountains. As a basis of the correctness of my belief, I offer the\\nfollowing synopsis of the extremes of cold for the last eight years,\\ntaken from my record of extremes\\nDecember, 1868, to April, 1869, not below zero.\\n1869, 1870, 1\u00c2\u00b0 below zero once.\\n1870, 1871, as low as zero once.\\n1871, 1872, coldest 5\u00c2\u00b0; below zero only twice.\\n1872, 1873, coldest winter on record to that\\ndate; below zero on nine diflerent\\ndays.\\n1873, 1874, coldest day January 31st; 5\u00c2\u00b0 above\\nzero.\\n1S74, 1875, coldest day February 9th; 16\u00c2\u00b0 below\\nzero for a few moments only\\nduring the winter it was below\\nzero seven times.\\n1875, 1876, coldest 5\u00c2\u00b0 above zero.\\nFor the last eight years we have had two winters five degrees\\nabove zero the coldest, two winters just zero, and four \\\\vinter3 below\\nthat point, from one to nine days each. The aggregate number of\\ndays below zero for the eight years is nineteen. This subject of the\\nsuperiority of our climate is of the greatest importance to the whole\\npeople of the Northwest, and especially to those engaged or proposing\\nto eng,age in the business of fruit-growing.\\nBeloit, Wis., is directly west of us, about sixty-six miles from the\\nwest shore of Lake Michigan. Every winter, for the past eight years,\\nit has been from sixteen to twenty-four degrees colder there than it\\nhas been here. I refer to that place particularly, because I receive a\\ndaily record of the weather and temperature once a week. I will\\nnow revert to the winter of 1872-73, the coldest to that date, but\\nwhich was duplicated two years later. For convenient comparison, I\\nwill place the record of the two winters, also the names of places east\\nand west of us, in juxtaposition.\\nWINTER OF 1872-73.\\nDecember 24th.\\nSouth Haven 14\u00c2\u00b0 below.\\nBeloit, Wis 4\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00b0\\nJancsville, Wis 4I\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00b0\\nGrand Rapids, Mich 40\u00c2\u00b0\\nLansing, Mich 3.1\\nSelf-registering thermome er at Lansing 4.i\u00c2\u00b0\\nTiffin, Ohio 31\u00c2\u00b0", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0132.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "THE FRUIT BELT.\\n121\\nSt. Louis, Mo in\u00c2\u00b0 below.\\nCentr.alia, III 22 to 27\u00c2\u00b0\\nChicago, 111 20\u00c2\u00b0\\nIn Minnesota it was believed that over one hundred persons froze\\nto death.\\nWINTER OF 1874-75.\\nFebruary 9th.\\nSouth Haven (for a few moments, clear and very still) 16\u00c2\u00b0 below.\\nGrand Rapids, Mich 40\u00c2\u00b0\\nKalania/oo, Mich 34\u00c2\u00b0\\nBattle Creek, Mich .34\u00c2\u00b0\\nSparta, Wis 4S\u00c2\u00b0\\nFEBRtARY IStH.\\nBeloit, Wis 4n\u00c2\u00b0\\nJanesville, Wis 40\u00c2\u00b0\\nThe above shows a remarkable uniformity not only in the two\\nwinters but in the degi-ees of cold east and west of the lake, away\\nfrom its influence. The degrees, however, do not express the whole\\nof the difference in effect. A very sudden change has a much greater\\neffect on man, beast, or trees than a gradual change of the same num-\\nber of degrees. West of the lake the changes are much more sudden\\nthan they are here. I will introduce one example: Monday night,\\nFeb. 12, 1872, at Beloit, Wis., it was 38\u00c2\u00b0 above zero. Tuesday morn-\\ning, the 13th, 6\u00c2\u00b0 below was the score, a change of forty-four degrees\\nin half a dozen hours. Beluit Fyec Prcna. My record for the same\\ntime stands: Feb. I2th, 6 P.M., 36 degrees above; Tuesday morning,\\n13th, 34\u00c2\u00b0, with high west wind, getting cold very fast, forty degrees\\nwarmer than Beloit. Noon, 22\u00c2\u00b0 above; 6 p.m., 10\u00c2\u00b0; being a change\\nof 26\u00c2\u00b0 in twelve hours against 44 degrees at Beloit in a night, a dif-\\nference in our favor of 18 degrees. At St. Joseph, Mo., on the same\\nnight, there was a change from 52\u00c2\u00b0 above to 2\u00c2\u00b0 above zero the next\\nmorning, a change of 50\u00c2\u00b0 to Beloit 44\u00c2\u00b0 and our 26\u00c2\u00b0.\\nI might continue these comparisons indefinitely, but it is un-\\nnecessary, I have this to say, however; these comparative differences\\nare not exceptions, but the rule, being nearly as great every winter.\\nFortunately for us, we are not confined to the record of the thenxiora-\\neter to prove the correctness of our claims to superiority of climate.\\nWe have other proof that is conclusive on that point. Notwithstand-\\ning the extreme cold of 1872-73 we had a good peach crop the follow-\\ning summer, amounting to about fifty thousand baskets, while the\\ncombined jiroduction of all other localities in the Nortiiwest was far\\n^below that amount. This is conclusive proof of tiie correctness of\\nour record, and cannot be successfully controverted.\\nThere is great diversity of opinion among fruit-growers,\\napparently equally well informed, as to what width of ter-\\nritory is properly to be regarded as lying within the great\\nfruit belt. Some, whose locations are near the lake, be-\\nlieve that a strip of not more than two miles in breadth is\\nall that can be regarded as within the belt while others,\\nrespectively, place its eastern limit at three, five, ten, and fif-\\nteen miles back from the great lake. Some claim that it\\nextends only a few miles back from the waters of the lake,\\nand that only in the immediate neighborhood of river out-\\nlets, the location of future cities some, along the whole pen-\\ninsula, as far as the snow line while others place it far\\nto the eastward, in the interior of the State. As I under-\\nstand this matter, says Mr. B. Hathaway, of Little\\nPrairie Ronde, there is a peach belt and a fruit belt in\\nMichigan that are not identical in their limits, or rather I\\nshould say the latter includes the former, but is much\\nmore extensive. I believe the limits are not easily defined,\\nbut they are to include such territory as can be used for\\nraising peaches, where they are reasonably sure every season\\nState Pomological Society Report, 1872, page 124. It does not\\nseem entirely clear what is the location of the snow line here men-\\ntioned.\\ntSec pp. 11, 12, State Pomological Society Report for 1878,\\n16\\nand this region in Micliigan is confined to the western shore,\\nand a narrow belt at that.\\nMr. J. P. Thompson, of Detroit, defines its extentj as\\nfollows The special fruit belt is composed more strictly\\nof the counties bordering on Lake Michigan, which are\\nBerrien (including the St. Joseph section), Van Buren,\\nAllegan, Ottawa, and Muskegon Counties, where fruit-\\ngrowing is most a specialty. On the whole, notwithstand-\\ning the variety of opinions as to the extent of the fruit belt,\\nit seems proper to regard the counties of Berrien and Van\\nBuren or at least a very large portion of their territory\\nas being embraced within it.\\nThere can be no doubt that the first orchard in all this\\nregion was the one situated on the left bank of the St.\\nJoseph River, nearly two miles, by the course of the\\nstream, above its mouth, on the farm of the late Capt,\\nSamuel G. Langley. This old orchard, originally com-\\nposed of about sixty apple-trees, has been known since the\\ncoming of the fir.st settlers as the Burnett orchard, be-\\ncause, as tradition says, it was planted by Mr. William\\nBurnett, who opened his Indian trading-house on the St.\\nJoseph about 1785. About the year 1836, at a time\\nwhen the river rose to an unprecedented height, the flood\\ndestroyed a part of the trees, some of which exceeded ten\\ninches in diameter. A part of them, however, still re-\\nmain, and as late as 1876 apples produced by them were\\nexhibited at the fair of the State Society of Michigan, by\\nA. 0. Winchester, Esq., of St. Joseph, with the remark\\nby him that they were gathered from trees a century old.\\nNext in point of date must have been the orchard of\\nthe Carey Mission, in the present township of Niles. The\\nRev. Isaac McCoy, the founder of that mission, says,\u00c2\u00a7\\nWe early planted peach-seed, and now (1826) had au\\norchard of two or three hundred trees. By searching in\\nthe brush about deserted Indian villages and trading-houses\\nwe found here and there a few young apple-trees, which,\\nperhaps, had grown from .seed accidentally cast. These wo\\ntransplanted, and ultimately had nearly one hundred trees\\ngrowing. Elsewhere he intimates that, as he had from\\nthe first foreseen that the Indians would ere long bo\\ncrowded from their lands by the whites, and that the mis-\\nsion would then be vacated, and the land on which it was\\nlocated would become the property of the United States.\\nin which event the board of missions would probably re-\\nceive from government the value of their improvements, it\\nhad been his policy to make these improvements as valua-\\nble as possible and the raising of this orchard was one of\\nthe means used to that end.\\nThe fact stated by Mr. McCoy that he found young\\napple-trees growing around deserted Indian villages is no-\\nticeable as showing that the Fottawattamies were not un-\\nacquainted with that fruit; and though the missionary\\nmakes no mention of having seen any apple-trees of size\\nin their country, it is certain that they did bring some of\\nthem to a bearing state, for such trees were found by the\\nearly settlers, scattered about in several places. It is not\\nunlikely that the apple was first brought into the Indian\\nIn an address before the State Pomological Society at Allegan, in\\nFebruary, 1878.\\nJ History of Baptist Missions, p, 263.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0133.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "122\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\ncountry by the Jesuits, and there is nothing improbable\\nin the supposition that these priests planted apple-trees on\\nthe banks of the St. Joseph when they established their\\nmission here, in about the year 1700, as it is certain that the\\nholy fathers had done thirty years before, at the mission of\\nSt. Ignace, of JMicliillimackinac. Orchards of both apple-\\nand pear-trees were commenced at Montreal by the French\\nfounders of the place immediately after its first settlement,\\nand the same practice appears to liave been usual with the\\npeople of that nation in their settlements around the more\\nremote posts and missions. It was certainly done at De-\\ntroit at or immediately after the time of its founding by\\nCadillac, and one, at least, of the old pear-trees at that\\nplace, known to have been planted within the palisades of\\nFort Pontchartrain as early as 1705, remained standing\\nthere until its destruction became necessary to make room\\nfor the improvements of the city in modern time.\\nThe statement has been made, and published with the\\nproceedings of the State Society, that peach-trees planted\\nby the Indians were found in the neighborhood of the St.\\nJoseph River, and that they were bearing fruit to some\\nextent about 1837, but the authenticity of that part which\\ncredits the planting of them to the Indians is doubtful.\\nThe early settlers, upon flieir arrival in this region, found\\na few peach-trees growing in the Burnett orchard, but\\nevidently much younger than the old apple-trees found\\nthere, and they were without doubt planted by Mr. Bur-\\nnett. It was stated by Mr. Simeon Wilson, a pioneer of\\nSt. Joseph, that when he settled there in 1831 there were\\nsome seedling peach-trees in a bearing state on the Burnett\\norchard and Benjamin C. Hoyt, Esq., who came there in\\n1829, said that at that time there were a few peach-trees\\ngrowing on what was afterwards the village plat. Capt.\\nCurtis Boughton also says that when he came to Western\\nMichigan, in 1834, there were peach-trees, which he thinks\\nmust have been planted by Indians, standing on the east\\nbank of Hickory Creek, on section 2 of the present town\\nof Lincoln, Berrien Co. But the fact of the trees being\\nfound there is no proof that they had been planted by\\nIndians, for they were standing on land which had been\\noccupied for a number of years by a Frenchman, and in the\\nimmediate vicinity Mr. Timothy S. Smith had been located\\nas early as 1827.\\nThe immigrants who made the early settlements in Ber-\\nrien and Van Buren Counties were not unmindful of the\\nadvantage to be derived from fruit culture, and, though\\nthere was at that time no little doubt expressed as to the\\nadaptability of the climate of this new region for the pur-\\nposes of fruit-growing, and though none of the settlers\\ncould have had the faintest idea of the importance which\\nthis industry was to assume in later years, a large number of\\nthem planted fruit-trees, and many brought trees from the\\nEast and set them out on their new lands here but in\\nmost instances only in sufiBcient numbers to secure family\\norchards, and apparently without much, if any, idea of\\nfuture fruit production as a source of any considerable pe-\\ncuniary profit, though it is said that some had this object\\nin view from the first. In regard to the early planting of\\norchards, Berrien can claim very little priority over Van\\nBuren County, for in the latter, particularly in its eastern\\npart, a large number of both apple- and peach-trees were\\nplanted as early at least as 1835, and from these originated\\nsome of the earliest orchards in the western part of the\\nState. This marked the beginning in Van Buren of the\\norcharding industry, in which the county now takes a high\\nrank.\\nIn view of the early doubts which existed in regard to\\nthe adaptability of the climate and soil for successful fruit\\nproduction, it is not strange that a very large proportion of\\nthe orchards planted were the apple instead of the tenderer\\nand more precarious peach. Still, there were a consider-\\nable number of peach-trees planted by the early settlers,\\nand the success which, from the outset, attended the culti-\\nvation of this fruit, caused its extension, slowly at first,\\nbut afterwards with great rapidity, until at last it ab-\\nsorbed most of the attention of those who had already en-\\ngaged in fruit culture in this region, and caused hundreds\\nof others, who were neither oichardists nor farmers, to seize\\nthe earliest opportunity to embark in the business, and to\\nbend all their energies to the production of peaches for the\\nmarket.\\nIn the shipment of peaches to an outside market, from\\nany part of the territory of the counties of Berrien and\\nVan Buren, precedence is claimed, and is unquestionably due,\\nto the port of St. Joseph, as the region lying in the vicinity\\nof that village is also entitled to priority in the raising of\\nthe fruit for the suppl} of the very small home demand.\\nBefore peaches were sold in Chicago from this region, even\\nbefore St. Joseph could supply itself with fruit, Mr. Brodiss,\\nwho lived six miles this side of Niles, brought his seedling\\npeaches by the open wagon load to peddle in St. Joseph.\\nThis was in 1834. At about the same time Theodore\\nC. Abbe set out a small peach-orchard in the south part of\\nthe township of St. Joseph, near what is known as the\\nGard Sehool-House, having brought the trees from the\\nnurseries of Rochester, N. Y. Mr. Abbe died soon after,\\nand the trees upon his farm were removed and transplanted\\non the farm of John Pike, in the northwest part of the\\ntownship of Royalton. There they flourished well, almost\\nas a matter of course, and fruit from them was brought to\\nSt. Joseph village for sale in 1837.\\nIn 1839 the first shipment of peaches to Chicago was\\nmade by Captain Curtis Boughton, who purchased the\\nfruit from the few small producers in the vicinity, and\\ntransported it from St. Joseph, across the lake to the city,\\nin his vessel, the schooner Henry U. King. The novel\\nexperiment was pecuniarily successful, and was afterwards\\nrepealed by Captain Boughton, though of course not on\\nan extended scale, as the amount of peaches which he was\\nable to purchase was very limited. In 1843, David and\\nJohn Byers, of Bainbridge township, produced their first\\ncrop of peaches, amounting to forty bushels, which they\\nbrought to St. Joseph and sold to the steward of Captain\\nWard s steamer for the sum of one hundred dollars. The\\npurchaser sold them in Chicago, but the prices realized by\\nhim are not mentioned. It was from these insignificant\\nbeginnings that the peach trade of Western Michigan grew\\nFrom a paper road by Mr. Cbaiubcrlain, of St. .Joseph, before tlie\\nState Poiilologioal Society in 1872.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0134.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "THE FRUIT BELT.\\n123\\nto the immense proportions wliieli it assumed a few years\\nlater.\\nMr. Benjamin 0. Hoyt was one of the early planters of\\nfruit-trees at St. Joseph, and he was the first owner of any-\\nthing which could properly be termed a nursery. Id this\\nnursery lie had the first Crawford peach-trees which were\\nseen in Western Michigan. Mr. Hoyt has also been men-\\ntioned as being the first shipper of peaches to Chicago, but\\nthis seems to be clearly a mistake, though he was a shipper\\nto some extent soon after Captain Boughton led the way.\\nAmong the earliest peach-growers in a small way in the\\nneighborhood of St. Joseph was Mr. Eleazer Morton, of\\nBenton (father of Hon. Henry C. Morton, of Benton Har-\\nbor), and Lemuel L. Johnson, on the north side of the\\nPaw Paw River, who, with those named above and some\\nothers, had, as Mr. Parmelee expresses it, a few peach-\\ntrees of seedling sorts, generally in fence-corner rows, and\\nrarely in orchard form. These small producers con-\\ntinued in this way, not materially increasing the number of\\ntheir trees, nor attracting much attention until the time\\ncame when a succession of exceptionally cold winters de-\\nstroyed a large proportion of the peach-trees of the interior,\\nbut left those within the fruit-belt unharmed. It was this\\nfact which drew attention to the region contiguous to the\\neastern border of Lake Michigan, and resulted in the dis-\\ncovery of its superior capabilities for the production of\\nfruit though at that time, and for some few years succeed-\\ning, it was believed that the fiivored section extended but\\na few miles at farthest from the mouth of the St. Joseph\\nRiver. The circumstances above alluded to arc mentioned\\nmore at length by Mr. T. T. Lyon, as follows:\\nSeveral unusually severe winters occurring during the\\nfifth decade of the present century, and coming upon us\\nafter the destruction cf the forests of the State had become\\nconsiderably advanced, gave our people the first clear and\\nunmistakable evidence of an unfortunate modification of\\nclimate by inflicting serious injury upon many orchards of\\nthe apple, and nearly ruining the peach plantations of the\\nState. Important and obvious as are now the advantages\\nof the eastern shore of Lake Michigan for the cultivation\\nof fruits, up to the period mentioned they were little under-\\nstood or appreciated. It was not till the loss of their trees\\nhad enforced the lesson upon the people, and, moreover, till\\nthe growth of the Western cities had created a demand for\\nfruit, that the success of casual experiment here began to\\ndraw special attention to these advantages.\\nFor a considerable period after public attention had\\nbecome attracted to the importance of this exemption, it\\nwas popularly supposed to be limited to Berrien County\\nand to the vicinity of St. Joseph. Hence, there suddenly\\narose at this point a wonderful inflation in the prices of\\nfruit-lands, and an activity in orchard planting that can\\nscarcely be said to have a parallel in the history of fruit\\nculture. For this reason the history of lake shore fruit\\nculture opens with the development of this interest here.\\nThis demonstration of the superior advantages enjoyed\\nby fruit-growers on the western border of the peninsula,\\nThis, however, is not a correct assertion as to Mr. Eleazer Morton,\\nwho had planted an orchard of apple-, peach-, and plum-trees as early\\nas IStO, and in 1S45 had sold his peach crop at one dollar per bushel.\\nand the action taken soon afterwards by some of the more\\nenergetic ones, to avail themselves of its benefits by the\\nplanting of more and larger orchards, is termed by Mr.\\nGeorge Parmeleef the inauguration of the peach belt in\\n1847. In this inauguration Mr. Parmelee himself\\ntook a somewhat prominent part. About this time, he\\nsays, pits of the peach known as Hill s Chili, Stanley,\\nand other names, were planted by Mr. McKeyes, of Bain-\\nbridge. At that time I owned an eighty-acre lot in the\\nsame town, and had planted on it that spring a small orch-\\nard of budded peach-trees, which I had bought of Col.\\nHodge s Buffalo Nur.sery. He, however, left this Bain-\\nbridge farm (believing it would prove unfit for peach cul-\\ntivation, on account of its elevation, and probably thinking\\nalso that the vicinity of St. Joseph was the only place where\\nthat fruit could be raised successfully), and in the spring\\nof 1848 he set out, on the north side of the Paw Paw\\nRiver, some two or three miles from Benton Harbor, an\\norchard of two and a half acres, comprising peach- and\\napple-trees, with a few pears, plums, and quinces. Captain\\nCurtis Boughton set out an orchard of one hundred and\\nthirty peach-trees in St. Joseph in 1849 and about the\\nsame time Dr. Talman Wheeler set out the Teetzel orch-\\nard, and Mr. Eleazer Morton planted a small orchard in\\naddition to the trees he already had. These orchards began\\nto produce about 1852, and peaches from Captain Bough-\\nton s orchard (if not from the others) were sold in that\\nyear. It was not, says Mr. Parmelee, till after Mr.\\nBoughton and I had sold choice peaches from our imported\\ntrees that there was much else than seedling trees planted,\\nor budded trees from the better class of local seedlings.\\nThe first great impetus to peach-planting was given when\\nI contracted my first considerable peach crop for fifteen\\nhundred dollars, to be delivered in St. Joseph. The report\\nwent over the country, and it was magnified ridiculously,\\nbut it did its work; that is to say, it created a great rush\\ninto the peach-raising business through all the country\\nlying within a few miles of St. Joseph and Benton Harbor\\n(which was then believed to be the one pre-eminently\\nfavored district), and more than quadrupled the prices of\\nlands| in that section.\\nt State Pom. Soc. Rep., 1874, p. 227.\\nj A few years later the prices of orchard lands in that vicinity had\\nincreased to fabulous figures, which really seemed to be warranted by\\nthe very large profits which accrued from the business of peach-grow-\\ning, the yield of a single year amounting, in some instances, to fully\\n$5000 per acre. From the small beginning made by Mr. Parmelee in\\n1848 he had in the course of a few years enlarged his orchard, and had\\nput out ninety-eight acres; had his lands well fenced, and in a high\\nstate of cultivation built a tine residence, costing some $6000, and\\ncorresponding outbuildings. All these improvements were m.ade from\\nhis fruit, and from such a small beginning; and his property, so im-\\nproved, sold for the handsome sum of $43,000. The Cincinnati Or-\\nchard the largest peach-orchard in the State, embracing originally\\nabout sixty -five acres iu bearing, and located about one mile from Ben-\\nton Harbor was planted by Smith Howell, bankers, of Cincinnati\\nand Lebanon, Ohio, on land leased for twelve years from Eleazer Mor-\\nton. After securing a succession of heavy and very profitable crops,\\nthey sold the trees and lease (when it had but three years to run) for.\\n$12,000, to Hopkins, Edwards A Willard, who the same year netted\\n$15,000 from the crop, and realized .about the same sum annually for\\nthe remainder of the lease. In 1871 this orchard produced over\\n37,000 baskets of peaches, which netted about $20,000.\\nMr. Thresher, of Benton Harbor, stated that as early as 1S65", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0135.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "124\\nHISTOKY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\nThe interest in fruit culture thus excited in the vicinity\\nof St. Joseph* was not long in finding an echo from other\\npoints along the eastern shore of the lake. At South\\nHaven, twenty-two miles north of St. Joseph, the next\\npoint affording suitable harbor facilities, orchards were\\nplanted about the year 1852, and from that time the interest\\ngained strength slowly till the advent of the Kalamazoo\\nand South Haven Railroad supplied an outlet eastward,\\nand removed many of the serious embarrassments under\\nwhich the locality had previously labored. The pioneers\\nin orcharding at South Haven were Stephen B. Morehouse\\nand Randolph Densmore, the former of whom removed\\nthere for the purpose of engaging in the business, and\\nplanted the first orchard in 1852. Mr. Densmore s orchard\\nwas planted on a lot adjoining that of Mr. Morehouse and\\nat about the same time so it was only three or four years\\nafter orchard culture to any extent was commenced as a\\nbusiness at St. Joseph and vicinity, that it was also com-\\nmenced at South Haven. In 1857, Aaron S. Dyekman\\nplanted an orchard of four acres in extent, and about the\\n.same time James L. lleid commenced one on the lake-shore\\nin the same township. S. G. Sheffer, Joseph Dow, and C.\\nM. Sheffer set out orchards here soon afterwards, and a\\nlittle later vineyards were commenced by Orris Church, A.\\nS. Dyekman, Aaron Eanies, aud others. But here, although\\nboth soil and climate are equally well adapted to fruit cul-\\ntivation, the progress made during the first few years was\\nless rapid than it had been at St. Joseph and Benton Har-\\nbor, for the reason that in the last-named region there was\\nan abundance of cleared land, ready for the reception of\\nfruit-trees, which was not the case to so great an extent in\\nthe South Haven district. This disparity, however, gradu-\\nally ceased to exist, and the fruit production of South\\nHaven, as in other parts of Van Bureu County, has steadily\\ngrown in extent and importance.\\nConcerning the fruit-growing interest of the eastern part\\nof Van Buren County, Mr. Lyon, in his History of Michi-\\ngan Fruit Culture, remarks that among the earliest budded\\npeach-trees in that section were a few brought from near\\nRochester, N. Y., by N. H. Bitely, in 1855. These were\\nplanted on a hill and stood the test of a very severe winter,\\nwhile others on low grounds were killed. This attracted\\nthe attention of Mr. Columbus Engle, who owned some of\\nthe highest land in this region, and which he regarded as\\nworthless. Observing this exemption, he at once planted\\nthese hills with fruit-trees, largely peaches. From this\\nventure has grown one of the most successful fruit-planta-\\ntions in the county, he having (up to 1878) failed of a crop\\nbut twice in eighteen years.\\nFrom these, and other similar beginnings in fruit culture.\\nVan Buren has advanced to its present rank among the best\\nfruit counties of the State. This result has been attained\\nby energy and perseverance on the part of the orchard pro-\\nthere were at St. Joseph and Benton Harbor no less than 207,639\\npeach-, 40,957 pear-, nearly 70,000 apple-, about 10,000 cherry-, 2500\\nquince-, and 3000 plum-trees, 35,000 grape-vines, and more straw-\\nberry-, blackberry-, and raspberry-plants than could well be enumer-\\nated. Afterwards, at the time of heaviest production, the number\\nof peach-trees given above had been trebled within the same limits.\\nHistory of Michigan Fruit Culture, by T. T. Lyon, of South\\nHaven. Report State Pom. Society, 1878.\\nprietors, and the exercise of intelligence in their methods\\nof cultivation, aided by unrivaled advantages in soil and\\nclimatic conditions. The statistics of the ninth census of\\nthe United States (having reference to the year ending\\nJune 1, 1870) show that the value of orchard products in\\nthe county of Berrien was $561,641, and in the county of\\nVan Buren $135,910; Berrien standing first and Van\\nBuren eighth in importance in this particular among the\\ncounties of tlie State. Four years later, by the State cen-\\nsus of 1874, Van Buren had advanced to the second rank\\namong Michigan counties in the value of orchard products.\\nIn the matter of peach production, in 1872, Berrien stood\\nfirst among the counties, the production reported being\\n140,450 bushels, while Van Buren, producing 62,92i(\\nbushels, stood next in rank to Berrien. In 1873, Van\\nBuren advanced to the rank of the first county in Michi-\\ngan in peach production,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the crop reported being 9072\\nbushels, and the adjoining county of Allegan took the\\nsecond place. This result is shown by the reports of the\\nlast census, that of 1874.\\nTHE YELLOWS AMONG THE PEACH-TREES.\\nFor a period of about twenty years from the time when\\nsystematic peach production for the market was commenced\\nby a few enterprising men in the neighborhood of St. Joseph\\nand Benton Harbor, the business continued to spread rapidly\\nover nearly all the favored section of the lake-shore, and\\nwas prosecuted with almost marvelous pecuniary profit to\\nthe growers. Their success had been uniform aud uninter-\\nrupted the possibility of a iailure of crops was scarcely\\nthought of, and there seemed to be little reason to doubt that\\nthe prosperity of these earlier years would continue indefi-\\nnitely. But at about the end of the period above named\\nthere came a warning of approaching disaster, the first\\nappearance of that scourge, the yellows, which was des-\\ntined to spread havoc among the peach-orchards of this\\nhitherto exempted region to an extent amounting, in many\\nlocalities, to an almost complete destruction of the business.\\nThis fatal disease to peach-trees proceeds from a cause\\nwhich may be said to be unknown, inasmuch as it has never\\nbeen removed or satisfactorily explained and there is little\\nmore to be said of it than to notice its appearance and\\noperation. The disease shows itself in the premature\\nripening of the fruit, sometimes that of the entire tree, but\\nmore generally that on one or more of its branches. The\\nfruit becomes unnaturally red, especially at the pit, and ac-\\nquires an insipid and unwholesome taste as it approaches\\nmaturity. The first indications are observed in the peach\\nusually about one month before its ripening. In the first\\nyear of the disease the fruit grows nearly to its natural\\nsize, but is always marked with specks and large spots of\\npurplLsh red. Internally, there appear small red specks in\\nthe part next the pit, first at the stem, and afterwards on\\nevery part of the pit. These increase daily in number, and\\ngradually extend, until every cell contains one or more of\\nI Mr. Thomas Meehan, of the Germantown Nurseries, near Phila-\\ndelphia, Pa., however, expressed this opinion to Secretary Garfield,\\nof the Michigan State Society There is no longer any more duubt\\nabout peach yellows being caused by root fungus than there is that\\nthe sun shines on a clear day. I fear your friends have not kept pace\\nwith ttie progress of discovery.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0136.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "THE FRUIT BELT.\\n125\\nthe specks. Under the microscope, these specks are seen\\nto be small red globules in the fluid of the cells. When\\nexposed to one hundred and eighty degrees Fahrenheit in\\na fruit-dryer, these globules become dry, and remain in the\\ncellular tissues. The eflFect on the peach is to render it un-\\npalatable, unwholesome, and worthless.\\nOn the tree, the presence of the disease is marked by the\\nproduction, upon the aifected branches, of very slender, wiry\\nshoots, a few inches long, and bearing starved, diminutive\\nleaves, which are very narrow, quite distinct from the\\nnatural size, and are either pale yellow or arc destitute of\\ncolor. Tbe sap in the aifected limbs acquires an orange\\ncolor, a slimy touch, and a disagreeable, sickish smell. As\\nthe disease progresses, it can be traced down the trunk of\\nthe tree to the base, where tufts of unnatural growth are\\nfrequently found, and the new wood and bark of the tree\\nacquire a softer, lighter, and more spongy growth. The\\ndisease does not appear to be either produced or prevented\\nby any peculiarity of soil,* drainage, or exposure. Trees of\\nall ages are attacked, and the most vigorous and healthy ones\\nare not exempt. Mr. William R. Prince says, The yellows\\nis a disease which attacks all classes of peaches alike. It is\\nanalogous to the yellow fever, which attacks with equal vir-\\nulence all races of men, black, white, copper-colored and\\nyellow. The removal of limbs on which the disease first\\nappears, the slitting of the bark, the application of wood\\nashes, lye, salt, potash, warm water, superphosphates, and\\nmany other supposed remedies have been applied, but they\\nhave had little or no effect in curing the disease or prevent-\\ning its spread. Nothing has been accomplished in this\\ndirection, except by promptly destroying and removing\\naffected trees as soon as their prematurely ripened fruit gives\\nwarning that the blight is upon them. Mr. T. T. Lyon,\\nwho is excellent authority in such matters, expresses the\\nopinion that the attempt to discover a specific for the cure\\nof the yellows is as futile as were the efforts of the alchem-\\nists to transmute base metals into gold, or the search of\\nthe Spanish explorers for the fountain of perennial youth.\\nFor some time after the disease appeared here many\\ndoubted that it was contagious, but that doubt has long\\nsince passed away. It has been repeatedly demonstrated by\\nexperiment that pollen taken from the blossoms of diseased\\ntrees, and used to impregnate the pistils of blossoms on\\nhealthy trees, conveys the disease to the latter. It is now\\nuniversally admitted that the disease is contagious, and that\\nits spread is only to be prevented by the prompt destruc-\\ntion of affected trees.\\nIn regard to the origin of the yellows within the Michi-\\ngan fruit belt, we find it statedf that the disease is supposed\\nto have been introduced in this vicinity about the year\\n1862, by means of trees imported from New Jersey, which\\nhad been grown from buds of infected trees. But few\\ntrees were so affected, and it was several years later when\\nthe disease in the vicinity of Benton Harbor first assumed\\na contagious type. It is proper, however, to note that by\\nmany this statement of the manner in which it was first\\nIt has, however, been asserted that no damage was e\\nyellows to trees growing on limestone or calcareous soils,\\nt State Poui. Soe. Rep., 1S78, p. 254.\\ndone by\\nintroduced is pronounced entirely groundless. The diver-\\nsity of opinion on the subject is, of course, very great.\\nThe disease made its first appearance within the fruit-\\nbelt, in 1868, on Crawford trees in the plantations of John\\nWhittlesey and A. O. Winchester, at St. Joseph, in the\\nneighborhood of the locality where successful peach-growing\\nhad its origin. Not more than half a dozen trees on these\\nplantations were attacked by the disease in the first season\\nof its appearance, and its spread was very slow during the\\nthree or four years next succeeding. The peach-orchards\\nof the entire region were then bearing enormous crops, and\\nthey continued to do so afterwards the crop of 1869 being\\nunusually large through all the district tributary to St.\\nJoseph, as elsewhere. Four years after the first appearance\\nof the disease it had not reached orchards five miles away\\nfrom the trees which were first attacked, but about that\\ntime it began to spread with greater rapidity, and finally\\nextended over the entire belt, or at least over that part of\\nit which lies within tlie counties of Berrien and Van Buren\\n(excepting, perhaps, a small area in the extreme southern\\npart of the former), and northwaid to Allegan and Ottawa.\\nIts ravages have been greater and far more disastrous in\\nthe St. Joseph and Benton Harbor districts than in any\\nother, partly because here were more and larger plantations\\nthan in any other section, and partly because, having ap-\\npeared here first, it had gained a firm foothold and performed\\nmuch of its destructive work before the fact became known\\nthat the only remedy is the prompt destruction of infected\\ntrees. At St. Joseph and Benton Harbor, says Mr.\\nLyon,t resort was had to experiments looking to the cure\\nof the malady and preservation of the trees, but such ex-\\nperiments have proved futile, at least so far that almost the\\nentire stand of peach-trees seems to have become affected,\\nand to have, in subsequent seasons, either died outright, or\\nbeen destroyed for the purpose of clearing the ground for\\nplantations of other fruits. Indeed, so generally has this\\nbeen done, that peach culture can hardly be said longer to\\nbe a leading interest here, while the end is not yet reached.\\nIt is true that the yellows disease has dealt to the peach-\\nproducing interest so staggering a blow that many people,\\nhaving in mind the enormous production of former years,\\nspeak of the business as dead (though not without hope of\\nresurrection) in the region which finds its outlet at the\\nmouth of the St. Joseph River. But it is shown by the\\nreport of the deputy collector of the port of St. Joseph\\nthat in the past season (1879) there have been shipped\\nfrom that port 78,299 baskets of peaches, 57,949 crates of\\nberries, and 10,525 barrels of apples; an amount which in\\nitself seems large, and which, as regards the peach item, is\\nonly insignificant when compared with the enormous ship-\\nments of earlier years.\\nIn the South Haven region, and at other points in Van\\nBuren County, the disease appeared later than on the St.\\nJoseph, and not until some knowledge had been gained as\\nto its character and the only practicable method of prevent-\\ning its extension. When the first cases of yellows were\\ndiscovered there (in 1873), the South Haven Pomological\\nSociety, thoroughly awake to the danger through the warn-\\nJ History of Michigan Fruit Culture, State Pom. Soo. Eep., 1878,\\np. 281.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0137.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": "126\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.\\ning which had come down from the devastated orchards of\\nBirrien County, took action at once, by the appointment of\\na committee, who, with general concuri ence, enjoined upon\\nall peach-growers and the community the summary de-\\nstruction of all infected trees wherever and whenever\\ndiscovered. Besides this, the society memorialized the\\nLegislature, asking the enactment of a law compelling such\\ndestruction and in this they were joined by producers in\\nAllegan and Ottawa Counties. This resulted, in 1875, in\\nthe passage of an act* which provides that any and all\\ntrees in the counties of Allegan, Van Buren, and Ottawa,\\nwhether peach, almond, apricot, or nectarine, infected with\\nthe contagious disease known as the yellows, shall be held to\\nbe without pecuniary value and their fruit unfit for use as\\nfood and that, as the best known means of preventing the\\nspread of such disease, botli tree and fruit so infected shall\\nbe subject to destruction as public nuisances. And the\\nlaw makes it the duty of any township board who shall\\nreceive information from five citizens, of the existence of\\nthe yellows within the township, to appoint a commissioner,\\nwhose duty it shall be, upon discovering such infected trees,\\nto affix a distinguishing mark to each tree so affected, and\\nimmediately notify the owner or occupant of the premises\\non which such trees shall be standing to destroy the con-\\ndemned trees within five days from such notice also to\\nproceed in the same manner in case of the discovery of any\\ninfected fruit, notifying the owner or person in charge of it\\nLocal Acts, 1875, p. 726.\\nto withhold it from distribution, shipment, or .sale, and to\\ndestroy it and in case persons so notified refuse or neglect\\nto comply with the mandate within the time named, the\\ncommissioner has power to immediately enter upon the\\npremises, and effectually uproot and destroy such affected or\\ndiseased trees or fruit, and certain penalties are fixed by the\\nlaw for non-compliance on the part of the owner or person\\nin charge. But there is no occasion for the infliction of the\\npenalty, for all willingly and eagerly co-operate to extirpate\\nthe scourge by the only known means, the prompt destruc-\\ntion of all trees bearing the marks of infection. By the\\nearnest employment of this means of eradication, although\\nthe disease is understood to have appeared as far north as\\nSpring Lake, it appears to have gained very little strength,\\nand if not fully suppressed, seems likely to be kept within\\nvery nari ow limits. This is the opinion expressed in 1878\\nby Mr. T. T. Lyon in his History of Michigan Fruit Cul-\\nture. It seems to have been measurably verified thus far,\\nand it is to be hoped that it will prove correct hereafter.\\nIt is of course impossible to know tihe future of peach\\nculture in Southwestern Michigan. Most of those engaged\\nin it predict that the blight of the yellows will disappear,\\nas it has from regions once ravaged by it in the East, and\\nthat there will succeed another period of as great prosperity\\nas was known here in the days of the Cincinnati orchard.\\nThis supposition seems reasonable enough, but as the sub-\\nject is more within the scope of prophecy than of history,\\nit seems proper to omit its discussion here.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0138.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0139.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0140.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "BERRIEN COUNTY.\\nCHAPTER XX.\\nNATURAL FEATURES-EARLY SETTLEMENTS.\\nLocation of Berrien County Surface, Soil, and Streams Comuience-\\nment and Progress of Settlement Improvements made by the\\nEarly Traders The Protestant Missionaries First [mmigrants in\\nthe several Townships Population.\\nBerrien, the extreme southwestern county of the State\\nof Michigan, has nearly the form of a right-angled trian-\\ngle, of which the base, its eastern line, joins the counties\\nof Cass and Van Buren, and the hypotenuse, or western\\nboundary, is the coast-line of Lake Michigan. On the\\nnorth it is bounded by Van Buren County, and on the south\\nby the State of Indiana. The superficial area of the\\ncounty is a little more than six hundred square miles, or\\nabout three hundred and eighty-five thousand acres.\\nThe surface of Berrien County is greatly diversified,\\nembracing a large proportion of rolling country, a consid-\\nerable area that is level, wet, and swampy, and some that\\nis broken into ravines and abrupt elevations of land.\\nThere is but little prairie land in Berrien. The principal\\none of these tracts is Wolf s Prairie, of about one thousand\\nacres, lying in the central part of the county, but smaller\\nones are found in the southeastern part. The lands of the\\ncounty which more than others suffer from insuflBeient\\ndrainage are those lying within a belt which extends in a\\nnortheast and southwest direction nearly parallel with the\\nlake-shore, through the western townships. Marshes also\\nexist along the shores of the St. Joseph Eiver for some\\ndistance above its mouth. Elevated rolling lands are found\\nalong the eastern border of the county, while farther\\ntowards the southwest, in Buchanan and other townships,\\nthe swells become suSiciently lofty to be termed hills, not\\nonly in the Michigan acceptation of that term, but even by\\npeople accustomed to the more rugged surface of the State\\nof New York. Sandy bluffs or hills extend along a large\\nportion of the lake-shore, and high lands, broken in many\\nplaces into ravines, form the banks of the streams, particu-\\nlarly those of the principal river. From the higher eleva-\\ntions the swell subsides into gentle undulations, which\\nextend over a large proportion of the area of the county.\\nNearly every variety of soil is found here, from light and\\ndrifting sand, and friable loam intermixed with gravel, to\\nstrong and heavy clay lands, excellent for grazing and the\\nproduction of hay. Much of the soil of Berrien is equal\\nto the best in Michigan for wheat-raising, and nearly every\\npart of the county is excellently adapted for orcharding\\nand fruit culture.\\nThe principal stream of Berrien County is the St. Jo-\\nseph River, which, taking its rise in the counties of Jack-\\nsou, Hillsdale. Branch, and Calhoun, passes through St.\\nJoseph County to its southwestern corner and into the\\nState of Indiana, from which it returns into Michigan on\\nthe line between Niles and Bertrand townships, in Berrien\\nCounty. From this point it flows nearly north for several\\nmiles, after which it passes across the county in a general\\nnorthwesterly direction, and enters Lake Michigan at the\\nvillage of St. Joseph.\\nThe Paw Paw River, after passing through Van Buren\\nCounty in a westerly course, enters Berrien near its north-\\ncast corner, flows through the county in a southwest course,\\nand enters the St. Jo.seph River within a few hundred yards\\nof the point where the latter flows into the lake. Blue\\nCreek, a small stream, but one of the principal tributaries\\nof the Paw Paw, enters the latter from the southeast.\\nThe Dowagiac River, flowing southwcstwardly from Cass\\nCounty, enters Berrien across its eastern boundary, and,\\npassing only a short distance through this county, enters\\nthe St. Joseph just below the city of Niles. Hickory\\nCreek, taking its rise in the central part of Berrien\\nCounty, flows in a general northerly direction, and enters\\nthe St. Joseph River (of which it is one of the prin-\\ncipal tributaries) through its southern bank. Pipestone\\nRiver, another tributary of the St. Joseph, enters the\\nriver from the eastward a few miles above its mouth.\\nThe Gralien River is formed by streams which unite their\\nwaters in the south part of Berrien County. From the\\npoint of confluence the river flows past the village of New\\nTroy, and then, making an abrupt turn, flows in a general\\nsouthwest course to New Buffilo, where it enters the lake.\\nThere are a number of small lakes in Berrien County,\\nmostly in the eastern and northeastern parts. The largest\\nof these is Paw Paw Lake, which is one of the sources of\\nthe Paw Paw River. Further mention and a more ex-\\ntended description of these lakes will be found in the his-\\ntories of the townships in which they are situated.\\nEARLY SETTLE.ME,\\\\\u00c2\u00abl S.\\nThe first settlers in any region or section of country are\\nthose who first locate within its boundaries with the ex-\\npectation and intention of making it a place of residence\\nfor themselves and their families. The first persons of\\nEuropean descent who may have come, under these condi-\\ntions, to the territory which is now Berrien County were\\nthe few French Canadians whose dwellings were clustered\\nround the military post and mission at the mouth of the\\nSt. Joseph River in the first part of the eighteenth cen-\\ntury. Of the subsequent history of this settlement, how-\\never, nothing is known beyond the fact that it did not\\nprove to be a permanent one and the people by whom it\\nwas made (who were perhaps many, if not most, of them\\npartly of Indian lineage) must be regarded as having been\\n127", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0141.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "128\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, iMICHlGAN.\\nmerely transient residents here, rather than settlers, as the\\nterm is usually applied. y\\nBut the same is not true of William Burnett, who came\\nto the St. Joseph River about the year 1785, nor of Jo-\\nseph Bertrand, who at about the same time established\\nhimself on the upper river, near the southern boundary\\nof the present county, for both these men made improve-\\nments, and their settlements were of sufficient permanence\\nto continue until white immigrants began to come into this\\nregion from the older States. They married women of In-\\ndian de.scent (Burnett s wife being Kawkema, a sister of\\nthe chief Topinabe), and the children of both were well\\nknown residents of Berrien County. The business of Mr.\\nBurnett, in particular, was quite extensive, and facts gath-\\nered from his old books of account give to his trading estab-\\nlishment more of the character of a settlement than has\\nusually been supposed.\\nFrom the two books of his which have been found\\n(covering the period from 1792 to 1802), it appears that\\nhis post on the St. Joseph was the base of extended trading\\noperations, not only on that stream, but on the Kankakee,\\nWabash, and Illinois Rivers, as far south as Peoria Lake,\\nand also at Chicago and several other points. A large\\nnumber of names are found, apparently those of employees\\nwho assisted him in his operations, and among these are the\\nfollowing Pierre Chevellier, Pierre Courville, Louis Cote-\\nnoise, Louis Cliamplin, Louis Chaborliss, Charles Chodonet,\\nJoseph Bertrand, Jean B. Boresseau, Francois Brisette,\\nBaptiste Barron, Doneau Dequindre, Francois Ducharme,\\nJean Lalime, Joseph Lapleur, Laurent Lefevre, Jean Le\\nClerc (a blacksmith), Joseph Naimenville, and Baptiste\\nPoinsable. Among the English names found recorded are\\nthose of John Cook, John Griffin, Joseph Howard, -James\\nGraham, John Kinzie, Benjamin Lyon, David Mitchell,\\nand Major Henry Hinfrey. Of these last named, John\\nGriffin and John Kinzie are known to have been employed\\nin trade as agents of Mr. Burnett, but as to several of the\\nothers nothing is known in reference to their business with\\nthe proprietors of the post.\\nThe entries in the Burnett books show clearly that his\\ntrade and connections were widely extended; and some are\\nvery curious in other particulars. Some of them are as\\nfollows\\nAug. 17, 1792.\\nTo Sundries, per J. Lalime, at Chicagou.\\nBy Peltries, J. Lalime, at Chicagou.\\nMay 25, 1795.\\nTo Sundry Merchandise, per G. Martin, taken to the\\nWabash.\\nJan. 9, 1798.\\nTo Cash paid an Indian for carrying an express to Mil-\\nwaky.\\nSept. 15, ISOO.\\nJean B Pontsable, Dr.\\nTo 7 bottles Spirits paid an Indian, Askie, for going Ex-\\npress with the Spanish commandant and letters to\\nFort Wayne.\\nOther entries found in these books furnish some indica-\\ntion of the condition of the people who were then living in\\nthe neighborhood of St. Joseph River, and show that their\\nmanner of life and their surroundings were such as to en-\\ntitle them to some extent at least to be considered as\\nsettlers. The following items are of this kind, viz.\\nMarch 12,1792.\\nTo Cash paid the Tailor.\\nAug. 21,1792.\\nTo Cash paid the Doctor.\\nAug. 23, 1800.\\nP. Lesseon, Bought of Wm. Burnett One Cow,\\nOne Calf, and three large Hogs, for \u00c2\u00a3550 Os.*\\nAug. 23, 1800.\\nJoseph Naimenville, Dr.\\nTo Butter \u00c2\u00a32 10s.\\nNov. 4, 1801.\\nCapt. Rough, Dr.\\nTo one Cow \u00c2\u00a3100 Os.\\nThese entries, and many other similar ones which are\\nfound in the books, show that the community in the\\nvicinity of Burnett s post supported a physician and a\\ntailor, that some of the people there kept cows and other\\nanimals, and that they carried on dairying in a small way.\\nAnother item, as follows\\nNov. 2, 1800.\\nJ. Naimenville, Cr.\\nBy 377 boards, sawing\\nsuggests the probability that a saw-mill was in operation\\non some of the neighboring streams, though it may have\\nbeen the case that these boards were cut in a saw-pit by\\nhand-labor.\\nMany other items are found similar to those given above,\\nand besides these, charges against various persons for\\nLoaves of Bread occur quite frequently from which it\\nmay be inferred that a bakery was carried on by Mr. Bur-\\nnett or by some other peraon in the vicinity. But how-\\never this may have been, it seems evident that the region\\naround the trading-post was not an uninhabited waste, and\\nthat the people who lived there at that time were sur-\\nrounded by some of the improvements and conveniences\\nwhich are commonly found among white settlers. As to\\nMr. Burnett, there can be no doubt that he intended to\\nmake his settlement here a permanent one, and he furnished\\none of the best possible evidences of this by the planting\\nof an apple-orchard, which was quite an extensive one for\\nthose days, and a part of which is still standing. Improve-\\nments were made (though probably to a less extent) by\\nJoseph Bertrand and there seems to be no good reason\\nwhy these men should not be regarded as the first two\\nwhite settlers in the present county of Berrien.\\nThe Protestant missionaries who commenced their labors\\namong the Indians of the St. Joseph in the year 1822\\ncame with no intention of remaining here permanently, and\\ncould not therefore be regarded as settlers, though they\\nmade quite extensive improvements in clearing lands, plant-\\ning orchards, raising crops, and erecting buildings. One of\\nThe prices here carried out appear to have reference to Old Tenor,\\nor Continental money, or to some other greatly depreciated currency.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0142.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "EARLY SETTLEMENTS.\\n129\\nthe most important of their improvements was the con-\\nstruction and putting in operation of a mill for the grinding\\nof grain. Their first mill operated by hand-power was\\nstarted in 1823. Of tliis rude mill, Mr. McCoy said that\\none strong man by constant labor was able to make Indian\\ncorn meal, of poor quality, sufficient for bread for the fam-\\nily. Wheat-flour could not be manufactured. He says\\nthat at that time the nearest grist-mill was one hundred and\\nninety miles distant from the place where Niles City now\\nstands. In 1825 the hand-mill at the mission was replaced\\nby one driven by horse-power, which was capable of pro-\\nducing both corn-meal and wheat-flour. In that year the\\nmission people harvested three hundred bushels ^f good\\nwheat, raised in their own fields.\\nThe first actual settler at Niles (as also the first in Ber-\\nrien County, if Burnett and Bertrand are not considered\\nas such) was Squire Thompson, who came here from In-\\ndiana in 1823, and brought his family to his new home on\\nthe St. Joseph in 1824. In the latter year he had a\\nneighbor, in the person of William Kirk, who came there\\nin the spring of that year. In 1825 the population of the\\nneighborhood was increased by the immigration of Benja-\\nmin Potter, Nathan Young, John Lybrook, Joel Yard, and\\nothers. Eli Ford came in 1827, and built the first grist-\\nmill which was propelled by water-power, and intended for\\npublic accommodation.\\nThe next settlement after that at Niles was made on\\nHickory Creek, in what is now the township of Lincoln,\\nby Timothy S. Smith, at whose house was held the annual\\nelection for the (old) township of St. Joseph, in 1827.\\nIn that part of the county which is now the township of\\nBerrien, settlements were made by John Johnson, Jr., in\\n1827, and by George H. Claypool, in the spring of 1828.\\nIn the following year Calvin Britain and Augustus B.\\nNewell pre-empted lands where the village of St. Joseph\\nnow is, and in 1829 they became settlers at that place.\\nMr. Britain and Mr. Newell were usually mentioned as the\\npioneer settlers at St. Joseph. Daniel T. Wilson, Calvin\\nBartlett, Benjamin Chandler, and Benjamin C. Hoyt came\\nthere, however, at about the same time.\\nIn the central part of the county John Pike made the\\nfirst settlement, at Wolf s Prairie (Berrien Springs), in\\n1829. In the same year George Kimmel took up three\\nhundred acres of land near Mr. Pike, but did not settle on\\nit until a year or two later. Francis B. Murdock settled in\\nthe same township (Oronoko) in 1830.\\nIn the southern tier of townships the fir.st of the settlers\\nwas Benjamin Redding, who came to Bertrand township in\\n1830, and located at the point now known as Dayton. As\\nthe greater part of Bertrand was covered by the Indian res-\\nervation, settlements in that township were not numerous\\nuntil after the cession of the reservation, in 1833.\\nRoyalton received its first settlers in the persons of John\\nPike and his sou William, who had previously located at\\nWolf s Prairie, but who removed down the river to this\\ntown.ship in 1832. In the same year Jehial Enos entered\\nland here, and settled soon after. Some three years later\\nhe removed from the township.\\nIn that part of the county which is now Buchanan town-\\nship the first settler was Charles Cowles, who located on the\\n17\\nsite of Buchanan village in 1833. Russell McCoy, John\\nHatfield, and Hiram Wray came in 183-1.\\nThe settlement of Bainbridge township was commenced\\nby Bartholomew Sharrai and a man named Ruleaux, two\\nFrench Canadians, in 1833. Two years later Martin Tiec\\nand John P. Davis came in, and the latter located on the\\nTerritorial road, where he opened a tavern which became\\na somewhat noted stopping-place for travelers by stage and\\notherwise.\\nIn the northeast corner of the county the first improve-\\nments were made in 1832 by Job Davis, who made prepa-\\nrations to build a saw-mill, but soon became discouraged\\nand sold out to parties in St. Joseph. These attempted to\\ncarry out the mill project, but failed. Levi Ballengee went\\nthere intending to board the men who were expected to\\nwork in the mills, and after the failure of the project he\\nwas compelled to remain. He was there engaged in shingle-\\nmaking in 1834; and in that year Stephen R. Gilson be-\\ncame a settler, near the present village of Coloma, in Water-\\nvliet township. Rumsey Christy settled near them in the\\nwinter of 1834-35, and others were added to the pioneer\\ncommunity in the following spring. In Benton the first\\nsettlement was made by Jehial Enos, who had prospected\\nthere as early as 1828, and about six years later he became\\nthe pioneer settler in the township, where he is still living.\\nIn the southwest corner of the county the first settlers\\nwere Wessel Whittaker and several associates, who came\\nfrom Western New York to New Buffalo, in 1835, with\\nthe expectation of founding a city which should be the\\nprincipal lake-port of Western Michigan. The story of\\ntheir operations there is told in the separate history of that\\ntownship and village. In the township adjoining the last-\\nnamed on the east (Three Oaks) the pioneer settler was\\nRichard Love, who came there in 1835. Sylvester and\\nErasmus Shead settled there in the following year. The\\nfirst settlers in what is now Galien were Samuel H. Gar-\\nwood, John P. Johnson, and James H. Wilson, who came\\nthere in 1835 or 1836; and about the same time Phineas\\nStratton, Timothy Atkins, and others settled farther down\\nthe Galien River, in the present township of Weesaw.\\nThe first settlements in Lake and Chickaming were also\\nmade in 183G that in the latter being made by Luman\\nNorthrop, and the pioneers in the former being John\\nHarner, Horace Godfrey, Thomas Ruggles, and Thomas\\nPhillips. In the part of the county which is now the\\ntownship of Sodus, the first improvement was the erection\\nof a saw-mill by James B. Larue on Pipestone Creek in\\n1835. David S. Rector worked as a sawyer in this mill\\nin 1836, and afterwards became a settler in the town. His\\nfather, David Rector, settled there with his family in the\\nfall of 1837, as did also Hiram, a brother of David S.\\nRector. The owner of the mill, Mr. Larue, did not be-\\ncome a permanent settler in the town.ship until after 1840.\\nIn Pipestone (originally a part of Bainbridge) the first\\nsettlers were James Kirk and Dr. Morgan Enos, who came\\nthere in 1837. In the northwest corner of the county\\n(now Hagar township) the first man who made a clearing\\nwas Henry Hawley, a Canadian, who came in the .spring\\nof 1839, but soon became discouraged and left. In the\\nsame year came Charles Lamb, who was properly regarded", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0143.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "130\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nas the first permanent settler, and who remained without\\nneiglibors in the township for a number of months. Several\\nother settlers, however, arrived there in the year 1840.\\nThe preceding is intended merely as a notice of the very\\nearlie.st settlements, and of the dates at which these were\\nmade in different portions of the county. Detailed accounts\\nof settleu)ents and settlers form the most important part of\\nthe history of townships, and such accounts will be found\\nin subsequent pages, and in their proper connection.\\nPOPULATION OF THE COUNTY AT DIFFERENT PERIODS.\\nThe population of Berrien County and of its townships,\\nat different periods from 1840 to 1874, is shown by the\\nseveral censuses to have been as follows\\nIPS.\\n1840. 1845. 1854. ISGO. 1870.\\nBaiiibiidgc 2\\nBeutoii\\nBerrien 6\\nBertraiid .1,21\\nBuclmnan 2\\nCliickaiiiiiii;\\nGalien\\nKewliiiffiilo 12:!\\nNiks 1,420\\nKiles City.\\nOrnnciko..\\n335\\n1,305\\n1,084\\n1,540\\n630\\n1,282\\n1,728\\n310\\n141\\n404\\n528\\n269\\n438\\n227\\n557\\n416\\n873\\n834\\n1,935\\n3,174\\n2,722\\nl,0:i0\\n2,788\\n664\\n874\\n1,2.52\\n277\\n875\\n1,1152\\n284\\n452\\n964\\n674\\n628\\n703\\n1,358\\n.539\\n545\\nPipestone\\nKojalton 246\\nSodn\u00c2\u00bb\\nSt.,Iusfpli 489\\nThree Oalis\\nWateniiet\\nWeesaw 142\\nTotalpop. of county.... 5,111 8,881 12,835 21,801 36,155 35,029\\n1,337\\n3,116\\n1,405\\n1,522\\n2 973\\n993\\n1,006\\n1,181\\n1,389\\n1,910\\n4,648\\n1,617\\n1,379\\n2,190\\n906\\n2,994\\n1,328\\n1,328\\n1,243\\n1874.\\n1,418\\n2,624\\n1,381\\n1,361\\n2,880\\n947\\n1,231\\n823\\n1,083\\n1,122\\n1,444\\n1,795\\n4,692\\n1,625\\n1,405\\n969\\n841\\n3,288\\n1,316\\n1,718\\n1,270\\nCHAPTER XXI.\\nERECTION AND ORGANIZATION OF BERBIEN\\nCOUNTY-COURTS AND COUNTY BUILDINGS.\\nThe County set off from Lenawee Election of County Officers Sub-\\ndivision of the County into Townships Establishment of Courts in\\nBerrien County The County Courts The Circuit Court and its\\nJudges Organization and Early Proceedings of the Board of Su-\\npervisors County Commissioners County-Sites and County Build-\\nings First Location of County-Site The Log Jail at St. Joseph\\nRemoval of County-Site to Berrien\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Old Jail at Berrien\\nSprings\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Erection of the Court-House The Present Jail County\\nOffice Buildings County Poor-House and Farm.\\nIt has been mentioned in preceding pages that the part\\nof Berrien County which was included in the ce.ssion made\\nby the Indians at the Chicago treaty of 1821 (being the\\npart lying east and north of the St. Joseph River) was\\nattached to Lenawee County by act taking effect Dec. 31,\\n182G, and that the part lying south and west of the river\\n(ceded by the Carey Mission Treaty of 1828) was also\\nattached to Lenawee by an amendatory act, approved Sept.\\n22, 1829. Thus, from the date last named, the county\\nof Lenawee included all the territory of the present county\\nof Berrien, except the tribal reservation, embracing an area\\nof nearly fifty square miles lying on the west side of the\\nSt. Joseph, and extending from a point on the river below\\nNiles, southward to the Indiana line.\\nThe county of Berrien was erected by Legislative act,*\\napproved Oct. 29, 1829, which provided That .so much of\\nthe county as lies within the following boundaries, viz.\\nTerritorial Laws, vol. ii. p. 737.\\nbeginning on the boundary line between this Territory and\\nthe State of Indiana, where the line between ranges sixteen\\nand seventeen west of the meridian intersects the said\\nboundary line thence west along the said boundary line\\nto Lake Michigan thence along the shore of said lake to\\nthe intersection of the line between townships two and\\nthree south of the base line thence east on a line between\\nsaid townships to the intersection of the line between ranges\\nsixteen and seventeen west of the meridian thence south\\non the line between said ranges to the boundary line be-\\ntween this Territory and the State of Indiana, be and the\\nsame is hereby set off into a separate county, and the name\\nthereof shall be Berrien. f The boundaries thus described\\nare identical with the present limits of the county. The\\nsame act which erected Berrien also established the coun-\\nties of Washtenaw, Ingham, Eaton, Barry, Jackson, Cal-\\nhoun, Kalamazoo, Van Buren, Hillsdale, Branch, St. Jo-\\nseph, and Cass. Six days after the erection of these coun-\\nties the territory included in Berrien was, by legislative act,\\nattached to the county of Cass, and on the 5th of Novem-\\nber, 1829, the same territory was erected into the township\\nof Niles.\\nORGANIZATION AND SUBDIVLSION OF THE COUNTY.\\nBy an act of the Legislative Council of Michigan Terri-\\ntory, approved March 4, 1831, to take effect Sept. 1, 1831,\\nit was provided That the county of Berrien shall be or-\\nganized from and after the taking effect of this act, and the\\ninhabitants thereof shall be entitled to all the lights and\\nprivileges to which, by law, the other organized counties of\\nthis Territory are entitled. Under this act a special elec-\\ntion was held in September, 1832, resulting in the election\\nof Augustus B. Newell as sheriff, Titus B. Willard as county\\nclerk, Obed P. Lacey as register of deeds, and Jacob Bee-\\nson as county treasurer. Cogswell K. Green was made\\njudge of probate by appointment. The second election for\\nthe choosing of county oSicers was held at Niles, on the\\n2d of April, 1 832. The only existing record of this meet-\\ning is a certificate, of which the following is a copy\\nCERTIFICATE TO COUNTY CLERK.\\nThomas K. Green, Alamanson Huston, and Eber Griswold, In-\\nspectors of Election for Coroner and County Treasurer of the County\\nof Berrien held at the Council House, in Niles, April 2, 1832; do\\nhereby certify that Solomon E. Mason was elected coroner and Jacob\\nBeeson treasurer for said county without one disputing vote. B. E.\\nMason had for coroner 12 votes, and Jacob Beeson 14 votes.\\nThomas K. Gkeen.\\nEbkr Griswold,\\nA. Huston.\\nAt that time Berrien County was all included in the\\ntownship of Niles, the erection of which, in November,\\n1829, has already been mentioned, as also the previous\\nerection of the (old) township of St. Joseph, covering all\\nof this county except the lands reserved for the use of the\\nIndians.\\nOn the 9th of June, 1832, parts of the territory of Niles\\nwere taken from it, and erected into the townships of Ber-\\nrien and St. Joseph. The latter comprised survey town-\\nf So named in honor of John McPherson Berrien, LL.D., a native\\nof New Jersey, who removed thence to Georgia, and held the office of\\nAttorney-General under President Jackson, 1829-31.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0144.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "COURTS AND COUNTY BUILDINGS.\\n131\\nships 3 south, in ranges 17 and 18 west, and township 4\\nsouth, in ranges 17, 18, and 19 west, and four tiers of sec-\\ntions in township 5, of ranges 17, 18, and 19 west. Tiiis was\\nthe second township erected under the name of St. Joseph,\\nand the same which though now greatly reduced in di-\\nmensions still bears the name. Berrien township, when\\nerected, comprised survey township 6 south, in ranges 17,\\n18, 19, and 20 west, and two tiers of sections in township\\n5 .south, in ranges 17, 18, and 19 west.\\nThe township of Paw Paw was erected Mareh 7, 1831,\\nand comprised township 3 south, in ranges 17 and 18 west,\\nthe same territory wliich is now embraced in the town-\\nships of Watervliet and Hagar.\\nRoyalton, erected March 17, 1835, embraced all of sur-\\nvey township 5 south, in ranges 17, 18, and 19 west.\\nBertrand, taken from Niles March 23, 1836, comprised\\ntownship S south, in ranges 17, 18, and 19 west.\\nNew Buffalo, erected March 23, 1836, comprised town-\\nships 7 and 8 south, in ranges 20 and 21 west. It was\\ntaken from Niles, and on March 9, 1843, fractional town-\\nship 8 south, in range 22 west, which had inadvertently\\nbeen left out in the erection of the township, was attached\\nto New Buffalo.\\nOn the 23d day of March, 1837, the townships of Bu-\\nchanan, Benton, Bainbridge, and Oronoko were erected.\\nBuchanan comprised township 7 south, of range 18 west,\\nexcept that portion lying east of the river St. Joseph. Ben-\\nton comprised township 4 south, in range 18 west. Bain-\\nbridge, taken from Berrien, embraced town.ship 4 south, in\\nrange 17 west, and on the 2d of April, 1838, it was en-\\nlarged to embrace townships 3 and 5 south, in range 17\\nwest, the former being that part of Paw Paw township that\\nis now Watervliet. Oronoko comprised township 6 south,\\nin ranges 18 and 19 west.\\nMarch 20, 1837, Weesaw was erected, comprising town-\\nships 7 and 8, in range 19 west.\\nPipestone was erected, Feb. 16, 1842, from Bainbridge\\nand Koyalton, and comprised township 5 south, in range 17,\\nand all of township 5 south, in range 18 west, that is\\neast of the river.\\nMarch 9, 1843, the land east of the river in township 6\\nsouth, in range 18 west, was attached to Oronoko, and the\\nterritory west of the river in township 6 south, in range 17\\nwest, was attached to Berrien township.\\nGalien was erected Feb. 29, 1844, and comprised town-\\nship 8 south, in range 19 west.\\nWatervliet and Hagar were erected March 25, 1846.\\nThey composed the original township of Paw Paw, which\\nceased to exist at their erection. Watervliet was attached\\nto Bainbridge in 1839, and comprised township 3 south, in\\nrange 17 west. Hagar comprised township 3 south, in\\nrange 18 west.\\nLake township was erected March 25, 1846, and com-\\nprised township 6 south, in range 19 west, and fractional\\ntownship 6 south, in range 20 west. It was taken from\\nOronoko.\\nThe following-named towns have been set off by the\\nsupervisors of Berrien County, at the dates mentioned, viz.\\nThree Oaks, March 10, 1856, to comprise all of town-\\nship 8 south, in range 20 west (except the west range of\\nsections), and also sections 32, 33, 34, 35, and 36, in town-\\nship 7, of the same range.\\nChickaming, taken from New Buffalo, March 10, 1856,\\nto comprise the fractional township 7 .south, of range 20\\nwest, except the south tier of sections, and also fractional\\nsection 25, in township 7 south, in range 21 west.\\nThe township of Sodus was organized the first Monday\\nof April, 18G0, and comprised that portion of territory lying\\neast of the river St. Joseph in township 5 south, in range\\n18 west. It was taken from Pipestone.\\nLincoln was set off by act of Legislature, March 7,\\n1867, and organized the first Monday in April, 1867. It\\ncomjirised fractional township 5 south, in range 19 west.\\nJan. 6, 1868, by order of the Board of Supervisors, the east\\nhalf of sections 1, 12, 13, 24, 25, and 36, in township 5\\nsouth, in range 19 west, were taken from Lincoln and added\\nto Royalton.\\nESTABLISHMENT OP COURTS IN BERRIEN COUNTY.\\nOf the courts of Berrien County, the first one established\\nwas the Probate Court, of which the first term was held at\\nNiles, by the Hon. Cogswell K. Green, Dec. 27, 1831, on\\nwhich occasion it was ordered by the court that the regu-\\nlar terms of the Probate Court for Berrien County shall be\\nholden, for the year 1832, at the ofiice of the judge, as fol-\\nlows, to wit On the first Tuesdays of March, July, and\\nOctober, and that the register give notice, according to law,\\nof the terms of said court. There being no business before\\nthe court, it was adjourned.\\nAt the next term, held at the residence of Judge Green,\\nin Niles, in March, 1832, Ebenezer Heed was appointed\\nadministrator on the estate of Abraham Burnett, and was\\nordered to give the requisite bonds, and to publish notice\\nof his appointment in the Free Press, of Detroit, and in the\\nNortJiwesterit Pioneer, at South Bend, Ind. This was the\\nonly business done at that term, and the first transacted by\\nthe Probate Court of Berrien County.\\nThe first will was admitted to probate at a special .session\\nheld Sept. 24, 1832. This was the will of Ephraim Lacey,\\nof which Elijah Lacey and Obed P. Lacey were appointed\\nexecutors. At a term held in October of the same year,\\nPitt Brown and H. B. Hoffman were appointed adminis-\\ntrators on the estate of Daniel Dingley, deceased. After\\nOctober, 1832, all proceedings of the Probate Court are\\ndated at Newburyport (St. Joseph) until 1837- The name\\nof T. B. Murdook as judge of probate first appears on tho\\nrecord under date of March 20, 1833. The names of his\\nsuccessors in the ofijce will be found in the civil list of the\\ncounty.\\nBy the act organizing the county it was provided Sec-\\ntion 2. That there shall be a county court established\\nin the said county, which court shall be held on the first\\nTuesday of July and the third Tuesday in December, in the\\nyear one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, and every\\nyear thereafter.\\nSec. 3. That a Circuit Court shall also be held in said\\ncounty, and that the several acts concerning the Supreme,\\nCircuit, and County Courts of the Territory of Michigan,\\ndefining their jurisdiction and powers, and directing the", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0145.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "132\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\npleadings and practice therein, in certain cases, be and the\\nsame are hereby made applicable to the Circuit and County\\nCourts in the aforesaid county of Berrien.\\nSec. 4. That the county of Berrien shall be one cir-\\ncuit, and the court of the same shall be held on the first\\nThursday in August, in the year one thousand eight hun-\\ndred and thirty-two, and on the same day in each year\\nthereafter.\\nSec. 5. That all suits and prosecutions, and other\\nmatters now pending before the Circuit or County Courts\\nfor the county of Cass, or before any justice of the peace\\nfor said county, shall be prosecuted to final judgment and\\nexecution, and all taxes heretofore levied, or which may be\\nhereafter levied for the year one thousand eight hundred\\nand thirty-one, in said county of Cass, shall be collected in\\nthe same manner as though the said county of Berrien had\\nnot been organized.\\nTHE COUNTY COURT.\\nThe first term of the County Court for Berrien County\\nwas held at Niles,* in July, 1832, by the Hon. Daniel\\nOlds. The following transcript from the court record has\\nreference to the proceedings had at that term, viz.\\nPleas before the Honorable the Justices of the County\\nCourt of the County of Berrien, and Territory of Michi-\\ngan, on the third day of July, 1832. Present, the Hon-\\norable Daniel Olds, Chief Justice.\\nNotice was given that on the 21st of April, 1832,\\nDaniel Wilson, Jr., by his Attorneys, filed in the County\\nClerk s Office the following Precipe, with words and figures\\nfollowing, to wit\\nDaniel Wilson, Jr.,\\nTrespass on the case of words\\nspoken of Plaintiff. Dam-\\nages, $800.\\n1834, and then dis-\\nGarret Shuert\\nand\\nElizabeth Shuert.\\nThe case was continued at court ti\\ncontinued, at plaintiff s cost.\\nAfter October, 1832, all proceedings of the court are\\ndated at Newburyport (St. Joseph) until 1837. The list\\nof grand jurors for December term, 1832, was as follows:\\nA. S. Amsden, N. B. Starkweather, John Wittcnmyer,\\nWilliam Huff, Theodore C. Abbe, Barzillai Webb, Calvin\\nBartlett, Jehial Enos, Timothy S. Smith, Benjamin C.\\nHoyt, Amos Farly, 0. P. Lacey, S. Ford, L. Cavanagh,\\nHenry Lemon, Garrett Shuert, Pitt Brown, Martin Hoff-\\nman.\\nThe County Court was abolished in April, 1833, the\\nCircuit Courts of the Territory of Michigan taking its\\nbusiness and jurisdiction. The County Court was re-estab-\\nIt has been doubted by many whether the courts were ever held\\nat Niles, but it is proved that such was the case by a bill found among\\nthe records uf the Board of Supervisors, which was presented to, and\\nallowed by, the board at its annual meeting in October, 1832. It is\\nas follows\\nCounty of Bkurien\\nTo T. B. WiLLAnn Vr.\\nTo issuing venire for jurors to attend the County Court\\nwhich sat at Nilcs in the month of .July, 18.32 .?0.25\\nDo. for Circuit Court which should have sat in August,\\n1832 25\\n$0.50\\nlished in 1847, with one county judge and a second judge,\\nwho officiated in the absence of the first judge. The first\\nterm of the re-established court was held by Judge Charles\\nJewett, at the court-house at Berrien Springs, March 1,\\n1847. The County Court was again, and finally, abolished\\nin 1853.\\nTHE CIRCUIT COURT AND ITS JUDGES.\\nThe first term of the Circuit Court for the county of\\nBerrien was held in October, 1833. Pre,sent: the Hon.\\nWilliam A. Fletcher, President Judge Talman Wheeler\\nand Amos S. Amsden, Esqs., Associate Judges. The first\\ncase before the court was that of Calvin Bartlett vs. Benja-\\nmin Chandler. This was continued to the next term of\\ncourt. The first bill in chancery was filed March 27, 1833,\\nthe case being that of Job Brookfield vs. Bacon Wheeler.\\nThe suit was discontinued at the October term next fol-\\nlowing.\\nJudge Fletcher, who presided at the first term of the\\nCircuit Court in Berrien, was a native of Massachusetts,\\nand settled in Michigan about the year 1820. He studied\\nlaw in Detroit, and commenced the practice of his profes-\\nsion in that city. He was at one time attorney-general of\\nthe Territory, and was appointed chief justice of the Su-\\npreme Court of Michigan after the admission of the State\\ninto the Union. He continued to preside over the Circuit\\nCourt in Berrien County until the October term of 1836,\\nwhen he was succeeded by the Hon. Epaphroditus Ransom,\\nwho held his first term in this county in April, 1837, and\\ncontinued on this circuit for eleven years, holding his last\\nterm here in October, 1847. Judge Ransom was a native\\nof Hampshire Co., Mass. He graduated at the Northampton\\nLaw School in 1825, removed to Michigan about 1833, and\\nwas admitted to the bar at Kalamazoo in 1834. In 1836\\nhe was appointed to the bench of the Supreme Court, and\\nbecame chief justice in 1843. In 1848 he resigned to\\naccept the office of Governor of the State.\\nThe next circuit judge was the Hon. Charles W. Whipple.\\nHe presided for the first time in this county at the May\\nterm in 1848, and his last term here was held in July,\\n1855. He died in October of that year. The Hon. War-\\nner Wing presided at the March and June terms of 1856.\\nThe Hon. Nathaniel Bacon was elected to fill the vacancy\\ncaused by the death of Judge Whipple, and was also elected\\nfor the full term nest succeeding. At the close of his full\\nterm, the Hon. Perrin M. Smith became his successor on\\nthe bench, but served only about two years, when Judge\\nBacon was elected to fill the unexpired term, and upon its\\nexpiration was again elected for a full term, and hold the\\noffice until his death, July 2, 1869.\\nThe Hon. Worthy Putnam became the successor of\\nJudge Bacon, upon the death of the latter. Judge Putnam\\npresided at the summer and fall terms of 1869.\\nJudge Daniel Blackman succeeded Judge Putnam, in De-\\ncember, 1869, and he was, in 1871, succeeded by the Hon.\\nHenry H. Coolidge, of Niles, who filled the office during\\nthe remainder of the term, and was elected to a full term\\nin 1876. He, however, resigned in 1878, and was suc-\\nceeded by the Hon. Charles W. Clisby, who was in turn\\nsucceeded by the Hon. Andrew J. Smith, the present cir-\\ncuit judge.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0146.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "COURTS^AND COUNTY BUILDINGS.\\n133\\nORGANIZATION AND EARLY PROCEEDINOS OF THE\\nBOARD OF SUPERVISORS.\\nThe earliest record of proceedings of the supervisors of\\nBerrien County has reference to the annual meeting of the\\nboard, held at the Council House, in Niles, on Oct. 2,\\n1832 the supervisors there pre.sent being Jacob Beeson,\\nfor Niles township, Pitt Brown, for Berrien, and Amos S.\\nAmsden, for St. Joseph. Tliere being a full board for\\ndoing county business, the said board appointed C. K.\\nGreen clerk, and adjourned till to-morrow at ten o clock\\nA.M. At the meeting held pursuant to this adjournment,\\nthe board allowed the following accounts, viz.\\nOf John Pike and Julius Brown, commissioners of highways... $6.75\\nA. B. Newell, for services as sheritf of Berrien County 26.00\\nT. B. Willard, clerk of court 60\\nA. Huston, for ballot-box 1.50\\nTotal $3i.75\\nIt was by the board ordered that a tax of three and\\none-third mills on the dollar be laid for the purpose of de-\\nfraying the county and township charges for 1832 one\\nmill to be paid into the county treasury, and the balance to\\nthe several supervisors of town.ships. A small amount\\nof business was done at succeeding daily sessions until Oct.\\n6, 1832, when the board adjourned sine die.\\nA .special meeting of the board was held, Dec. 19, 1832,\\nat the county-seat, recently located at St. Joseph. Pres-\\nent, Pitt Brown and A. S. Amsden, representing the town-\\nships of Berrien and St. Joseph. At this meeting bills\\nwere audited to the amount of seventy-three dollars and\\neighty-seven cents, including the bill of S. E. Mason,\\nCoroner, for view of the body of Nicholas Gordon,* and\\ntaking and returning inquisition, three dollars.\\nThe township of Royalton was first represented in the\\nboard, Oct. 6, 1835, by David M. Drum Bertrand was\\nfirst represented, Oct. 24, 1836, by John Gilsbee and New\\nBuflfalo, by Alonzo Bennett.\\nOct. 29, 1836, the board allowed To Wm. Huff, for\\ncourt room, twelve dollars (this room was in the Perkins\\nHouse to Thomas Conger, salary as district attorney,\\none hundred and twenty-five dollars.\\nThe valuation from the assessment rolls for 1837 was as\\nfollows\\nBertrand .^l 49,819\\nNiles .319.112\\nBerrien 204,438\\nRojalton 188,458\\nSt. Joseph 560,807\\nNew Buffalo 148,470\\nTotal $1571,104\\nBy the provisions of a law pa.ssed by the Legislature in\\n1838 the powers and duties of the Board of Supervisors\\nwere transferred to aud vested in a Board of County Com-\\nmissioners. The first commi.ssioners of Berrien County were\\nErasmus Winslow, of Niles, John F. Porter, St. Joseph,\\nand Joseph G. Ames, of Bertrand, who were elected in\\nNovember, 1838, and commenced their oflScial terms of\\nservice Jan. 7, 1839.\\nThe office of county commissioner was abolished by act\\nof Legislature, approved Feb. 10, 1842. The powers\\nMr. Gordon was drowned while bathing in the St. Joseph River\\noff Distillery Ibland, about Nov. 14, 1S32.\\nwhich had been exercised by that board were then resumed\\nby the supervisors, whose first meeting as a board, under\\nthe new law, was held on the 4th of July, 1842. From\\nthat time until the present the board has continued to exer-\\ncise its legitimate powers and functions.\\nCOUNTY-SITE AND COUNTY BUILDINGS.\\nBy the Act to organize the County of Berrien, ap-\\nproved March 4, 1831, it was provided: Section 6. That\\nthe circuit and county courts shall be holden at the house\\nof Alamanson Huston, in the village of Niles, as the said\\ncourts shall deem expedient. And Section 7. That\\nwhenever the county-seat is permanently established in the\\ncounty of Berrien, and accommodations are provided at\\nsuch place for holding courts, they shall be held at the\\ncounty-seat at such place as shall be provided for that pur-\\npose.\\nIn accordance with these provisions the first term of the\\nBerrien County court was held at the Council House, in\\nthe village of Niles, as has already been mentioned.\\nDuring the year 1832 the Governor appointed three\\ncommissioners, viz Talman Wheeler, Enoch Jones, and\\nCalvin Britain, in accordance with the provisions of an act\\npassed by the Legislative Council, and approved July 31,\\n1830, to establish county-sites The commissioners located\\nthe county-site of Berrien at the village of St. Joseph in\\nthe fall of 1832, and the first county business done at that\\nplace was on the 18th of December, in the same year, when\\nthe courts were held in the log school-house located in the\\nsoutheast part of the village. Courts were held there until\\n1835, when the spring term of that year was held in the\\nstore owned by William Hufi From that time till the\\nremoval of the county-site from St. Joseph the courts were\\nheld in what is now known as the Old White School-\\nHouse.\\nThe erection of a county jail soon became necessary, and\\nthe subject was brought before the Board of Supervisors at\\na meeting held Nov. 2, 1833. The following is the record\\nof the opinion of the board as to the necessity of erecting\\na jail, and of the action then and there taken to that end,\\nviz.\\nThrough the solicitations of the sheriff and acting\\nclerk and numerous other citizens of Berrien County, the\\nBoard of Supervisors have at their term taken into consid-\\neration the propriety and expediency of building a county\\njail, and, after viewing the subject with care and due reflec-\\ntion, they have come to the conclusion that the peace and\\nsafety of the county renders it highly necessary that a jail\\nshould be built, and having full confidence in the integrity,\\nability, and sound discretion of Fowler Preston, they have\\nconcluded to appoint him agent for that purpose. There-\\nfore, ordered by the Board of Supervisors that the said\\nFowler Preston be and he is hereby appointed county agent\\nfor said county, with all the power necessary to build or\\ncontract in behalf of said county for the building of a jail\\nas aforesaid, which shall cost not to exceed two hundred and\\nfifty dollars, to be of such form and dimensions, and be\\nerected on such lot in this village, as he may deem most ex-\\npedient and best calculated for the promotion of the public\\ninterest.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0147.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "134\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nAnd it is furtlier ordered tliat the expenses of said\\njail shall be paid nut of the money and labor subscribed for\\nthe erection of public buildin ^s, to be collected by said\\nPreston from said subscribers in such manner tliat each\\nshall pay a proportionary part of said sum and property\\nsuch subscribed, or otherwise if he should receive it as\\nvoluntary paid.\\nIn accordance with this action, a contract was concluded\\nwith Mr. Preston on the 5th day of March, 1834, for the\\nerection of the jail, by Pitt Brown and Amos S. Amsden.\\nThe ground on which the jail was erected was a lot belong-\\ning to Mr. Preston, which was leased for one dollar for\\nthree years from the 1st day of January, 1834, with the\\nprivilege of extending the time if it became necessary. The\\njail was built of hewed logs, about eighteen by twenty feet\\nin size, and one story high. Its location was on the corner\\nof Main and Pleasant Streets. The building was com-\\nmenced Nov. 9, 1833, and completed Feb. 13, 1834, at a\\ncost of one hundred and ninety-one dollars and fifty-six\\ncents, which amount was received by Fowler Preston from\\nthe public subscription donation for the purpose of build-\\ning public buildings, which account was approved by the\\nsupervisors, and the account entered on file in the oflSce.\\nOn the 25th of February, 1837, the Governor of Michi-\\ngan approved an act containing the following provisions,\\ndirecting the removal of the county-site from St. Joseph to\\nthe village of Berrien Springs, viz.\\nThat the present seat of justice be and the same is hereby vacated\\nfrom and after the first day of May, in the year of our Lord one thou-\\nsand eight hundred and thirty-seven.\\nThat from and after the said first day of May, in the year afore-\\nsaid, the seat of justice of said county shall be and the same is licreby\\nestablished at the village of Berrien, in said county, as recorded in the\\nregister s oflfice of Cass County and the Board of Supervisors of said\\ncounty are hereby authorized and empowered, from and after the said\\nfirst day of May, to designate and fi.x the site for the erection of\\ncounty buildings for said county, in the village of Berrien aforesaid,\\nupon such lots in the said village of Berrien as may be conveyed by\\nthe proprietors of said village for that purpose to the supervisors of\\nsaid county and their successors in office Provided, always, That this\\nact shall not take effect until after the proprietors of said village of\\nBerrien shall have reimbursed to the former and present proprietors\\nand inhabitants of the village of St. Joseph such sums as they may\\nhave expended in the erection of public buildings in said village, and\\nall moneys paid to the commissioners for locating the county-seat at\\nSt. Joseph, to bo ascertained by the said board of supervisors, at a\\nmeeting of said board to be holden on the third Tuesday of April\\nnext: And provided further, That the title to said lots, or such other\\nlots as a majority of said supervisors shall elect for public purposes,\\nshall have been previously vested in said county by proper deeds of\\nconveyance.\\nAll lots in the village of St. Joseph which, agreeably to tlie origi-\\nnal plat of said village, as recorded in the register s oflice in Cass\\nCounty, were donated to the county, to enable the county to erect\\ncounty buildings thereon, shall revert and vest in the persons donat-\\ning the same and their representation, whenever and as soon as the\\ncounty-seat shall be removed from St. Joseph; and all title and claim\\nto said lots, either in law or in equity, shall be deemed to be cancelled\\nand extinguished, any deed which may have been made to the county\\nto tlie contrary notwithstanding.\\nActing under the provisions of this act, the Board of\\nSupervisors, at a session held at the county-seat, April 18,\\n1837, ordered that lots numbered 255, 256, 301, and\\n302, in the village of Berrien, be and the same are hereby\\naccepted by this board from the proprietors of the village\\nof Berrien, and that they are declared to be and designated\\nas the site for the erection of county buildings for the\\ncounty of Berrien, agreeably to the provisions of the second\\nsection of an act to vacate the present seat of justice of\\nthe county of Berrien, and to establish the same at the\\nvillage of Berrien in said county.\\nIt was also by the board ordered that the present jail\\nfor the county of Berrien, in the village of St. Joseph,\\nshall be carried on and used as the common jail for said\\ncounty until otherwise directed by the Board of Super-\\nvisors. Thomas Fitzgerald, Esq., was appointed agent of\\nthe board to receive the deed of the designated lots from\\nthe proprietors of the village of Berrien. At the session of\\nthe board held on the next day the following claims, pre-\\nsented by the proprietors of the village of St. Joseph for\\nthe erection of a jail in said village for the use of the\\ncounty, were allowed by the board, upon the certificate of\\nFowler Preston that the same had actually been paid and\\nexpended for that purpose, viz.\\nTalman Wheeler $37.50\\nCalvin Britain\\nWarner Wing\\nCharles Noble\\nWm. McKaleb\\nMorain Marsh\\nWilliam Hutr\\nJohn Wittenmyer....\\nA. S. Amsden\\nS. E. Mason\\nJames Burnett\\nJeremiah Wilson\\n\u00c2\u00ab7.50\\n15.00\\nA. S.Preston\\nD. M. Drum\\n$2.50\\n60\\n15.00\\n15.00\\n15.00\\nThomas Fitzgerald....\\n2.50\\n2 50\\n15.00\\nL. L. Johnson\\n10 00\\n10.00\\n5.00\\n4.00\\nB. C. Hoyt\\n7.50\\n4.00\\nT.50\\n10.00\\n3.00\\nTotal\\n.$211.50\\nThe following claims for moneys paid the commissioners\\nfor locating the seat of justice of the county of Berrien at\\nSt. Joseph were also allowed, upon the statement of B. C.\\nHoyt, Esq., that they were just and correct, viz.\\nTalmnn Wheeler..\\nEnoch Jones\\nCalvin Britain\\n$lS7.a8\\nAt the same time the board resolved that the conveni-\\nence and welfare of this county require that a jail should\\nbe erected as soon as practicable and Mr. E. Ballengee\\nwas appointed agent to ascertain on what terms a loan of\\na sum of money not exceeding three thousand dollars can\\nbe eifected for this county and E. Ballengee, William F.\\nNoel, and Alonzo Bennett were appointed a committee\\nfor the purpo.se of drafting a plan or plans for a jail, to\\nbe submitted to the Board of Supervisors at their next\\nmeeting. On the 10th of May, in the same year, the\\nboard appointed Edward Ballengee and Robert E. Ward\\nagents for the purpo.se of loaning money on the faith of\\nthe county and erecting a jail.\\nThe jail was completed and made ready for use June 19,\\n1838. Its location was a spot in the rear of the present\\ncourt-house at Berrien Springs. It was a wooden struc-\\nture, twenty-four by thirty-two feet in dimensions, and two\\nstones in height, containing the jailor s dwelling and two\\ncells on the lower floor, with a number of other cells on the\\nsecond floor.\\nThe expediency of building a court-house at Berrien\\nwas taken into consideration by the supervisors at a meet-\\ning of the board held June 19, 1838, and it was resolved\\nby that body that Pitt Brown and Robert E. Ward be\\nauthorized to raise seven thousand dollars, on a term of not\\nless than ten years, for the purpose of building a court-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0148.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "COURTS AND COUNTY BUILDINGS.\\n135\\nhouse, and also to superintend the erection of said court-\\nhouse.\\nThe board examined and adopted the plans oflFered by\\nM. Avery, for a building sixty feet in length by forty feet\\nin width, and twenty-four feet in height, with a belfry\\nsixteen feet in heiglit above the edge of the roof Con-\\ntracts for furnishing lumber were awarded to Peter Rug-\\ngles, J. E. Munger, and Hiram Gould. A contract (dated\\nAug. 10, 1838) was made with James Lewis to frame,\\nraise, inclose, and in all respects to finish the carpenter and\\njoiner work, in accordance with the plans and specifications,\\nready for plastering, on or before the 10th of November,\\nand the whole building to be completed on or before the\\nfirst of April, 1839; the amount of this contract being\\ntwo thousand five hundred dollars. The building was\\ncompleted and occupied in 1839, and has remained in use\\nuntil the present time as the court-house of Berrien County.\\nTHE PRESENT JAIL.\\nThe jail, which was completed in 1838, proved inade-\\nquate to the requirements of the court. Reports were\\nmade from time to time by the county buildings committee\\nof the Board of Supervisors, representing that the jail was\\ninsuflScient, unsafe, and constantly out of repair, and urging\\nthe necessity of erecting a new one but no definite action\\nwas taken in reference to building a new county prison\\nuntil 1868, when it was resolved, at a meeting of the Board\\nof Supervisors, that the sum of thirty thousand dollars was\\nnecessary for the purpose of building a jail and county\\npoor-house, and that this sum should be raised upon the\\ntaxable property of the county. On the 3d of February,\\n1869, the board resolved to submit the question of raising\\nmoney by tax for the erection of county buildings to the\\npeople. The question was so submitted, and the result was\\nthree thousand and twenty-six votes for and thirteen hun-\\ndred and ninety-seven against the tax. In April, 1869,\\nthe committee on county buildings were empowered to\\npurchase part of a lot opposite the court-house fur a sum\\nnot exceeding three hundred dollars, and to erect a jail\\nupon it. This vote was, however, reconsidered by the\\nboard, and it was then voted to build on laud owned by\\nthe county. This was carried into eflFeet, and the brick\\nbuilding the present jail and sheriff s residence was\\nerected during the summer and autumn of 1869. On the\\n6th of January, 1870, the committee reported a total ex-\\npenditure of twenty-six thousand seven hundred and twenty\\ndollars and thirty-four cents, of which eight hundred and\\nfive dollars and fifty-one cents was for labor and material\\nnot embraced in the original estimate. The report was ac-\\ncepted, and the committee was charged with the duty of\\nselling the old jail building.\\nCOUNTY OFFICE BUILDINGS.\\nThe ofiBces of the county were first kept at Niles, after-\\nwards at St. Joseph, and in 1838 they were located at Ber-\\nrien Springs, where ofiice rooms for the county clerk, regis-\\nter of deeds, treasurer, and supervisors were fitted up in\\nthe basement of the court-house, and were kept there until\\n1861.\\nThe first step towards the erection of safe offices for the\\nkeeping of the public records of the county, was taken in\\nJanuary, 1859, when the Board of Supervisors resolved\\nthat we deem it expedient that prompt measures be taken\\nby this board to erect a place of safe-keeping for the records\\nof this county, and for the necessary repairs of the court-\\nhouse and jail. N. W. Thompson, Thomas Love, Jehial\\nBnos, William S. Maynard, and R. L. Dudley were ap-\\npointed a committee to ascertain the probable expense of\\nfire-proof offices for the use of the county.\\n^he committee reported Jan. 5, 1859, and recommended\\nrepairs on court-house, and asked for time to perfect speci-\\nfications of office buildings. A committee of three was\\nthen appointed, with authority to advertise for proposals\\nand plans in the papers of the county. Thomas Love,\\nJehial Enos, and William S. Maynard were made such\\ncommittee. They reported on March 15th of the same\\nyear, and on that date the contract for the office build-\\ning was let to George H. Murdock for three thousand\\ndollars. The building (which is the brick building now\\noccupied by the abstract and treasurer s offices) was erected\\non lots Nos. 299 and 300, at the corner of Kimrael and\\nMadison Streets, Berrien Springs village. The offices of\\nthe county clerk, register of deeds, and treasurer were re-\\nmoved to this building in 1861, as before mentioned.\\nThe fire-proof brick building standing on the east side\\nof, and attached to, the brick office-building erected in 1860,\\nwas built in 1873, at a cost (as reported by the building\\ncommittee) of five thousand six hundred and nine dollars\\nand fifty-two cents, and has since that time been occupied\\nby the county clerk, register of deeds, judge of probate,\\nand Board of Supervisors.\\nCOUNTY POOR-nOUSE AND FARM.\\nThe first official action of the supervisors of Berrien\\nCounty in reference to the support of paupers is recorded\\nunder date of Oct. 27, 1837, at which time it was by the\\nboard resolved that no accounts presented to the board\\nfor the support of paupers should be allowed, unless their\\nform of presentment is such as is prescribed by law. At\\nthe same time Mr. Josiah Pidge s bill for support of a\\npauper was presented, and after some discussion disallowed,\\nby a vote of seven to two.\\nThe first step towards providing a farm for the county\\npoor was taken at a meeting of the supervisors, Oct. 4, 1838,\\nwhen Pitt Brown and Darius Jennings were chosen a com-\\nmittee to examine a farm belonging to A. Chapman, with a\\nview to its purchase for poor-house purposes. They re-\\nported the title insecure, and advised against purchase.\\nAt a later meeting of the board, in the same month, it\\nwas resolved that in future town paupers should be county\\npaupers, and recommended that the proper authorities take\\nlegal steps to cause such change. John F. Porter, of St.\\nJoseph, Frederick Howe, of Bertrand, and Pitt Brown, of\\nBerrien, were appointed superintendents of the poor of the\\ncounty, according to the revised laws of the State, and di-\\nrected to report to the county commissioners at their meet-\\ning the best mode of taking care of the county paupers.\\nOn the 19th of November, 1838, the question of the\\npurchase of a poor-house farm was agaiu brought up before\\nthe Board of Supervisors, who then took tiiis action", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0149.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "136\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nWhereas the opinion of the county commissioners, as by\\ntiiem expressed, is unfavorable to the purchase of a farm,\\nand a largo share of the business attending the purchase of\\nsaid farm would devolve upon said commissioners, as suc-\\ncessors to this board, it is resolved that the said question be\\nindefinitely postponed.\\nAVhile the county commissioners were in power no steps\\nwere taken towards the purchase of a farm or erection of\\nbuildings. Later, in 1847, the supervisors passed a resolu-\\ntion instructing the superintendents of the poor to pur-\\nchase the east half of the northeast quarter of section 17,\\ntownship G south, in range 17 west, of Richard McOmber,\\non the terms oifered by him, viz., nine hundred dollars;\\nalso the west half of the northwest quarter of section 16,\\ntownship 6 south, in range 17 west, eighty acres, provided\\nit could be purchased for four dollars per acre to make\\nsuch repairs on the buildings as were necessary for imme-\\ndiate occupancy and use, and to draft plans and prepare an\\nestimate for a suitable building for the use of the county\\npoor. Proposals were received for the erection of a house\\non the poor-farm, 18 by 26 feet in dimensions, and a con-\\ntract was made with George R. L. Baker to build it for one\\nhundred and thirty dollars. On July 11, 1847, W. F. St.\\nJohn and James F. Lord, of the superintendents of the poor,\\nexamined and accepted the house then just finished.\\nIt had been the custom prior to 1851 to contract the\\nkeeping of the poor to some person giving good security\\nfor its faithful performance. John Tate had this contract\\nfrom May 26, 1847, to April 1, 1848, for the sum of two\\nhundred and ninety-five dollars.\\nOn the first day of February, 1851, the superintendents\\nof the poor resolved to change the system of keeping the\\ncounty paupers, and to hire a man and family to take\\ncharge of the farm and all paupers for whose support the\\ncounty was liable.\\nThe new .system went into cfi ect on the first day of April,\\n1851, at which time Mr. H. W. Hawley took charge of the\\nfarm, under supervision of the superintendents of the poor.\\nThe county poor-house was destroyed by fire in 1867.\\nAt a meeting of the supervisors held Dec. 31, 1868, it\\nwas resolved that the requirements of the poor are so\\nurgent that immediate action is demanded and resolved,\\nfurther, that the sum of two thousand dollars of the gen-\\neral fund and three thousand dollars of the poor-fund be\\nset apart and placed at the disposal of the building com-\\nmittee for the object above specified. At a meeting held\\non the following day, a committee was appointed to ob-\\ntain a plan for a poor-house combining the qualities of\\neconomy, durability, convenience, and future necessity, to-\\ngether with the estimated cost of building the same. A\\nplan was reported and adopted Feb. 4, 1869, and it was\\nresolved by the board that the sum of three thousand\\ndollars, taken from the county poor-house fund, and two\\nthousand from the general fund, be replaced from the\\nbuilding-fund raised from tax. The superintendents\\nof the poor were constituted the building committee\\nfor building the poor-house by contract, at a cost not to ex-\\nceed ten thousand dollars. The building erected was a fine\\nbrick structure, two stories in height, and is still in use.\\nIt occupies a commanding eminence on the poor-house\\nfarm, which consists of one hundred and sixty acres, lo-\\ncated on the northeast quarter of section 17, in Berrien\\ntownship. The estimated value of the farm, with build-\\nings, furniture, stock, and farm implements, is eighteen\\nthousand dollars. The farm is in charge of Capt. T. Brad-\\nley as superintendent.\\nThe amount expended in maintaining the poor-hou.se and\\nfarm for the year ending Sept. 30, 1879, is three thousand\\nthree hundred and fifty-eight dollars and twelve cents.\\nThe number of male persons maintained within the poor-\\nhouse within the year is fifty-nine, and females thirty-eight,\\na total of ninety-seven, and an average for the year of fifty-\\nsix. Of this number twenty-three were under sixteen years\\nof age eight insane, six idiotic, two blind, two deaf and\\ndumb. Temporary relief has been furnished by the county\\nto seven hundred and thirty-one persons during the year.\\nCHAPTER XXII.\\nTHE PRESS OF BEKKIEN COUNTY.\\nThe Earliest Journals of the County\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Niles Gazette and Ad-\\nvertiser The St. Joseph Herald Other Early Newspapers at\\nNiles and St. Joseph Journalism at Buchanan, Berrien Springs,\\nBenton Harbor, Now Buffalo, and Watervliet Newspaper Enter-\\nprises in the County during the past Forty-five Years.\\nNILES G.\\\\ZETTE AND ADVERTISER.\\nThe first newspaper published in Berrien County was the\\nNiks Gazette anil Advertiser, the first number of which\\nwas issued on the 5th of September, 1835. The proprietor\\nwas Henry Barns; the price was two dollars per annum;\\nand the motto was For the Public Good. The oflioe\\nwas at the corner of Second and Main Streets, Niles. An\\nalmost complete file of the Gazette and Advertiser is to be\\nfound in the office of the recorder of that city.\\nThe first number is absent, but the second one, dated\\nSept. 12, 1835, shows the character of the paper. It was\\na four-page, six-column sheet, each page being 18 inches by\\n24. The salutatory, which was reprinted from the first\\nnumber, commented on the remarkable prosperity and rapid\\nincrease of Michigan, and declared that it would sustain the\\nprinciples of Thomas Jefferson, the administration of An-\\ndrew Jackson, and the nomination of Martin Van Buren.\\nWe infer that the Gazette and Advertiser was decidedly\\nDemocratic. The publisher also mentioned that he had\\nbegun with three hundred subscribers, but that he had sold\\nall of the six hundred copies which he had printed.\\nEven at this early period in Berrien County journalism\\nthe proverbial hot water of controversy had begun to rise\\naround the editorial chair. The second number of the\\nGazette and Advertiser strenuously denied a report, started\\nsince the appearance of the first one, that we had been\\nboiight up and were under the control of certain young\\naristocrats of the village. Who would have thought\\nthere were aristocrats in Berrien County in the good old\\ndays of 1835?\\nBesides the salutatory, this number of the Gazette ami\\nAdvertiser contained the message of Acting Governor\\nStevens T. Mason to the Territorial Legislature, mostly", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0150.jp2"}, "151": {"fulltext": "THE PRESS OF BERRIEN COUNTY.\\n137\\nrelating to the far-famed controversy with Ohio, commonly\\nknown as the Toledo war also the letter of the Dem-\\nocratic Committee informing Mr. Van Buren of his nomi-\\nnation for the Presidency, and his reply, accepting the\\nnomination. This, it will be observed, was over a year\\nbefore the election, which occurred in the fall of 1836.\\nThere were also a few items of distant news, and a goodly\\narray of advertisements. Of that which constitutes so prom-\\ninent a feature of the newspapers of the present days local\\nnews there was not a vestige. The local itemizer was de-\\nveloped some twenty years later.\\nOn the 6th of July, 1836, William Singer and Chauncey\\nC. Britt purchased the office from Mr. Barns, but under-\\ntook to publish the paper for him until the end of that\\nvolume. On the 7th of September, Mr. Singer withdrew\\nfrom the firm for causes, as he stated in his valedictory,\\nnot precogitated by me at the time of purchase. J. N.\\nChipman took his place, and on the 28th of September,\\nBritt and Chipman began publishing the paper for them-\\nselves. They dropped the second name, calling the paper\\nthe Niks Gazette.\\nOn the 27th of December, 1836, it was again purchased\\nby Mr. Barns, who sold it to Orris Curtis, in February,\\n1837. Mr. Curtis conducted the Gazette until the winter\\nof 1837-38, when the publication ceased, the accounts\\nbeing transferred to Britt Brown, the proprietors of the\\npaper next named.\\nNILES INTELLKJESCER.\\nOn the 21st of February, 1838, after the collapse of the\\nNiles Gazette, and probably on the same press, Henry\\nBarns, who had been the founder of that paper, issued\\nthe first number of a new journal at Niles, called the Ah /es\\nIntelligencer. In two weeks, however, he disposed of his\\nventure to Chauncey C. Britt and John A. Brown, and the\\nthird number, dated March 7, 1838, was published in their\\nname. They published it jointly until the 19th of August,\\n1840, when John A. Brown became the sole proprietor.\\nAbout 1844 the Intelligencer was discontinued, but it was\\nrevived in 1845 or 1846 by William P. Abeel. Mr. Abeel\\ncarried it on four or five years, but it finally ceased to exist\\nabout 1850.\\nNILES REPUBLICAN.\\nThis paper began its career as an exponent of Whig\\nprinciples, on the 18th of October, 1839, being owned and\\nedited by Van Vliet Miller. It soon became the prop-\\nerty of H. B. Miller, who employed Thomas H. Bassett as\\neditor. In 1842, D. B. Cook entered into partnership with\\nMr. Miller, and the politics of the paper were changed from\\nWhig to Democratic. In 1844, Mr. Cook became the sole\\nowner, and continued so for no less than eighteen years,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nan extraordinarily long period, considering the changeful\\nnature of early Michigan journalism. In April, 1862, 3Ir.\\nCook sold the Republican to A. J. Shakespeare, who con-\\ntinued its publication by the old name until the spring of\\n1868. He then changed the name to iVi7e.s Democrat, a\\nsketch of which is given below.\\nNILES DEMOCRAT.\\nThis paper, the legitimate successor of the Niles Repub-\\nlican (established in 1839), was baptized by its new name in\\n18\\nthe spring of 1868. A. J. Shakespeare, who had been for\\nsix years the proprietor of the Republican, continued the\\npublication of the Democrat until the 10th of September,\\n1870. He then sold it to 0. P. Horn. The latter gentleman\\nenlarged the paper from seven columns per page to eight,\\nand it still flourishes under his ownership and direction.\\nA LIBERTY PAPER.\\nFor a short time in 1845 a paper was published which\\nadvocated the principles of the Liberty or Abolition\\nparty, but it received so little support that it expired the\\nsame year. It is remembered that the editor was Miss Jane\\nVan Vliet, but the name of the paper itself has escaped the\\nrecollection of the surviving citizens of that period.\\nNILES COURIER.\\nThis paper (weekly) was established by Thomas W. Free-\\nland on the 1st of January, 1845. In 1846, Mr. Freeland\\nsold it to Charles Jewett and E. A. Graves, and went as an\\nofficer to the Mexican war. In 1847 or 1848 the name\\nwas changed to the one given below.\\nNILES EXPRESS.\\nThis paper, the successor of the Courier, was published\\na little over a year, when it was sold to Isaiah McCoUum,\\nwho discontinued it, removing the material to Hillsdale, in\\nthis State.\\nBERRIEN COUNTY FREEMAN.\\nThis paper was established at Niles, about the beginning\\nof 1856, by John M. Farquhar, as an advocate of the prin-\\nciples of the Republican party. It warmly supported the\\nelection of Fremont and Daytou in the campaign of that\\nyear, and was subsequently continued as a Republican\\nweekly until 1866, when it was absorbed in the Niles\\nTimes.\\nNILES ENQUIRER.\\nIn 1856 or 1857, Monroe G. Carleton published the\\nfirst number of a weekly paper bearing the above name. It\\nwas Republican in politics, and for ten years faithfully ad-\\nvocated the principles of that party. Mr. Carleton left it\\nin 1859. In 1866 it was united with the Berrien Count)/\\nFreeniiin to form the Niles Times:\\nNILES TIMES.\\nThe first number of the Niles Times was issued on the\\n1st of March, 1866, by Duncan Dana. The Times was\\nthe result of the consolidation of the Berrien County Free-\\nman with the Niles Enquirer. The new journal which,\\nlike its predecessors, was decidedly Republican was pub-\\nlished weekly by Messrs. Duncan Dana, until March,\\n1868, when Mr. Dana retired, and the name of the paper\\nwas changed to Niles Republican.\\nNILES REPUBLICAN (Nu. 2).\\nThis continuation of the Niles Times, when it took its\\nnew name in March, 1868, was enlarged from seven col-\\numns per page to eight, and during the twelve succeeding\\nyears has steadfastly and successfully upheld the banner of\\nRepublicanism. In 1873 it was again enlarged from eight\\nto nine columns per page. The Republican is still con-\\nducted by Maj. L. A. Duncan.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0151.jp2"}, "152": {"fulltext": "138\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nNILES WEEKLY MIRROR.\\nThe first number of this paper was issued on the 22d\\nday of March, 1876, by T B. Cook, who still publishes it.\\nIt is a Democratic eight-page sheet, and has a good circula-\\ntion. Although this is the last paper started in Niles, yet\\nMr. Cook, its editor and proprietor, is the earliest editor\\nthere, and is said to be the oldest living member of the pro-\\nfession who has followed the business continuously in this\\nState, he having begun his editorial duties in 1837, on the\\nKdhimiizoo Gazette, and having become connected with the\\nXHes RvpiihUcan in 1842.\\nST. JOSEPH HERALD.\\nThe second paper published in the county, and the first\\none at St. Joseph, began its existence under the above\\nname on tjie first day of August, 1836, the editor and pub-\\nlisher being A. E. Draper. In a few months Mr. Draper\\nsold the Herald to N. W. Fuller, who published it under\\nthat name until October, 1837.\\nThe only copy of the Herald which we have been able\\nto discover is No. 36, Vol. I., dated April 22, 1837, which\\nis now in the possession of M. D. Gragg, Esq., of Niles.\\nIt is a four-page, six-column sheet, each page being sixteen\\ninches by twenty-two. Like the Niles Gazette and Adver-\\ntiser, it has the broad-faced print and the numerous black-\\nletter capitals common at that day, and like it is almost\\ndevoid of local news. It does mention, however, that the\\nsteamer Matilda Barney has been making regular trips to\\nNiles for three or four weeks, and also notices the recent\\norganization of Van Buren County.\\nIn October, 1837, Mr. Fuller gave his journal a new\\nname,\\nST. .JOSEPH DEMOCRAT.\\nThe first number of this paper, the successor of the\\nHerald, was issued on the 14th day of October, 1837, by\\nN. W. Fuller, editor and proprietor. The fourteenth num-\\nber, for an examination of which we are also indebted to\\nMr. Gragg, shows it to have been of the same size and gen-\\neral appearance as its predecessor. The depressed condition\\nof business was clearly shown by the numerous advertise-\\nments of mortgage sales, which covered a large part of the\\nspace of the number first mentioned. It contained also an\\nessay on slander and a speech delivered by Hon. Vincent\\nL. Bradford, of Niles, then State senator from this district,\\nwhich was pronounced by the Detroit Pout to be unan-\\nswerable. The only paragraph with even the semblance\\nof a local item about it, was one which gave notice of the\\nmeeting of the St. Joseph Lyceum. The question for dis-\\ncussion was one which had aroused the feelings of Ameri-\\ncans on the northern frontier to an extraordinary degree,\\nit being expres.sed in the following language\\nAre the patriots of the Canadas entitled to the sympa-\\nthies of the people of the United States in their present\\nstruggle for constitutional liberty?\\nIt is not known what the decision was, but it is safe to\\npresume that the Canadian patriots were awarded a victory\\non the field of debate, if on no other.\\nA Democrat of a few weeks later date contains a report\\nof a public meeting of the citizens of Cass County in oppo-\\nsition to the location of the Michigan Southern Railroad\\nalso a letter from Senator Bradford to the electors of St.\\nJoseph County, vindicating himself from the charge of\\nbeing unfriendly to the internal improvements of the State.\\nThe Democrat continued in existence but a little over six\\nmonths.\\nTHE WESTERN POST.\\nAt the time of the suspension of the Democrat, the\\npress and type with which it was printed were purchased\\nby A. Peabody, and a new paper was issued at St. Joseph\\ncalled the Western Post. The first number was published\\non the 28th day of April, 1838. It was of the same size\\nas the Herald and the Democrat, and, like all the other\\npapers of that day, had a fine motto at the top of its col-\\numns, viz., The Rights of the People.\\nWe have examined the fourth number of the first volume\\nof the Post, and there appears to have been no change in\\nthe character of the journal on account of the change of\\nname. Its principal editorial in that number was entitled\\nA Protest against Panic, a pretty sure indication that\\nthose were panicky times. There were also several puflTs\\nof the corporation scrip of St. Joseph, issued to i)ay\\nfor public improvements, which the Post declared to be\\nbetter than wild-eat money, a very doubtful compli-\\nment.\\nThe Post struggled with the hard times for a short\\nperiod and then collapsed.\\nST. JOSEPH COMMERCIAL BULLETIN.\\nIn the latter part of April, 1844, Chauncey C. Britt es-\\ntablished a newspaper at St. Joseph, entitled the St. Joseph\\nCommercial Bulletin.. It was a staunch Democratic sheet,\\nand during the political campaign of that year warmly ad-\\nvocated tlie election of James K. Polk and George M. Dal-\\nlas as President and Vice-President of the United States. It\\nwas a four-page sheet, of the same size as its predecessors at\\nSt. Joseph, and probably printed on the same press. Its\\nmotto was Principles, not Men. There being then no\\npaper published in Van Buren County, the Bulletin was se-\\nlected to publish the tax sales of that county. Mr. Britt con-\\ntinued the publication of the Bulletin until the spring of\\n1845, when the prosperity of St. Joseph was suddenly and\\nseverely checked by the diversion of the proposed Chicago\\nand St. Joseph Railroad to Niles and Chicago. Mr. Briit\\nfound that he would be unable to continue his paper under\\nthe changed circumstances, and he accordingly sold it to\\nthe late Judge Henry Fuller. The latter published the\\nBulletin a short time and then discontinued it, removing\\nthe press and type to Chicago.\\nST. JOSEPH TRAVELER.\\nSt. Joseph was then without a newspaper until January,\\n1859, when Monroe G. Carlton established the St. Jo.iejjh\\nTraveler, a weekly paper, which earnestly supported the\\nprinciples of the Republican party. At the end of about\\nthree years Mr. Carlton sold the Traveler to Charles R.\\nBrown, Esq., now of Port Huron, who published it about\\na year, and then transferred it to Almond L. Aldrich, now\\nof Flint. Mr. Aldrich published the paper, always as an\\nexponent of the Republican cause, until the summer of\\n1868. when he sold it to the late Theodore L. Reynolds.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0152.jp2"}, "153": {"fulltext": "THE PRESS OF BERRIEN COUNTY.\\n139\\nThat gentleman conducted it until 187n, when it was con-\\nsolidated with the ;S/. Joseph Herald.\\nST. JOSEPH HERALD (No. 2).\\nIn May, 18G6, the St. Joseph Herald was established by\\nAlbert II. Potter. It was a very decided Democratic paper,\\nand for nearly two years made things as warm as it was\\nable for its political opponents. In February, 1868, it was\\npurchased by Horace W. Guernsey, who conducted it in a\\nsomewhat more conservative manner, though still as a Dem-\\nocratic sheet. It supported Seymour and Blair for President\\nand Vice-President in 1868. In 1872 it supported Greeley\\nand Brown. In 1871 it was consolidated with the St. Jo-\\nseph Traveler, as before mentioned, and its fortunes have\\nsince been merged in those of the Traveler and Herald.\\nTRAVELER AND HERALD.\\nIn 1874 the St. Joseph Herald was con.solidated with\\nthe Traveler, the resulting journal being known as the\\nTraveler and Herald. It was owned by Horace W.\\nGuernsey, the former proprietor of the Herald, and Charles\\nStewart, who had become the owner of Mr. Reynolds in-\\nterest, under the firm-name of H. W. Guernsey Co.\\nSubsequently, Mr. L J. Merchant purchased Mr. Stewart s\\ninterest, and the firm became Guernsey Merchant. In\\nJune, 1877, the office of the Traveler and Herald was\\nentirely destroyed by fire. Mr Guernsey then disposed of\\nhis interest to Mr. Merchant, by whom the paper is still\\npublished under the name last given. Like its predecessor,\\nthe traveler, it is a strong Republican journal, and ably\\nadvocates the principles of that party.\\nST. JOSEPH PIONEER.\\nThe St. Joseph I iuneer was established mainly as a\\nDemocratic campaign paper, in 1863. It was owned by a\\njoint-stock company, and was under the management of a\\nboard of control. D. A. Winslow, Pinous Herioch, and\\nThomas II. Botham constituted the board during its publi-\\ncation. D. A. Winslow was chosen editor by the stock-\\nholders, and the board of control selected Wallace H. Per-\\nkins as the publisher. The first number was issued Feb.\\n14, 1863.\\nMr. Perkins published the Pioneer twenty-seven weeks\\nand then withdrew. From Aug. 15 to Oct. 3, 1863, its\\npublication was suspended.\\nAt the urgent solicitation of the stockholders and of his\\nassociates in the board of control, Mr. Winslow assumed the\\npublication of the Pioneer, and performed the duties of\\nboth publisher and editor from Oct. 3, 1863, until after the\\npresidential election of 1864. The last number was issued\\nNov. 19, 1864.\\nIn his valedictory Mr. Winslow said, The Union is\\nthe one great desire of our hearts, and object of our efforts\\nand if that object can better be attained by the success\\nof the opposition party, then we sink party in patriotism,\\nand bow a most willing obedience to the will and judg-\\nment of the people.\\nLAKE SHORE INDEPENDENT.\\nA weekly paper of this name was established at St.\\nJoseph, in November, 1873, by Charles M. Winslow. In\\nJanuary following he sold his press and type to William\\nRicaby and Thomas H. Botham, who began the publica-\\ntion of the paper described below.\\nST. JOSEPH REPUBLICAN.\\nThis paper was established in January, 1874, by William\\nRicaby and Thomas H. Botham, as an advocate of Repub-\\nlican principles, the material being that of the Lake Shore\\nIndependent. In June of that year Robert Ricaby pur-\\nchased the interest of Mr. Botham, and the paper continued\\nunder the management of William and Robert Ricaby until\\nJanuary, 1875, when the firm became William Ricaby\\nSon, by whom the Republican is still continued.\\nIt was originally a five-column quarto, but in April, 1876,\\nit was changed to an eight-column folio. In November,\\n1876, it changed from the advocacy of Republican to that\\nof Democratic principles, but still retains its original name.\\nST. JOSEPH DAILY NEWS.\\nThis little sheet is issued from the office of the Repub-\\nlican by K. W. Ricaby. The first number was dated\\nDec. 4, 1879.\\nThe Lake Shore Daily News is mentioned among the\\nBenton Harbor papers.\\nTHE VINDICATOR.\\nIn the year 1857, J. M. Patton established a newspaper\\nat New Buffalo, called The Vindicator, published it about\\na year, and stopped. Mr. Patton removed to Buchanan,\\nbut the press went into the possession of Alonzo Bennett,\\nand was used for a time for job-work.\\nBUFFALO INDEPENDENT.\\nIn 1859, Alonzo Bennett started a paper at New Buffalo\\ncalled the Buffalo Independent. The first number contained\\nthe first account in this section (outside of Chicago) of the\\nexecution of John Brown. After about a year it was\\ndiscontinued, and the press was removed to Buchanan.\\nNEW BUFFALO INDEPENDENT.\\nOn the 9th day of September, 1875, A. C. J. R. Hill\\nissued the first number of the New Buffalo Independent.\\nThis paper maintained a feeble existence about a year and\\na half, when it was discontinued. The press and type were\\nremoved to Three Oaks, where they were employed for the\\npublication of the Michigan Independent.\\nBUCHANAN VINDICATOR.\\nThe first paper established in Buchanan was started in\\nthe early fall of 1858, by J. M. Potter. It was Republican\\nin its politics, and was known as the Buchanan Vindicator.\\nIt was not very prosperous, and was finally absorbed in the\\npaper next noticed.\\nBUCHANAN WEEKLY UNION.\\nThis journal was started in 1862, by Lloyd Turner.\\nIt flourished under their management until 1866, when it\\nwas purchased by Daniel A. Wagner. In February, 1867,\\nMr. Wagner changed its name, as stated below.\\nBERRIEN COUNTY RECORD.\\nOn the 28th of February, 1867, Mr. Wagner, in place\\nof the Weekly Union, issued the first nuiuber of the Berrien", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0153.jp2"}, "154": {"fulltext": "140\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nCounty Record. In 1869 the Record viaa changed from a\\nquarto to a folio. On the 29th of December, 1870, Mr.\\nKingery was taken into partnership, the firm-name being\\nWagner Kingery. Mr. Wagner s connection ceased on\\nthe 30th of April, 1874, when John C. Marble purchased\\nhis interest. On the 28th of May, 1874, Mr. Marble sold\\nto Mr. Lindley, who also sold, on the 28th of January,\\n1875, to John G. Holmes. Upon Mr. Kingery s death,\\nAug. 18, 1876, Mr. Holmes purchased the interest of the\\nheirs, and has since published the Record in his own\\nname. A new steam-press has just been obtained. The\\nRecord has a circulation of about one thousand.\\nTHE INDEPENDENT.\\nIn 1860, Alonzo Bennett established at Buchanan The\\nIndependent, a weekly paper, in the interest of the Democ-\\nracy. It expired in 1802, aged two years, one month, and\\ntwo days.\\nVOICE OF THE VVE.=!T.\\nThe village of Buchanan had become, in 1864, the head-\\nquarters of the denomination of Adventists in the West,\\nand in the summer of that year Joshua V. Himes, long a\\npublisher and editor in Boston, established the Voice of the\\nWest (weekly), as the exponent of the views of that class of\\nChristians. The circulation soon reached between five and\\nsix thousand. About a year afterwards a company was\\nformed called the Western Advent Christian Publishing\\nAssociation, which assumed the publication of the Voice,\\nand also issued numerous minor documents. Mr. Himes\\nwas chosen president of the company and editor of the\\npaper. Several million pages of tracts were issued by the\\na.=sociation and distributed over the land.\\nADVENT CHRISTIAN TIMES.\\nAbout 1870 the name Voice of the West was changed to\\nAdvent Christian Times, and in 1871 the paper was i-emoved\\nto Norwood Park, a suburb of Chicago. The office was at\\nfirst in the second story of what is now the Dunbar House.\\nLater the association purchased the building now used as a\\nfactory, which then stood on the ground now occupied by\\nthe Advent church.\\nBUCHANAN NATIONAL.\\nOn the first day of May, 1878, a paper by the above\\nname was established at Buchanan, in the interest of the\\nGreenback party, by M. R. Scullin. It maintained its\\nexistence only until the 28tli of February, 1879.\\nBUCHANAN REPORTER.\\nOn the day last named Dr. F. H. Berrick, having pur-\\nchased the material of the National, commenced the pub-\\nlication of the Buchanan Reporter, of which he is still the\\neditor and proprietor. It is independent in politics, and\\nhas reached a circulation of seven hundred and filty.\\nBENTON HARBOR PALLADIUM.\\nThis paper was first issued on the 9lh day of October,\\n1868, by L. G. Merchant, being then a six-column, four-\\npage weekly. In December, 1869, it was sold to J. P.\\nThresher, who increased the number of columns on a page\\nto seven. In 1872 it became the property of Alvin Stur-\\ntevant, who enlarged it to its present size, four pages, of\\neight columns each. Tha Palladium is Republican in poli-\\ntics, and since May, 1874, has been edited and published\\nby Charles E. Reeves.\\nBENTON HARBOR TIMES.\\nThe first issue of this paper appeared on the 17th day of\\nJuly, 1875. It was a seven column folio, of which Wil-\\nliam and Thomas Hurley were the proprietors. On the 1st\\nof October, 1875, A. H. Potter became the proprietor, and\\nso continued until the 1st of February, 1877, when he sold\\nout to A. C. Webb Co. These gentlemen continued\\nthe publication until the 30th of September, 1877, when\\nWilliam Hurley, one of the original owners, became tlie\\nproprietor, and has remained so till the present time.\\nThomas Hurley has been the editor during the same period.\\nThe Times is independent in politics.\\nLAKE SHORE DAILY NEWS.\\nThis diminutive but enterprising journal was i.ssued at\\nBenton Harbor on the 2d day of May, 1876, by William\\nDudley and Charles E. Reeves. The latter soon sold his\\ninterest to James Jennings. In May, 1879, Frank L.\\nThresher became one of the proprietors, and the firm-name\\nhas since been Dudley, Jennings Thresher. The pre.ss\\nwas removed to St. Joseph in the autumn of 1878, but an\\neditorial office is still maintained at Benton Harbor.\\nGOLD AND SILVER.\\nThe first local newspaper of Berrien Springs was a\\nmonthly publication called Gold and Silver (a four-page,\\ntwenty-four-column journal), started in 1873 by Frederick\\nMcOmber, the printing being done in Niles. It was dis-\\ncontinued at the end of six months.\\nBERRIEN COUNTY JOURNAL.\\nIn May, 1874, Mr. McOmber, the publisher of Gold and\\nSilver, together with L. E. Barnard, founded the Berrien\\nCounti/ Journal, as a Republican weekly paper. It started\\nwith twenty-eight columns, but was subsequently enlarged\\nto thirty-two. In August, 1874, Mr. McOmber withdrew,\\nand Mr. Barnard carried on the Journal alone until his\\ndeath, in April, 1876. It then passed into the hands of\\nG. H. Murdock, who has since then been its proprietor and\\neditor. It is now independent in politics, with Democratic\\nproclivities. It is issued at Berrien Springs every Satur-\\nday.\\nBERRIEN SPRINGS ERA.\\nThis is a twenty-eight-column weekly journal, jiublished\\nevery Wednesday by Frederick McOmber, who founded it\\nin January, 1876, as an advocate of Republican principle.*,\\nand such it still remains.\\nWATERVLIET JOURNAL.\\nIn 1876 a Mr. Sheffield, of Indiana, was induced by the\\npromise of liberal support to begin the publication of a\\nweekly newspaper in the village of Watervliet, which he\\ncalled the Watervliet Journal. It was independent in poli-\\ntics, and set out with a promising assurance of .success.\\nBut, although Mr. Sheffield obtained the respectable num-\\nber of five hundred subscribers, he found himself unable to\\nmake his income equal his expenses; so, after publishing", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0154.jp2"}, "155": {"fulltext": "THE MEDICAL AND LEGAL PROFESSIONS.\\n141\\nthe Journal a year at a loss, he withdrew himself and his\\npaper from that field.\\nMICHIGAN INDEPENDENT.\\nIn April, 1877, J. R. Hill brought from New Buffalo to\\nThree Oaks the press and material with which he had been\\npublishing the J^ew Buffalo Independent at the former\\nplace. With them, on the 19th of April, ho began the\\npublication of the Michigan Independent at Three Oaks.\\nThe paper still flourishes under that name. It is independ-\\nent in politics, and has now a circulation of about a thousand.\\nCHAPTER XXIIL\\nTHE MEDICAL AND LEGAL PBOFESSIONS.\\nEarly Physicians of Berrien County Berrien County Medical Society\\nEclectic Physicians Homoeopathic Physicians The Bar of Ber-\\nrien County.\\nEARLY PHYSICIANS OF BERRIEN COUNTY.\\nIn the day-book of Walling Lacey, headed Pog-wa-\\ntigue (now Niles), occurs an entry, June 8, 1829, of the\\nsale to Dr. James M. Martin of one saddle blanket and cer-\\ntain articles apparently to be used in his practice. No fur-\\nther knowledge of this physician can be obtained. In the\\nsame book, under date of June 9, 1831, occurs the name\\niif Dr. E. Winslow. He was a native of Vermont, and\\ncame to practice in Niles in the spring of 1831. In the\\nnext year he became associated with Dr. William B. Bee-\\nson. The latter soon afterwards went into partnership with\\nhis brother Jacob, in the mercantile business, aud gave up\\npractice. Dr. Winslow remained at Niles until 18-10, and\\nthen removed to Peoria, 111., where he died.\\nDr. James Lewis, a native of Vermont, studied medicine\\nand graduated in that State. He practiced twelve years at\\nHenrietta, Monroe Co., N. Y., before removing West. lie\\ncame to Niles in 1835, and opened a drug-store, but did\\nnot practice his pi ofession here. With the exception of a\\nyear or two, he was in the drug busine.ss until 1857, when\\nhe retired. He is now living in Niles.\\nDr. Talman Wheeler came to Niles in 1832, but did not\\npractice in this region. He engaged in commercial pur-\\nsuits at Niles and St. Joseph, and was prominent in the\\ndevelopment of navigation on the St. Joseph River.\\nDr. Amos S. Amsden, a native of New York, emigrated\\nto St. Joseph in 1832, but did not practice after coming to\\nMichigan. He was identified with the progress of St. Jo-\\nseph until his death, which occurred at Millburg, in 1849.\\nThe first physician to locate and practice in St. Joseph\\nwas Dr. B. Y. Boyd, from Kentucky, who came in 1834,\\nremained a few years, and went away, not having met with\\nmuch success.\\nDr. Lowell S. Lillibridge emigrated from Ohio in 1836.\\nHe commenced practice at St. Joseph, and continued until\\n1849, when he removed to California. He was interested\\nin town affairs and filled several ofiicial positions. He was\\na successful practitioner, and commanded the respect and\\nconfidence of the community.\\nDr. J. W. Finley was a physician of considerable emi-\\nnence before coming to Niles, having previously practiced\\nfive years in Chillicothe, Ohio, and filled the chair of chem-\\nistry and natural history in Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa.,\\nfrom 1828 to 1830. He came to Niles in 1885, and com-\\nmenced a practice which continued without interruption for\\ntwenty years. In 1855 he removed to Pittsburgh, and\\nserved three years as surgeon iu the army during the war\\nof the Rebellion. In the year 1864 ho resumed practice\\nin Niles, and in 1870 opened a drug-store, in which he is\\nstill interested. Dr. Finley is now in the city of Niles,\\nthough he retired from the active practice of his profession\\nseveral years ago.\\nDr. Reuben Pierce came to New Buffalo in 1835, on the\\nfirst vessel that ran into that port. He practiced there\\nwith much success till 1840, when he removed to Terre\\nCoupee, and died in 1858. His son, Dr. Reuben W.\\nPierce, is now a practicing physician in Buchanan.\\nDr. Stillman Richardson studied medicine in the State of\\nNew York. He came to Michigan in 1830, and located in\\nNiles, where he continued in practice during the remainder\\nof his life. As a practitioner, ho was quick to discern,\\nprompt to act, and excellent in judgment. By these (|ual-\\nities he rose to the first rank in his profession, and by his\\nthorough lionesty and sturdy championship of the right on\\nall occasions, he endeared himself in a remarkable degree\\nto the people among whom he lived. He died at Niles in\\n1875.\\nDr. Morgan Enos settled in Pipestone, and commenced\\nthe practice of medicine in 1837. He was a good physi-\\ncian, and for many years the only one in the township.\\nHe retired from active practice a few years before his\\ndeath, which occurred in 1868.\\nDr. Andrew J. Murray, who came from Pennsylvania\\nabout 1836, first opened an ofiice at Berrien Springs,\\nwhere lie practiced till about 1839. He then removed to\\nSt. Joseph, and subsequently, in 1848, to Niles, where he\\ndied in 1854. He was a man of fine education, good\\nability, and a successful practitioner. He represented his\\ndistrict in the Legislature iu 1849.\\nDr. James Bloodgood, a graduate of the New York Col-\\nlege, came to Michigan about 1844, and located in practice\\nat Niles, where he remained until 1854, when he removed\\nto Dowagiac, and practiced there until his death.\\nDr. Hiram B. Wilcox, a native of Ohio, graduated at\\nCleveland. In 1836 he came West, settled in Indiana near\\ntlie line of Michigan, and commenced a practice which ex-\\ntended into the southern towns of Berrien County. In\\n1860 he removed to Three Oaks, where he still resides.\\nDr. Philetus P. Maillard, a native of Philadelphia, Pa.,\\ncame to Niles about 1840. He was an eminent physician,\\nand had practiced several years in the West Indies before\\nthat time, but after his settlement at Niles he did very little\\nin the way of his profession, though he was frequently\\ncalled to council in dangerous cases. After residing several\\nyears at Niles he returned to Philadelphia.\\nDr. Samuel Niles, a physician of the eclectic school,\\ngraduated at Laporte, Ind. He came to Niles about 1846,\\nand commenced the practice of medicine. He was prom-\\ninent in educational affairs, and much interested iu the\\npublic schools of Niles. He died about 1861.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0155.jp2"}, "156": {"fulltext": "142\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nDr. Joel Loomis. also an eclectic physician, came to\\nNiles about 1848, and practiced there many years. He\\ndied in 1876.\\nDr. Jabez Barron, an Englishman by birth, came to St.\\nJoseph in 1838, and practiced medicine in that place till\\nDecember, 1839, when he removed to Niles and coutinued\\nin practice till bis death, which occurred about twenty years\\nlater.\\nDr. David B. Crane, a native of New Jersey, graduated\\nat Fair6eld Medical College, Herkimer Co., N. Y., and\\npracticed in that State for several years. In 1832 he came\\nto Albion, Calhoun Co., Mich., where he practiced till about\\n18.52, when he removed to St. Joseph, where he is still re-\\nsiding, at ihe age of seventy-seven years. Dr. Crane is a\\nfine scholar, an accomplished linguist, and during the many\\nyears of his practice has been regarded as an excellent phy-\\nsician.\\nDr. Thomas C. Sach.se, a German of fine education and\\na good linguist, came to Niles in 1854. He practiced here\\nabout seven years, and removed to St. Louis, Mo., where\\nhe now lives.\\nDr. J. H. Crawford came to Watervliet about 1841, and\\nsettled on a farm a mile south of Coloma, not intending to\\nfollow his profession, but appeals were often made to him\\nfor aid, and he finally yielded and practiced for several\\nyears. On account of sickness he returned to Ohio, his\\nformer place of residence, and was succeeded in Watervliet\\nby Dr. J. H. Wheeler, who came to that place in 1846.\\nDr. Charles C. Wallin came in the spring of 1835 to\\nBuchanan, where he lived and followed his profession sev-\\neral years. He removed to Berrien Springs in 1 843, opened\\nan office, and practiced until 1849. He is now living in\\nChicago.\\nDr. J. M. Roe, in February, 1851, settled in Buchanan,\\nand is .still in practice there.\\nDr. Ansel Winslow came to Millburg in 1851, and prac-\\nticed there till about 18G6, when he removed to near Lan-\\nsing, Mich., where he is still in practice.\\nDr. Lyman A. Barnard came to Berrien Springs at the\\ntime of its first settlement. He studied medicine, was ad-\\nmitted to practice in 1847, and became one of the village\\nphysicians. He is still there, though not in practice. In\\n1850, Dr. S. C. Bartholomew came to the same place, and\\npracticed till his death in 1858.\\nDr. Corydon Parker, who graduated at Geneva, N. Y.,\\ncame to St. Joseph about 1849, and practiced there until\\nhis death, which occurred in 1851. He was succeeded by\\nDr. Reuben D. Parker, who came to attend his brother in\\nhis sickness and remained after his death, taking his practice.\\nDr. Parker retired in 1874, but is still living at St. Joseph.\\nDr. C. H. Bostwick located in the central part of Wee-\\nsaw township about 1845. He is still in practice, and\\nresides in the same township, near the village of New Troy.\\nIn the above mention of early physicians it has been the\\nintention to include those who commenced practice in Ber-\\nrien County during the first quarter of a century of its\\nexistence. Of most of those who came later the names\\nwill be found in the membership list of the medical asso-\\nciation and the several township histories.\\nBERRIEN COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY.\\nOn the 2d day of April, 1874, a number of physicians\\nmet at New Buflfalo, for the purpose of organizing a medi-\\ncal society. A committee was appointed to draft a consti-\\ntution and by-laws, and one was also appointed to notify\\nand request every physician in the regular practice to unite\\nwith them at Berrien Spring.s, April 30, 1874, to complete\\nthe organization of a society. At the adjourned meeting\\nan organization was effected, the following being the original\\nmembers: A. H. Scott, John Bell, W. P. Mason, L. H.\\nDunning, J. D. Bowman, W. F. Reiber, Thomas W. An-\\nderson, L. A. Barnard. The officers elected were Dr. A.\\nH. Scott, President Dr. John Bell, Vice-President. Drs.\\nBell, Anderson, and Greenamyer, Executive Committee;\\nDrs. Bowman, Mason, and Dunning, Committee on Medical\\nEthics Drs. Bell, Bowman, and Barnard, Committee on\\nAdmission Dr. L. H. Dunning, Secretary.\\nThe names of the present members of the society are\\nhere given, with the colleges at which they graduated, as far\\nas can be ascertained Alexander H. Scott, B. C. Smith,\\nW. A. Neal, H. G. Clippinger, Henry JI. Marvin, Thomas\\nW. Anderson, John D. Greenamyer, Wakeman Ryno, J.\\nF. Berringer, University of Michigan John Bell, William\\nP. Mason, University of New York L. H. Dunning, Fred.\\nF. Sovereign, George H. Riley, Rush IMedical College,\\nChicago; John D. Bowman, Queen s College, Ontario;\\nWilliam F. Reiber, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia\\nRobert P. Stratton, Medical Department Harvard College\\nJames B. Reeves, Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio;\\nLewis W. Baker, Medical College of New York R. R.\\nLawrence, E. J. Bonine, Robert Henderson.\\nList of phy.sicians not members of the medical society\\nwho are practicing in the county Drs. A. K. Webster,\\nLyman Collins, David Crane, Roberts, St. Joseph\\nJ. W. Egbert, A. J. Mead; 0. P. Horn, J. Simpson,\\nJ. H. Richardson, Simeon Belknap, Niles Moses Clark,\\nNew Buffalo; C. H. Bostwick, New Troy; H. Wilcox,\\nThree Oaks; George Bell, R. Wyman, Benton Harbor;\\nWarner, Millburg Piatt B. Myers, J. M. Roe, R. W.\\nPierce, Van Riper, Buchanan.\\nEclectic Physicians Dr. Samuel W. Holland, St.\\nJoseph Dr. E. B. Dodd, Dr. Leroy Dodd, Buchanan.\\nHOJICEOPATIIIC PHYSICIANS.\\nThe physicians of the homoeopathic school have no\\ncounty organization and are comparatively few in number.\\nIn 1855, Samuel Camp commenced practice in St. Jo-\\nseph, and remained two or three years. Dr. L. A. Sexton\\nsucceeded Dr. Camp, but was there only one year.\\nDr. R. Pengilly came to St. Joseph in 18G1, and was in\\npractice for three or four years. Drs. Charles Chamberlain\\nand B. M. Pettit came to St. Joseph about 18G7. The\\nlatter is still in practice there. Dr. Ludwig, a German,\\nand a man of considerable ability, was in St. Joseph prior\\nto 1865. He afterwards went to Michigan City, and is now\\nnear Dowagiac.\\nThe first to settle in Niles was Dr. James E. Westervelt.\\nHe was a native of Tompkins Co., N. Y., graduated at the\\nhomccopathic college in New York City, and removed to\\nPlymoutli, Ind. About 1856 he came to Niles and com-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0156.jp2"}, "157": {"fulltext": "THE MEDICAL AND LEGAL PROFESSIONS.\\n143\\nmenced practice. He remained until 1 SG4, when he re-\\nmoved. Dr. Craig, a graduate of the same college, came\\nin 1864 and succeeded to the practice of Dr. VVestervcIt.\\nHe remained about ten years, and removed to Grand Rap-\\nids, and from there to Detroit, where he is still in practice.\\nThe homoeopathic pliysicians at present practicing in\\nthe county are Dr. B. M. Pettit, St. Joseph Dr. L. I.\\nMcLin, St. Joseph Dr. F. W. Derrick, Buchanan Dr.\\nH. W. Whitworth, Niks Dr. E. A. Clark, Benton Har-\\nbor Dr. Allen, Berrien.\\nTHE BAR OF BERRIEN COUNTY.S\\nIn preparing a history of the Berrien County bar, it is\\nimpossible to make it as complete as is desirable. The first\\ncourt in the county was held in July, 1832, but the court\\njournals prior to 1836, as well as for the fall terra in 1839,\\nand for the year 1840, are not to be found in the county,\\nrendering it impossible to ascertain what attorneys were ad-\\nmilted during those years. And as there is no attorneys\\nroll kept, there is no means of ascertaining the names of\\nthe attorneys except by reference to the court journals, and\\nin absence of the journals, to the judgment records. We,\\ntherefore, give the names of the attorneys known to have\\nbeen residents of the county during the time for which no\\njournals are found, yet we trust the record will be very full\\nand complete.\\nFrancis B. Blurdock was the first lawyer in the county.\\nHe was born in Cumberland, Md., in iMarch, 1804 ad-\\nmitted to the bar of Pennsylvania at Bedford in 1825\\ncame to Berrien County and settled at Berrien in 1830.\\nHe immediately entered into practice, and bis name appears\\nas attorney in the first judgment records of the county.\\nHe was the second probate judge in the county, receiving\\nhis appointment from the Governor and Council in 1833.\\nHe left the county in 1835, and after practicing his profes-\\nsion three years in Alton, 111., and ten years in St. Louis,\\nhe went to California in 1852, and now lives at San Jose,\\nin that State. He long since abandoned his profession and\\nentered the field of journalism and although now seventy-\\nsix years old, he yet retains his physical and mental powers\\nin a remarkable degree.\\nThomas Fitzgerald was the second lawyer in the county.\\nHe wa.s born in Herkimer Co., N. Y., in April, 1796\\nmoved to Indiana in 1819, and was admitted to the bar of\\nthat State in 1821. In 1828 he was a member of the\\nLegislature of Indiana. He afterwards came to this county,\\nand settled at St. Joseph in 1832, aud his name appears\\nas attorney, with Mr. Murdock s, in the first judgment re-\\ncords of the courts of the county. In 1832 he was ap-\\npointed lighthouse-keeper at St. Joseph; in 1834 he was\\nappointed, by Governor George B. Porter, clerk of this\\ncounty was regent of the State University in 1837, and\\nill 1838 was appointed bank commissioner. In 1848 he\\nwas appointed United States senator, to fill the vacancy\\ncaused by the resignation of Gen. Cass, and held the posi-\\ntion two sessions, and until Gen. Cass was re-elected in 1850.\\nCol. Fitzgerald moved to Niles in about 1851. In 1852\\nhe was elected judge of probate, which office he held at\\nthe time of his death, in March, 1855. In the war of\\nBy Damon A. Winslow.\\n1812, at the battle of Lundy s Lane, Col. Fitzgerald was\\nwounded by a bullet which shattered his arm. This in a\\nmeasure crippled him for life, aud he always carried the\\nbullet in his shoulder.\\nAs a lawyer Cul. Fitzgerald had considerable ability, but\\nsoon after he came to this county he abandoned the prac-\\ntice of his profession, and entered other fields more con-\\ngenial to his taste.\\nE. Egbert appears as attorney in the judgment records\\nof the county as early as 1832, but he was never a resident\\nof Michigan. He was at one time a judge of St. Joseph\\nCo., Ind.\\nWilliam H. Welch commenced practice here in 1832,\\nand continued in practice several years. At the fall term\\nof the Circuit Court in 1832, and the spring term in 1833,\\nhe was appointed by the court prosecuting attorney for the\\nrespective terms. Mr. Welch was never a resident of the\\ncounty.\\nN. McGaffy and Marcus Lane appeared as attorneys in\\nthe judgment records in 1833. They remained in the county\\nbut a .short time.\\nJerome B. Fitzgerald, son of Col. Thomas Fitzgerald,\\nwas born at Boonville, Ind., in September, 1822, and came\\nto this county with his father in 1832. He was educated\\nat Middletown, Conn. was admitted to the bar in this\\ncounty in 1844. In 1816 he was elected to the State\\nSenate. With the exception of 1850 to 1864, when he\\nwas in New York, his residence was almost exclusively in\\nBerrien County. He died at Niles, June 5, 1878. Mr.\\nFitzgerald had a fine legal mind, was an excellent scholar,\\nand was a lawyer of more than ordinary ability. Litigation\\nwas not to his taste, and he chose the more quiet and less\\nexciting parts of law practice, and hence never acquired a\\nvery widespread reputation as a pleader; but among his\\nfriends aud intimate acquaintances and the business men,\\nwho knew him, he possessed their entire confidence as\\ncounsel and ofiico lawyer.\\nEdwin Lawrence was born at Middlcbury, Vt., in 1808,\\nand came to Michigan in 1834. He was admitted to the\\nbar in this county in October, 1836. Mr. Lawrence was\\nlately circuit judge at Ann Arbor, but has now retired from\\nthe practice of his profession.\\nJoseph Y. James lived at St. Joseph at an early day.\\nHe was admitted to the bar at Berrien, in October, 1837,\\nbut remained only a short time after his admission.\\nVincent L. Bradford came from Philadelphia, Pa., in\\n1835, and settled at Niles, where he immediately entered\\ninto law practice. Mr. Bradford was a ripe scholar, and a\\nlawyer of eminent ability. He immediately took rank\\namong the first lawyers in the State, and soon acquired a\\nState reputation. The field of labor was at that time too\\nlimited for him, and in 1843 he returned to Philadelphia.\\nThere he at once took a high position in the profession,\\nand now stands at the head of the bar in that city. In\\n1838 and 1839, Mr. Bradford was a member of the State\\nSenate from Berrien County. Few men in Michigan, in\\nthe profession or out of it, would outrank Mr. Bradford in\\nlearning and ability.\\nNathaniel Bacon was born at Ballston Spa, N. Y., in\\nJuly, 1802 graduated at Union College in 1824 was ad-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0157.jp2"}, "158": {"fulltext": "Ul\\nHISTORY OP BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nmitted to the New York bar, at Ballstnn Spa, and practiced\\nlaw several years at Rochester, N. Y. He eanie to this\\ncounty and settled near Niles, in the fall of 1833. Mr.\\nBacon intended when he came to Michigan to turn his at-\\ntention to agriculture, and for that purpose purchased four\\nlumdred acres of land a little east of the present city of\\nNiles. He moved upon the land, and continued to own and\\nlive on it until his death, in September, 18(39. The con-\\ntinued calls upon him for his professional services induced\\nhim to open an office in Niles, in the fall of 1834, and he\\ncontinued in practice, except when he was on the bench,\\nuntil his death. Mr. Bacon was probate judge in 1837.\\nIn 1855 he was elected circuit judge, and was ex-officio\\njudge of the Supreme Court. He was again elected to the\\njudgeship in 1857, and again in 1860 ho was elected to fill\\na vacancy caused by the death of Judge Smith, again in\\nthe spring of 1869 he was elected for the full term, but\\ndied tlie following September.\\nJudge Bacon had a clear, comprehensive mind, had great\\ninfluence with the court as an advocate, and was remark-\\nably successful before a jury. His appearance before a jury\\nseemed to say, Gentlemen of the jury, I expect, by a calm\\nand dispassionate statement of the flicts and the law, to con-\\nvince you that I am right in what I may say to you, and\\nhis calm and cool manner before the jury always told\\nin the case. In addressing a jury he seemed to be un-\\nconscious that another person than the jury was in the\\nroom.\\nCharles Jewett was born at Weybridge, Vt.. in June,\\n1810, graduated at Middlebury College, Vermont, in Au-\\ngust, 1834, and read law at Middlebury. He came to\\nNiles in the fall of 1836, and in the same year was ap-\\npointed district attorney for the county of Berrien, then\\nthe thirteenth judicial district. He held this office until\\nhe resigned, in 1840. He was elected county judge in\\n1848, hold the office four years, and was elected judge of\\nprobate in 1860. Mr. Jewett never claimed eminence as\\na trial lawyer, but for counssel, and as an office lawyer, he\\nranked among the first in the county.\\nJoseph N. Chipman was born in Shoreham, Vt., in Sep-\\ny tember, 1803. He was descended from a family in which\\nwere some of the most distinguished lawyers in that State.\\nHe graduated at Middlebury College with the class of 1828,\\nand was admitted to the bar at Middlebury in 1833, and\\nwas in practice there several years. He came to this\\ncounty and settled at Niles in June, 1836, and continued\\nto reside there, in the practice of his profession most of\\nthe time, until his death, in November, 1870. In 1844 he\\nwas elected to the Slate Senate.\\nJohn S. Chipman was a practicing attorney in the State\\nof New York settled in Niles in 1838, and was admitted\\nto the bar the same year; was appointed prosecuting attorney\\nby the court for the April term of the court in 1839. In\\n1844, Mr. Chipman was elected to Congress from this dis-\\ntrict. He remained at Niles until 1851, when he went to\\nCalifornia, and died there several years ago. Mr. Chipman\\nwas a Very positive character, and in ability ranked high in\\nthe profession.\\nTo distinguish Mr. John S. from Joseph N. Chipman,\\nresiding at the same time in Niles, the former was usually\\ndesignated as Black Chip, and the latter as White\\nChip.\\nCyrus Dana was born at Owego, N. Y. He was a prac-\\nticing attorney in that State, but came to Niles in 1838,\\nand was admitted to the bar in November of that year. He\\ncontinued in practice until his death, at Niles, in 1847.\\nJames Sullivan was an attorney from New Hampshire.\\nHe came to Niles in 1838, and in the same year was ad-\\nmitted to the Michigan bar at Berrien. He stayed at Niles\\nabout three years after his admission to the bar, and then\\nremoved to Cass County, where he continued the practice\\nof the profession until his death, in August, 1878. Mr.\\nSullivan was from a family of eminent lawyers his father\\nwas attorney-general of the State of New Hampshire for\\nover twenty years, and his grandfiither for a still longer\\nperiod, and the credit and character of the family lost\\nnothing in the person of James. He was acknowledged to\\nbe one of the finest lawyers in the State. He possessed a\\nlegal mind inferior to none, but an unfortunate deafness\\ndenied him the honorable positions to which, as a lawyer or\\nstatesman, his learning, ability, and sterling worth entitled\\nhim.\\nJames Brown born at Saratoga, N. Y., September, 1814\\ngraduated at Union College in 1836, settled in Niles\\nin 1838, and has ever since resided there. He was ad-\\nmitted to the Michigan bar at Berrien in October, 1839.\\nMr. Brown was elected judge of probate in 1844, and again\\nin 1848, holding the office eight years. In 1845 he was\\nappointed prosecuting attorney to fill a vacancy was re-\\nappointed in 1849, and elected to the same office in 1852.\\nMr. Brown is a fine scholar has a remarkable command\\nof language, a fine orator, and always made an efficient\\nofficer. He has a big heart, that always throbs for the\\nunfortunate and the oppressed.\\nCogswell K. Green was an attorney from New Hampshire,\\nwho came to Niles at an early day, probably about 1833,\\nand settled at Niles, where he remained in practice for\\nseveral years. He afterwards returned to New Hamp.shire,\\nand now lives at Exeter, in that Slate. He was probate\\njudge in Berrien County in 1831, and held the office about\\nthree years.\\nThomas Conger was born about 1800. He settled at\\nSt. Joseph in May, 1834, and was elected judge of probate\\nin November of the same year. He remained in practice\\nat St. Joseph until 1849, when he went to California. He\\nis now police judge in the city of Sacramento.\\nCruger Walton, a practicing attorney from New York,\\nwas admitted to practice in Beriien County in October,\\n1837. He resided at St. Joseph, and continued to practice\\nlaw several years in this county.\\nJames Randies came to St. Joseph about 1834. He had\\nbut one arm, and for that reason was usually called one-\\narm Randies, to distinguish him from James I. Randall,\\nwho lived at St. Joseph at the same time. Mr. Randies\\nwas a man of fine talents. He died at St. Joseph about\\n1840.\\nJabez N. Rogers came to St. Joseph about 1842, and\\nwas admitted to the bar in April of that year. He prac-\\nticed law several years in this county, and now lives in one\\nof the Western States.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0158.jp2"}, "159": {"fulltext": "THE MEDICAL AND LEGAL PROFESSIONS.\\n145\\nEbenezer Mollvaiue was born in Pennsylvania, and was\\nadmitted to the bar of that State at Pittsburgh. He came\\nto Niles in about 1843, and was admitted to tlie bar at\\nBerrien in October of that year. He was county cleric in\\n1848, and in 1855 was elected probate judge, to fill the va-\\ncancy caused by the death of Col. Fitzgerald. He died in\\nNiles several years ago.\\nLevi B. Taft was admitted to the bar of Berrien County\\nprior to 1850. In that year he was elected prosecuting at-\\ntorney. He left Niles in 1853, and now resides at Pontiac,\\nOakland Co. He was at one time circuit judge in that\\ncounty.\\nHiram F. Mather, born in Elbridge, Onondaga Co., N. Y.,\\ncame to Niles in 1844. In 1853 he went to Chicago, and\\ndied there about 1863. Mr. Mather was a member of the\\nSenate of New York four years before he came to Michi-\\ngan. He was an able lawyer, and very popular as a man.\\nAlonzo Bennett, born at Addison, Vt., in September,\\n1807, came to Berrien County in September, 1833, and\\nsettled at Niles. In 1836 he moved to New Buffalo, where\\nhe has lived most of his time since, and still resides there.\\nHe was admitted to the bar in 1843, but never made the\\npractice of law his business. Soon after his admission he\\nturned his attention to other pursuits, principally merchan-\\ndising.\\nJohn M. Barbour came from Chautauqua Co., N. Y., set-\\ntled at Niles in 1834, and was admitted to the bar here in\\nApril, 1842. He remained here eight years and then went\\nto the city of New York. Mr. Barbour is now judge of\\nthe superior court of that city.\\nThomas W. Freelan lived at Niles, and was admitted to\\nthe bar at Berrien in May, 1845. He enlisted in the United\\nStates army and served in the Mexican war. He went to\\nCalifornia in 1849 or 1850, and has been a judge of a court\\nof record in that State.\\nFranklin Muzzy was born in Maine in 1816, and gradu-\\nated at Bowdoin College. He came to Berrien County in\\n1842, stayed one year at St. Joseph with the family of Col.\\nFitzgerald, and in 1843 went to Niles, and always lived\\nthere until his death, in March, 1878. He was admitted\\nto the bar in Maine, and was at one time a law-partner of\\nHon. Hannibal Hamlin he was admitted to the bar of this\\nState at Berrien, in October, 1846, and continued in practice\\nto the time of his death. He was elected State senator in\\n1 858, and was for many years mayor of the city of Niles.\\nIn many respects Mr. Muzzy was a remarkable and pecu-\\nliar man. He lived and died a bachelor, which fact may\\naccount for many of his eccentricities. Probably no lawyer\\nwho over lived in the county had as great influence with\\nthe court and jury as he; always ready, never showing\\nsurprise an opponent not to be coveted, but in courtesy\\nalways meeting an opponent half-way. Before a jury his\\nappearance seemed to say, No use, gentlemen of the jury.\\nI am going to compel you, in spite of yourselves, to view\\nthis case as I do, and he generally did. He was not\\neloquent as an orator, but his earnestness and apparent\\nconviction that he was right gave him great power as an\\nadvocate. As a neighbor he was ever kind and obliging.\\nThough not a professing Christian, yet no man in the\\ncounty gave more liberally to the churches and clergy than\\n19\\nhe. Hundreds of poor, did they know their benefactor,\\nwould rise up and call him blessed. He never gave to be\\nseen of men, but with a basket or package of necessaries\\nwould often go forth in the dark and, unseen, leave it at\\nthe door of some poor family, or send a delivery-wagon\\nloaded with the comforts of life to be delivered to the needy\\nones, always with the injunction to not name the giver.\\nMany a family has been warmed and fed by his kindness\\nas an unknown giver.\\nJohn Grove was the first lawyer living at Buchanan.\\nHe was admitted to the bar in this county in May, 1848\\nelected to the House of Representatives of this State in\\n1845 and in 1846. He died at Buchanan some twenty\\nyears ago.\\nN. W. Thompson was admitted to the bar in this county\\nin May, 1846. He never made the practice of law his ex-\\nclusive business, but combined it with agricultural pursuits.\\nHe now lives in Iowa.\\nGeorge II. Jerome was born at Pompey, Onondaga Co.,\\nN. Y., October, 1819. He gradu.ated at Hamilton College\\nin 1842, came to Niles in the fall of 1846, and immediately\\nentered upon the practice of law. He soon retired from\\npractice, and entered upon other pursuits more congenial to\\nhis taste. (See biographical sketch elsewhere in this work.)\\nJohn A. Thompson came to Niles in 1848, was admitted\\nto the bar in 1849, and appointed prosecuting attorney in\\n1850. He enlisted in the war of the Rebellion, and was\\nkilled in the service.\\nIra N. Jerome was born at Pompey, N. Y., in 1822, and\\ngraduated at Hamilton College in 1844. He came to Niles\\nin 1848, and in the same year was admitted to the bar, but\\nremained at Niles only about a year. He died at Iowa\\nCity in 1865.\\nStrother M. Beeson born at Uniontown, Pa., in De-\\ncember, 1816 came to Niles in 1832, but passed much of\\nhis time for years in South Bend, where he read law. He\\nwas for many years a practicing attorney in Indiana, where he\\nstood high as a lawyer. He was admitted in this county in\\nDecember, 1850. He died at Niles, Dec. 30, 1878. Mr.\\nBeeson was not fond of litigation, and confined his practice\\nalmost entirely to the quieter part of the practice.\\nDamon A. Winslow born in Le Roy, Jefferson Co.,\\nN. Y., in May, 1819 was educated at Le Roy Academy,\\nand at the Gouverneur Wesleyan Seminary, at Gouverneur,\\nN. Y., under the instructions of the present Bishop Peek.\\nHe settled permanently in Michigan in 1844 was admitted\\nto the law courts at Ann Arbor in June, 1845, and in the\\n.same month he was admitted to the Court of Chancery at\\nAdrian. After admission to the bar he first settled in\\nEaton County, this State, and in 1847 was appointed by\\nthe Governor prosecuting attorney for that county, and held\\nthe olEce about two years. In May, 1851, he settled at\\nSt. Joseph, where he has since resided, in the practice of\\nlaw. Mr. Winslow never claimed eminence as a trial law-\\nyer; in other respects, as a lawyer, we trust his reputation\\nis not to his discredit. He is still in practice.\\nDavid Bacon was born at Ballston Spa, N. Y., in Septem-\\nber, 1827 graduated at Jefferson College, Pa., in 1852 came\\nto this county and settled at Niles the same year was ad-\\nmitted to the bar in October, 1854, and was elected prose-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0159.jp2"}, "160": {"fulltext": "146\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\ncuting attorney in 1854. He still lives in Niles. Mr.\\nBacon served in the war of the Rebellion, and until he re-\\nceived a wound that well-nigh proved fatal. He received\\na colonel s conimi. ision for meritorious service. He is now\\nin practice at Niles.\\nSeneca N. Taylor was for some years a praeticinp; lawyer\\nin the county. Several years since he moved to St. Louis,\\nwhere he is now in practice.\\nEmory M. Plimpton came from Ohio, and was admitted\\nto the bar in September, 1853. He was elected prosecuting\\nattorney in 1856, and elected to the Michigan House of\\nRepresentatives in 1868. He is now in practice at Bu-\\nchanan.\\nEdward Bacon, born at Rochester, N. Y., in April, 1830,\\ncame to Niles with his fluher, Nathaniel Bacon, in 1833.\\nHe graduated at the Michigan University in 1850, and was\\nadmitted in the Supreme Court at Detroit in 1853. He\\nstill lives at Niles, and is in practice. Mr. Bacon enlisted in\\nthe late war, and left the .service with a colonel s commission.\\nEbenezerE. Cady, born at Auburn, N. Y., in May, 1816,\\ncame to St. Joseph in 1853. He was admitted at Berrien\\nin June the same year. In 1859 he returned to Auburn,\\nand is now in practice there.\\nJoseph S. Bacon, born at Rochester, N. Y., in March,\\n1832, came to Niles with his parents in 1833; was ad-\\nmitted to the bar in April, 1855, and is still in practice in\\nNiles.\\nJames M. Albert came to Buchanan about 1851, was\\nadmitted in December, 1858, and practiced law at Buchanan\\nuntil he enlisted and went into the army, in which he held\\na captain s commission. He is not now a resident of the\\ncounty.\\nSamuel B. Spears, a native of Brooklyn, N. Y., gradu-\\nated at Yale College came to Niles in 1848 was admitted\\nin April, 1862, and died at Niles in 1863.\\nWilliam W. Wheeler, born at Niles about 1831 was ad-\\nmitted at Berrien in September, 1859, and went into prac-\\ntice at St. Joseph, where he remained until he entered the\\narmy, in 1861. He went into the service as lieutenant, and\\nheld a colonel s commission at the close of the war. He\\ndied at Chicago about 1875.\\nHenry H. Coolidge was born at Leominster, Mass., in\\nAugust, 1811, and educated at Amherst College. He came\\nto Cass Co., Mich., in 1836; was admitted to the bar in\\nthat county in 1844, and elected prosecuting attorney for\\nCass County in 1850. He came to Niles in 1859; was\\nelected prosecuting attorney for this county in 1862, and as\\na delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1867. In\\n1872 he was appointed circuit judge, to fill a vacancy caused\\nby the resignation of Judge Blackman, and in 1876 was\\nelected to the same office, which he resigned in September,\\n1878. He is now in practice at Niles.\\nCharles R. Brown, born in Lorain Co., Ohio, was edu-\\ncated at Berea, Ohio, and admitted in Ohio in 1856. He\\ncame to St. Joseph in 1859 was admitted here in Septem-\\nber, 1860; elected to the House of Representatives from\\nthis county in 1866. He moved to Kalamazoo in 1867,\\nand was elected circuit judge for that circuit in the spring\\nof 1869, and resigned in 1874. Ho now resides at fort\\nHuron, Mich.\\nBenjamin F. Chubb, born at Ann Arbor, Mich., came to\\nNiles in 1856, and was admitted in February, 1860, at Ber-\\nrien, but never fully entered the practice of law. lie died\\nat Niles in 1867.\\nCharles W. Ormsbee, born in Paris, Oneida Co., N. Y.,\\nin August, 1831, graduated at Hamilton Law School in the\\nfirst graduating class. He came to St. Joseph in 1861, was\\nadmitted in January, 1862, and in 1872 went to Salt Lake\\nCity, where he died in November of that year.\\nTheodore G. Beaver, born in New Berlin, Union Co., Pa.,\\nin 1835, received an academic education at New Berlin,\\ncame to Niles in September, 1858, and was admitted to the\\nbar in April, 1862. He is now in practice in Niles.\\nCyrus M. Alward, born at Scipioville, Cayuga Co., N. Y.,\\nin November, 1825, came to Niles in 1848, was admitted\\nin April, 1862, and is now in practice at Niles.\\nFrederick 0. Rogers came from Elmira, N. Y., to Niles\\nabout 1856, and was admitted in July of the same year;\\nwas elected prosecuting attorney in 1858, and re-elected in\\n1860. In 1867 he was appointed United States district\\nattorney for the Western District of Michigan.\\nGeorge S. Clapp, born at Columbia, Lorain Co., Ohio, in\\nJune, 1834, was educated at Berea, Ohio, and admitted to\\nthe bar in that State in 1856. He came to St. Joseph in\\n1862, and was admitted to the bar in October of the same\\nyear. In 1864 he was elected prosecuting attorney, and\\nheld the office six years. In 1869 he was nominee for cir-\\ncuit judge against Judge Blackman. Ho is now in prac-\\ntice in St. Joseph.\\nWilliam R. Ijyon, born in Cayuga Co., N. Y., in May,\\n1834, graduated at Williams College, Ma.ss., in 1858 at-\\ntended law lectures at the Michigan University in 1860-61,\\nand was admitted at Berrien in May, 1863. He is now in\\npractice at St. Joseph.\\nJ. E. Chamberlain, born at Sandwich Islands in about\\n1830, graduated at Williams College, Mass., in 1852. After\\nhe graduated ho returned to the Sandwich Islands, and was\\nfor several years judge of the Recorder s Court, and was\\noflFered a scat on the Supreme Court bench. He returned\\nto the United States and settled at St. Joseph about 1860.\\nThe law was not to his taste, and he soon turned his atten-\\ntion to other pursuits. He again returned to the Sand-\\nwich Islands in 1873, and is now living there.\\nC. D. Hathaway was admitted to the bar in Decembei,\\n1860. He remained in practice at Berrien about three\\nyears, and then went away. His present residence is un-\\nknown to the writer.\\nNathan G. King w.is born in Rensselaer Co., N. Y.,\\nin February, 1819, and graduated at Williams College.\\nHe practiced law several years in Albany, N. Y., but came\\nto Michigan and settled in St. Joseph, where he entered\\ninto practice iu 1861. On the breaking out of the Rebel-\\nlion he entered the army and obtained a colonel s commis-\\nsion. After the war he settled at Brooklyn, Jack.son Co.,\\nMich., and in 1872 was elected to the State Senate from\\nthat county.\\nAlexander Walker, from Oneida Co., N. Y., and a grad-\\nuate of tlic Albany Law School, came to Berrien County in\\n1862, and in July of the same year was admitted to the\\nbar, He never entered into law practice in this county,", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0160.jp2"}, "161": {"fulltext": "THE MEDICAL AND LEGAL PROFESSIONS.\\n147\\nfor soon after his admission he entered the army and served\\nduring the Rebellion. In 18G3 he was captain of Com-\\npany A, 7th Michigan Cavah-y. Mr. Walker was wounded\\nat Gettysburg, but remained in the .service till the end of\\nthe war, and was mustered out in 18G5.\\nJerome B. Brown, born in the State of New Y^orlc about\\n1815, was admitted in Berrien in November, 1863. He\\nnow resides at Willoughby, Ohio.\\nJ. J. Van Riper, born at Ilaverstraw, N. Y., in 1838,\\nreceived an academic education in New York City, attended\\nlaw lectures at Michigan University in 1860 and 1861\\nwas admitted in Cass County, in January, 1863. In 1867\\nhe was elected delegate to the Constitutional Convention\\nfrom Cass County. He came to Buchanan in 1872; was\\nelected prosecuting attorney in 1876, and re-elected in\\n1878. He is now in practice at Buchanan.\\nCholwell Knox, born at Rhinebeck, N. Y., in 1839,\\ngraduated at the law department of Michigan University\\nin September, 1863. In 1865 he came to Niles, where he\\nis still in practice.\\nWorthy Putnam, born iu Madison Co N. Y., in Octo-\\nber, 1811, was admitted to the New York bar at Buffalo,\\nin 1859. He came to this county and settled at Berrien iu\\n1864. He was admitted at Berrien in December of the\\nsame year. In 1869 he was appointed circuit judge, to fill\\nthe vacancy caused by the death of Judge Bacon, and held\\nthe office until his successor was elected, in November of\\nthat year. The practice of law was not to the taste of\\nJudge Putnam, and he soon retired from practice, and en-\\ntered more congenial fields.\\nJames H. Fairchild, born at London, Ontario, graduated\\nat Ypsilanti High School in March, 1859. He graduated\\nat the law department of Michigan University in March,\\n1863, and was admitted at Ann Arbor in March of the\\nsame year. He settled at Niles in April, 1865, but in Feb-\\nruary, 1872, removed to Chicago, where he is now in prac-\\ntice.\\nCalvin B. Potter was born in Jefferson Co., N. 1 in\\nJuly, 1837, and graduated at Albany Law School in 1860.\\nAt the commencement of the war of the Rebellion he en-\\nlisted in the 18th New York Infantry, and served over four\\nyears in the Army of the Potomac. He was taken prisoner\\nat the first battle of Bull Run, and was an inmate of Lbby\\nPrison for five months and seventeen days, then exchanged\\nand went back to his regiment. After the close of the war\\nhe settled at St. Joseph (in June, 1866), and was admitted\\nthe same year. He was elected to the House of Represen-\\ntatives of Michigan in 1874. He is now in practice at St.\\nJoseph.\\nAlbert H. Potter, born in Wisconsin in 1840, came to\\nSt. Joseph in the spring of 1866, and was admitted in\\n1869. He is now in practice at Benton Harbor.\\nDavid E. Hinman was admitted to practice in May,\\n1868, and is now in practice at Buchanan, where he has re-\\nsided for several years.\\nWm. D. Kingery is now a resident of Buchanan, where\\nhe has been in practice .several years. He was admitted in\\nMay, 1868.\\nA. B. Riford was born in Orange Co., Vt., in January,\\n1840, and graduated at Michigan University, law depart-\\nment, in 1864. He came to Benton Harbor in August,\\n1866; was admitted at Rerrien in November, 1865, and\\nelected to Michigan House of Representatives in 186S. He\\nis now postmaster at Benton Harbor.\\nOrville W. Coolidge, born in Cass Co., Mich., in October,\\n1839, graduated at Michigan University in 1863, and at\\nCambridge Law School in 1865. He was admitted in Cass\\nCounty in 1865, and elected prosecuting attorney for Ber-\\nrien County in 1870. He is now in practice at Niles.\\nSamuel M. Finley, born at Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1835,\\nwas admitted at Berrien, April, 1869. He practiced law\\nat Niles about six years, but is now out of practice, and en-\\ngaged in other business.\\nWilbur F. Rudd, a native of Jefferson Co., N. Y., was\\nadmitted at Berrien, April, 1869. He died in Missouri in\\n1872.\\nFrank Dean, a graduate of the law department, Michi-\\ngan University, came to St. Joseph in 1868, and was ad-\\nmitted in May, 1869. He is now at Hyde Park, 111.\\nGeorge F. Edwards, born at Ypsilanti, Mich., came to\\nNiles in 1869, was admitted in April, 1873, and is now in\\npractice at Niles.\\nTheodore J. De Puy, a native of Mercer Co., Pa., and\\neducated at Alleghany College, Pennsylvania, was admitted\\nto the New York bar in 1867 also in Mercer Co., Pa.\\nHe came to St. Joseph in 1869, and was admitted at\\nBerrien in February, 1870. He is now in practice at St.\\nJoseph.\\nGeorge Miller came to Berrien in 1869, but stayed only\\nabout two yeais.\\nW. J. Gilbert, born at Cavendish, Vt., graduated at\\nMiddlebury College in 1869, came to Niles in 1870, and\\nwas admitted the same year. He is now in practice at\\nNiles.\\nN. A. Hamilton, born in Tompkins Co., N. Y., in 1836,\\nwas educated at Whitewater Academy, Wisconsin, and ad-\\nmitted to the Wisconsin bar in 1859. He came to St.\\nJoseph in 1870, was admitted the same year, and elected\\nprosecuting attorney in 1872. He was elected to the\\nMichigan House of Representatives in 1876 was elected\\nSpeaker pro tern., and was chairman of the judiciary com-\\nmittee. He is now in practice at St. Joseph.\\nAlonzo Plummer, born in Somerset Co., Me., in 1842,\\ngraduated at Albany Law School in May, 1866, came to\\nBenton Harbor in January, 1870 was admitted at Ber-\\nrien in November, 1875, and is now in practice at Benton\\nHarbor.\\nFrederick II. Bacon, a native of Niles, was educated at\\nMichigan University, and admitted herein May, 1871. He\\nis now in practice at St. Louis, Mo.\\nGeorge W. Bridgman came from Massachusetts to Ber-\\nrien County, and was admitted here in May, 1871. He is\\nnow in practice.\\nHenry F. Kellogg, born in Genesee Co., N. Y., in 1823,\\ncame to Niles in 1871 was admitted in the same year, and\\nis now in practice in Niles.\\nWilliam H. Brcese was born at Edwardsburgh, Mich., in\\n1840, graduated at the law department of Michigan Uni-\\nversity in March, 1866, and was admitted at Ann Arbor\\nin the same month. He came to Buchanan in April, 1866,", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0161.jp2"}, "162": {"fulltext": "148\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nand was elected prosecuting attorney in 1874. He is now\\nat Micliigan City, Ind.\\nJames A. Kellogg, born in Huron Co., Ohio, and edu-\\ncated at Hillsdale College, came to Berrien County in 1872,\\nand was admitted in September, 1872. He is now prac-\\nticing at Niles.\\nGeorge S. Payne, born in Kennebec Co., Me., graduated\\nat Colby University, Maine, in 1871, came to St. Joseph\\nthe same year, and was admitted at Berrien in March,\\n1875. He is now at Ottawa, 111.\\nJames H. Canfield, born in Delaware Co., Ohio, gradu-\\nated at Williams College in June, 1868; was admitted to\\nthe Michigan bar at Mason, Ingham Co., in June, 1872.\\nHe came to St. Joseph in September, 1872, and practiced\\nthere about five years. He is now professor in the Kansas\\nState University, at Lawrence, Kan.\\nJohn A. Eastman, born in Franklin Co., Me., came to\\nBenton Harbor in 1873, and was admitted at Berrien in\\nJanuary, 1879. Mr. Eastman practiced law several years\\nin Wisconsin and in Chicago. He is now in practice at\\nBenton Harbor.\\nGeo. M. Valentine, born at Pulaski, N. Y., graduated at\\nthe law department of Michigan University in 1875 set-\\ntled in February, 1877, at Benton Harbor, where he is\\nstill in practice.\\nWorth Landon, born at Niles, graduated at Racine Col-\\nlege, Wisconsin, in 1872; was admitted to the bar at Ber-\\nrien in March, 1875; and has always resided at Niles,\\nwhere lie is now in practice.\\nFrank D. Orcutt was admitted at Berrien in November,\\n1875, and has been in practice several years at Benton\\nHarbor.\\nL. Frederick Copeland was admitted in Berrien County\\nin June, 1876, and was in practice several years at Bu-\\nchanan. He is now in South Bend.\\nIsaac P. Campbell, born in Centre Co., Pa., graduated at\\nMichigan University, law department, in 1876; came to\\nBerrien the same year, and remained in practice several\\nyears.\\nJames W. Orr was admitted in October, 1877, at Berrien.\\nHe practiced some two years at Buchanan, but is now in\\npractice at Niles.\\nA. J. Watson, born in Boston, Mass., came to St. Joseph\\nin 1876; was admitted in June, 1879, and is now in prac-\\ntice in St. Joseph.\\nGeo. A. Lambert, born at Niles, was admitted in Au-\\ngust, 1879, and is now in practice at Niles.\\nFrank Landon, born at Niles, graduated at Racine College,\\nWisconsin, in 1875 was admitted at Fort Dodge in 1877,\\nand admitted in Berrien County, in November, 1879. He\\nis now in practice at Niles.\\nThornton Hale, born in Fairfax Co., Va., was admitted\\nin Van Buren County in June, 1878. He soon after set-\\ntled in Berrien, and is now in practice there.\\nJoscphus Turner, born in Lycoming Co., Pa., graduated\\nat Dickinson College, Pennsylvania, in 1865 came to Ber-\\nrien County in September, 1878; was admitted at Berrien\\nin October of the same year, and is now in practice at\\nBerrien.\\nDavid S. Devin, born at Ottumwa, Iowa, graduated at\\nMarietta College, Ohio; came to Berrien County in 1873,\\nand was admitted at Berrien in January, 1880.\\nLawrence C. Fyfe, born at Isle aux Noix, Canada, edu-\\ncated in England and Scotland, settled at St. Joseph in\\n1874, and was admitted the same year. He is now in\\npractice at St. Joseph.\\nAlbert A. Worthington was admitted at Berrien in July,\\n1879, and is now in practice at Buchanan.\\nAlson C. Roe graduated at the law department of Michi-\\ngan University in March, 1879; was admitted in Juno,\\n1879; is now in practice at Buchanan.\\nThe following names appear among those admitted to\\nthe bar in this county, but were not residents of the county,\\nand were not recognized as members of the bar of Berrien\\nCounty: Edward R. Badger, admitted October, 1837;\\nWilliam Savier, admitted April, 1840 Joseph L. Jernigan,\\nadmitted October, 1842 Thomas B. Biddle, admitted Oc-\\ntober, 1842; Thomas Grove, admitted October, 1843;\\nDexter Straight, admitted May, 1846 James Hutchins,\\nadmitted October, 184G Enoch A. Ross, admitted Septem-\\nber, 1857; Abram H.Smith, admitted July, 1862; Na-\\nthan H. Soule, admitted October, 1862; Henry R. Rob-\\nbins, admitted November, 1863 Jerome H. Ingersoll, ad-\\nmitted August, 1865 Rienzi Knox, admitted May, 1869\\nStephen Bacon, admitted May, 1869; Marshal L. Howell,\\nadmitted April, 1870; Samuel Hayes, admitted April,\\n1876 Jay S. Bruitt, admitted February, 1878 Edwin C.\\nTowsley, admitted May, 1878 David H. Gray, admitted\\nDecember, 1850.\\nCHAPTER XXIV.\\nCIVIL LIST-COUNTY SOCIETIES.\\nTerritorial, State, and National Officers from Berrien County Berrien\\nCounty Officers Berrien County Agricultural Society Northern\\nBerrien County and Michigan Lake Shore Agricultural Society\\nBerrien County Pomona Grange Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance\\nAssociation of Berrien County Pioneer Association of Berrien\\nCounty Niles Horse-Thief Association Reserve Horse-Thief De-\\ntectives Lake Side Horse-Thief Association of Berrien County\\nYoung People s Picnic Association of Berrien County.\\nBERRIEN CIVIL LIST.\\nIn this li.st the names are given of those citizens of the\\ncounty who have held important positions in or under the\\nState or national government, and also of those who have\\nheld county oflSces in Berrien.\\nMEMBEU OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF MICHIGAN TERRI-\\nTORY.\\nCalvin Britain, 1832 to 1835, inclusive.\\nLIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN.\\nCalvin Britain, 1852-53.\\nSECRETARr OF STATE.\\nWilliam Graves, 1853-55.\\nUNITED STATES SENATOH.\\nThomas Fitzgerald, appointed in 1848, to fill vacancy caused by resig-\\nnation of Lewis Cass.\\nREPRESENT.\\\\TIVE IN CONGRESS.\\nJohn S. Chipman, elected in 18-14.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0162.jp2"}, "163": {"fulltext": "CIVIL LIST.\\n149\\nSTATE SENATOHS.\\nCalvin Brilain, term of service, 1835 to 1837, inclusive; Vincent L.\\nBradford, 1838-39; Elijah Lacey, 1840-41 Joseph N. Chipnian,\\n18-45-46; Jerome B. Fitzgerald, 1847-48; Royal T. Tworably,\\nelected in 1852; Rodney 0. Paine, 1854; Alexander H. Morrison,*\\n1856; Franklin Muzzy, 1858; Elijah Lacy, 1860; Rufus W.\\nLandon, 1862; Warren Chapman, 1864, re-elected in 1866; Evan\\nJ. Bonine. 1868; Lorenzo P. Alexander, 1870 Levi Sparks, 1872\\nFrancis H. Berrick, 1874; William Chamberlain, 1876, re-elected\\nin 1878.\\nREPRESENTATIVES IN THE LEGISLATURE OF MICHIGAN.\\nCogswell K. Green, term of service 1835-36; Robert E. Ward, 1837;\\nElijah Lacey, 1838; Thomas Fitzgerald, 1839 James B. La Rue,\u00c2\u00ab\\n1840-41 Alonzo Bennett, 1842; Obed P. Lacey, Joseph G. Ames,\\n1843; John Grove, James Shavp, 1845; John Grove, 1846;\\nRichard P. Barker, Calvin Britain, James Shaw, 1847; Jehial\\nEnos, Andrew Murray, Albert R. Thompson, 1848; Andrew L.\\nBurk, Henry Chamberlain, 1849; Calvin Britain, Samuel Street,\\nEzekiel C.Smith, 1850; Calvin Briain,\u00c2\u00ab John W. Butterfield, 1851\\nHarrison W, Griswold, Michael Hand, Benjamin Redding, elected\\nin 1852; John D. Ross, James B. Sutherland, 1854; Hale E.\\nCrosby, Jehial Enos, 1856 William B. Beeson, Dr. Morgan\\nEnos, 1858 Lorenzo P. Alexander, Alexander H. Morrison,*\\n1860; Nathan Fitcb, John C. Miller, Henry C. Morton, 1862;\\nEvan J. Bonine, James Graham, Newton R. Woodruff, 1864;\\nEvan J. Bonine, Charles R. Brown, John M. Glavin, 1866;\\nEmory M. Plimpton, Almond B. Ryford, Julian M. Seward,\\n1868; John F. Coulter, William J. Edwards, Almond B. Ryford,\\n1870; Evan J. Bonine, Thomas J. West, William Chamberlain,\\n1872; Ethan A. Brown, Thomas J. West, Calvin B. Potter, 1874;\\nGeorge F. Edwards, Natjianiel A. Hamilton,* Silas Ireland, 1876;\\nL. M. Ward, Alonzo Sherwood, Benton R. Stearns, 1878.\\nCIRCUIT JUDGES.\\nCharles W. Whipple, Nathaniel Bacon, Worthy Putnam, Henry H.\\nCoolidge.\\nASSOCIATE JUDGES.\\nTalman Wheeler, Amos S. Amsden, Thomas Fitzgerald, John M.\\nBaker.\\nJUDGES OF PROBATE.\\nCogswell K.Green, 1831-33; Francis B. Murdock, 1833; Thomas\\nConger, 1834-36; Nathaniel Bacon, 1837-39; George Hoffman,\\nelected in 1840; James Brown, 1844, re-elected, 1848; Thomas\\nFitzgerald, 1852 E. Mcllvaine, to fill vacancy, 1855; B. F. Fish,\\n1856; Charles Jewett, 1860; William S. Merrill, 1864; Daniel\\nChapman, 1868, re-elected, 1872; Ale.xander B. Leeds, 1876.\\nCOUNTY JUDGES.\\nDaniel Olds, time of service, 1831-33; Charles Jewett, elected in 1846;\\nThomas Fitzgerald, 1850.\\nSHERIFFS.\\nAugustus B. Newell, elected in 1831, re-elected in 1832; Fowler\\nPreston, 1834; E. S. Chapman, 1836; A. B. Hunger, 1838, re-\\nelected in 1840; J. Wittenmyer, 1842, re-elected in 1844; 0. R.\\nWillard, 1846, re-elected in 1848; Thomas Comins, 1850, re-\\nelected in 1852; Nathan Fitch, 1854, re-elected in 1856; James\\nGraham, 1858, re-elected in 1860; Charles D. Nichols, 1862;\\nJulius M. Seward, 1864, re-elected in 1866; Linus F. Warner,\\n1868, re-elected in 1870; Joseph W. Weimer, 1872, re-elected in\\n1874; Richard A. De Mont, 1876, re-elected iu 1878.\\nCOUNTY CLERKS.\\nTitus B. Willard, elected in 1831; B. C. Hoyt, 1832; James Randies,\\n1834; Edwin Richardson, 1836; Alonzo Bennett, 1838, re-elected\\nin 1840 and in 1842; Thomas Love, 1844, re-elected in 1846;\\nE. Mcllvaine, 1848, re-elected in 1850, re-elected in 1852; Wm. S.\\nMerrill, 1854, re-elected in 1856, re-elected in 1858; Geo. H.\\niWurdock, 1860; Daniel Terriere, 1862; Geo. H. Murdock, 1864,\\nre-elected in 1866; Charles E. Howe, 1868, re-elected in 1870;\\nD. E. Hinman, 1872, re-elected in 1874; Edwin D. Cook, 1876,\\nre-elected in 1878.\\nSpeaker pro tempore.\\nREGISTERS OF DEEDS.\\nObed P. Lacey, elected in 1831 Solomon E. Mason, 1832, re-elected\\nin 1834; A. J. F. Phelan, 1836; Edwin Richardson, 1838, re-\\nelected in 1840; Thomas Conger, 1842; F. D. Johnson, 1844;\\nCharles F. Howe, 1846, re-elected in 1848, re-elected in 1850, re-\\nelected in 1852; Warren Chapman, 1854, re-elected in 1856;\\nAlexander B. Leeds, 1858, re-elected in 1862; Roscoe D. Dix,t\\n1864, re-elected in 1866, re-elected in 1868, re-elected in 1870,\\nre-elected in 1872, re-elected iu 1874; William H. Marston, 1876,\\nre-elected, 1878.\\nCOUNTY TREASURERS.\\nJacob Beeson, elected in 1832; B. C. Iloyt, 1834; R. C. Paine, 1836;\\nWilliam Lemon, 1838 Thomas Love, 1840 R. W. Landon, 1842,\\nre-elected in 1844, 1846, 1848, 1850 Calvin Britain, 1852; Charles\\nD. Nichols, 1854, re-elected in 1856; Thomas P. Glenn, 1858:\\nB. F. Pennell, 1860, re-elected in 1862, 1864, 1866; Samuel\\nHess, 1868, re-elected in 1870, 1872; John Tate, 1874, re-\\nelected in 1876 George W. Rough, 1878.\\nPROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.\\nThe prosecuting attorneys were appointed by the Gov-\\nernor until 1850, when the oflBce was made elective.\\nWm. H. Welch,t elected in 1832-33 Charles Jewett, 1836; John S.\\nChipman, 1839; James Brown, 1842, re-elected in 1844; J. N.\\nChipman, 1846, re-elected in 1848; Jerome B. Fitzgerald, 1849;\\nJohn A. Thompson, 1850 Levi Taft, 1851 James Brown, 1852\\nDavid Bacon, 1854; E. M. Plympton, 1856; F. 0. Rogers, 1858,\\nre-elected in 1860; H. H. Coolidge, 1862; G. S. Clapp, 1864,\\nre-elected in 1866 and 1868; 0. W. Coolidge, 1870 N. A. H.amil-\\nton, 1872; Wm. A. Breese, 1874; Jacob J. Van Riper, 1876,\\nre-elected in 1878.\\nCOUNTY COMMISSIONERS.\\nErasmus Winslow, John F. Porter, Joseph G. Ames, elected in 1838\\nAustin Stocking, 1840; John Weaver, 1841; Timothy S. Smith,\\n1842.\\nCOUNTY SURVEYORS.\\nJ. Wittenmyer, elected in 1836, re-elected in 1838; Jehial Enos, 1840,\\nre-elected in 1842; A. B. gtaples, 1844, re-elected in 1846; F. R.\\nPennell, 1848; James L. Parent, 1850, re-elected in 1852; Amos\\nGrey, 1854; James L. Parent, 1856; Jehial Enos, 1858; Robert\\nEaton, I860; Jubal H. Wheeler, 1862; Joseph S. Miller, 1864;\\n0. D. Parsons, 1866; Joseph S. Miller, 1868; A.J. Nowlen, 1870;\\nThomas Love, 1874; John M. Glavin, 1876, re-elected in 1878.\\nCORONERS.\\nSolomon E. Mason, elected in 1832; Darius Jennings, 1840; William\\nHammond, 1842; Horace Guernsey, 1844; William Bradford,\\n1846, re-elected in 1850; Samuel Stratton, 1852; John Enos,\\n1854; Geo. H. Scott, 1856; Ferdinand Vogel, 1858; Robert\\nBrethschneider, 1860; Cass Chapman, 1862; Wm. H. Tryon,\\n1864; Wm. H. Tryon, Thomas F. Glenn, 1866, re-elected in\\n1868; Wm. H. Tryon, Joseph W. Brewer, 1870, re-elected in\\n1874; Rufus K. Charles, 1876, re-elected in 1878.\\nMASTERS IN CHANCERY.\\nJames Brown, John Grove, Thos. Conger, 1848; Ebenezer Mcllvaine,\\n1849.\\nCIRCUIT COURT COMMISSIONERS.\\nHiram F. Matthews, appointed in 1850 Damon A. Winslow, elected\\nin 1852, re-elected in 1854; Charles Jewett, 1856, re-elected in\\n1858; Charles R. Brown, 186U; Damon A. Winslow, 1862; Jo-\\nseph N. Chipman, 1364, re-elected in 1866 and 1868; Joseph\\nN. Chipman, Charles W. Ormsbee, 1870; B. M. Plimpton, N. A.\\nHamilton, 1872 Fred. H. Bacon, Wm. R. Lyon, 1873, re-elected\\nin 1874 James A. Kellogg, James H. Canfield, 1875, re-elected\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0j The name of Dexter 0. Dix appears in the record of the election\\nreturns in the clerk s office, in the record of votes by figures and where\\nwritten out in full. But Roscoe D. Dix was the person voted for and\\nto whom the certificate of election was issued.\\nEvidence that Mr. Welch tilled the office of prosecuting attorney\\nat that time is found in the following bill, now on tile iu the otfice of\\nthe supervisors, viz.\\nCounty of Berrien to W. H. Welch, Dr. to services as District At-\\ntorney for December Term, 1832, and Spring Term, 1833, $15.00.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0163.jp2"}, "164": {"fulltext": "150\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nin 1876; James A. Kellogg, Lawrence C. Fyfe, 1877, re-elected\\nin 1878; Wm. J. Gilbert, Lawrence C. Fyfe, 1879.\\nSUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS.\\nIlcnry A. Ford, elected in 1868, re-elected in 1870; E. L. Kingsl.ind,\\n1872, re-elected in lS7i.\\nCOUNTY SOCIETIES.\\nBERRIEN COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.\\nThe Agricultural Society of Berrien County was organ-\\nized in the spring of 1850. The first meeting for the\\npurpose was held, pursuant to a call of citizens, at the court-\\nhouse in the village of Berrien, on the 22d day of February\\nof that year. A committee was appointed to draft a con-\\nstitution and report the same at a meeting to be held on\\nthe 13th of March, at which meeting the constitution was\\nread and adopted. At an adjourned meeting, May 4, 1850,\\nofficers of the society were elected, as follows: Benjamin C.\\nHoyt, President William Smyth Palmer, Recording Sec-\\nretary Thomas Love, Treasurer James L. Glenn, Cor-\\nresponding Secretary Joshua Feather, Peter Ruggles,\\nHenry Lardncr, Jehial Enos, and Joseph G. Ames, Ex-\\necutive Committee.\\nIt was resolved that the first county fair be held on the\\n19th of September next, at the village of Berrien Springs,\\nand that the sum of one hundred dollars be appropriated\\nfor premiums and expenses. The fair of 1851 was held\\nat Berrien Springs, that of 1852 at Niles, and, with the\\nexception of the year 1868, the fairs of the society have\\nbeen hold at Niles since that time.\\nIn 1857, the president and secretary were authorized to\\nselect a tract of laud, not less than five acres, suitable for a\\nfair-ground. In March, 1858, the pre.sident reported a\\npiece of ground situated west of the cemetery, belonging\\nto R. C. Paine, for the sum of $725, and it was resolved\\nto purchase it. A subscription was circulated among the\\ncitizens of Niles, for the purpose of raising funds, and the\\nresult is shown by the report for 1858, viz.\\nAmount on hand Jan. 1, 1858 if. i67.fi.i\\nReceived of Berrien County 225.00\\nfrom citizens of Niles toward purchas-\\ning and fitting up Fair-Grounds 725.00\\nfor membership, admission fees, and\\nrent of dining saloon during Fair.... 501.86\\nTotal receipts $1810.51\\nIn this year (1858) the grounds were fenced, buildings\\nerected, a track graded, and other necessary work performed.\\nThese grounds being found after two or three years to be\\ntoo small, were sold, and no exhibitions were held until\\n1868. Afterwards a tract of 25 acres of land, in the south\\npart of the town, was purchased of the Staples estate for\\n$2500, the deed for which is dated Dec. 31, 18G7. A\\nmortgage was afterwards given on the property for tlie pur-\\npose of building the necessary buildings. Exhibitions are\\nnow held annually.\\nThe present membership of the society is: life members,\\n33; annual members, 138. The receipts of the annual\\nfair in 187 J were $1302.43.\\nThe officers for 1880 arc as follows W. B. Davis, Pres-\\nident; C. F. Howe, Vice-President; S. C. Thompson,\\nSecretary; George S. Iloppin, Burns Helmick, H. A.\\nEdwards, J. H. Young, James Badger, Directors.\\nNORTHERN BERRIEN COUNTY AND MICHIGAN LAKE-SUORB\\nAGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.\\nThe organization of this society is due to the exertions\\nof Silas G. Autisdale, James F. Higbee, Dr. John Bell,\\nand A. B. Chivois. Several meetings were held in the\\nfall of 1877 and spring of 1878 before plans were per-\\nfected, and on the seventh day of March, 1878, a society\\nwas organized bearing the abovovnarae. The officers elected\\nwere: President, James F. Higbee. Vice-Presidents, S. L.\\nVan Camp, Benton Harbor; Capt. B. F. Rounds, Benton\\nHarbor A. F. McK.ee, Watervliet. Secretary, 0. S. Wil-\\nley, Benton Harbor. Treasurer, Dr. John Bell, Benton\\nHarbor. Trustees, A. B. Chivois, Benton Harbor S. G.\\nAntisdale, Benton Harbor G. N. Lord, Benton Harbor\\nMarcus Osgood, Coloma J. Caldwell, St. Joseph Juan\\nGuy, Bainbridge J. Fisher, Sodus. Chief Marshal, S. G.\\nAntisdale.\\nA tract of twenty acres of land on the southeast quarter\\nof section 19 was leased of James F. Higbee for a term of\\nfive years, with the privilege of purchase. The grounds\\nwere inclosed with a high fence, a half-mile track was laid\\nout and graded, and a building twenty by one hundred feet\\nwas erected foi\u00c2\u00bb a grand stand. A judges stand, sixteen\\nfeet square, and thirty-two box and twenty-five open stalls\\nwere built. These improvements were completed in time\\nfor a race on the 4th of July, 1878, which yielded to the\\nsociety a profit of two hundred and fifty dollars.\\nAfter the July meeting additions were made of sixty by\\none hundred feet, to the grand stand, for a floral hall, and\\na general exhibition was held on the 24th, 25th, 26th, and\\n27th days of September, 1878. The receipts lacked but one\\nhundred and thirty-seven dollars of paying the indebted-\\nness of the society.\\nDuring the summer of 1879 a floral hall, forty by eighty\\nfeet, with a gallery extending on all sides of the building,\\nwas erected, and seventeen box-stalls were built. A suc-\\ncessful exhibition was held on the grounds September\\n30th and October 1st, 2d, and 3d, 1879. The society is\\nnow in a vigorous and flourishing condition.\\nOfficers for 1880: President, James F. Higbee; First\\nVice-President, S. G. Antisdale; Second Vice-President,\\nJ. F. Fisher Third Vice-President, L. W. Pearl Secre-\\ntary, S. L. Van Camp Treasurer, Dr. John Bell Trus-\\ntees, W. H. Baldwin, William Stewart, Samuel Hannnn,\\nLewis Sutherland, Thomas Evans, R. Winans, and E. W.\\nKing.\\nBERRIEN COUNTY POMONA GRANGE, No. 1.\\nThis has the honor of being the first county grange in\\nthe State, having been organized June 11, 1875, with\\nthirty-eight charter members. The officers elected were\\nWilliam Smyth Farmer, Master William B. Davis, Over-\\nseer W^illiam J. Nott, Lecturer Burns Helmick, Steward\\nFreeman Fratdclin, Assi-stant Steward Jacob Helmick,\\nChaplain C. F. Howe, Treasurer John S. Beers, Secre-\\ntary J. B. Melzgar, Gate-Keeper Maggie Marrs, Pomona\\nMary E. Haslett, Ceres; Georgiana Mason, Flora Mrs. J.\\nE. Lamb, Stewardes.s.\\nWilliam Smyth Farmer remained Master from June till\\nthe followitig January, when Thomas Marrs was elected\\nMaster, and has since been elected annually to that posi-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0164.jp2"}, "165": {"fulltext": "COUNTY SOCIETIES.\\n151\\ntion until the present time. The grange at present num-\\nbers two hundred and seventeen menjbers.\\nFAKMERS MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION OF BERRIEN\\nCOUNTY.\\nThis association was formed under act of the Legislature,\\napproved Feb. 15, 1859, with the above name, and for the\\npurpose of insuring against fire or lightning, farmers dwel-\\nlings, outhouses, and personal property, including hay,\\ngrain, and live-stock, also country churches and school-\\nhouses, in the counties of Berrien and Cass.\\nThe articles of incorporation were signed Dec. 17, 1859,\\nby the following-named persons David P. Gerberich, John\\nD. Hart, Michael Swobe, James Badger, Abraham Correll,\\nSamuel Mes.\u00c2\u00abenger, Samuel Thompson, Francis Wells, Mi-\\nchael Herkamer, A. P. Knox, Harvey Moore, George S.\\nHoppin, Mahlon B. Gillett, Eeuben Groot, A. C. Mead.\\nThe losses paid by the company in the year 1878 were,\\nfrom two fires, $2083.6?, in 1879, from nine fires, $5154;\\namount paid to officers in 1878, \u00c2\u00a7584.61 amount paid to\\nofficers in 1879, $614. Number of policies in force Dec.\\n31, 1879, were 1229, covering $1,867,464.\\nThe total loss for the year 1879 is four-tenths of one per\\ncent, of amount insured. The policies of the association\\nare limited and cover a period of five years.\\nThe officers for 1879 are as follows: James Badger,\\nPresident; William Haslett, Secretary and Treasurer; Di-\\nrectors, William R. Rough, Charles F. Howe, Samuel Mes-\\nsenger, Orr Henderson, Burns Holmick, Samuel C. Thomp-\\nson, C. C. Sutton, Thomas Marrs, of Berrien County, and\\nJames M. Truitt and Alexander Cooper, of Cass County.\\nPIONEER ASSOCIATION OF BERRIEN COUNTY.\\nOn the 22d of September, 1875, pursuant to a published\\ncall, signed by Dr. L. A. Barnard and many others of the\\nold settlers of the county, a meeting was held at Berrien\\nSprings, for the purpose of organizing an old settler.s asso-\\nciation for Berrien County, to be composed of persons who\\nhad become residents of Michigan as early as the year 1850.\\nThe Hon. Levi Sparks was called to the chair, and D. A.\\nWinslow and L. A. Barnard were made secretaries of the\\nmeeting.\\nA committee, appointed for the purpose, reported a con-\\nstitution and by-laws, which were adopted, with the name\\nThe Pioneer Association of Berrien County, and the\\norganization was completed by the election of the following-\\nnamed officers, viz. President, Levi Sparks, of Niles town-\\nship Secretary, George H. Jlurdock, Berrien Springs\\nTreasurer, Lyman A. Barnard, Berrien Springs. Business\\nCommittee, A. L. Burke, of Berrien Michael Hand, Ber-\\nrien Hale E. Crosby, New Buffalo J. B. Sutherland,\\nSt. Joseph; E. J. Bonine, Niles City. Vice-Presidents,\\nPeter Mcrrifield, of Watervliet Sprague Bishop, of Hagar\\nHiram Brown, of St. Jo.seph James H. Higbee, of Bon-\\nton Francis Johnson, Bainbridge Robert Cassaday, Pipe-\\nstone; Josephus Fisher, Sodus; George H. Scott, Royalton;\\nA. D. Brown, Lincoln; John H. Nixon, Lake; Joshua\\nFeather, Oronoko Thomas Marrs, Berrien Thomas R.\\nMarston, Niles; D. 0. Woodruff, Niles; Charles F. Howe,\\nBertrand (^apt. A. C. Bartlett, Buchanan Ebenezer P.\\nMorley, Weesaw Perry Noggle, Galien Henry Chamber-\\nlain, Three Oaks; George Weimer, New Buffalo John C.\\nMiller, Chickaming.\\nThe first annual meeting was held at the court-house at\\nBerrien Springs, June 7, 1876. After transacting the\\nroutine business the meeting adjourned to Dr. L. A. Bar-\\nnard s grove, where an address was delivered by D. A.\\nWinslow, of St. Joseph a poem was read by the Hon.\\nWorthy Putnam and brief accounts of pioneer life were\\nrelated by Messrs. John Jenkins, Uzziel Putnam, Sr., R.\\nT. Twombly. E. M. Plympton, Rev. J. W. Robinson, and\\nAlbert L. Drew.\\nAt that time a piece of ground, owned by Dr. L. A.\\nBarnard, was offered by him for the use of the as.sociation\\nas a place of holding future meetings. The offer was ac-\\ncepted, and pioneer meetings have been held upon it until\\nthe present time. This ground is situated upon the high\\nplateau which forms the bank of the St. Joseph River at\\nBerrien Springs. It comprises about seven acres, mostly\\ncovered by a delightful grove, which has been cleared from\\nunderbrush, and beautified and improved by Dr. Barnard\\nfor the particular purpo.se to which it is devoted. The\\nassociation has a lease of this ground for a term of eighteen\\nyears from 1876, and has erected upon it a commodious log\\ncabin in the pioneer style, with speaker s stand, scats, and\\nother necessary fixtures, and a basin, which is kept filled\\nwith clear water by means of a hydraulic ram. It is not\\nonly a beautiful place but a most appropriate one for the\\nholding of pioneer reunions, and the meetings held here are\\nregarded by those attending them as occasions of great in-\\nterest and enjoyment.\\nFollowing is a list of the names and dates of settlement\\nof those who have become members of the association from\\nits organization until the present time, viz.\\nAndrew L. Burke, 1830.\\nMichael Hiind, 1830.\\nGeo. H. Murdook, IS. .O.\\nThomas Marrs, April, 1S30.\\nJohn a. Shuarts, April, 1830.\\nWm. Dougherty, April, 1830.\\nJohn T:ite, April, 1830.\\nThos. K. Clyborne, Nov. 1S28.\\nLevi Sparks, Oct. 1S28.\\nMaria Sparks, Sept. 1832.\\nJcfse Ilelraick, Sept. 1835.\\nEzra D. Chilson, June, 1835.\\nA. Van Patten, Nov. 1844.\\nH. S. Helmiek, 183l\\nA. G. Abbe, June, 1832.\\nC. A. Hall, Oct. 1832.\\nAlonzo Sherwood, Feb. 1833.\\nKingsley Olds, Dec. 1833.\\nC. P. Wray, Feb. 1830.\\nJoshua FL ather, Jr., May, 1836.\\nFrancis Johnson, April, 1834.\\nChas. H. Boslwick, Sept. 1847.\\nSilas Ireland, Oct. 1839.\\nW. B. Gilson, Aug. 1844.\\nJohn H. Ni.xon, May, 1836.\\nDamon A. Winslow, May, 1838.\\nJohn DefieUl, Dec. 1842.\\nSamuel Graham, Nov. 1846.\\nN. Hamilton, June, 1834.\\nE. P. Morley, Sept. 1845.\\nL. A. Barnard, June, 1828.\\nC. S. Boughton, May, 1843.*\\nAlbert L. Drew, July, 1834.\\nThomas Love, 1834.\\nDaniel J. Claypool, March, 1832.\\nHiram Brown, July 4, 1834.\\nRoyal T. Twombly, April, 1836.\\nJohn M. Piatt, March, 1843.\\nOtis Stenrns, May, 1848.\\nJames F. lligbec, June 7, 1837.\\nL. P. Alexander, Oct. 1840.\\nTamour M. Winslow, Oct. 1840.\\nNellie S. Drew, Sept. 1838.\\nAsa W. Sherwood, Nov. 1834.\\nReed Ferris, Aug. 1850.\\nJ. H. Jakeway, Sept. 1S40.\\nMatilda Ireland, Oct. 1827.\\nJohn Irwin, March, 1842.\\nNewton R. AVoodruiT, Aug. 1837.\\nJ. S. Weaver, 1838.\\nJames Badger, June, 1843.\\nA. W. Marrs, April, 1830.\\nD. C. Higbee, June, 1836.\\nWm. B. Davis, Sept. 1847.\\nWm. Hazlett, June, 1837.\\nW. H. Breese, Nov. 1840.\\nC. D. Nichols, Sept. 1829.\\nD. T.Wilson, May, 1829.\\nWm. H. Rector, July, 1835.\\nH. C. Morton, May, 1834.\\nR. Babcock, June, 1828.\\nGriffin, April, 1828.\\nJames B. Sutherland, Nov. 1841.\\nSamuel Marrs, April, 1831.\\nMoses A. Sylvester, Sept. 1844.\\nEdwin F. Dickson, Oct. 1828.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0165.jp2"}, "166": {"fulltext": "152\\nHISTOKY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nB. F. Penncll, April. 1S44.\\nAugustus Kephart, Philip Kep-\\nhiirt, Oct. IS-II.\\nJames M. Piatt, Oct. 1S46.\\n0. W. Rose, Nov. 1842.\\nRichard A. Do Mont. May, 1841.\\nJ. L. Harkins, Jan. 1844.\\nWm. Smyth Farmer, Dec. 1848.\\nJoseph Feather, May, 1832.\\nGarrett Van Vranken, May, 1837.\\nEmily Van Vranken, June, 1836.\\nP. W. Guernsey, June, 1838.\\nAnn Feather, May, 1832.\\nReuben A. Kibler, April, 1834.\\nSusan Irwin, Aug. 1832.\\nRosanna Alexander, Sept. 1836.\\nMary Penncll, Oct. 1832.\\nEliza Brown, Sept. 1831.\\nIsabella Piatt, Aug. 1843.\\nRebecca Reynolds, Feb. 1830.\\nOrrin D. Snow, 1838.\\nFanny Snow, 1838.\\nB. M. Penncll, June, 1843.\\nElizabeth Penncll, Nov. 1834.\\nSusie L. Dickson, 1S37.\\nLucy Ann Brownell, Aug. 1829.\\nP. J. Pierce, May, 1840.\\nE. M. Scott, Nov. 1850.\\nH. W. Guernsey, June, 1838.\\nJ. Cribbs, Feb. 1839.\\nJ. Mertzlcr, July, 1836.\\nN. R. Woodruff, Aug. 1837.\\nWallace Taber, Sept. 1833.\\nJulia Tabcr, 1836.\\nNelson Harper, Oct. 1835.\\nHenry Chamberlain, Oct. 1843.\\nIsaac French, Sept. 1856.\\n1. F. Sorell, Oct. 1836.\\nMinerva Sorell, Oct. 1836.\\nNathaniel Brant, Oct. 1836.\\nNorman Nims, Dec. 1S56.\\nJoel Layman, Oct. 1837.\\nMartha M. Brant, Oct. 1836.\\nMary Higbee, June, 1837.\\nRobert Cassiday, July, 1831.\\nJames A. Kirk, Oct. 1835.\\nNathan Fitch, Nov. 1836.\\nM. W. Jennings, April, 1855.\\nLevi Logan, May, 1848.\\nJacob E. Miller, Juno, 1830.\\nSarah Miller, March, 1856.\\nGeorge Reynolds, May, 1855.\\nJohn D. Miller, April, 1841.\\nMrs. C. R. Barnard, Feb. 1841.\\nBuckman, April, 1855.\\nCharles F. Howe, Nov. 1835.\\nJohn Byevs, July, 1836.\\nSarah A. Byers, Dec. 1830.\\nM. D. Burk, Sr., June, 1832.\\nMichael Hess, Oct. 1855.\\nJulia A. Hess, 1840.\\nH. P. Kfiglcy, May, 1851.\\nC. C. Sutton, Sept. 1836.\\nJames W. Robinson, Oct. 1833.\\nMinerva S. Robinson, 1835.\\nHenry Worthington, Sept. 1837.\\nMary Worthington, 1832.\\nCynthia Sutton, March, 1835.\\nHugh Marrs, April, 1830.\\nAdam Small, April, 1835.\\nGeorge Graham, Oct. 1842.\\nW.liiam Chamberlain, Oct. 1843.\\nSusan Kophart, May, 1833.\\nE. M. Plimpton, Aug. 1848.\\nJohn H. Royce, Dec. 1850.\\nSophronia C. Royce, Nov. 1853.\\nGeorge H. Scott, May, 1837.\\nSusan Barnard.\\nChauncey Smith, Sept. 1858.\\nMrs. Abigail Smith, Sept. 1858.\\nMrs. Mary Abaley, Sept. 1859.\\nFred. M. Phillips, April, 1833.\\nSamuel Van VIear, April, 1833.\\nOliver C. Spaulding, April, 1842.\\nRoswell Enos, May, 1846.\\nCharles H. Walker, Feb. 1835.\\nOrlando Hart, 1831.\\nNancy Fisher, Sept. 1844.\\nJoseph Fisher, Sept. 1844.\\nDaniel Neidlinger, Oct. 1844.\\nRoyal J. Tuttle, Nov. 1857.\\nSu. an M. Tuttle, Nov. 1857.\\nJohn C. Miller, Aug. 1835.\\nBarbara A. Miller.\\nBenjamin Keigley, July, 1834.\\nMiles Davis, Oct. 1848.\\nMrs. Helen Saunders, 1837.\\nJerry Painter, 1844.\\nJohn Redden, Oct. 1835.\\nSidney Spencer, 1844.\\nSamuel Simmons, 1832.\\nVarna Simmons, 1832.\\nHenderson Ballengee, Aug. 1833.\\nM. C. Barnes, Aug. 1835.\\nMrs. Maggie J. Spaulding, 1854.\\nMary Rigger, 1832.\\nMrs. Harriet Marrs, 1831.\\nB. D. Townsend, 1840.\\nDarius J. Barber, 1842.\\nFranklin Muzzy, 1846.\\nJames Farrell, 1845.\\nJames G. Portman, 1863.\\nJennie A. Portman, 1850.\\nW. H. Miller, 1849.\\nMrs. Eva Miller, 1841.\\nGeorge F. Weidman, 1856.\\nLouisa Weidman, 1850.\\nAaron Church, 1856.\\nJesse Gray, 1855.\\nGray, 1842.\\nJacob Helmick, 1836.\\nMollie Helmick, 1860.\\nW. L. Hogue, 1854.\\nMaria Hogue, 1854.\\nJosephus Fisher, 1854.\\nPhebe A. Fisher, 1854.\\nJames Smith, 1832.\\nMalvina Smith, 1832.\\nRoscoe D. Dix, May, 1852.\\nVirginia M. Di.x.\\nHenry Asharp, 1854.\\nElizabeth Asharp.\\nJulia A. Hamilton, May, 1836.\\nF. F. Clark, May, 1840.\\nCelinda Clark, 1840.\\nWilliam Burns, May, 1836.\\nMary A. Burns, May, 1836.\\nMahala Mansfield, June, 1842.\\nJoseph Mansfield, June, 1832.\\nGermon C. Gilsou, Sept. 1854.\\nCharlotte Gilson, 1854.\\nMaria Van Vlear, Oct. 1845.\\nGeorge Ewalt, May, 1836.\\nMargaret Ewalt, 1836.\\nFleming Boon, Oct. 1848.\\nNicholas Michael, Oct. 1832.\\nSamuel Spry, Fob. 1834.\\nElizabeth Michael, 1832.\\nMary R. Small, 1854.\\nJames Groat, Jan. 1838.\\nLucinda Groat, Aug. 1835.\\nReuben M. Shafer, Aug. 1855.\\nRachel Shafer, Aug. 1835.\\nJacob Weaver, 1832.\\nOrpha Weaver, 1848.\\nWillie Foster, 1837.\\nCaroline J. Hildreth, Sept. 1836.\\nAbel Garr, Sept. 1832.\\nHarriet Garr, Sept. 1836.\\nC. C. Kent, Oct. 1840.\\nCharles Evans, Nov. 1838.\\nMary Evans, 1847.\\nJacob F. Hahn,\\nMrs. G. Kirk.\\nWilliam Green, 1853.\\nCynthia Green, 1857.\\nIsaac Smith, 1830.\\nB. W. Sutherland, 1839.\\nJames Brooks, 1 850.\\nCharles A. Spencer, 1846.\\nJohn Gillespie, 1834.\\nIsaac Smoke.\\nGodfrey Boil.\\nGeorge Boil.\\nSamuel Messenger, 1844.\\nJacob Bcchtel, 1847.\\nRichard McOraber, 1834.\\nJohn Johnson, Jr.\\nMoses Feather.\\nJoseph Marrs.\\nFrancis Wells, 1831.\\nGeorge Smith, 1840.\\nJuda Smith.\\nMrs. Amanda Weaver, 1831.\\nJacob Messenger, 1835.\\nThomas Ford, 1841.\\nEliza Ford.\\nMrs. James Brooks, 1853.\\nJulia Ann Bechtel, 1854.\\nNelson H. Terry, 1859.\\nMrs. N. II. Terry, 1859.\\nThe officers of the society for 1879 are as follows Presi-\\ndent, Wiiliani Ciiaiuberlain Vice-Presidents, C. C. Kent,\\nHenry Chaiubeilait), Nathaniel Hamilton Treasurer, Dr.\\nLyman A. Barnard Secretary, Charles D. Nichols Execu-\\ntive Committee, Thomas Marrs, Ezra O. Wilson, Norman\\nNims, Aaron Van Patten, 0. C. Spaulding.\\nTODSG PEOPLE S PICNIC ASSOCIATION OF BERKIEN COUNTY.\\nThe design of this association is to afford the young\\npeople a more favorable opportunity of becoming generally\\nacquainted, and to cultivate a genial feeling towards each\\nother, thereby enabling them to know the traits, character,\\nand ability of those with whom they must some day act in\\ndischarging the duties of life and citizenship.\\nPursuant to call (issued through circulars and the county\\npress), the young people from all parts of the county met\\nat Dr. Barnard s grove, at Berrien Springs, on Tliursday,\\nAug. 9, 1877, for the purpose of organizing a Young\\nPeople s Association of the county. George M. Valentine\\nwas called to the chair, and Gus M. Dudley* was appointed\\nsecretary.\\nThe committee, appointed for the purpose, reported a\\nconstitution, which was adopted. By the terms of the con-\\nstitution, every person under the age of thirty-five years is\\neligible to membership. The committee on permanent\\norganization reported, and the following officers were declared\\nelected, viz. President, George M. Valentine, of Benton\\nHarbor; Vice-Presidents, C. F. Sischo, Berrien Springs;\\nEdward C. Griffin, Niles; Frank Plimpton, Buchanan;\\nH. F. Heath, Benton Harbor W. B. Plumb, St. Joseph\\nH. N. Chamberlain, Three Oaks; John A. Crosby, New\\nBuffalo; M. D. Osgood, Coloma Secretary, Gus M. Dud-\\nley, Berrien Springs; Treasurer, Charles A. Joimson,\\nNiles.\\nThe annual meetings are held on the first Wednesday in\\nAugust in each year, at Dr. Barnard s grove.\\nAt the meeting in 1878 about sis thousand people were\\npresent. William Hurly, of Berrien Springs, was elected\\nPresident, and Gus M. Dudley, of Berrien Springs, Sec-\\nretary.\\nIt is understood that Mr. Dudley was in a great degree the orig-\\ninator of the association.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0166.jp2"}, "167": {"fulltext": "CITY OF NILES.\\n153\\nThe officers of the association for 1879 are President,\\nHenry N. Chamberlain, of Three Oaks Secretary, Fre-\\nmont D. Nichols, of Berrien Springs Treasurer, Orin L.\\nCliurchill, of Three Oaks Vice-Presidents, Gus M. Dud-\\nley, Oronoko Charles Harter, Niles James Hatfield,\\nThree Oaks; C. M. Edick, Benton; George Morrison,\\nLincoln; John Thursby, Chickaming; John Crosby, New\\nBuffalo Clarence Tibbs, Pipestone Joel H. Gillette,\\nBertrand Asa Ham, Buchanan William Hogue, Sodus\\nC. H. Wheelock, Lake; M. D. Osgood, Watervliet; C. W.\\nChambers, St. Joseph Charles E. French, Oronoko C.\\nN. Valentine, Hagar Asa Danforth, Royalton Merritt\\nM. Wilson, Galien William Henderson, Weesaw Isaac\\nMurphy, Berrien Eugene Cribbs, Bainbridge.\\nNILES HOKSE-THIEF ASSOCIATION.\\nThis association was organized on the first Saturday in\\nMay, 1853, with twenty-three members, and embraced ori-\\nginally the town.ships of Niles and Berrien. It was after-\\nwards enlarged to include Bertrand, Buchanan, Pokagon,\\nHoward, Jefferson, and Milton. The object of the society is\\nthe detection and apprehension of horse-thieves.\\nThe first officers were Daniel Fisher, President Daniel\\nBlcCIung, Secretary; L. Harter, Treasurer; Joseph Mc-\\nClung, Foreman of Riders. The present officers are John\\nH. Young, President George Lambert, Vice-President\\nE. Walter, Secretary E. P. Ely, Treasurer. The present\\nnumber of members is 41.\\nThe mode of proceeding is to use the telegraph and\\npost-office instead of riders, as formerly, except by special\\norder of the executive committee. Since the organization\\nof the society only one animal has been stolen within its\\nterritory, and that one was recovered.\\nTHE KESEEVE IIOKSE-TIIIEF DETECTIVES.\\nThis association was organized in April, 18G5, by the\\nelection of the following officers Pre.sident, James Badger;\\nTreasurer, Samuel Messenger Secretary, Ebenezer Mc-\\nIlvaine. Membership is confined to the city and township\\nof Niles and the townships of Bertrand and Buchanan.\\nMeetings are held once a year.\\nDuring the existence of the society two horses have been\\nstolen in their jurisdiction one was found, and the thief\\ncaptured, tried, convicted, and sent to the penitentiary\\nthe other was stolen from the fair-ground, in the evening,\\nand was never found. Two-thirds of its value was paid to\\nthe owner by the association. The present membership is\\neighteen. The officers for 1880 are S. C. Thompson, Presi-\\ndent Joel N. Gillette, Treasurer Samuel Messenger, Sec-\\nretary. There are five riders and three appraisers.\\nLAKESIDE UOESE-THIEP ASSOCIATION, OF BERRIEN COUNTY.\\nThis association was organized July 6, 1876, under the\\nState law of 1859, at the brick school-house, district No. 1,\\nChickaming township, with twenty-eight charter members.\\nThe territory included in the range of the association com-\\nprises the townships of Chickaming, Galien, Lake, Lincoln,\\nNew Buffalo, Royalton, St. Joseph, Three Oaks, and Wee-\\nsaw. Its object is mutual protection, the maintenance of\\nlaw and order, the prevention of thieving, and the detection\\nand apprehension of horse-thieves in particular.\\n20\\nThe first officers were John C. Miller, President; Aaron\\nK. Clark, Vice-President Charles H. Bostwick, Secretary\\nRichard M. Goodwin, Treasurer. Six riders were elected,\\nand invested with the power of constables.\\nThe following are the officers for 1879 President, Geo.\\nA. Blakeslee Vice-President, Alonzo Sherwood Secre-\\ntary, C. H. Bostwick Treasurer, Richard M. Goodwin\\nExecutive Committee, Orr Henderson, A. McDaniels, Wm.\\nChamberlain. The association now numbers two hundred\\nand twelve members and twenty-one riders.\\nCHAPTER XXV.\\nCITY OF WILES.*\\nE.irly Settlements\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Early Public-Houses Ferry and Bridges Across\\ntlie St. Joseph River Post-Office and Postmasters Plats and Ad-\\nditions Village Incorporation City Orgiinization Union School\\nReligious Organizations Cemeteries Societies and Orders\\nWater-Works Fire Department Railroads Gas Company In-\\nsurance and Banking\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Manufacturing Interests The Niles Nur-\\nThe cause that led to the selection of the site of the\\nvillage (now the city) of Niles was the excellence of its\\nwater-power privileges but prior to that time settlers had\\nbeen attracted by the Carey Mission, and located near the\\nriver, east of the mission tract, for purposes of trade with\\nthe Indians. The route from Fort Wayne, Ind., was the\\nonly one in this section of country at that time, except the\\nIndian trails, and along this rude thoroughfare came the\\nadvance-guard of the host that in a few years filled this\\npart of the Territory. The first one who followed this\\ntrack was Squire Thompson, from Union Co., Ind., who\\ncame late in the fall of 1822, before the mission buildings\\nwere completed. He .spent a few days examining the\\ncountry, and returned to Indiana. In the spring of 1823\\nhe again came to the mission, and, after a few days survey,\\nmade choice of a location, and built a cabin on the bank\\nof the river. He cleared and planted several acres of land,\\nand returned for his family, consisting of his wife and four\\nchildren. They remained at the new home without neighbors\\nduring the winter, but early in the spring of 1824, William\\nKirk, an old acquaintance of his, emigrated from Indiana,\\nand lived for a time in the cabin with Thompson. After-\\nwards he erected a cabin on the bank of the river, on section\\n26, where John Comley now lives, near the depot. He\\nmoved West after a few years. Squire Thompson remained\\non his first location until 1826, when he removed to Pokagon\\nPrairie, and subsequently to California. His daughter\\nRachel was born in 1825.\\nDuring the summer of 1824, Baldwin Jenkins, from\\nOhio, visited Carey Mission, and selected a home on Poka-\\ngon Prairie, now in Cass County. He returned to Ohio,\\nand in the following spring Benjamin Potter and Nathan\\nYoung came with him. They cleared land, planted corn,\\nand remained. Benjamin Potter built a cabin and lived for\\na time on the bluff near Lacey s dam.\\nBy Austin N. Hungerford.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0167.jp2"}, "168": {"fulltext": "154\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nJohn Lybrook, in the fall of 1824, came and worked at\\nthe mission, and for Mr. Thompson during the winter, and\\nlocated where William B. Davis lives. He returned to\\nRichmond in the spring, and persuaded others to go back\\nwith him. In company with John Johnson and Joel Yard,\\nthey sot out on foot, carrying their packs containing clothes\\nand provisions. John Johnson settled on section 29, in\\nBerrien township, and cleared several acres of land and\\nplanted it to corn. The family remained at this place, and\\nDavid Johnson, a son, assisted in scoring the timber for\\nMr. Ford s dam in 1827-28. John Johnson was a shoe-\\nmaker, and was employed as such at the mission. The\\nfamily were also employed to take provisions to the mission\\non Grand River. The sons of Mr. Johnson are living in\\nthis section of country. Joel Yard settled on La Grange\\nPrairie.\\nIn the fiill of 1824, John Johnson, Sr., came and settled\\non the Berrien road, on section 15, in this township. Dur-\\ning the years 1825-26, emigrants were settling on the Poka-\\ngon prairie, attracted thither by the fertility of the soil.\\nIn the latter part of 1827, Eli Ford emigrated from Ohio,\\nand as the only mill in that region of country was the horse-\\npower mill used at the mission, he determined to utilize the\\nwater in the Dowagiac Creek. Finding a suitable location,\\nand getting the assistance of the neighbors in money and\\nlabor, he commenced building a dam upon the Dowagiac\\nCreek, at the place now occupied by the Cascade Mills of\\nBadger Barnard.\\nGarrett Shuerts emigrated in the spring or summer of\\n1828, and located on section 25, where M. B. Randall lives,\\nadd soon after his brothers, Isaac and Samuel, came in and\\nlived with him for a time. Isaac lived in a cabin on the\\nbank of the river near the gashouse. Samuel lived on the\\neast side of the creek from Dodge s machine-shop.\\nIn the spring of 1828, Eli Bunnell and Abram Tietsort\\nemigrated from Ohio, located in what is now Niles, and\\nbuilt cabins. They sold soon after to Walling Lacey.\\nDuring the summer of 1827, Ephraim and Elijah Lacey,\\nSamuel B. Walling, Isaac Gray, William Justus, and A.\\nThornberry came on a tour of discovery, to find a location\\naffording good water-power and advantages for founding a\\nsettlement. They followed the St. Joseph River, and on\\narriving at Elkhart found that the water-power at that place\\nwas occupied, and they kept on down the river until they\\narrived at the Dowagiac Creek. After an examination they\\ndecided to locate at this place. The land in this region on\\nthe east side of the river had been ceded to the United States\\nat Chicago in 1821, but was not surveyed and ready for\\nsale until 1829. In October, 1828, Obod P. Lacey, Samuel\\nB. Walling, and William Justus, with the families of the\\nlatter two, came to Niles. Walling bought the double log\\ncabin of Eli P. Bunnell, and moved into it with the stock\\nof goods which they had brought with them. William\\nJustus built a double log cabin on the north side of Main\\nStreet, near the river, about where Davis auction rooms\\nnow are. Mr. Justus was a carpenter. The first town\\nelection was held at his house, in 1829. He lived here sev-\\neral years, and finally moved to Rolling Prairie.\\nIn October, 1828, the books of the first mercantile busi-\\nness in Niles were opened, as follows\\nSt. Jo.sf.ph, Michigan Teuritorv, Oct. 27, 1828.\\nThe firm of Walling Lacey.\\nThe first entry was\\nS. B. Walling,\\nTo 1 pr. of Shoes, $1.75.\\nThe customers whose names appear on these books during\\nthe remainder of the year 1828 are as follows: Isaac\\nShuerts, Samuel Shuerts, Garrett Shuerts, Thomas Thomas,\\nWilliam Justus, Elias Ilolloway, Cavener Lawrence, Wil-\\nliam Emmons, William Kirk, Joseph Cruissman, Abram\\nTietsort, Jr., Wm. Huff,* John Lybrook, Jacob R. Claw-\\nson, Francis Barker, William Wright, and Joseph Sinierwell,\\nthe last named being the person in charge of the Carey\\nMission.\\nIn the following year the books of the firm commenced\\nwith the heading, Pog-wa-tigue, Jan. 1, 1829, and the\\ncustomers to August 1st of that year were Abram Tietsort,\\nAbram Lowks, Thomas Burk, Reef Snodgrass, Antoine\\nAntille, Chester D. Ball, Jacob Inglcwright, Thomas Ed-\\nwards, Joseph Bay, Mr. Adams, Levi Tietsort, Alexis\\nProvencilli, James Kavanagh, Jliss Lybrook, Fred Garver,\\nJohn Johnson, Thomas Kirk, Dr. James M. Martin, Joseph\\nBertrand, Ezra Beardsley, Eli Bunnell, James Gardner,\\nGeorge Crawford, Sear Adams, John Ritter, Henry Ly-\\nbrook, Isaac W. Dackett. July 13, 1829, Col. Alamanson\\nHuston purchased a stock of goods to the amount of $31.52,\\nsuch as is usually found in a peddler s stock. Alexis\\nCoquillard and Daniel AVilson appear July 29, 1829.\\nThomas K. Green s name appears in October, 1829 Mor-\\ngan Wilson, in May, 1830; Benoni Finch, T. Denniston,\\nTitus B. Willard, and Dr. E. Winslow, in June, 1831.\\nIsaac Gray, a native of Ireland, emigrated to this coun-\\ntry and settled iu Virginia, and, with Justus and the La-\\nceys, moved to Richmond, Ind. In the fall of 1828 he\\nmoved with his family to this place, and lived with Samuel\\nShuerts in his cabin, on the east side of the creek from\\nDodge s machine-shop, until his own dwelling could be fin-\\nished. This was a double house, two stories high, built\\nof hewn logs. In one side the family lived, in the other\\nthe store was kept. The family moved in on Dec. 31,\\n1828. The mails were distributed from Walling Lacey s\\nstore, Mr. Obed P. Lacey acting as postmaster. Early in\\n1830, Mr. Gray was appointed postmaster. While on a\\ntrip to Detroit, in October of that year, he contracted an\\nillness which resulted in his death. Samuel B. Walling\\ndied in the same year, and prior to the death of Mr. Gray.\\nThey were buried in the cemetery in the rear of the Presby-\\nterian church, where Ephraim Lacey, the father of Elijah,\\nDavid, and Obed P. Lacey, was buried about 1835. The\\nremains of Mr. Gray were afterwards removed to the City\\nCemetery. Mrs. Giay, after the death of her husband, re-\\nturned to Richmond, Ind., where .she lived about a year,\\nand then the fiimily returned to Niles. Miss Margaret\\nGray, a daughter, afterwards married Rufus W. Landon,\\nand William B. Gray is still living at Niles, having served\\nthe city at different times as supervisor and recorder.\\nEphraim Lacey, and his sons Elijah and David and\\ndaughter Asenath, removed to this place in April, 1829.\\nHotel keeper at St. .Joseph.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0168.jp2"}, "169": {"fulltext": "CITS OF NILES.\\n155\\nThey soon built a log house near Dowagiac Creek, a short\\ndistaace above the bridge.\\nThe lands in this vicinity were thrown upon the market\\nin 1829, the land-office then being at Monroe.\\nSamuel B. Walling, as agent of the Laceys, purchased\\n190 acres of land, including the water-power now owned\\nby Badger Barnard and the land along the Dowagiac\\nCreek, about half a mile above the present dam. He also\\npurcha.sed, as agent for Mr. Ju.stus, the land upon which\\nthe business portion of Niles now stands. Justus deeded\\nall that portion of land lying south of Main Street to Elijah\\nLacey, and Aug. 1, 1829, a village plat was laid out by Wil-\\nliam Justus, S. B. Walling, and Ephraim and Elijah La-\\ncey. The lots of Mr. Justus were on the north side of\\nMain Street, and Walling s and Laceys on the south side.\\nAdditions were made from time to time to this plat as the\\nvillage increased. Obed P. Lacey was for several years\\ntown clerk and supervisor, and member of the Legislature\\nin 1843. He was active in every movement that tended\\nto advance the interest of the community, and died in\\n1844. He left a widow and two daughters. Mrs Lacey\\nafterwards married Thomas Fitzgerald, and one of the\\ndaughters married T. G. Wickham. They still live in the\\ncity. Elijah Lacey was a delegate to the Constitutional\\nConvention of 1835, member of the Senate in 1840-41\\nand 18G1, and died in 1862. Of his children, Solon and\\nGranville are engaged in the coopering business David\\nand W. K. Lacey are owners of the Volant and Dacota\\nMills, in Niles.\\nEber Griswold and Rowland Clark came from Lockport,\\nN. Y., in the fall of 1830. Mr. Clark settled on section\\n23, whete Mrs. Brethschneider now lives. Mr. Griswold\\nbuilt a log house on Sycamore Street, in rear of the hard-\\nware-store of G. W. Piatt. They sent a team back to\\nDetroit after their families, who arrived about the 1st of\\nNovember, having been eight daj s on the road.\\nMr. Griswold started the first bakery, on the west side of\\nFront Street next below the Woodruff store. Mrs. Crocker,\\na daughter, and Edward Griswold, a son, are still living in\\nNiles.\\nIn 1829, David and Daniel Wilson, with their father,\\nemigrated from Ohio to Niles, and lived first in a log cabin\\non the farm afterwards sold to Rowland Clark. The next\\nspring they went up the river and started a tannery that\\nwas kept up for several years. David married Malvina\\nHuston in 1835, and after her death moved to Chicago.\\nDaniel soon moved to St. Joseph, and was captain of the\\nJIatilda Barney on her first trip on the river, in 1833.\\nHe afterwards removed to Calumet, 111. It is stated by\\nWm. B. Gray, who came in 1829, that when the settlers\\nbegan to cluster about this place, Joseph Bertrand, Jr., and\\nJob Brookfield lived .south of where the dam property now\\nis, on the east side of the river, in a double log house, with\\nseveral cabins or outhouses, a barn with a thatched r.oof,\\nunder the hill, and half a dozen old apple-trees about 15\\ninches in diameter on the place. These families cultivated\\nthe flat west of the road. Bertrand was the son of Joseph\\nBertrand, the old Indian trader, and Madeleine (Borasseau),\\na Po/krwaltamie woman, and was born at Pare aux Vaches,\\nthe old trading-post established by his father. The sup-\\nposed site of the old Catholic mission and Port Oola\\nwere near the place where Bertrand, Jr., and Brookfield\\nlived, and were said to have been located on the bluff.\\nCareful research, however, fails to give any proof of the\\nexistence of a fort here at any time.\\nMorgan Wilson emigrated from North Carolina to Ohio,\\nthence to Indiana, and in 1829 still farther West, to Niles,\\naccompanied by his wife and five children. He bought a\\nlot on the river bank, below Main Street. He was a tanner\\nby trade, and in the spring of 1830 erected a tannery, with\\n10 or 12 vats, about half a mile below his house. John\\nMarks, a colored man, had for a year or two lived here at\\nthis place, and tanned deer-skins. After Mr. Wilson came\\nhe worked with him six or eight years, then moved to Val-\\nparaiso, Ind. Mr. Wilson continued at this place until about\\n1843, when he retired from active business. His daughter,\\nwho married Charles Bond, is .still living in Niles. A son,\\nJoseph M., lives in Buchanan township.\\nThomas Denniston emigrated from Preble Co., Ohio, in\\nthe fall of 1830, when about twenty-seven years of age, with\\nhis wife and four children. He bought a lot on which he\\nbuilt a board shanty, where he lived for three weeks, until his\\nlog house was completed. He still lives on the spot he first\\nselected forty-nine years ago. He is a carpenter and cabi-\\nnet-maker by trade, and built a log shop on Front Street,\\nwhere he manufactured furniture. His wife, Mrs. Sarah\\nDenniston, was one of the members of the first class formed\\nhere by the Methodists, in 1832. He joined the church a\\nyear or two after, having been converted at a camp-meeting.\\nHe was a trustee of the village at one time.\\nCol. Alamanson Huston came from Madison Co., N. Y.,\\nto this State in 1828. He traded with the Indians, and\\nsold goods from Detroit to Chicago. He stopped for a short\\ntime at Beardsley s Prairie, afterwards Edwardsburg. At\\nthat time Beardsley kept a tavern there. In May, 1829,\\nhe came to Niles and bought of William Justus a log house\\nthat stood on the north side of Main Street, near the river,\\nand near the house of Isaac Gray. This log cabin was soon\\nfitted up for a tavern, and in the summer following a frame\\naddition was erected and used as a bar-room. Here the\\nfirst court was ordered to be held in Berrien County. Mr.\\nHuston, the year he came in, commenced running a stage\\nto Detroit. He was appointed colonel of militia, and was\\nprominent in the Sauk war of 1832. He afterwards re-\\nmoved to Texas.\\nIn the fall of 1830, Mr. Huston s father and mother and\\nhis brothers Thomas and Robert, with five sisters, jour-\\nneyed from Madison County to Niles, with a team, covered\\nwagon, and household goods, arriving at Col. Huston s\\ntavern on Sunday morning, September 30th, having been\\nthirty days on the road. Edwin and Angelina, a brother\\nand sister, left Madison County soon afterwards, came up\\nthe Erie Canal to Buffalo, thence to Detroit, and from that\\nplace came through on their brother s stage, arriving a few\\ndays before the party in the wagon. Two sisters remained\\nin Madison County, but they came to Niles in 1832.\\nThe family lived at the tavern during the winter, and in\\nthe spring of 1831 built a log hou.se on the site of the brick\\nblock now occupied as a marble-shop and meat-market.\\nThere they lived many years. In 1835, Thomas Huston", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0169.jp2"}, "170": {"fulltext": "156\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nhad charge of the ferry across the river, and ran it until\\nthe new bridge was completed. Malvina Huston, a sister\\nof Alamanson and Thomas, taught school in May, 1832,\\nand afterwards married David Wilson, who was a tanner,\\nand lived above the village. Angelina married Mr. Evarts.\\nShe is now living in Niles with Mr. David H. Freed.\\nThomas Huston is still living in Niles, on the west side.\\nJoshua Comley emigrated with his family from Ohio in\\n1832, and lived near the Ford mill, in which he worlced as\\nmiller. He moved soon after to near Lacey s mill. His\\nwife was one of the first members of the Methodist class\\nwhich was formed at their house. Mrs. A. La Pierre is\\nhis daughter. John Comley, a son, lives in the north part\\nof the village.\\nJohn Meek and family emigrated from Indiana in 1832,\\nand settled a short distance northeast from Niles. His\\nson, Richard E. Meek, became a Methodist minister, and\\npreached in this vicinity a number of years. He subse-\\nquently removed to Missouri.\\nHiram Chilson came to this place from Ohio, in Decem-\\nber, 1829, and built the house known as the Council\\nHouse. Col. Daniel Olds, from the same place, and an\\nacquaintance of Mr. Chilson, came in 1830, and purchased\\nan interest in the tavern. He was for several years con-\\nnected with the hotel interests of Niles. Mr. Chilson is\\nliving near the city with Mr. George Babcock.\\nCapt. Thomas K. Green was an active citizen of the\\nvillage in 1829, and in 1832 was a justice of the peace.\\nHe emigrated from New Hampshire, and built a store and\\natterwards a residence that eventually became the Old\\nDiggins. His son, Cogswell K. Green, was a lawyer, and\\nprominent in this section. He was a member of the Legis-\\nlature at the first session, in 1836. He married Nancy,\\nthe daughter of Col. Joshua Howard, of Dearborn. After\\nthe death of his wife he removed to New Hampshire, where\\nhe still lives.\\nTitus B. Willard came to Niles in 1830, and built a\\ndouble log house where Fowler s store now stands. He\\nwas one of the tavern-keepers of the early day, was justice\\nof the peace in 1834, and member of the Constitutional\\nConvention in 1835.\\nBenjamin, Moses, and Charles Finch emigrated from the\\nEast about 1830. Moses built a saw-mill at the mouth of\\nBertrand Creek in 1830, and Benjamin and Moses started\\nthe ferry in 1831. Charles commenced the Pavilion in\\n1831. Job Brookfield was here at this time, and was\\ninterested in the Pavilion and the ferry.\\nJacob Beeson emigrated from Pennsylvania in the winter\\nof 1829 to St. Joseph, where he opened a small store, but\\nsoon afterwards came to Niles, where he moved into a part\\nof the tavern of Col. Huston. He sold his goods rapidly,\\nand enlarged his stock. His brother Job came in the\\nfall of 1830, and in 1833 commenced a forwarding and\\ncommission business, in a warehouse erected by Jacob and\\nWilliam Beeson. He remained in business until his death,\\nin 1837. Jacob was engaged in the warehouse, and owned\\nlarge tracts of land. He dealt largely in pork, and in 1858\\nerected a large store. In 1859 he sold his interest at this\\nplace and removed to Detroit, whore he engaged in bank-\\ning. In 1865 he purchased 113 acres on the bank of the\\nriver at Niles, and built a fine residence. Upon the build-\\ning of the dam the Water-Power Company purchased the\\nfarm, and he again returned to Detroit.\\nWilliam B. Beeson arrived at Niles in 1831, and united\\nwith Dr. E. Winslow in the practice of medicine. He\\nafterwards went into partnership with his brother Jacob,\\nin the mercantile business, and remained until 1849, when\\nhe sold to Jacob and went to California. In 1853 he re-\\nturned and bought out the stock of Bacon Wheeler, and\\ncontinued in business at that place until his death, in 1872.\\nStrother Beeson, a brother of Jacob and William, came\\nhere about 1835, and practiced law until his death, in\\nDecember, 1878.\\nIn the spring of 1831, George W. Hoffman brought a\\nstock of goods from New York to St. Joseph, where they\\nwere landed early in June. He had heard of the business\\nadvantages of White Pigeon, and that was his destination.\\nAfter reaching St. Joseph he remained there for a time\\nstudying the advantages of different localities. On the 2d\\nof July, 1832, in company with Jacob Beeson and one or\\ntwo others, he came to Niles on foot through the woods,\\nfollowing a blazed path. On the 3d of July he took the\\nstage and went to White Pigeon, from which place he re-\\nturned to St. Joseph, having decided to locate in Niles.\\nA few weeks later he was joined by his brother, Henry B.\\nHoffman, who was living in Mackinac, where he had a\\nstore. They removed their goods to Niles, and bought of\\nGeorge Fosdick the corner where Mr. Beeson afterwards\\nbuilt the brick store. In the vicinity they purchased prop-\\nerty known as Hoffman s addition to Niles. Henry B.\\nHoffman remained in Niles until 1853, when he removed\\nto Davenport, Iowa, where he still resides. George W.\\nHoffman removed to Detroit in 1857, having lived in Niics\\ntwenty five years. He was a volunteer in the Black Hawk\\nwar, and moved with the troops to Chicago, where they re-\\nmained until the arrival of the regulars under Maj. Whistler.\\nThese were soon followed by troops under Gen. Scott, who\\nbrought the cholera with them, which was more dreaded\\nthan the Indians. Mr. Hoffman is still living at Detroit.\\nMaj. William Hoffman, father of George W. and Henry\\nB., participated in the Florida war as major of the 6th\\nUnited States Infantry. In 1839 he cames to Niles on a\\nsix months leave of absence, and his family lived at Niles\\nat different times while he was in Florida and in Mexico.\\nHe died at Corpus Christi. At the time of his death he was\\nlieutenant-colonel of the 7th United States Infantry, pre-\\nviously commanded by Col. Zachary Taylor. The youngest\\nsou, Satterlee, was in the army, and was killed at Churu-\\nbusco, Mexico, while serving under Gen. Scott. Lieut.-\\nCol. William Hoffman, his wife, and Satterlee, the son,\\nwho was killed in Mexico, arc all buried in the Silver Brook\\nCemetery at Niles.\\nJohn G. Bond, a native of Keene, N. H., commenced\\nactive life as a merchant at that place, but removed to Roch-\\nester, N. Y., in 1815, and was one of the founders of Lock-\\nport. While residing there he was appointed one of the\\njudges of Niagara County. In July, 1834, he emigrated\\nto Niles, with his family, where his sons, George N. and\\nHenry, bought property that is known as Bond s addition\\nto Niles.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0170.jp2"}, "171": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0171.jp2"}, "172": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0172.jp2"}, "173": {"fulltext": "CITY OF NILES.\\n157\\nRufus W. Landon came to Niles in 1834, and was em-\\nployed as a clerk in the warehouse of Wheeler Porter,\\nwho were carrying on an extensive business. In 1838 he\\nwas appointed postmaster, having previously acted as dep-\\nuty. He married Margaret, daughter of Isaac Gray. In\\n1 842 he was elected county treasurer of Berrien County,\\nand held the position till 1852. He represented this dis-\\ntrict as senator in 1863, and has served as mayor of the\\ncity four terms.\\nJames L. Glenn came from Philadelphia, Pa., to Niles\\nin 1835, and bought a farm about three miles north, and\\nanother on Beardsley Prairie twelve miles southeast. He\\nlived at the latter place twelve years. He was sheriff of\\nCass County and member of the Legislature. He was by\\nprofession a civil engineer, and in 1847 surveyed and laid\\nout the city of Lansing, and in 1852 was appointed as-\\nsistant superintendent of the Sault Ste. Marie Canal. Upon\\nthe death of the superintendent he succeeded to that po-\\nsition, and retained it about three years, at the end of which\\ntime he returned to Niles. In 1858 he laid out the ceme-\\nteries at Ann Arborand Ypsilanti. He built the Episcopal\\nchurch in Niles, and, with Mr. Paine, was vestryman of\\nthat church for several years. He died in 1875.\\nDr. Erasmus Winslow emigrated to Niles in the spring\\nof 1831, and commenced practice. He went into partner-\\nship with William B. Beeson, who soon retired from the\\npractice of his profession. He remained here until about\\n1840, when he removed to Peoria, 111., and died there.\\nDr. James Lewis emigrated from Vermont to Palmyra,\\nN. Y., where he studied medicine. He then practiced\\ntwelve years at Henrietta, Monroe Co., N. Y., and in 1835,\\nat the age of forty-one years, came to Niles and purchased\\nof Hiram Chilson, for $800, a lot, occupied at that time by\\na small frame building on the northeast corner. The front\\nof this building he used for a drug-store, the rear for his\\nresidence. A blacksmith-shop, kept by Mr. I. Showdy,\\nstood on the corner of Main and Second Streets. The lot\\nwhich he purchased of Chilson is the same on which his\\nresidence and the Arcade building now stand. In 1839\\nthe Arcade building was erected, of brick made from the\\nKood Swamp. The next year he sold his drug-store to J.\\nC. Larimore, and in 184C again opened a drug-store in the\\nArcacje, and continued until 1857, since which time he has\\nretired from active business. He was elected president of\\nthe village March 28, 1838, and resigned in May of that\\nyear.\\nEodney C. Paine, born in New Milford, Litchfield Co.,\\nConn., in 1806, removed with his parents to Auburn, N. Y.\\nWhen about seventeen years of age he left home and\\npassed several years in Auburn, Utica, and Albany, and\\nwhen about thirty years of age removed from the latter\\ncity to Michigan, and in 1836 came to St. Joseph, where\\nhe was placed in charge of the branch of the Farmers and\\nMechanics Bank. In 1842 he removed to Niles, where\\nhe established an agency of that bank. He afterwards\\ncontinued a private bank until his death, which occurred\\nin 1862. He was interested in the Episcopal Church in\\nNiles, and one of its vestrymen. He represented the dis-\\ntrict as State Senator in 1855. He was treasurer of the\\ncounty in 1836, and was interested in every work that\\ntended to build up the city. He was director of the Union\\nSchool when the union building was erected. In 1836 he\\nmarried JMiss INIary Wells, of Utica, sister of Mrs. Profes-\\nsor Douglas, of Ann Arbor. He had ten children, but two\\nof whom are living, viz., John W. Paine, who lives at\\nNiles, and Frederick W. Paine, cashier of the firm of Sim-\\nmons Fletcher, of Grand Rapids.\\nStilhnan Richardson was born in Nelson, Cheshire Co.,\\nN. H., in 1805. While yet a lad his parents remced to\\nnear Bo.ston, in which city liis boyhood was spent. After-\\nwards the family removed to Cortland Co., N. Y., where\\nhe completed his education and studied medicine. In May,\\n1835, he married, and in 1836 removed to Niles, where he\\nat once conmienceJ practice. He possessed a solid but by\\nno means polished education, with a crisp, brusque form of\\nspeech, a contemptuous disregard of unmeaning compli-\\nments scorning to receive as well as bestow flattery, he\\nfought his way steadily onward and upward until ere long\\nhe had become, by common consent of both the profession\\nand the community, the foremost practitioner of this region.\\nThis is the language of an obituary notice published soon\\nafter his death, which occurred at Niles, in March, 1875.\\nDr. Richardson was opposed to all shams in society, church,\\nor politics. With no political aspirations, he was an earnest\\npolitician. An ardent friend of temperance, he was some-\\ntimes extreme in his language and measures, denouncing\\nfriend and foe alike if they opposed a principle of which he\\nwas the champion. This made him many enemies among\\ntho.se who admired his pluck and ability, and prevented his\\ntaking his place as a leader among men.\\nMoses Davis, when about 20 years of age, came from\\nLafayette, Ind., on foot and alone, and reached Niles in\\nAugust, 1834. He stopped a short time with a farmer,\\nabout a mile north on a cross-road. In the fall of that\\nyear he came into the village and commenced the manu-\\nfacture of pumps, which he continued till about 1873.\\nThe first job he did afier he located in the village was\\nboring the columns that were being erected in front of\\nJacob Beeson s residence, now Mr. Reinhart s. Mr. Davis\\nhas lived in Niles to the present time, and resides on the\\nwest side of the river. His son, M. E. Davis, is a heavy\\nmanufacturer of straw goods in Toledo.\\nAlfred Johnson emigrated from Vermont in June, 1834.\\nHe came on foot to Niles, and commenced work with Jacob\\nand Job Beeson in their store. He remained here about\\nthree years, and was elected a trustee in March, 1838. He\\nis now living in Niles, where his son, Charles A., is cashier\\nof the First National Bank.\\nCharles Jewett, with his wife, emigrated from Vermont\\nto Niles in 1836. At that time there were but three per-\\nsons located on the west side of the river, viz. David Van-\\nderhoof, about four and one-half miles on the Chicago road;\\nSamuel Street, one mile and three-quarters west on the\\nsame road and a Mr. Ogden, about three-quarters of a\\nmile out from the village. Mr. Jewett was admitted to the\\nbar at Cassopolis (having studied law at Middlebury, Vt.),\\nand opened an office on Front Street, in a building now\\nowned by E. J. Sampson. He afterwards removed to the\\nArcade building, which he occupied for sixteen years. He\\nwas appoiuted prosecuting attorney in 1837, was elected", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0173.jp2"}, "174": {"fulltext": "158\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\ncounty judge in ISiS, and was justice of the peace from\\n1841 to 18-19. lie is still living. Erwin S., a son, is\\nticket and freight agent of the Missouri Pacific, at Kan-\\nsas City. Edward S., another son, is a farmer at Emporia,\\nKansas.\\nNathaniel Bacon, a native of Saratoga Co., N. Y., and a\\ngraduate of Union College, New York, emigrated in 1833\\nto this place and engaged actively in his profession. In\\n1855 he was elected judge of the .second judicial circuit,\\nto fill a vacancy in 1857 was elected for the full term of\\nsix years; in 1866 was elected to fill a vacancy; and in\\n1869 was elected for the full term of six years. He died\\nJuly 9, 1869, at the age of sixty-seven years.\\nDr. Talman Wheeler, Lucius Hoyt, and Nelson Loudon\\ncame to Niles in 1832. Dr. Wheeler built the first ware-\\nhouse, at the foot of Sycamore Street, on the bank of the\\nriver. Mr. B. C. Hoyt was interested in the warehouse and\\ncommission business, and during the same year Nelson\\nLoadon built the first foundry, between Front and Water\\nStreets, on Sycamore Street. Mr. Loudon afterwards kept\\nthe Pavilion.\\nJames C. Larimore emigrated from Steubenville, Ohio,\\nin 1834, with his wife and two children, and bought the\\ndry-goods store of Alex. J. McDowell, near the Old\\nDiggins. He soon erected a building on the southwest\\ncorner of Main and Front Street, where he continued in\\nbusiness until 1838, when he purchased the drug-store of\\nDr. James Lewis, and removed the store below his present\\none. In 1840 he purchased the present corner, and the\\nstore was kept in the old building until 1859. The present\\nblock was erected in 1860. Mr. Larimore was postmaster\\nfrom 1840-44. He has been connected with the banking\\nbusiness in Niles since 1870, when he was chosen vice-\\npresident of the First National Bank, and in October, 1871,\\nwas chosen president of the Citizens National Bank, which\\nposition he still holds. He was chosen ruling elder of the\\nPresbyterian Church in 1855, and has filled that oSice\\nto the pre.sent time.\\nVincent L. Bradford emigrated from Philadelphia in\\n1835. He was a thorough scholar, and had a profound\\nknowledge of the law. He immediately took rank as the\\nforemost lawyer in the western part of the State, and prac-\\nticed law in Niles till 1843. He then returned to Phila-\\ndelphia, where he still lives, and stands at the head of the\\nbar in that city. He was a member of the Senate in this\\nState at the third session of that body, in 1838-39.\\nMaj. William Graves came to Niles from Detroit June\\n19, 1835, in charge of two hundred miles of Overton\\nCo. s stage line. He was Secretary of State of Michigan\\nin 1853-54, and was the first general superintendent of\\ntwo thousand miles of the Overland Stage Company, from\\na point on the Missouri Pacific to California, in 1859. He\\nwas general agent at Chicago of the Michigan Southern\\nand Northern Indiana Railroad in 1854, and is now city\\ntreasurer of Niles. His son. Col. Frank Graves, was in\\ncommand of the 8th Michigan Cavalry, was with Gen. T.\\nW. Sherman in the South Carolina expedition, and was\\nkilled at the battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864. His\\ndaughter married Gen. Henry A. Morrow, who is now in\\ncommand of tlx! 21.st United States Infantry, and stationed\\nat Fort Vancouver, W. T. He was judge of Recorder s\\nCourt at Detroit he raised the 24th Michigan Volunteers\\nin thirty days, and commanded that regiment during its\\nterm of service.\\nDr. J. W. Finley emigrated to Niles, with his wife and\\ntwo children, in 1835, and commenced the practice of medi-\\ncine, having previously practiced five years in Chillicothe\\nand filled the chair of chemistry and natural history in\\nDickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., from 1828 to 1830. He\\nbuilt the house on the corner of Third and Sycamore\\nStreets, now occupied by Dr. A. J. Mead, where he lived\\ntwenty years. In 1855 he removed to Pittsburgh, on\\naccount of the ill-health of his wife. Under the direction\\nof the United States Sanitary Commission, he was in the\\narmy three years, and in 1864 he returned to Niles and\\nresumed practice. He purchased Oak-Openings, a place\\nof about five acres, where he still lives. In 1870 he opened\\na drug-store in this city. He has three children living,\\nviz.: S. M. Finley, who is with him in the drug-store;\\nTheodore Finley, editor of the Colorado Independent, at\\nAlamo, Col. and a daughter, living at home.\\nThomas Fitzgerald, a native of Herkimer Co., N. Y., emi-\\ngrated to Indiana was a member of the Legislature of that\\nState in 1828, and in 1832 was appointed keeper of the\\nlighthouse at the mouth of the St. Joseph River, where\\nhe removed with his family in June of that year. He was\\nappointed regent of the university in 1837, bank commis-\\nsioner in 1838, and was appointed United States senator, to\\nfill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Gen. Ca.ss, in\\n1848. After the death of his first wife he married Mrs.\\nLucy Laeey, widow of Obed P. Lacey, of Niles. Upon\\nhis retirement from public life he removed to Niles, and\\nlived there until his death, which occurred in 1855, at the\\nage of fifty-nine years. He was probate judge of Berrien\\nCounty at the time of his death. He had four children\\nby his first wife one only survives, Ilo lney Fitzgerald, a\\nlawyer, living at Muscatine, Iowa. Jerome B. Fitzgerald,\\na son, was a lawyer at Niles for several years.\\nWilliam G. Person, a native of Massachu.setts, emigrated to\\nNiles in October, 1836. In the spring of 1837 he went to\\nNew York and purchased goods, which he sold to merchants\\nin Niles. In 1838 he went into partnership with Bacon\\nWheeler, on the corner of Slain and Second Streets.^ Mr.\\nPerson was connected with the business interests of Niles\\nuntil 1870, and is now living in the city.\\nEAIILY T.WERNS.\\nCol. Alamanson Huston, who came to Niles in 1829,\\nbought a log house of Mr. Justus, near where Mr. Gray\\nlived, on the north side of Main Street, and this he soon\\nfitted up for a tavern. In the spring of 1830 a frame addi-\\ntion was built on, and on the 4th of July of that year the\\npatriotic citizens gathered in front of the tavern and erected\\na liberty-pole. The Declaration of Independence was read\\nby Col. Edwards, of Edwardsburg, and dinner was served\\nin the open air near the tavern. This tavern was kept by\\nCol. Huston till after the Sauk war, in 1832. The building\\nwas afterwards bought by Talman Wheeler, and used as a\\nstore and dwelling.\\nIll I8. !(l, Hiram Chilson bulh a frame house on the ground", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0174.jp2"}, "175": {"fulltext": "CITY OF NILES.\\n159\\nnow occupied by George W. Piatt s stores, between Front\\nand Second Streets. After its erection Col. Daniel Olds\\nbought a half-interest in the building, and it was kept as a\\ntavern by Titus B. Willard, in 1833, and afterwards by Col.\\nDaniel Olds, and in 1836 was opened as a dry-goods-,\\ngrocery-, and hardware-store by Symnies Colton, after-\\nwards as a saloon by one Wolcott, and it was then .sold to\\nMr. Piatt, by whom the property is still owned. This was\\nthe old Council House, so well known to the old citizens.\\nThomas K. Green, in the spring of 1830, built a small\\nhouse on Main Street below Front, where he lived and\\nkept a store. In the fall of 1830 he erected a large frame\\nhouse inclosing the small one, and still kept the store in\\nthe southwest corner, using the remainder for a dwelling.\\nIt was at that time the largest hou.se in the village. A\\nlittle later he rented it to Pardon Wilder, who kept it as a\\ntavern, and it was known as the Old Diggins. The old\\nstore part was used as a bar-room. Here in 1832 wei-e the\\nheadquarters of the officers that commanded the troops in\\nthe Sauk war. After Mr. Green s death, his daughter, Mrs.\\nDickson, sold the property to Solomon Waterman, by whom\\nit was kept for a time. It was also kept by M. Crofoot\\nand others. It was finally torn down in 1864, and replaced\\nin 1868 by tlic Reading Hou.se.\\nThe Pavilion was commenced by Charles Finch in\\n1831, where Montague s hardware-store now is, and subse-\\nquently sold to Job Brookfield. It was unfinished in 1832\\nwhen the troops gathered in at this settlement, and they\\nused this building and the house on Main Street, now be-\\nlonging to A. W. Piatt, for barracks. In 1834 it was kept\\nby Col. Daniel Olds, was afterwards enlarged and improved,\\nand kept successively by H. Vanderlip in 1844, S. S. Gay-\\nlord in 1849-50, J. and H. S. Compton in 1850-51, Henry\\nGebhart in 1856, later by Caleb Sepple and others, and\\nfinally, in 18G4, was purchased by B. Frankenburg and\\ntorn down, and stores were built on the site.\\nThe American Hotel was built by Nathaniel Bacon in\\n1835. It was the first brick building in the village, and\\nthe largest building in Niles at that time.\\nThe Niles Exchange was built in the summer of 1837,\\nand occupied in the following December by Graves Davis.\\nIt was destroyed by fire in 1842, and succeeded by the bank-\\ning-house of 11. C. Paine.\\nThe earliest settlers at Niles had no means of crossing\\nthe St. Joseph River with teams except by fording. The\\nfording-place was at the foot of Blain Street, from Isaac\\nGray s house to where the large cottonwood-tree now stands\\non the west bank of the river, above the Broadway bridge.\\nFoot passengers crossed in canoes. On the 2d day of JMarch,\\n1831, an act was passed by the Legislative Council to estab-\\nlish a ferry across the St. Joseph River, and empowering\\nthe justices of the court to grant a license to Bcnoni Finch\\nand Moses Finch to keep a ferry at the village of Niles not\\nless than five nor more than ten years. The justices were to\\ndetermine the hours of crossing and to alter and fix rates.\\nNo other ferry was allowed to be established within one\\nmile.\\nIn accordance with this act a ferry-boat was built and\\nlaunched in the .summer of 1831. There was great hilarity\\nupon this occasion, and whi.sky circulated freely. It was\\nsufficiently large for two teams, and was poled across the\\nstream. The crossing was made from the flat above where\\nthe Broadway bridge now is.\\nThe ferry was run by the Finch s as a toll ferry for\\nthree years, when a subscription was raised by the people\\nfrom far and near to make it a free ferry. A sufficient\\namount was raised to accomplish this result, and Thomas\\nHuston was employed to run it, which he did until the\\ncompletion of the Broadway bridge, in December, 1836.\\nIn the last trip the boat made she was stove by the ice and\\nruined.\\nTHE BROADWAY BRIDGE.\\nOn the 26th of March, 1835, a charter was granted to\\nObed P. Lacey, Jacob Beeson, Erasmus Winslow, Elijah\\nLacey, S. White, Cogswell K. Green, Jasper Mason, and\\nJob Brookfield, as a company, on whom was conferred the\\npower to build and support a toll-bridge across the St. Jo-\\nseph River at Niles the bridge to be not le.ss than 10 feet\\nwide, with stout railings on either side, and to be completed\\non or before July 1, 1837, under penalty of forfeiture of\\ncharter.\\nDuring the summer and fall of that year (1835) there\\nwere warm discussions among the people as to the propriety\\nof building a toll bridge, and the opinion was generally ex-\\npressed that none other than a free bridge should be built.\\nUpon this a subscription paper was circulated to raise funds\\nfor the purpose, and this resulted in the raising of a sum\\nsufficient to construct a bridge which should remain free.\\nA committee, composed of Elijah Lacey, Erasmus Winslow,\\nAustin Stocking, Zebulon Mason, and Obed P. Lacey, was\\nappointed to take charge of the funds raised ($2500), to\\nprocure a change of charter, so as to allow the building of\\na free bridge, and contrast for the construction of the bridge.\\nOn the 21st of March, 183G, a free-bridge charter was\\nobtained, and under supervision of the gentlemen above\\nnamed the bridge was built during the succeeding summer\\nand autumn. It was completed and opened for travel in\\nDecember, 1836, and the first team was driven across it\\nby Moses Davis. The wooden bridge at this point is still\\nin use, and accommodates a large amount of travel.\\nBRIDGE AT MAIN STREET.\\nOn the 8th of December, 1835 (only three days after a\\nsimilar meeting had been held, and a committee appointed\\nto secure the erection of a free bridge across the river\\nat Broadway), a public meeting was lield at Col. Olds\\npublic-house, the Pavilion, at Niles, by which meeting\\nit was Resolved, That the business, growth, and general\\nprosperity of the town requires the immediate construction\\nof a free bridge over the St. Joseph River at the foot of\\nMain Street. Henry B. Hoffman, Jacob Beeson, J. K.\\nFinley, Daniel Olds, Vincent L. Bradford, J. C. Larimore,\\nand Nathaniel Bacon were appointed a committee to collect\\nsubscriptions, advertise for proposals, and let the contract.\\nTen years, however, elapsed before the object in view was\\naccomplished but on the 24th of May, 1845, the contract\\nfor building it was let to Henry J. Holmes, and the bridge\\nwas built and completed in December of that year, at an", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0175.jp2"}, "176": {"fulltext": "160\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nexpense of about $2000. This bridge was partially carried\\naway by a flood in tlie year 1850, and was repaired by the\\nMessrs. Comley, on contract, the work being completed\\nJuly 12, 1851.\\nThe second bridge at this place was built in 1854. In\\nthe Niles Rcpnhlican of August 12th, in that year, is found\\nthe following mention of the work The Central Com-\\npany have commenced the erection of a new bridge across\\nthe river at this place, a few feet above the old one. The\\nbridge was completed soon after, at a cost of about $3000.\\nThe present iron structure was erected in 18()8. City\\nbonds were issued for 332,000, the cost of the bridge. It\\nwas completed and accepted by the Board of Aldermen\\nJan. 4, 1869.\\nPOST-OFFICE AND POSTMASTERS.\\nIn 1828 the mail was carried from Chicago to Fort\\nWayne by Lieut. David Hunter (a major-general in the war\\nof the Rebellion), on horseback, guarded by two soldiers\\nwith muskets, on foot.\\nThe first white settlement from Chicago on the road to\\nFort Wayne was the Carey Mission the next was Rous-\\nseau s trading-post, about four miles southeast from Elkhart.\\nIn the fall of 1828 several families had settled at what is\\nnow Niles, and Obed P. Lacey was appointed as acting\\npostmaster the office was kept in Mr. Walling s house,\\nwhere Mr. Hunstable s boot- and shoe-store now stands.\\nThe settlement was then called Pog-wa-tigue (running\\nwater). The mail was carried to Chicago that fall and\\nwinter by two soldiers, on foot.\\nIsaac Gray was appointed postmaster at Niles in the\\nspring of 1830, receiving the first regular commission.\\nThe office was kept in his house, situated on the east bank\\nof the St. Jo.seph River. The ground is now occupied by\\nthe lumber-yard of Mr. Tuttle. The ford started from\\nnear his house and ran diagonally across the river to the\\ncottonwood-tree, as before mentioned. Mr. Gray died\\nduring the year and Mrs. Gray kept the office until the ap-\\npointment of Obed P. Lacey, in 1831, who kept the office\\nat the store. This year Harmon Griswold carried the mail\\nfrom Niles to Chicago, on hoi seback, once a week. There\\nwas at that time but one house. The only house on the\\nroute at that time was near Calumet River, and owned by\\na Frenchman.\\nIn 1832, during the summer, Thomas Huston carried\\nthe mail from Niles to St. Joseph (being hired by Mr.\\nBritain, of St. Joseph, who had the mail contract), some-\\ntimes on foot and sometimes on horseback. It was carried\\nin hat, pocket, or mail-bag, according to circumstances.\\nThe route from Niles to Berrien was through a road that\\nwas not passable for a wagon from Berrien to St. Joseph\\nthe route was simply an Indian trail.\\nMr. Lacey held the office of postmaster for two years,\\nand was succeeded by Titus B. Wiilard in 1833. Mr.\\nWillard lived in a double log house where Fowler s store\\nnow stands. The office was kept part of the time in the\\n(Jouncil House, of which he was proprietor. This tavern\\nwas situated on the north side of Main Street between\\nFront and Second, on the spot now occupied by Piatt s\\nstores.\\nIn 1835, Cogswell K. Green was appointed postmaster.\\nUnder his administration the office was kept where is now\\nthe American block.\\nIn 1836, Zebulon P. Mason succeeded Mr. Green, and\\nremoved the office to his store, which is known as Beeson s\\nCorner. He was succeeded by Gen. Edwin N. Bridges,\\nand the office was kept in a building that stood east of tha\\nexpress-office. Mr. Bridges was a retired merchant from\\nPhiladelphia. Rufus W. Landon was a deputy, and suc-\\nceeded him in October, 1838. The office was continued\\nin the same place for a time, and then removed to a build-\\ning below Peak Hall. He continued in office four years,\\nand was succeeded as follows 1841, J. C. Lariraore 1845,\\nS. W. B. Chester; 1849, Noah Brookfield 1851, George\\nGoodman; 1853, William H. McOmber 1861, Francis\\nQuinn; 1863, Harvey Palmer; 1866, William J. Edwards;\\n1867, Harvey Palmer; 1869, Edward S. Jewett; 1873,\\nEvan J. Bonine, who is the present postmaster.\\nVILLAGE PLAT AND ADDITIONS.\\nBefore this territory became the township of Niles, a\\nplat was laid out where a part of the city now stands and\\nrecorded as the plat of the village of Niles. The southwest\\nfractional quarter of section 26, township 7 south, of range\\n17 west, on the northeast bank of St. Joseph River, was\\nlaid off into lots, streets, and alleys by William Justus, S.\\nB. Walling, Ephraim and Elijah Lacey. The lots owned\\nby William Justus were on the north side of Main Street.\\nAll on the south side were owned by Samuel B. Walling,\\nEphraim Lacey, and Elijah Lacey, trading under the name\\nof Walling Lacey.\\nThe plat and description was signed by William Justus\\nand by Samuel B. Walling, on behalf of Walling Lacey,\\non the first day of August, 1829, before Ezra Beardsley,\\njustice of the peace, and was registered in liber A, folios\\n134 and 135, records of Lenawee County, Saturday, Aug.\\n29, 1829.\\nAn addition was made by William Justus, Aug. 6, 1831,\\nof land adjoining that already platted by him on the south\\nside of the street.\\nAn addition was made by Elijah Lacey on the 19th\\nday of April, 1832, in which the .square marked Grave-\\nYard was given by the proprietor to the public for that\\nspecial purpose. Also lots Nos. 53, 54, and 72 were ap-\\npropriated to the exclusive use of any denomination of\\nChristians that may first erect meeting-houses thereon.\\nThe grave-yard here mentioned is on the rear of the Pres-\\nbyterian church, and Mr. Lacey was buried there. The\\nlots spoken of are now occupied by the Presbyterian and\\nEpiscopal churches.\\nLater additions to the village have been made as fol-\\nlows By H. B. G. W. Hoffman, March 19, 1834;\\nC. K. Green, H. B. G. W. Hoffman, April 28, 1834;\\nObed P. Lacey, Nov, 28, 1834; H. B. Hoffman, March\\n16, 1836; G. W. Hoffman (subdivision of Justus addi-\\ntion), April 13, 1836; G. W. Charies Bond, May 30,\\n1836; A. J. Dunbar, May 19, 1836; Obed P. Lacey*\\nIn this addition a public square 16 rods square was laid out, that\\nwas afterwards given to the railroad company (in 1848), and now oc-\\ncupied by the passenger depot.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0176.jp2"}, "177": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a04? =S\u00c2\u00bb^,j^ is\u00c2\u00bb^\\n1 -iifj^^\\nr- Jfef\\niritJYM\\nof\\nProperty of M/ij. LA U U N CAN W irs Mi Ch i gau", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0177.jp2"}, "178": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0178.jp2"}, "179": {"fulltext": "CITY OF NILES.\\n161\\n(Wilson s farm), June 18, 1836; Biowu addition\\nincluding Dunbar June 28, 1836; Jacob Beesou, Aug. 1,\\n1838; J. B. Reddick (subdivision, Justus addition), pJune\\n13, 1840 Jacob Bceson (second addition), Aug. 24, 1841\\nObed P. Lacey (West Niles), Nov. 28, 1842 J. Brook-\\nfield and Nathaniel Bacon (West Niles), Dec. 1, 1846;\\n11. P. Barker (subdivision of HoflFuian), Feb. 22, 1849\\n11. P. Barker, April 28, 1849; G. W. Bond (addition to\\nburying-ground), Aug. 20, 1850 S. M. Beesou (subdivi-\\nsion of O. P. Lacey s, West Niles), Aug. 18, 1857 Moore\\nReddick, Feb. 8, 1858; S. Moore, Feb. 8, 1858; S.\\nMoore (second), Dec. 24, 1858 J. Beesou (subdivision of\\nJustus addition), May 2, 1859 P]. McUvaine (subdivision\\nof Green Hoffman), March 15, 1859 D. 0. Woodruff\\n(West Niles), Aug. 18, 1864 William Bort (West Niles),\\nSept. 8, 1864; Moses Davis (West Niles), Aug. 17, 1865.\\nVILLAGE INCORPORATION.\\nThe act incorporating the village of Niles was approved\\nFeb. 12, 1835; the territory included in the corporation\\nto be as represented in a plat recorded in the register s of-\\nfice, which plat bears date Aug. 1, 1829, and to be desig-\\nnated as a town corporate, by the name of the village of\\nNiles the first election to be held on the first Monday\\nin March, 1835, and annually thereafter on the first Mon-\\nday in March in each year the ofiBcers of the village to\\nbe a president, recorder, and six trustees, who were to be\\ndesignated by the name and style of The Town Council\\nof the Town of Niles.\\nThe records of the village from 1835 to 1838 are not in\\nthe recorder s oflSce, but in the Niles Gazette and Adver-\\ntiser, bearing date Feb. 27, 1836, occurs this oflacial notice\\nA meeling of the electors of the village of Nile.* will be held at\\nthe Pavilion on the first Monday in March ne.\\\\t, for the purpose of\\nelecting corporation officers for the year ensuing.\\nJasper Mason, Recorder.-\\nNo notice of the election or corporation proceedings are\\nin the papers of the day from that date until March 29,\\n1838, when there is given the result of an election held\\nMarch 28th, of the same year, as follows\\nFOE PRESIDENT.\\nDemocrat, Whig.\\nJames Lewis 84 Parmenos Collins 71\\nFOE RECOEDER.\\nChauncey 0. Britt 85 William B. Beeson 73\\nTRUSTEES.\\nSimeon Berrv 91 Timothy Symmes 70\\nObed P. Lacey 88 Theo. II. Nevin 5-4\\nAlfred W.Johnson 10.3 Uriel Enos 75\\nZobulon P. Mason S. J William Dougan 66\\nRoyal T. Trombly 85 Thomas Denniston 72\\nParker Howlett 78 Jacob Messenger 65\\nFrom some oversight this election was illegal, and in an\\namendment to the charter, adopted April 5th of that year,\\nthe action of this meeting was legalized, and the acts of the\\nofiicers then elected declared legal.\\nA new election was ordered, and was held May 28, 1838,\\nat the house of D. Gephart, where the following officers\\nwere elected\\nPresident, E. Winslow Recorder, Theodore H. Nevin\\nTreasurer, R. K. Gibson Trustees, Uriel Enos, Theodore\\n21\\nTerritorial Laws of Michigan, vol. iii. p. 1363.\\nN. Warren, Jacob K. Brown, David Kirk, Alfred W.\\nJohnson, and Charles Jewett.\\nThe presidents and recorders of the village from that\\ndate until the charter of the city was obtained have been\\nas follows\\nPEESIDENTS.\\n1839, Erasmus Winslow; 1840, Jacob Beeson; 1841, William B.\\nBeeson; 1842, George fioodman; 1843, John K. Finley 1844,\\nCogswell K. Green 1845, William Graves; 184G, Jasper Mason;\\n1847, Andrew J. Clark; 1848-54, Rodney C, Paine; 1853, John\\nK. Finley: 1856-58, Elijah Lacey.\\nRECOEDERS.\\n1839-42, George W. Hoffman; 1843-44, James Brown; 1845, Theo-\\ndore Fowler; 1846, David Aitken 1847, George S, Babcock;\\n1848, George W. Hoffman; 1849, Levi B. Taft; 1850, William\\nH. Jones: 1851, George W. Hoffman; 1852-53, Thomas Fitz-\\ngerald; 1834, Theodore Fowler; 1835, Thomas T. Glenn; 1856\\n-58, Rufus W. Landon.\\nCITY ORGANIZATION.\\nThe city charter of Niles was granted Feb. 12, 1859.\\nThe city at that time was divided into four wards as fol-\\nlows\\nFirst Ward, from Sycamore Street north to the corpora-\\ntion line.\\nSecond Ward, from Sycamore Street to Broadway.\\nThird Ward, from Broadway south to the corporation\\nline.\\nFourth Ward, all that portion of land belonging to\\nthe corporation lying west of the river, and known as West\\nNiles.\\nFollowing is a list of the mayors, recorders, and treas-\\nurers of Niles, from the organization to the present time,\\nviz.\\nMAYOES.\\n1859, Elijah Lacey; 1860-62, Rufus W. Landon; 186.3, Henry\\nM. Dean; 1864, A. S. Howard; 1863, Rufus W. Landon; 1866,\\nEvan J. Bonine; 1867, Jacob Geltmacher; 1868, Evan J. Bonine;\\n1869-72, Franklin Muzzy 1873, Rodney C. Paine 1874, Solomon\\nG. Krick; 187, )-76, William Graves; 1877, Royal T. Trombly;\\n1878, George W. Piatt; 1879, Solomon G. Krick.\\nRECOEDERS.\\n1839, William B. Gray; 1860-62, William C. Fish; 1863, Theodore\\nFowler; 1864, Theodore G. Beaver; 1865-68, Jerome B. Fitz-\\ngerald; 1869-70, James H. Fairchild; 1871-72, John H.Rich-\\nardson; 1873-74, Edward G. Hoagland; 1875-76, William J.\\nGilbert; 1877-79, John H. Richardson.\\nCITY TREASURERS.\\n1859-61, David Aitken; 1862, William B. Gray; 1863, James E.\\nCummings; 1864-65, Terrence Dolan 1866, Sylvester Keyser;\\n1867, William J, Edwards; 1868-69, Terrence Dolan; 1870,\\nWarren E, Corey; 1871-72, Thomas A, Bunbury; 1873-74, George\\nN, Bond; 1873-76, AVilliam J. Edwards; 1877-79, AVilliam\\nGraves.\\nNILES UNION SCHOOL.\\nThe proposition to erect a union school building in Niles\\nbegan to be discussed in 1853. In the following year a\\nunion had been made of two districts, and a meeting was\\nheld June 6, 1854, at which it was resolved to build a\\nhouse sufficiently large to accommodate the children of the\\ndistrict, and that Hoffman s Scjuare (being lot G4, Justus\\nplat) be the site. The sum of $10,000 was voted for the\\npurpose. June 10th of that year the stjuare was purchased\\nfor $1350. May 5, 1855, work on the building was com-\\nmenced, and in July the corner-stone was laid. At a", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0179.jp2"}, "180": {"fulltext": "162\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nspecial meeting held in March, 1855, the board was au-\\nthorized to borrow $10,000, to aid in completing the build-\\ning. Again, in March, 185G, $8000 more was voted.\\nThese votes, passed at special meetings, were confirmed at\\nthe annual meetings following.\\nThe first school in the new building was held Monday,\\nSept. 29, 1856, when 456 scholars were present. Prof. E.\\nW. Spaulding was the first principal, and was assisted by\\n7 teachers in the difl^erent departments. He was succeeded\\nin 1857 by Silas Belts, who remained till September, 1860.\\nAlbert Markham was principal from September, 18 0, to\\nSeptember, 1864 William II. Paine, to Sept. 5, 1865 C.\\nL. Wells, to September, 1867 C. B. Thomas, to 1869\\nGeorge F. Edwards, to 1871 Charles D. Gregory, to 1872\\nCyrus B. Thomas, to 1878 B. R. Gass, from 1878 to the\\npresent time. The number of scholars in attendance in\\n1861-62 was 736; in 1862-63, 844; in 1863-64, 901;\\nin 1864-65, 995; in 1865-66, 1038; in 1866-67, 1052;\\nin 1867-68, 1075; in 1868-69, 1064; in 1869-70,1120;\\nin 1870-71, 1057 in 1871-72, 987 in 1872-73, 1080\\nin 1873-74, 1038; in 1874-75, 1050 in 1875-76, 1045;\\nin 1876-77, 1020; in 1877-78, 1021.\\nJuly 2, 1863, a loan of $10,000 was authorized for the\\npurpose of building two primary school-houses, one in the\\nFirst Ward and one in the Fourth. At the annual meeting\\nin September the vote was reconsidered, and the board was\\nauthorized to build three school-houses in the First and\\nFourth Wards, and in Davis addition. These houses were\\nerected in 1864. In the summer of 1867 the union school-\\nhouse was enlarged. At the annual meeting in September,\\n1867, the board was authorized to sell the old brick school-\\nhouse, and to build one for colored children on the corner\\nof Cass and Fifth Streets. This was completed in January,\\n1868.\\nThe trustees of the union school district from 1854 to\\n1878 have been as follows:\\n1854.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 R. C. Paine, H. Chapiu, G. W. Huffman, William llurd, Samuel\\nNiles, and N. Bacon.\\n1855.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 D. 0. Woodruff, R. C. Paine, J. Bacon, G. W. Hoffman, William\\nHurd, Samuel Niles.\\nISoO.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 D. 0. Woodruff, R. C. Paine, H. A. Chajjin, William Htnd,\\nN. Bacon, G. W. Hoffman.\\n1857.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 D. 0. Woodruff, R. C. Paine, H. A. Chajiin, William Hurd, and\\nS. M. Beeson.\\n1S5S.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 D. 0. Woodruff, R. C. Paine, J. B. Reddick, William Hurd,\\nR. W. Landon, William G. Ferson.\\n1850.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 D. 0. Woodruff, R. C. Paine, William G. Ferson, William Bort,\\nCharles F. Bentley, Ro^al T. Trombly.\\nI860.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 D. 0. Woodruff, R. 0. Paine, Charles F. Bentley, William G.\\nFerson, R. T. Trombly, William Bort.\\n1861-(i3.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 D. 0. Woodruff, R. C. Paine, R. T. Trombly, C. F. Bent-\\nley, William Bort, M. Pcttingill.\\n1864-65.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 D. 0. Woodruff, K. C. Paine, R. T. Trombly, G. A. Colby,\\nM. Pcttingill, A. S. Howard.\\n1865-66.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 D. 0. Woodruff, R. C. Paine, M. Pcttingill, G. A. Colby,\\nA. S. Howard, John K. Finley, M.D.\\nJS66-68.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 D. 0. Woodruff, R. C. Paine, M. Pcttingill, II. M. Dean,\\nJ. B. Fitzgerald, John K. Finley.\\n1868-70.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 D. 0. Woodruff, R. C. Paine, J. B. Fitzgerald, H. M. Dean,\\nJ. K. Finley, M.D., Thomas Douglas.\\n1870-71.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 D. 0. Woodruff, R. C. Paine, J. B. Fitzgerald, J. K. Finley,\\nU. M. Dean, J. S. Tuttle.\\n1871-72.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 H. M. Dean, J. S. Tuttle, J. B. Fitzgerald, B. C. Puinc, D.\\nBacon, N. B. Reed.\\n1872-74.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Henry M. Dean, Jos. S. Tultic, R. C!. Paine, David Bacon,\\nNorman B. Reed. William T. Dougan.\\n1874-75.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Henry M. Dean, George F. Edwards, David Bacon, Wm.\\nT. Dougan, Joseph S. Tuttle, S. G. Krick.\\n1875-77.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 David Bacon, George F. Edwards, J. S. Tutllc, H. M. Dean,\\nAlexander A. Jacks, S. G. Krick.\\nThe number of children between the ages of five and\\ntwenty years in the year 1879 is 1483; enrollment, 1021\\ncash value of school building, including grounds, furniture,\\nlibrary, and fixtures, $75,000.\\nRELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS.\\nFirst Presbyterian Church of Niles. On Saturday, the\\n29th day of March, 1834, at the house of Orriii Derby, on\\nthe corner of Oak and Fifth Streets, in the village of Niles,\\nthere were gathered together ten persons, who had met there\\nfor the purpose of church organization. These persons\\nwere the Rev. Luther Humphrey, stated supply of the\\nPresbyterian Church on Beardsley s Prairie, Orrin Derby,\\nand Roxanna, his wife, Bacon Wheeler, and Esther L.,\\nhis wife, Nathaniel Bacon, Eleazer F. Crocker, William\\nB. Copuland, and Miss Lydia A. Widner, all members of\\nPresbyterian Churches in other places. After consultation\\nit was Resolved that a Presbyterian -Church be organized\\non the next Lord s day, by the name of the First Presby-\\nterian Church of Niles.\\nPublic services were held at the school-house on the fol-\\nlowing day, which was the Sabbath. A sermon was deliv-\\nered by the Rev. Mr. Humphrey, the church was regularly\\norganized, and the sacrament of the Lord s Supper admin-\\nistered. At this meeting, Mr. and Mrs. Derby, Mr. and\\nMrs. Bacon, Thomas K. Green, and Miss Lydia A. Wid-\\nner were received into membership. Orrin K., son of Mr.\\nand Mrs. Derby, and Mary Hannah, daughter of Mr. and\\nMrs. Bacon, were baptized at this meeting. Al)out the\\nsame time a Sunday-school was organized.\\nOn June, 1834, the Rev. Alexander B. Brown, of Pitts-\\nburgh, was sent to the church as stated supply. August 3d\\nof the same year, Nathaniel Bacon and Thomas K. Green\\nwere chosen ruling elders. Dr. John K. Finley, Uriel\\nEnos, and Samuel Hunter were soon after admitted to the\\nsession.\\nIn the next year (1835), a small, .square, frame meeting-\\nhou.se was erected upon the site of the present church, with\\nseating capacity for about 250 persons. In August of this\\nyear Mr. Brown was unanimously called to the pastorate,\\nand installed at a meeting of the presbytery held in Niles,\\nSeptember 5th. He remained as pastor until February,\\n1839, when he resigned and removed to Cannonsburg, Pa.\\nThe Rev. Mr. Whiting, afterwards a professor in the\\nMichigan University, occasionally supplied the church\\nuntil November, 1839, when the Rev. John W. Parsons\\nbegan his labors as stated supply, continuing but for a few\\nmonths, when he removed to Wisconsin, and the church\\nwas again served at intervals by the Rev. Mr. Whiting.\\nIn July, 1840, the Rev. Peter Boughton was secured as\\nstated supply, and remained until July, 1843, when he re-\\nmoved to Port Huron. He was succeeded by the Rev. Mr.\\nHickox, as stated supply, in October following, and re-\\nsigned in April of the next year. The church soon after\\nextended a call to the pastorate to the Rev. Charles E.\\nLord, of South Berwick, Me. The call was accepted, and\\nhe was installed Nov. 17, 1844, and served the church ac-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0180.jp2"}, "181": {"fulltext": "CITY OF NILES.\\n163\\nceptably until Feb. 7, 1847, when he resigned. During\\nhis admini.stration in March, 1845, James S. Alexander and\\ntwenty others were granted letters of dismission to form the\\nFirst Congregational Church of Niles. In the winter of\\n1845-46, the pastor, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Avery, an\\nevangelist, began a series of meetings, and 76 members\\nwere added to the church in the following May.\\nIn March, 1847, a call was extended to the Rev. P. S.\\nPratt to occupy the pulpit for one year, at a salary of $500.\\nHe remained until October, 1848, and resigned. The Rev.\\nAlfred Bryant, of Edwardsburg, who preached the sermon\\nat the installation of Mr. Lord, in 1844, was next called,\\nand he was installed as pastor Nov. 23, 1848. During his\\npastorate in 1849 the present church edifice was erected at\\na cost of about $16,000, and dedicated Jan. 13, 1850.*\\nJune 5, 1847, Mr. and Mrs. Uriel Enos and seven others\\nwere dismissed to form the First Presbyterian Church of\\nBuchanan. An annual report, made April 1, 1848, gave a\\nmembership of 180.\\nIn March, 1855, another revival brought an acces-sion of\\n44 persons to the membership of the church. Again in\\nApril, 1863, large additions were made to the church, 57\\npersons joining it on profession of faith, and 3 by letter.\\nMr. Bryant resigned the pastorate in the summer of 1863,\\nhaving served the church faithfully and acceptably for fifteen\\nyears. The pulpit was again filled by the engagement of\\nthe Rev. John Lailor as stated supply. He remained until\\nthe summer of 1865, when the Rev. T. Dwight Hunt, of\\nWaterville, N. Y., was installed as pastor. He resigned the\\npastorate May 18, 1871. A call was extended, July 31st of\\nthe same year, to the Rev. Alfred Eddy, then the pastor of\\nthe Ninth Presbyterian Church of Chicago. The call was\\naccepted, and his ministration began in the following De-\\ncember. He was installed April 24, 1872, and is still the\\npastor of the church.\\nThe church has a present membership of about 360.\\nThe total number of communicants during the forty-six\\nyears of its history is 1040. The Sunday-school has a\\nmembership of 280. The present officers are H. M. Dean,\\nSuperintendent; S. C. Thompson, Assistant Superintendent;\\nW. W. East, Secretary and Treasurer; Miss Emma Ferson,\\nLibrarian. Number of books in library, 450 volumes.\\nThe elders who succeeded Messrs. Bacon and Green were\\nJohn Bond, Bacon Wheeler, Allen G. Kellogg, 1841;\\nHiram Mather, Luther Chapin, and Martin Cleland, 1845\\nJ. C. Larimore, W; G. Ferson, A. G. Chipman, Theodore\\nFowler, George W. Hoffman, and Daniel Pratt, 1855. The\\nchurch had previously been without deacons, but at this\\nmeeting, Feb. 28, 1855, Dr. James Lewis and Jacob Mes-\\nsenger were chosen to that office.\\nThe church adopted the rotary system of eldership Nov.\\n11, 1869, and George M. Coan and Robert W. Kay were\\nelected elders for the term of six years, and Dr. J. D. Craig\\nand H. A. Chapin for three years. Dec. 3, 1869, George\\nC. Whitney and James P. Cross were chosen deacons.\\nDee. 17, 1872, George C. Whitney and J. C. Larimore\\nwere elected ruling elders. Dr. J. D. Craig and H. A.\\nChapin were re-elected.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2*The church was thoroughly repaired and refitted in 1871, at a cost\\nof about SSOOO.\\nThe present officers of the church are Rev. Alfred Eddy,\\nPastor; J. C. Larimore, George M. Coan, J. E. Harder,\\nJ. F. Cross, William G. Fenson, H. A. Chapin, and S. C.\\nThompson, Ruling Elders George C. Whitney and J.\\nCross, Deacons; H. M. Dean, J. F. Cress, J. S. Bacon, D.\\nH. Freed, and William Wares, Trustees.\\nThe First Baptist Church of Niles. On the 6th day of\\nAugust, 1841, the following persons, members of regular\\nBaptist Churches, met at the school-house in the village of\\nNiles for the purpose of forming a Baptist Church, viz.\\nJohn Reese, S. S. Lewis, Joseph Howell, Lucy Thompson,\\nWilliam Cotton, Custena Howell, Susanna Carbury, Bald-\\nwin Jenkins, J. P. Martin, John Johnson, Sally Bailey,\\nClarissa Nicholson, Sally Burnett, Louis Fellows, Lucy J.\\nFellows, William Mead, Jr. The meeting was opened with\\nprayer, and S. S. Lewis was chosen moderator, J. P. Mar-\\ntin, secretary. A covenant and articles of faith were read\\nand adopted. It was resolved to invite delegates from the\\nchurches in neighboring townships to meet with them in\\nNiles, on the 14th day of August, for the purpo.se of ex-\\namining the covenant and articles of faith, and if approved\\nto extend to them the right hand of fellowship. S. S.\\nLewis was appointed on behalf of the society to represent\\nthem in the council, and John Reese to receive the right\\nhand of fellowship.\\nThe council convened at Niles, in accordance with the\\nrequest of those mentioned above, and there were present\\ndelegates as follows Pleasant Lake Church, Rev. Jacob\\nPrice, Joseph Knapp, and Barah Mead Kingsbury Church,\\nRev. Benjamin Sawin and Rev. Elijah Bames Rolling\\nPrairie Church, Rev. Alexander Hastings, John White-\\nhead, and Joseph Long; Centreville Church, Rev. William\\nBrown. The Rev. Benjamin Sawin was chosen moderator,\\nand Barah Mead clerk. On motion, Aaron Whitlock,\\nTimothy Jones, and Benjamin Pitman, from the Mission\\nReserve Church, were invited to take seats in the council.\\nAfter reading the covenant and articles, the church was\\nrecognized as the regular Baptist Church of Niles. The\\nsermon was preached by Rev. Benjamin Sawin, and the\\nright hand of fellowship was given by Rev. Alexander\\nHastings.\\nAt a meeting held at the school-house Sept. 18, 1841,\\nthe church resolved to extend a call to the Rev. Charles G.\\nHatch to become their pastor, and to raise $300 for his\\nsupport. This call was accepted. He commenced his .ser-\\nvices about October 3d, of that year, and closed his labors\\nMarch 19, 1842.\\nApril 29, 1843, the Rev. Gershom B. Day became their\\npastor. May 4, 1844, B. D. Townsend and C. D. Treat\\nwere elected deacons. June 1, 1844, the trustees presented\\na statement of the purchase of two lots, and a contract for\\nbuilding a meeting-house. The records make no mention\\nof the time when the church was first occupied, but a busi-\\nness meeting was held in it Jan. 4, 1845.\\nA council was called March 28, 1845, to examine George\\nV. Ten Broeck for ordination as pastor of the church. Dec.\\n7, 1845, the Rev. C. M. Richmond was called to the\\npastoral charge of the church for one year. The Rev.\\nN. B. Miller was invited to become the pastor of the\\nchurch Nov. 6, 1847. The Association met with the", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0181.jp2"}, "182": {"fulltext": "1G4\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nchurch June 13, 1849. A number of meetings were held\\nin December, 1849, and the winter and spring of 1850, in\\nwhich the Rev. Mr. Miller was assisted by the Rev. Morgan\\nEdwards, and these resulted in the adraision of 91 persons\\nto the church by baptism and about 15 by experience.\\nThe Rev. John Booth became the pastor in 1851. Rev.\\nE. Curtis was called July 1, 1854, and continued as pastor\\neight years. Rev. J. E. Henry became pastor in 1862, and\\nremained three years. Rev. S. B. Gregory came in 1865,\\nand labored one year. Rev. B. P. Russell assumed the\\npastorate in 1867, and was in charge about two years. Rev.\\nT. B. Cressy was the pastor from 1869 to 1871. Rev. J.\\nHuntington served the church from 1871 to 1878. The\\nRev. G. S. Bailey, D.D., the present pastor, commenced his\\nlabors in May, 1878.\\nThe first house of worship was built in 1843, enlarged\\nin 1855, and was used until the erection of the present\\nchurch edifice, in 1878-79, at a cost of about $8000. It is\\na cruciform structure, 64 by 84 feet in size, and has a\\ncapacity for seating about 600 persons. The church is situ-\\nated on the east side of Fourth Street, corner of that street\\nand Broadway. The dedication of the church occurred on\\nthe 9th day of November, 1879, the dedicatory sermon\\nbeing preached by the Rev. Galusha Anderson, president\\nof the Chicago University.\\nThe present membership of the church is 204. A Sun-\\nday-school in connection with the church has 150 pupils.\\nB. S. Reed is superintendent, and William H. Sinclair, sec-\\nretary.\\nTlie Second Baptist Church of Niles. The organization\\nof this church was perfected at the First Baptist church in\\n1851, Avith 10 members, under the Anti-Slavery Baptist\\nAssociation. The Rev. J. W. Hackley and the Rev. D. G.\\nLett assisted in the organization. The original members\\nwere 10 in number. D. Moss and Thomas Wilson were\\nelected deacons.\\nThe pastors from the first have been Revs. J. W. Hack-\\nley, D. G. Lett, Samuel Shores, E. Burkit, J. Brown, Wil-\\nliam H. Waring, J. P. Moss, Edmund Brown, George\\nWashington, J. McAllister, Henry Williams, Daniel Rol-\\nlins, Jeremiah Phillips, and T. F. Scott, who is the present\\npastor. The church now numbers 53 members.\\nThe first church edifice was built on the southeast corner\\nof Sixth and Ferry Streets. In 1872 the lot was exchanged\\nfor one on the northeast corner of the same streets, and the\\nbuilding was removed to that site, where it now stands.\\nThe Methodist Episcopal Church of Kiles. In the spring\\nof 1825 Benjamin Potter came to the valley of the St. Jo-\\nseph, and settled for a time on tlie bluff near Lacey s dam, at\\nNiles. His wife, Mrs. Mary Potter, was a member of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church, and the first one of that de-\\nnomination in the valley.\\nThe territory now embraced in the Niles district was\\nthen under charge of the Ohio Conference; but not until\\nafter the Detroit district was set off did any preachers visit\\nthis region of country. In May, 1829, the Rev. Zerah II.\\nCoston, who was just closing his term as presiding elder,\\nmade an extended trip in the western part of Michigan,\\nvisiting the settlements and preaching. During this journey\\nhe came to Niles, and preached at the log house of William\\nJustus, who then lived on the northwest corner of Front\\nand Sycamore Streets. St. Joseph mission was established\\nthat year, Curtis Goddard being presiding elder of the\\nDetroit district. The Rev. Erastus Felton was placed in\\ncharge of the mission. He preached in Niles once in four\\nweeks, at the house of William Justus.\\nIn 1830, Erastus Felton and Leonard B. Gurley were in\\ncharge of the mission. Benjamin Cooper and William\\nSprague succeeded them the next year. In 1832, Richard\\nS. Robinson and Geo. L. Bestwick were in charge James\\nArmstrong, presiding elder. During the summer of that\\nyear a cla.ss was formed by Mr. Robinson at the house of\\nJoshua Comley, who lived near what is known as Paine s\\nMill. The first members were Mrs. Elizabeth Comley, Mrs.\\nEber Griswold, Mrs. Sarah Denniston, Mrs. Morgan Wil-\\nson, Mrs. Elias Hickman, James Kirk and wife, and Henry\\nSlater and wife. Henry Slater was appointed leader. The\\nclass met at the house of Mr. Comley until the school-house\\nwas built, late in the fall of that year, when that was occu-\\npied as a place of worship until 1839.\\nIn 1834 measures were taken to erect a meeting-house.\\nThe lot now occupied by the Episcopal church was first\\nselected, but was abandoned for a site on Fourth Street,\\ncorner of Sycamore, donated by the Rev. Richard C. Meek,\\nand a meeting-house was erected, 40 by 45 feet, with gal-\\nleries on the sides and rear, at a cost of about $2500. This\\nchurch was dedicated on Christmas-day, 1839. William\\nH. Sampson was pastor, and John Ercanbrack presiding\\nelder.\\nIn 1832 the western part of Michigan was attached to\\nthe Indiana Conference, and embraced in the Laporte\\ndistrict. In 1833, Newell N. Smith was on this charge;\\nin 1834, R. S. Robinson; and in 1835, E. Kellogg. In\\n1836, Niles appears as a separate charge, under Thomas P.\\nMcCool. From this time the pastors are as follows San-\\nford S. Williams, James S. Harrison, W. H. Sampson,\\nRichard C. Meek, James V. Watson, and Jonathan Hud-\\nson. In 1843, Niles became a regular station, and Ransom\\nR. Richards was the first stationed preacher. At the close\\nof this year the church numbered one hundred and ten\\nmembers. Mr. Richards was succeeded by F. B. Gage,\\nJonathan Blanchard, F. B. Bangs, S. Steel, A. J. Eldred,\\nT, H. Jaeokes, B. Pengilly, J. Boyington, J. K. Gillette,\\nA. J. Eldred, R. C. Crawford, H. Law, William Sprague,\\nA. J. Eldred, Noah Fassett, B. F. Doughty, L. 11. Pearce,\\nGeorge L. Barnes, A. R. Boggs, W. J. Aldrich, II. M.\\nJoy, and H. C. Peck, who is the present pastor.\\nIn 1839 the Michigan district was set off, and embraced\\nNiles. lu 1840 the name of the district was changed to\\nKalamazoo, and in 1860 the western part of the district\\nwas set off, and formed the Niles district. In 1852 the\\nMichigan Annual Conference was held at Niles, Bishop\\nScott presiding.\\nThe church and lot were sold, in 1863, to T. G. Wick-\\nham. A lot was purchased on the corner of Third and\\nCedar Streets, and in 1864 the present church was erected,\\nat a cost of about $12,000.\\nA Sabbath-school having 228 pupils is under charge of\\nJ. S. Tuttle as supcrinlcndcut. The library contains 390\\nvolumes.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0182.jp2"}, "183": {"fulltext": "I ^^-^^^mj^/: ^^:i:", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0183.jp2"}, "184": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0184.jp2"}, "185": {"fulltext": "CITY OF NILES.\\n165\\nThe Roman Catholic Church. After the abandonment\\nof the ancient missions on the St. Joseph River, but little\\nendeavor was made here on the part of the Catholics to ad-\\nvance their religion until the advent of Father Louis De\\nSeille, who, about 1832 or 1833, left Belgium and its\\nwealth of literature, art, science, and all that the cultivated\\nmind holds most dear, to become a missionary in this far-\\noff land among the Indians. He was the first resident\\nCatholic missionary in this section of country in this cen-\\ntury, and his territory embraced Indiana, Michigan, and\\nIllinois. The Indians favorite camping-grounds were in\\nthe valley of the St. Joseph River, and five Pottawattamie\\nvillages were but a sbOTt distance from the river, and near\\nthe Pare aux Vaches, the Bertrand trading-post.\\nFather De Seille soon became a favorite with the Indians,\\nand labored earnestly with them until his death. Shortly\\nafter his death the Indians were sent West, and Father Petit\\nwent with them.\\nTo him is given the credit of founding Notre Dame set-\\ntlement. Services were held first in a log house of two\\nrooms, near where the college now is. A log church was\\nerected early at Bertrand trading-post, and in 1837 the\\nbrick church was erected at that place, which was organised\\nas St. Jo.seph church, and Nov. 5, 1838^ Joseph Bertrand,\\nEdward Atherly, and Benjamin Bertrand were chosen\\ntrustees. The first record of baptism was on May 13, 1841.\\nThe University of Notre Dame was regularly founded by\\nthe Rev. E. Sorin in 18-t2, and chartered by the Legisla-\\nture in 1844.\\nThe pastoral work devolved mostly upon Father Quointet,\\na Frenchman. The churches or missions in Michigan were\\nunder the jurisdiction of Detroit, but on account of the\\nremoteness from that place, the missions in this section of\\nthe State were placed under thp charge of Notre Dame\\nCollege. The church at Bertrand was supplied from the\\ncollege. In July, 1846, the house of the Sisters was\\nerected and blessed by Father Quointet, Father Alexis\\nGranger and Father Shaw, an Englishman, assisting. Nov.\\n8, 1847, a chapel in the house of the Sisters was blessed,\\nand June 3, 1849, the cemetery adjoining the churcli of\\nSt. Joseph was blessed.\\nIn 1850 the St. Mary s Academy was incorporated.\\nAglae de la Cheptain, Mathurin Solon, Theresa Dussaulex,\\nand Proserpine Chanson were the corporators. The academy\\nremained a few years, and was removed to near the college,\\nat South Bend. The services at the academy and church\\nof St. Joseph were attended from the college by Anthony\\nKapp, E. Borin, Quointet, Shortis, Schilling, and others.\\nThe church is now interdicted, and the members worship\\nat Niles.\\nThe early missions wore Niles, Now Buffalo, Laporte,\\nKalamazoo, Michigan City, White Pigeon, Coldwater, Sil-\\nver Creek!|tand St. Joseph.\\nAbout 1847, Father Quointet built a frame church on\\nlot 1, block 14, Brookfield s addition in West Niles. This\\nbuilding is now used for a school-house. After the death\\nof Father Quointet, Father Flynn succeeded in the charge\\nfor a short time, when the missions belonging to Michigan\\nwere placed under the care of the Rev. Isadore Lebel, set-\\ntled at Kalamazoo.\\nIn April, 1857, Bishop Le Fevre appointed the Rev.\\nJohn De Nevi pastor of Niles and the missions, and pur-\\nchased four lots and a residence for the pastor. This mis-\\nsion extended over Berrien, Cass, Van Buren, Allegan,\\nand Barry Counties. On the 23d day of October the Rev.\\nJohn Cappon was sent as an assistant in the- mission work.\\nHe assumed entire charge of work Nov. 16, 1859. At the\\nend of two years. Father Charles was sent as an assistant,\\nand remained as such for two years, when he removed to\\nthe diocese of Natchez, where he died of yellow fever, in\\nSeptember, 1878.\\nIn February, 1 863, Father Joseph was sent as an assistant,\\nand remained till his appointment as pastor of St. Joseph\\nparish, in December, 1865.\\nOn one of the lots purchased by Bishop Le Fevre now\\nstands the church, the corner-stone of which was laid by\\nBishop Le Fevre, Aug. 23, 1866. He was assisted by\\nBishop Luers, of Fort Wayne, and a great number of the\\nclergy. The name of the church was changed from St.\\nFrancis of Assissium to St. Mary of the Immaculate Con-\\nception. It was completed in 1870, and blessed on the 11th\\nof December of that year by Bishop Borgers, of Detroit,\\nassisted by the Rt. Rev. John Luers, bishop of Fort\\nWayne, and a great number of priests, in the presence of\\nthousands of people. The number of families connected\\nwith the Catholic Church of Niles is 230, the number of\\nfaithful, 1150 the number of communicants, 690.\\nIn the missions attended from there will be found 150\\nfamilies; the number of faithful, 750 the number of com-\\nmunicants, 450. The mission at present extends over an\\narea of seventy miles. The cemetery used by the congre-\\ngation, and by most of the missions, is the old cemetery at\\nBertrand.\\nTrinity Church (^Episcopal). The Rev. James Selkrig\\ncame here as a missionary, and preached in the summer of\\n1834, and in November of that year an Episcopal Church\\nwas organized, with five members,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mr. and Mrs. Philo San-\\nford Mrs. Anna Dickson, and two others. The first vestry\\nwas composed of Henry Heath, Jacob Beeson, Cogswell\\nK. Green, Ezekiel Redding, James W. Griffin, Erasmus\\nWinslow, Jasper Mason, and Addison W. Griswold Tal-\\nman Wheeler, Senior Warden and William B. Beeson,\\nJunior Warden.\\nThe Rev. James Selkrig was called as rector upon the or-\\nganization of the church, and remained until June 27, 1838,\\nwhen he resigned. He was .succeeded by the Rev. Samuel\\nR. Crane in 1840 Rev. Foster Thayer, in 1841 Rev.\\nGeor c B. Engle, in 1843; Rev. Hiram Adams, in 1850\\nRev. Joseph F. Phillips, in 1858 Rev. William H. Moffatt,\\nin 1866 Rev. Stephen W. Frisbie, in 1869 Rev. William\\nLusk, in 1870 Rev. John Coleman, in 1874 Rev. Robert\\nMcMurdy, in 1876. The latter resigned Sept. 2, 1879.\\nAn invitation to the rectorship was then extended to the\\nRev. C. C. Tate, of Fort Wayne, Ind., November 24, which\\nwas accepted Nov. 29, 1879.\\nThe first church was a frame building, and stood on the\\nsite of the present church.\\nIn 1858, during the rectorate of the Rev. Joseph F.\\nPhillips, the brick church was erected, at a cost of about\\n$7000, and was enlarged to its present capacity in 1873,", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0185.jp2"}, "186": {"fulltext": "1C6\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nat a cost of about $12,000, including organ and church\\nfurniture.\\nThe Congregational Church of JVi/es. A society of this\\ndenomination was organized of previous members of tlie\\nPresbyterian Church about 1844, and in 1845 a church\\nedifice was erected on the rear of the lot now occupied by\\nthe Episcopal church. It was built of clay, moulded in\\nblocks about twelve inches square, dried, and laid in mortar.\\nIt was opened for worship Jan. 11, 1845, and the first\\nsermon was preached by the Rev. Marcus Harrison. James\\nI. Alexander was a leading member of the congregation.\\nFor a time the church flourislied, but afterwards de-\\nclined and became almo.st extinct. In 1857 it was revived\\nby Dr. James Lewis, by whose exertions the meeting-house\\nwas repaired. The Rev. Eleazer Andrus was installed as\\npastor, and remained with the church till 1861. Again a\\nspirit of apathy fell upon them, and finally tlie church was\\nsold by the trustees and taken down. The bell was sold to\\nthe Episcopalian Society, and is now used by them.\\nGerman United EoangeKcal St. John s Congregation.\\nThis society was founded Feb. 2, 1860, by eight Germans,\\nRev. C. Bofinger, of New Buffalo, assisting. March 10,\\n1860, John Hansler, John Schmidt, and Henry Blodgett\\nwere elected trustees Casper Frohlich, Frederick Schorck,\\nand Ludwig Krell, as elders.\\nThe Rev. 6. B. Loefiler, of New Buffalo, was engaged\\nto preach to the society every two weeks. June 12, 1862,\\narrangements were made with Rev. E. Werner to preach\\nevery other week, with a salary of $175 per annum. July\\n5, 1862, at a meeting of the society, it was resolved to\\nbuild a church. A lot was purchased on the corner of\\nSixth and Sycamore Streets, and a church edifice erected\\nupon it. At this time the society numbered 54 members.\\nAug. 12, 1865, the Rev. Ph. Werheim was called to the\\npastorate, and in 1866, 97 families were reported. In 1871\\nthe church was enlarged. May 1, 1875, the Rev. J. G.\\nHoch, the present pastor, was called and accepted the pas-\\ntoral charge, at a salary of $700, with parsonage. The\\nsociety this year purchased the parsonage on Sixth Street,\\nat a cost of about $1500 and in 1878 repaired the church,\\nadding the tower and putting in a bell, at a cost of about\\n$700. The church is nearly out of debt.\\nThe congregation now numbers 125 families, and the\\nrecords of the church from 1862 to 1879 show 720 bap-\\ntisms, 172 confirmations, 14.3 marriages, 191 deaths, and a\\ntotal of 3419 communicants. The Sabbath-school contains\\n140 pupils, of which the pastor is superintendent.\\nTHE NILES YOUNG MEN S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.\\nThis association w.as organized February, 1868, with 50\\nmembers, and Henry M. Dean was elected president. At\\nthe close of the first year the membership had increased to\\n71. The society had received from membership fees and\\nother sources $567.84. A public reading-room had been\\ninaugurated, with three daily and twelve weekly papers on\\nfile, also most of the prominent monthly m.-igazines.\\nAt the annual meeting in February, 1869, $600 was\\nsubscribed by the citizens to continue the work. B. S.\\nReed was elected president. His successors during the\\nfollowing four years were Henry E. Glenn in 1870, E. W.\\nPost in 1871, S. 0. G.irdner in 1872, and Capt. Henry\\nA. Ford in 1873.\\nUp to this date and till the year 1874 the association\\nhad met with entire success. A weekly prayer-meeting\\nhad been maintained every fall and winter. The reading-\\nroom was thoroughly equipped with stoves, tables, chairs,\\nreading-desks, matting, gas-fixtures, maps, etc. But the\\ngreat financial panic reached Niles the lectures failed to\\npay expenses, members neglected their dues, and rather than\\nhave the organization die a lingering death, the rooms were\\nclosed, and the effects of the association were turned over\\nto other societies.\\nDuring the life of the Young Men s Christian Associa-\\ntion they were almost exclusively the almoners of the public\\nand private charities of the city. The Chicago fire oc-\\ncurred Sunday and Monday, Oct. 9 and 10, 1871. On\\nTuesday morning, the 11th, the association s messenger,\\nwith between 1000 and 2000 loaves of bread and six bar-\\nrels of crackers, reached Chicago on an early train, thus\\nbeing almost the first to furnish food to that stricken\\npeople. This system of supply was kept up until the\\nMichigan sufferers by the forest fires demanded help, when\\nthe charity of the Niles association was as promptly di-\\nrected to the alleviation of their distress.\\nCEMETERIES.\\nIn the Elijah Lacey addition to the village of Niles,\\nmade on the 19th day of April, 1832, a square piece of\\nground was reserved for burial purposes, and was used as a\\nplace of interment for some years. The remains of Elijah\\nLacey and wife and one or two children, Obed P. Lacey,\\nand their father and mother, Ephraim Lacey and wife, and\\nS. D. Walling, still lie there. Isaac Gray was buried there,\\nbut his remains were afterwards removed to the city ceme-\\ntery. About 1836 a tract of six acres was purchased of\\nGeorge N. Bond for a cemetery, and this has been added to\\nby a purchase of eleven acres from Mr. Bond, making a total\\nof seventeen acres. By direction of the Common Council\\nof the city in 1838, George II. Starr surveyed the ground\\ninto lots, and the sale of these was commenced. Silver Brook\\npasses through a portion of the ground, and it is known as\\nSilver Brook Cemetery.\\nSOCIETIES AND ORDERS.\\nSt. Joseph Valley Lodge, No. 93, F. and A. M. Early\\nin May, 1842, a petition to the Grand Lodge of New York\\nfor a dispensation to establish a lodge at Niles was signed\\nby Robert E. Ward, John F. Porter, W. H. McOmber,\\nF rederick Howe, Uriel Enos, J. W. Pidge, Jacob Beeson,\\nC. J. Ingersoll, E. Redding, A. W. Harrison, Austin Stock-\\ning, and Ephraim Huntley. A dispensation was issued\\ndated June 8, 1842, and Robert E. Ward was named as\\nMaster, Austin Stocking as Senior Warden, angl John F.\\nPorter as Junior Warden signed James Herring, Grand\\nSecretary; William Willis, Deputy Grand blaster Grand\\nLodge of New York.\\nThis was the first lodge established in the State of Michi-\\ngan west of Jackson. A charter was received from the\\nGrand Lodge of New York to the St. Jo.seph Valley Lodge,\\nNo. 93, dated June 10, 1843, naming Robert E. Ward,", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0186.jp2"}, "187": {"fulltext": "CITY OF NILES.\\n167\\nMaster John F. Porter, Senior Warden and Wm. H.\\nMcOmber, Junior Warden. The lodge was instituted and\\nofficers installed Oct. 2G, 1843.\\nAfter the organization of the Grand Lodge of the State\\nof Michigan the charter was surrendered.\\nSt. Joseph Valley Lodge, No. 4, F. and A. M. This\\nlodge, the successor of the older St. Joseph Valley Lodge,\\nwas chartered by the Grand Lodge of the State of Michi-\\ngan, in June, 1845. The names mentioned in the charter\\nas officers are Jacob Becson, Master; William H. McOm-\\nber, Senior Warden Caleb 1. Ingersoll, Junior Warden.\\nThe pre.sent officers are Wm. Gilbert, W. M.; Hiram 0.\\nEdwards, S. W. Enoch Flegal, J. W. John Woodruff,\\nTreas. Maj. Wm. Graves, Sec. Cyrus M. Alward, S. D.;\\nM. C. Norris, J. D. Henry Rounds, Tiler; James S.\\nReeves, Norris, Stewards.\\nThe present membership is 100. The meetings are held\\nin Masonic Hall, in the building owned by J. K. Finley.\\nSt. Joseph Valley Chapter, No. 2, R. A. M. A char-\\nter was granted by the General Grand Royal Arch Chap-\\nter of the United States, on a petition from 19 persons\\nin this section of country. The charter is dated May\\n16, 1844. Jacob Silver is designated High Priest; John\\nKnapp, King; and Calvin Britain, Scribe.\\nThe present officers are Hiram A. Edwards, High Priest;\\nJames Babcock, King; James S. Reeves, Scribe; Enoch\\nFlegal, Captain of the Host; W. J. Babcock, Principal-\\nSojourner George W. Timmons, Royal Arch Captain\\nEugene Lovell, Master of the Third Veil Alonzo Piatt,\\nMaster of the Second Veil Henry Pruyn, Master of the\\nFirst Veil William Graves, Treasurer J. Crocker Brown,\\nSecretary Henry Rounds, Tiler. The latter was a con-\\nstituent member of the Grand Chapter of the State in\\n1847. The chapter has a present membership of 95.\\nMeetings are held in Masonic Hall.\\nNiks Lodge, No. 97, F. and A. M. In consequence of\\nthe large and increasing membership of St. Joseph Valley\\nLodge, No. 4, it was thought best to organize a new lodge,\\nand on a petition to the Grand Lodge a dispensation was\\ngranted, March 18, 1857, to Henry A. Chapin, Erastus\\nSpaulding, David Bacon, William D. Sterling, John H.\\nRichardson, William J. Edwards, William B. Beeson, Wil-\\nliam B. Gray, and A. E. Tuttle, to organize a lodge under\\nthe above name.\\nA charter was granted Jan. 14, 1858, in which Erastus\\nSpaulding was named Worshipful Master David Bacon,\\nSenior Warden and Henry A. Chapin, Junior Warden.\\nMeetings are held in the Beeson block, corner of Main and\\nFront Streets, Niles.\\nThe lodge has at present a membership of 85. The\\npresent officers are S. Belknap, Worshipful Master; J. S.\\nBacon, Senior Warden A. J. Fox, Junior Warden H.\\nA. Chapin, Treasurer; William J. Edwards, Secretary; 0.\\nMcKay, S. D. Henry Jordan, J. D. John Dunn, Tiler.\\nHarrison Lodge, No. 1, F. and A. M. {Colored). This\\nlodge received its charter from the Grand Lodge of In-\\ndiana, and worked under it for some time. It was char-\\ntered as Harrison Lodge, No. 1, Dec. 5, 1865, with John\\nW. Harrison as Master. He was also Grand Master of\\nthe Grand Lodge. In the spring of 1879 the number was\\nchanged, and is now known as Harrison Lodge, No. 9. It\\nnumbers at present 30 members, and meetings are held in\\nCoolidge Hall, on Main Street.\\nThe present officers are William Powers, Worshipful\\nMaster Alexander Ramsey, Senior Warden William\\nWaterman, Junior Warden; C. F. Wilson, Treasurer;\\nAlex. Winborn, Secretary.\\nNiles Council of Royal and Select Masters, No. 19.\\nDispensation was granted to this council as No. 18, Jan. 11,\\n180G, and it was instituted June 6, 1866, as No. 19, with\\nB. F. Doughty, Thrice Illustrious Grand Master A. S.\\nCook, Deputy Thrice Illustrious Grand Master. The pres-\\nent membership of the lodge is 33. The officers for 1879\\nare Hiram A. Edwards, Thrice Illustrious Grand Master;\\nJames S. Reeves, Deputy Thrice Illustrious Grand Master;\\nCyrus M. Alward, Principal Conductor of Works Wm. J.\\nEdwards, Principal Conductor of Council John Woodruff,\\nTreasurer George W. Timmons, Recorder Charles W.\\nStowell, Captain of the Guard William Graves, Steward\\nHenry Rounds, Sentinel.\\nNiles Commandery, No. 12, K. T. A dispensation was\\ngranted by the Grand Commandery April 29, 1864, and a\\ncharter was granted June 28, 1864. Sir Knight Rufus W.\\nLandon, Eminent Commander Joshua Feather, General-\\nissimo and George Kimmel, Captain-General. The pres-\\nent membership is 55.\\nThe present officers are Edward S. Badger, Eminent\\nCommander John Woodruff, Generalissimo Mills H. Lan-\\ndon, Captain-General; William Graves, Prelate; George\\nW. Timmons, Recorder John A. Montague, Treasurer\\nW. I. Babcock, Senior Warden J. Crocker Brown, Junior\\nWarden Brown K. Jones, Standard-Bearer E. D. Lo-\\nvelle, Sword-Bearer Charles W. Stowell, Warden Henry\\nRounds, Tiler.\\nScottish Rile. Rufus W. Landon, Dr. James S.Reeves,\\nJ. R. Cogswell, and Frank W. Wilder are members of the\\nthirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite. Rufus W.\\nLandon is an active member of the thirty-third degree,\\nand J. Eastman Johnson an honorary member. William H.\\nMcOmber was Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of\\nMichigan from 1854 till his death, in 1860. R. W. Lan-\\ndon succeeded him, and continued until 1878.\\nBerrien County Lodge, No. 6, 0. of 0. F. This\\nlodge was instituted Nov. 27, 1844, with 10 charter mem-\\nbers, namely: John F. Porter, Cogswell K. Green, A. J.\\nClark, J. C. Larimore, T. M. Freeland, John B. Goodman,\\nCharles Jewett, Gerard Hoadley, George Goodman, and\\nJames M. Stuart. It has at present 42 members. The\\nofficers for 1879 are Robert Chambers, Noble Grand;\\nJames Kipler, Vice-Grand William W. Abbott, Sec.\\nJohn Cutting, Permanent Sec. James S. Reeves, Treas.\\nNiles Lodge, No. 207, 0. of 0. F., was instituted\\nMay 26, 1873. The charter members were John G.\\nHansler, E. Rauft, J. Enkel, F. E. Schmidt, and f!\\nSchneewind. The officers for 1879 are George Hegne,\\nNoble Grand Fred. Zimmerman, Vice-Grand Aldrich\\nDrenz, See. Fred. Durm, Permanent Sec. John Hansler,\\nTreas. The meetings are held in Odd-Fellows Hall.\\nPah-wah-ting Encampment, No. 3, Z 0. of 0. F.\\nDispensation was granted to this encampment Jan. 6, 1846,", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0187.jp2"}, "188": {"fulltext": "168\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nand charter Feb. 10, 1846. The officers for 1879 are\\nFrederick Dunn, Chief Patriarch William Miller, Senior\\nWarden; James S. Reeves, High Priest; John Cutting,\\nScribe; Enoch Egbert, Treas.\\nThis encampment was united with Michigan Encamp-\\nment, No. 1, Lenawee Encampment, No. 4, Wilder En-\\ncampment, No. 5, and Samaritan Encampment, No. 6, as\\nthe constituent members of the Grand Encampment of the\\nState of Michigan, organized at Kalamazoo, Feb. 4, 1847.\\nJ. C. Larimore and George \\\\V. Hoffman, Past High Priests,\\nwere delegates representing this encampment. The present\\nmembership is 49. Meetings are held in Odd-Fellows\\nHall.\\nNiks Lodge, No. 843, 0. of G. T.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 This lodge was\\ninstituted April 13, 1875, with 28 members. Their meet-\\nings are held in Davison Hall. The present officers are\\nEdwin H. Palmer, W. C. T. Mrs. E. H. Palmer, W. V.\\nT. Mrs. J. C. Larkin, W. S. John DavLson, W. T.\\nMaggie Park, W. I. G. James Cutting, W. M. Elenrj\\nJakwith, T. Sec. Benjamin F. Park, W. A. S. Lizzie\\nDutch, Dep. M. A. K. Babeoek, O. G. Alma Palmer,\\nR. H. S. Minnie Palmer, L. H. S. The lodge at present\\ncontains 30 members.\\nCatholic Knights of America, St. Mari/ s Branch, No.\\n17. This society was organized June 8, 1878, with 16\\nmembers, and has at present 37. Their meetings are held\\nin Wells Hall, on Main Street. The present officers are\\nF. E. Fenton, President; John Aul, Recording Secretary;\\nJohn C. Knauss, Treasurer Paul Skalla, Financial Secre-\\ntary.\\nOrder of Imperial Knights St. Joseph, Valley Lodge,\\nNo. 10, was organized June 14, 1879, with 11 members.\\nThe present officers are Lewis Augustine, Director-in-Chief;\\nJoseph Greenamyer, Financier Charles Henderer, Re-\\ncorder. The lodge contains at present 18 members, and\\ntheir meetings are held in Davison Hall.\\nKnights of Honor, N o. 831. This lodge was instituted\\nDec. 3, 1877, having previously organized under a dispen-\\nsation, and elected officers, viz., Theodore G. Beaver, Dicta-\\ntor J. P. Howlett, Vice-Dictator Charles J. Sterling,\\nReporter. They hold meetings in their rooms over the\\nFirst National Bank. They have a present membership of\\n25, and the present officers are D. Sheehan, Dictator; C.\\nN. Smith, Vice-Dictator John Glenville, Assistant Dicta-\\ntor; F. Schneewind, Reporter; E. B. Leroy, Financial\\nReporter; W. A. Wetherby, Treasurer; C. J. Sterling,\\nChaplain W. H. Snyder, Guide John Cutting, Guar-\\ndian Jacob Mayford, Sentinel; H. Whitworth, E. tamin-\\ning Physician.\\nNILES WATER-WORKS.\\nFour miles east of the city of Niles, in Howard town-\\nsliip, Ca.ss Co., at an elevation of 106 feet above the city,\\nlies Barren Lake, a body of the purest water, a mile and\\none-fourth in length by three-fourths of a mile in width,\\nfed by springs. For many years past this lovely lake was\\nlooked to as offering the best possible supply of water for\\nfire purposes and for general use of the city. Several at-\\ntempts were made to organize a company for its introduc-\\ntion, but no organization was perfected until June, 1877.\\nIn February, 1877, the Common Council of Niles entered\\ninto an agreement with W. P. Hanchett, for the introduc-\\ntion of water from Barren Lake into the city for fire pur-\\nposes, and for general uses. Under this agreement a com-\\npany was organized on the 12th day of June, 1877, and\\narticles of association were filed in the office of the Secre-\\ntary of State, June 14th. During the summer the survey\\nwas made and the line definitely settled.\\nIn April, 1878, the work of excavation and laying pipe\\nwas commenced in earnest, and by July two-thirds of the\\nwork was completed. At this time, the first company be-\\ncoming pecuniarily involved, the work pa.ssed into other\\nhands a new company was organized, and not until the\\nsummer of 1879 was the work completed. The water is\\nbrought from the lake through a 12-inch main, five and\\none-hulf miles in length, emptied into a reservoir of\\n300,000 gallons capacity, and distributed already through\\nabout six miles of pipes. No city in the West can be fur-\\nnished with such an abundant supply of so pure water\\nmore easily and economically than Niles.\\nFIRE DEPARTMENT.\\nIn September, 1838, a petition was presented to the\\ncouncil of the village of Niles by a number of citizens, ask-\\ning for the organization of a fire company. In accordance\\nwith a provision in the charter a company was then organ-\\nized called Niles Engine Company, No. 1, and number-\\ning 31 persons. An engine, hose, ladders, buckets, and\\nother equipments were purchased, but no provision was\\nmade for cisterns, and the only supply of water was from\\nthe river and from private sources. The consequence has\\nbeen the disbanding of organized companies, an ineffi-\\ncient fire department and discouragement of the firemen.\\nNo companies are in existence at the present time, though\\nthe city has a chief engineer, Daniel Sheehan, who consti-\\ntutes the fire department of Niles. Upon the completion\\nof the present system of water distribution, the city will\\norganize hose companies, and Niles will, for the first time,\\npossess adequate facilities for the extinguishment of fires.\\nMICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD.\\nThe route of the Michigan Central Railroad was changed\\nto pass through Niles in 1847, and in 1848, on the 7th day\\nof October, the first passenger train from Detroit came into\\nthe village of Niles, at five o clock p.m., containing about\\n130 invited guests. The train was greeted by a great con-\\ncourse of citizens, speeches were made, and great rejoicing\\nwas the order of the day, for Niles was linked to the me-\\ntropolis of Michigan by iron bands. Steamboating busi-\\nness was conducted from this time on the upper river, in\\nconnection with the railroad, and placed in charge of B. F.\\nFish, August, 1849. A warehouse was constructed at the\\nbridge, 100 feet high from the bed of the river, and pro-\\nduce was elevated from vessels below. This continued for\\nabout three years, when the boats were withdrawn.\\nA road was constructed by the Bliehigau Air-Line Rail-\\nroad Company from Jackson to Niles, reaching Niles in\\nFebruary, 1871, and continued to South Bend soon after.\\nNILES GAS-LIGHT CO.MPANV.\\nThis company was chartered under the general law in\\nthe spring of 1868, with a capital of $37,000, and during", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0188.jp2"}, "189": {"fulltext": "Premises of [vIrs J. B.MILLARD, CirrorNiLES, Mich.\\nMICHIGAN WOOD PULP COMPANl S MILLS, a NlLtS WATER POV. ER COMPANYi DAM IN BACKGROUND", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0189.jp2"}, "190": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0190.jp2"}, "191": {"fulltext": "CITY OF NILES.\\n169\\nthe summer of 18(58 works were erected on Front Street\\nbelow Main. The first officers of the company were James\\nL. Glenn, President J. C. Larimore, Secretary R. C. Paine,\\nTreasurer. The present officers are R. W. Landon, Presi-\\ndent Mills H. Landon, Secretary; George W. Piatt,\\nTreasurer Directors, J. C. Larimore, Thomas L. Stevens,\\nand J. S. Tuttle.\\nMUTUAL CITY AND VILLAGE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY\\nOF BERRIEN, CASS, AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES.\\nThis company was incorporated Nov. 13, 1878, with J.\\nC. Larimore, President J. Eastman Johnson, Secretary.\\nThe office is at the corner of Main and Third Streets.\\nThere are issued to Aug. 25, 1879, 179 policies, represent-\\ning $210,000.\\nBANKING INTERESTS.\\nOn the 6th of February, 1836, a meeting of citizens of\\nCass, Berrien, and St. Joseph Counties was held at the\\nAmerican Hotel in Niles, and passed resolutions requesting\\nthe Legislature of the State to grant a charter to a bank to\\nbe called the Bank of Niles, with a capital of $250,000,\\nwith the privilege of increasing it to $500,000. The Bank\\nof Niles, having a small capital, was in operation the follow-\\ning year, with Jacob Beeson as President, and George W.\\nHoffman, Cashier.\\nThe Berrien County Bank also was chartered about the\\nsame time, Lucius Hoyt being the first President, and J. A.\\nNoonan, Cashier. These banks were short-lived and soon\\nsuspended.\\nThe Farmers and Mechanics Bank of Detroit estab-\\nlished an agency at St. Joseph as early as 1835, with\\nThomas Fitzgerald in charge as cashier. Rodney C. Paine,\\na brother-in-law of John A. Wells, the cashier of the\\nFarmers and Mechanics Bank of Detroit, came from\\nAlbany to St. Joseph in March, 1836, and was placed in\\ncharge of the agency at that place. He remained until\\n1841, when he located an agency at Niles, opening an office\\nin the building now occupied as a tobacco-store by James\\nTrudeau. In 1843, Mr. Paine built a banking-office on\\nthe northwest corner of Main and Third Streets, where he\\ncontinued business until his death, which occurred on\\nMarch 16, 1855. The business of the Farmers and\\nMechanics Bank was continued until 1848, when it was\\nwithdrawn, and from that time Mr. Paine conducted the\\nbusiness alone. He was also a director in the First Na-\\ntional Bank of Niles.\\nThe First National Bank of Hiles received its certificate\\nof organization Dec. 15, 1870, with the following-named\\npersons as directors, viz. Thomas L. Stevens, David Rough,\\nRodney C. Paine, Joseph C. Larimore, Alonzo Sherman,\\nRufus W. Landon, and George Kimmel. Rufus W. Lan-\\ndon was chosen President Joseph C. Larimore, Vice-Pres-\\nident; and Thomas L. Stevens, Cashier. The capital of\\nthe bank was $100,000, fully paid up. The banking-\\nrooms were established at No. 156 Main Street, where the\\nbusiness is still continued. The present officers are Thomas\\nL. Stevens, President Solomon G. Krick, Vice-President\\nCharles A. Johnson, Cashier Directors, T. L. Stevens, S.\\nG. Krick, Silas Ireland, W. K. Lacey, E. S. Badger, Geo.\\n22\\nH. Rough, William R. Rough. The bank has a present\\nsurplus of $7500.\\nCitizens National Ranh of Niles. This bank received\\nits authority to transact banking business Oct. 1, 1861, its\\ncapital being $50,000. The following persons were chcsen\\ndirectors 0. S. Abbott, J. C. Larimore, G. W. Piatt, J. S.\\nTuttle, F. M. Gray, M. D. Matteson, and E. P. Hill.\\nPresident, J. C. Larimore Cashier, 0. S. Abbott. The\\nbank was located in the present banking-office, corner of\\nSecond and Main Streets. The present officers are J. C.\\nLarimore, President F. M. Gray, Cashier Directors, J.\\nC. Larimore, F. M. Gray, I. P. Hutton, G. W. Piatt, S. B.\\nShepard, H. F. Kellogg, F. W. Wilder.\\nMANUFACTURING INTERESTS.\\nDoivagiac Hydraulic Company. On the 18th day of\\nMarch, 1837, an act was approved incorporating Obed P.\\nLacey, Elijah Lacey, Erasmus Winslow, and Rodney C.\\nPaine as the Dowagiac Hydraulic Company, with a capital\\nstock of $50,000, and with power to hold real and personal\\nestate necessary for the construction of a canal for the use\\nof said company, to be located in the village of Niles, within\\nthe limits of Lacey s addition to said village. The canal\\nto be constructed within two years, connecting the waters\\nof the Dowagiac River with the St. Joseph, and to be at\\nleast 30 feet in width and 4 feet deep. The canal was not\\nbuilt by the company, but in 1846, Elijah Lacey and Jasper\\nMa.son built the raceway that connected with the Dowa-\\ngiac and furnished the water for the Volant and Dacota\\nMills.\\nNiles Hydrmdic Company and Niles Maim fact urinq\\nCompany. In the year 1842 a company was incorporated\\nand organized with the above name, and having for its ob-\\nject the development of the water-power of the St. Jo.seph\\nRiver at Niles. During that year the company commenced\\nthe construction of a dam across the river, at the foot of\\nMain Street, with a lock at the west end, to allow the pas-\\nsage of boats. The contract for building was taken by Seth\\nHanchett. Before the completion of this work it was par-\\ntially carried away by a sudden flood in the river, in the fall\\nof 1843, and was damaged to such an extent as to discourage\\nthe projectors and to cause a suspension of further opera-\\ntions. The cost of the work had been about $4000, which\\nwas a total loss to the company.\\nEffijrts were made from time to time to raise more funds\\nand resume operations on the dam and lock, but no results\\nfollowed, though the company at one time proceeded so far\\nas to put the work under contract. In the Niles Repub-\\nlican of March 8, 1845, there appeared an article under the\\nheading of Dam not Completed, in which it was said\\nthat We are credibly informed that Crocker Mason\\nhave the contract, but on the 29th of the same month the\\nRepuhlican said, We are now informed that something\\nhas arisen whereby the whole matter is under the command\\nof General Platout, who, in relation to this work, is highly\\ndistinguished. In this the fate of the dam project was\\ntruly expressed.\\nNothing more appears to have been done until 1849,\\nwhen (March 31st) an act was passed for the improvement\\nof the navigation of the St. Joseph, and incorporating", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0191.jp2"}, "192": {"fulltext": "170\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nJames L. Glenn, R. C. Paine, William H. McOmber, and\\nothers, as the Niles Hydraulic and Manufacturing Com-\\npany, with a capital of $30,000.\\nBy Legislative act of March 21, 1851, the charter of the\\nHydraulic and Manufacturing Company was amended, and\\nthe name changed to the original one of The Niles Hy-\\ndraulic Company. This company remained inactive till\\n1865, when the corporators called a meeting, and efforts\\nwere made to revive the dam project, and to proceed with\\nthe work of construction. Engineers had been employed\\nto examine the river, and their report was made at the\\nmeeting held at Kellogg Hall, June 10, 1865. The report\\nembodied facts and estimates as follows width of river at\\npoint selected, 287 feet average depth, 4-^ feet length of\\ndam, 350 feet; height, 11^^^ feet; estimated cost of dam,\\nincluding head-gates, waste-weir, and raceway, $39,085.76.\\nThe power to be secured by the construction of the dam\\nwas estimated at 1333 horse-power. The site then in\\ncontemplation for the dam was at the head of the Big\\nIsland.\\nNothing was done at that site, however, and in 1866\\nanother was decided on, it being the present location of the\\ndam. At this place work was commenced in June of the\\nyear named, but before it was completed a change was made\\nin the company and its operations in the manner narrated\\nbelow.\\nThe hydraulic company had become embarrassed in its\\nfinancial affairs, so that there seemed little probability that\\nit could bring the work to a successful issue. When this\\nbecame apparent a number of citizens of Niles associated\\nthemselves together to take such action as would insure the\\ndevelopment of the water-power of the river. On the 26th\\nof February, 1867, 22 persons, having this object in view,\\nheld a meeting in Niles, and organized as the Niles Manu-\\nfacturing Company, with Rufus W. Landon, Benjamin F.\\nFish, and William Bort as trustees, and Henry H. Coolidge\\nas secretary. This company became incorporated June 26,\\n1868.\\nOn the 7th of September, in the same year, the com-\\npany was organized under the incorporation by the elec-\\ntion of the following directors, viz. Joseph C. Larimore,\\nRodney C. Paine, Benjamin F. Fish, Joseph S. Tuttle,\\nRufus W. Landon; Henry H. Coolidge, and James Badger.\\nRufus W. Landon, President Benjamin F. Fish, Treas-\\nurer Jerome B. Fitzgerald, Secretary.\\nBefore the incorporation the company had purchased the\\nfarm of Jacob Beeson, consisting of 113 acres of land con-\\ntiguous to the eastern end of the dam which had been com-\\nmenced by the Hydraulic Company. For this farm they\\npaid the sum of $22,000, which was the authorized capital\\nof the Niles Manufacturing Company. On the 26th of\\nSeptember of the same year that company purchased a half-\\ninterest in all the rights, titles, and privileges of the Niles\\nHydraulic Company, known as The Dam Company. Oct.\\n28, 1868, the capital stock of the Manufacturing Company\\nwas increased to $50,000, and on the 18th of June, 1869,\\nthat company contracted, for the sum of $17,000, for the\\ncompletion of the raceway, head-gates, and other work on\\nthe dam] which had been commenced by the Niles Hy-\\ndraulic Company.\\nIn March, 1870, the capital of the manufacturing com-\\npany was increased to $70,000, and in 1871 that company\\npurchased the remaining interest of the Hydraulic Com-\\npany, which latter practically ceased to exist at that time.\\nIn January, 1872, the Manufacturing Company sold a part\\nof their interest in land and water-power, on the west side\\nof the river, to French Millard for about $10,000. A\\nsite, with power, was also given to Paine Gitchell for a\\nfurniture-factory, and in 1872 the Niles Paper-Mill Com-\\npany purchased the site and power now occupied and used\\nby their mills. The Niles Manufacturing Company finally\\nsold all their interests and privileges on the river to the\\nNiles Water-Power Company in 1878.\\nJV iles Water-Power Company. This company was incor-\\nporated Dec. 24, 1877, with a capital stock of $25,000.\\nThere existed at that time a mortgage of $20,000 on the\\nproperty of the Niles Manufacturing Company, and when\\nthis property was sold under foreclosure, at Pike s Hotel,\\nNiles, on the 15th of January, 1878, the purchasers were\\nthe Niles Paper-Mill Company, and S. M. Beeson, J. C.\\nLarimore, B. F. Pish, Thomas L. Stevens, J. W. French,\\n0. W. Coolidge, M. Pettingill, and David Gitchell these\\ngentlemen representing and purchasing for the Niles Water-\\nPower Company. This company is still in existence, and\\nowns the property acquired by the purchasers above men-\\ntioned. Its present oflicers are President, J. W. French\\nTreasurer, B. F. Fish Secretary, J. C. Larimore Direc-\\ntors, A. A. Jacks, M. Pettingill, Thomas L. Stevens, David\\nGitchell.\\nAHles Faper-Mill Company. The company was organ-\\nized Jan. 10, 1872, and the present mill-site purchased of\\nthe Niles Manufacturing Company, and buildings erected.\\nThe firm have an average of about 35 employees, and manu-\\nfacture straw wrapping-paper exclusively, shipping it to the\\nChicago market. The officers are A. A. Jacks, President\\nB. F. Fish, Treasurer John Le Clere, Secretary.\\nMichigan Wood-pulp Company. This company started\\nbusiness in June, 1872, as the firm of French Millard.\\nIt was organized as a joint-stock company, under the gen-\\neral State law, in August, 1874, name as above, with J. W.\\nFrench, President; J. B. Millard, Treasurer; and W. S. Mil-\\nlard, Secretary and Superintendent. The company still re-\\ntain the same officers. Their building is 156 feet long by\\n52 feet in width, and three stories high. Half this build-\\ning wa.s erected in 1872, and the remainder in 1875. The\\nstock manufactured is whitewood pulp, for print, manilla,\\nand book papers. Silver-leaved poplar, pine, and basswood\\nis used.\\nThis company owns one-third of the power created by\\nthe erection of the dam, to be used exclusively on the west\\nside of the river. The company employs about 38 men\\nand 10 boys, day and night, and furnishes Western paper-\\nmills, exclusively. Its shipments in and out over the\\nMichigan Central Railroad were 648 cars during fourteen\\nmonths, ending Jan. 31, 1879.\\nLacey^s Barrel- Factory. About 1849, Me.ssrs. Dare\\nBarrett started a small coopering business upon the prop-\\nerty now occupied by S. G. Lacey. In 1855 the prop-\\nerty passed to Jones Cliapin, by whom it was continued\\nuntil 1862, when Anson Lambert came into possessiou.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0192.jp2"}, "193": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0193.jp2"}, "194": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2342", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0194.jp2"}, "195": {"fulltext": "CITY OF NILES.\\n171\\nIn 1SG6, S. G. Lacey purchased the business, and still\\ncontinue it. They employ 20 men, and have a manufac-\\nturing capacity of 400 barrels a day. In 1871 a cider-\\ni^^ill was built in connection, and in 1873 a brick building,\\n26 by 110 feet, and 3 stories in height, was erected for the\\nenlargement of the cider-works.\\nThe flouring-mills of Niles will be found mentioned in\\nthe history of early mills and mill-sites.\\nKrick s Carriage Manufactory. In 1872, Messrs. Rice,\\nGriffith Lambert erected the brick building now occupied\\nby S. a. Krick, and commenced the manufacture of wagons,\\nbuggies, etc. The sum of $28,000 was expended in real\\nestate, buildings, and machinery. The financial difficulties\\nof 1873 caused a discontinuance of the business, and in\\n1874, Solomon G. Krick purchased the stock, and the\\nFirst National Bank became owner of the real estate. The\\nproperty was leased to Mr. Krick, who continued the man-\\nufacture of wagons and buggies, and has increased the busi-\\nness to an amount of $40,000 annual sales. The trade is\\nlargely confined to grangers, to whom he offers special induce-\\nments. The engine has a capacity of 40 horse-power. A\\nplaning-mill and pill-box-factory in connection with the\\nworks, are leased to other parties, and supplied with power\\nfrom the engine of the wagon-factory. About 40 men are\\nemployed in the establishment.\\nFanning-Mill Ma nv factory. In 1835, Lucius Scales\\nemigrated from Ohio, and commenced the manufacture of\\nfanning-mills in the village of Niles. After a few years\\nthe business passed into the hands of Jerome Walton, and\\nin 1844 or 1845 it was carried on by Barber Wells. In\\n1856, Martin Cleland and son purchased the business and\\ncontinued till 1862, when A. J. Cleland purchased his\\nbrother s interest, and since that time he has continued the\\nmanufacture of fanning-mills and other agricultural imple-\\nments. Sales of these are made throughout the Western\\nStates.\\nNilex Nurseries. In 1849, William Bort returned to\\nNiles, after an absence of six years, and established a nur-\\nsery about one and a half miles up the river on land pur-\\nchased of Wm. McOmber. This farm he sold to Mr. Gep-\\nhart in 1855, and purchased 40 acres from the Gophart\\nfarm, about one hundred rods west of the river. On this\\nlaud he erected a good house, and established a nursery of\\nornamental and fruit trees, but again sold in January, 1866,\\nand purchased the Sampson farm, half a mile up the river\\nfrom the upper bridge. Here he started a nursery, erected\\na fine mansion, laid out the grounds, and planted orna-\\nmental trees and shrubbery. The nursery was successfully\\nconducted by him till his death. May 1, 1879, a half-\\ninterest was sold to William Sigerson and Susan Van\\nOsdol, who have at present 48 acres in nursery stock.\\nThey have purchased an additional 80 acres on the east\\nside of the South Bend Railroad, and east of the Hoppin\\nfarm. This is to be used as follows 50 acres to be\\nplanted with apple-trees, 10 acres with strawberries, 10\\nacres of blackberries, and 10 acres of raspberries. The\\nbusiness is now conducted under the name of the Niles\\nNurseries, by Wm. Sigerson Co.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nGEORGE H. JEROME*\\nwas born at Pompey, Onondaga Co., N. Y., Oct. 23, 1819.\\nHis parents, Ira and Irene (Cass) Jerome, were both of\\nAmerican birth and English extraction. The family tree\\nspreads wide and high on Pompey Hill, which has now be-\\ncome classic ground, an inland Pilgrim Rock, to which\\nstatesmen, poets, and merchant-princes are proud to trace\\ntheir genealogy.\\nWith sinews toughened in this bracing air and a mind\\ninspired in the old academy, George went to Hamilton Col-\\nlege, where he graduated in 1842. He then entered upon\\nL^. H. J\\n^/rymv^\\nthe study of the law. July 9, 1846, he married Miss Char-\\nlotte L. Dana, daughter of Eleazer Dana, of Owego, N. Y.,\\nand sister of the late Cyrus Dana, of Niles, an accomplished\\nlady of a noted family, including among its members\\nCharles A. Dana, of New York. Soon after his marriage,\\nMr. Jerome removed to Niles, in the State of Michigan,\\nand entered upon the practice of his profession but he\\nsoon accepted a magisterial office, which he found more\\nlucrative and pleasant than a practice at Berrien, the re-\\nmote county-seat. As a magistrate he soon achieved the\\nlasting friendship of his brethren of the bar, and the confi-\\ndence and respect of all his fellow-citizens.\\nIn 1851 the growing greatness of Chicago attracted his\\nattention, and he abandoned a profitable business and the\\nmost agreeable social relations and cast his fortunes in the\\nwhirl of that city. He remained in Chicago until 1856,\\nengaging in real-estate operations with his proverbial suc-\\ncess, when, through some accidental circumstances, he re-\\nThe late Hon. Jerome B. Fitzgerald, a life-long acquaintance\\nand friend of Mr. Jerome, contributed this biographical sketch for\\nthe recently-published volume entitled Eminent Men of Michigan.\\nAs it is believed to convey a just estimate and appreciation of the\\nsubject of his sketch, it is here inserted without abbreviation or alter-\\nation in any particular.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0195.jp2"}, "196": {"fulltext": "172\\nHISTORY OF BBKRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nmoved to the capital of Iowa, and became the proprietor\\nand managing editor of the loma Oity Republican, which\\nfrom the oldest then became the ablest political journal of\\nthe State. While in this commanding position Mr. Jerome\\nwas also for several years chairman of the Republican State\\nCentral Committee, and made himself felt in the affairs of\\nthe State, and in the policy of his party in the first years of\\nthe war. As an express recognition of his services in this\\nbehalf, at the personal instance of President Lincoln, he\\nwas appointed assessor of internal revenue for a district\\nembracing twelve counties, a position which he tilled for\\nfour years in the most creditable manner, and then volun-\\ntarily resigned in favor of a meritorious and disabled colonel\\nof the Union army. At this period of his life, feeling a\\ndesire to withdraw from public employments and engage in\\nrural pursuits, he recollected the enchanting valley of the\\nSt. Joseph, for which, although he had wandered so far, he\\nstill retained an affection.\\nReturning to Niles he selected a home Sabine Farm\\nin the southern suburb, overlooking the city and river\\nand the magnificent highlands of the Pottawattamie reser-\\nvation. Here, like a Roman patrician, he established his\\nvilla and tower, and, in great part with his own hands,\\nembellished the surroundings with gardens, vineyards, cas-\\ncades, and fountains. Reposing from his toils in the\\nsljadow of his broad oaks and gorgeous maples, he studied\\nphilosophy and the arts, and entertained the friends who\\nsought him with elegant hospitality. Few men have a\\nmore extensive personal acquaintance, and none a more\\nattractive retinue of personal friends, embracing men of\\nalmost every political opinion and religious creed, for,\\nalthough firm and positive in his own views and convic-\\ntions, he is always considerate and tolerant of opposing\\nopinions. Politically, he is a Democratic Republican. He\\nwas a delegate from Iowa to the National Republican Con-\\nvention at Philadelphia in 1856, and has adhered to that\\nparty ever since. In religious association he seems inclined\\nto the Congregational Church, possibly because his wife is\\na member of that body. It is quite probable that he does\\nnot attach much importance to sectarian distinctions, but\\nrather regards honesty and uprightness of life as the essen-\\ntial elements of Christianity. He is a member of the Ma-\\nsonic fraternity, and perhaps of some other civic societies.\\nMr. Jerome is eminently social in his habits and tastes\\nalways affable, animated, and cheerful, he infuses vitality\\nwherever he goes. Expert in all games and pastimes, it is\\na positive pleasure to be the victim of his superior skill.\\nIndomitable energy, ceaseless activity, and executive ability\\nare his distinguishing qualities, adequate to every occasion.\\nIf by chance he is called upon to address the grangers at a\\ncounty fair, he showers upon them wisdom and wit in glitter-\\ning profusion or when a centennial jubilee occurs, and he is\\npushed to the front, he astonishes the assembled thousands\\nof his fellow-citizens with a sunburst of magnificent oratory.\\nIn 1873, Mr. Jerome was, as unexpectedly to his friends\\nas to himself, appointed commissioner of State fisheries.\\nHe seemed reluctant, but his friends urged him to accept,\\nnot dreaming, however, that he had either knowledge or\\ntaste in the direction of its duties, but rather regarding the\\noffice as a sinecure and the commission as a compliment.\\nGovernor Bagley, however, in urging his acceptance, seems\\nto have had a more serious purpose and a better under-\\nstanding of the fitness of the appointment, for it is as a fish-\\nerman that Mr. Jerome is destined to go down to posterity.\\nNo matter what honors or distinctions he may hereafter\\nachieve in other directions, his fate is fixed. The smell of\\nthe salmonidiB is on his garments.\\nOnce installed as superintendent of State fisheries, he\\nentered upon his duties with his accustomed energy and\\nzeal. Throwing aside the pruning-hook, he grasped the\\ntrident of our inland seas, where, like Neptune, He\\nclimbed the chariot-seat and rode upon the waves. The\\nwhales came forth from their deep haunts and frolicked\\nround his way they knew their king.\\nAddressing himself sedulously to his task, he soon made\\nhimself not only master of the science of ichthyology but\\nan expert in all the details of fish-culture. Abounding in\\nfish of the choicest varieties in all her vast waters, Michi-\\ngan had hitherto given no care to their culture or preserva-\\ntion. The field was an open one, and success or failure\\ndepended upon him. He had great ends to accomplish\\nwith limited means. In glancing over his reports one is\\namazed at the magnitude of his labors and the economy of\\nhis expenditures.\\nIt is too soon to estimate the exact value of what he has\\naccomplished, but it is undeniable that he has placed Michi-\\ngan in the front rank of fish-growing States, and reared for\\nhimself a monument more enduring than brass, a fame as\\na naturalist not to be forgotten as long as trout, white-fish,\\nor grayling swim in the blue waters around the beautiful\\npeninsula.\\nJOSEPH C. LARIMORE.\\nThe parents of the subject of this biography were born\\nin Central Pennsylvania, and resided for some years in\\nWashington County, from whence, in 1802, they removed\\nto Steubenville, Ohio. Here the father engaged in the\\nsale of general merchandise for a time, but afterwards added\\nto his business the manufacture of cotton goods. He also\\nheld the office of postmaster for about thirty years. In\\nthis village the son was born, and here he remained until\\nearly manhood. He attended the village school, and after-\\nwards prosecuted the study of the languages, under the\\ntuition of Rev. George Buchanan, and completed his studies\\nat the academy in his native place. But it was under the\\ncareful eye of his father and in association with him that he\\nacquired the strict business habits which have contributed\\nto his success in life. He married a daughter of Judge\\nJames Wilson (for many years editor of the Western Herald^\\nan able and influential Whig paper), and in 1834, while\\nyet but a young man, he removed to Niles, Mich., where\\nhe engaged in the sale of dry goods until 1838, when he\\ndisposed of the business and established the drugstore,\\nwhich still continues, and which is recognized as one of the\\noldest and most reliable establishments in the State. In\\n1860 he associated with him in the business Henry M.\\nDean (who for ten years had been in his employ as clerk),\\nunder the present firm-name of Larimore Dean.\\nIn disposition Mr. Larimore is conservative rather than", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0196.jp2"}, "197": {"fulltext": "CITY OP NILES.\\n173\\naggressive, but firm and decided in all his opinions. In\\npolitics he was a Whig until the rise of the Republican\\nparty, when he attached himself to it, sympathizing with\\nthat party in all its essential measures. He had no politi-\\ncal a.spirations, but accepted the appointment of postmaster\\nat Niles under Gen. Harrison, which office he held until\\nafter the election of President Polk. In religion he is by\\nat Niles. In 1877 he was again re-elected treasurer, but\\nat his earnest solicitation he was permitted to decline the\\noffice. In 1872 he aided to organize the First National\\nBank, and was its first vice-president, which office he re-\\nsigned soon after, to accept the presidency of the Citizens\\nNational Bank, to which position he has been reelected\\nevery year since. In addition to his daily attention to the\\neducation and conviction a Presbyterian of the strictest\\nstamp, and to this church he has ever given his aid and\\ninfluence, while at the same time he has always been ready\\nto extend the warm hand of sympathy and to fraternize\\nheartily and sincerely with all sister denominations. For\\ntwenty-five years he has been a ruling elder and for nearly\\nthirty years the treasurer of the First Presbyterian Church\\ndrug business and his duties as president of the bank, he is\\nalso an officer or director of the Niles Gas-Light Company,\\nthe Niles Manufacturing Company, the Niles Paper-Mill\\nCompany, the City and Village Insurance Company, etc.\\nand he has ever been ready to extend aid and his hearty\\nco-operation to any and all enterprises whose object is to\\nadvance the material interests of the city of his adoption.\\nMAJOR L. A. DUNCAN\\nwas born in Columbus, Bartholomew Co., Ind. His father\\nwas a native of Leesburg, Va., and his mother of Chilli-\\ncothe, Ohio. When two years of age his father died, and\\nhe, with his mother, went to Charlestown, Clarke Co., Ind.,\\nto live with his grandfather, the late Judge James Scott.\\nHis grandfather and father being newspaper men and edi-\\ntors, he, it may be said, grew up in the profession.\\nIn 1856 he removed West, stopping in Iowa City, Iowa.\\nIn 1858, in connection with G. H. Jerome, he assumed the\\neditorship of the Iowa City Republican, and in 1861 was\\nappointed, by the Governor of the State, one of the swamp-\\nland commissioners to settle swamp-land claims of the State\\nagainst the general government.\\nWhile in Iowa he was instrumental in helping that vete-\\nran Abolitionist, John Brown, through the State to Harper s\\nFerry, though ignorant of his destination and full pur-\\npose.\\nIn 1862 he resigned his commi-ssionorship to enter the\\nUnion army. He was appointed adjutant of the 40th Iowa\\nInfantry upon the formation of that regiment, and took\\npart in the siege of Vicksburg and capture of Little Rock,\\nArk. in the battles of Prairie D Ann (where, when on\\nstaff duty and leading the 50th Indiana Infantry into\\naction, he had a horse shot under him), Jenkins Ferry,\\nLittle Missouri River, and several minor engagements.\\nHe was commissioned major March 17, 1865, this being\\nthe highest vacancy occurring in his regiment during tha", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0197.jp2"}, "198": {"fulltext": "174\\nHISTOKY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nwar. After the surrender of Lee he served some months\\nin the Indian Territory, and was finally mustered out with\\nhis regiment at Fort Gibson, Aug. 15, 1865. Though he\\nwas three years in his country s service, he claims only an\\ninconspicuous part in the war.\\nIn February, 1866, he came to Niles, and, in connection\\nwith E. C. Dana, bought two newspaper establishments,\\nthe Niles Enquirer and the Berrien County Freeman,\\nwhich he consolidated under the njfme of the Niles Times.\\nAt the expiration of two years Mr. Dana retired, and the\\nname of the paper was changed to the Niles Republican,\\nsince which time Maj. Duncan has been sole editor and\\nproprietor. He claims to publish a good, clean, reliable,\\nlocal paper, and his patrons and readers acknowledge the\\njustness of this claim.\\nIn 1872 he was elected presidential elector for the\\nFourth Congressional District, and cast a personal vote for\\nU. S. Grant and Henry Wilson. He served four years on\\nthe Republican State Central Committee, and was one of\\nthe board of visitors to the State normal school in 1879.\\nMaj. Duncan, since the formation of the Republican\\nparty, has always been a warm supporter of that party and\\nits principles. Prior to its organization he was a Whig,\\nhaving been reared in that political faith.\\nCHAPTER XXVI.\\nBUCHANAN TOWNSHIP.*\\nLocation and Natural Features of the Township Original Land-En-\\ntries Early Settlements and Settlers Organization of the Town-\\nship Early Elections and Census Statistics Schools Buchanan\\nVillage Incorporation and List of Officers Population Manufac-\\nturing Interests Societies and Orders Banking Cemeteries\\nReligious History.\\nThis township is designated on the United States survey\\nas town 7 south, range 18 west. It is a fractional township,\\nand includes that portion of town 7 lying west of the St.\\nJoseph River. It contains an area of 17,813 acres, and\\nits eastern boundary is the St. Joseph River, that separates\\nit from the township of Niles its southern boundary is the\\ntownship of Bertrand its western the township of Weesaw\\nand its northern the township of Oronoko.\\nBuchanan contains but little level land, and its surface is\\ngenerally undulating. The highest point is Moccasin\\nBluff, situated about two miles north of the village of\\nBuchanan, on the river St. Joseph. The soil is clay loam,\\nwith an admixture of sand. It is very rich and productive,\\nand particularly adapted to the growth of cereals.\\nThe towu.ship is watered by the St. Jo.seph River on the\\neast, and its tributary, McCoy s Creek, that rises in Bertrand\\ntownship, flows northeasterly through the village of Bu-\\nchanan and empties into the St. Joseph. On the western\\npart of the town.ship, the head-waters of Hickory Creek\\ntake their rise, and flow northerly into the St. Joseph.\\nThe north branch of Galien River takes its rise in one of\\nthe numerous lakes that abound in the township, among\\nwhich are Clear and Round Lakes, on section 29 Yellow\\nBy Austin N. Hungerford.\\nLake, section 30 Wagner Lake, section 19 Weaver Lake,\\nsection 20 Madron and Moon Lakes, section 9 Coveney s\\nLake, sections 5 and 8 Juday Lake, section 7 and others\\nnot named.\\nThe territory of the township of Buchanan was partly\\nincluded in the tribal reservation on which the Pottawatta-\\nmies lived during the later years of their residence in Ber-\\nrien County. The banks of the St. Joseph, and the lands\\nwhich extend thence southwestwardly through Buchanan\\nand Bertrand townships, were their favorite resorts, and\\nthey clung to these lands with great tenacity, for here were\\ntheir homes and the graves of their fathers. The forests\\nwere abundantly supplied with game, the lakes and rivers\\nwere well stocked with fish, and much frequented by wild\\nfowl. Moccasin Blufi situated a short distance below the\\nvillage of Buchanan, is well known as the site of one of\\nthe Indian villages, and numerous burial-places along the\\nriver have been found. f\\nThe first cession of land that affected this part of Ber-\\nrien County was that of Sept. 20, 1828, which embraced\\nthe lands lying west of St. Joseph River, except the reserva-\\ntion which has already been mentioned.\\nThe greater part of Buchanan township is in the tract\\nceded in 1828, but the village is in the reservation. This\\nwas ceded in 1833. The best lands in the last cession were\\nchosen by the commissioners as seminary land, and lay\\nmostly along the sides of McCoy Creek to the village. The\\nlands were largely settled upon by those who intended to\\npurchase when they were made subject to entry, but the\\nprice of $20 per acre was placed upon them at first, and\\nthose who had taken claims were compelled to give them up.\\nLater they were reduced in price to $12, and afterwards to\\n$6. The other lands were taken at 10s. per acre, under the\\npre-emption act.\\nThe first land-oflice in Michigan was established at De-\\ntroit, and the first lands were offered for sale there in 1818.\\nIn 1822 the Detroit land district was divided, and a second\\noffice established at Monroe, at which latter office lands\\nlying west of the principal meridian were entered until\\n1831, when a land-office was established at White Pigeon\\nfor the sale of lands lying west of the meridian. In 1834\\nthis office was removed to Kalamazoo.\\nThe following were the original entries of land in Bu-\\nchanan, viz.\\nSeclioii 2.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 H. Highburgcr, J. Ingelright, T. J. Griffin.\\nSection 3.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 P. Poponol, Joseph P. Martin, A. Colvin, S. G. Shuert,\\nJ. Johnson, J. Ingelwright.\\nSeclion 4.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 W. Colvin, J. Ingelwright, T. J. P.a trick, J. Harris, A. Col-\\nTin, B. H. Piatt, R. Munger.\\nSection 5. James II. Roe, J. Coveney, J. Gordon, Isaac Broadway.\\nSection 6. Peter Watkins, J. Weaver, George Smith, J. Hickman,\\nS. Garr, J. Coveney, A. Trocess.\\nSection 7.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 -R. Babcock, Jr., Godfried Boil, W. Smith, S. Weaver, Jo-\\nseph Coveney, .T. Judd, D. and J. Weaver.\\nSection S. Charles Stone and J. Weaver, M. P. Irvin, J. and H.\\nWeaver, H. Weaver, E. .ind W. M. Mason.\\nSection 9. M. P. Irvin, A. Irvin, Isaac Broadway, John B. Mitchell,\\nLeonard Madson.\\nf Moccasin and Mish-a-qua-ka villages were here when the first\\nwhite settlers came, in 1833 and 1834. Moccasin village was below\\nMoccasin Bluff, and Mish-a-qua-ka south of the village, on the farm of\\nH. G. Sampson.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0198.jp2"}, "199": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0199.jp2"}, "200": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0200.jp2"}, "201": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF BUCHANAN.\\n175\\nHun-\\nSection 10.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Weaver and Hunger, Manger, G. Cai\\nter, Hoffman and Bacon, J. Weaver, 6. Cain.\\nSection 11.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. Ingelwright, Stephen Thomas, S. Thomas and J. Ly-\\nbrook, Popenol, John Lybrook.\\nSection 12. S. Thomas, J. Lybrook, C. Sparks, William Justus.\\nSection 13.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A. Price, W. Garmood, William Justus. Michael Wade,\\nS. Babcock, J. Stephens, J. Noel.\\nSection 14.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Lybrook, Seth Sherwood, Jacob Ingelwright, J.\\nLollar, B. Chandler, C. Sparks, E. Brewster, W. Kelley, A. Bron-\\nson, L. Cotua.\\nSection 15.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. Lollar, A. Irvin, S. Broadway, Ailwin. William\\nKelly, Sparks.\\nSection 16. School sectir:n.\\nSection 17. H. Weaver, D. Weaver, F. Weaver, E. and W. M. Mason,\\nS. Redding.\\nSection 18.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 D. and J. Weaver, J. Juday. H. B. Hoffman, E. and W.\\nM. Mason.\\nSection 19.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 E. and W. M. Mason, C. Bruyn, D. Dalrymple, J. Henry,\\nB. Vaughn. W. Hardmnns, J. Jack, J. Vaughn.\\nSection 20.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 W. Wagner, S. Redding, D. Wagner, J. Juday, J. Hoover,\\nN. Wilson, J. Webster and H. M. Connell.\\nSection 21.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. Weaver, Hoffman and Bacon, A. Gordon, H. Mitchell,\\nA. Babcock, D. Dalrymple.\\nSection 22. Samuel Cooper, D. Weaver, J. Ingelwright, J. Weaver,\\nHooper and Ingelwright, R. and J. Martindalc, D. Rolfe, Stevens\\nH, Hoffman.\\nSection 23. Arthur Bronson, David Rolfe, J. Jennings, John Hunter.\\nSection 24. B. Likin, D. Brown, W. Broadhunt, Ralph Camp, N.\\nCotton, J. Carberry, B. Chandler, R. Camp, W. Cotton.\\nSection 25. J. Stephens, William Broadhunt; remainder of section\\nuniversity lands.\\nSection 26. University land.\\nSection 27.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 N. Roe, J. R. Brown, T. W. R. Lister, S. Stevens, Daniel\\nRoe, S. Weaver, L. Wilson.\\nSection 28.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 W. Betson, W. B. Allen, E. Lineback, L. Olds, An-\\ngel, S. Rinehart.\\nSection 29.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. H. Phillips, Flanigan, J. W. Baldwin, W. D.\\nJones, J. Vaughn.\\nSection 30.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Oliver Dalrymple, J. H. Ives, G. W. Gillett, J. A. Stokes,\\nE. and W. M. Mason, J. Slater, James S. Tanner.\\nSection 31.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. Needham, William Hall, Egbert, H. Wilson, D.\\nWhitlock, J. Vaughn, James S. Tanner.\\nSection 32.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Proud and McNeal, W. C. Fish, E. Egbert,\\nJames Fallow, H. Brown, J. Vaughn, D. Whitlock, C. Egbert,\\nR. W. Landon, J. Ryan, Briant.\\nSection 33.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. Egbert, S. S. Russell, H. T. Bacon, A. Smith, J. P.\\nJones, B. Egbert, Mclntire, J. Martindale.\\nSection 34.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. Martindale, Jr., R. Martindale, D. R. Piatt, H. Ben-\\nnett, R. Babcock.\\nSection 35.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 C. Cowles, A. C. Day, C. Smith, S. M. Blake, G. A. De-\\nmont.\\nSection 36.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 D. Sanford, A. Jordan, W. Smith, A. C. Day, 0. Nichols.\\nThe first person to locate land where the village of Bu-\\nchanan now is, and probably the first in the township, was\\nCharles Cowles, a native of Vermont, who came to Niles\\nin 1832, and in June, 1833, came to this place alone, located\\nhis claim, cleared a piece of land, built a cabin, and made\\nhis home here. He was a single man, and hired Leonard\\nMadron and his family to take charge of his cabin. In the\\nspring of 1834, John Hatfield, from Wayne Co., Ind., with\\nhis family, came in and located a claim of 80 acres adjoining\\nMr. Cowles These two claims were in the southwest\\nquarter of section 25. Charles Cowles built a shingle-mill\\non the creek where afterwards was the little grist-mill owned\\nby Mr. Wallin, and where Pears mill now stands, a little\\nway up from the mouth of the creek. Hatfield, with a Mr.\\nAtkins, built a saw-mill a little later on McCoy Creek,\\nwhere stands the factory now known as Fort Sumter.\\nMr. Cowles is still living here. Mr. Hatfield was inter-\\nested in the church of the United Brethren and one of the\\nconstituent members, and afterwards moved to Minnesota.\\nMr. Cowles and Mr. Hatfield sold their claims to Dr. C. C.\\nWallin in 1835.\\nRussell McCoy emigrated from Virginia to Pokagon\\nPrairie, and boated on the river in the summer season, and\\nin winter worked for the Indians. He was at Niles a short\\ntime, and in the summer of 1833 came to the mouth of\\nMcCoy Creek, where he cleared a small place, located a\\nclaim, and returned to Niles. In the spring of 1834, in\\ncompany with Hiram Wray, he built a log cabin. The\\nIndians at first did not like it, and tore down the cabin, but\\nsoon after became satisfied. The cabin was finished, and in\\nthe fall the family of Hiram Wray moved into it. The next\\nyear they built a saw-mill at the mouth of the creek. Mr.\\nMcCoy married, in 1835, Miss Fanny Kingery, of Pokagon\\nPrairie, who died in 1837, leaving one son, James I. McCoy,\\nwho is living West. Soon after her death he sold out, and\\nwith his father s family (who lived east of Niles) moved to\\nMissouri, but did not like the country and soon returned.\\nIn 1839 he married Esther, daughter of John Weaver.\\nThey settled between Niles and Pokagon on a farm, and\\nlived there a year and a half, when Mrs. McCoy s father,\\nJohn Weaver, having bought a quarter of the school sec-\\ntion, they moved upon the farm and remained there four-\\nteen years. He then sold the farm, and kept store in\\nBuchanan. About 1856, in company with David Weaver\\nand his brother, William McCoy, he bought 200 acres on\\nthe bank of Clear Lake, and built a steam saw-mill. After\\nabout one year and a half he sold out his interest and bought\\nthe hotel in Buchanan, which he kept but a short time,\\nand moved to Charlottesville. He afterwards returned, and\\nlived in Buchanan until his death, which occurred in De-\\ncember, 1873. His widow, Mrs. McCoy, still lives in the\\nvillage.\\nAndrew C. Day was born in Norwich, Conn., Jan. 11,\\n1805 he went with his parents when young to Delaware Co.,\\nN. Y., where he remained until thirty-two years of age.\\nHe owned a grist-mill in that county, and also learned the\\ntrade of gang-sawyer, and shipped lumber in large quanti-\\nties to Philadelphia. When nineteen years of age he had\\ncharge of a mill employing 40 men. He emigrated to this\\ntownship in 1836, and bought the claim of Leonard Mad-\\nron, it being the place where he still lives. Here he worked\\non the saw-mill for a time, and in 1839, in connection with\\nJohn Hamilton, erected a grist-mill about five rods below\\nthe present mill of Pears Rough. This mill had two\\nrun of stones. After three or four years he sold to John\\nHamilton, and became interested in the dry goods and gro-\\ncery business in the village. He was engaged for about a\\nyear with the engineering corps on the preliminary survey\\nof the Michigan Central Railroad. In 1875 he was inter-\\nested in the manufiicture of wagons, in the manufactory\\nnow conducted by the Rough Brothers. He is now en-\\ngaged in farming, and owns a valuable farm east of the vil-\\nlage. He still lives, with his wife, on the land they first\\nsettled, when the country was almost a wilderness.\\nJohn Hamilton, a millwright by trade, came from Vir-\\nginia to Michigan, and worked a year or two in a mill on\\nthe Dowagiac Creek, near Niles. He came to Buchanan\\nin 1839, and with iMr. A. C. Day built the grist-mill. He", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0201.jp2"}, "202": {"fulltext": "176\\nHISTORY OP BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nlaid out the first village plat, which was recorded in 1842.\\nHe lived here until his death.\\nEdward Ballengee, although not as early a settler in the\\ntownship as some, has heen identified with the earlie.st\\nmovements of several of the townships. He emigrated from\\nVirginia to this county in 1833, and located at Berrien\\nSprings when but two houses were there. He erected a\\ndwelling-house and store together, his being the third\\ndwelling there. He moved his stock of goods from\\nCrawfordsville, Ind., in April, and his family came in June.\\nHe was very instrumental in getting the court-house located\\nat that place, and was elected supervisor two terms. In the\\nfall of 1843 he moved to Buchanan, and was elected super-\\nvisor, and justice of the peace in 1844. In 1845 he lived\\nin Lake township, where he was foremost in getting that\\ntown set oflF, and was its first supervisor. In 1850 he re-\\nmoved to New Buffalo, and was general purchasing agent\\nof the Michigan Central Railroad. He went to California\\nin 1853, remained until 1865, and was justice of the peace\\ntwo terms in Todd s Valley, Placer Co., Cal. In January,\\n1866, he settled in Buchanan, where he still resides, and\\nhas been justice from that time to the present, except in\\n1878.\\nL. P. Alexander came from Belfast, Allegany Co., N. Y.,\\nwith Price Cooper and his family. The latter settled\\non section 35, where F. F. Clarke now lives. Mr. Alex-\\nander afterwards married his daughter. They reached here\\nOct. 16, 1841, and Mr. Alexander worked at his trade,\\nwhich was that of a carpenter and joiner, until 1849, when\\nhe engaged in the boot and shoe business, and soon after in\\nmerchandising. In 1846 he was elected constable and\\ntreasurer, and held the position till 1851. In that year he\\nwas elected supervisor, and was re-elected in 1852. He\\nserved again from 1861 to 1866, and from 1871 to 1878.\\nIn 1860 he was elected a member of the Legislature, a mem-\\nber of the Constitutional Convention in 1867, and of the\\nSenate in 1870. He was postmaster from 1863 to 1866.\\nHe was again appointed in 1877, and still holds the posi-\\ntion.\\nJohn D. Ross emigrated from Indiana to Niles in the\\nspring of 1834, where he worked a short time and went to\\nValparaiso, and in 1847 came to Buchanan. He purchased\\nfive acres on the south side of Front Street for $9000. The\\nnorth side of Front Street was the village plat. The Day\\nHamilton mill, a distillery run by Hilton, and the\\ndwelling-house now owned by Mr. Terriere wore the only\\nbuildings south of Front Street, and they were on five acres\\npurchased by Mr. Ross. He opened a store in a building\\nthat stood where Roe s block now stands. In 1864 the\\nbanking business was commenced by Ross Fulton, and\\nMr. Ross still continues in the business.\\nGarrett Morris emigrated from Ohio with his parents to\\nTerre Coupee Prairie in 1833, but returned to Ohio. In\\n1837 he went to New Carlisle, Ind., and opened a grocery\\nbusiness, and in 1840 was appointed postmaster. Schuyler\\nColfax, then a lad of seventeen years, was deputy under\\nhim for three years, and at that time Colfax was in the\\nhabit of noting down, in an ordinary brown-paper journal,\\nthe doings of Congress, storing up facts that were of bene-\\nfit to him in after years.\\nIn the spring of 1844, Mr. Morris moved to Buchanan,\\nand in 1846 built on Main Street the first hotel in the vil-\\nlage. He also conducted a store where the bank building\\nnow stands. About 1856 he sold the hotel to Russell Mc-\\nCoy. He sold the store in 1859 to John C. Button, but\\nafterwards repurchased it. He afterwards became agent\\nfor Call, Lockwood Co., book publishers, of Hartford,\\nConn. He still lives in Buchanan.\\nDavid Sanford settled, in 1836, on a small farm near the\\nvillage of Buchanan, and died in a few years after coming\\nin. His brothers, Philo and Levi, lived in Bertrand.\\nWatson Roe came from Henry Co., Ind., about 1836,\\nand settled on what is known as the David Gitchell farm,\\nin the township of Bertrand, in section 18. He did not\\npurchase, but a little later came to Buchanan and purchased\\n160 acres in section 27, now owned by A. Broceus. He\\nremoved to Iowa in 1852. His brother, Eli Roe, came to\\nPortage Prairie at the same time, and in 1856 removed to\\nthe village of Buchanan. His son, Dr. J. M. Roe, re-\\nmoved to this village in 1851, commenced practice, and is\\nstill living there. J. H. Roe, E. J. Roe, and J. J. Roe,\\nsons, are all living in Buchanan.\\nT. J. Hunter came with his father and family in 1831,\\nand located on the east bank of St. Joseph River, in Niles\\ntownship, where Mr. Batchelor now owns. Thomas J.\\ncame to the west side of the river in 1835, and bought\\n120 acres on section 10, where Joseph Fuller now lives.\\nHe was active in the formation of the Methodist Church.\\nHe lived on the farm until 1876, when he moved into the\\nvillage, and still resides there.\\nJohn Weaver emigrated from Ohio, in 1829, to a place\\nabout two and a half miles above Bertrand township, on\\nthe St. Joseph River; and in 1837 he located a claim of\\n160 acres, where, his son Samuel now lives, on section 28.\\nJacob Weaver, a son, owns land on sections 7, 8, 17, and\\n18. Esther, a daughter, married Russell McCoy, who\\nlived for many years in Buchanan. Fanny married Charles\\nClark, of Indiana. Elizabeth married Andrew Inglewright,\\nwho settled in 1835 or 1836 on section 7. Polly married\\nJohn Juday. David Weaver, another .son, lives in Day-\\nton, Bertrand town.ship.\\nJoseph Coveny, a native of Ireland, emigrated to this\\ncountry, and in 1836 located 40 acres, where he now lives,\\non section 5. He now has 600 acres. Of thirteen chil-\\ndren, ten are living, four are on the farm, two are settled\\nnear. John Gordon came from Portage in 1835, and set-\\ntled on the same section. Absalom Colvin and his brother\\nWilkinson came from Ohio in 1838, and located on sections\\n3 and 4, where his son George now lives. He was justice\\nof the peace, and went to California in 1852, and died\\nthere. John Inglewright settled near St. Joseph River,\\non section 2. He manufactured wooden bowls and sold\\nthem through the country. His son Andrew lives south\\nof James Coveny.\\nGodfrey Boil, in 1834 or 1835, settled on section 6,\\nwhere his descendants still reside.\\nJohn Juday, a tanner by trade, came from Portage in\\n1834 or 1835, settled on sections 7 and 18, and married\\nPolly, daughter of John Weaver. David and Jacob Weaver,\\nsons of John Weaver, came to this part of the town. Jacob", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0202.jp2"}, "203": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF BUCHANAN.\\n177\\nstill lives here. David lives in Dayton. Charles JIc-\\nCracken emii^rated in 1837 from Pennsylvania, and located\\nIGO acres on section 5, where he still lives. In 1S: 5, Amos\\nIrwin took up 160 acres on section Hi, where Alvan Tom-\\nlinson now lives In 1854 he moved to Dayton, Ohio.\\nJacob Dragoo emigrated from Virginia in 1834, and\\nbought a claim of Robert Martindale. He lived here about\\nthree years when his wife died, and he soon followed. Uel\\nDragoo, a son, emigrated in 18li5, wiiii his wife and son,\\nand bought a claim of 80 acres, adjoining his father, of\\nBlake. He lived there two years, when, upon the death of\\nhis father, he with his brothers and sisters returned to Vir-\\nginia. The lands they had located having been selected as\\nseminary lands, $20 per acre was the price settled upon, and\\nthey gave them up. After about two years, or in 1840,\\nJohn F., Peter, and Michael returned to Buchamin. John\\nF. settled near Wagner s saw-mill, and in two or three years\\nbought on Moccasin Flat on the river, and was boating for\\nseveral years. Michael went to California. Uel came back\\nfrom Virginia in 1844, and bought 47 acres on Moccasin\\nFlat of a Frenchman by the name of Louis Cotoway, who\\nmarried an Indian woman, and had lived there many years.\\nIn 18r!5, Uel went to California, but .soon rcturtied, and is\\nnow living in the village of Buclianan.\\nHiram Weese emigrated from Ohio to Indiana, and in\\n1837 to Niles township, on the east bank of St. Joseph\\nlliver, opposite the village of Buchanan, with his wife and\\nthree children, and in 1840 crossed the river, bought two\\nacres of land of Jacob D. Dutton, and built a log house\\nand blacksmith-shop where Thomas Long lives. Here ho\\nopened the first blacksmith-shop in this section. He after-\\nwards built the log house in which school was kept two\\nterms in 1841 and 1842 by Angelina Bird. Mr. Weese\\nwas justice of the peace and postmaster in an early day, and\\nis still living here. At that time Jacob Dutton lived under\\nthe hill at a place near the little mill of Rough Pears.\\nRobert Cathcart lived on the farm where Edward Smith\\nnow lives; John Hamilton, where John D. Ross resides; A.\\nC. Day, where he still lives; Charles Cowlos, where Horace\\nBlack resides John Hatfield, cast of Mr. Day. Dr. C. C.\\nWallin lived near Dutton, but soon afterwards moved to\\nTerra Coup6e Prairie, where he practiced medicine.\\nDarius Jennings emigrated from the State of New York\\nand lived for a time at St. Joseph, during which time he\\nwas boating on the river. He was a captain of the Blish-\\nawaka at a later date. In 1835 he located on section 20,\\nnow owned by Hannah Montague, it being at the foot of\\nMoccasin Bluff. He was well educated, was the first town-\\nship clerk, and filled other positions of importance. He\\nafterwards removed to Illinois and died there. Seth Sher-\\nwood was the first settler on the flats. His son Aloiizo is\\nliving in Weesaw, and was an early .settler in that township.\\nSebastian Overacker in 1834 settled up the McCoy Creek,\\nnear what became known as the Martindale settlement, oti\\nsection 34. He afterwards removed to Bertrand. William\\nMclntyre settled in 1835 on section 33, now owned by S.\\nAllen.\\nEnos Holmes in 1830 emigrated from Attica, N. Y.,\\npurchased 135 acres, part of it in the township of Buchanan,\\nbut the greater part being that part of section 4 in Bertrand\\n23\\nthat was ceded in 1828. He went back to New York State\\nand lived there ten years, but in 1840 returned and lived\\nhere till his death. May 23, 1800. He has three sons\\nliving Eli, on the homestead, John G., editor of the\\nBerrien C uiiti/ Uncord at Buchanan, and Daniel, who\\nlives on section 30, in Weesaw.\\nOIKiANl/ATION OF TOWNSIIII\\nThe town derived its name from James Buchanan. At\\nthe time of its organization there were about 27 families in\\nits territory. The act by which it was erected (approved\\nMarch 11, 1837) provided that all that portion of the\\ncounty of Berrien, being so much of township seven .south,\\nof range eighteen west, as lies west of the St. Jo.soph River,\\nbe, and the same is hereby, set off and organized into a\\nseparate town.ship, by the name of Buchanan, and the first\\ntownship-meeting shall bo held at the house of 0. C. Wal-\\nlin in said township.\\nIn accordance with this act the first meeting was held at\\nthe house of Charles C. Wallin, near the mouth of McCoy s\\nCreek, on the 3d of April, 1837. C. C. Wallin was cho.sen\\nmoderator of the meeting, and Darius Jennings clerk. Fif-\\nteen votes were cast, and the following officers were declared\\nelected: Supervisor, Charles C. Wallin; Township Clerk,\\nDarius E. Jennings Assessors, S. S. Sherwood, John Hat-\\nfield, and D.E.Jennings; Highway Commissioners, Charles\\nCowles, Ab.salom Colvin, William Wagner Constable, A.\\nC. Day Collector, A. C. Day Justices, Win. Wagiu;r, A.\\nColvin, D. E Jennings, Charles Cowles.\\nEARLY ELECTIONS.\\nThe second election was a special election for members\\nof Congress. It was held at the house of John Weaver,\\nAug. 21 and 22, 1837. Twenty-seven votes wore cast, 25\\nfor Hezekiah G. Wells and 2 for Isaac E. Crary.\\nThe third election was held Nov. Gth and 7th, and was a\\ngeneral election lor Governor, State senators and representa-\\ntive, judge of probate, and register of deeds. At the\\nelection 31 votes were cast, of which Charles C. Trowbridge\\nreceived, for Governor, 24, and Stevens T. Mason 7.\\nThe first Presidential election after the organization of\\nthe town was hold Nov. 2 and 3, 1840. Sixty-one votes\\nwere east; 31 were cast for the Democratic electors and 30\\nfor the Whig electors, this being the exciting campaign of\\nTippecanoe and Tyler, too. Every voter was undoubtedly\\nout, and from 15 votes the number had increased fourfold.\\nAt the Presidential election in 1844 it had increased to\\n124; in 1848, in 1852, 215; in 1856, 260; in\\n1800,340; in 1804,410; in 1870, 520; in 1874,483;\\nin 1870, 739.\\nThe first census taken in the township was in 1840, when\\nthe populati(m was 204; in 1845, 630; in 1854, 1282;\\nin 1800, 1728; in 1804, 1974; in 1870, 2973; in 1874,\\n2880.\\nThe report of the last census (1874) showed 15,613\\nacres in farms, 179 farm-houses, 2321 acres of wheat grow-\\ning, and 444 acres devoted to orchards. The same census\\nshows the following crops raised in 1873: 28,481 bushels\\nof wheat, 44,999 bushels of corn, 12,707 bushels of all", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0203.jp2"}, "204": {"fulltext": "178\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nother grain, 6896 bushels of apples, 1040 bushels of peaches,\\n300 bushels of pears.\\nThe valuation of the township by the first assessment\\n(1837) was real estate, $45,000 personal estate, $1:^77\\ntotal, S46,377. Valuation of real estate, 1876, $461,730\\npersonal estate, $92,795 total, $554,525. Increase in\\nthirty-nine years, $508,148.\\nThe following-named citizens of Buchanan have repre-\\nsented their districts in the Senate and House of Represen-\\ntatives Senate, L. P. Alexander, 1870; Levi Sparks,\\n1873; Francis H. Berrick, 1875. House of Representa-\\ntives, John Grove, 1845-46; John D. Ross, 1854; L. P.\\nAlexander, I860; E. M. Plimpton, 1866.\\nMember of the Constitutional Convention of 1867, L. P.\\nAlexander.\\nBelow is given a list of persons who have held the offices\\nof supervisor, clerk, and justice of the peace in Buchanan,\\nfrom the organization of the town to the present year:\\nSUPERVISORS.\\n1S37, Charles C. Wallin 18;!S-40, Darius Jennings; 1841, Henry\\nVanderhoff; 1842, John Judaj 1843, Darius Jennings; 1844,\\nEdward Ballengee; 1845-46, John Juday 1847, George A. De-\\nmont; 1848-51, John Juday 1852, Wm. S. Merrill 1853, L. P.\\nAlexander; 1854, Wm. S. Merrill; 1855, Darius Jennings; 1856,\\nJohn Xewton; 1857-58, L. P. Alexander; 1859-61, Charles\\nClark; 1862, John Newton; 1863, George F. Hemingway; 1864\\n-72, Amos H. Clark; 1873, Lorenzo P. Alexander; 1874, Na-\\nthaniel B. Collins; 1875-77, L. P. Alexander; 1878, Leander P.\\nFox; 1879, Benjamin F. Fish.\\nTOWNSHIP CLERKS.\\n1837, Darius Jennings; 1838-40, Aaron Chapman; 1841-43, John\\nMartindale, Jr. 1844, David Sanford 1845, J. H. Service 1846,\\nG. W.Reynolds; 1847-48, John Grove; 1849-53, Hiram Weese;\\n1854-56, Nathaniel B. Collins; 1857-58, Zalmon Lyon; 1859,\\nHiram Weese; 1860-62, Wm. S. Merrill; 1863, Daniel M. K.\\nWilson; 1864, Wm. S. Merrill; 1865-67, Norris H. Merrill;\\n1868, Enoch A.Ross; 1869-72, David E. Hinmnn; 1873, Wm.\\nH. Epiey; 1874, L. P. Alexander; 1875-77, Willie E. Plimpton;\\n1878, Levi Sparks; 1879, Albert A. Worthington.\\nJUSTICES OF THE PEACE.\\n1837, John Juday, Rohert Cathcart were elected; 1838, Robert Cath-\\ncart, Robert Martindale; 1S39, Absalom Colvin, Hezekiah\\nMitchell; 1840, Darius Jennings, John Gordon; 1841, John Mar-\\ntindale; 1842, Hiram Weese, John F. Dragoo, John Juday 1843,\\nEdward Ballengee, Absalom Calvin; 1844, Watson Roe; 1845,\\nDavid Fish; 1846, Hiram Weese 1847, Absalom Colvin; 1848,\\nDavid AVagner; 1849, John F. Dragoo; 1850, Hiram Weese;\\n1851, Darius E. Jennings; 1852, Nathaniel B. Collins; 1855,\\nAmos Clark; 1856, Nathaniel B. Collins, Hiram Weese; 1858,\\nJacob Henry; 1859, Amos H. Clark; 1860, Wm. S. Merrill;\\n1861, John Newton; 1862, Peaehy Wray 1803, Alonzo Sher-\\nwood, Enoch A.Ross; 1866, Edward Ballengee, John T Beck-\\nwith; 1867, Enoch A. Ross; 1868, Wm. S. Merrill, David Fisk\\n1869, David Fisk, Jacob E. Miller; 1870, Edward Ballengee,\\nLevi W. Spaulding; 1871, David E. Hinman, Levi W. Spaul-\\nding; 1872, Levi W. Spaulding; 1873, Nathaniel B. Collins,\\nLorenzo P. Alexander; 1874, Edward Ballengee; 1875, L. P.\\nAlexander, John T. Beckwith; 1876, Levi W. Spaulding; 1877,\\nJ. T. Beokwith 1878, John W. R. Lister, Henry Bradley 1879,\\nJohn C. Dick, Edward Ballengee.\\nSCHOOLS.\\nSchool District No. 1 in the township was organized\\nMay 12, 1838, and comprised sections 33, 34, 35, 36, 25,\\n26, 27, and 28, being four miles long and two wide. The\\nfirst school inspectors were Aram Chapman and John\\nMartindale.\\nThe first school-house was built of logs, and stood on\\nthe east side of section 25, on the west bank of McCoy\\nCreek. It was burned in 1841. Another was built in its\\nplace. Angelina Bird was the first teacher in the town-\\nship. She taught in a log house that had been used by\\nMr. Wallin, near the mouth of McCoy Creek. After the\\nlog house was built in the village she taught there. Jane\\nPorter also taught in this house. Eggleston Smith was\\nthe first to teach in the frame house built in 1843, and\\nwas succeeded by Theron Bordan, Charles Comstock, W. S.\\nMerrill, and others. In 1843 a frame school-hou.se 20 by\\n40 was erected on lot No. 23, in the John Hamilton plat,\\nat a cost of $170. The district at that time contained\\n50 children of school age.\\nIn 1854 the district reorganized, under the law, into a\\nunion school district, and erected a two-story brick edifice,\\n30 by 40 feet in size, at a cost of about $4800. At this time\\nthere were in the district 160 children enrolled. In 1871,\\nthe number of children having increased to 570, between\\nthe ages of five and twenty years, it was deemed advisable\\nto erect a new school building, and the present edifice was\\nerected, 78 by 80 feet on the ground and three stories\\nhigh above the basement, containing eight recitation-rooms\\nand one lecture-room, and furnished throughout with mod-\\nern furniture. It is located on the south side of Chicago\\nStreet, on a square containing seven acres, in the southwest\\npart of the village. The lot was purcha.sed of N. B. Col-\\nlins for $3500, and the building was erected at a cost of\\n$36,500, including the furniture and fixtures.\\nIn 1869, $5000 was raised by tux; in 1870, $2000 and\\nin 1871 bonds were issued to the amount of $32,000. The\\nindebtedness is at present $22,000.\\nThe report of the director of the district (L. P. Alex-\\nander) for the year 1878 gives the number of children in\\nthe district between the ages of five and twenty years as\\n620 school attendance, 360 1 male teacher, 7 female\\namount paid teachers, $2845. Receipts for the year on\\nhand, Sept. 1, 1877, $1965.66; 2-mill tax, $601.04; pri-\\nmary-school fund, $322 tuition of non-resident scholars,\\n$39.30 district tax, $6207.80. Expenditures: on bonded\\nindebtedn ss, $4662.79; other purposes, $1280.47.\\nThe records of the union school district for the years\\nprior to 1870 are lost. From that year to the present\\ntime, the list of trustees of the district is as follows\\n1870.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Osborne, Charles Clark, William Pears, George H.\\nRichards, John D. Ross, and William S. Merrill.\\n1871.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Osborne, Charles Clark, William Pears, John D. Ross,\\nGeorge H. Richards, and W. W. Wells.\\n1872.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Osborne, George H. Richards, Seth Smith, William\\nPears, John D. Boss, W. W. Wells.\\n1873.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Alfred Richards, W. W. Wells, J. J. Van Riper, George H.\\nRichards, Seth Smith, William Pears.\\n1S71.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Alfred Richards, W. W. Wells, J. J. Van Riper, William Pears,\\nJ. M. Roe, S. Smith.\\n1875.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Alfred Richards, W. W. Wells, J. J. Van Riper, L. P. Fox,\\nL. P. Alexander, J. M. Roe.\\n1876.- F. H. Berrick, E. M. Plimpton, J. M. Roe, L. P. Alexander,\\nL. P. Fox, William Pears.\\n1877.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 L. P. Alexander, L. P. Fox, F. H. Berrick, E. M. Plimpton,\\nJ. M. Roe, William Pears.\\n1878.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 L. P. Alexander, L. P. Fox, J. M. Roe, William Pears, F. H.\\nBerrick, E. M. Plimpton.\\n1879.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 E. M. Plimpton, J. J. Van Riper, L. P. Alexander, L. P. Fox,\\nJ. M. Roc, W^illiam Pears.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0204.jp2"}, "205": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF BUCHANAN.\\n179\\nSchool District No. 2, known as Slierwood District, was\\norganized May 12, 1839, to comprise sections 22, 23, 14,\\n15, 16, 11, 12, and 13, and the south half of sections 9 and\\n10, being nearly three miles square. The first school-house\\nin this district was built in 1839. The children in the dis-\\ntrict at that time between four and eighteen years of age\\nwere 9 in number. In 1875 there were 50 children from\\nfive to twenty years of age. A frame school-house was\\nerected, at a cost of \u00c2\u00a7100 wages of teacher.^, $158 total\\nexpenditure, $204.47.\\nWilliam Kelly, director of District No. 2, makes the\\nfollowing report for 1878: number of children of school\\nage, 48 number of children attending school during the\\nyear, 58; non-resident pupils, 11 one frame school-house,\\nvalue, $1000; teachers employed, 2; amount paid teachers,\\n$274; total expenditure for the year, $336.51 no indebt-\\nedness.\\nSchool District No. 3, known as Marshall District, was\\norganized April 6, 1839, and formed principally from Dis-\\ntricts Nos. 1 and 2. It had at that time 13 children be-\\ntween four and eighteen years of age. In 1873 a brick\\nschool-house was erected, at a cost of $1800.\\nR. Morgan, director of District No. 3, reports for 1878:\\n55 children of school age, 48 attending school 1 brick\\nschool-house, capacity 60 sittings, value $1800 2 teachers\\nemployed amount paid teachers, $184 received of primary-\\nschool fund, $27 total expenditures, $268.86. No indebted-\\nness.\\nSchool District No. 4, known as Coveney District, was\\norganized March 1, 1845, to comprise sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,\\n9, and the northwest quarter of section 18. The first\\nschool house was built of logs, and was erected in the year\\nof the organization of the district. It then had 14 children\\nenrolled. The present frame building was erected in 1868,\\nat a cost of $1200.\\nL. W. Spaulding, director of District No. 3, makes the\\nfollowing report for 1878 46 children enrolled, 40 attend-\\ning school 1 frame school-house, with capacity of 50 sit-\\ntings, value $1000; 2 teachers employed; amount paid,\\n$155; primary-school fund received, $25.50 total expen-\\nditures, $278.07. No indebtedness.\\nSchool District No. 5, known as Wagner District, was\\norganized March 1, 1845, and had at that date within its\\nterritory 16 children of school age enrolled. The first\\nbuilding was frame and built in the same year. The pres-\\nent house was built in 1864, at a cost of $1200.\\nE. A. Beckwith, director of District No. 5, reports for\\n1878 as follows 90 children enrolled, and 62 attending\\nschool; 1 frame school-house, capacity of 100 sittings,\\nvalue $800 2 teachers employed amount paid teachers,\\n$228.75 received from primary-school fund, $44.50 total\\nexpenditures, $440.04.\\nSchool District No. 6, known as Inglewright District,\\nwas organized July 15, 1848, and contained at that time\\n17 school-children; a frame school-house was erected that\\nyear. In 1876 a brick edifice was erected at a cost of\\n$1000.\\nFrank Bolton, director for this district, reports for 1878:\\n38 children enrolled, 30 of whom attend school 1 brick\\nschool-house, with a capacity of 50 sittings, value $1000;\\n2 teachers employed amount paid teachers, $118 primary-\\nschool fund received, $19.00; total expenditures, $245.18.\\nIndebtedne.ss, $500.\\nSchool District No. 7, known as Kelsey District, was\\norganized in 1875. A brick school-hou.se was erected in\\nthe same year, at a cost of $900 35 school-children of\\nschool age were enrolled.\\nIn 1878, Erastus Kelsey, director for this district, re-\\nported 40 children enrolled, of whom 31 attended school;\\n1 brick school-house, with 52 sittings, value, $1000; 2\\nteachers employed amount paid them, $80 received pri-\\nmary-school fund, $19; total expenditures, $809.07. No\\nindebtedness.\\nBesides the districts above mentioned there are throe\\nfractional school districts in Buchanan, with houses in other\\ntowns.\\nThe first primary-school money drawn from the State\\nfunds for this township was in June, 1839, and amounted\\nto $32.64. At that time there were three school districts,\\nand the apportionment of money was as follows District\\nNo. 1, $18.56; District No. 2, $5.76; District No. 3,\\n$8.32, being divided on a basis of 64 cents to each\\nscholar.\\nThe office of school inspector in the township of Bu-\\nchanan has been held, since 1837, by the following-named\\npersons, viz.\\n1838, A ram Chapman, John Martindale; 1S39, Robert Cathcart, John\\nMartindale; 1840, Darius E. Jennings, Robert Cuthcart, Charles\\nC. Wallin 1841, John Martindale, Darius Jennings, Hiram Ben-\\nnelt; 1842, John Martindale, Robert O.ithcart, Hiram Bennett;\\n1S4;S, Aionzo Bennett, A. B. Staples; 1844, John Grove, John\\nMartindale, Jr.; 1845, John Martindale, Jr.; 1846, John Grove,\\nWilliam C. Harrison; 1847, John Grove, John Martindale; 1S48,\\nDaniel B. Mide; 1849, William S. Merrill; 1850, Andrew Foster;\\n1.S51, 1853-54, William S. Merrill; 1855, John M. Roe, William\\nB. Perrott; 1856, David Fisk, John Newton; 1857, John Newton,\\nJ. M. Roe; 1858, William M. Roe; 1859, Hezekiah J. Homo:\\n1860, William M. Roe; 1861, Elisha B. Sherwood; 1862, William\\nM. Roe; 1863, Stephen P. Bassett; 1866, William M. Roe, Emory\\nM. Plimpton; 1867, Emory M. Plimpton, David Fisk; 1868,\\nDavid Fisk; 1869, William M. Roe; 1870, Charles II. Parketon\\n1871, John M. Roe, John Graham; 1872, Emory M. Plimpton;\\n1873, John M. Roe; 1874-77, Emory M. Plimpton; 1S78, John\\nM. Roe; 1879, George II. Richards.\\nThe office of superintendent of schools was created in\\n1876. The first superintendent was Robert H. Rogers,\\nelected in 1876, and again in 1877. His successors were\\nNathan Johnson, in 1878, and Herbert C. Smith, in 1879.\\nVILLAGE OF BUCHANAN.\\nIn the original plat of the township sections 25 and 26\\nwere reserved for university lands, and were not in the\\nmarket until about 1834.\\nCharles Cowles and John Hatfield had settled on the\\nsouthwest quarter of section 25, and in 1834 they sold\\ntheir claims to Dr. C. C. Walliu. In 1842, John Hamil-\\nton pro-emiited the southwest quarter of the same section.\\nJohn Hamilton, Wm. Murphy, David Ralph, Joseph Mc-\\nKnight, and Ira Mansfield purchased the southeast quarter\\nof section 26. David Sanford purchased the northwest\\nquarter of section 30, and Andrew C. Day the northeast\\nquarter of section 35.\\nOn these four quarter-sections and in the valley of Mc-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0205.jp2"}, "206": {"fulltext": "180\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nCoy s Creek the village is built. The creek that passes\\nthrough it was named from Rev. Isaac MeCoy, of the Carey\\nMission, who, before the permanent settlement of the whites,\\npreached to the Indians on a bluff near here, and for whom\\nthey built a wigwam. An Indian village was located in the\\neast part of the present village, and on the small creek that\\npasses through section 36. This village was called Mis-a-\\nqua-kec, and contained about 25 families.\\nThe village plat, bearing date July 21, 1812, was laid\\nout by John Hamilton, and contained about 10 acres. The\\nadditions that have been made to its limits are as follows first\\naddition, A. B. Staples, in 1844; second addition, Joseph De-\\nment, in 1845; third addition, in 1852; fourth\\naddition, Andrew C. Day, in 1857 fifth addition, Ross and\\nAlexander, in 18(j4; sixth addition, J. D. Ross, in 18G5;\\nseventh addition, A. B. Clark, in 1865 eighth addition,\\nNathaniel B. Collins, in 1868; ninth addition, Mrs. Wm.\\nBainton, in 1868; tenth addition, Lewis Bryant, in 1868.\\nThe village now has the St. Joseph River for its north-\\nern boundary, and the property of the Michigan Central\\nRailroad for its southern.\\nAt the time the village was laid out John Hamilton\\nowned and operated a flour-mill on the stream. His dwell-\\ning was whea-e John D. Ross residence now is. Andrew C.\\nDay lived where he still resides. A store on the site of\\nRoss block was occupied by Stanley Staples.\\nThe village of Buchanan was incorporated in 1858, and\\nthe first charter election was held March 3d, in that year.\\nThe officers elected were James M. Matthews, President\\nWm. Rook, C. J. Ingersoll, Dr. J. M. Roe, Alfred Richard,\\nMichael Hess, and Daniel Totten, Trustees; George W.\\nBegole and John W. R. Lister, Assessors B. R. Blanchard,\\nTreasurer N. B. Collins, Clerk.\\nThe officers of the village of Buchanan from its incor-\\nporation to 1879 have been as follows\\nPRESIDENTS.\\n1858, .Tames M.Matthews; 18.59, John D. Ross; IS60, Daniel Per-\\nrine; 1861-6.3, John D. Ross; 1864-65, N. B. Collins; 1866, John\\nD.Ross; 1867-71, Charles Clark; 1872, William Pears; 1873-76,\\nCharles S. Black 1877, William Pears; 1878, Francis H. Ber-\\nrick; 187!), John D. Ross.\\nTEE.1SUREKS.\\n1868, B. R. Blanchard; 1859, Nathaniel Hamilton; 1860, George W.\\nBegole; 1861, D. E. Terriere; 1862, Garrett Morris; 1864, J. JL\\nRoe; 1865, Homer N. Hathaway; 1866, Sanford Smith; 1867,\\nL. P. Fox; 1S6S, S. Miller; 1870, L. P. Fox; 1871, S. L. Estcs;\\n1872, Willis Rise; 1873-75, Orange W. Rose; 1876, Samuel\\nMiller; 1877, A. F. Ross; 1878, Horace H. Kiuyon; 1879, George\\nChurchill.\\nCLERKS.\\n1858-59, Nathaniel B. Collins; I860, H. B. Strong; 1861, J. M.\\nAlbert; 1862, Alonzo Bennett; 1863-66, Enoch A. Ross; 1S67-70,\\nN. H. Merrill; 1871-72, W. D. Kingery.\\nKECORDEES.\\n1873, Daniel Terriere; 1874, D. A. Wagner 1875-79, Benjamin D.\\nHarper.\\nTRUSTEES,\\n1858.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 AVilliam Rook, C. J. Ingersoll, John M. Roe, Alfred Richards,\\nMichael Hess, Daniel Totten,\\n1859.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John D. Miller, Charles Clark, Daniel Totten. J.orcnzo P. Ale.\\\\-\\nander, William F. Molsbury, John M. Roc.\\nISCO.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John D. Miller, Michael Hess, J. M. Russell, John M. Albert,\\nWilliam H. Bainton, L. P. Alexander.\\n1861. C. J. Ingersoll, P. M. Weaver, John M. Roe, Andrew C. Day,\\nWilliam B. Perrott, Alfred Richards.\\n1SG2.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Andrew C. Day, John D. Miller, William B. Perrott, Julius\\nM. Russell, Charles Clark, Ilezekiah H. Howe.\\n1863.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 G. F. Hemingway, L. P. Alexander, T. L. Ross, R. M. Busco,\\nM. Hess, J. M. Roe.\\n1S64.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Daniel Totten, George R. Treat, William G. Boswell, J. M.\\nRoc, M. Hess, h. P. Alexander.\\n1865.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Andrew C. Diiy, L. P. Alexander, John D. Miller, George R.\\nTreat, David Totten, William Pears.\\n1866.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Homer N. Hathaway, John M. Roe, Elijah Beck, L. P. Alex-\\nander, John D. Miller, A. C. Day.\\n1867.- Nathaniel B. Collins, William Pears, Charles S. Black, John\\nM. Roe, A. C. Day, Elijah Beek^\\n1868. .\\\\lmcr S. Harrington, John Graham, Isaac C. Elston, William\\nPears, Charles S. Black, N. B. Collins.\\n1869.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Benjamin E. Binns, Richard A. De Mont, Theoderick F. C.\\nDodd, John M. Roe, John Graham, Aimer S. Harrington.\\n1870.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John M. Roe, H. H. Howe, B. E. Binns, Richards, Wil-\\nliam Pears, R. A. Dc Mont.\\n1871.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Benjamin E. Binns, Hezekiah H. Howe, William Osborne,\\nAVilliam Pears, John Graham, John D. Ross.\\n1S72.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles S. Black, Andrew C. Day, John D. Ross, William\\nOsborne, B. E. Binns, Osborne.\\nMEMBERS OF TUE COMMON COUNCIL.\\n1873.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles II. Rea, Solomon L. Bcardsley, John D. Ross, John\\nBuckles. Benjamin E. Binns, Andrew C. Day.\\n1874.- Hiram N. Mowrey, Ezra M. Griffin, B. E. Binns, J. D. Ross,\\nJohn Buckles, C. II. Rea.\\n1875. Ile/.ekiah H. Howe, Richard A. De Mont, Harrison Glover,\\nB. E. Binns, E. M. Griffin, H. N. Mowrey.\\n1876.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 B. E. Binns, George Churchill, Horace F. Strong, R. A. De\\nMont, E. M. Griffin, H. H. Howe.\\n1877.- Nathaniel Hamilton, Hiram N. Mowrey, George Richards, B.\\nE. Binns. George Churchill, Horace F. Strong.\\n1878.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John M. Roe, Nathaniel Johnson, Charles S. Black, Nathaniel\\nHamilton, W. D. Kingery, H. N. Mowery.\\n1879.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Osborne, Orange W. Rose, Charles H. Rea, Nathaniel\\nJohnson, Charles S. Black, John M. Roe.\\nThe population of the village when organized was 860,\\nand in 1878 was 2300. It contains 463 private residences\\n(11 of them of brick), one hotel (the Dunbar House), six\\nchurches, one public hall, four three-story brick business\\nblocks, with stores, offices, etc., twenty-two store and busi-\\nness frame buildings, two livery-stables, three flouring-mills\\n(water-power), four smith-shops, broom-handle factory, one\\neabinet-wareroom,two planing-mills, one machine-shop, three\\nsteam saw-mills, one saw-mill, one coffin-factory, three bed-\\nstead and furniture-manufiicturing establishments, two wagon\\nand carriage manufactories, two paint-shops, iron-foundry,\\nzinc collar-pad manufactory, two carpet-stretcher factories,\\none cheese-factory, two liarncss-shops, three shoe-shops,\\nthree millinery-stores, tliree tailor-shops, three dres.sraaking-\\nshops, three photographers, three dentists, three barber-\\nshops, two bakeries, three markets, one brick manufactory,\\nfour dry-goods stores, six groceries, three drug-stores, two\\nclothing-stores, two boot- and shoe stores, two hardware-\\nstores, two jewelry and watchmakers stores, one newsdealer,\\nfour physicians, four lawyers, and two newspaper offices.*\\nThe number of persons employed in the different manufac-\\nturing establishments is over 400 capital invested, $288,-\\n000 value of products per annum, $375,000.\\nThe Berrien County liecoi d tiAd Bnchnnan Reporter are published\\nhere. The history of these papers, as well as others which have ex-\\nisted here, will be found in the general history, with the press of the\\ncounty.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0206.jp2"}, "207": {"fulltext": "JOSEPH COVENEY.\\nMRS. JOSEPH COVENEY.\\nJOSEPH COVENEY.\\nJoseph Coveney, whose portrait with that of his wife is\\ngiven upon this page, was born in Cork Co., Ireland, March\\n29, 1805. He attended the parish school until thirteen\\nyears of age, when he went to learn the trade of weaver.\\nWishing to see and know something of America, he, at the\\nage of twenty years, without friend or companion, crossed\\nthe ocean in the ship William, and landed in New York\\nMay 26, 1826. Here he learned the carpenter s trade, and\\nworked at it four years in that city. He removed to\\nSchuylkill Co., Pa., and worked at the same trade there for\\ntwo years.\\nIn 1833 he moved to Portage, and continued at his trade\\nat Egberttown or Portage Point. He built a house there; but\\nthe project for forming a settlement failing, he removed to the\\nedge of the prairie (Portage), remaining one year. In the\\nfall of 1837 he married Louisa, eldest daughter of William\\nand Polly Roe, and in the spring of the same year settled\\non forty acres of land on section 5, Buchanan township,\\nhaving previously purchased it at the land-office at Bronson.\\nHere he decided to stay and make for himself and family a\\nhome. This land was not improved. He commenced his\\nwork by erecting a log cabin, in which he and his estimable\\nwife commenced life. He has since built a more commodious\\nhouse and improved his farm, adding to the original forty\\nacres from time to time until he now owns six hundred acres,\\nlocated northwest of the village of Buchanan. Wheat is\\nthe principal product of his farm, three thousand bushels\\nbeing raised in 1877.\\nIn 1849, when the gold fever raged in this part of the\\ncountry, Mr. Coveney, with two others in company, started\\nfor California, going the overland route with an ox-team.\\nArriving there, they went to work in the mines at Weaver-\\nville. Mr. Coveney remained only one year, returning home\\nby the way of Panama and the Mississippi River. His\\nstay in California, though short, was not an unprofitable\\none financially.\\nHe has made two trips to Europe, and visited England\\nand Ireland, the last trip taking with him his little daughter\\nLeila. He has retired from active life, his sons attending\\nto the farm. Mr. and Mrs. Coveney have had thirteen\\nchildren, of whom ten are living.\\nIn character Mr. Coveney is industrious, economical, and\\nof a genial temperament. By hard work and prudent man-\\nagement he has become possessed of a fine farm. He is\\nesteemed as a shrewd business man, a good, practical farmer,\\nan intelligent citizen, and is respected by his neighbors.\\nIn his religious belief he is an ardent follower of Thomas\\nPaine, and, like Ingersoll, never hesitates to express his\\nviews at any time or place. He erected a beautiful monu-\\nment in Oak Ridge Cemetery at Buchanan, at a cost of nearly\\nthree thousand dollars, upon which were inscribed some of his\\npeculiar sentiments. We quote his own words concerning\\nthe same and its defacement: I was raised in a Catholic\\ncountry, but it remained for a Protestant Christian to try\\nto refuse me the right to maintain this monument in a\\npublic cemetery. I had inscribed thereon some of my\\nsentiments on the religious fallacies of the day. These in-\\nscriptions, not coinciding with the views of the orthodox\\nelement, a minister s son, urged on by Christian hate,\\nmarred and defaced the monument in a barbarous manner.\\nHis act received the commendation of some of the strictly\\northodox, though it is but fair to say that all of the most\\nprominent citizens of Buchanan condemned the act, and\\nused every effort to prevent its repetition.\\nThe monument is a model of workmanship, and an orna-\\nment to the cemetery, although at a close view the stain of\\nthe tobacco juice mars its beauty.\\nMrs. Coveney has labored side by side with her husband\\nin all the vicissitudes of the new country, where they made\\ntheir early home, and has ever been an industrious and\\nfaithful wife a helpmate, indeed, to her husband, rearing\\na large family of children. The work of a mother in such\\na life is no easy task, but with ever willing heart and hand\\nshe ministered to all the wants of the family in sickness and\\nhealth. Hers is a labor of love, receiving its reward in the\\nlove and respect of all her family and friends.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0207.jp2"}, "208": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0208.jp2"}, "209": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF BUCHANAN.\\n181\\nMANUFACTURING INTERESTS.\\nWagon-shops of Rongli Brothers. Before 1845, Jacob\\nLuther cominenced the manufacture of wagons where the\\nlarge factory stands to-day. He soon sold to Cronyiniller\\nBrothers, who in 1849 sold to Alfred Richards. He soon\\nassociated with him as partner Nathaniel Collins. John D.\\nMiller purchased the interest of Mr. Collins, and soon after\\nthat of Mr. Richards. In the spring of 1865, E. H.\\nBeardsley Son purchased the Miller works, and increased\\ntlieir capacity. The factory was destroyed by fire, and the\\nred buildings were then built. In 1872 a stock company\\nwjis formed, including the property of the Beardsleys,\\ncalled the Buchanan Manufacturing Company, with a capi-\\ntal of $40,000, and afterwards increased to $60,000. The\\nstock was taken by all classes in the village, and in the\\nsame year the present brick building was erected, 40 by 129\\nfeet and four stories high. In 1875, A. C. Day and Sol-\\nomon Rough purchased the entire interest, and in June,\\n1 879, the Rough Brothers, consisting of William K. Rough,\\nSolomon Rough, and George H. Rough, purchased the\\nworks. About forty hands are constantly employed here\\nin the manufacture of carriages and wagons of all kinds.\\nAbout 1500 wagons are manufactured annually. Sales\\nare made mostly in Michigan, but to some extent in all\\nparts of the South and West.\\nTlic Buchanan Manvfacturing Company. In 1872 a\\nstock company was organized in Buchanan, with a capital\\nof $20,000, for the purpose of manufacturing furniture.\\nIt consisted of about thirty stockholders. Andrew C. Day\\nwas President, and William Osborne, Secretary and Mana-\\nger. The buildings now occupied by the company were\\npurchased of Smith Elli.son, who erected them for the\\nmanufacture of handles. Business was immediately com-\\nmenced, and about twenty-five or thirty men were em-\\nployed. The capital was afterwards increased to $40,000,\\nthe number of men employed was increased to seventy,\\nand the capacity of the machinery was doubled.\\nThe factory is located on Oak Street, near the Michigan\\nCentral Railroad, with warehouses near the track. Bed-\\nsteads and lounges are a specialty. Goods are shipped to\\nall parts of the AVest and South. William Pears is Pres-\\nident, and William Osborne, Secretary and Manager.\\nThe Furniture- Factory of Black cfc WiUard. This firm\\nwas first started in New Bufl^alo in 1855, and removed to\\nBuchanan in 1860; commenced work on Oak Street, and\\nremoved to the building known as Fort Sumter in 1872,\\nand in 1875 to the building where they now are. In 1865,\\nMr. Willard sold to C. S. Black, and the firm continued till\\n1872, when H. S. Black took the entire business and con-\\ntinued alone till 1875, when Mr. Willard again became a\\npartner, and the business is now carried on by them. They\\nmanufacture furniture of all kinds, bedsteads principally.\\nGoods sold West and South.\\nThe Furniture-Factory of Spencer Barnes. This\\nbusiness was commenced in July, 1874, by B. H. Spencer,\\nwith whom A. Willard was associated for a short time. In\\nDecember, 1875, John E. Barnes became a partner, and\\nthe business has been continued by them to the present\\ntime. Their specialties are bedsteads, centre-tables, and hat-\\nracks. Their sales are made in Canada, and in the West-\\nern and Southern States. Their factory is on the east side\\nof the street leading to the depot.\\nThe Zinc Collar- Pad Company -was formed in 1870 by\\nDexter Curtis (the patentee), George H. Richards, and\\nHenry Oilman. They manufactured first near the depot.\\nIn 1875 they built the present brick building. Mr. Gil-\\nman retired from the firm in 1878. Nearly 2,000,000\\npads of the company s manufacture are in use, and they\\nmanufacture annually from 7000 to 10,000 dozen.\\nSOCIETIES AND ORDERS.\\nBuchanan Lodge, No. 68, F. and A. 31., was instituted\\nJan. 13, 1854, with Caleb J. Ingersoll, W. M. S. M. Gris-\\nwold, S. W. Nathaniel Hamilton, J. W. The lodge has\\nat present 83^ members. Its meetings are held in their hall\\nin Day s block. The present officers are Seth Smith, W.\\nM. Truman Franklin, S. W. John Parrott, J. W. Wil-\\nbin Smith, Treas. L. P. Alexander, Sec.\\nSummit Lodge, No. 192, F. and A. M., was instituted\\nJan. 10, 1867, with Nathaniel Hamilton, W. M. John D.\\nMiller, S. W.; C. C. Bartlett, J. W. The present officers\\nare H. N. Mowrey, W. M. Frank Munson, S. W. J. N.\\nMurphy, J. W. George Churchill, Treas. and B. D. Har-\\nper, Sec. Present membership, 79. Meetings are held in\\nBurns block.\\nBuchanan Lodge, No. 75, 7. 0. of 0. F., was instituted\\nSept. 5, 1855. The present officers are W. W. Smith, N.\\nG. Leroy H. Dodd, V. G. John C. Dick, Sec. W. J.\\nHimes, Treas. Present number, 62. Meetings are held\\nin Odd-Fellows Hall, corner of Front and Main Streets.\\nBuchanan Lodge, No. 186, 2. 0. of G. T, was instituted\\nMay 10, 1875, with 49 charter members. The officers\\nwere J. H. Roe, W. C. T. Mrs. A. J. Russell, W. V. T.\\nJ. T. Terflinger, W. C. Joseph M. Rogers, W. Sec;\\nMiss Maria Sampson, Asst. Sec. Walter J. Himes, F.\\nSec. L. P. Fox, Treas. The lodge has a present mem-\\nbership of 65. Its meetings are held in Good Templars\\nHall, in Roe s block. The present officers are J. H. Roe,\\nW. C. T. Mrs. A. J. Eykner, W. V. T. Walter Osborn,\\nSec. H. J. Hall, Treas.; Miss Emma Smith, F. Sec.\\nPOST-OFFICE AND POSTMASTERS.\\nThe post-office was first established at the village of Bu-\\nchanan in 1848, when John D. Ross was appointed post-\\nmaster. The office was kept in the store of Mr. Ross, and\\nthe business of the first quarter amounted to $12. In 1852,\\nHiram Woese was appointed. His successors have been\\nJohn D. Ross, Dr. C. J. Ingersoll, William Parrott, L. P.\\nAlexander, Howell Strong, William S. Merrill, and L. P.\\nAlexander, who is the present incumbent. In the first six\\nmonths of 1876, 19,998 stamps were sold from this office;\\nand in the first six months of 1879, 31,063 stamps and\\n16,329 postal cards.\\nFARMERS AND MANUFACTURERS BANK.\\nIn 1852, T. M. Fulton and J. D. Ross started a private\\nbank at Buchanan, and in 1869 bought out the banking\\ninterest of George M. Colby, at Niles. Mr. Ross took\\ncharge of the business at Buchanan and Mr. Fulton at Niles.\\nLater, Mr. Fulton sold the business at Niles and returned\\nto Buchanan. In September, 1872, the bank became the", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0209.jp2"}, "210": {"fulltext": "182\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nFirst National Bank of Buchanan, with a capital of $50,000;\\nT. M. Fulton, President; A. T. Ross, Cashier; J. D.\\nRoss, William Pears, Jesse Helmick, George Smith, Charles\\nJewett, Directors. Dec. 31, 1873, the bank apiin became\\na private bank, and is now carried on by J. D. Ross Son.\\nThe business was at first conducted in the store of Mr. Ross,\\nbut in 18G5 the present brick building was erected.\\nCEMETERIES.\\nIn 1844 a few men purciiased of Mr. Mitchell an acre\\nof land for a cemetery. The ground was surveyed by Ed-\\nward Ballengee. The first person buried in it was a child of\\nDavid Sanford.\\nJuly 20, 1803, a committee was appointed to examine\\nlocations and report in reference to the purchase of ground\\nfor a new cemetery. The committee reported, April 23,\\n1864, in favor of purchasing Warner Hamilton s lot at\\n$500. The report was accepted, adopted, the lot was pur-\\nchased at the price named, and has since been in use as a\\ncemetery.\\nRELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS IN BUCHANAN.\\nThe First Presbyterian Church. On the 22d day of\\nMay, 1847, the following-named persons, members of the\\nPresbyterian Church, convened at the house of Uriel\\nEnos, in the village of Buchanan, for the purpose of mak-\\ning arrangements to organize a Presbyterian Church, viz.\\nJ. D. Dutton, Jeremiah Ketchum, Warner Hooker, Uriel\\nEnos, Charles Baker, and John Marhoff. Warner Hooker\\nwas called to the chair, J. Ketchum was chosen clerk, and\\nthe meeting Resolved that a Presbyterian Ciiuroh be\\norganized on the 19th of June next, and that Messrs. Enos,\\nDutton, and Baker be a committee to procure ministerial\\naid for that purpose. On June 1!), 1847, the meeting\\nconvened pursuant to adjournment,,and proceeded to organ-\\nize a church, the Rev. Luther Humphrey and Rev. P. S.\\nPratt being present.\\nCertificates of membership and dismission from other\\nchurches were presented by the following persons, who were\\nthereupon received as members J. D. Dutton, Almira\\nDutton, Jeremiah Ketchum, Phoebe Ketchum, Uriel\\nEnos, Emily M. Enos, Warner Hooker, Charles Baker,\\nFrancis Enos, Loretta J. Enos, Benjamin S. Enos, and\\nFranklin B. Wallin. The organization was named the First\\nPresbyterian Church of Buchanan. Warner Hooker, Jer-\\nemiah Ketchum, and Uriel Enos were elected elders, and\\nUriel p]nos clerk.\\nOctober 2d of the same year the Rev. Porter B. Parry\\nwas engaged as stated supply, and remained until February,\\n1853. While the church was under his care the meeting-\\nhouse was built. From this time the church was in a low\\ncondition until August, 1859, when the Rev. Elisha B.\\nSherwood was appointed by the Presbytery of Kalamazoo\\nto examine into its condition, and if pos.sible to build it up.\\nIt was resolved by the members to resume active and ener-\\ngetic efforts to that end. Several joined the church by\\nletters from other churches. A call was extended to the\\nRev. E. B. Sherwood to become their pastor, Oct. 9, 1859.\\nHe accepted, and entered upon his duties November 1st in\\nthe same year, and remained until the latter part of 1861.\\nNov. 8, 18G3, Rev. William Fuller entered upon the\\npastorate for one year, but remained until early in 1870.\\nThe Rev. Henry Bridges was pastor during the year 1871.\\nHis successor was the Rev. W. W. Wells, who is still the\\npastor.\\nServices were held for seven years in private houses. In\\n1849-50 the first church edifice was built where it still\\nstands. After the Rev. Mr. Parry discontinued his rela-\\ntion as pastor, in 1853, and the church began to languish,\\nthe house was leased for five years to the Methodist de-\\nnomination. In 1859 the church again occupied their\\nhouse of worship, and have continued to do so to the pres-\\nent time.\\nDuring the ministry of the Rev. Mr. Parry 30 mem-\\nbers were added to the church. During the discontinuance\\nof services, and until the pastorate of the Rev. Mr. Stod-\\ndard, the membership declined, and but 16 remained on the\\nchurch roll at the time of his coming. During his minis-\\ntry 39 were added to the church. In 1865, 97 members\\nhad joined the church from the beginning, and at this\\nwriting it has a membership of 120, with a Sunday-school\\nof 100 members, of which R. H. Rogers is superintendent.\\nMethodist Episcopal Church. In the summer of 1831,\\nJohn Hunter, his wife Martha, their son Thomas J., and\\ntheir daughter Sarah, presented letters from a church in\\nOhio to the Methodist Church at Niles, then under the\\ncharge of the Rev. William Sprague. They lived in the\\ntownship of Niles, on the east bank of the St. Joseph\\nRiver. Very soon after their joining the church at Niles\\nprayer-meetings were held at the house of John Hunter,\\nand these soon developed into the formation of a class.\\nThe Rev. J. F. Robe, an itinerant minister, was the first\\nto preach in that section, and he was succeeded by Thomas\\nMcCool and Richard Meek.\\nA few years later, in 1842 or 1843, the settlement at\\nBuchanan had become of some importance, and the remain-\\ning portion of this class, with others, organized a class at\\nBuchanan, at the house of David Sanford, who was the first\\nclass-leader. T. J. Hunter, David Sanford, James Swift\\nand wife, James Slater and wife, Mr. Hobart and wife, and\\nMrs. Dr. Harrison were among the first members. Ser-\\nvices were held at private houses, and at the old school-\\nhouse, until the new school-house was built, in 1843, when\\nthey were held there. In 1853 the society leased the\\nPresbyterian meeting-house for five years. In 1860 the\\npresent brick edifice was erected. The ministers succeed-\\ning Mr. Meek were the Revs. Hill, Shaw, Lee, Campbell,\\nOsborne, Prouty, Glass, King, R. Pengilly, J. F. Robe,\\nJ. W. Robinson, V. G. Boynton, L. M. Edmonds,\\nHarder, W. G. Iloag, J. Fowler, Jakeway, T. George,\\nJ. B. Berry, William M. Copeland, N. L. Brockway,\\nLevi Tarr, A. J. Rumell, H. Worthington, and A. J.\\nWhite, who is the present pastor. The church contains\\n100 members, with a Sunday-school of 150 members, of\\nwhich W. A. Leveson is Superintendent; Miss P]mma\\nSmith, Librarian Miss G. Michel, Secretary B. T.\\nMurray, Treasurer.\\nChurch of the Disciples of Christ. The people in the\\nvillage of Buchanan who were interested in the views of\\nthe above denomination met together in the school-house\\non the 17th day of December, 1854, for the purpose of", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0210.jp2"}, "211": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF BUCHANAN.\\n183\\norganizing a church. The following persons gave in their\\nnames, and were constituted a church under the above\\nname, viz. A. W. McCollum, Elizabeth McCollum, Mar-\\ngaret McCollum, Cornelius Sparks, Susannah Sparks, New-\\nton Baldwin, Sophia Bates, William P. Birdsall, Adelia\\nBirdsall, John M. Roe, Robert M. Roe, Harriet Roe, Jesse\\nJ. Roe, Ann M. Roe, Levi Sparks, Maria Sparks, and\\nJames Case. A. W. McCollum and William P. Birdsall\\nwere chosen elders; Newton Baldwin and Levi Sparks,\\ndeacons.\\nThe first pastor was Rev. William M. Roe, who remained\\nin charge until about 1802. He was succeeded by the Revs.\\nMarsh, Jackson, D. H. Gary, Jesse J. Roe, A.\\nJ. Wilson, H. T. Morrison, and William P. Birdsall, who\\nis the present pastor. Since the organization 530 persons\\nhave been admitted to the church. Throe hundred names\\nare still on the books. About 100 are in actual attendance.\\nA Sunday-school containing about 75 members is in con-\\nnection with the church, of which Jesse J. Roe is superin-\\ntendent. Services were held in the school-house until 1859,\\nwhen the present church was built.\\nChtirch of the United Brethren. This church was or-\\nganized about 1840, by the Rev. Josiah Terrel and the Rev.\\nMr. Babeock. The Rev. Mr. Terrel had preached at this\\nplace occasionally prior to the organization of the class.\\nThe first members were John Hatfield and wife, Mrs.\\nCharles Cowles, Mrs. Hess, Mrs. Capt. Ingersoll, and Mrs.\\nMaria Button.\\nMeetings were first held in John Hatfield s house (that\\nstood across the street from where Andrew C. Day lives),\\nand part of the time in a carding-mill, across the street\\nfrom where the grist-mill owned by John Kingery now\\nstands. In 1849 the present church was erected, being\\nthe first church built in the village.\\nThe church was supplied by ministers on the circuit\\nuntil Sept. 15, 1800, when it was detached from Berrien\\ncircuit, and made a mission station. Rev. George Sicka-\\nfoose was the first pastor after the change. He was suc-\\nceeded by J. T. Bartmess, W. Terflinger, George Sicka-\\nfoose, and Robert C. Barton, the present pastor. The\\nchurch nunjbered 57 in 1873, but is now reduced to\\nabout 25.\\nThe following are among the ministers who preached\\nwhile the church was under charge of the circuit: Jesse B.\\nSleight, Emsley Lamb, Snip, Johnson,\\nWells, Freeman, and Thomas.\\nAdvent Christian Church. In 1851 or 1852 the Rev. D.\\nR. Mansfield and Mrs. M. S. Mansfield, his wife, came to the\\nvillage of Buchanan from Union Mills, Ind., and preached\\nthe views of the Adventists in the church of the United\\nBrethren. From that preaching began the movement that\\nsoon culminated in the organization of a society, by Alfred\\nRichard, J. R. Lister, George B. Cottrel, and 12 or 15\\nothers, mostly members of other denominations. Services\\nwere held in the church of the United Brethren for a time,\\nafterwards in the ball-room of the hotel. J. R. Lister was\\nthe first pastor. Mr. and Mrs. JMansfield were here quite\\noften for a year or two; and in about 1850, Rev. Mr. Mans-\\nfield and his wife became settled over the church, and re\\nmained for some time. They were succeeded by Darius\\nMatthewson, Dr. F. H. Berrick, J. S. Blendell, and George\\nCole.\\nAbout 1803 the church membership had increased to\\n282, and the society was the largest in the West. About\\nthis time the Voice of the West was started here. A\\ndivision on doctrinal questions sprang up, and about 100\\nwent oiF from the main body and organized a society.\\nAbout 1855 their first house was built, west of the Dis-\\nciples church. In May, 1800, the present building was\\ncommenced, and was dedicated Nov. 3, 1867. Mrs. M. S.\\nMansfield delivered the dedicatory sermon.\\nThe church was legally organized April 5, 1860. H. J.\\nHowe, Philip Holler, E. M. Griffin, P. M. Weaver, San-\\nford Smith, Alfred Richards, and J. V. Himes were elected\\ntrustees. In 1875 the membership was 147.\\nBaptist Church. A church of this denomination was\\norganized in the spring of 1809, with about 40 members.\\nThe right hand of fellowship was given by the Rev. Mr.\\nRussell. The services were held in the Methodist church.\\nThe regular meetings were held for several years in the\\nhall now known as Kinyon Hall and in the Advent\\nchurch. The pastors who have served the church are\\nthe Revs. Russell, Maybin, and Smith.\\nThe church is now without a pastor, and has but few\\nmembers. Covenant meetings are held once a month.\\nDunlcards. This denomination was numerous through\\nthe northern part of Indiana at an early day, and upon the\\nadvent of settlers here some of them held their views. A\\nprominent man among them was John Weaver, at who.se\\nhouse they met as early as 1838-39, he being the minister\\nwho preached to them. The society soon increased to 12\\nor 15 members. Meetings were held in the Berks school-\\nhouse, Oronoko, and Wagner school-house, Buchanan, and\\nthey are still held there, as the society has no meeting-house\\nnearer than the Portage Prairie brick church. They now\\nnumber about 80 in the county, and communion and soup\\nfeast are held once a year at Jacob Weaver s house. The\\nname Dunkard is universally applied to this sect, but they\\nare otherwise known as The Brethren.\\nTiie Church of God. The history of this church is\\ncontained in the history of the Advent Church until March\\n10, 1853, when a division occurred, and from that there\\nwere two distinct societies. This one contained 13 mem-\\nbers, and they retained the church. J. W. R. Lister and\\nR. Bronson were elders in the old society, and continued to\\nhold the position in this society. J. W. Lister was the\\nfirst pastor after the division, and he was succeeded by the\\nRev. J. W. Stevenson, F. H. Beniek, and J. W. R. Lister,\\nwho is the present pastor. The society has now 31 mem-\\nbers.\\nReligious Societies in Buchanan in 1805. A report\\nmade by the Rev. William Fuller in 1805 showed the\\nnumbers and condition of the several religious denomina-\\ntions in Buchanan at that time to be as follows:\\nUnited Brethren, about 20 members a house, and preach-\\ning once in two weeks.\\nMethodist Episcopal Church, about 80 members a good\\nbrick house, and preaching every Sabbath.\\nPresbyterian Church, about 50 members a comfortable\\nhouse, and preaching every Sabbath.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0211.jp2"}, "212": {"fulltext": "184\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nCampbellites, or Christians, about 180 members; a good\\nhouse, and preaching every Sabbath.\\nSecond Adventists, No. 1, about 135 members; a poor\\nchapel, and preaching two Sabbaths in a montli.\\nSecond Adventists, No. 2, about 50 members the same\\npoor chapel, and preaching every other Sabbath.\\nBesides, there were two local Protestant Methodist min-\\nisters, with a few brethren of that order, and some Univer-\\nsal ists.\\nSERVICES OF A BUCHANAN LADY IN THE WAR OF THE\\nREBELLION.\\nMrs. Hannah L. Carlisle was born in Phelps, Ontario\\nCo., N. Y., in 1823. The family removed to Orleans Co.,\\nN. Y., when she was four years old. In 1850 she came to\\nCas.sopolis, and in 1852 married Daniel Carlisle, and in\\n1854 removed to near Buchanan on a farm. Upon the\\nbreaking out of the war of the Rebellion she was strongly\\nimpelled to oifer her ser\\\\ ices as nurse, and upon the or-\\nganization of the 2d Michigan Cavalry she left her home\\nand family and went with the regiment, Nov. 14, 1861, to\\nSt. Louis. After reaching the city she was assigned to the\\nregimental hospital, where she remained until the regiment\\nwas transferred to Fort Donelson, in February, 1862, when\\nshe returned home. On the night of July 14, 1862, she\\nreceived a telegram from the Sanitary Commission in Chi-\\ncago, asking her to report for duty the next day. She did\\nso, and was met by a gentleman at the train, and reported\\nat the Massasoit House. Orders were soon received to\\nreport at Post Hospital No. 1, Columbus, Ky., under the\\ncharge of Dr. Ransom, of Rosooe, 111., and Gen. Quimby,\\nin charge of Fort Halleck. Mrs. Carlisle remained at this\\nhospital until the close of the war, when she entered the\\nFreedmens Department as superintendent and teacher, and\\nremained in that connection one year, and returned to the\\nduties of home July 3, 1866. Mrs. Carlisle is now living\\nin Buchanan.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nHON. LORENZO P. ALEXANDER\\nwas born in Angelica, Allegany Co., N. Y,, Aug. 10, 1820.\\nHis father, Thomas P. Alexander, was a native of New\\nHampshire; was a soldier in the war of 1812, and a de-\\nscendant of the Alexanders of Glasgow, Scotland. His\\nmother s maiden name was White born and raised in\\nBoston, Mass., and was a descendant of the Whites of\\nBelfast, Ireland. When he was seven years old, his pa-\\nrents moved from Angelica to Belfast, in the same county,\\nlocating on the Genesee River. His father was postmaster\\nin Belfast from 1833 until 1857. In September, 1841, at the\\nage of twenty-one, he left home and friends for the West,\\nand on the 11th of October following landed in Buchanan,\\nBerrien Co., Mich., where he still resides. At that time,\\nwhat is now the village of Buchanan consisted of four\\ncabins, a grist-mill, saw-mill, and distillery. Being a car-\\npenter and joiner, he went to work at his trade the fol-\\nlowing winter, putting up a foot-lathe, and manufacturing\\nsplint-bottom chairs and rakes, this being the first enter-\\nprise of the kind in that part of the State. In 1824 he\\nmarried Miss Rachel Cooper, daughter of Price Cooper,\\nand a school-mate in his school-days in the East. Three\\nchildren were born to them, two sons and a daughter,\\nviz Theodore, who was drowned at the age of ten years;\\nthe youngest, Carlton, died of croup at the age of four years\\nEmily Kate is the wife of Henry C. French, a hardware\\nmerchant of Cassopolis, Mich., to whom she was married\\nin 1870 Mrs. L. P. Alexander, died, 1859, at the age of\\nthirty-eight years. He married Miss Helen M., daughter\\nof John Burns, of Belfast, N. Y., Aug. 26, 1860. They\\nhave one son, John Burns, now twelve years of age.\\nIn 1846, Mr. Alexander erected a frame dwelling-house\\non Main Street, Buchanan, in which he resided until 1864.\\nIn 1848 he, in company with J. D. Ross, erected a two-\\nstory stone building on Front Street, Buchanan, engaging\\nthe same year in the manufacture of boots and shoes in com-\\npany with Dr. C. C. Wallin. In 1850 he engaged in the\\ngeneral mercantile business with J. D. T. S. Ross, under\\nthe firm-name of J. D. Ross Co. In 1858, T. S. Ross\\nwithdrew from the firm, after which the business was con-\\nducted in the firm-name of Ross Alexander. They did\\na large business, averaging .seventy thousand dollars annu-\\nally for several years. In 1858 they erected the first three-\\nstory brick block in the place, on the corner of Front and\\nMain Streets, and occupied it as a .store-room. In 1862\\nthey built another brick block, called Union Block, on the\\nsouth side of Front Street. During the erection of the second\\nblock the first one burned down. In 1862 they purchased\\nforty acres of land within the corporate limits of the village,\\nlaying the same out in town lots, being known as Ross\\nAlexander s addition to Buchanan, which is now a central\\npart of the residence portion of the village. In 1865, Mr.\\nAlexander built a two-story brick dwelling-house on Front\\nStreet, which he occupied as a residence until 1873, then\\nselling it for six thousand five hundred dollars. In 1875 he\\nagain erected a dwelling on Front Street, in the most central\\npart of the town, in which he now resides. Mr. Alexander\\nwas the contractor and builder of the High School building\\nerected in 1871, built of brick, three stories high above\\nbasement, costing thirty-five thousand dollars and person-\\nally superintended the work.\\nPolitically, he was in early life a Democrat, voting with\\nthat party until 1852. But when the South, aided by\\nNorthern Democrats in Congress, repealed the Missouri\\nCompromise, thereby extending slavery into free terri-\\ntory, he ceased to act with that party, and in 1854 took\\npart in the newly-organized Republican party, being one of\\nits first and most active supporters in the place. In 1844, at\\nthe age of twenty-three, he was elected captain of Company\\nE, 27th Regiment Michigan militia, to which he was com-\\nmissioned by Governor Barry he was soon promoted and\\ncommissioned by the Governor, colonel of the 28th Regi-\\nment, 14th Brigade, 17th Division of Michigan militia.\\nMr. Alexander enjoys the respect and confidence of\\nthose around him, as will be seen by the many ofiices of\\nhonor and trust he has been called by them to fill, all of\\nwhich he has filled with honor to himself and satisfaction\\nto his friends. From 1847 to 1851 he was constable and\\ntownship treasurer. In 1851, 1853, and 1855 he was elected", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0212.jp2"}, "213": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OP BUCHANAN.\\n185\\nsupervisor. From 1848 to 1859, director of schools. In\\n1860 was elected by the Republicans of the second district\\nof Berrien County (comprising Niles City) representative\\nin the State Legislature, and was, therefore, a member of\\nthe House of Representatives during many long and extra\\nsessions, on account of the important legislation during that\\ntime of war.\\nFrom 186.3 to 1866 he was postmaster of Buchanan dur-\\ning Johnson s administration was removed by Postmaster-\\nGeneral Randall for not complying with a request to sanc-\\nNiles, one of the most popular men in the county, and\\nthe hardest to defeat. In 1873 he was one of the commis-\\nsioners appointed by the President to receive proposals and\\nlocate the site for the government buildings and post-office\\nbuildings at Grand Rapids, Mich. He was elected super-\\nvisor of Buchanan in 1872, 73, 74, 75, 76, and 1877\\nwas assessor of the village and justice of the peace during\\nthe time and, as the records show, was elected each time\\nby nearly a unanimous vote. All of these offices he re-\\nsigned in 1877. He is now a member of the school board\\ntion the so-called Philadelphia Convention, he being opposed\\nto allowing late rebels to occupy front seats in the councils\\nof the nation. In June, 1864, he was chosen one of the\\nMichigan delegates to the Republican National Convention\\nheld at Baltimore, Md., which nominated President Lin-\\ncoln, and was honored by the convention with a position\\non the committee to wait upon the President and other\\nnominees, and formally notify them of the action of the\\nconvention.\\nIn 1870 he was elected State senator from Berrien\\nCounty, his competitor being the late Hon. R. C. Paine, of\\nI I i lle nuchanan.\\nand director of the graded and high school, which position\\nhe has held for the past five years.\\nIn 1877 he was commissioned by President Hayes post-\\nmaster of Buchanan, which office he now holds. He was\\nfor many years one of the village trustees.\\nAfter all these years of labor, Mr. Alexander now fifty-\\nnine years of age is an active, stirring business man, and\\nit is the earnest wish of his many friends that his days may\\nbe long on the earth, and that when, at last, his sun sinks\\nbehind the western horizon, it may descend to rise in the\\nfirst resurrection.\\nJACOB J. VAN RIPER,\\nof Buchanan, Mich., attorney at the Berrien County bar,\\nwas born at Haverstraw, Rockland Co., N. Y., March 8,\\n1838. His parents were John and Leah Van Riper his\\nfather an inventor of some repute, and a manufaeturer of\\nwoolen goods. Jacob J. went to New York at an early\\nday, and continued to reside there and at Brooklyn until\\nhe was nineteen, then removed to Cass Co., Mich.\\n24\\nHe received a good academic education in New York,\\nattending the New York Conference Seminary and Colle-\\ngiate Institute. After his removal to Michigan he taught\\nschool, and in 1860 commenced the study of law, attend-\\ning law lectures in the University of Michigan in 1860-61,\\nand was admitted to practice in January, 1863, opening an\\noffice in Dowagiac, Cass Co., where he practiced until Sep-\\ntember, 1872, at which time he removed to Buchanan,", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0213.jp2"}, "214": {"fulltext": "186\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nwhere he now resides. Some of the most important oases in\\nthis section of the county have been given him. He has also\\nhad an extensive practice as a jury advocate, and has in this\\nbeen eminently successfiil. While abhorring political rings\\nand trickery, he has been more or less interested in politics.\\nDuring the war he held the office of deputy collector of\\nroad aid schemes of the State. These arguments were\\nhighly spoken of by the press of Detroit and other places,\\nand he reeeived letters of congratulation from Governor\\nCrapo and others. Since that time he has refused all\\noffices except in the line of his profession. In the fall of\\n1876 and 1878 he was elected by the Republican party\\nPlioto. by H. E. Bradley, Buchanan.\\nVAN RIPER.\\ninternal revenue for Cass County, and subsequently that\\nof assistant assessor of internal revenue.\\nIn 1 867 he was elected a member of the Constitutional\\nConvention of the State of Michigan, in which he was next\\nto the youngest member. While serving on the judiciary\\ncommittee and the committee on bill of rights he gained\\nconsiderable reputation by his arguments against the rail-\\nprosecuting attorney for Berrien County, which position he\\nnow holds.\\nIn November, 1858, he married Miss Emma E. Bronner,\\nan estimable lady of New York Mills. They have one son\\nand two daughters. Mr. Van Riper is a hard student and\\nworker in his profession. He has a large confidential\\nbusiness, and has made his life a success.\\nGEORGE H. RICHARDS\\nwas born in Bristol, England, July 10, 1817. His father,\\nHenry Richards, was a native of Bath, England, and his\\nmother, Sarah Burge, of Bristol, England. Both were of\\nQuaker parentage, his mother still remaining a Quaker, and\\nliving at this date, 1879. The family moved to this country\\nwhen the subject of this sketch was an infant, settling in\\nDelaware, near Wilmington. When he was eight or nine\\nyears old the family returned to England on account of the\\nfather s health, remaining there about a year and a half\\nDuring that time he attended a Quaker school, then re-\\nturned to New York City. Most of the time during which\\nthe family remained in the city he attended an academy\\nbetween Harlem and Manhattanville, receiving early a fair\\nEnglish education. When he was about thirteen or four-\\nteen years of age his father moved to Pennsylvania. Prom\\nthere he was sent to Wilmington, Del., to attend school.\\nWhile in Wilmington he conceived the idea of learning a\\ntrade, and served a regular apprenticeship at jobbing black-\\nsmithing at Brandywine village, Del. Shortly after be-\\ncoming of age he went to New York City, and worked a\\nshort time at machine-work. From there he went to\\nBridgeport, Conn., and worked at carriage smithing, re-\\nmaining until the spring of 1839, when he went to Ma-\\nrietta, Ohio, to work at this branch of business, and follow-\\ning it until 1842, when he engaged in engine- and machine-\\nwork of various kinds, and also did the iron-work for several\\nvessels ironing two vessels at Marietta, and two at Point\\nPleasant, Va. One of the latter was a double-decked bark,\\nloaded at the mouth of the Big Kanawha, W.Va., with corn,\\nfor Cork, Ireland, during the Irish famine. Feb. 27, 1845,\\nhe married Lucy Wood Rickard, of Marietta, Ohio. His\\nfamily consists of eight children, six girls and two boys,\\nSarah D. Richards, Joseph L., Martha K., Lucy B., Hattie", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0214.jp2"}, "215": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OP BENTON.\\n187\\nL., Kitty F., Mary E., and George H., all living. Lucy\\nWood Rickard was born at Marietta, Dec. 11, 1821.\\nHaving acquired a good knowledge of machinery, and\\nbeing a pi actical master mechanic, he commenced setting up\\nengines on steamboats, and going South on them during\\nthe winter. He spent several winters in the South at va-\\nrious places, New Orleans, Red River, Ouachita, Yazoo\\nRiver, and many bayous, in the cotton and sugar trade.\\nTiring of this and of being so much away from his family,\\nhe conceived the thought of moving West. Selecting a\\nfarm just outside the then small village of Buchanan,\\nhe very soon found the change from active life in me-\\nchanism and steamboating to opening up a new farm too\\ngreat, and, as favorable opportunities oflFered, he again\\nengaged in putting up and working machinery, and in\\nmanufacturing the first work of importance being the run-\\nning of a large saw-mill at Charlotteville, and doing its\\ngeneral business three summers. Other parts of the years\\nwhen not compelled to be on the farm were spent in put-\\nting machinery in order in mills of different kinds and dis-\\ntilleries. Finding that his business was again leading him\\nfrom home, and that farming was not suited to his family,\\nhe sold his farm and moved to Buchanan, engaging in\\nmerchandising. Not liking the confinement of the store,\\nhe again engaged in working upon machinery, and took\\ncharge of the factory of Smith Elston, remaining with\\none of the firm until the fall of 1870, when he engaged\\nwith the patentee of the Zinc Collar Pad to mature the pad\\nand introduce it on the market. To speak of their success\\nit will not be amiss to state that they were the largest con-\\nsumers of zinc in the West for the years 18V1, 72, and 73,\\nusing in the three years over four hundred thousand pounds\\nof zinc made expressly for them.\\nDuring the years of his life spent in Buchanan, he has\\nbeen one of the representative men of the place, liaving\\nbeen early selected in the interests of its schools, occupying\\nthe position of president of the school board most of the\\ntime, until he declined being a candidate for re-election.\\nHe has also identified himself with the prosperity and\\ngrowth of the village, and its now extensive manufacturing\\ninterests, assisting the latter by freely taking stock, and\\nserving the former as one of the members of the board of\\ntrustees for a number of years with credit to himself In\\nJanuary, 1875, he became connected with the First National\\nBank, occupying the position of vice-president, which he\\nstill holds in the organization known as the Farmers and\\nManufacturers Bank, which succeeded the First National in\\nJanuary, 1879.\\nCHAPTER XXVII.\\nBBKTTON TOWNSHIP.*\\nPioneer Settlers Civil Organiz.ation and List of Officers Highways\\nBenton Harbor\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Village Incorporation List of Village Officers\\nFire Department Commerce and General Business of Benton\\nHarbor MiUburg Societies Schools Religious History.\\nThis township was named in honor of Col. Thomas H.\\nBenton, of the United States Senate, March 11, 1837. In\\nBy John L. Rockey.\\nthe government surveys it is designated as town 4 south,\\nin range 18 west. A small part of the northwestern corner\\nof the township is cut off by Lake Michigan, reducing the\\narea to about thirty-five and a half full sections. It is\\nbounded on the north by Hagar, ea.st by Bainbridge, south\\nby Sodus, and west by St. Joseph. Benton partakes of\\nthe general characteristics of this part of the county, the\\nsurface being mainly level or slightly undulated by hills of\\nmoderate height A limited portion is swampy, and not\\nsusceptible of cultivation without artificial drainage. In\\nother parts the land lies high and is well drained. The\\nprincipal stream is the Paw Paw River. It enters the\\ntownship from the north near the centre of section 3, and\\nflows in a tortuous course to the centre of the west line of\\nsection 18, where it passes into St. Joseph township. Its\\nbanks are low and the contiguous land marshy. Tributary\\nto this stream are Blue and Ox Creeks, both having a gen-\\neral northwesterly course. The former flows from Bain-\\nbridge, near the centre of the east line, and for several miles\\nits course in Benton is marked by high and almost precip-\\nitous banks, affording, for its volume, good water-power.\\nIt derives its name from the bluish tinge of its waters,\\ncaused by a peculiar earth found in its banks. Ox Creek\\nis a smaller stream, and has ifs source in the lowlands of\\nthe southern part of the township. The surface of the\\ntownship was originally covered with heavy forests of the\\ncommon hard woods, and a considerable portion of pine,\\nwhich made the work of clearing up the ground slow and\\nburdensome. The soil is corresponding, varying from a light\\nsand to a clayey loam, with small belts of stiff clay and\\nalluvium. It is adapted for a wide range of products, and\\nthe greater portion is especially favorable for fruit culture.\\nPIONEER SETTLERS.\\nThe sturdy pioneer did not rear his humble cabin in\\nBenton as early as in some of the adjoining townships\\nwhich offered more favorable conditions for settlement and\\nfor many years after a beginning was made the ratio of the\\nincrease of population was very small. In 1840 there were\\nonly 237 souls within the bounds of Benton, and ten years\\nlater the number had not been doubled. Jehiel Enos first\\ncame to this part of the county, with a party of seven land-\\nseekers, in 1828, but returned to Ann Arbor without\\nmaking a location. In the following year he returned to\\nthis part of the State, to assist Lucius Ly.on in surveying\\nthe country between the St. Joseph and the lake, which had\\nbeen but recently ceded to the United States by the In-\\ndians. In 1830 he moved to St. Joseph, but soon changed\\nhis residence to Royal ton, where he resided three years.\\nIn 1834 he became the first settler of Benton, and since\\n1836 has resided on his present homestead, on section 13.\\nHe is the oldest settler of this part of the county, and one\\nof the few remaining pioneers of this part of the State.\\nFour of his children attained mature years. One of bis\\nsons, Buel, died in the army in 1863 another, Rolland,\\nis a citizen of Pipestone and a daughter is married to\\nSimeon Woodruff. Joab Enos, a brother of the above,\\ncame to Benton in 1835, but after a few years moved to\\nPipestone, and from there to the West.\\nIn 1836, Henry B. Enos, their father, came from New", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0215.jp2"}, "216": {"fulltext": "188\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nYork, but in a year took up his residence with his son, Dr.\\nMorgan Enos, in Pipestone, where he died in 1849.\\nJames H. Enos came from Cayuga Co., N. Y., in 1835,\\nto look at the country, and in the spring of 1836 moved to\\nBenton with his family, consisting of his wife and two\\ndaughters, JuUette and Matilda. The latter has been\\ndead many years, and Juliette is the wife of L. W. Pearl,\\nof this township. Mrs. Enos died in 1871, but James H.\\nEnos is yet living, with Mrs. Pearl, at the advanced age of\\neighty-two years.\\nEleazer Morton came from Medina Co., Ohio, in 1834,\\nand settled in Kalamazoo County. The following year he\\nmoved to St. Joseph, and in the spring of 1836 to the\\nMorton homestead, on section 18 in Benton, where he died\\nJuly 4, 1864. His wife died in September, 1856. At the\\ntime of their settlement in Benton they had ten children,\\none of the daughters being the wife of Thomas Conger, of\\nSt. Joseph. Of the five sons, Charles A., James M., and\\nW. E. are deceased George C. is a resident of Chicago, and\\nHenry C. of Benton Harbor. He is the second oldest\\nliving settler in the towniship, and has been very promi-\\nnently identified with it from the time when a handful of\\nstruggling settlers in the forest were its only inhabitants,\\nuntil its present advanced position as one of the leading\\ntownships of the county.\\nWhen the Mortons settled here the only other pioneers\\nin this part of Benton were James Dalton, Joseph Cald-\\nwell, and John Loudon. Dalton located on 80 acres of\\nland, on section 19, in 1835, but removed to Chicago soon\\nafter. Joseph Caldwell and John Loudon also settled on\\nthe north side of the Paw Paw in 1835. The family of\\nthe former still resides there, on the land which was im-\\nproved by them, but Loudon soon after removed to another\\npart of the country.\\nA year or so later James Higbee came from Ohio and\\nsettled on section 14. It is said that he purchased the first\\nwolf-trap in the township, and by its use broke up a very\\ntroublesome pack of wolves whose depredations had caused\\nthe settlers considerable alarm. Mr. Higbee brought with\\nhim a large family, of whom James P., one of the older\\nsons, is yet living in Benton, one of its most respected\\ncitizens. Another son, Uriel, was lost on the ill-fated\\nHippocampus; Isaac removed to Missouri; Tyler to\\nIowa and Myron to the northern part of the State. Of\\nthe two daughters, one married George W. Hess, and the\\nother Garrett Van Branklin. The former came from Ohio\\nin 1839, and has since resided in the Millburg neighbor-\\nhood.\\nIn 1837, Benjamin Johnson, a blacksmith by trade,\\nsettled on the Territorial road on section 14, and died in\\nthis locality not many years ago. Here yet live the oldest\\nson, J. L. Johnson, and his brothers, Byron and Benjamin.\\nMrs. Johnson still lives in the township with one of her\\ndaughters, Mrs. T. Walker. North of the Johnsons, Jacob\\nVan Horn settled about the same time, but left the town-\\nship some years later. Soon after, John D. Bury, Stephen,\\nRichard, and Cornelius Stanley, J. M. Gilbert, and George\\nKing became pioneers in the northeastern part of the town-\\nship, where most of them yet reside, among the most\\nhonored citizens of Benton. Jeremiah Wilder, also a New\\nYorker, was a neighbor to the foregoing, but afterwards\\nremoved to Millburg.\\nIn the fall of 1840, Phineas Pearl came from the eastern\\npart of the State, whither he had emigrated from New York\\nin 1836, and located on section 25 on the Jonas Barrett\\nplace. The house, which yet stands, was built the following\\nyear, and is the oldest in that neighborhood. Mr. Pearl is\\nyet living at Benton Harbor, ninety years of age, but retain-\\ning a remarkable amount of vigor, being as active as most\\nmen of threescore years. One of his sons, James, lost his\\nlife while boating on the St. Joseph in 1844. Other sons,\\nLewis W., Warren H., and George N., live in the well-\\nknown Pearl neighborhood. One of the daughters is the\\nwidow of Selden Hull, and the other married James H.\\nJakeway, who lived on section 26, and whose family came\\nto Benton about the same time as the Pearls. Several of\\nthe Jakeways became well known as Methodist ministers,\\nand the family has always taken a leading part in affairs\\npertaining to the public good.\\nIn the same period Teddy McCroue settled on section\\n27, where in the forest wilds he made a home, which he\\nyet occupies. Dennis and Patrick Murphy and Elijah\\nJennings were pioneers on the same section. The latter s\\nplace was afterwards occupied by David Abbe.\\nOn section 29, Daniel Olds was an early settler on the\\nSamuel McGuigan place, but in 1830 he removed to Cali-\\nfornia. On the same section A. J. Lake was a pioneer, and\\nthe place was afterwards occupied by Judge A. B. Leeds.\\nCharles Chauncey, Selden Hull, 0. M. Sykes, Thomas\\nClosson, and others came about this period, and took an\\nactive part in developing the township.\\nThe assessment-roll of 1843 shows the condition of the\\nsettlements at that period to have been as follows\\nNames. Sec. Acres. Names. Sec. Acre8.\\nJohn D. Bury 10 120 Joseph Enoa 24 80\\nJehialEnos 13 120 Jonas Inman 2 80\\nJames F. Higbee 23 80 Ebenezer Jakeway.... 13 80\\n14 200 24 80\\n22 40 26 110\\nGeor -e W. Iless 2 120 Benjamin Johnson.... 15 80\\n13 40 William P. King 29 80\\nElmer Jakeway 24 80 32 80\\n25 240 33 80\\n26 60 Barnard Leonard 29 40\\nJames Jakeway 25 80 E.P.Mann 14 160\\nTeddy McCrone 27 80 Eleazer Morton 18 190\\nPhineas Pearl 26 160 20 80\\n26 811 Dennis Murphy 33 80\\nLewisW. Pearl 26 160 D. and A. Olds 28 80\\nWarren U. Pearl 26 80 29 SO\\nJames Wilder 13 66 Francis Pannell 6 60\\nGeorge Wilder 13 68 6 40\\nThomas Conger 19 73 8 20\\nA. M. Chauncey 19 80 Jacob Van Horn 10 200\\nJoseph Caldwell 6 206 Nicholas Weokler 12 80\\nRobert Dickinson 5 78 Jeremiah Wilder 13 44\\nJoseph Enos 13 65\\nDuring the three succeeding years these settlers were\\njoined by the following persons and their families, who set-\\ntled in this township on the locations as indicated in the\\nfollowing roll\\nNames. Sec. Acres. Niimes. S\u00c2\u00abc. Acres.\\n1844. William P. Shaw 20 80\\nTheron Graham 15 80 Hale Wakefield 16 120\\nMyron Higbee 14 40 H. W. Crabb 25 80\\nSelden Hull 16 120 Elijah Jennings 27 80\\nCharles Hull 17 80 A.B.Leeds 28 80\\nRichard Stanley 1 124 29 80\\nWilliam P. Shaw 17 042\\nE. D. Cooke.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0216.jp2"}, "217": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0217.jp2"}, "218": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0218.jp2"}, "219": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OP BENTON.\\n189\\nN;imes. Sec. Acres.\\nISlfi.\\nHamilton Carey 35 40\\nJames Garrett S 80\\nDaniel T. Ilurd 28 160\\nMarcus 0. Kurd 28 160\\nPatrick Murphy 28 80\\nNames. Sec. Acres.\\n1845.\\nMieajah Chauneey 19 75\\nD. O.Woodruff 30 235\\nS.Stanley 31 40\\nCornelius Stanley 2 80\\nUriel Higbee 14 120\\nMarvin Kent 15 136\\nAfter 1855 the population increased rapidly, the inhab-\\nitants, six years later, numbering 1028, and in 1870 there\\nwere 3116; while the valuation of property had increased\\nfrom $115,893, in 1865, to $492,854, in 1870.\\nCIVIL ORGANIZATION.\\nOn the 11th of March, 1837, the Legislature of the\\nState enacted that the township should be organized with\\nthe name of Benton, and that the first election should be\\nheld at the public-house in the village of Millburg but\\nthe population was so sparse that the provisions of the act\\nwere not given effect until four years later, the township\\nremaining connected with St. Joseph for civil purposes\\nuntil 1841. In April of that year the first election for\\ntownship officers was held, and 13 votes were cast. Ephraim\\nP. Mann was elected supervisor, James F. Higbee trea.s-\\nurer, Jehial Enos clerk, Phineas Pearl and Jacob Van\\nHorn justices of the peace. At the general election in the\\nfollowing November, which was continued two days, 25\\nvotes were ca.st. The records of Benton from that time\\nuntil 1863 have been lost or destroyed, making it impos-\\nsible to produce a complete list of civil oflacers for that\\nperiod. Since 1863 the principal officers have been the\\nfollowing\\nSUPERVISORS.\\n1863-64, Samuel McGuigan 1865-68, Isaac J. Hoag 1869-70,\\nSamuel Jackson 1871-74, W. L. George 1875, S. L. Van Camp.\\nCLERKS.\\n1863, John C. Gates 1864, E. N. Hatch; 1865, George II. Hopkins;\\n1866-68, M. G. Lamport; 1869-70, J. P. Thresher; 1871, Wm.\\nH. Kidd: 1872, E. D. Cooke; 1873, Silas G. Antisdale; 1874,\\nWells Browne; 1875, Frank D. Conger; 1876, A. B. Bisbee;\\n1877, Calvin M. Edick 1878-79, George M. Valentine.\\nTREASURERS.\\n1863, George Peters; 1864, L. A. Hall; 1865-69, William T. Durry\\n1870-72, James L. Winans; 1873-74, E. D. Cooke; 1875, Smith\\nM. Wilcox; 1876, A. B. Leeds; 1877, Samuel Stuart; 1878-79,\\nA. J. Kidd.\\nIn 1879 there were 605 votes polled, and there were\\nelected, besides the above, Benjamin F. Rounds, Commis-\\nsioner of Highways John C. Lawrence, Superintendent\\nof Schools; George Wright, School Inspector; William\\nRandall, Drain Commissioner Cushan Burr, George A.\\nSlater, John A. Scott, and L. A. Swisher, Constables.\\nJUSTICES OF THE PEACE.\\n186.3, Leander A. Hall; 1864, George Peters, John C. Gates; 1865,\\nSterne Bronson, George Parmelee; 1866, J. T. Smith; 1867, L.\\nA. Hall; 1868, Josiah Swisher, H. L. Harris; 1869, G. W. Soles,\\nD. T. Hurd; 1870, Martin Dodge, Jehial Enos; 1871, David J.\\nMorrison, R. E. Hull, Alonzo Plummer 1872, Josiah H. Swisher\\n1873, Wells Browne, Mathias Hunt; 1874, Alonzo Plummer, Allen\\nM. Randall; 1875, Josiah H. Swisher; 1876, D. V. Dix, James\\nF. Higbee; 1877, Wells Browne; 1878, Alonzo Plummer; 1879,\\ni F. Higbee.\\nBENTON HIGHWAYS.\\nSome of the roads of the township were located and\\nbuilt before it was organized. The well-known Territorial\\nroad was completed in 1835, so as to permit travel. It\\nhas since been much improved, and is yet one of the prin-\\ncipal thoroughfares. The first road from Millburg south,\\nMr. Cooke informs us, was built by Phineas Pearl and the\\nJakeways. In many localities the early roads had to be\\ncorduroyed, and for many years they were barely passable.\\nThe later roads, and the highways in general, have been\\nimproved to an excellent condition, and some of them pre-\\nsent the appearance of suburban streets, being lined with\\ncomfortable and in many instances costly homes.\\nThe early settlers experienced much difiiculty in market-\\ning their produce, on account of the bad roads across the\\nmarsh along the St. Joseph, and consequently the town-\\nship has given liberal encouragement to the various projects\\nfor facilitating communication with distant marts. The\\nChicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad received aid\\nto the amount of $16,000 from Benton, and in 1871 built\\nits line through the northwestern part of the township, a\\ndistance of about three miles, and located a station at Ben-\\nton Harbor. But the greatest improvement the township\\nhas ever encouraged, and which has done more to develop\\nits rich resources than any other measure, was\\nTHE BENTON HARBOR SHIP CANAL,\\nwhich extends from the highlands in the western part of\\nthe township across the marsh to the St. Joseph River, a\\ndistance of nearly a mile. The story of the inception and\\nprogress of this enterprise was so well told by Edwin D.\\nCooke, in his Centennial address, July 4, 1876, that it is\\nhere reproduced entire. He said,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nThe idea of dredging a ship-canal and building a village on the\\npresent site of Benton Harbor had long been entertained by the early\\nsettlers of this township, and was discussed as early as 1834, with the\\nengineers who in that year surveyed through Benton township the\\nroute of the Detroit and St. Joseph Railroad. But the discussion had\\nwaned, and the subject, though not entirely abandoned, lay dormant,\\nawaiting a favorable breeze to fan it into life, until 1859, when it was\\nrevived with increased force by an apparently trivial circumstance.\\nMr. All)crt James, then residing with the Hon. H. C. Morton, on\\nreturning from a trip to St. Joseph, stuck in the mud about half-\\nway from St. Joseph. Mr. Charles Hull, en route to St. Joseph, as-\\nsisted in extricating Mr. James, who, covered with mud and dirt,\\nmade many discouraging remarks in relation to the future prosperity\\nof this township. Mr. Hull, while seeking to revive his drooping\\nspirits, gave utterance to this prophecy Mr. James, said he, in less\\nthan five years from now we shall see the waters of the lake extending\\nin a ship-canal to the highland east of us, and a prosperous village\\non this flat and those bluffs. The idea was so ludicrous to Mr. James\\nthat he related the prophecy, as a funny incident of his accident, on\\nhis return to Mr. Morton s. Mr. Sterne Bronson, who had recently\\nmoved into the township from Indiana, was present, and was so im-\\npressed with the feasibility of the idea that he immediately commenced\\nthe agitation of the subject, and the breeze which he created resulted\\nin the appointment, by the citizens, of the Hon. Henry C. Morton,\\nSterne Bronson, and Charles Hull, as an executive committee, to take\\nthe matter in charge, raise the necessary subscriptions, etc. Mr. Mor-\\nton and Mr. Bronson proceeded to Chicago and negotiated with Mar-\\ntin Green for the dredging of the canal. Mr. Green returned with\\nthem, and after long and careful deliberation, agreed to dig the canal\\non the following terms Mr. H. C. Morton gave fifty-five acres of land\\nlying east of Ox Creek. Mr. Charles Hull gave the undivided one-\\nhalf of forty acres of land lying along the proposed route of the canal.\\nMr. Sterne Bronson gave the undivided one half of a nine-rod strip\\nin the village, a building lot on the bluff, afterwards known as the\\nMartin Green place, and a forty-acre seminary lot at the mouth of the\\ncanal. The above-named gentlemen also agreed to keep the dredge\\nwell supplied with wood, and raise a subscription of $1500, to be paid\\nin cash, besides a large quantity of material for docking purposes.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0219.jp2"}, "220": {"fulltext": "190\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nThe public responded promptly and liberally, and the contract, as\\nabove stated, was faithfully carried out. But the history of all great\\nworks indicates that the i)rogre88ive road is not a smooth road, and\\nthe efforts of the dredge seemed to grow feobler day by day (as was\\nasserted) for want of supplies. The committee were obliged to donate\\nagain, which they did, each one liberally, and yet again the work\\nla.gged and ceased, and again the committee came to the rescue with\\nliberal donations.\\nThe people of Benton Harbor and Benton township owe a debt of\\ngratitude to these gentlemen which they will ever find it impossible to\\n])ay, and it is a peculiarly gratifying fact that each member of that\\ncommittee still lives to see and enjoy with us the fruits of their early\\nexertions, and that each one, residing as he does upon a separate\\nbluff overlooking the scene of their early labors, may, from day to\\nday, as they view the growth of our prosperous village and see the\\ndaily arrival of steamboats and vessels upon the waters of the canal,\\nenjoy the complete fruition of their hopes. Though their visions may\\nhave been grand, their realization is grander still.\\nThe canal was enlarged by Martin Green in 1868, on a contract\\nwith the township (assisted by voluntary contributions from individ-\\nuals), which gave its bonds for \u00c2\u00a710,000, payable in annual installments,\\nwith interest. The bonds and interest have since been paid. It was\\ndeepened again during the summer of 1875, the township paying over\\n$4000, and the village of Benton Harbor $10,000, which was assessed\\nupon the rolls and raised by ta.x the same year. It is now capable of\\nfloating vessels of the largest size, in witness of which fact, behold\\nthe noble steamer, the Messenger, which sails from this port daily.\\nThe canal was first but 25 feet wide, and was finished in\\n1862. The schoooner J. C. Shank was the first vessel\\nto enter the canal and come up to the village. The canal\\nwas subsequently widened to more than 50 feet.\\nTHE VILLAGE OF BENTON HARBOR.\\nThe founding of this village followed in connection with\\nthe building of the canal. It was laid out in 1860 by\\nHenry C. Morton, Sterne Bronson, M. G. Lamport, B. C.\\nLewis, Martin Green, Charles Hull, and others, and was\\nnamed after one of the most active promoters of the\\ncanal Bronson s Harbor. In 1865 the name was changed\\nto the present title as being a more suitable term. The\\noriginal plat of the village has been enlarged by additions\\nmade by Windsor Conger, Sorter Rackliff, J. S. Ken-\\ndricks, Boughton Lewis, and others. The village is\\nfavorably located for an extensive trade, about a mile from\\nSt. Joseph, sixty-two miles from Chicago by lake and\\nninety-three by rail. The greater portion of the business\\nis transacted on the flats, the adjacent bluflFs being occupied\\nby handsome residences and public edifices. The first\\nbuilding was put up by Fred. Spallinger in 1860, and was\\noccupied as a grocery. It is yet standing near Gates\\nBell s brick block. Later in that year, Capt. N. Bobbins\\nerected what might be called the first good building, and\\nwhich also remains, being used as a public hall. The first\\nhall or building for public gatherings was built by the Rus-\\nsells, and was destroyed by fire. In 1868-69 the first good\\nbrick block was put up by Bronson, Johnson Reynolds.\\nIt is three stories high, and is generally called the Rey-\\nnolds Block. Soon after other substantial business blocks\\nwere erected, and from year to year a good class of build-\\nings are taking the places of the wooden structures of the\\nearly years of Benton Harbor.\\nThe growth of the village is unprecedented in the history\\nof Berrien County. Where in 1850 was a comparative\\nwaste of land, whose asses.sed valuation was only $893, with\\nscarcely any signs of habitation, there is now one of the\\nmost prosperous places in the State, populated by more than\\na thousand enterprising inhabitants. In 1875 the ground-\\nvalue of Benton Harbor was $95,310, and the State, county,\\nand township tax was $6275.83, in comparison with $6.56\\npaid in 1850.\\nThe various interests of the village are noted in the\\nfollowing pages.\\nIn the early part of 1866, Sterne Bronson circulated a\\npetition praying the Board of Supervisors to incorporate\\nthe village under the general law, as it had the required\\nnumber of inhabitants and the general good of the place\\nwould be promoted by such a measure. At a meeting held\\nby the citizens for this purpose, Henry C. Morton, Samuel\\nMcGuigan, A. B. Riford, and Sterne Bronson were ap-\\npointed a committee to present the petition before the Su-\\npervisors, and although some opposition was manifested\\ntowards the measure, the prayer was granted and the first\\nelection for village officers was ordered to be held at the\\nwhite school-house, July 7, 1866, under the inspectorship\\nof J. F. Miller, John T. Smith, and N. Bobbins. At the\\nappointed time 83 votes were polled, and the following\\npersons were elected as the first village ofiicers of Benton\\nHarbor President, Samuel McGuigan Trustees, Sterne\\nBronson, O. Hubbard, Martin Green, A. Burridge, N. Rob-\\nbins, G. K. Hopkins Clerk, N. Babcock Treasurer, J.\\nC. Gates Assessors, J. T. Smith, S. C. Martin Marshal,\\nJames Trimble Street Commissioners, J. Van Horn, C.\\nHaulin, John Morrison Fire- Wardens, Loyal Nutting,\\nJames Trimble Poundmaster, B. C. Lewis.\\nIn 1867 the president of the village was Samuel Mc-\\nGuigan, the clerk N. Babcock, and the treasurer, J. C.\\nGates. In 1868 these ofiicers, in the above order, were\\nJoseph Riford, H. S. Harris, and John Bell.\\nIn this period the village grew rapidly, and as the general\\nlaw was found defective in some of its provisions, it was\\ndeemed advisable to reincorporate Benton Harbor under a\\nspecial act of the Legislature. Accordingly, the Hon. A.\\nB. Riford, of the village, who was at that time a member\\nfrom this district in the Assembly, was requested to draft a\\ncharter, which, after being approved by the board, received\\nthe sanction of the State authorities April 3, 1869. By\\nthe terms of this charter, under which the village is at\\npresent governed, the limits were fixed to embrace all that\\ntract of land situate iu township No. 4 south, of ranges\\n18 and 19, described as follows: Beginning half a mile\\nwest of the quarter post on the west side of section No. 19,\\nrunning thence north parallel with a line half a mile east\\nof the west lines of sections Nos. 8 and 19, to the east and\\nwest quarter line of section 18, thence west half a mile to\\nthe quarter post in the Paw Paw River, thence north on\\nthe section line thirty chains, thence west twenty chains to\\nthe centre of section 13, thence south one mile to the centre\\nof section 24, thence east one mile to the place of beginning,\\nshall be known as the village of Benton Harbor.\\nIt will be seen that half of the above described corpora-\\ntion is situated in the township of Benton, and the other\\nhalf iu St. Joseph town.ship.\\nThe qualified voters were to a.ssemble at American\\nHall, on the second Monday of April, 1869, to elect a", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0220.jp2"}, "221": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0221.jp2"}, "222": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0222.jp2"}, "223": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF BENTON.\\n191\\npresident, clerk, marshal, treasurer, assessor, three trustees\\nfor one year, and three for two years. The president of the\\nvillage to be a member of the Board of Trustees ex officio,\\nand to bo subject to like responsibilities as the other trustees.\\nPower is conferred by the charter to appoint fire wardens\\nand other necessary officers, and taxation limited not to\\nexceed the sum of one-half per cent, on the valuation, ex-\\nclusive of moneys needed for highway purposes. Special\\ntaxes not to exceed two per cent.\\nAt the election, which was held at the appointed time,\\n80 votes were polled, and the officers elected were Presi-\\ndent, Joseph Riford Clerk, H. S. Harris Treasurer, J.\\nL. Winans Assessor, William J. Hess Marshal, Jesse\\nJohnson Trustees (one year), H. C. Morton, G. K. Hop-\\nkins, Sterne Bronson (two years), N. liobbins, M. Dodge,\\nW. H. Kirby.\\nSince 1869 the principal officers of the village have been\\nthe following\\nPRESIDENTS.\\n1870, Joseph Riford 1871, J. C. Ingham 1872, Ira C. Abbott; 1873,\\nSterne Bronson 1874-75, John Thomas; 1876-77, John C. Ing-\\nham; 1878, J. W. Leslie; 1879, H. L. Pitcher.\\nCLEEKS.\\n1870, A. B. Riford; 1871, H. H. Kidd; 1872, Alonzo Plummer 187.S\\n-7a, Edwin D. Coolie; 1876-78, Henry L. Pitcher; 1879, George\\nM. Valentine.\\nTREASURERS.\\n1870-73, J. C. Winans; 1874-78, John Morrison 1870, R. M. Kinney.\\nTRUSTEES.\\n1870, Samuel McGuigan, J. C. Abbott, Martin Dodge 1871, T. A.\\nWalker, E. G. Reynolds, C. Colby; 1872, Patrick M. Kinney,\\nGeorge Rice, John C. Ingham 1873, N. Robbing, J. H. Darsche,\\nN. Hounds, C. Colby, J. N. Burridge 1874, R. R. Worden, Pat-\\nrick M. Kinney, Christopher S. Boyle; 1875, John H. Graham,\\nH. W. Williams, J. N. Burridge 1876, C. S. Boyle, Henry Wor-\\nden, John Morrison; 1877, J. N. Burridge, Henry W. Williams,\\nJackson Russell; 1878, R. M. Worden, B. B. Eldridge, John Al-\\nmandinger; 1879, R. D. Carnahan, I. W. Conkey, S. G. Anti.s-\\ndale.\\nThe assessor in 1879 was Joseph W. Weimer; Marshal,\\nJohn McCormick Deputy Marshal, George F. Rounds\\nHealth Officer, Dr. John Bell Fire- Wardens, Frank\\nNichols and John Gilson.\\nThe village has taken a decided position in favor of law\\nand order, and one of the first ordinances enacted was for\\nthe suppression of intemperance within the corporate limits,\\nprescribing as a penalty immediate confinement in the jail,\\nand, upon conviction, the payment of a fine not to exceed\\n$10, and making it the duty of the marshal to immediately\\narrest intoxicated persons.\\nSteps were also taken, in the early history of the village,\\nto insure protection against fire. On the 10th of June,\\n1872, an election was held to vote a special tax of $800, to\\nbe expended in the purchase of a fire-engine. In due\\ntime the necessary apparatus was purchased, and the Ex-\\ncelsior Engine Company formed. On the 14th of March,\\n1874, it reported a list of 33 men, with D. W. Porter, Fore-\\nman; J. M. McCormick, Assistant Foreman; T. S. Gay-\\nlord, Secretary P. M. Kinney, Treasurer and W. D.\\nWaters, Steward.\\nIn the course of a few years the village outgrew the\\nhand-engine which first served it, and demanded apparatus\\nof larger capacity. Accordingly, on the 20th of June, 1876,\\nthe corporation secured a fine Silsby steam fire-engine, at a\\ncost of $4000. It received the name of Tom Benton, and\\nin July was placed in charge of F. Van Brickel as chief\\nengineer. Since that period an excellent fire company has\\nbeen maintained, and at present (1879) the chief engineer\\nis J. M. McCormick. A number of good reservoirs and\\nhydrants have been provided, and the village enjoys an un-\\nusual degree of security against fire. No general confla-\\ngrations have occurred, but several mills and factories have\\nbeen burned.\\nThe corporation has greatly promoted the welfare of the\\nvillage, securing good sidewalks, passable streets, and other\\ndesirable adjuncts of a well-ordered community.\\nBENTON HARBOR COMMERCE.\\nA commodious harbor has been constructed at the vil-\\nlage, with convenient docks and warehouses, at which a\\nnumber of boats are laden daily with the products of the\\ntownship, the chief articles of export being lumber and fruit.\\nThe fruit shipments in 1871 were 10,376 bushels of straw-\\nberries, 5768 bushels of raspberries, 12,046 bushels of\\nblackberries, 256,524 packages of peaches, 943 packages of\\npears, 651 packages of grapes, 15,000 barrels of apples.\\nIn 1877 the shipments were as follows: 285,003 baskets\\nand 1274 crates of peaches, 1999 baskets of pears, 31,027\\nbaskets of grapes, 55,407 crates of strawberries, 3076 crates\\nand 275 baskets of cherries, 27,610 crates of raspberries,\\n7909 crates of blackberries, 1291 crates of huckleberries,\\n53,399 barrels, 1672 sacks, 3399 bushels, and 526 baskets\\nof apples, 2032 barrels of cider.\\nThe shipments of 1879 largely exceeded the foregoing\\nexcept in the item of peaches. For the week ending June\\n21st there were shipped by boat 29,942 half-bushel crates\\nof berries, and the subsequent weeks show amounts almost\\nas large.\\nIn 1871, Benton Harbor was made a port of entry, and\\nA. B. Riford appointed collector of customs, entering\\nupon the discharge of his duties in the spring of that year\\nand serving till March 14, 1877. Andrew J. Kidd was\\nthen appointed collector, and still holds that office.\\nSome time about 1864, Green, Allen Co. (Martin\\nGreen, P. P. Allen, and J. P. Edwards) were actively en-\\ngaged in the shipping business from this port, and had an\\ninterest in a line of good steamers to Chicago, among the\\nboats being the St. Joseph, Benton, and Van Raalte.\\nIn a few years the company retired from business and the\\nboats were taken to other points. At present the propellers\\nMessenger and Skylark leave every week-day evening\\nfor Chicago. Both boats are owned by citizens of the vil-\\nlage. The Messenger is of 444 tons burden, carries a\\ncrew of 20 men, is owned by Graham, Morton Co., and\\ncommanded by Capt. John Robinson. It was placed on this\\nline in 1876. The Skylark s tonnage is 261, her crew\\nnumbers 14 men, her owner is H. W. Williams, and her\\ncaptain John Morrison. The Shepard and Edith,\\nsmall boats, ply between St. Joseph and Benton Harbor\\nevery half-hour for local accommodation.\\nGENERAL BUSINESS INTERESTS.\\nA. M. Collins opened the first store, in 1861, in the\\nbuilding at present occupied by M. G. Lamport, who soon", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0223.jp2"}, "224": {"fulltext": "192\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nafter engaged in trade and yet continues. The same season\\nHatch Durry opened a store in the Robbins building.\\nCharles J. Smith had a general store, and H. L. Harris\\nhad a grocery-store. Other early and principal merchants\\nwere N. Robbins, B. C. Lewis, Stephen Boyle, Foster I.\\nParks, A. Burridge, and Gordon Brothers.\\nThe different branches of trade are at present represented\\nby Pitcher, Jones Sonner, R. J. David Co., Ferry\\nCo., and S. B. Van Horn, dry goods Clark Hoag, 0. S.\\nWilley, M. J. Vincent, P. M. Kinney, C. S. Boyle, Schaus\\nBurridge, F. G. Rice, S. M. Austin Co., and W. H.\\nEdwards, groceries M. G. Lamport and Piatt Bro.,\\nhardware John Thomas and W. L. George, boots and\\nshoes John C. Gates, A. J. Kidd, J. R. Price, drugs and\\nmedicines Kolman Brothers, notions Judson Russell, pro-\\nduce dealer; J. H. Darche, fruit dealer; and eight or ten\\nothers. Many of these stores are large, and transact a\\nheavy trade.\\nThe first hotel was the present American House.\\nwhich was built in 1861, by E. B. Whiting, and for some\\ntime kept by him. The house has repeatedly been enlarged\\nand improved, and is at present well kept by Alonzo Vin-\\ncent. Other landlords have been John Brown, A. M. Col-\\nlins, Martin Dodge, and E. Nichols.\\nThe Gartley House was originally used by the Ex-\\ncelsior Packing Company, in 1870, but was reconstructed\\nfor hotel purposes by Samuel McGuigan, who yet owns it,\\nand has been kept by Samuel Stewart. This is also well\\npatronized. The third hotel, the Colfax House, has\\nbeen kept several years by Martin Dodge.\\nThe village was first supplied with mail matter from the\\nSt. Joseph ofiice, which was distributed by M. G. Lamport,\\nCharles Hulbard, and others.\\nIn 1865 a government ofiice was established with the\\nname of the village, and Henry C. Morton postmaster.\\nWhile he held that position the duties of the ofiice were\\ndischarged by deputies Jacob Van Horn, John C. Gates,\\nJ. S. -Morton. In 1873, J. P. Thresher received the ap-\\npointment of postmaster, and served until 1877, when the\\npresent incumbent, A. B. Ritbrd, succeeded to the position.\\nThe office has three mails per day by rail, a tri-weekly mail\\nto Eiistern points, and a daily mail by stage from Berrien.\\nOn the 1st of August, 1870, it became a postal money-order\\nofiice.\\nA private bank was established in the village, in 1875, by\\nW. E. Higman, James Baley, and S. F. Heath, which is at\\npresent continued by the two first-named members of the\\nfirm. A neat ofiice is occupied, and a flourishing business\\ndone.\\nThe first newspaper was the Benton Harbor Palladium,\\nissued Oct. 9, 1868, by L. G. Merchant, and which is now\\nedited by Charles E. Reeves. The Times was founded\\nJuly 17, 1875, by William and Thomas Hurley, and is yet\\ncontinued by them. The Lake Shore Daily Neim, also\\nyet here issued, was established May 1, 1876. A full his-\\ntory of the press appears in the general history of the\\ncounty.\\nDr. John Bell was the first physician in the village, and\\nis yet an active practitioner. The other physicians are Drs.\\nGeorge W. Bell, Richard Winans, I. R. Dunning, E. A.\\nClark, and J. S. Mortlock, the latter two being homoeopa-\\nthists. A few other physicians have practiced in the place,\\nbut removed to other points.\\nR. A. Kneeland was the first dentist, and was followed by\\nDr. C. J. Hall.\\nThe first attorney was A. B. Riford, who located here in\\nAugust, 1866, and yet follows his profession. Alonzo\\nPlummer has practiced law since 1874, and since that pe-\\nriod F. D. Orcutt, George M. Valentine, John A. Eastman,\\nand A. H. Potter have established themselves here in prac-\\ntice. Among the lawyers who have removed have been\\nE. F. Hyde, L. C. Fyfe, and A. C. Kingman.\\nBENTON HARBOR MANUFACTORIES.\\nIn 1854, H. W. Williams put up a steam saw-mill on\\nthe northwest quarter of section 18, on the Paw Paw\\nRiver, which had a capacity of 14,000 feet of lumber per\\nday. It was destroyed by fire in 1875.\\nIn the village, J. H. Darche formerly carried on a\\nfoundry and plow-factory, which has been discontinued.\\nA grist-mill, which was put up by James and W. H. Kirby,\\nhas also passed away.\\nThe Benton Harbor Custom- and Flouring- Mills, in the\\neastern part of the village, were partly built in 1871.\\nSince that time they have been enlarged, and are at present\\noperated by W. E. Bradley. The power is furnished by a\\n25 horse-power engine, and two runs of stone are in use.\\nJ. H. Graham Co. s Lumber-Mills were built some\\nten or twelve years ago, by Green, Allen Co., in the west-\\nern part of the village. They are supplied with large\\ndouble engines and good machinery, giving them a capacity\\nof 3,500,000 feet per year. Sixteen men are employed, and\\nthe mills are operated, chiefly on the hard woods, in the\\nproduction of bill-stuff.\\nThe Benton Harbor Building and Manufacturing Es-\\ntablishment wan commenced in 1874, by the erection by the\\ncitizens of the village of a large factory building, north of\\nthe depot, supplied with an engine of 25 horse-power, which\\nwas given to George R. Wright Brother as a bonus,\\nconditioned upon the establishment of a Washboard and\\nBung Factory, to give employment to 50 men. After a\\nshort period of work, on a small scale, the firm retired from\\nbusiness, and the factory was idle until May, 1879, when\\nS. S. Ware occupied it as the proprietor of the above estab-\\nlishment. A large amount of general work is done, and\\nthe lumber-dressing business in all its forms is carried on\\nfor builders and contractors. Twelve men are given em-\\nployment, under the foremanship of J. B. Winchell. The\\nagent of the establishment is George R. Wright.\\nThe Excelsior Factory, on the west side of the canal,\\nwas established at St. Joseph in 1875, by H. W. Miller,\\nand located at the present site in 1877 by a company formed\\nfor that purpose, and of which H. W. Miller is the presi-\\ndent. A building 32 by 40 feet, two stories high, is occu-\\npied by machinery for the manufacture of Excelsior, a\\nthin, spiral shaving of wood for packing purposes, and for\\nthe filling of mattresses. About 3-1 cords of basswood logs\\nare consumed daily, and 7 men are employed to carry on the\\nfactory.\\nJohn Thomas Tannery was built in the spring of 1879,", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0224.jp2"}, "225": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0225.jp2"}, "226": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0226.jp2"}, "227": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF BENTON.\\n193\\nand has been in operation a few months. It contains six-\\nteen vats, which are employed in tanning upper-leather with\\nhemloek bark. SteaiH-power is used, and this tannery is\\nsaid to be the only one in operation in the county.\\nThe Benton Harbor Furniture- Factory, A. Volsteek,\\nproprietor, was established in the fall of 1865. The present\\nfactory has been occupied since 1873. It is a two-.story\\nbuilding, 75 by 80 feet, and is supplied with power from a\\ngood engine of twenty-five horse-power capacity. The fac-\\ntory is operated on general household furniture, and employs\\nfive or six hands. In the same building is a part of C. Colby\\nCo. s Fruit-Package and Basket- Factory, which properly\\ndates from the year 1866, when C. Colby began the manu-\\nfacture of fruit-packages in the village, using 100,000 feet\\nof veneers that year. The consumption of that article has\\nsteadily increased, about 300,000 feet per year being used\\nat the present time. The factory has been located at various\\npoints, and at the present place since 1873. The firm\\nmanufactures all kinds of fruit-packages, baskets, and veneer\\nwork, employing about 50 hands. Among the products are\\nveneer plates, for the use of retail grocers. As many as half\\na million peach-baskets a year have been made at this ftic\\ntory, and other work in proportion.\\nL. Carpenter ds Go s Fruit- Basket and Package- Manu-\\nfactory was established about the same time as the above,\\nby L. N. Hall, and has been operated since 1870 by\\nthe present firm. The appointments of the factory are com-\\nplete, excellent machinery is used, and the power is sup-\\nplied by a twenty horse-power engine. The Carpenter\\nfactory produces some work of peculiar construction, which\\nis used witii great favor by fruit-growers and dealers, and\\ntheir wares have attained a wide reputation. Employment\\nis given to 25 men.\\nIngham, Leslie Co. s Fruit-Package Factory, near the\\nrailroad depot, was established about 1870, by Colby, Ing-\\nham Co in tiie southern part of the village. The\\npresent firm took the factory in 1875, and in February,\\n1876, the old factory was burned. The present factory has\\nbeen occupied since March of the same year, and embraces\\nseveral large shops, the main building being 75 by 125\\nfeet. It is supplied with good machinery, and the lathes\\nwere constructed after patterns prepared by J. W. Leslie.\\nIn addition to the ordinary fruit-packages, the firm also\\nmanufactures cigar-box lumber, head-lining for barrels, and\\nveneers for various purposes. The factory employs from\\n25 to 75 men, and is operated the entire year. The present\\nmembers of the firm are J. C. Ingham, J. \\\\V. Leslie, and\\nE. L. McNitt.\\nSamuel Genthe s Cooperage was established in 1872, for\\nthe manufacture of all kinds of barrels and casks. Ten\\nmen find steady employment in this factory. The village\\nis also well supplied with the ordinary mechanic shops and\\nsmaller manufacturing interests.\\nBenton Harbor Fruit-Packing and Canning Establish-\\nments. In 1870 the Excelsior Packing Company began\\nputting up fruit and vegetables in the building which is at\\npresent used as the Gartley House, putting up 35,000 cans\\nthat year, and increasing the product to 125,000 cans the\\nsecond year. The company then retired frouj business, and\\ntwo other companies were formed to pack vegetables and\\n25\\nfruit: the Phoenix Packing Company and the Benton\\nHarbor Packing Company. The latter was composed of\\nAlbert James, 0. E. Mead, W. C. Hunter, and A. Plum-\\nmer. They put up 800,000 cans that year. The following\\nyear the company dissolved. The Phoeuix Company\\nhad as its members E. Nickerson, N. Bobbins, and C. H.\\nTarbell but in 1873 the first two members of the firm\\ndisposed of their interests to A. B. Biford and N. B. Hall,\\nand the Victor Packing Company was formed. This\\nfirm put up the large packing establishment in the eastern\\npart of the village, which is at present the place of busi-\\nness of the establishment next named.\\nThe Alden Evaporating and Canning Company was\\nformed in 1877. The present officers are Alfred llussell.\\nPresident; W. E. Higman, Secretary C. M. Edick, Treas-\\nurer and N. B. Hall, Superintendent. The establishment\\nembraces a number of buildings, the principal ones being\\n38 by 120 feet, 26 by 150 feet, 30 by 80 feet, and 80 by\\n100 feet, which are devoted to the various purposes of the\\ncompany, including the manufacture of tin cans. This\\ndepartment gives employment to 15 men nine months per\\nyear. In the canning department 200 persons, chiefly\\nwomen, are employed, working about fifteen hours per day\\nduring the canning season.\\nThe principal articles canned are the Victor and\\nBenton tomatoes, about 500,000 3-pound cans per year;\\nstring-beans, about 25,000 2-pouud cans and apples, 4000\\ndozen 1-gallon cans. These goods are sold to the trade by\\nC. E. Roe Co., of Chicago, and large quantities are\\nfurnished to the government. Most of the vegetables con-\\nsumed are grown on contract by parties living in the vicin-\\nity of the village, about 300 acres of tomatoes and 25 acres\\nof beans being subject to the demands of the company.\\nThe present firm also controls the dry-houses and prop-\\nerty of the old Alden Evaporating Company. The\\nbuildings stand on several acres of ground, aud embrace a\\nlarge four-story structure, with an L wing containing two\\ndryers, arranged after the Alden method, whose capacity\\nis 600 bushels of apples per day. They were erected in\\n1874, by O. E. Moore and Ralph Grove, and subsequently\\nused by A. R. Nowlen aud John Thomas Co., and when\\nin operation gave employment to 75 persons. Since 1877\\nthey have not been in use, the energies of the company\\nbeing directed more to the canning than the evaporating\\nprocess.\\nTHE FRUIT INTERESTS OF BENTON\\nmay be appropriately noted iu this connection. Fruit-trees\\nwere set out, soon alter the settlement of the township, by\\nthe pioneers to supply their own wants, but fruit was not\\nmuch cultivated for market until after 1850. In 1848,\\nGeorge Parmelee set out an orchard of two acres of budded\\npeach-trees, of which the fruitage was so satisfactory that\\nattention was directed to this business as the probable future\\nindustry of the people of the township. Larger orchards\\nwere planted with equally satisfactory results, the trees not\\nonly growing with remarkable thrift, but their products\\nbeing a source of much revenue to their owners. The\\nfavorableness of the soil, climate, aud other essential con-\\nditions beiug established, the population of the township\\nwas augmented with wonderful rapidity by those anxious", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0227.jp2"}, "228": {"fulltext": "194\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nto eugage in fruit culture. The price of land appreciated\\nfrom a nominal price to fabulous figures, as much as $1000\\nper acre being paid and the larger lots were subdivided\\ninto gardens of from three to ten acres, on many of which\\ncottages were built, until many parts of the western half of\\nthe township bear the appearance of a vast straggling vil-\\nlage. Others engaged in the business on a scale of greater\\nmagnitude. In 1857, Smith Howell planted 60 acres\\nof peach-trees, which was known as the Cincinuati orchard,\\nand was for several years the largest in the State. The\\nParmelee orchard was increased until it comprised 90 acres.\\nIn 1873, when fruit-growing was at its best, there were\\n2677 orchards in the township. Of the lands devoted to\\nthis purpose, 214 acres were set to strawberries; 109, to\\nraspberries; 134, to blackberries; and there were 32,110\\ngrape-vines, 5427 cherry-trees, 204.721 peach-trees, 10,935\\npear-trees, 67,092 apple-trees, 1223 plum-trees, and 1453\\nquince-trees. In most respects Benton headed the list of\\nthe fruit townships of the county, the excess of peach-trees\\nespecially being very large. In a few years after this list\\nwas prepared the peach-trees were attacked by a disease\\npopularly known as the Yellows, which cau.sed most of\\nthe orchards to die out, and this fruit at present forms a\\ncomparatively small amount of the products of the general\\ninterest, apples and the small fruits being the staples. In\\n1873 those who cultivated 15 acres or more of fruit in\\nBenton were the following: George W. Antisdale, D.\\nBoynton, M. E. Burridge, J. N. Burridge, Jacob Burridge,\\nL. Canfield, George Carley, N. Castle, P. A. Chapman, H.\\nC. Collins, E. G. Curtis, William Gates, H. H. Garland,\\nGates Bell, 0. Harmon, S. F. Heath, J. F. Higbee, U.\\nHigbee, H. Hilton, G. K. Hopkins, W. C. Hunter, J. C.\\nIngham, Samuel Jackson, A. James, J. L. Johnson, H. H.\\nKidd, A. B. Leeds, 0. Lozier, S. E. Martin, J. McAllister,\\nE. A. Clave, George Meech, P. Morley, L. G. Moulton,\\nE. Nickerson, A. R. Nowlen, A. J. Nowlen, Alfred Os-\\nborne, P. 0. Osborne, C. J. Owen, George Perkins, C. K.\\nPierce, George Powell, R. C. Reed, P. J. Ripley, W. D.\\nSherwood, Ezra Smith, C. C. Sutton, James Vanderveer,\\nGeorge Wright, J. W. Rose, S. Perkins, Mary Robinson,\\nJames Silvers, S. Snyder, T. N. Terry, L. M. Ward, R.\\nWinans, P. Yore, W. Rose, W. S. Rowe, George Smith, J.\\nM. Sorter, J. P. Thresher, H. P. White, J. Withey, I. J.\\nHoag, B. Fish.\\nSince 1873 a number of changes in the ownership of\\nthe orchards have taken place, which cannot be here given.\\nThe general fruit products of the township can be seen\\nfrom the shipments as given in the article on the com-\\nmerce of Benton Harbor. Fruit-growing yet constitutes\\ntlie chief industry of the people of Benton.\\nThis is the oldest village in the township. It was platted\\nin 1835, by Jehial Enos, of Benton, and Amos S. Amsden,\\nof St. Jo.\u00c2\u00abeph, and received its name on account of the\\nwater-power at this place, which was improved about that\\ntime for milling purposes. It is located on the north bank\\nof Blue Creek, in the eastern part of section 13, on the\\nBainbridge line, a part of the village being in that township.\\nOriginally, about twenty acres were platted for a village.\\nand years ago the place promised to become a point of\\ngreater importance than it is at present. The canal and\\nrailroad have diverted whatever trade it had to Benton\\nHarbor, and it is now simply a hamlet, having a post-ofEce,\\nmill, a few shops, about twenty houses, and a Disciples\\nChurch.\\nThe Bainbridge post-office was established here about\\n1836, and had as the first postmaster James H. Enos.\\nJohn T. Tabor was the next appointee, keeping it some\\ndistance from the village. The present post-office, which\\nbears the name of the village, was established about 1852,\\nwith Enos Fenton as postmaster. His successors were\\nMrs. Fenton and the present Mrs. Hill. The office has\\na tri-weekly mail from Benton Harbor.\\nThe first store was kept by James H. Enos, about 1851.\\nHe sold to Ansel Winslow, who in turn was succeeded by\\nDix Wakefield and D. D. Hurd, the latter being the\\nlast in trade in that building. Another store was opened\\nin 1852, by Enos Fenton, who was in trade until about\\n1871, when William Randall Brother engaged here as\\nmerchants, and continued until a few years ago. Only a\\nsmall grocery-store is carried on at present.\\nThe first regular tavern was kept by the Winslows, in\\nthe former store building, which had been remodeled for\\nthis purpose. Subsequently, William Piersoll, Samuel\\nBuchanan, and others entertained the public, but at present\\nthere is no tavern.\\nDr. Ansel Winslow was the first physician to locate at\\nMiilburg to practice his profession, about 1851, and had a\\ncontemporary soon after in Dr. Enos Fenton. Other prac-\\ntitioners for short periods were Drs. Cook, Fowler, Ross,\\nKing, etc. The present in practice is Dr. Bowman.\\nAt the village, James H. Enos put in operation the first\\nsaw-mill, about 1836, and eighteen years after, sold the prop-\\nerty to Ansel Winslow. In a few years the latter erected a\\ngrist-mill, which is yet operated by Wm. Randall Brother.\\nThe Hall Brothers were intermediate owners, and here also\\nhad a factory for making staves and bent work. The water-\\npower was supplemented by steam, but the engine was .soon\\nafter removed to Benton Harbor.\\nFarther down Blue Creek, Jehial Enos and James Suth-\\nerland erected a saw-mill, which afterwards became the\\nproperty of James P. Higbee, who operated it until it was\\ndiscontinued.\\nOn section 21, Samuel McGuigan had a steam saw-mill,\\nwhich was successfully operated many years, and about\\ntwenty years ago W. H. Pearl erected a similar mill on\\nsection 26, which is yet worked to a limited extent.\\nA small basket-factory was operated on section 36, by\\nJames S. Moore, a few years, but has been discontinued.\\nSOCIETIES AND ORDERS.\\nRepeated application for information concerning Ben-\\nton Lodge, No. 132, 1. 0. O. P., has failed to elicit the de-\\nsired data. Its meetings are held in a hall over Perry\\nCo. s store, and P. G. Rice was reported as Noble Grand,\\nand J. E. Wright, Secretary.\\nLake Shore Lodge, No. 298, F. and A. M., was in-\\nstituted Jan. 10, 1872, with A. B. Leeds, P. D. Mont-\\ngomery, C. S. Boyle, John Bell, J. P. Thresher, John Pin-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0228.jp2"}, "229": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0229.jp2"}, "230": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0230.jp2"}, "231": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF BENTON.\\n195\\nney, and Edwin D Cooke as original meuibeis. In 1879\\nthe lodge reported 41 members, and had as principal offi-\\ncers John Bell, W. M. B. Fotiger, S. W. C. J. Hall, J.\\nW. and F. Morley, Sec. The meetings are held in a com-\\nfortable hall at Benton Harbor, and the lodge is in a flourish-\\ning condition.\\nBenton Lodge, No. 844, 1. 0. G. T., was instituted April\\n15, 1875, with 60 charter members, and 0. S. Willey,\\nWorthy Chief Templar. The lodge has pro.spered, having\\nat present 95 members and the following principal officers:\\nC. E. Reeves, W. C. T. Mrs. J. H. Darche, W. V. T.\\nA. Bonine, R. S. W. W. Watson, W. P. S. Mrs. E. M.\\nHipp, W. T. and S. G. Antisdale, Lodge Deputy.\\nLily of Benton Temple, Juvenile Templars, was organ-\\nized in April, 1879, with 33 members and Harry Hopkins,\\nC. T. Ed. Heath, R. S. Carrie Bryant, F. S. Although\\nof recent organization, the Temple has become very flour-\\nishing, and promises to accomplish much good among the\\nyoung people of the township.\\nBenton Hdrbor lAhrary Association was formed Dec. 17,\\n1877, and has at present (August, 1879) the following\\nofficers R. M. Jones, President Mrs. 0. S. Willey, Vice-\\nPresident S. R. Hughes, Secretary James Bailey, Treas-\\nurer; Ed. Kolman, Librarian; and A. B. Riford, Mrs. R.\\nWinans, R. J. David, C. E. Reeves, J. W. Leslie, and S.\\nH. Antisdale, Directors.\\nThe association maintains a library of several hundred\\nwell-selected standard and popular books, and is a u.seful\\nagent in promoting the general culture of the village.\\nPearl Grange, No. 81, Patrons of Husbandry. This\\nsociety was organized in the Pearl neighborhood, Sept. 29,\\n1873. In the summer of 1874 a small but neat hall, for\\nthe use of the grange, was built on the east line of section\\n26, where the meetings have since been held. The grange\\nhas prospered, and has a large and active membership.\\nThe present principal officers are C. A. Spencer, W. M.,\\nand E. Spencer, Sec.\\nThe grange has sustained a supply store for a number of\\nyears, which has been very beneficial to the members. The\\npurchasing agents have been R. Morrill, C. A. Spencer,\\nand L. Sutherland.\\nBenton Harbor Grange, No. 122, P. of H., was insti-\\ntuted Nov. 7, 1873, with 30 charter members, and C. C.\\nSutton for the first Master, and H. A. Raeklifi Sec. At\\npresent the grange meets in a hall over Clark s grocery, and\\nhas 52 members, with J. K. Bishop, Master, and Wm. J.\\nHolt, See. Both granges have promoted the interests of the\\nagricultural portion of the township, and are u.scful bodies.\\nSCHOOLS.\\nThe first school-house in the township of Benton was\\nerected at Millburg, and it was some years before school\\nbuildings were provided in the western part of the town-\\nship. In 1867 a large two-story frame house was erected\\nin Fractional District No. 5, in the Heath neighborhood,\\non half an acre of ground, in which excellent schools have\\nsince been taught and in most of the other districts good\\nhouses have since been provided, and a commendable in-\\nterest taken in education. At Benton Harbor the original\\nschool building the old white house has been adapted\\nas a place of worship for a Universalist society. In 1868\\nthe people of that district voted $20,000 to erect a new\\nschool edifice, and on the 28th of September, 1868, Joseph\\nRiford, S. E. Martin, and W. H. Kirby were appointed a\\nbuilding committee. The house is 60 by 80 feet, 3 stories\\nand basement, of brick trimmed with .sandstone, and pre-\\nsents a very attractive appearance. The upper story forms\\na large hall, and the other floors have been divided into\\nseven rooms which are large and well furnished.\\nOn the 6th of September, 1869, the district was organ-\\nized as a union school, with C. K. Parce, Wm. J. Hess,\\nJoseph Riford, M. G. Lamport, A. B. Riford, and J. P.\\nThresher as a board of education. As a union school it\\nhas since been ably conducted, at a yearly expense of about\\n$3000. In 1879, R. M. Jones was moderator of the board\\nM. G. Lamport, director C. S. Boyle, J. C. Ingham, Allen\\nBronson, and W. L. George, associate members. The dis-\\ntrict had 452 children between the ages of five and twenty\\nyears, from which were enrolled in the high school, 62\\npupils; in the grammar school, 28; in the intermediate,\\n56 and in the three primary schools, 144 pupils. There\\nwere, besides, in the township 13 districts whose bounds\\nwere irregular, and all of them, except Nos. 2, 3, 8, 12,\\nand 14, joint districts. The children of school age in each\\ndistrict were as follows: No. 1, 135 No. 2, 59; No. 3,\\n97 No. 4, 36 No. 5, 123 No! 6, 42 No. 7, 61 No.\\n8, 60; No. 11, 35; No. 12, 44; No. 14, 75.\\nThe entire number of children of school age in the\\ntownship, including Benton Harbor, was 1217.\\n.RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.\\nThe Church of Christ of Millburg. Many years ago\\na Methodist class was formed at Millburg, which prospered\\nfor a time, then sufi ered a declining interest, and finally\\nbecame altogether extinct. At a later period the Disciples\\neflFected a temporary organization here, and held meetings\\nwith good effect, but as there was no suitable place of wor-\\nship they were soon discontinued, and the interest died out.\\nBut in the fall of 1868, under the preaching of the Rev.\\nWilliam R. Roe, a permanent organization of 55 persons\\nwas made, and this afterwards became known as the Church\\nof Christ of Millburg. James Adams and J. W. Rose\\nwere elected the first elders, and J. K. Bishop and C. C.\\nPotes deacons. Mr. Rose has served as deacon contin-\\nuously since, and J. K. Bishop was elected to fill the va-\\ncancy caused by the removal of Mr. Adams. A. L. Scho-\\nfield and J. Hess have been elected as additional deacons.\\nUnder the pastoral labors of the Revs. Hurd, Jackson,\\nReese, Lucas, and the occasional services of the Revs.\\nCarpenter, Sias, and others, the church has prospered. Its\\npresent membership is 100, but the aggregate of members\\nhas been much larger. The present minister is the Rev.\\nHenry Burton. J. W. Rose is the superintendent of the\\nSunday-school, which has at present 75 members.\\nThe present house of worship at Millburg a frame\\nstructure, 36 by 60, with a shapely tower was commenced\\nin 1870, but was not completed until three years later. It\\nis a very neat edifice, of which the value is reported at\\n$5000. The building was consecrated by the Rev. William\\nM. Roe.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0231.jp2"}, "232": {"fulltext": "196\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nThe First Congregational Church of Benton Harbor.\\nThis church was organized June 13, 1866, in the old white\\nschool-house, by a council called for this purpose, and at\\nwhich were present as delegates Rev. P. B. Parry and S.\\nHess, of Three Oaks Rev. J. B. Fairbanks and L. Whit-\\nney, of St. Joseph; and A. J. Nowlen, in behalf of the\\nsociety at Benton Harbor. The latter acted as secretary,\\nand P. B. Parry served as chairman. The following persons\\nassented to the articles of faith and covenant, and became\\nthe constituent members of the church Enoch Osborne,\\nIra Nowlen, Ralph Grow, Amos Eastman, Alfred 0.sborne,\\nMartin Green, David Hurd, Zistorene Nowlen, Fanny Os-\\nborne, Clarinda Nowlen, Sophronia C. Eastman, Sarah A.\\nWinans, Mary Ann Grow.\\nA. Eastman, Ralph Grow, and E. Osborne were elected\\nthe first Deacons, and A. J. Nowlen, Clerk. These officers\\nin 1879 were H. F. White, R. Grow, and A. R. Nowlen,\\nDeacons; and J. H. Darche, Clerk. Other deacons have\\nbeen R. E. Winans, J. H. Darche, S. Devereaux, Charles E.\\nHull, Horace H. Garland, and G. K. Hopkins and clerks,\\nA. Osborne, George W. Toles, and H. F. Colby.\\nIn 1868 the society built the church edifice which is\\nyet occupied as a place of worship, and which was the first\\nmeeting-house in the township. It is a plain but inviting\\nframe, and is at present controlled by a board of trustees\\ncomposed of J. C. Ingham, V. A. Shankland, George\\nWilson, J. H. Darche, C. J. Hall, and R. Grow. The\\nfirst named is the clerk of the society.\\nThe church has had the following pastors and supplies\\n1867, Rev. S. Morton; 1868-69, Rev. S. S. Hyde; 1870, Rev. George\\n.^i. Dickerman (supply); 1871, Rev. H. P. Welton 1872, Rev.\\nN. A. Willard; 1873, ouoasional supplies; 1874-75, Rev. S. B.\\nGoodenow; 1876-77, E. L. Hurd, D.D. 1878, J. C. Thompson.\\nSince April, 1879, the Rev. Abel Wood, of St. Joseph,\\nhas supplied the pulpit, and ministers to the 70 members\\nwho compose the church.\\nAs soon as the church building was completed, a Sunday-\\nschool was opened there, under the superintendency of J.\\nP. Thresher, although a union Sunday-school had been\\norganized in the village at the school-house two years\\nearlier. The present superintendent of the school at the\\nchurch is V. A. Shankland. One hundred and nineteen\\nmembers are enrolled, from which an average attendance of\\n80 is secured. A good library is maintained.\\nThe First Baptist Church of Benton Harbor* This\\nbody was organized at Heath s Corners, May 30, 1863,\\nunder the title of the St. Joseph Baptist Church.\\nThere were 28 persons who associated themselves into\\nchurch membership, namely: S. F. Heath, Julia Heath,\\nOmi Simms, Sophia Simms, Henry A. Simons, Arthur E.\\nSimons, Sarah Simons, Clara Swartwout, Sarah Woodin,\\nA. F. Stiles, Lucinda Stiles, Emily Stiles, Caroline Row-\\nley, Ellen Jones, Mrs. McAllister, Thomas Swartwout,\\nNancy Swartwout, John H. Swartwout, Sarah Swartwout,\\nImogene Swartwout, William A. Coats, Maria Coats, Anna\\nCoats, Deborah Hayward, William Boughton, Eliza Hop-\\nkins, John P. Edwards, and Maria Edwards.\\nAt the time the church was organized S. F. Heath was\\nFrom data furnished by S. F. Heath.\\nelected clerk, and has since been annually re-elected to per-\\nform the duties of that office, being the present clerk.\\nThe deacons also are elected annually, and the following\\nhave been ordained to that office J. P. Edwards, William\\nA. Coats, A. P. Stiles, Samuel Rockafellow, E. St. John,\\nHenry A. Simons, M. A. Harrington, Hiram Dusenbury,\\nJerome F. Smith, Charles Fisher, E. V. Green, E. S. Fox,\\nA. B. Carmichael, Jadutha Withey, E. A. Clark, William\\nEdwards, S. F. Heath, Joseph Watkins, James Lason,\\nWilliam J. Barrett, and E. H. Bovee.\\nThe church has had the pastoral services of six clergy-\\nmen, as follows Rev. Arthur E. Simons, from August,\\n1863, till June, 1866 Rev. Stephen Wilkins, from Octo-\\nber, 1866, till October, 1867, when the Rev. Wm. Gates\\nacted as a supply for one year, serving very acceptably.\\nRev. Thomas Allen began his ministry October, 1868, but\\nat the end of eight months retired, and the pulpit was\\nagain supplied by Rev. Mr. Gates till January, 1869. In\\nJanuary, 1869, the Rev. i-. G. Portman began a pastorate\\nwhicli was continued until October, 1873, followed by a\\nvacancy of tljree months, at the end of which the Rev.\\nC. W. Palmer became pastor for eight months. In Sep-\\ntember, 1874, the present pastor, the Rev. J. D. Pulis,\\nbegan his labors with the church, and for more than five\\nyears has served the church worthily and well.\\nThe church has pro.spered, and at present reports 260\\nmembers. Four houses of worship have been built at as\\nmany different places. The first was the Brown Chapel,\\nat Heath s Corners, which is still owned by the church, and\\nused in summer for a mission Sunday-school. It is a frame\\nhouse, and was erected in 1864, at a cost of $1000, by S.\\nF. Heath, J. P. Edwards, and J. H. Swartwout, as a build-\\ning committee. It has accommodations for 150 persons.\\nThe second was a brick lecture-room, which was built at\\nthe village of St. Joseph in 1865, by a committee composed\\nof the Rev. A. E. Simons, L. F. Chapman, and Thomas\\nSwartwout. It cost $2000, and was used by the Baptists\\nuntil 1868, when it was sold to the Evangelical Associa-\\ntion, and has since .served that body as a place of worship.\\nIn order to accommodate some of the members residing\\nin Bainbridge, the church united with the Methodists, in\\n1866, to build a frame meeting-house in that township for\\nmutual occupancy, each incurring an expense of $1000.\\nOn the part of the Baptists the building committee were A.\\nF. Stiles and Riley Merrill.\\nThe fourth building was erected at Benton Harbor, in\\n1869, by S. F. Heath, E. St. John, and J. P. Thresher, as\\na building committee. In February, 1868, it was decided\\nby the church, in view of the fact that the larger portion\\nof the membership resided on the east side of the St. Joseph\\nRiver, that the property in St. Joseph be sold and the in-\\nterest transferred to Benton Harbor. In accordance with\\nthis determination, the name of the First Baptist Church\\nof Benton Harbor was assumed, and the present beautiful\\nand commodious house begun. It is built of Racine brick,\\nin an imposing style of architecture, and cost $16,000. It\\nseats 600 worshipers, and its general appearance is seldom\\nsurpassed in villages of the size of Benton Harbor. The\\ntrustees are S. F. Heath (chairman), W. E. Higman, E.\\nA. Clark, J. P. Thresher, John Ingraham, and A. J. Kidd.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0232.jp2"}, "233": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0233.jp2"}, "234": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0234.jp2"}, "235": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF BENTON.\\n197\\nThe Sunday-school (sustained by the church) was or-\\nganized at Benton Harbor in 1870, and is at present super-\\nintended by H. W Miller. It has 245 members.\\nBenton Harbor Methodist Episcopal Church* Pre-\\nvious to 1868 there were a few adherents of Metliodism at\\nBenton Harbor, who were supplied with occasioQal preach-\\ning by the ministers from St. Joseph, but no organization\\nappears to have been effected until September, 1868, when\\na separate charge was here formed, with 46 members. A\\nboard of trustees was chosen, composed of James F. Miller,\\nAaron H. Smith, Wm. D. Sherwood, J. M. Sorter, and E. G.\\nReynolds, and the work of building a church edifice begun.\\nIn 1870 it was completed and appropriately consecrated.\\nIt was a very handsome brick house, 40 by 75 feet, two\\nstories high, and cost about $16,500. In this the church\\nworshiped and prospered until June 1, 1875, when the\\nbeautiful edifice was struck by lightning and almost totally\\ndestroyed. This calamity, added to the depression in busi-\\nness which prevailed in the township in con.sequence of the\\nfailure of the peach trees, was so heavy a blow to the church\\nthat it was almost crushed, and for several years was obliged\\nto live a struggling existence. The American Insurance\\nCompany refused to pay the amount of its insurance, ^nd\\nobliged the society to compromise at the -Joss of several\\nthousand dollars some of the members removed, and other\\ncircumstances prevented the work of rebuilding from going\\non until the summer of 1879. At this time a one-story\\nedifice is being reared upon the foundations of the old\\nchurch, which will cost about $5000, and will, when com-\\npleted, be a comfortable place of worship. The trustees in\\n1879 were B. F. Rounds, James Bailey, Joseph Richards,\\nE. N. Hoe, and W. L. Hague.\\nIn spite of its financial difficulties the church has been\\nmeasurably prosperous, and at present reports 140 full and\\n\\\\o probationary members, who are under the tutelage of\\nthe Rev. E. A. Whitwam. Other pastors, from the forma-\\ntion of the church till Mr. Whitwam s accession, have been\\nthe Revs. J. P. Force, A. J. Van Wyck, T. H. Jacokes, H.\\nWorthington, H. Hall, G. W. Gosling, William Prouty, E.\\nH. Sparling, and J. K. Stark. The Rev. John Atkinson\\nis a local elder, and Rev. J. R. Oden a supernumerary\\npreacher.\\nThere is an excellent Sunday-school of 150 members\\nconnected with the church, which is doing a good work,\\nunder the superintendence of the pastor, the Rev. E. A.\\nWhitwam, and the future of the church is rich with prom-\\nise. The struggle for a place among the many churches of\\nthe land has nearly ended, and ere long this much-afflicted\\npeople will pa.ss from under the cloud into the full light of\\nprosperity, to perform its allotted work with the success that\\nattended it before its troubles came on.\\nThe First Vniversalist Church of Benton Harbor.\\nThis society was organized in April, 1870, with 8 mem-\\nbers, 6 of them being Sterne Bronson, S. Ogdon, W. T.\\nDurry, Allen Bronson, E. Nickerson, and Alonzo Plummer.\\nThe first meetings were held in Masonic Hall, but in the\\nlatter part of 1870 the old white school-house was adopted\\nas a place of worship and has been the house of the society\\nCompiled from a sketch by the Rev. E. A. Whitwam.\\never since. The church having but a small membership at\\nthe time of its organization, has been somewhat hampered\\nby the expenses nece.ssary to maintain an existence, but has\\nlately discharged its debts, and now enters anew upon a\\ncareer of prosperity and usefulness. The number of mem-\\nbers is reported at 30.\\nThe church has had but one settled minister, the Rev.\\nA. H. Laing, who left several years ago, and since then\\nthere have only been occasional services by visiting clergy-\\nmen.\\nIn some of the school-houses of the township religious\\nmeetings have been held by various denominations, but, so\\nfar as we have been able to learn, no organizations followed\\nthe efforts of those who conducted them.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nELEAZER AND HENRY C. MORTON.\\nEleazer Morton, a native of the State of Massachusetts,\\nwas born Aug. 1, 1786, and when about twenty years of\\nage removed to Syracuse, N. Y., purchased a farm, and\\nbegan the raanufiicture of salt. About 1811 he was mar-\\nried to Joanna Cotton, a native of Vermont, who had been\\nELEAZER MORTON.\\nengaged in teaching at Syracuse. The wedded couple re-\\nmoved soon after to Alexander, Genesee Co., N. Y., where\\nMr. Morton engaged in farming and the manufacture of\\ncloth. In the spring of 1831 he sold out his interests at\\nAlexander, and removed to Brockport, Monroe Co., where\\nhe became interested in matters pertaining to the Erie\\nCanal. Excessive competition and the cutting of rates\\nrendered the season disastrous, and in the fall of the same\\nyear Mr. Morton changed his place of residence to Medina,\\nOhio, where he opened a hotel, and carried it on until the\\n.spring of 1834, when he finally removed to Michigan, and\\nlocated near Tolaud Prairie, near what is now Galesburg,", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0235.jp2"}, "236": {"fulltext": "198\\nHISTOEY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nKalamazoo Co. He had conceived the idea of founding an\\nestablishment for the manufacture of sugar from potatoes,\\nand for that purpose came to Michigan. In the fall of\\n1835 he abandoned the project, and removed with his family\\nto St. Joseph, Berrien Co., where they passed the winter.\\nDuring the few succeeding months he purebred, of different\\nparties, 160 acres, on sections 18 and 20. In the spring\\nof 1836 he built a log tavern on the Territorial road, which\\nwas the only house for a distance of seven miles eastward\\nfrom the mouth of the river St. Joseph. He cleared bis\\nfarm, started a nursery, and commenced to raise fruit; bis\\norchard, which was set out in 1840, containing apple,\\npeach, pear, plum, nectarine, and apricot trees. The\\nprincipal variety in the peach line was the Yellow Rare-\\nripe, which was to a great extent superseded by the Craw-\\nford, the latter becoming a general favorite, and still\\nenjoying an enviable reputation. The first peaches from\\nthis market to Chicago were shipped by B. C. Hoyt, and\\nthe second by Mr. Morton.\\nIn his political views Mr. Morton was an old-line Whig\\nand subsequently a thorough Republican, and was decided\\nin his opposition to the principles and encroachments of\\nslavery. He was a deep thinker, and was possessed of an\\nardent desire to benefit his fellow-men. He was in corre-\\nspondence with Horace Greeley and other philanthropists,\\nand furnished articles for the press upon his favorite topics.\\nHe was also the author and publisher of a volume entitled\\nMorton s Guide to True Happiness. His wife died in\\nSeptember, 1856, and Mr. Morton s death occurred July\\n4, 1864.\\nMr. and Mrs. Morton were the parents of ten children.\\nSarah M. married Thomas Conger, who practiced law\\nfrom 1834 to 1849 in St. Joseph. He finally removed\\nto California for the benefit of his health, and is now police\\njudge of Sacramento. His wife died in California in 1850.\\nOne of their daughters became the wife of Senator Jones,\\nof Nevada. Charles A. was in the forwarding business,\\nwith Britain, Sawyer Co., at St. Joseph, and died in\\n1838. Henry C. Morion, now living on the old home-\\nstead at Benton Harbor, was in the Legislature in 1863,\\nand was also largely interested in the construction of the\\ncanal at the Harbor. William E., who was engaged in the\\nlumber business at Chicago, died in that city in 1859, and\\nhis brother, George C, is now engaged in the same business\\nat the same place. Jane E. became the wife of William\\nHammell, and lived for some time at St. Joseph and Niles.\\nMr. Hammell was connected with the Michigan Central\\nRailroad. He subsequently removed to Morris, Grundy\\nCo., 111., and engaged in the lumber business, and bis wife\\ndied in that place in December, 1859. Joanna D. Morton\\nmarried William Raymond, a merchant of St. Joseph, and\\ndied in 1849. James M. Morton made an overland journey\\nto California, with a party from St. Joseph, in 1849, and\\ndied in December following, of typhoid fever. Mary A.\\nmarried S. A. Raymond, a merchant of St. Joseph, and\\nsubsequently removed to Toledo, Ohio, where she was\\npresident of the Soldiers Aid Society during the war, and\\nis now living at San Francisco, Cal. Caroline D. married\\n5. G. D. Howard, a Chicago lumber merchant, and is now\\nwidowed and living in that city.\\nHENRY C. MORTON,\\nson of Eleazer and Joanna (Cotton) Morton, was born in\\nGenesee Co., N. Y., Jan. 27, 1817. He attended the dis-\\ntrict school at home, and in 1834 came to Michigan with\\nHENRY C. MORTON.\\nhis parents. Upon his arrival at manhood he became in-\\nterested, with his father, in the development of Benton\\nHarbor, with which place he has since been prominently\\nidentified. His father once remarked, Henry lived with\\nme until I lived with him. One-half the property of the\\nfather was deeded to the son, the former retaining the re-\\nmainder until his death, although the affairs of the farm\\nwere managed by Henry during the last few years of his\\nfather s life. Henry C. Morton was married, Feb. 8, 1848,\\nJOSEPHINE MORTON.\\nto Josephine Stanley, of Bainbridge, a native of Le Roy,\\nGenesee Co., N. Y. Four children were born, of whom\\nbut one, James S., is now living. He is a member of the\\nsteamboat firm of Graham, Morton Co. Mrs. Morton\\ndied Aug. 1, 1859. Mr. Morton still resides on the old", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0236.jp2"}, "237": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF BENTON.\\n199\\nhomestead, and has been prominent in politics as well as in\\nother connections. In 1863 he was the representative\\nfrom this district in the State Legislature. The famous\\nCincinnati Peach-Orchard was upon leased land belong-\\ning to Mr. Morton.\\nJEHIAL ENOS.\\nTo this gentleman belongs the distinction of being the\\nfirst settler in the township of Benton therefore no one is\\nbetter qualified to relate tales of pioneer life, with its at-\\ntendant hardships and struggles to obtain a livelihood and\\nbuild a home in the midst of a wilderness. Mr. Enos was\\nborn in Norwich, Chenango Co., N. Y., Oct. 24, 1799, and\\nis the only one now living of a family of seven children, of\\nwhom he was the oldest. He worked during summers on\\nhis father s farm, and in the winter attended district school,\\nuntil he was eighteen yeare of age, when from a pupil he\\nJEHIAL ENOS.\\nbecame a teacher, and spent his winters in the endeavor to\\ninculcate knowledge into the minds of those less advanced\\nthan himself. As he grew older, the desire to be more of\\na scholar obtained strong hold upon hira, and, while pursu-\\ning his duties as a teacher, he also took up the study of\\nsurveying, and applied it practically whenever opportunity\\nofiered until 1825. In that year he came to Michigan,\\nand located at Ann Arbor, Washtenaw Co., where he re-\\nmained four years. During the time he assisted Lucius\\nLyon in his duties as deputy United States surveyor. In\\nthe year 1828, before many white persons had settled in\\nthe State west of Dexter, Mr. Enos, in company with a\\nparty of explorers, visited what is now Berrien County. In\\n1829 he was again here, and assisted Mr. Lyon in survey-\\ning that portion of the county lying south of the river.\\nThe same year, Major Britain made the first permanent\\nsettlement in St. Joseph. In 1830, Mr. Enos was married\\nto Miss Nancy Kavanaugh, who was born in Ohio. Her\\nparents were natives of Ireland. The fruit of this marriage\\nwas nine children, of whom but two are now living. In\\n1844 four of their children died of scarlet fever, within\\nthe space of three weeks. A son, who had gone at his\\ncountry s call to do battle for freedom, fell in the field of\\nstrife in 1863.\\nSoon after his marriage Mr. Enos built and occupied a\\nhouse in St. Joseph, where he remained one year. He\\nthen sold out and purchased a lot of wild land in Royalton\\ntownship, and began the task of hewing out a homestead\\nin the midst of the forest. About three years later he\\nagain disposed of his property, and located in the village of\\nMillburg. In 1836 he settled on the place he now occu-\\npies, section 13, Benton township. His wife, who was a\\nmost kind and amiable lady, died in March, 1855, and in\\nDecember, 1856, he started on a second matrimonial journey\\nwith Mrs. Wilcox.\\nMr. Enos was originally a Democrat, but has been a Re-\\npublican since the formation of the latter party. He has\\ntwice represented the county in the State Legislature, as a\\nDemocrat in 1847, and as a Republican in 1856. He was\\none of the organizers of Benton township, and was its su-\\npervisor for several years. He has also been several times\\nchosen to the position of county surveyor. He has been a\\nmember of the Baptist Church since 1823, and has always\\nbeen among the foremost in the advancement of public\\ninterests.\\nSTERNE BRUNSON\\nwas born in Genesee Co., N. Y., in 1806. About 1812\\nthe family removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, where they re-\\nmained three years, changing their place of residence to\\nPhoto ti\\\\ 1[ I Iin\u00e2\u0080\u009eliim Iwlamazoo,\\nbTERNL URLNbO.N.\\nWayne Co., Ind., where they remained eighteen years. In\\nthe latter county, on the 27th of April, 1826, Mr. Brunson\\nwas married to Sarah Shank, with whom he lived for more\\nthan fifty years, and who survives him. Their children\\nwere six in number, five sons and one daughter, of whom\\nall are living except the oldest son, who died May 17, 1835.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0237.jp2"}, "238": {"fulltext": "200\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nFrom Wayne Co., Ind., Mr. Branson moved to Elkhart, in\\nthe same State, where he remained till 1859. In the latter\\nyear he came to the site of Benton Harbor, and soon after his\\narrival conceived the idea of building a town on the east side\\nof the St. Joseph River, which should be connected with the\\nlake by a canal, nearly a mile in length, and of sufficient width\\nand depth to admit of the passage of large steamers. Des-\\npite the unconcealed ridicule of many, he, with the aid of\\na few friends, accomplished the enterprise.* The village\\nreceived the name of Brunson Harbor, which was after-\\nwards changed by others to Benton Harbor. Mr. Brunson\\nlived a sufficient length of time to witness the wonder-\\nful growth of his village and see it ranking among the\\nimportant commercial centres of Western Michigan. He\\nwas always extremely liberal towards every project tend-\\ning to the public benefit. In his habits he was strictly\\ntemperate, never tasting intoxicating drinks nor indulging\\nin the use of tobacco, which he rightly considered as hardly\\na lesser evil. His health, therefore, was always excellent,\\nuntil his career was suddenly terminated by a stroke of\\nparaly.sis. His funeral drew a larger attendance than any\\nbefore held in the village, the ceremonies being held under\\nthe auspices of the Odd-Fellows, to which he belonged,\\nand in which body he was prominent.\\nMr. Brunson s parents were both natives of New York,\\nand those of his wife were born in Pennsylvania. Mrs.\\nBrunson is living with her daughter, Mrs. Antisdale, whose\\nhusband causes this brief sketch and the accompanying por-\\ntrait to be inserted in this work, as a slight token of the es-\\nteem in which he held the person for whom this is written.\\nLEWIS SUTHERLAND\\nis of Scotch descent, the son of Lot Sutherland, and was\\nborn in Barker, Broome Co., N. Y., Feb. 28, 1831, being\\nthe sixth in a family of nine children. His mother died\\nwhen he was but seven years of age. In 1836 he came\\nwith his father s fjimily to Michigan, and lived with them\\nnear Kalamazoo. About 1839 his father removed to Bain-\\nbridge township, Berrien County, and purchased one hun-\\ndred acres of land on section 27, and there the boyhood\\ndays of the son were passed, without incident save such as\\nare common in the lives of farmers boys. He acquired a\\nfair education, enabling him to engage in any ordinary\\nbusiness. When nineteen years of age he took up his\\nresidence at the home of John Morgan, in Bainbridge, and\\nremained with him three years. Being desirous of witness-\\ning life in the mining region of California, Mr. Morgan\\nwent to that State, leaving Mr. Sutherland to care for his\\nfamily, and promising to pay him one-fourth of his net\\nearnings in the land of gold. When the time for settle-\\nment arrived the sum amounted to five hundred and sixty-\\ntwo dollars and fifty cents, and with it Mr. Sutherland\\npurchased one hundred and sixty acres on section 23 in\\nBenton township. In 1860, when twenty-nine years of\\nage, he was married, at Battle Creek, to Miss Matilda\\n*lJpon the completion of which those who had assisted said to Mr.\\nBrunson, One thing wo have fuigutten, and that is to name the vil-\\nlage. His reply was, I don t care what, so that you have Harbor\\nattached to it. Thereupon it was named Brun.son s Harbor.\\nHoward, who was born in Kane Co., 111., March 12, 1843.\\nShe is the daughter of Joseph and Anna D. Howard, and\\nthe oldest of seven children. Her parents settled in Bain-\\nbridge township, Berrien County, wlien she was but four\\nyears of age. Mr. and Mrs. Sutherland have been the\\nparents of six children, of whom but four are living.\\nSterling L. Sutherland was born Feb. 23, 1861 Edgar\\nB., born April 17, 1864, died Aug. 14, 1866; Grace C,\\nborn Jan. 1, 1866, died Aug. 18, 1866; Addie E., born\\nAug. 4, 1867; Darwin B., born May 16, 1869; Lot F.,\\nborn May 16, 1871. In 1860, Mr. Sutherland sold his\\nfarm on section 23 and purchased eighty acres on section\\n36, and has since purchased an equal amount adjoining it.\\nHe also owns real estate in various other localities, and is\\nthe possessor of three hundred and ten acres in all. At\\nthe death of his father, in 1866, Mr. Sutherland received\\nas his share of the estate two hundred and fifty dollars.\\nMr. Sutherland is, politically, a Democrat; has held the\\nposition of highway commissioner for three years, and has\\nfilled other minor ofiSces. On religious subjects his views\\nare liberal. He is a man of strictly temperate habits,\\nthoroughly upright in his business transactions, and by his\\nfellow-townsmen is classed among their most valuable citi-\\nzens. He is a most successful farmer, and has triumphed\\nover all difficulties since his humble beginning in the battle-\\nfield of life.\\nG. N. LORD.\\nThis gentleman, who was born in Pennsylvania, Aug.\\n14, 1826, was the fifth in a family of eight children. His\\nfather was a native of Vermont, and a farmer and lumber-\\nman by occupation. His mother was born in Connecticut.\\nWhen twenty-one years of age Mr. Lord left home, and\\nlived two years with his uncle, G. N. Smith, learning the\\ncarpenter s trade. In the spring of 1850 he emigrated to\\nRockford, 111., arriving there with his chest of carpenter s\\ntools and four dollars in money. He remained at Rockford,\\nworking at his trade, until March, 1859, when he removed\\nto St. Joseph, Berrien Co., Mich., but a short time after-\\nwards changed his residence to Benton Harbor, the site of\\nwhich was then a wilderne.ss. In the fall of 1859 he, in\\ncompany with his partner, Joseph Bowman, built the first\\nframe house in Benton Harbor. Mr. Lord was married,\\nJuly 5, 1852, to Miss Cornelia M. Morrison, whose parents\\nwere natives of New York, the fruit of the union being six\\nchildren, of whom four are now living. Mr. and Mrs.\\nLord were finally divorced, and Mr. Lord married, July 3,\\n1874, Mrs. Maria C. Starr, widow of Horace Starr, by\\nwhom she had two children, both still living. Mr. Starr s\\ndeath had occurred in Ohio, in June, 1854, and his widow\\nhad remained with her children on the farm, instilling into\\ntheir minds all that was good and noble in herself In\\n1865 she removed to Decatur, Mich., where she remained\\nuntil her marriage with Mr. Lord.\\nMr. Lord worked at his trade twenty-three years, subse-\\nquently engaging in fruit culture, in which his success has\\nbeen marked. In religious matters he is independent, and\\nin politics a Republican. His education was mainly ac-\\nquired in the common schools of his boyhood. A view ot\\nhis home is inserted in this work.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0238.jp2"}, "239": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0239.jp2"}, "240": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0240.jp2"}, "241": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF BENTON.\\n201\\nPHINEAS PEAEL.\\nMRS. PHINEAS PEARL.\\nK\\nPHINEAS PEARL.\\nThis gentleman, a true son of New England, was the\\nyoungest in a family of five children, and was born in Wind-\\nsor Co., Vt., May 12, 1789. At the age of fourteen he\\nbegan to learu the carpenter s trade, and worked at it eight\\nyears. He then removed to Little Falls, Herkimer Co.,\\nN. Y., and learned the ti-ade of wagon-making, at which\\nhe worked about seven years, and removed to Jefferson Co.,\\nN. Y. During the ten or twelve years spent in the latter,\\nhis time was occupied in farming and clearing land by con-\\ntract, but not being successful at the business, he emigrated\\nwith his family to Monroe Co., Mich., in 1830, and pur-\\nchased a small farm. About 1840, having exchanged his\\nplace for six lots in Benton township, Berrien Co., he re-\\nmoved to the latter and settled on section 25.\\nMr. Pearl was married in March, 1813, in Vermont, to\\nMi,ss Fannie Hatch, whose parents were natives of Con-\\nnecticut. To Mr. and Mrs. Pearl were born nine children,\\nof whom but four are now living. Three were buried in\\nNew York, when small, and two in Benton township, Mich-\\nigan, a son and a daughter, the son meeting his death\\nby drowning. Mrs. Pearl died Aug. 23, 18(36. Mr. Pearl\\nis now the owner of about one hundred acres of land in\\nthis town, finely improved. He is now ninety-one years\\nof age, and his character is of that rugged type inherent\\nin the famed Green Mountain boys. Those of his chil-\\ndren who are living occupy farms near their father. Al-\\nthough of so great an age, Mr. Pearl attends to all his\\nown business with as much ease, apparently, as in his\\nyounger days.\\nPolitically, he is a Democrat has been twice supervisor\\nof his township, and has held minor offices. He is not a\\nmember of any religious organization. His early advan-\\ntages for obtaining an education were those afforded by the\\nstraggling schools of the time, held in the log school-houses\\nor in barns, when, though discipline was strict and the rod\\n26\\nwas never spared, the children Indulged in various char-\\nacteristic pastimes, and the big boys turned the master\\nout if they could, or obeyed him fearfully if they could\\nnot. Mr. Pearl s father died when the son was about five\\nyears old, and his mother remained a widow until her death,\\nwhich occurred in 1825. She was a true New England\\nmother, and strove for her children s welfare, teaching\\nthem, by her own example, habits of industry, economy,\\nhonesty, and sociability, and of them she never had cause\\nto complain, for they all became prosperous and respected\\ncitizens.\\nWARREN H. PEARL.\\nWarren H., son of Phineas Pearl, was born in Little\\nFalls, Herkimer Co., N. Y., and was the second in a family\\nof seven children. His parents were both natives of Ver-\\nmont. His mother died Aug. 23, 1866. His father is\\nyet living, at the age of ninety-one years. About 1830,\\nMr. Pearl, Sr., removed to Michigan with his family and\\nsettled in Monroe County. In 1840 he changed his resi-\\ndence to Benton township, Berrien County.\\nWarren Pearl spent his time upon his father s farm until\\nhe had reached his majority, attending the common schools\\nof his neighborhood and taking advantage of whatever edu-\\ncational advantages they afforded. Nov. 6, 1847, he was\\nmarried to Miss Minerva Randall, daughter of Joseph and\\nLucretia Randall. Mr. and Mrs. Pearl are the parents of\\nnine children, as follows: Fannie L., born Sept. 3, 1848;\\nEllen L., born Sept. 24, 1850 Gilbert P., born Nov. 6,\\n1854 James W., born Jan. 25, 1857 Josephine, born\\nMarch 26, 1860, died Aug. 5, 1861 Jessie W., born Aug.\\n26, 1862, died Aug. 12, 1866 Addie M., born March 16,\\n1865, died Aug. 16, 1865 Ervin R., born May 20, 1866\\nNancy B., born July 17, 1867. In 1850, Mr. Pearl went\\nto California and sought fortune among the gold mines of\\nthat region, but in 1852 he returned to Michigan. His", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0241.jp2"}, "242": {"fulltext": "202\\nHISTORY OP BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\noriginal homestead in the town of Benton consisted of one\\nhundred and sixty acres, since increased to one hundred and\\nninety. He also owns one hundred and ten acres iu other\\nlocalities.\\nMr. Pearl is a man of generous principles, and his honor\\nand integrity are not to be questioned. In politics he is a\\nstaunch Democrat. He has served twice as highway coni-\\nniissioner, but has never sought for oifice. He is a member\\nof no church organization, and entertains liberal views on\\nreligious subjects. From a small beginning in life he has\\namassed a comfortable property, and deserves great credit\\nfor his persevering efforts towards success. A view of his\\nhome will be found in this work.\\nJ. F. HIGBBB.\\nAmong the worthy pioneers of Berrien County is the\\ngentleman above named. He was born May 7, 1818, in\\nOntario Co., N. Y., and was the seventh in a family of\\nthirteen children. His father, James Higbee, was also a\\nnative of the State of New York, but removed to Ohio\\nwhen the son was small, and remained there thirteen years.\\nIn June, 1837, another removal was made, and the family\\nfound a home in the wilds of Western Michigan, locating\\nin Benton township, Berrien County, on section 14. At the\\nage of twenty-one, J. P. Higbee, who had remained at\\nhome until that time, went to Iowa, and stayed about\\neighteen months, working a breaking-team in the summer\\nand teaching school in the winter. He then returned to\\nMichigan and remained one summer, spending the time in\\nclearing and improving the farm upon which he now re-\\nsides. In the fall of 1841 he returned to Iowa, to collect\\nhis pay for his previous winter s teaching, and while there\\nwas married to Miss Mary Lewis, daughter of John A. and\\nSalome Lewis, natives of Virginia and descendants of Eng-\\nlish ancestry. Mr. and Mrs. Higbee became the parents\\nof nine children, of whom six are now living. After their\\nmarriage Mr. Higbee and his wife came to Michigan, and\\nsettled in a log hou.se on the farm which has since been\\ntheir home. The log house and the sturdy forest have dis-\\nappeared, and a fine residence and smiling and fertile fields\\nhave taken their places. Mr. Higbee s first purchase in-\\ncluded one hundred and sixty acres, of which twenty acres\\nhave since been sold. Mr. Higbee is the owner of real\\nestate in different localities, amounting in the aggregate to\\nfour hundred and ninety-one acres, and this has been accu-\\nmulated through years of patient toil and economy. Mr.\\nHigbee has during his residence here evinced great public\\nspirit, and has aided to the extent of his ability in all public\\nimprovements, interesting himself in the construction of\\nrailways and harbors, and appreciating the advantages of\\neverything calculated to add to the wealth and prosperity\\nof his town and county. He is now president of the\\nNorthern Berrien County Michigan Lake Shore Agricul-\\ntural Society, and the owner of the fair-grounds. Pre-\\nvious to Fremont s struggle for the executive seat of the\\nnation Mr. Higbee was a Democrat, but his fortunes have\\nsince been cast with the Republican party. He has been\\nearnestly interested in local politics, and has held numerous\\noffices in the gift of his townsmen. He was the first treas-\\nurer of Benton township, and was elected five times, and\\nis now serving his third term as justice of the peace.\\nHis education was acquired in the district schools of his\\nearly years, except that after coming to Michigan he at-\\ntended the high school at Niles for about .six months.\\nMr. and Mrs. Higbee united with the Disciples Church in\\n1859.\\nJ. D. BURY.\\nProminent among the pioneers of Berrien County is the\\ngentleman whose name appears above. He was born in Penn-\\nsylvania Aug. 18, 1804, and was the sixth in a famil^f of\\nfourteen children. His father was a native of England,\\nbut was married in Pennsylvania, and when the son was an\\ninfant his parents went to Canada. The youth grew up\\nafter the manner of those days, remaining beneath the\\nparental roof until he had attained his majority. In 1830\\nhe was married to Miss Martha Green, who was born in\\nCanada Aug. 24, 1810. This union was blessed with\\neleven children, of whom but one is now living. In 1835,\\nMr. Bury removed to St. Joseph, Mich., and in 1837 lo-\\ncated upon the place he now occupies, in Benton township,\\nBerrien Co., having purcha.sed one hundred and twenty\\nacres from government. He subsequently became a large\\nlandholder, owning at one time fifteen hundred and twenty-\\none acres. About seven hundred and sixty-one acres are\\nstill in the hands of different members of the family. Mr.\\nBury has twice entered the matrimonial state, the second\\ntime with Miss Fannie Beyers, August 18, 1860. Her pa-\\nrents were Jacob and Elizabeth Beyers, natives of Penn-\\nsylvania. The fruit of this union is three children, C.\\nBeyers Bury, born June 17, 1862 J. D. Bury, Jr., born\\nMay 12, 1864 and Elsie J. Bury, born Dec. 23, 1865.\\nMr. Bury s present wife was the oldest in a family of eight\\ngirls, and came to Michigan in 1857. Her father died in\\n1863, and her mother is yet living, in the State of New\\nYork. Mrs. Bury is a devoted wife and mother, and a true\\nwoman. Mr. Bury, who has reached an advanced age, has\\nbeen through life devoted to his family, and has striven to\\nplace them in comfortable circumstances. His farm has\\nreceived the closest attention, and he has labored energet-\\nically, in common with others, to bring the township to its\\npresent substantial level. In politics he is a Democrat,\\nand, aside from minor offices held by him, he has four times\\nbeen elected supervisor of his town. His religious views\\nare of a liberal nature.\\nLUTHER KINNEY,\\nwho was born in Erie Co., N. Y., June 29, 1807, is the\\noldest in a family of eleven children, six sons and five\\ndaughters\u00e2\u0080\u0094 of whom throe sons and one daughter now sur-\\nvive. His fiither, Elijah Kinney, was a native of New\\nYork, as was also his mother, whose maiden name was Lu-\\ncretia Calvin, and who married the elder Kinney iu 1806.\\nPrevious to the war of 1812, Mr. Kinney, Sr., had set-\\ntled in Huron Co., Ohio, but at some time during the con-\\ntinuance of hostilities was driven out by the Indians. In\\n1814, however, he returned thither and made a permanent\\nsettlement.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0242.jp2"}, "243": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0243.jp2"}, "244": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0244.jp2"}, "245": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF BERRIEN.\\n203\\nLuther Kinney remained at home, assisting his father,\\nuntil he was twenty-three years of age, when he made an\\nindependent start in life. On the 2d of December, 1830,\\nhe was married, in Huron Co., Ohio, to Miss Emily W.\\nAdams, daughter of Biidad and Mary Adams, who wei e\\nas was also their daughter born among the rugged moun-\\ntains of Vermont, and who had emigrated to Huron County\\nwhen the daughter was six years old. Mrs. Kinney was\\nthe tenth in a family of eleven children, eight girls and\\nthree boys. Of these, Mrs. Kinney and one sister, who\\nresides in Branch Co., Mich., are all who are living. Their\\nmother died in Ohio when Mrs. Kinney was but eleven\\nyears old, and her father when she was seventeen. In the\\nfall of 1835, Mr. Kinney and his father, accompanied by\\ntheir families, migrated to Michigan, and settled in Porter\\ntownship, Van Buren County, where Mr. Kinney purchased\\none hundred and sixty acres of government land on section\\n24, to which he afterwards added forty more, and improved\\none hundred and fifty acres of the whole. In 1864 he\\nsold his farm and removed to Lake City, Minn., where he\\ninvested in property and remained four years. In 1868 he\\ndisposed of his interest in Minnesota and returned to Michi-\\ngan, and located in Benton town.ship, Berrien County, where\\nhe now resides. His attention has since been given to fruit\\nculture, and with gratifying success. He finally, owing to\\nthe death of many of his trees, returned to his vocation as\\na farmer, and his premises, a view of which will be found\\nin this work, evince the taste and thrift of their owner.\\nMr. and Mrs. Kinney have no children. In their earlier\\nyears they united with the Baptist Church, and are now\\nmembers, in good standing, of the Congregational Church\\nat Benton Harbor. Mr. Kinney s politics are in accordance\\nwith the principles of the Republican party. While a resi-\\ndent of Porter, Van Buren Co., he was its supervisor, and\\nhas held other offices. His advantages for obtaining an\\neducation were those afforded by the district schools of the\\nearly days. Mr. Kinney s father died in 1862, and ha^I\\nbeen preceded to the mystic land by his faithful partner ten\\nyears, her death occurring in 1852. Tiiey sleep peacefully\\nafter a rugged experience in life, and after having twice\\nbeen pioneers.\\nELKANAH NICKERSON\\nwas born Nov. 13, 1806, in Harwich, Barnstable Co., Mass.,\\nand was one of a family of ten children, of whom five sons\\nand one daughter .survive. The parents and the ancestry,\\nas far as it can be traced, claim Massachusetts as their\\nnative land. Mr. Nickerson s parents were married in\\n1803. His father, besides being a farmer, was a tanner\\nand currier, and a licensed minister of the Methodist Epis-\\ncopal Church. When Mr. Nickerson was fourteen years\\nof age he left home, and went to sea as cook with his\\nuncle, his father holding his earnings until he became of\\nage. At the age of twenty-two he had reached the posi-\\ntion of captain. He sailed for about thirty-six years, vis-\\niting many of the important seaports of the world. Jan.\\n29, 1829, when in his twenty-third year, he married Miss\\nHannah Doan, daughter of Benjamin and Hannah Doan,\\nshe being one of a family of nine children lier parents\\nwere natives of Massachusetts. To Mr. and Mrs. Nicker-\\nson were born six children, as follows: Hannah D., born\\nDec. 4, 1829; Adelia, born Sept. 21, 1833; Zemira D.,\\nborn Nov. 17, 1838; Elkanah, born Feb. 1, 1843; Arthur\\nH., born Aug. 2, 1849, drowned from the steamer St.\\nJoseph, Aug. 13, 1867 Angeline, died at birth, March 8,\\n1858. During the years Mr. Nickerson was sailing, his\\nwife remained most of the time ashore, taking a voyage\\nwith him occasionally, however. In 1856, having aban-\\ndoned a seafaring life, Mr. Nickerson entered the mercan-\\ntile business in New York City. In 1860 he chartered a\\nvessel at New York for Chicago, placing his son-in-law,\\nCapt. Bobbins, in command. The vessel went ashore in\\na gale, at a place known as Grand Mere. Mr. Nickerson,\\nwho came out to loolc after it, visited St. Joseph and pur-\\nchased twenty acres of wild land in what is now Lincoln\\ntownship, and settled his son upon it. Mr. Nickerson re-\\nmained East visiting this place occasionally, with his wife\\nand daughter, and making various purchases of property\\nuntil 1867, when he sold his home in Massachusetts, closed\\nup his business, moved to Michigan, and settled where he\\nnow re.sides, the locality, even at that date, being in the\\nmidst of a dense forest. The homestead, finely improved,\\nnow consists of sixty acres, although Mr. Nickerson is the\\nowner of various parcels of land in other localities, in all\\nthree hundred acres. He has been greatly interested in\\nfruit-raising. His daughter, now Mrs. Wisner, has, with\\nher two .sons, taken charge of the place since the death of\\nMrs. Nickerson, which occurred April 20, 1863. Mrs.\\nWisner s first husband, Mr. Kelley, who was also a sea-\\ncaptain, died Aug. 5, 1862, of yellow fever, contracted in\\na voyage to the We.st Indies. Mr. Nickerson s educational\\nadvantages were limited, consisting only of the facilities\\nafforded by the district schools, which he attended until he\\nwent to sea, and then voyaging summers and attending\\nschool winters. Beginning when he was nineteen years\\nof age, he taught three winter terms, and steadily increased\\nhis own fund of knowledge. He was always oppo.sed to\\nslavery, and took a stand against it when such a step was\\nvery unpopular. In 1856 and 1857 he represented his\\ntown in the Massachusetts Legislature. Politically he is\\na strong Republican, though never taking an active part in\\nany political canvass. He is a member of no religious or-\\nganization, but is a believer in the True Spiritualism.\\nHe at present occupies the position of director of the First\\nNational Bank of St. Joseph.\\nCHAPTER XXVIIL\\nBEBKIEW TOWNSHIP.*\\nEarly Settlements and Pioneers Early Roads Township Organiza-\\ntion and List of Township Officers -Churches Cemeteries Schools\\nSocieties and Orders.\\nBerrien was surveyed in 1826, by Noah Brookfiold,\\nand designated as township 6 south, range 17 west. It is\\nbounded on the north by Pipestone and Sodus townships,\\non the south by Niles township, on the east by the Cass\\nCounty line, and on the west by Oronoko township.\\nBy David Schwartz.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0245.jp2"}, "246": {"fulltext": "204\\nHISTORY OP BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nThe surface of the country is undulating, and the soil\\nrich and fertile. Less attention is paid to fruit culture\\nthan in some of the adjoining townships, but in general\\nfarm products the yield is bountiful, especially of wheat and\\ncorn. There is much excellent timbered land, and in vari-\\nous portions of the township may be found sheets of water\\ndesignated as lakes, but in reality nothing more than large\\nponds. The largest of these Smith Lake, on portions of\\nsections 12 and 13 covers about 600 acres. Large and\\nsmall together, there are 18 of these lakes in the township.\\nIn the west, three small streams discharge their waters into\\nthe river, but water-power is scarce.\\nBerrien is strictly an agricultural town. It boasts of no\\nvillage, has but one store, that at the post-office at what\\nis known as the Centre, and is limited in its manufactories\\nto four saw-mills. The assessed valuation in 1879 was\\n$379,000. The population in 1870 was 1405.\\nEARLY SETTLEMENT.\\nBerrien was among the earliest townships in the county\\nin point of settlement, and dates the period of its earliest\\npermanent settlement back to the year 1827, when John\\nJohnson located with his family upon section 29, where he\\nstill resides.\\nIn the winter of 1824, John Johnson, John Lybrook,\\nJoel Yard, Jacob Johnson (who were all young unmar-\\nried men), and Squire Thompson, left the southern part\\nof Indiana, near Richmond, for Michigan, making the\\njourney on foot. John Johnson was employed by Lybrook,\\nand Jacob Johnson (his brother) by Thompson, to clear land\\nnear Niles. Yard went to Carey Mission. In the spring\\nof 1825 the Johnson boys cleared 12 acres, and then\\nLybrook and Jacob Johnson went back to Indiana, leaving\\nJohn Johnson to look after the crops that had been put in.\\nJohn worked in that way until the summer of 1827, when\\nhe located 80 acres on section 29, in what is now Berrien\\ntownship. He had married John Lybrook s sister, and\\nhaving come over in the summer and put up a log house,\\nbrought his wife to it in that fall, and then entered upon\\nthe hardy experience of a pioneer. The country was of\\ncourse simply a vast forest the track of civilization\\nstopped far short of their new home, and, besides them-\\nselves, no white inhabitants had penetrated those wilds, yet\\nthis brave and determined pair faced the hardships and\\ntrials of such an existence, and nobly held to their purpose\\nof making a home. They saw that wilderness bloom as a\\ngarden, and witnessed the populous growth of a region of\\nwhich they were at one time the only Christian tenants.\\nWith his son, John, Jr., Mr. Johnson still lives on his old\\nplace, a hearty and active old gentleman of seventy-six, and\\nloves to talk of the events of his pioneering days, which,\\nalthough not fraught with serious danger, glowed with\\nadventurous incident, and illustrated to the fullest measure\\nthe struggles, privations, and heroic efforts that marked the\\npath of the earliest settlers.\\nLate in the fall of the same year (1827), George H.\\nClaypool, who was then living in Niles township (where he\\nmarried a sister of John Johnson), went over into Berrien,\\nwhere, on section 27, adjoining Johnson, he had entered 80\\nacres of land. He put up a log house, and in the spring\\nof 1828 he brought his wife to their new home. Johnson\\nand Claypool were, as remarked, near neighbors, and for\\nnearly two years the only dwellers in what is now Berrien\\ntownship. Mr. Claypool died in December, 1873, aged\\nsixty-seven. His children now living are Noah, of Berrien\\n(living on the old farm), Samuel J., of Berrien, Daniel J.,\\nof Texas, John J., of Buchanan, and Mrs. James P. Dean,\\nof Oronoko.\\nIn the fall of 1829, John Smith, a young man residing\\nin Union Co., Ind., journeyed from that section to Cass Co.,\\nMich., in company with Samuel Witter, by whom he was\\nengaged to assist in the transportation of Witter s family.\\nSmith returned without delay to Indiana, and in the spring\\nof 1830, entering 96 acres of land near what is now\\nSmith s Lake, Berrien township, came out on foot and re-\\nmained in the country three months. At the end of that\\ntime he journeyed on foot again to Indiana, to help his\\nbrother Isaac and family out from Indiana to Berrien,\\nwhere Isaac had located a tract of 240 acres, on section 24,\\nadjoining John s farm. All hands made the trip with an\\nox-team, and without the occurrence of startling incident\\nreached their Michigan home. When they settled there\\nthere was no inhabitant in the region between them and\\nthe river, on a straight line, and northward their nearest\\nneighbor was fifteen miles distant. Indians were plentiful\\nbut not troublesome, although wolves did annoy them and\\ngive much concern. The two brothers still live on their\\nplaces of early settlement, John, aged seventy-two, and\\nIsaac, aged seventy-nine.\\nIn the spring of 1831, Michael Hand and his nephew,\\nThomas Hand, of Butler Co., Ohio, visited Michigan for\\nthe purpose of locating land. They selected a tract, now\\non section 30 of Berrien township, where a single tree had\\nbeen felled by one Harter, who had previously examined\\nthe place with a view of locating, but had finally settled\\nnear Pokagon. Michael and his nephew went back to\\nOhio, and in November of the same year returned to\\nMichigan, with the family of the former. Thomas Hand,\\nthe nephew, located a farm adjoining his uncle, and there\\ndied in 1844. Besides Thomas, the neighbors of Michael\\nHand were Peter Hickman, Shadrach Ford, Luke Webster,\\nGeorge H. Claypool, and John Johnson. As showing the\\ndensity of the wilderness in which they lived, it is related\\nthat Michael went out one morning to shoot a squirrel for\\nbreakfast, and, after he had gone but a few rods from his\\nhouse, killed a deer. Undertaking to drag it home, he soon\\nfound himself bewildered and moving about in a circle, while\\nthere came upon him the distressing conviction that he was\\nlost in the woods, although probably within ear-shot of his\\nhome. A snow-fall added to his perplexity, and it was not\\nuntil his shouts summoned his wife that he was able to find\\nhis way home, very near which he had been aimlessly and\\nhopelessly wandering for an hour. Mr. Hand died in Jan-\\nuary, 1877, upon his old farm, where his widow still\\nresides.\\nMrs. Hand relates in graphic detail the stern experi-\\nences of their pioneer life how, between the howling of\\nwolves, apprehensions touching the near presence of sav-\\nages, and the consciousness that they were far from neigh-\\nbors, life was far from pleasant. Days and nights were filled", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0246.jp2"}, "247": {"fulltext": "MRS. S. IRELAND.\\nSILAS IRELAND.\\nf^ES.OF SILAS I R\u00c2\u00a3LAND,BF.ffRi\u00c2\u00a3htTp,BERRii:N Co.,Mic\u00c2\u00bb.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0247.jp2"}, "248": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0248.jp2"}, "249": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF BERRIEN.\\n205\\nwith fears privations and hardships attended upon every\\nhand and only stout hearts and unfaltering determination\\nenabled theiu to hold to their purpose.\\nLuke Webster was a settler of 1831, in Cass County, but\\ndid not locate in Berrien until 1833. In September, 1831,\\nhe started from Franklin Co., Va., with his wife and six\\nchildren, for Michigan, with his family and effects in a\\nwagon drawn by six horses. With them came also David\\nSink and family, with a four-horse team. They readied\\nNiles township on Christmas Eve, and there Mr. Webster\\nremained until 1833, when he moved, with his family, to\\nBerrien, and settled on section 32, wliere his son, W. C.\\nWebster, now lives. Mr. Webster died in 1841. Four of\\nhis children W. C, Ezekiel, Adeline File, and Arbelia\\nWright live in Berrien township.\\nIn the autumn of 1830, Adam Michael, of Green Co.,\\nOhio, started from that place with a youth named Isaac\\nMurphy, and two other men, for Lafayette, Ind., where\\nthey proposed to locate land. Reaching there they disliked\\nthe country, and kept on westward. They reached Pokagon\\nPrairie, Mich., in October of that year, and there wintered.\\nIn the spring of 1831, Michael took young Murphy with\\nhim into Berrien, and concluded to locate a farm upon sec-\\ntion 21. Adam Michael brought his family out soon after-\\nwards, and set up a blacksmith-shop, in which he was\\nassisted by Murphy. Michael died upon that place in\\n1835. Two of his daughters Mrs. Silas Ireland and\\nMrs. John Kibler live in the township.\\nThe first preaching in the township wa.s heard at the\\nhouse of Adam Michael, whose friend. Rev. Thomas P.\\nMcCoole, a Methodist Episcopal preacher of Cass County,\\nused to hold services there quite often.\\nAs before related, Isaac Murphy worked in Adam\\nMichael s blacksmith-shop. After passing two years there-\\nin he entered a farm upon section 15, where he still resides.\\nIn 1834, William Michael, father of Adam, moved from\\nRoss Co., Ohio, with his family, to Berrien, and took a farm\\non section 21, adjoining Adam s. He was an old man of\\nseventy when he came to Michigan, and died a few years\\nafter reaching his new home. A son, B. H. Michael,\\nresides in Berrien, on section 22.\\nEli Ford, a native of Pennsylvania, and a settler in Erie\\nCo., Ohio, left the latter place in the summer of 1826, and\\non the 10th of July reached Pokagon Prairie, with his\\nwife and four children. Wintering at Pokagon, he re\\npaired, in the spring of 1827, to a place near Niles, where\\nhe passed the summer, returning in the winter to Pokagon.\\nIn the spring of 1828 he put up a grist-mill on Dowagiac\\nCreek. In 1832 he sold his possessions there and moved\\nto Berrien, where he had previously located land, on section\\n18, near the river. Directly afterwards he put up a saw-\\nmill on a creek flowing through section 17, and, after sawing\\nsufficient lumber to build a house, rented the mill to Abram\\nPuterbaugh, and devoted himself chiefly to farming. He\\nengaged occasionally in lumbering, and after taking his rafts\\nto Chicago, used to walk back home by way of Niles. He\\nbuilt, in 1833, on the bank of the river, near the east end\\nof the present bridge, a grain warehouse, in which Lyman\\nA. Barnard first, and Thomas L. Stevens afterwards, carried\\non a considerable trade in shipping and receiving supplies\\nof all kinds, destined either for transportation down the\\nriver or into the interior. That point was a favored one\\nfor river business, and there the agricultural products of the\\nneighboring country were taken for .shipment to market,\\nand goods brought to the country in exchange were landed\\nthere. After a brief but busy career, Mr. Ford died on his\\nfarm in 1839. His children now living in Berrien are\\nEphraim (on the homestead) and a daughter, Harriet. His\\nwidow married Hugh Marrs, and still resides in Berrien.\\nHugh Marrs, of Virginia, started from that State in\\nthe fall of 1829, with his family, for Pokagon Prairie.\\nHe wintered in Preble Co., Ohio, and April 6, 1830,\\nreached Pokagon, with just $10 in his pocket. Locating\\n80 acres on the St. Joseph, in Berrien, opposite the Shaker\\nfarm in Oronoko, he remained there until January, 1832,\\nwhen a flood drove him to the bluff, and .selling out in the\\nspring, he entered 80 acres five miles east of Berrien\\nSprings, on the Pokagon road. Soon afterwards he entered\\nan adjoining 80 acres, and of these 160 acres he managed,\\nwith the assistance of his sons, to clear 100 during the en-\\nsuing twelve years. In 1856 he changed his location to\\nthe old Ford farm, where he passed his days, and died\\nAug. 19, 1878, aged eighty-one. Benjamin F., his son,\\noccupies with his father s widow the farm upon which\\nMr. Marrs died. Of his other surviving children, Thomas,\\na son, and two daughters Mrs. Richard Webster and Mrs.\\nT. B. Snow reside in Berrien.\\nShadrach Ford, of Ohio, located on Pokagon Prairie, in\\n1827, and commenced trading with the Indians. In that\\npursuit he continued until 1832, when he settled upon\\nsection 19, in Berrien township, where he resided until his\\ndeath, in 1874.\\nWilliam Lemon, a Virginian, settled in Stark Co., Ohio,\\nand in 1831 left there, with his wife and eleven children, for\\nBerrien township, where he and his .son Henry, with the\\nlatter s family, had passed the previous year in clearing land\\nand preparing the place for future residence. This was on\\nsection 19, upon what is known as the B. D. Townsend\\nfarm. After residing upon the farm a few years, during\\nwhich in 1832 he built there the first saw-mill erected\\nin the township, Mr. Lemon removed to Oronoko, where\\nhe died. Henry, who had located 40 acres adjoining his\\nfather s farm, removed also to Oronoko, and there ended his\\ndays. The only child of William Lemon residing in Ber-\\nrien is Mrs. John Tate.\\nIn October, 1828, John Burke, of Virginia, moved, with\\nhis Aimily of six children, to Cass Co., Mich., where he\\nsettled, and there died in 1838. Andrew L., one of his\\nsons, bought a farm on the river, in tlie southwestern part\\nof Berrien township, from Lawrence Cavanaugh, and still\\nlives there. William, the eldest son, who entered the farm,\\nin section 24, upon which his father lived, died there in\\n1869. Besides Andrew L.,the surviving children of John\\nBurke living in Berrien are Mrs. John Smith and Rebecca\\nBurke.\\nIn 1834, David Riggin, a young man, came from Vir-\\nginia, and located land on section 14, in Berrien, north of\\nBiggin Lake, but did not settle upon it until two years later,\\nworking meanwhile for other settlers. In 1861, David\\nmoved to the farm now occupied by his widow. He died in", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0249.jp2"}, "250": {"fulltext": "206\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\n1873, aged sixty-eight. His father, Thomas, came to Ber-\\nrien in 1884, with his family, and for a year or two lived\\nwith his daughter, the wife of Hugh Marrs. He then\\nsettled with his family upon section 23, on the Pokagon\\nroad. He remained there until 1861. and trading his farm\\nfor one in Cass County, moved to the latter place, where he\\ndied.\\nJames Gillespie, of Champaign Co., Ohio, was a young\\nman when he moved to Niles township. He worked sub-\\nsequently at Carey Mission, and in 1832 entered a farm\\nin what is now Berrien township. For the ensuing two\\nyears, however, he boated on the St. Joseph River, and in\\n1834 he went back to Champaign County, to assist in moving\\nhis father, Mathew M. Gillespie, who, with his wife and\\nfour children, made the journey to Michigan. Upon his\\narrival Mathew settled, with his family, upon the farm of his\\nson James, with whom he remained more than two years.\\nAt the end of that time John, one of James brothers,\\nlocated a farm on section 31, and took his father and family\\nthere to live with him. There the elder Gillespie lived\\nuntil his death, in 1842, and there John still resides.\\nJames died on his old place in 1851.\\nIn 1836, John Gillespie made a trip to Champaign Co.,\\nOhio, to assist Jonathan Knight and Nathan Fitch in\\nmoving with their families to Michigan. Knight settled\\nin Oronoko. Fitch located land in Berrien, upon section\\n31, but worked some time in Berrien Springs, at his trade\\nas a plasterer, before finally settling upon his farm, where he\\nnow lives.\\nHiram Hinchniiin came at about tlio same time with\\nThomas Riggiii, and located on section 24. He removed\\nsubsequently to Missouri, where he died.\\nJames Jenkins set out from Virginia in the fall of 1831,\\nwith his family, for Michigan, and wintering in Ohio, re-\\nsumed his journey in the spring of 1832. Reaching sec-\\ntion 24, in Berrien township, he found a small clearing,\\nand built on it a log shanty, in which his family found tem-\\nporary shelter while he looked about in search of land.\\nHe found such a spot, and entered 120 acres, but did not\\nsettle there until about a year later. Mr. Jenkins died\\nthere in 1875. His children now living in Berrien are\\nJohn, Isaac, Mrs. Joel Layman, and Mrs. Solomon Cudde-\\nback.\\nIn the fall of 1832, Andrew Tate and a Mr. Hogshead,\\nof Ohio, visited Michigan in company to locate land. Mr.\\nHogshead entered a farm near White Pigeon, and Mr. Tate\\na 200-acre tract in Berrien township, on section 17. Tate\\nreturned to Ohio, but even after entering his Michigan\\nland hesitated to make the venture of a settlement there\\nwith his family. This indecision kept him in Ohio until\\n1834, when he conveyed his wife and three children to the\\nMichigan wilderness, and, obtaining a temporary home at\\nAdam Michael s house, erected meanwhile a log cabin upon\\nhis own place, and six weeks after his arrival in the coun-\\ntry took his family there. Andrew Tate became a man of\\nsome note, and lived upon the farm until his death, in 1865.\\nBefore his death he sold the place to his son John, who\\ndied there in .January, 1879. Mr. John Tate was conspic-\\nuous in the administration of local affairs, having served\\nhis township as supervisor for a period of sixteen years.\\nHe also filled the ofiice of county treasurer. The only liv-\\ning child of Andrew Tate is Mrs. James Essick, of Berrien\\nSprings.\\nJulius Brown moved in the autumn of 1829, with his\\nwife and two children, in a wagon drawn by one ox-team,\\nfrom Chagrin Falls, Ohio, towards Michigan, and reaching\\nTecumseh when the snow began to fall, tarried there during\\nthe ensuing winter. In the spring he came to Niles, and\\nhalting there April 1st, examined the country, but, not find-\\ning it to his liking, constructed a raft, and placing his fam-\\nily and household goods aboard, floated down the river to\\nSt. Joseph. Dividing his time during the next two years\\nbetween St. Joseph and Niles, working meanwhile at the\\ntrade of carpentering, without having a fixed purpose as to\\nsettlement, he finally, in 1832, located in Berrien township\\non section 17. He continued to work at his trade as a car-\\npenter for some time after that at Berrien Springs and other\\nplaces, but also managed his farm. He died there in 1860,\\nat which time he had increased his landed possessions to\\n210 acres. Julius Brown was a man of some consequence\\nin the spring of 1832, when, upon the alarm being given\\nthat the Sauk Indians were approaching Chicago, he was\\nplaced in command of the militia, although, as it turned\\nout, there was no occasion for the mustering.\\nRichard, a brother of Julius Brown, and by trade a shoe-\\nmaker, settled in 1834 in Berrien, on section 21. He\\nfarmed in the summer and made shoes in the winter sea-\\nsons until 1845, when he went to Cass County, and re-\\nmoved thence after a few years to Royalton township,\\nresiding in the latter place until his death.\\nPhilander V. Huston, a brother-in-law to Julius Brown,\\ncame with the latter to Berrien. He was a carpenter, and\\nlabored here and there at his trade in the vicinity of Ber-\\nrien for ten years or more, when he lemoved to a place\\nnear Elkhart, Ind., and there died.\\nMartin Friley, David Moore, Elias Parker, and Theron,\\nhis brother, were settlers in Berrien in 1834, but as they\\npassed farther west about two years afterwards, they may\\nbe dismissed, with a brief notice.\\nE. W. Walker, from New York State, located about\\n1834 on section 9, and lived there until 1855, when he\\nmoved to Van Buren County and died there.\\nRichard McOmbor settled in 1835 upon parts of sections\\n16 and 17. In 1847 he sold his place to the county for a\\npoor-farm, and moved to Buchanan.\\nIn June, 1834, Henry Rush, of Greene Co., Ohio, made\\nthe journey on horseback from that section to Berrien, where\\nhe located 100 acres, upon section 5. Mr. Rush intended\\nto bring his family out as soon as possible, but on the very\\nnight before he set out (in June) to return to Ohio there\\ncame a heavy frost that nearly destroyed the growing crops\\nand looking forward with distrust to the prospect of pioneer\\nexistence in a country where the crops were blasted by sum-\\nmer frosts, he deemed it wiser to defer the transferring of\\nhis family, and so did not bring them out until the autumn\\nof 1835. He domiciled his wife and four children at An-\\ndrew Tate s house a few weeks, until he could provide a log\\nhouse for them. Upon the creation of the Eau Claire post-\\noffice, in 1861, Mr. Rush was appointed postmaster, and\\ncontinued in the possession of the office until 1874. He", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0250.jp2"}, "251": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0251.jp2"}, "252": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0252.jp2"}, "253": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OP BEKRIEN.\\n207\\nresided upon the place of his first settlement until 1878,\\nwhen he removed to the village of Berrien Springs, and is\\nnow living there.\\nJohn Powers moved from Greene Co., Ohio, to Pokagon\\nPrairie in 1829, and remained there until the fall of 1834,\\nwhen he settled upon section 15, in Berrien township, on a\\nfarm which he had entered in 1832. Prior to settling, he\\nhad come over from Pokagon, -put up a log cabin on his\\nplace, cleared some land, and set out an orchard, so that\\nwhen he brought his family lie had affairs pretty well ar-\\nranged for their comfort. Among the members of his\\nfamily when he came to Berrien was H. S. Robinson, now\\ntownship clerk, who was Mr. Powers stepson. Two years\\nbefore he died Mr. Powers became totally blind and help-\\nless. He lived on his farm until his death, in August,\\n1879. His old place is still owned and occupied by his\\nchildren.\\nFrancis E. Pinnell, now living in Berrien, at the age of\\nninety-four, came to the township in 1835. With a large\\ncompany of 27 people (including himself, wife, and eight\\nchildren Wesley Pinnell, wife, and nine children, and Cyrus\\nHinehman, F. R. Pinnell s son-in-law, with his family), he\\nstarted from Virginia for Indiana, where it was his pur-\\npose to settle. When they reached Indianapolis, and had\\nviewed the country, they concluded that Indiana was not a\\nplace to their liking, but, pending a move farther westward,\\nthey were detained in Indianapolis by the illness of Wesley\\nPinnell, his wife and child, and Rebecca Linegar, all of\\nwhom died there. Nearly all the members of the company\\nwere more or less fever-stricken at Indianapolis, where they\\nremained from July to September. On the 4th of Sep-\\ntember the remnant of the little band traveled together in\\nwagons towards Michigan. Without further mishaps they\\nreadied Berrien, where Francis R. Pinnell settled on sec-\\ntion 14. He lived there four years, and then moved to a\\nplace near Morris Chapel, whence, in 1854, he moved to\\nhis present location, on section 35.\\nRalph Denn, from New York State, came to Berrien,\\nwith his wife and five children, in 1836, and stopped on the\\nplace known as the B. D. Townsend farm, where he labored\\na few years, and in 1839 bought 40 acres of land on sec-\\ntion 9. He lived there until 1869, when he removed to\\nKansas, where he died in 1877. Four of his children live\\nin Berrien, to wit: Mrs. H.S. Robinson, Mrs. Church Cox,\\nMrs. Asher Webster, and William Denn.\\nThomas Ea.ston, a settler in Southern Indiana, and origi-\\nnally from Kentucky, left Indiana in the summer of 1838,\\nwith his wife and ten children, and reached Berrien in the\\nfall. Mr. Easton had entered 40 acres on section 11, but\\nhad to find temporary shelter for his family until he could\\nput up a cabin. This home he found with Campbell Mc-\\nCoy, who had come from Indiana in 1835 and located upon\\nsection 11. McCoy, it may be noted, lived upon that farm\\nuntil about 1850, and then removed to Pipestone township,\\nwhere he died. After settling upon his new location, Mr.\\nEaston added to it 40 acres, for which he gave a brown\\nmare, and subsequently added 40 acres more. Upon the\\n120 acres thus acquired his son, A. J. Easton, now lives.\\nThomas Easton died there in 1871.\\nSilas Ireland was a young man when he came from Ohio\\nto Berrien, in 1839. He worked for farmers in that sec-\\ntion until 1843, when, having married and located a farm\\nof his own, he moved upon the place now occupied by him.\\nAbram Puterbaugh was one of the settlers in Berrien\\nin 1836. He moved, with his family, consisting of his\\nwife and seven children, from Ohio to Niles, early in 1834,\\nand there leased George Boon s mill, which he carried on\\nuntil 1836, when he went to Berrien township and there\\nleased Eli Ford s saw-mill, putting up also near the mill a\\nlog cabin for a family residence. After operating Ford s\\nsaw-mill two years, Puterbaugh built a saw- and grist-mill\\non the same creek nearer the river, and bought there 200\\nacres of land of Robert E. Ward. During the early spring\\nof 1841, Mr. Puterbaugh went to Berrien Springs for a\\nmill-iron, and upon his return, in attempting to cross the\\nfrozen river, broke through the ice and was drowned. He\\nhad made only a partial payment upon his land, and his sons\\nnot caring to retain it, the property reverted to Mr. Ward.\\nFord s mill, already spoken of, stood at the foot of the\\nhill covered by the John Tate place, and traces of it may\\nyet be seen near the roadway at the creek crossing. David,\\none of Abram Puterbaugh s sons, moved to Pipestone about\\n1838 Jacob, another son, lived in Berrien until 1855,\\nwhen he too moved to Pipestone.\\nBrief mention may be made of Lawrence Cavanaugh,\\nwho settled upon section 26 in 1830, and of Peter Hick-\\nman, who located on section 30 at an early date. Cava-\\nnaugh moved farther west shortly after becoming a resi-\\ndent of Berrien. Hickman died on his farm in 1840.\\nCyrus Hinehman, who has already been mentioned as\\nhaving come to Berrien, in 1835, with Francis Pinnell,\\nlocated upon section 14, and was the most extreme north-\\nern settler in the township. Hinehman started from Vir-\\nginia without any decided view as to a settlement in Mich-\\nigan, but was persuaded that way by his brother Hiram,\\nwho made his home in Berrien in 1834. Cyrus became\\nknown afterwards as the man who raised the largest pump-\\nkin ever seen in the township. How large it was cannot\\nnow be said, but it was large enough to be worth a barrel\\nof salt, for which Hinehman traded it at Niles. BIrs. J.\\nC. Runkle, of Pipestone township, is a daughter of Mr.\\nHinehman, and recollects that when her father reached the\\nwilderness of Berrien with his family, all the money he had\\nwas a five-franc piece. One cold winter day, when the\\nground was covered with snow, Mr. Hinehman began to\\nchop a large tree that stood near his cabin, and fearing the\\ntree might fall upon the cabin, he conveyed his young chil-\\ndren to a safe spot, and sat them upon a freshly-taken deer-\\nskin, which he had spread on the snow. There the little\\nones sat while he felled the tree, and well it was too that\\nhe had taken the precaution, for the tree fell upon the\\ncabin and damaged it badly.\\nMr. Hinehman lived in Berrien until 1865, when he\\nmoved to Montcalm Co., Mich., and is still living there.\\nAfter 1840 settlements began to multiply rapidly. The\\npopulation, which was 543 in 1840, was nearly double that\\nin 1854. Among the early settlers of whom special men-\\ntion has not already been made were Joel Layman, Israel\\nP. Hutton, T. K. Clyburne, William and John Nye, and\\nB. D. Townsend.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0253.jp2"}, "254": {"fulltext": "208\\nHISTORY OP BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nOne may yet encounter in a day s drive, many hearty\\nold men, who still remain as reminders of the pioneer his-\\ntory of Berrien, and who tell the stories of Michigan s\\nearly days in a way that awakens a deep interest. The\\nremembrance of a nearly fifty years experience upon Mich-\\nigan soil is the valuable legacy which time has left to many\\nof Berrien s pioneers and now, in the enjoyment of com-\\nfort and ease, they are pardonably proud to rank themselves\\nwith the rest of that noble band, whose members were the\\nadvance-guard in the march to the Western wilds in the\\ndays when that region was a stranger to the tread of the\\nwhite man. The first birth in Berrien was that of John\\nJohnson s son, Isaac, who was born Dec. 20, 1828. The\\nfirst death is supposed to have been Peter, sun of Wm.\\nLemon. He was buried on his father s farm. Mention\\nhas already been made of Eli Ford s warehouse, which was\\nbuilt in 1833, upon the river-bank, near the east end of the\\nbridge at Berrien Springs. That point was at one time a\\nplace of considerable trade. Thomas L. Stevens kept store\\nthere until his removal to the village opposite, and John\\nDefield kept tavern awhile near at hand, but the business\\nactivity was soon transferred tlience to Berrien Springs.\\nEARLY ROADS.\\nThe first roads of consequence were the ones extending\\nfrom Niles to Berrien Springs, and from the latter point to\\nPokagon, both being laid out in 1832.\\nApril 24th of that year the township was districted as\\nfollows The public road from Brown s Ferry across the\\nSt. Joseph River, thence west to the line of said town-\\nship, on the road to Newburyport, to be District No. 1.\\nAll the land in said township lying south and west of the\\nsaid road and river to be District No. 2. All the land in\\nsaid township lying east of the said river to be one district,\\nand numbered three. Then follows a list of the names of\\nthe persons, April 24, 1832, as liable in April, 1832, to\\nwork on the highways in the three districts. They were as\\nfollows; District No. 1, Clark Pennewell, Wm. Williams,\\nDaniel Williams, Jacob Shoemaker, William Wilson,\\nStephen Purdee, Martin Hoffman, F. B. Murdock, Michael\\nO Harra, Pitt Brown, Horace Godfrey; District No. 2, Wm.\\nBarlow, Wm. C. Webster, Samuel Salee, Hezekiah Hall,\\nWm. T. St. John District No. 3, John Johnson, Eli Ford,\\nShadrach Ford, Wm. Lemon, Henry Lemon, Geo. H.\\nClaypool, Adam Michael, Michael Hand, Lawrence Cav-\\nanagh, Hugh Marrs, Daniel Marrs, James Jenkins, Alex-\\nander Marrs, Elias Parker, John Smith, Isaac Smith, Wm.\\nFerguson.\\nTOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION.\\nIn the month of April, 1832, Calvin Britain, represen-\\ntative in the Legislature from Berrien County, presented to\\nthe Legislature the following petition\\nTo THE Honorable the Legislative Council of the TERniTOHY\\nOF Michigan\\nThe undersigned, citizens of the County of Berrien, in said Terri-\\ntory, residing between the nine-mile post from the mouth of the St.\\nJoseph River to the nineteenth-mile post, respectfully represent that\\nheretofore the township of Niles has embraced the whole county of\\nBerrien that that part of the County of Berrien designated is settling\\nwith remarkable rapidity; that the citizens thereof experience much\\ninconvenience in being obliged to resort to Niles, situated near the\\nsouthern line of the County, to exercise the invaluable right of par-\\nticip-ating in the election of township officers; that, independent of\\nthis consideration, the citizens residing within the boundaries desig-\\nnated feel greatly the importance of electing their own township offi-\\ncers from among themselves, men who feel an interest and a pride\\nin opening and improving roads within the boundaries aforesaid, and\\nof performing all of the other duties that may be required of them\\nas township officers.\\nThe undersigned, therefore, respectfully pray your honorable body\\nto pass a law setting off from the township of Niles all that part of\\nsaid County situate North of township seven, and extending as far\\nNorth as to include two tiers of sections in township five, and the east\\nand west lines to extend from the west line of Cass County to Lake\\nMichigan.\\n(Signed)\\nF. B. Mdrdock, John Juhn.sox,\\nHugh Marrs, Eli Fdru,\\nWilliam C. Webster, Michael Hand,\\nWilliam F. St. Joh.n, Peter Hickman,\\nHezekiah Hall, Jr., Daniel Johnson,\\nWilliam Barlow, Michael O Harra,\\nWilliam Lemon, Shadrach Ford,\\nAdam Micuael, William Ferguson,\\nGeorge H. Claypool, Pitt Brown,\\nHenry Lemon, Elias Parker.\\nWilliam Michael,\\nUpon the foregoing petition, the township of Berrien was\\nerected and organized in 1832, its territory originally a\\npart of Niles township including what are now the town-\\nships of Berrien, Oronoko, and Lake. In 1837, that por-\\ntion of Berrien extending from the river to the lake was\\nset off into a separate township, by the name of Oronoko,\\nalthough the river was not made the boundary line until\\n1847. (See history of Oronoko.)\\nThe first election in the new township was held at the\\ntavern of Pitt Brown, on the west bank of the St. Joseph\\nRiver, on. the 1st of April, 1833. The persons elected,\\ntogether with the votes cast for each, were as follows Su-\\npervisor, Pitt Brown, 20 Township Clerk, Francis B.\\nMurdock, 16 Assessors, William P. St. John, 21 Heze-\\nkiah Hall, Jr., 21 Julius Brown, 21 Commissioners of\\nHighways, William F. St. John, 21 Hezekiah Hall, Jr.,\\n21 Julius Brown, 21 Constables, Stephen Purdee, 19\\nHenry Lemon, 15; Fence-Viewers and Poundmasters,\\nJohn Johnson and William C. Webster, 8 Overseers of\\nHighways, District No. 1, Stephen Purdee, 4 District No.\\n2, Hezekiah Hall, Jr., 4 District No. 3, William Lemon,\\n4 District No. 4, Lawrence Cavanaugh, 4 District No.\\n5, Eli Ford, viva voce, in place of Julius Brown, who de-\\nclined to serve; Collector, Stephen Purdee, 19.\\nIt appears from the records that the residents of Berrien\\ntownship proceeded to an election of ofiicers in April, 1832,\\nimmediately upon presenting their application for township\\norganization, but who the officials were other than Law-\\nrence Cavenaugh, Moderator, and Francis B. Murdock,\\nClerk cannot be stated, since the record of that election\\nhas not been preserved.\\nFollowing is a list of the names of those who have served\\nthe township as supervisors and clerks from 1833 to 1880\\n1833.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, Pitt Brown; Clerk, Francis B. Murdock.\\n183-4-35.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, Pitt Brown; Clerk, Wm. F. St. John.\\n1836.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, Pitt Brown; Clerk, Thos. Love.\\n1837. Supervisor, Pitt Brown Clerk, Francis D. Johnson.\\n1838-39.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, Pitt Brown Clerk, Thos. Love.\\n1840.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, Pitt Brown: Clerk, Thos. L. Stevens.\\n1841. Supervisor, Alonzo Bennett; Clerk, Thos. L. Stevens.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0254.jp2"}, "255": {"fulltext": "E. T. DICKSON.\\nMRS. E.T. DICKSON.\\nRfSIDCNCf OF EDWIN T. DICKSON, SE.C.10,BERRIiNlR,BERRItHC0..MlCH.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0255.jp2"}, "256": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0256.jp2"}, "257": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF BERRIEN.\\n209\\n1842. Supervisor, Julius Brown; Clerk, Amos Gray.\\n1843. Supervisor, Julius Brown; Olerk, Cyrus Ilinohman.\\n1844. Supervisor, A. L. Burke; Clerk, Cyrus Hinchman.\\n184. Supervisor, Geo. Murphy; Clerk, Cyrus Hinchman.\\n1846-48. Supervisor, A. L. Burke; Clerk, George Murphy.\\n1849. Supervisor, Geo. Murphy; Clerk, Silas Ireland.\\nISoO. Supervisor, Silas Ireland; Clerk, Daniel Boon.\\n1851-62.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, Silas Ireland; Clerk, Truinan Royce.\\n18.53. Supervisor, J. F. Haskins Clerk, H. S. Roliinson.\\n1854. Supervisor, Silas Ireland; Clerk, H. S. Robinson.\\n1855. Supervisor, Ralph Denn; Clerk, H. S. Robinson.\\n1856. Supervisor, Silas Ireland Clerk, H. S. Robinson.\\n1857. Supervisor, P. G. Cuddeback Clerk, J. L. Kessler,\\n1858.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, Wm. S. Maynard; Clerk, Wm. P. Weed.\\n1859.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, E. A. Brown; Clerk, P. G. Cuddeback.\\nI860.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, P. G. Cuddeback; Clerk, H. h. Johnson.\\n1861. Supervisor, P. G. Cuddeback; Clerk, George Cuddeback.\\n1862.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, P. G. Cuddeback; Clerk, Edward Cudy.\\n1S63-65.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, John Tate Clerk, Edward Cady.\\n1866.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, H. R. Murphy; Clerk, Edward Cady.\\n1867. Supervisor, John Tate; Clerk, Edward Cady.\\n1868-69.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, John Tate; Clerk, Erastus Murphy.\\n1870. Supervisor, John F. Peck; Clerk, Erastus Murphy.\\n1871. Supervisor, Joel Layman; Clerk, Isaac Rogers.\\n1872.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, John Tate; Clerk, H. S. Robinson.\\n1873. Supervisor, J. M. Savage; Clerk, H. S. Robinson.\\n1874. Supervisor, John Tate; Clerk, Almon Keigley.\\n1875-76.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, I. P. Hutton; Clerk, H. S. Robinson.\\n1877-79.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, D. H. Allery Clerk, H. S. Robinson.\\nThe afiFairs of the township are in charge of a township\\nboard, consisting of D. H. Allery, Supervisor H. S. Rob-\\ninson, Clerk; and Norman Ninis, the senior justice of the\\nOn the 1st of April, 1879, the township was clear of\\ndebt, and had in the treasury, including school-moneys,\\n$336.75. The total taxation in 1878 was $6381.96, of\\nwhich $2335.30 were for school purposes.\\nCHURCHES.\\nMorris Chapel, Methodist Episcopal Church. A Meth-\\nodist Episcopal society was organized in 1843, and wor-\\nshiped in the Washington school-house, a log edifice, located\\nabout eighty rods south of the present church. The early\\nchurch records having been lost, no definite details of the\\nearly organization can be given.\\nIn 1845, when Rev. Henry Worthington was preaching\\non the circuit, the church membership included 50 persons.\\nLudwig Robinson was then clas.s-leader. Shortly after-\\nwards, Isaac Schnorf was chosen to be class-leader, and re-\\nmained as such for a period of thirty-one consecutive years.\\nIn 1846 the congregation built a church edifice, which,\\nin honor of Bishop Morris, they called Morris Chapel, and\\nin that year laid out a church-yard. In 1867 a new church\\nbuilding replaced the old one, and is .still used. The church\\nmembership has varied from 40 to 65, and numbers now\\n46. The class-leaders now are Samuel Van Vlear and Jo-\\nseph Stafford. The stewards are Joseph StaiFord, Charles\\nStafibrd, and Isaac Schnorf. The trustees are Joseph Staf-\\nford, Charles Stafford, Isaac Schnorf, Cyrus B. Groat, Ste-\\nphen A. Curtis, Sylvester Schnorf, Henry R. Nye, Benjamin\\nN. Nye, and Joseph Walker. The last pastor was Rev.\\nT. T. George, who preached at Morris Chapel. The church\\nis now awaiting a Conference appointment of a pastor.\\nThe Sabbath-school, including 45 scholars, is in charge of\\nGustavus Matthews, assisted by 6 teachers. Morris Chapel\\nis now on the Pokagon circuit, which includes five stations.\\n27\\nPleasant Hill United Brethren Church. In 1851 the\\nmembers of the United Brethren faith near Plea.sant Hill\\nwere organized into a congregation by Rev. Samuel Chap-\\nman, and attached to the Silver Creek circuit. Among\\nthe original members were John Martin and wife. Moody\\nWillis, James Groat and wife, Joseph Stafford and wife,\\nAmos Stafford, F. R. Pinnell and wife, Delilah W. and\\nNancy A. Pinnell, Wesley F. Pinnell and wife, Walker\\nWillis. Worship was held in members houses, in Moody\\nWillis barn, and in Morris chapel, until 1853, when the\\nchurcli now in use was erected. The first class-leader was\\nWesley Pinnell, whose .successor, James Groat, has been\\nthe leader from 1853 to the present time (with the excep-\\ntion of one year). The first steward was Moody Willis,\\nwho assisted in the building of the church, and who was\\nkilled in the United States service during the war of the\\nRebellion.\\nFollowing Mr. Chapman, the early pastors of the church\\nwere Revs. Forbes, Freeman, Dunn, and France. The\\npresent pastor, who preaches once every two weeks, is Rev.\\nJ. H. Pattee, whose immediate predecessors were Revs.\\nLight and Bartmouth. Removals and deaths have weak-\\nened the church membership, which includes now but 17\\npersons.\\nFranldin Chapel United Brethren) was organized in\\n1854 by Elder Thomas, who held meetings previous to that\\ntime in the Franklin school-house. In 1855 a meeting-\\nhouse was built. The present pastor is Rev. J. H. Pattee,\\nwho preaches once every fortnight. The church member-\\nship is but 15. M. D. Curtis is the steward; Thomas\\nBrown is the class-leader; and M. D. Curtis and Isaac\\nJenkins, trustees.\\nBerrien Centre Free- Will Baptist Church congregation,\\nnow worshiping at the union church, south of Berrien\\nCentre, was organized June 17, 1865, by Rev. James Ash-\\nley. The original members were Zera F. Wright and wife,\\nJohn H., Margaret, Jeremiah, Sarah, William, Lydia, John,\\nCyrus, Adeline, and Elizabeth Shearer Lydia and Phillis\\nDickson, Peter File, George and Margaret Foster, James\\nWright, Maria Webster, Laura and Julia Murphy, Robert\\nLemon, Jane and Lavina Marrs, Ralph and Eliza Magill,\\nJoseph and Mary Myers, Annette Weed, Mary Rutter,\\nGeorge Cuddeback, Elizabeth Cuddeback, Riggin.\\nAt the first session John H. Shearer was chosen deacon,\\nand George Cuddeback clerk. E. T. Dickson is the present\\nclerk, and William Shearer, John H. Shearer, and J. S.\\nWright the deacons. The membership in September,\\n1879, was 88. Rev. Lewis Jones was then the pastor, and\\nheld services once in two weeks.\\nMaple Grove United Brethren) Church was organized\\nin 1854 by Rev. Thomas J. Babcock, in a log school-house\\nin the northern part of the township, Mr. Babcock having\\nheld services previously in the house of David Moore.\\nHenry Rush was leader of the first class formed, and other\\nmembers were David S. Weaver and wife, Jacob Puter-\\nbaugh and wife, John Rush, William Tenant and wife,\\nMartin Reese and wife, Nicholas Michael and wife, Thomas\\nMountjoy and wife, Caleb Clark and wife. Until 1873,\\nwhen the present house of worship was erected, the church\\nmet in the Eau Claire school-house. The present member-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0257.jp2"}, "258": {"fulltext": "210\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nship is 72. The pastor is Rev. E. F. Light, and the class-\\nleader, H. S. Robinson.\\nA Methodist Episcopal Society worshiping in the north\\nprevious to 18G4, joined the United Brethren upon the\\norganization of the latter at Maple Grove. A Methodist\\nEpiscopal Society worshiped near the Centre as early as\\n1838, and had in its first class Thomas and Mary Riggin,\\nMiss Mary Riggin, Hiram Hiuchman and wife, William\\nNye and wife, Maretta Boss, and Ann B. Powers. The\\nsociety met in the union church until 1870, when, being\\nU)uch reduced in numbers, it was dissolved.\\nThe Dunhards formerly met at the union church, and\\nearly in the history of Berrien a Dunkard society had an\\nexistence in the eastern part of the township. Members of\\nthat faith in Berrien still meet occasionally for worship, but\\ntheir number is .small and their meetings infrequent.\\nLong Lake Church. About 1856 a number of citizens,\\nliving in the vicinity of Long Lake, subscribed towards the\\nerection of a union church near Long Lake, to be used for-\\never as a free church by all religious denominations alike.\\nThey appointed as trustees Messrs. Michael Hand, George\\nH. Claypool, and Andrew L. Burke, and since that time the\\nchurch structure has been similarly in charge of trustees.\\nBaptists, Adventists, Lutherans, and United Brethren have\\nworshiped there, but the former and the latter are the\\nonly ones now maintaining at that point a regular organi-\\nzation.\\nThe Baptist Cougretjation a branch of the Berrien\\nCentre Free-Will Baptist Church was organized March\\n8, 1879, by Rev. Lewis Jones. The original members\\nwere John and Sarah Burke, Margaret Frank, AUie Green,\\nWilliam H. and Eva Miller, Maggie Martin, Phoebe and\\nEliza A. Simpson, Jennie Thayer, Frances Snyder. These\\npersons yet comprise the church membership. Services are\\nheld once every fortnight by llev. Lewis Jones. John\\nIrwin is the deacon, W. H. Miller the clerk, and W. C.\\nWebster the treasurer.\\nThe United Brethren Congregation was organized in the\\nspring of 1877 by Rev. K. H. Sickafoose, who had been\\npreaching for a few months previously to the members of\\nthe faith in that vicinity. The original members were W.\\nH. Miller and wife, William Rice, Allie Green, Horatio\\nand Hascal Cole, George Edwards, Jane Thayer, Margaret\\nFrank, John Rogers, Libbie and Blaggie Irwin. The con-\\ngregation has latterly lost in membership and includes now\\nbut five persons, but the organization is still maintained\\nand bids foir to be for some time to come. William Rice\\nis the class-leader, and Rev. E. F. Light, the pastor, who\\npreaches once in two weeks.\\nCEMETERIES.\\nOne of the first grave-yards was laid out on the Marrs\\nfarm, where bodies were buried up to about 1867, when\\ninterments were discontinued there, and a majority of those\\nburied were transferred to other places. There was also an\\nold cemetery on the .spot now used as the county poor-house\\nburial-ground. The burial-grounds in the township now\\nnumber five, viz., the Berrien Centre Union Church,\\nFranklin, Long Lake, Morris Chapel, and Maple Grove\\ncemeteries.\\nSCHOOLS.\\nA Mr. Wells was one of the early teachers of Berrien.\\nHe taught in a log school-house near the Niles road, on sec-\\ntion 31, about the year 1830. A Mr. Pike taught in the\\nsame school-house, which was the only one in that section\\nof the country at the time. John Kessler, a young Vir-\\nginian, taught school in a log school-house on section 23.\\nMr. Kessler is still a resident of Berrien, on section 27.\\nApril 3, 1837, the township first chose school inspectors,\\nwho were Andrew Murray, Robert E. Ward, and Ambrose\\nE. Murray. The school inspectors in 1879 were Cyrus B.\\nGroat (school .superintendent), H. S. Robinson (township\\nclerk), and Almon Keigley.\\nThere arc now in the township seven full, and three frac-\\ntional school districts, with ten schools. Of the ten school\\nbuildings two are handsome brick structures, costing $2100\\nand $2200 respectively, and eight are frame. The total\\nestimated value of school property is $8825, and the total\\nyearly expenditures for support of schools, $2745. Ten\\nteachers are employed, to whom are paid, yearly, $2025.\\nOut of a total school enumeration of 422 the average at-\\ntendance is 406.\\nPOST-OFFICE.\\nThe only post-office in Berrien at present is Berrien\\nCentre, which has daily mail communication. The oSice\\nwas established in 1857, when Z. F. Wright was appointed\\npostmaster. To him succeeded Isaac Slurphy, Isaac Hess,\\nFrank Wood, and George W. Wyman, the latter being the\\npresent incumbent. Eau Claire post-office was established\\nin Berrien in 1861, near the Pipestone line, and Henry\\nRush appointed postmaster. Mr. Rush retired in 1874,\\nwhen the office was removed across the line into Pipestone\\ntownship, and there it has since remained.\\nPrevious to 1857 the citizens of Berrien township were\\nobliged to get their mail at Berrien Springs or Niles, and\\nuntil the date named there was no post-ofiice within the\\nterritory now occupied by Berrien.\\nSOCIETIES AND ORDERS.\\nMorris Chapel Grange, No. 13, was organized March 4,\\n1873, with 17 members, as follows James M. Savage, Mrs.\\nA. E. Savage, John Nye, Mrs. Ann Clybourn, Joseph\\nWalker, Mrs. Susan Curtis, T. K. Clybourn, Mrs. Lottie\\nCurtis, John Ulhey, Mrs. L. C. Ullrey, Ira Vangorder,\\nJoseph Pinnell, James D. Matthews, S. A. Curtis, Silas\\nIreland, Charles R. Curtis, Joseph Stafford. The Masters\\nsince the organization have been Silas Ireland, T. K. Cly-\\nbourn, Charles R. Curtis, John B. Metzger, David Schnorf.\\nThe officers for 1879 were David Schnorf, M. George\\nSnufi 0. T. K. Clybourn, L. Ira Vangorder, Steward\\nJoseph Pinnell, Asst. Steward C. R. Curtis, Chaplain\\nJohn Schnorf, Treas. C. B. Groat, Sec. Edward Cady,\\nGate-Keeper; Mrs. T. K. Clybourn, Ceres; Mrs. Ann\\nSchnorf, Pomona Mrs. George Snuff, Flora Mrs. John\\nSchnorf, Stewardess. The members numbered 13 on Oct.\\n1, 1879. Regular meetings are held at the Oak Grove\\nschool-house on the Saturday nearest the full moon in each\\nmonth.\\nBerrien Centre Grange, N o. 14, was organized March\\n22, 1873. The first Master was Thomas Marrs, and first", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0258.jp2"}, "259": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF BERRIEN.\\n211\\nSecretary J. F. Peck. The successive Masters since then\\nhave been John F. Peck, Alinon Keigley, and Joseph A.\\nBecker. The charter members were Thomas Marrs, John\\nF. Peck, A. W. Marrs, J. A. Becker, J. J. Becker, Thomas\\nRiggin, W. A. He.ss, Jacob Brenner, Uriah ShaiFer, Mrs.\\nThomas Marrs, Mrs. J. F. Peck, Mrs. A. W. Marrs, Mrs. J.\\nA. Becker, Mrs. J. J. Becker, Mrs. Jacob Brenner. In 1876\\na commodious grange hall was built at Berrien Centre, at a\\ncost of $1500, and there regular fortnightly meetings arc\\nheld. The members number now 64, and the officers are\\nJoseph A. Becker, M. J. J. Murphy, Overseer Almon\\nKeigley, Lecturer Jacob Brenner, Steward W. A. Hess,\\nAsst. Steward; R. A. Calvin, Chaplain; A. J. Easton,\\nTreas. Erastus Murphy, Sec. T. B. Snow, Gate-Keeper\\nMrs. T. B. Snow, Ceres Mrs. S. H. Brenner, Pomona\\nMrs. W. E. Peck, Flora Miss Frank Rutter, Lady Assist-\\nant Steward.\\nBerrien supports, with a good deal of vigorous determi-\\nnation, an Anti-Horne- T/iiff Assocml ion, known also as the\\nVigilance Committee. Its members are numerous, and in-\\nclude many of the leading farmers of the township, who\\nare bent upon providing, through the instrumentality of\\nthe association, against the successful operation of horse-\\nthieves, who were at one time exceedingly troublesome.\\nAn excellent cornet hand is one of the local institutions,\\nand includes several skilled performers, whose services are\\nfrequently called into requisition at merry-makings and other\\npublic demonstrations.\\nThe cause of temperance receives hearty support. Not\\nonly has Berrien always been singularly free from the\\nimposition of public traffic in spirituous liquors, but the\\ndi.ssemination of the temperance doctrine has warmly en-\\ngaged the attention of a large number of citizens. The\\ntownship boasts a flourishing Red-Ribbon Club, whose\\nlabors are, and have been, productive of much good on\\nbehalf of the cause.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nEDWIN T. DICKSON.\\nJames Dickson, great-grandfather of the gentleman to\\nwhom this sketch especially refers, came to America about\\nthe year 1770 from a place called Old Town, in Ireland,\\nand settled in York Valley, Pa., but at the close of the\\nRevolutionary war he removed to the southwestern part of\\nthat State and settled in Washington County, where he\\nspent the remainder of his life. His children were .six in\\nnumber, viz., John, Samuel, Andrew, William, and two\\ndaughters.\\nJohn Dickson, sou of James, was born at Old Town,\\nIreland, about 1767, and came to America with his parents\\nwhen about three years of age. Soon after reaching the\\nyears of manhood he married a lady named Robinson and\\nsettled in Westmoreland Co., Pa., where, a few years later,\\nhis wife died, leaving two sons, Levi and James, of whom\\nthe first-named and the elder was born in 1792. James\\nDickson, Sr., having married a second wife, emigrated in\\n1811 to Huron Co., Ohio, but afterwards removed to Ham-\\nilton Co., Ind., where he died in 1830.\\nJames Dickson, son of the John Dickson above men-\\ntioned, and father of Edwin T. Dickson, was born in\\nPennsylvania, Dec. 5, 1794. He grew to manhood in\\nHuron Co., Ohio, and served in the United States army in\\nthe war of 1812-15. After the close of that .struggle (in\\n1819) he removed to Wayne Co., Ind., and in 1820 mar-\\nried Lillis, eldest daughter of Judge Thomas McKenney.\\nOf this union there were born five sons and four daughters,\\nall of whom are living except one daughter, who was the\\nwife of the Hon. G. C. Jones, of Cass Co., Mich. In 1828,\\nJames Dickson moved to Michigan Territory, and settled\\nin La Grange, Cass Co., where he died Sept. 17, 1866.\\nMr. Dickson s business was that of a farmer, which voca-\\ntion he followed during all his life, and very successfully.\\nHe was an extensive reader, and by this means he laid up\\na great store of practical information. He received the\\nappointment of justice of the peace from Governor Cass in\\n1830, and was afterwards elected to several offices by his\\nfellow-townsmen but he had no political aspirations, and\\npreferred to remain in the quiet of his farm, leaving office\\nand politics to the more aspiring. In religious belief he was\\na deist, but a Quaker in precept and example, and he stood\\nhigh in the esteem and confidence of all who knew him.\\nEdwin T. Dickson, to whom this biographical sketch\\nmore particularly refers, was the son of James Dickson, and\\nthe eldest of a family of nine children. He was born in\\nCentre township, Wayne Co., Ind., Aug. 2, 1821. At the\\nage of seven years he accompanied his father to Cass Co.,\\nMich., where he grew to manhood. In 1845 he married\\nMiss Lydia Garwood, and in 1849 removed to his present\\nhome, on section 10, Berrien township, a place which was\\nat that time covered by dense woods. In 1869, Mrs. Dick-\\nson died. She had been the mother of six children, five of\\nwhom died before her death. One the eldest daughter\\nstill survives. Mrs. Dickson was a most estimable woman,\\nand an excellent wife, whose virtues and sterling traits as\\na wife contributed in no small degree to her husband s suc-\\ncess in life. In 1870, Mr. Dickson married the eldest\\nsister of his deceased wife. Miss Mary Garwood, with whom\\nhe lived happily for two years. She died Oct. 20, 1872.\\nOn the 4th of February, 1873, Mr. Dickson married his\\nthird and present wife, Miss Susie Layman, of Berrien, a\\nteacher by profession.\\nMr. Dickson has from his boyhood been familiar with\\nthe privations and trials of pioneer life in a new country.\\nIn his boyhood he attended the first school taught in La\\nGrange, Cass Co., and frotn that beginning he progressed\\nuntil he became the po.ssessor of a fair education. He has\\nalways been a great reader, is thoroughly versed in the\\nBible, and familiar with the Koran and the Vedas. His\\nreligious belief is in accordance with the views of the Free-\\nCommunion Baptists, of which church he has been a mem-\\nber for fifteen years. In matters of religion and morality\\nhe knows no middle ground, and favors no half-way meas-\\nures, but is always zealous in the cause which he believes\\nto be right. He is a man of strong convictions and decided\\ncharacter a strict temperance man, and in favor of pro-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0259.jp2"}, "260": {"fulltext": "212\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nhibitory measures for prevention of the sale of intoxicating\\nliquors. Politically, he is a Republican. He has filled the\\noffice of justice of the peace, and many other township\\noffices, always, in these elections, receiving the full vote of\\nthe party to which he belongs.\\nAlthough Mr. Dickson has now nearly completed the\\nsixth decade of his life, he carries his age remarkably well,\\nespecially when the hardships and vicissitudes of his past\\nlife are considered. He has never been sued at law, and is\\ndecidedly opposed to litigation in any form. He has been\\nsomething of a traveler, having crossed the territory of the\\nUnited States from ocean to ocean. He is frank, open, and\\nupright in all his actions, and positive and decided in his\\nopinions. It is not unusual to find that such a man has\\nenemies, and such may perhaps be the case with Mr. Dick-\\nson, but it is certain that he has the esteem and confidence\\nof the community in which he lives.\\nNATHAN McCOY\\nwas among the earliest settlers of Western Michigan born\\nin Montgomery Co., Va., Nov. 15, 1805. His father,\\nV/illiam McCoy, was also a native of the same county, and\\nhis mother, whose maiden name was Susan Hunter, of Giles\\nCounty, same State. His parents were very poor, and Na-\\nNATIIAN M COT.\\nthan received very little schooling, working on the farm\\nand tending carding-machine alternately for a livelihood\\nuntil November, 1833, when he emigrated to Michigan,\\nstopping first at Tokagon for a year, with his brother-in-law,\\nHenry Sifford, working the following two years near Cass-\\nopolis, for Pleasant Norton. He then took a trip to Iowa,\\nreturning after a two months stay. He was married to\\nMiss Hepeziah Vickars, Dec. 7, 1836.\\nIn 1834 he bought one hundred and fifty-three acres of\\nland in Berrien township, Berrien Co., settling on this early\\nin 1837, and, living in a log cabin, endured the usual\\nhardships, trials, and pleasures of pioneer life for our old\\npioneers tell us that their happiest days were when build-\\ning up their homes in the wood.s.\\nMr. McCoy has been quite a hunter, having killed a\\ngreat many deer both in Michigan and Virginia. By his\\nfirst wife he had the following children Elizabeth, born\\nDec. 17, 1837; Amanda Jane, March 7, 1839; William,\\nAug. 16, 1843 Lewis Perry, Aug. 8, 1851, all of whom\\nare living. Mr. McCoy was afflicted by the loss of this\\nwife, who died Oct. 11, 1851. The 21st of October, 1852,\\nhe married Amanda Marquis, by whom he had the follow-\\ning children: Francis Marion, born Oct. 24, 1854; Zorah\\nAlice, born Nov. 18, 1858, died Sept. 6, 1861 and Su-\\nsanna, born Sept. 16, 1862. Dec. 13, 1875, the hand of\\nthe destroyer was again laid heavily upon Mr. McCoy s\\nhoUcSehold, taking his .second partner and companion. Mr.\\nMcCoy has always been Democratic in politics. He is at\\npresent possessed of two hundred and forty-seven acres of\\nland, and with abundant means, pleasant home, and the\\nmost of his family around him he bides his time.\\nISRAEL PEMBERTON IIUTTON\\nwas born in Bedford Co., St. Clair township, Pa., July 10,\\n1831. His father, Benjamin Wright Hutton, was a native\\nof Adams Co., Pa., as was his grandfather. His mother,\\nBeulah R. (Harris) Hutton, was a native of Chester Co.,\\nPa. Mr. Button s ancestors were Quakers and English.\\nThe family removed to Michigan in October. 1846. Israel\\nworked at farming until eighteen years of age, when he\\nwent to Three Rivers to learn the milling trade of Bowman\\nHoffman, working nearly three years with them, when\\nhe removed to Summerville, Cass Co. This was in 1851.\\nThere he took charge of a mill, and in December, 1855,\\npurchased it. In 1857 he built a new saw-mill, and in\\n1858 a new flouringniill. He also built several houses in\\nSummerville. In 1863 he bought one-half interest in a\\nmill at Lawton, Van Baren Co., and sold it in 18G5.\\nIn 1864 he bought one hundred and sixty acres of land\\nin Berrien township, where he now lives. He sold his\\nmill at Summerville in 1873 rebought it in 1876 resided\\nin that place till 1874, when he removed to the .site of his\\npresent home. He built his handsome residence in 1875.\\nHe sold one-half of his mill in 1876, and is at present man-\\naging both farm and mill.\\nHe married Mrs. Anna Maria (Moore) Milliard, who had\\nthree children by her first husband, viz.: Joseph B., Edward\\nP., and Nancy Maria Milliard.\\nMr. Hutton s family consisted of six children names and\\nages as follows: Arthur Donaldson, born June 19, 1854,\\ndied September 29, 1856 Robert F., born Sept. 15, 1855\\nWilford M., born Jan. 26, 1857 Elizabeth L., March 30,\\n1858; Beulah Adelle, Aug. 29, 1859; Parthenia, July\\n19, 1861.\\nWhile in Summerville he filled several offices of trust.\\nHe helped organize the Citizens National Bank of Niles,\\nand has been a director for several years. Was a Whig in\\npolitics until the formation of the Republican party, since", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0260.jp2"}, "261": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF BAINBRIDGE.\\n213\\nwhich time he has acted with them. Has been a member\\nof the Free-Will Baptist Church for twenty-three years.\\nMr. Hutton s success is not enigmatical, but shows to\\nthe young men of to-day what can be accomplished by\\nenergy and industry, though poverty be their lot at the\\nbeginning of life.\\nSILAS IRELAiSfD\\nwas born in Concord township, Ross Co., Ohio, Nov. 10,\\n1818, and was the eldest of twelve children. His father,\\nStephen Ireland, was a native of the Eastern Shore of\\nMaryland, and of Scottish descent his mother, Elizabeth\\n(Carmean) Ireland, a native of the same place, was of\\nGerman descent. They removed to Ross County about the\\nyear 1808.\\nSilas father being poor and he the oldest son, he had to\\nassist in the support of the family, working on his father s\\nfarm. When about sixteen years of age he commenced\\nstudying mathematics and surveying, devoting all of his\\nleisure time to it, and we may say is a self-educated man,\\nhaving had very little opportunity for schooling.\\nIn October, 1839, he emigrated to Michigan, having but\\nseven dollars in money upon his arrival. He worked at\\nwhatever came to his hand, doing some jobs of surveying.\\nMay 3, 1842, he married Miss Matilda Michael, a native of\\nGreene Co., Ohio, but at the time of her marriage living\\nwithin three miles of their present home.\\nMr. Ireland, in June of that year, bought eighty acres\\nfive miles east of Berrien Springs, upon which they settled,\\nfirst living in a log cabin. This was the site of their present\\nhome. They have resided on this place ever since, except\\ntwo years and a half, in Dowagiac, Cass Co., where they\\nmoved, to educate their children, returning the day after\\nAbraham Lincoln s first election. Mr. Ireland s family\\nconsists of the following children Elam M., born July\\n5, 1843; Alpheus F., March 3, 1846; Almeda M., Nov.\\n28, 1847, died Jan. 5, 1865; Carey H., May 6, 1849,\\ndied Oct. 19, 1877 Martha Alice, May 14, 1851 Charley\\nA., Nov. 28, 1853; Mary E,, Nov. 21,1855; Frank S.A.,\\nOct. 4, 1857 Mile S., Dec. 11, 1860 Hattie B., Aug. 3,\\n1863; Roscoe W., Sept. 28, 1866; George R., July 2,\\n1868.\\nMr. Ireland has held every township office except treas-\\nurer. He has been superintendent of the county poor twelve\\nyears was supervisor five years. He acted as one of the\\ncommittee to draft and make specifications for county jail,\\nsheriff s dwelling, and county poor-house, which he built\\nin 1869. Has been engaged as guardian for minors and\\nothers and settling estates of deceased persons for the past\\nthirty years was elected representative to the State Legis-\\nlature from the first district, Berrien Co., in November, 1876,\\nreceiving as the Republican candidate sixteen hundred and\\nten votes to his Democratic opponent s thirteen hundred and\\nninety-four. He has continually held some office since the\\nage of twenty-two. Has been deputy surveyor of Cass and\\nBerrien Counties. Was a Democrat till the opening of the\\nKansas and compromise troubles, when he joined the Re-\\npublican party; was a firm supporter of the Union during\\nthe war. At present he owns some seven hundred acres of\\nland, and a flouring-mill at Silver Creek, Cass Co. he is a\\ndirector of the First National Bank of Niles, and vice-presi-\\ndent and director of the First National Bank of Dowagiac.\\nCHAPTER XXIX.\\nBAINBRIDGE TOMTNSHIP.*\\nSettlement of the Township Stage-Coaching Days Temperance-\\nMills Roads The German Settlement Post-Office and Postmas-\\nters Township Organization and List of Officers Church History\\nof Bainbridge Schools Patrons of Husbandry.\\nBAINBRIDGE is numbered town 4 south, range 17 west,\\nand embraces thirty-six sections, covering an area of six\\nmiles square. Watervliet is on the north, Pipestone on the\\nsouth. Van Buren County on the east, and Benton town-\\nship on the west.\\nNo township in Berrien County is more completely agri-\\ncultural tlian this, as it is entirely given over to that interest,\\nwhich, it maybe ob.served, is both extensive and profitable.\\nAs an apple-growing region it invites especial notice, and as\\nan evidence of its importance in that respect, mention is\\nmade that one of its apple-orchards, owned by John Byers,\\ncontains two thou.sand trees, and in 1878, Mr. Byers shipped\\nupwards of two thousand barrels of apples as a portion of\\nhis fruit product in that year. Numberless large apple-\\norchards may be found in the township approximating that\\nof Mr. Byers, but his is supposed to be the most extensive,\\nand to contain, moreover, the largest trees.\\nAs to peach culture, disease among the trees has much\\ncut down the annual crop latterly, until the peach interest\\nis comparatively small. The plan of promptly destroying\\ndiseased trees is generally approved by the farmers, who re-\\ncall a similar experience of Delaware peach-growers, some\\nyears ago, and they say that by abandoning peach culture\\nfor a time it may be revived at a later date with highly\\nprofitable results, as has proved to be the case in the history\\nof Delaware.\\nThe nearest approach to a village in Bainbridge is the\\nvillage of Millburg, of which there are eight lots in Bain-\\nbridge, the larger portion of the place being across the line\\nin Benton township. The village of Benton Harbor is the\\nmarket-town for the major portion of the people, and their\\npost-office as well, although there are post-offices at Mill-\\nburg, Bainbridge Centre, and at other points.\\nA large element of the population of Bainbridge consists\\nof Germans, who occupy chiefly a region known as the Ger-\\nman settlement, and who exercise an important voice in the\\nadministration of township affairs. Apart from the Ger-\\nmans, the inhabitants are New Yorkers or their descendants,\\na majority of the early settlers having come from Jefferson\\nand Livingston Counties in that State.\\nNumerous ponds or lakes diversify the surface of the\\ncountry, which is undulating, the largest of these being\\nknown as Pipestone Lake, which covers perhaps 400 acres.\\nSmall streams are abundant, but among them there are none\\nBy David Schwartz.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0261.jp2"}, "262": {"fulltext": "214\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nsusceptible of furnishing valuable water-power. Bainbridge\\nhas manifested a disposition to assist railroad enterprises\\nfor the construction of roads in the township, but thus far\\nno tangible results have followed, although they are likely\\nto accrue before long. Railway stations are found at Benton\\nHarbor, Coloma, and Watervliet, and afford desirable con-\\nveniences.\\nBainbridge s assessed valuation in 1879 was $247,401.\\nEARLY SETTLEMENT.\\nThe pioneers of Bainbridge belonged to the class known\\nas Canadian Frenchmen, and were represented by a Cana-\\ndian family named Sharrai, whose members were Barthol-\\nomew, the father, and his wife, five sons, Peter, Luke,\\nTenos, Louis, and Bartholomew, Jr., and three daugh-\\nters, Louise, Catharine, and Mary, nine persons in all,\\nwho came in company from Canada about 1833, and settled\\nupon an 80-acre tract in .section 8, a portion of the tract\\nbeing now occupied by C. D. Weber. The Sharrais lived\\ntogether and divided their time between clearing their land,\\nraising crops, and boating on the St. Joseph. One Ruleaux,\\nalso a Canadian, came to Bainbridge soon after the Sharrais.\\nHe built a log shanty on the Sharrai place, stocked it with\\na few bottles of whisky, and called the house a tavern.\\nThat it was not much of a tavern, and that its business was\\nmeagre, seems to be conceded by general report but the\\npresence of Ruleaux s tavern there gave to the locality the\\nname of the Ruleaux Place, by which it continued to be\\nknown long after the tavern was swept away. Ruleaux\\nbought also a village lot in the Bainbridge portion of Mill-\\nburg, when that place was laid out. In 1 835 he sold that\\nlot to J. H. Enos and moved away.\\nThe elder Sharrai being taken quite ill not long after his\\nsettlement, was to be taken to St. Joseph for medical treat-\\nment, but died while on the way there. His sons did not\\nremain in the township very long after settlers began to\\ncome in. Peter, Luke, and Tenos now live in Sodus\\ntownship.\\nJ. H. Enos, who purcha.sed Ruleaux s village lot in\\nMillburg, came from New York to Michigan in the fall of\\n1835, with his brother Jo.seph, on a prospecting tour.\\nHaving bought Ruleaux s land interest, Harvey returned,\\nwith his brother, to New York, whence in the spring of\\n1836 they came again to Michigan, with Harvey s fiimily\\nand Raswell, another brother. Harvey moved into a log\\nhouse that Ruleaux had built, and in the same year put up\\na saw-mill on Blue Creek, in the Benton portion of Mill-\\nburg. Roswell and Joseph, his brothers, continued for\\na while to live with him and work for him, and then sought\\nlocations of their own, Joseph in Benton, and Roswell in\\nSt. Jo.seph. Mr. Enos was Bainbridge s first postmaster.\\nHe kept at his house on the Territorial road a tavern-stand,\\nwhere the daily stages between Detroit and St. Joseph\\nhalted; he operated the Millburg saw-mill some years, and\\nfor fourteen years was a citizen of considerable prominence\\nin that neighborhood. After 1850 his health began to fail,\\nand retiring then from active pursuits, he removed to Ben-\\nton township, where he still resides.\\nIn the fall of 1833, Martin Tice, a young man, then re-\\nsiding in New Jersey, started, in company with a Mr.\\nGriffin, for St. Joseph, Mich., traveling by water to De-\\ntroit, and thence on foot to Kalamazoo and Watervliet\\nthe only highway they found between the two latter points\\nbeing a well-worn Indian trail. Reaching St. Joseph, they\\nworked for Maj. Britain that winter, and the next year for\\nvarious persons in the vicinity of St. Joseph. In 1835,\\nTice concluded to become a settler, and just then being\\nemployed in the laying out and construction of the Bain-\\nbridge portion of the Territorial road between Detroit and\\nSt. Joseph, he entered a tract on section 17 in Bainbridge,\\non the line of the road named, and after completing his\\nwork on the road he settled upon his farm, put up a log\\ncabin, and kept bachelor s hall until 1838, when he mar-\\nried a daughter of Jonas Ivery, a blacksmith of Water-\\nvliet. From 183G to his death, in 1876, he was a resident\\nin Bainbridge, and lived all that period on his place of first\\nsettlement, where his daughter, Mrs. John Mclntyre, now\\nresides. She relates that she frequently heard her f\\\\uher\\nsay that the only house in Bainbridge at the time he came\\ninto it was that of Peter Sharrai, living up north.\\nDirectly upon the opening of the Territorial road through\\nBainbridge, John P. Davis put up a log tavern opposite\\nTice s house, and as travel over the thoroughfare set in\\nbriskly, Davis tavern became a regular stopping-place for\\nstages on the route as well as for freight carriers. Four-\\nand six-horse passenger coaches passed daily, while vehicles\\nof various descriptions, laden with merchandise, moved\\nover the road in considerable numbers. As already noted,\\nHarvey Enos tavern, opened at Millburg about the time\\nDavis opened his, was likewise a popular stopping-place,\\nand had a flourishing trade. Davis lived only until the\\nfall of 1836, and was the third person to die in the town-\\nship. He was buried in a lot at the rear of his tavern, and\\nsome time afterwards his body was removed to the Bain-\\nbridge burying-ground. Davis widow carried on the tav-\\nern a while, and then transferred it to Ezra C. King (a\\ncarpenter living near the tavern), who was succeeded by\\nC. C. Sutton, S. R. Gilson, and A. R. Pinney, the latter\\nof whom married the Widow Davis (who still retained con-\\ntrol of the property), and continued to be the landlord\\nuntil the completion of the Michigan Central Railroad\\nturned travel from the turnpike.\\nPinney took the tavern in 1841, and replacing it with a\\nsubstantial and commodious frame structure, carried on a\\nprofitable business for some years. During his time traffic\\nwas much greater than it had been during the time of\\neither of his predecessors. Report says that he frequently\\nprovided breakfast for one hundred people when the busi-\\nness season was at its best. He went to California, and\\nupon his return settled in Kalamazoo. Pinney s tavern\\nquite a famous landmark in those days still stands, and,\\nsomewhat remodeled, is now the residence of Mr. T. J.\\nWest.\\nDuring the winter of 1835, Joseph Matrau, George\\nWilder, and a company of twenty-three others were engaged\\nin clearing timber-land in Niagara Co., N. Y., for Smith\\nMerrick, extensive land-owners in New York and Michigan.\\nIn the spring of 1836 they were ordered to proceed to\\nBainbridge township, in Michigan, where Smith Merrick\\nhad made large land purchases. Seventeen of the party,", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0262.jp2"}, "263": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF BAINBRIDGE.\\n215\\nincluding Matran and Wilder, concluded to go, but the\\nothers declined to venture so far West. The seventeen\\ntraveled on foot to Buffalo, sailed via Lake Erie to Detroit,\\nand walked from there to Bainbridge, where they halted at\\nDavis tavern, and were presently met by Dr. N. B. Moffatt,\\nwho had previously been sent out to Bainbridge by Smith\\nMerrick to look after their interests there, and to open\\nthe country to settlers. Moffatt had prepared for the com-\\ning of the men by the erection of two log houses, and tlie\\nengagement of a family to board them. Mr. Matran says\\nthat when he aud his fellow-travelers reached their desti-\\nnation, a log house then standing near the site of the\\npresent German Catholic church, it was nine o clock at\\nnight, and all were ravenously hungry. The woman of the\\nhouse, however, refused to prepare supper, but did prepare\\nit eventually under continued protest. Her conduct led to\\nher dismissal the following day, and the installation in her\\nplace of the wife of John Nash, one of the seventeen.\\nWhen Matran and his companions reached their field of\\noperatious in Bainbridge, they found there Stillman Wood,\\nStephen R. Shepard, James Wilder, and others already\\nengaged in clearing land for Smith Merrick. Peter\\nSharrai was there, and, although considered a settler, spent\\nmuch of his time in boating on the St. Joseph. Dr. Moffatt\\nset his men so vigorously at work clearing land and putting\\nin wheat that at the end of the twelve months which the\\nparty had agreed to work a considerable tract of land in the\\nnorthern part of the township had been broken. Their\\nland-clearing labors ended in that section, the men passed\\nto other Western points, except Wood, Wilder, and Shepard,\\nwho located farms in Bainbridge, upon the lands they had\\nassisted in clearing. Wood remained until 1859, when he\\nremoved to the village of St. Joseph, where he now lives,\\nat the advanced age of ninety-four. George Wilder still\\nresides in Bainbridge, upon a farm he bought of Jason\\nKnapp. Shepard settled upon section 28, and there died.\\nOne of his sons, Morton II., lives in Pipestone Moffatt\\nwent West, and, in 1849, setting out for California, died on\\nthe way.\\nWhen Matran went westward, iu 1837, after finishing\\nfor Smith Merrick in Bainbridge, he had against that\\nfirm an unpaid claim for labor. After waiting until 1839\\nwithout receiving money on it, he returned to Bainbridge,\\nand in settlement took 80 acres on section 28. During the\\nensuing three years he worked on the St. Joseph River,\\nand at times doing some labor on his farm, succeeded in\\nclearing 15 acres by 1842, when he left the river, settled\\nupon his farm, and became a Bainbridge pioneer in earnest.\\nIn 1843 there arose some question touching Mr. Matran s\\neligibility to vote, and he visited Berrien Springs to satisfy\\nhimself on that point. While there he bought 12 apple-\\ntrees of Eli Ford, of Berrien township, and brought them\\nhome on his back. With them he started his first orchard,\\nand it became an excellent one. Mr. Matran lived on sec-\\ntion 28 until 1850, when he bought a farm on section 14,\\nto which he then removed, and where he has since lived.\\nOne of Bainbridge s settlers in 1836, and of course one\\nof its earliest, was Squire Samuel McKeyes, vho in\\n1835 came from Broome Co., N. Y., with his wife and five\\nchildren to Michigan, and stopping at Prairie Roude bought\\na mill-interest there, but not liking the place on account of\\nmuch sickness prevalent there, sold out and moved into\\nBerrien County, where he bought of the general govern-\\nment 16 separate tracts of land, each containing 80 acres.\\nSix of these tracts were in Bainbridge, and in that town-\\nship he decided to make his home, upon section 11, where\\nJacob Cribbs now lives. Mr. McKeyes died there in 1853.\\nThe only one of his children now living in Bainbridge is\\nMrs. Jacob Cribbs.\\nPeter Sharrai, of whom mention has already been made,\\nrented his Bainbridge farm in 1838 to Jabez Knapp, who\\ncame in that year with his family from Jeffer.son Co., N. Y.\\nKnapp occupied Sharrai s farm two years, during which\\ntime Sharrai boated on the St. Joseph in the summer and\\nboarded with Knapp in the winter. In 1840, Knapp re-\\nmoved to the farm upon which Dr. N. B. Moffatt had lived.\\nIn 1841, having bought 120 acres of Smith Merrick, on\\nsection 7, he went there to live, and was the first settler on\\nthe north-and-south road running through sections 6 and 7,\\nwhich was surveyed in 1841, on the day Mr. Knapp raised\\nhis log dwelling-house. Mr. Knapp was by trade a ship-\\ncarpenter, and until 1846 followed that business at St.\\nJoseph, while his sons looked after the farming interests.\\nIn that year he changed his location to a farm in Water-\\nvliet, near Coloma, and lived there until 1875, when he\\nwent to California, of which State he is still a citizen. The\\nonly child of Mr. Knapp living in Bainbridge is Mrs. J.\\nK. Bishop.\\nLevi Woodruff left Broome Co., N. Y., for the far We.st\\nin May, 1837, with his wife and ten children, and halt-\\ning in IMichigan, bought 160 acres of land of Smith\\nMerrick, on section 10, in Bainbridge. On the same sec-\\ntion Silas Irving had been a settler and lived with his\\nfamily in a log house, but growing tired of his pioneer ex-\\nperience had sold out to Samuel McKeyes and gone to\\nKalamazoo. Into Irving s abandoned cabin Woodruff\\nmoved his family, and lived there until his own dwelling\\nwas completed. Newton and Philo, two of the sons, located\\nnear the elder Woodruff. Newton still lives where he first\\nsettled. Philo moved to Minnesota in 1856, and is now\\nthere. Levi Woodruff died in Bainbridge in February,\\n1862. His children now in Bainbridge are Asa, Simeon,\\nNewton, and Mrs. Joseph Matran. Simeon Woodruff,\\nLevi s brother, moved to Bainbridge from Ohio not long\\nafter Levi s settlement, and he, too, lived with his family\\nin Irving s old hut during the preparation of a house of his\\nown on section 15, but he died before his new home was\\ncompleted. His widow and children occupied the farm\\nuntil 1848, when, selling it to Martin Byers, they moved to\\nOhio. While he lived in Bainbridge, Simeon Woodruff,\\nwho was an ordained Presbyterian minister, preached occa-\\nsionally in the settlement. Levi Woodruff, his brother,\\nwas instrumental in eflecting a Congregational Church or-\\nganization in Bainbridge, and served as deacon. The\\nchurch existed but a short time before being merged with\\nthe church at Coloma.\\nReturning now to the district bordering the Territorial\\nroad, the settlement of the Byers families in 1836 invites\\nmention as an incident of importance. In June of that\\nyear, David Byers, his nephew John Byers (a lad of six-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0263.jp2"}, "264": {"fulltext": "216\\nHISTORY OP BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nteen), and John s mother departed from Livingston Co.,\\nN. Y., for Michigan, being persuaded thereto by David s\\nbrother Tobias, who had preceded them to the West\\nand located in Van Buren Co., Mich. They visited\\nTobias, and, while there, purchased land in Bainbridge,\\nMrs. Byers, 160 acres on sections 13 and 24, and David,\\n240 acres on the same sections. David Byers lived upon\\nhis place until his death, in March, 1874, and in August of\\nthe same year John Byers mother died upon her Bain-\\nbridge home, where John Byers now resides. Of all the\\nsettlers in Bainbridge when John Byers came, he is the\\nonly one now living in the township, and is therefore\\nto-day the longest resident therein, and may in some sense\\nbe considered a patriarch.\\nUpon his coming the dwellers iu the township included\\nJohn P. Davis, at the Territorial road tavern, Martin Tice,\\nat the same point, Harvey Enos, at Millburg, and the Shar-\\nrais and McKeyes, in the north. South of the Territorial\\nroad there was no one.\\nJohn Byers recites the history of the origin of peach\\nculture in Berrien County, as follows: In 1840, David\\nByers, his uncle, went back to Livingston Co., N. Y., to\\nbe married, and upon his return to Michigan brought 100\\npeach-trees. Of these, he gave John 40 and kept GO him-\\nself In 1843 the trees bore their first fruit, and their\\ncombined product, amounting to 40 bushels, was taken to\\nSt. Joseph and sold, for \u00c2\u00a7100, to the steward of Capt. Ward s\\nsteamer, which ran to Chicago. The purchaser took them\\nto Chicago, and, according to Mr. Byers, that was the orig-\\ninal shipment of peaches made from Berrien County, and\\nfrom which the county s subsequent important peach trade\\narose. Touching the claim of Mr. George Parmelee to th6\\nhonor of originating peach culture in tliis section, Mr.\\nByers says that Mr. Parmelee lived in Bainbridge from\\n1840 to 1843, when he removed to Benton, and that it was\\nnot until after he became a resident of the latter township\\nthat be engaged in the cultivation of the peach.\\nLot Sutherland, of Broome Co., N. Y., migrated west-\\nward in the spring of 1836, with his family of seven\\nchildren, and, locating first near Kalamazoo, remained but\\na short time, and then removed to Bainbridge, where he\\npurchased 100 acres of Smith Merrick, on section 27,\\nand lived there until his death. His children now living\\nin Bainbridge are Justus, Ebenezer, and Henry Suther-\\nland, Mrs. John Morgan, and Mrs. Edwin Youngs.\\nArtemas Stickney accompanied Isaac Moffatt to Water-\\nvleit in 1836, where he worked for Smith Merrick. He\\nsettled, with his family, in Bainbridge, in 1837, on section\\n28, but moved to Pipestone some years later and died\\nthere. His widow now lives with her son, Eliphalet, in\\nBainbridge.\\nWallis and John Tabor purchased land on the Territo-\\nrial road as early perhaps as 1835, but did not occupy it\\nuntil some time afterwards. John worked as a blacksmith\\niu Chicago a few years, and then settled upon his Bain-\\nbridge farm, where he lived until 1875, when he removed to\\nCalifornia. He lived near the Pinney tavern, and was the\\nsuccessor of Harvey Enos in the Bainbridge post-ofiice.\\nWallis left Bainbridge in 1850 for California. Later he\\nsettled in Sodus, which township has since been his home.\\nAdam Miller, of Livingston Co., N. Y., came West in\\n1837, in company with his family and Samuel Fletcher,\\nhis brother-in-law. The latter settled in Van Buren County,\\nwhile Miller bought of the government 80 acres on section\\n24, in Bainbridge, where he now lives. Mr. Miller s\\ndaughter Fidelia, now living in Kalamazoo, was the first\\nwhite child born in the township, the year of her birth\\nbeing 1838.\\nH. H. Selter, who settled in Bainbridge in 1838, enjoyed\\nthe distinction of being a party to the first marriage cele-\\nbrated in the township. He was married the year of his\\narrival to Mary, daughter of Isaac Youngs. The ceremony\\nwas performed by David Byers, then a justice of the peace.\\nSelter located at first upon a place north of Pinney s tavern,\\nand afterwards changed his location to section 15, a little\\nnorth of the township centre, where he died in 1875. His\\nson Isaac married one of David Byers daughters, and now\\nlives on section 13.\\nDaniel Pettis, now living on .section 28, started from\\nVermont in 1837 for Van Buren Co., Mich., and afterf\\nworking there two years at his trade of carpenter, bought\\n80 acres on section 28, in Bainbridge, of Smith Merrick,\\ntook his family to the place in the spring of 1840, and\\nmade a clearing. At that time the north-and-south road\\neast of this place was only partially open. The east-and-\\nwest road, on which his farm now lies, he himself assisted\\nto construct. On that road, when Mr. Pettis came in, the\\nonly settler was Artemas Stickney.\\nIsaac Youngs was one of the early inhabitants of what\\nwas known as Shingle Diggings, in that portion of Bain-\\nbridge subsequently set off as Watervliet. In 1837 he left\\nthe Diggings and located upon a farm near Davis tavern,\\nwhere also his brother-in-law, Stephen R. Gilson (likewise\\na former resident at the Diggings), settled temporarily.\\nMr. Youngs moved to section 10, where he died. There\\nhis son Edwin now lives.\\nGilbert Van Vrankcn worked at J. H. Enos saw-mill in\\nMillburg from 1837 to 1841, and then, purchasing 80 acres\\nof land on section 28, in Bainbridge, became a pioneer, al-\\nthough he did not actually .settle upon the place until 1842,\\nwhen he married a daughter of James Higbee, of Benton.\\nMr. Van Vranken died in 1877, leaving a widow, who still\\nlives on the old place.\\nIn 1810, Jacob Cribbs, a house-carpenter, came to Bain-\\nbridge. In 1841 he assisted Philo Woodruff in the con-\\nstruction of Pinney s new tavern, and in payment for his\\nservices received some land on section 15. In 1842 he\\nmarried a daughter of Squire McKeyes, and since that time\\nhas been a resident of Bainbridge.\\nAs already remarked. Smith Merrick were owners of\\ngreat tracts of land in Bainbridge, and in the beginning of\\nthe year 1876 sent Dr. Isaac Moffatt out to superintend\\nthe work of clearing and cultivating their broad acres.\\nMoffatt brought several men out with him, and from time\\nto time his force was increased until he had quite a colony\\nabout him. Much of the land was in the northwestern\\nportion,of the township, and that locality, by reason of the\\nextensive land-clearing operations going forward there, came\\nto be known by the name of The Jobs. Stillman Wood,", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0264.jp2"}, "265": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0265.jp2"}, "266": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0266.jp2"}, "267": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OP BAINBRIDGE.\\n217\\nStephen R. Shepard, J. B. Ransom, Crawford Hazard,\\nJames Wilder, and one Lamson were among the earliest\\nemployed upon the Jobs, their service beginning about\\nJanuary, 1836. Ransom and Lamson reinained, however,\\nbut a short time before returning to New York. Crawford\\nHazard was from Jefferson Co., N. Y., and in the spring of\\n183G made the journey from Michigan, with his fiimily and\\nthe families of Alonzo Gustin and Artemas Stickney, the\\nthree being under engagement with Smith Merrick to\\nwork upon their Western lands. Gustin went back to New\\nYork after a short stay Hazard worked on the Jobs\\nabout a year, and in 1839 settled in Pipestone, upon a farm\\npurchased of Morgan Enos. He left there in 1844 for\\nHagar; located in Bainbridge in 1860; in 1861 returned to\\nPipestone; and in 1865 again took up his residence in Bain-\\nbridge, where he died in 1868. One of his daughters\\nmarried Nathaniel Brant, and now lives in Bainbridge.\\nMr. Hazard lived during his service on the Jobs, in\\nthe Ruleaux tavern, which, upon his coming, was vacant.\\nOne day a man drove suddenly up before Hazard s door\\nwith a loaded lumber-wagon, in whioh was his family and\\nhousehold goods. Calling out loudly, he asked, Is this\\nthe Ruleaux place? Hazard, coming to the door at the\\nsummons, replied that it was. Then, said the man on\\nthe wagon, I m master here. Hazard, in a spirit of\\nbadinage, replied, Well, sir, take oif your coat, and we ll\\ntry titles. The man on the wagon laughed, introduced him-\\nself as Isaac Higbee, shook hands with Hazard, and in-\\nformed him that he had bought the Ruleaux place for a\\nhome. Accordingly he took possession, and Hazard moved\\nto the house of Henry Nash, who boarded several of the\\nmen employed on the Jobs. Higbee lived on the place\\nbut three years and then moved West.\\nThe general impression seems to be that the first death\\nin the town.ship was that of John P. Davis, the first land-\\nlord of the Territorial road tavern, who died in the fall of\\n1836. The impression is a mistaken one. There were two\\ndeaths in the township before that of Davis. The first was\\nthat of a surveyor engaged with the corps making the gov-\\nernmental survey. A coffin not being easily obtainable, the\\nsurveyor s body was encased in bark, and thus was buried\\nnear the site afterwards chosen by Ruleaux for his tavern.\\nThat was the first death. The second was that of Mc-\\nDonald Carr, a Canadian, engaged on Smith Merrick s\\nJobs. Carr was taken ill shortly after he commenced\\nwork, and was taken care of at Henry Na.sh s boarding-\\nhouse. He was afterwards moved to Crawford Hazard s\\nhouse, where he died five days afterwards. He was buried\\nby the side of the surveyor, and there, too, a child was\\nburied not long afterwards. The remains of these three\\nstill lie in the spot where they were buried, although all\\ntraces of their graves have long since been obliterated.\\nMrs. Nathaniel Brant, a daughter of Crawford Hazard,\\nrecalls how the limited accommodations of settlers houses\\nduring the days of 36 were put to severe tests when new-\\ncomers began to grow plentiful, and says that generous\\nhospitality being the rule, it was nothing strange for four\\nor five families, just come into the settlement, to find enter-\\ntainment at one cabin, and to sleep promiscuously on the\\nfloor at night as the best that could be ofiered under the\\n28\\ncircumstances. Mosquitoes were distressingly plentiful,\\nand at times during the summer did much towards making\\nlife a burden.\\nHiram Ormsby came from the Watervliet Shingle Dig-\\ngings in 1838, with Stephen R. Gilson, and settled on the\\nTerritorial road near the tavern, but moved away after a\\nbrief stay. His home is now in South Haven. William\\nBoughton lived on the Territorial road, near Millburg, from\\n1837 to 1839, and in the latter year moved to Pipestone.\\nTHE PENN YAN SETTLEMENT.\\nThe southwestern portion of Bainbridge is popularly\\nknown as Penn Yan, a name given to it by Isaac Youngs\\nafter the Brants located there. The first settlement in this\\npart was made by the Brant family, of Wayne Co., N. Y.\\nSimeon Brant with his wife and four children Nathaniel,\\nJohn, Daniel, and Augustus came to Michigan in 1836,\\nand made a settlement upon section 31 in Bainbridge town-\\nship, where the elder Brant had, previous to his coming\\nhither, bought 80 acres of land of Darius Clark. At this\\ntime the southern tier of sections in Bainbridge was an un-\\nbroken wilderness, into which Brant was the first to venture\\nas a settler. With the aid of his boys, he chopped out a\\nroad to his place, put up a cabin, and made a clearing.\\nNathaniel, the eldest son. worked about upon neighboring\\nfarms until 1810, when he moved upon a farm in Pipe-\\nstone, on section 17, which he had bought in 1838 of\\nMorgan Enos, for whom, in Pipestone, he was a farm-hand\\nfrom 1837 to 1840. In 1844, Nathaniel bought of Smith\\nMerrick a farm in Bainbridge, and upon that place he\\nhas since lived. John settled in Pipestone, where he died.\\nDaniel became a settler in the southern portion of Bain-\\nbridge, and yet lives there. Augustus, the youngest brother,\\nwho lived with Daniel, was waylaid and killed while making\\na journey to visit some friends in Cass County.\\nFrancis Johnson followed Simeon Brant into Penn Yan\\nin 1837, although he had bought a farm the year before on\\nsection 31. He was unmarried then and roamed a bout\\nuntil 1837, when he put up a shanty on his place and soon\\nafter married. In a little while he tired of a pioneer s life\\nand moved into Benton township, where he opened a\\ncooper s shop, returning, however, not long afterwards to\\nhis Bainbridge farm, where he lived until 1879, when he\\nmoved to Kansas.\\nJoseph Griffin settled about the time of Johnson s coming.\\nHe died many years ago, and of his family none are known\\nto be in the township.\\nEthamar Adams and his two sons, Charles and Ethamar,\\nJr., came in perhaps in 1837. The two sons were some\\nyears afterwards killed in the Mountain Meadow massacre\\nin Utah. The elder Adams moved to Niles in 1854, and\\ndied there. Previous to Adams occupancy of his Bain-\\nbridge farm, Henry Nash, who had been at work for Smith\\nMerrick, lived on it a few months, and then changed his\\nresidence to St. Joseph.\\nDavid Sutherland, who had settled in Kalamazoo in\\n1837, conveyed his family to Bainbridge in 1839, having\\nthere bought of Israel Kellogg 120 acres on sections 33\\nand 34. His experience as a pioneer was, however, brief,\\nfor he died in August, 1840. His four sons William,", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0267.jp2"}, "268": {"fulltext": "218\\nHISTORY OP BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nBushrod, John, and George lived with him until his\\ndeath. Wiilianj now occupies the old homestead. Bush-\\nrod bought a farm in Bainbridgo in 1854, and now lives\\nthere. John lived with his brother William until 1856,\\nwhen he bought a farm in Pipestone, where he has since\\nresided. George, who went to Kalamazoo to live when he\\nwas but eight years old, now resides in Kalamazoo County.\\nCharles Barnes, who married one of David Sutherland s\\ndaughters, was a settler first in Kalamazoo and then in\\nIllinois. In 1842 he bought a place in Balnbridge on\\nsection 34. He entered the military service during the\\nwar of the Rebellion as chaplain of the I ith Michigan\\nInfantry was wounded at the battle of Shiloh, and died\\nin the hospital at Pittsburg Landing.\\nIn April, 1844, Joseph and Albert Vincent, with their\\nfamilies, and Henry Vincent, their younger brother, the\\nparty including eight persons, landed in Bainbridge, with\\na pair of horses, a lumber-wagon, and their household ef-\\nfects. They had come from the town of Clayton, Jefferson\\nCo., N. Y., for the purpose of locating in Michigan, but\\nundecided as to any particular point until they reached the\\nState. Joseph worked Daniel Pettis farm a year, and then\\nbought of Israel Kellogg a farm on section 34, where he\\nnow lives. He did but little work on the place until 1848,\\nwhen he settled upon it permanently. At that time there\\nwas no traveled road in the vicinity of his farm, and until\\n1849 narrow paths through the woods were the best\\nthoroughfares available. Albert Vincent worked the old\\nSharrai place two years, and then, buying a farm near\\nMillburg, lived upon it a number of years. He then\\nmoved to Millburg and kept a store. His residence is\\nnow Benton Harbor. Henry boated on the St. Joseph, and\\ndied at Millburg.\\nHorace Vincent, another brother, became a settler in\\nBainbridge in 1846, when he occupied a farm north of\\nMillburg, and after living there seven years moved to\\nBenton, where he still resides. Still another brother, John,\\ncame to Bainbridge at an early day, and becoming subse-\\nquently a resident of Watervliet, died in Coloma in 1877.\\nStephen Stanley was among those who worked with\\nStephen R. Shepard, on Smith Merrick s Jobs, in\\n1838. After completing his services there, he followed\\nthe business of boating on the St. Joseph River, and in\\n1844 settled in Benton township. He now lives in Hagar.\\nIn 1843, George Wise, with his wife and three children,\\nhis father and mother, and his brother-in-law, John Lewis\\n(whose family likewise accompanied him), started in com-\\npany from Livingston Co., N. Y., via the Erie Canal, for\\nthe West, without any definite purpose as to where in the\\nWest they would locate. During the canal journey to Buf-\\nfalo, George Wise s eldest child a daughter was killed\\nby contact with a bridge, under which the boat passed be-\\nfore the child could heed the danger-warning. Reaching\\nBuffalo, the party embarked on board a lake vessel for\\nChicago, where arriving, they did not fancy the country,\\nand having been neighbors of David Byers (then settled\\nin Bainbridge), they resolved to visit him. Mr. Wise s\\nfather and John Lewis stopped with David Byers, while\\nGeorge Wise and his family were sheltered at the house of\\nJohn Byers mother.\\nWithout delay George Wise bought of E. P. Deacon 80\\nacres of land on section 24, in Bainbridge, and while pre-\\nparing the place for his family, lodged them in a house in\\nthe adjoining township of Keeler that summer. Upon\\nthe place he then bought, Mr. Wise has lived until the\\npresent time.\\nJohn Lewis settled in Keeler within a few days after\\nhis arrival in Bainbridge. The elder Wise located upon a\\nplace one mile west of his son, on the Territorial road,\\nwhere George Peters had already erected a cabin. He\\nlived afterwards in Keeler, where he died in 1853. When\\nthe Wises came info Bainbridge, the settlers on the Terri-\\ntorial road were the Byers, on the east, and on the west,\\nJames Bragg, the widow Woodruff, David Woodruff, the\\nTabors, Martin Tice, Pinney, the landlord, and the widow\\nof John Williams. Williams was an early settler in what\\nis now Coloma.\\nThe year 1844 was fruitful of settlements in Bainbridge.\\nEighteen families came hither from the town of Clayton,\\nJefierson Co., N. Y., including the Bishops, the Spinks,\\nthe Harris families, the Boyers, Vincents, Spencers, and\\nothers. Asa Bishop and his three married sons, A. Sprague\\nBishop, Appleton Bishop, and Norris S. Bishop, came iu\\ncompany with their families. They all purchased land of\\nSmith Merrick, on the north-and-south road passing\\nthrough sections 6 and 7, and settled on farms adjoining\\neach other. Sprague Bishop remained until 1850, when\\nhe sold to James Adams and moved to Hagar, where he\\nnow lives. Asa Bishop lived on a place adjoining Sprague s\\non the south, and afterwards lived with his son, Kellogg\\nBishop, who, upon marrying a daughter of Jason Knapp,\\noccupied a residence opposite his father s house. The elder\\nBishop died at Kellogg s house, in 1872. The latter still\\nresides in Bainbridge. Appleton lived in Bainbridge a\\nfew years, and removed to St. Joseph to engage in mercan-\\ntile pursuits, and there died. Norris resided in Bainbridge\\nuntil his death, in 1864. When the Bishops came in,\\nthose living on the north-and-south road spoken of were\\nthe Boyers, Jabez Knapp, Jason Alden, and Elisha Coon.\\nAlden moved to Wisconsin three years later, and returning\\nonce more to Michigan, settled permanently in Benton.\\nCoon soon passed farther West, and now lives in California.\\nOrsemus and John Spink visited the West in the fall of\\n1843, on a prospecting tour, during which John bought of\\nSmith Merrick 80 acres on section 29, in Bainbridge.\\nThe brothers returned to New York, and there Orsemus\\nexchanged his New York farm, with Smith Merrick, for\\n80 acres on section 32, adjoining John s place. In the\\nspring of 1844 both came to Bainbridge with their fam-\\nilies, and spent a few days at Artemas Stickney s house,\\nwhen, having erected a board shanty on John s farm, they\\nmoved into it. Orsemus Spink relates that when they\\ncame, roads in their neighborhood were not to be seen.\\nTheir neighbors were the Brants, one mile south no settlers\\nwere between them and the western line of the town.ship,\\nwhile on the north, nearest them were Stowe and Van Der\\nBogart, and on the east, Stickney, Joseph and Mitchell\\nMatran, Daniel Pettis, and Gilbert Van Vranken. Orse-\\nmus Spink is still a resident of Bainbridge. John moved", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0268.jp2"}, "269": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF BAINBRIDGE.\\n219\\nto St. Joseph in 1854, and later to Benton, where he died.\\nSamuel, a third brother, who started with Orsemus and\\nJohn from New York in 1844, stopped at Toledo, where\\nhe remained four years, and in 1848 settled in Baiobridge,\\nupon section 29. A few years later he changed his resi-\\ndence to St. Joseph township, where he now lives.\\nJustin, Norman, and Austin Boyer, three brothers, ex-\\nchanged lands in Jefferson Co., N. Y., for some of Smith\\nMerrick s land in Bainbridge, and, with their families,\\nsettled there in 1844, Jusfin on section 6, where he still\\nlives, and Austin adjoining him on the south. The latter\\nnow lives in California.\\nAmong the comers of 1844 was S. H. Meech, of Oswego\\nCo., N. Y., who bought about 300 acres in Bainbridge of\\nH. T. Meech Barnes, Western land speculators living in\\nNew York. He came out with his wife, and lived at Fin-\\nney s tavern until his own log house was completed. Then\\nhe joined the pioneer army, locating on section 26, where\\nhe lived until his death, in 1873, and where his widow\\nstill survives him.\\nJ. D Brewster, a Vermonter, came to Bainbridge with\\nhis family in 1844, and lived a year on a place owned by\\nJustus Sutherland, where Brewster put up a cabin, his\\nfamily remaining meanwhile at the house of Daniel Pettis.\\nDuring the year he bought 80 acres of George Peters, of\\nBenton, and building thereon a substantial log house moved\\nupon the place in 1845, since which time he has resided\\nthere.\\nA. F. Stiles, of Jefferson Co., N. Y., left there in the\\nspring of 1845 with his wife and three children for Michi-\\ngan, having bought of Eli Watson 160 acres on section 30\\nin Bainbridge. Leaving his family in Lenawee Co., Mich.,\\nMr. Stiles went over to Bainbridge to look at his new pur-\\nchase, and was pleased with it, especially upon being in-\\nformed that he had got a piece of fine land at a bargain.\\nMr. Stiles brought his family on and occupied temporarily\\na log cabin that had been erected upon a place near there\\nby Walter Van De Bogart, who was an early settler in\\nBainbridge, but who in a few years after coming to Michi-\\ngan returned to New York, whence he had migrated. Van\\nDe Bogart s brother-in-law, Cyrus Stowe, settled also in\\nBainbridge at an early date. He sold out in 1855 to Dr.\\nParker and moved to St. Joseph village, where for a while\\nhe kept a boarding-house, and removing afterwards to Illi-\\nnois, died there. In the spring of 1846, Mr. Stiles moved\\nto his own farm, and there he now resides. Although the\\nroad on which he now lives was laid out before he came in,\\nit was not until the summer of 1846 that it was opened for\\ntravel. Mr. Stiles nearest neighbors were Orsemus Spink,\\nthree-quarters of a mile east, the Brants, on the south, and\\nJohn Spink, on the north.\\nLsrael P. Lyman, who was an early settler in Bainbridge,\\nlived upon section 18, near Millburg, until 1847, when he\\nsold his place to Harley B. Harrington and moved away.\\nAt that time there was no settlement between Harrington s\\nand Tice s on the Territorial road. Mr. Harrington died in\\n1866. His daughter, Mrs. Morrison, now lives on the\\nfarm.\\nSydney Spencer moved from Jefferson Co., N. Y., to\\nHillsdale, IMich., in 1844, and in 1846 came to BainbiidKe,\\nwhere he had bought 120 acres of land (previously occu-\\npied by Walter Van De Bogart) of William Angcll, a\\nMichigan land-owner, living in New York. Upon that\\nplace Mr. Spencer has since continued to live. When he\\nlocated there, the only settlers on the road between him\\nand Spink s Corners were Cyrus Stowe and John Spink.\\nPrevious to Sydney Spencer s coming, his brother Jason\\nsettled near Spink s Corners in 1844. He sold out after a\\nbrief residence and went East, but settled subsequently in\\nBenton township.\\nIn 1844, Daniel Harris with his two sons, Henry and\\nElkanah, came from Jefferson Co., N. Y., and settled upon\\nsection 6. They moved away in 1850. Henry now lives\\nin Coloma. His father and brother are dead.\\nSTAGE-COACHING DAYS.\\nThe early days of the Territorial road and the popularity\\nof Finney s tavern have already been briefly alluded to. In\\nthe old stage-coach times a roadside tavern, where good\\ncheer and a brief rest awaited the weary traveler, meant\\nsomething of which contemplation was always a pleasure,\\nand the realization of which generally verified anticipations.\\nDavis, who built the log tavern upon the opening of the\\nroad, in 1835, did not, perhaps, offer a perfect house of en-\\ntertainment nor did his immediate successors, for the reason,\\ndoubtless, that limited traffic did not warrant it, although\\nit is likely that the old log tavern was a welcome and re-\\nfreshing resting-place to many a tired and hungry wayfarer.\\nIt was, however, reserved for Finney, in 1841, to set the\\ntavern forward upon a career of prosperity to which it had\\nhitherto scarcely aspired. He replaced the log cabin with a\\ncapacious and somewhat pretentious structure, expanded his\\nconveniences for business even as business itself continued\\nto expand, and for some years thereafter drove a remarkably\\nbrisk trade. Travel was lively. The merry stage-coaches,\\nsometimes as many as a dozen each day, drawn by dash-\\ning teams of four and sometimes six horses, carried fu!l\\nloads of passengers daily between Detroit and St. Joseph\\nfreight-wagons plied regularly and frequently along the\\nroute and times were, altogether, quite encouraging for\\nmine host Finney and his famous tavern-stand.\\nWith the completion, however, of the Michigan Central\\nRailroad to Kalamazoo, the days of stage-coaching on the\\nTerritorial road and the days of Finney s tavern as a shining\\nlight were over forever. The six-horse coach was pushed\\naside by the iron horse, the tide of traffic betook itself to\\nanother and speedier channel, Finney s tavern fell into the\\nobscurity of neglect, and Finney himself was known no\\nmore as a landlord.\\nTEMPERANCE\u00e2\u0080\u0094 MILL.?\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ROADS.\\nAlthough now what may be justly termed a temperance\\ntownship, Bainbridge withheld its frown in the earlier days\\nof its settlement from the practice of alcoholic consump-\\ntion which prevailed while the taverns were institutions in\\nthe land. Indeed, the spirit that ruled then permitted the\\ndispensation of spirits at not only the taverns, but it was\\nconsidered quite proper for every family to keep a bountiful\\nsupply of liquor on hand for use in a sudden emergency, or\\nto play an important part in the business of providing hos-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0269.jp2"}, "270": {"fulltext": "220\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\npitable treatment for visitors, and open-handed hospitality\\nwas as common then as it was freely called into exercise.\\nNow, however, .ill that is changed, that is, the matter of\\nliquor consumption or sale. Popular opinion long since\\ndeclared again.st the traffic in liquor, and Bainbridge has,\\naccordingly, enjoyed for many a day a comparative freedom\\nfrom enterprises of that character.\\nMills. Bainbridge has at no time felt the impetus of\\nmilling enterprise within its borders, one rea.son being a\\nlack of water-power, and another the want of railway-\\ntransportation facilities. The only mill the town ever had\\nwas a saw-mill, which was built by Freeman Ruggles, in\\n185(5, on Mill Creek, in the northeastern corner of the\\ntownship.\\nAs already mentioned, the Territorial road passing through\\nthe centre of the township from east to west was laid out in\\n1835. In 1837 the business of layinjj out township roads\\nwas carried forward by E. C. King, S. 11. Shepard, and J.\\nN. Davis, as highway commissioners, Israel Kellogg being\\nthe surveyor. In that year the roads laid out were one\\nrunning north and south on the west lines of sections 22, 27,\\nand 34; one running east and west through the centre of\\nsections 27, 28, and 29 one north and south along the west\\nlines of sections 20, 29, and 32 one along the east lines of\\nsections 3, 10, 15, 22, and 27 one east and west through the\\ncentre of sections 33 and 34 one north and south through\\nsections 5, 8, and 17 and one east and west through sec-\\ntions 8, 9, and 10. In 1838 the roads laid out were one\\nfrom the east portion of section 8 to Millburg one north\\nand south along the east lines of sections 29 and 32, thence\\nwest and south to the south line of section 32.\\nTHE GERMAN SETTLEMENT.\\nBainbridge is largely occupied by Germans, especially in\\nthe northern portion, where they are greatly in the majority.\\nThat locality is generally known as the German Settlement,\\nwhose members are known also as a thrifty, industrious\\npeople, comfortably off in nearly every instance, and in\\nmany even wealthy. They maintain four church organi-\\nzations, are liberally supplied with excellent school privi-\\nleges, are most worthy citizens, and although taking free\\nand active part in daily associations with the world outside\\ntheir own community, confine their social lives in a great\\ndegree to the settlement, and fraternize, in short, with\\neach other as members of one family. For this there is es-\\npecial reason in the fact that all the members of the settle-\\nment are natives of Germany, or children of Germans, and,\\nmore than that, many of them were neighbors and friends\\nin the Fatherland.\\nThe German Settlement was founded in 1841, by Mi-\\nchael Humphrey, Peter Humphrey, his brother, Jacob\\nKreiger, Peter Schmitberger, Daniel Kreiger, Christian\\nHeffner, Jacob Kneibes, and Peter, his son. These eight\\nGermans, who left their native land in 1840 for America,\\nalthough not all in company, went to Ohio, and late in that\\nyear met in the city of Cincinnati. All were actuated by\\na common desire to become farmers in the great West, and\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2so it came about that all being similarly attracted to the\\nadvertisement of Smith Merrick, the great Michigan\\nland-owners, they resolved to purchase farms in Michigan.\\nSo, under instructions of Israel Kellogg, agent for Smith\\nMerrick, they set out from Cincinnati for Bainbridge town-\\nship, traveling by teams, and in the summer of 1841 halted\\nin Watcrvliet. The journey from Cincinnati was a tedious\\none, but the hearts of the sturdy Germans were cheered\\nwith the prospect of comfort in their pioneer life, and they\\nlooked forward with bright hopes and eager anticipations\\nto the prosperity which they believed awaited them in the\\nnew land of their adoption. Sour milk and bread, it is .said,\\nformed the chief aiticles of diet during their trip from Cin-\\ncinnati to Watcrvliet, the bread being in their own stores,\\nand the milk being obtained as best it could be from dwell-\\ners along the wayfarers route. Probably they thrived on\\nthe bread and milk, and hearty and happy they landed in\\nWatervliet, ready to bargain with Israel Kellogg for their\\nfuture homes. Of the eight, Michael and Peter Humphrey\\nsettled in what is now Watervliet; the rest located just south\\nof them, in the northern portion of what is now Bainbridge.\\nThe fir.st of the eight to die was Michael Humphrey, who\\nlived in the settlement until 1854, and saw then that the\\nlittle band with which he came in thirteen years before\\nhad expanded in strength and grown to be a prosperous\\nand wealthy community. Since then Peter Schmitberger,\\nDaniel Kreiger, and Jacob Kneibes have died. Of the\\nother four, Peter Humphrey moved to Weesaw township in\\n1846 Ja.ob Kreiger, Christian Heffner, and Peter Kreibcs\\nare still residents of Bainbridge.\\nUpon the farms purchased by the eight friends Smith\\nMerrick had effected some clearings, but the greater\\nportion of the tract was a wild, unbroken country, and at it\\nthe Germans commenced with a will to subdue the forest\\nand to make the soil productive. They continued for five\\nyears, or until 1846, to comprise all the inhabitants in the\\nGerman Settlement, and by that time, having done much\\ntowards improving the country and their prospects, they\\nthought of inducing others of their friends in Germany to\\ncome out and join them. With that purpose in view, they\\nwrote to those whom they desired as accessions to their\\nlittle band, and as a result there were added in 1846 the\\nfiimilies of Adam Hofer, Andrew Kaunzman, William\\nDukesher, Charles Knopf, Christopher Reichebach, and\\nMichael Humphrey, who journeyed together from Ger-\\nmany, and made the trip from Buffalo to St. Joseph in the\\nsteamer Phoenix. Speedily following them, in the fall\\nof 1846 and spring of 1847, came David Scherer, Jacob\\nHerman, Adam Pole, Daniel and Lawrence Koob, David\\nFriday, Michael Christ, Nicholas Kiblcr, Adam Shrumm,\\nand others, of whom Kaunzman, Friday, and the Koobs\\nsettled in Watervliet, while the others located in Bainbridge.\\nLater came the Webers, the Haids, Arnts, Buhlingers,\\nDenners, and many who have become conspicuously identi-\\nfied with the progress of the settlement. As the German\\nsettlers came in they settled near each other, and so gradu-\\nally created a community, which has widened, expanded,\\nand strengthened into its present proportions.\\nPOST-OFFICE AND POSTMASTERS.\\nJ. H. Enos, who settled in Millburg in 1836, was ap-\\npointed postmaster not long afterwards, and at his house,\\ntherefore, was kept the first office established in Hainbridge.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0270.jp2"}, "271": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0271.jp2"}, "272": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0272.jp2"}, "273": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OP BAINBRIDGE.\\n221\\nWhen Mr. Enos resigned the office, in 1844, John Tabor,\\nliving near Pinney s tavern, was appointed, and retained\\nthe phiee some time, to be succeeded by Justus Sutherland.\\nSamuel Yund and Frank Stewart were the incumbents after\\nSutherland, and after Stewart s time there was a lapse in\\nthe Bainbridge post-office until the appointment of James\\nN. Peters, the present postmaster.\\nTOWNSHIP ORGANIZATIOX.\\nOriginally a part of St. Joseph township, Bainbridge\\nwas set off, with a separate jurisdiction, in 1837, as a town-\\nship, six miles square. Subsequently its jurisdiction covered\\nthe territory now embraced within the limits of Pipestone\\nand Watervliet, so that Bainbridge reached sis miles in\\nwidth and eighteen in length. Pipestone was created a\\ntownship in 1842 and Watervliet in 1846, when the terri-\\ntory of Bainbridge was reduced to the original sis miles\\nsquare, which it still retains.\\nThe township board for 1879 consisted of Charles C.\\nKent, Menit Matran, J. K. Bi-shop, and Henry Pettis,\\nwho composed also the board of health. The acting jus-\\ntices of the peace in 1879 were J. K. Bishop, Henry Pettis,\\nRobert M. Hunter, and William H. Cook.\\nThe following is a list of the persons elected at the first\\nannual township-meeting, April 3, 1837, to .serve as officers\\nfor the ensuing year Supervisor, J. B. Ransom Clerk,\\nJ. H. Enos Assessors, Samuel McKeycs, David Byers,\\nJames H. Enos Justices of the Peace, Samuel JIcKeyes,\\nDavid Byers, Wallis Tabcr, William Boughton Commis-\\nsioners of Highways, Stephen R. Shepard, John N. Davis,\\nEzra C. King Overseers of the Poor, Samuel McKeyes,\\nWilliam Boughton Commissioners of Common Schools,\\nSamuel McKeyes, Jerome B. Ran.som, James H. Enos;\\nCollector, Francis Johnson Constables, Francis Johnson,\\nJohn M Enos Pathraaster, Martin Tice. Subsequently,\\nat a special town-meeting, Samuel McKeyes was chosen\\nsupervisor. The second annual town-meeting was held at\\nthe house of Ezra C. King, April 2, 1838, and while the\\nold tavern stand existed town-meetings were held there.\\nThe names of the persons annually chosen from 1838 to\\n1879, inclusive, to be supervisors, clerks, treasurers, and\\njustices of the peace are given, as follows:\\n1S3S. Supei-vi.sor, Samuel McKeyes; Clerk, Philo Woodruff; Treas-\\nurer, Wallis Taber; Justices of the Peace, Levi Woodruff,\\nJames H. Enos.\\n18.39. Supervisor, Samuel McKeyes; Clerk, Philo Woodruff Treas-\\nurer, Samuel McKeyes; Justices of the Peace, William\\nBoughton, Israel Kellogg.\\n1840.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, Levi Woodruff; Clerk, Simeon G. Woodruff;\\nTreasurer, David Byers; Justices of the Peace, Samuel\\nMcKeyes, Stephen R. Gilson.\\n1841.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, Adam Prouty Clerk, Simeon G. AVoodruff Tre.ns-\\nurer, Levi Woodruff; Justice of the Peace, James II. Enos.\\n1842. Supervisor, Israel Kellogg; Clerk, Alexander P. Pinncy;\\nTreasurer, J. H. Enos Justice of the Peace, Israel Kel-\\nlogg-\\n1S43. Supervisor, James IL Enos; Clerk, A. P. Pinney Treasurer,\\nWalter Van Der Bog,art; Justices of the Peace, Gilson Os-\\ngood, James Bragg.\\n1844.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, Israel F.Lyman; Clerk, Cyrus Stow Treasurer,\\nWaller Van Der Bogart Justice of the Peace, Justus Suther-\\nland.\\n1845.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, W. C. George: Clerk, Cyrus Stow; Treasurer,\\nJames Adams; Justice of the Peace, Israel F. Ljman.\\n184G.-\\n1847.-\\n1848.-\\n1849.-\\n1850.-\\n1851.-\\n1852.-\\n1855.\\n1856.\\n1857.\\n1860.\\n1861.\\n1862.\\n1863.\\n1866.\\n1S67.\\n1869.\\n1870.\\n1871.\\n1872.\\n1873.\\n1874.\\n1875.\\n-Supervisor, Israel F. Lyman; Clerk, Sprague Bishop: Treas-\\nurer, James Adams; Justice of the Peace, W. C. George.\\n-Supervisor, W. C. George; Clerk, George Peters; Treasurer,\\nWilliam Grossman; Justice of the Peace, Sydney Spencer.\\n-Supervisor, Newton R. Woodruff; Clerk, B. D. Thompson\\nTreasurer, William Grossman; Justice of the Peace, John\\nByers.\\n-Supervisor, A. F. Stiles; Clerk, John T. Taber; Treasurer,\\nGeorge Peters; Justice of the Peace, Austin Boyer.\\n-Supervisor, Samuel McKeyes: Clerk, John T. Taber; Treasu-\\nrer, James Bragg; Justices of the Peace, Lemuel Clark,\\nJames Bragg.\\n-Supervisor, N.R.Woodruff; Clerk, George Peters; Treasurer,\\nJames Bragg; Justice of the Peace, Sydney Spencer.\\n-Supervisor, W. C. George; Clerk, John T. Taber; Treasurer,\\nH. B. Herrington Justices of the Peace, Z. Marsh, W. C.\\nGeorge.\\n-Supervisor, W. C. George; Clerk, J. T. Taber; Treasurer, Mor-\\ngan Woodruff; Justices of the Peace, Francis Johnson,\\nHorace Vincent.\\n-Supervisor, D. 0. Dix; Clerk, John T. Taber; Treasurer, Jus-\\ntus Sutherland; Justices of the Peace, Horace Vincent, Wm.\\nL. George.\\n-Supervisor, W. L. George; Clerk, John T. Taber; Treasurer,\\nJustus Sutherland Justice of the Peace, Sydney Spencer.\\n-Supervisor, W. L. George Clerk, George Peters Treasurer,\\nJohn Byers; Justice of the Peace, George Peters.\\n-Supervisor, Charles Kent; Clerk, John T. Tal)er: Treasurer,\\nH. 11. Seller; Justices of the Peace, James R. Campbell,\\nJames Adams (2d).\\n-Supervisor, W. L. George; Clerk, H. B. Harrington; Treas-\\nurer, Orvi lie Jennings; Justioesof the Peace, Wm. W. Green,\\nFrancis Johnson.\\n-Supervisor, W. L. George; Clerk, John T. Tuber; Treasurer,\\nJustus Sutherland; Justices of the Peace, Charles Kent, John\\nCampbell.\\n-Supervisor, Charles C. Kent; Clerk, John T. Taber; Treasurer,\\nKayus Haid; Justice of the Peace, D. 0. Di.Y.\\n-Supervisor, D. 0. Dix; Clerk, Charle.- Kent; Treasurer, N. S.\\nBishop Justice of the Peace, II. H. Setter.\\n-Supervisor, W. L. George; Clerk, Charles C. Kent; Treasurer,\\nKayus Haid; Justices of the Peace, N. S. Bishop, A. B. Ives.\\n-Supervisor, Charles C. Kent; Clerk, H. B. Harrington; Treas-\\nurer, Ambler Olds; Justices of the Peace, J. H. Peters, 11.\\nM. Hunter.\\n-Supervisor, 11. B. Harrington; Clerk, Charles A. Spencer;\\nTreasurer, Ambler Olds Justices of the Peace, W. L. George,\\nAmos Wooden.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Supervisor, H. B. Harrington; Clerk, Charles A. Spencer;\\nTreasurer, Asaph Woodruff; Justice of the Peace, John\\nByers.\\n-Supervisor, John Byers; Clerk, Samuel Barnard; Treasurer,\\nChristiiin Kreiger; Justice of the Peace, Ambler Olds.\\n-Supervisor, Kayus Haid; Clerk, Samuel J.Barnard; Treas-\\nurer, Wendel Elgas; Justices of the Peace, Francis John-\\nson, John Campbell.\\n-Supervisor, Kayus Haid; Clerk^ Justus Sutherland; Treas-\\nurer, Christian Kreiger; Justices of the Peace, Merritt Ma-\\ntran, J. K. Bishop.\\n-Supervisor, Thomas J. West; Clerk, Samuel J. Barnard;\\nTreasurer, Wendel Elgas; Justices of the Peace, John\\nByers, John A. Mays.\\n-Supervisor, Thomas J. West; Clerk, Samuel J. Barnard:\\nTreasurer, Wendel Elgas; Justice of the Peace, J. A. Mays.\\n-Supervisor, Thomas J. West; Clerk, Samuel J. Barnard; Treas-\\nurer, Ambler Olds; Justice of the Peace, Orsemus Spink.\\n-Supervisor, N. R. Woodruff; Clerk, John A. Mays; Treas-\\nurer, Peter G. Kneibes; Justice of the Peace, Ira McGee.\\n-Supervisor, Charles C. Kent; Clerk, John A. Mays; Treas-\\nurer, Charles Weber, Jr.; Justices of the Peace, Merritt\\nMatran, Calvin B. Chappeli.\\n-Supervisor, Juan M. Guy Clerk, Charles C. Kent Treasurer,\\nCharles Weber, Jr. Justice of the Peace, Robert Hunter.\\n-Supervisor, Juan M. Guy; Clerk, Merritt Matran; Treasurer,\\nCharles Weber; Justice of the Peace, Albert Sutherland.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0273.jp2"}, "274": {"fulltext": "222\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\n1876.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Suporvifor, Charles C. Kent; Clerk, Merritt Matron; Treas-\\nurer, Charles Weber; Justices of the Peace, J. K. Bishop,\\nWilliam H. Cook.\\n1S77. Supervisor, Charles C. Kent; Clerk, Merritt Matran; Treas-\\nurer, Charles AVeber; Justice of the Peace, Balaam Dodge.\\n1878. Supervisor, Charles C. Kent; Clerk, Merritt Matran; Treas-\\nurer, Richard Haid Justices of the Peace, Robert M.\\nHunter, Henry Pettis.\\n1879. Supervisor, C. C. Kent; Clerk, Merritt Matran; Treasurer,\\nRichard Haid Justice of the Peace, William H. Cook\\nHighway Commissioner, B. AV. Sutherland; Drain Commis-\\nsioner, J. K. Bishop.\\nBainbridge contains seven church eiiifices and nine church\\norganizations, to wit Disciples, 1 Baptist, 2 Roman\\nCatholic, 1 Evangelical Lutheran, 1 Evangelical Eccle-\\nsiastical, 1 Methodist Episcopal, 1 Protestant Methodist,\\n1 United Brethren, 1. Besides these, other church or-\\nganizations have existed, but they have passed away with\\nthe lapse of time, and live only in the meraories of a few.\\nCommonly throughout the West in the pioneer days the\\nadherents of the Methodist Episcopal Church were foremost\\nin forming church organizations, and in Bainbridge the\\nmembers of that faith led the way in public worship.\\nThey weie, however, not far in advance of the inhabitants\\nof the German Settlement, who turned their attention with\\nbecoming speed to public contemplation of religious affairs,\\nand beginning with one church, now have four within a\\nradius of less than half a mile.\\nThe Union Church. In the southwest, at Spink s\\nCorners, is a union church, in which worship is held by\\nthree distinct denominations, Baptists, Episcopal Meth-\\nodists, and Protestant Methodists. The church property\\nis vested in the Baptist and Protestant Methodist Societies,\\nwho joined in erecting it, although the P]piscopal Meth-\\nodists supplied some assistance.\\nThe First Baptist Church was organized in 1 869, by\\nmembers of the Baptist Church of St. Joseph living in\\nBainbridge and Sodus, as a member of the St. Joseph River\\nBaptist Association. The constituting members were Job\\nKing and wife, F. B. King and wife, John King, Job King,\\nJr., Rufus, Sarah, and Phila King, Melinda Barden, Deli-\\nlah Mays, A. F. Stiles and wife, Emma and Ida Stiles, Rip-\\nley Merrill and wife, Harvey Merrill and wife, Esther Merrill,\\nMark and Milton Meech. Elder Job King, of Sodus, was\\nthe first preacher, and continued to serve the church until\\nhis health failed, when his place was filled by his son, P]lder\\nJohn King, who is now in charge. The deacons and trus-\\ntees first appointed still serve, the former being A. P. Stiles\\nand Ripley Merrill, and the latter A. F. Stiles, Ripley Mer-\\nrill, and A. P. King. The membership is now 28. Ser-\\nvices are held once in two weeks.\\nThe Methodist Episcopal Church dates its existence back\\nto the comparatively early period of 184(5, when Orsemus\\nand John Spink, strongly desirous of effecting a church\\norganization, volunteered to contribute towards the erection\\nof a school-house, conditioned that the church might use it\\nfor worship. The building was accordingly put up opposite\\nwhere the school at Spink s Corners now stands, and a church\\nwas at once organized, with 14 members. Orsemus Spink\\nwas chosen the first class-leader, as well as first steward,\\nand as class-leader he has served ever since. The present\\nsteward is O. H. Dix. From 1846 to 1847 the church\\nwas attached to the Silver Creek circuit, and after that to\\nthe St. Joseph circuit. Among the early pastors were\\nRevs. McCool, Meek, Kellogg, Robinson, Doughty, and\\nothers. Worship was held in the old scliool-house (now\\ntised on Wm. M. Noble s place as a wagon-house), with\\nmore or less regularity, until the erection of the union\\nchurch, since when services have been held once in two\\nweeks, Rev. A. N. Eldred being now the pastor. The\\nchurch membership is 17.\\nTlie Protestant Methodist Church, occupying also the\\nunion church edifice at Spink s Corners, was organized\\nNov. 18, 1865, with members as follows: Stephen Sedg-\\nwick and wife, William Friend, Mary Doane, Helen Spink,\\nAlberto Spink and wife, William J. Cook and wife, George\\nMclntyre and wife. These were members of the Pipe-\\nstone class, previously worshiping in Pipestone, but at the\\ntime above mentioned withdrew and organized the Bain-\\nbridge class, in Bainbridge. It was on that date also that\\nthe Bainbridge circuit was established and held its first\\nquarterly meeting. The circuit preachers then appointed\\nwere Revs. B. Bayne and A. B. Clark. The local preachers\\nwere W. J. Cook and Allen Johnson.\\nThe first leader of the Bainbridge class was John Wil-\\nliams, the first stewards Elias Devon and H. A. Spink, and\\nthe secretary H. A. Spink.\\nServices were held in the red school-house at Spink s\\nCorners until 1809, when the union church begun in 1806\\nwas completed. The first church trustees on the part of\\nthe Protestant Methodist Church were W. J. Cook, Stephen\\nSedgwick, and H. A. Spink.\\nThe society united with the Baptists in erecting the\\nunion church, and possess an equal vested right in the\\nproperty. The church trustees are E. S. Spink, James\\nJakeway, and William Noble. The class-leader is William\\nNoble, and the steward Murray Spink. The membership\\nis 22. Rev. D. Weaver is the present pastor, and preaches\\nonce in two weeks.\\nThe United Brethren maintained a brief organization at\\nSpink s Corners, from 1850 to 1803, and held occasional\\nservices in the union church, but rose at no time to posi-\\ntive healthful strength.\\nA Union Sahhath-school, supported by members of the\\nvarious denominations worshiping there, has sessions every\\nSabbath in the union church. The attendance averages\\nabout 60. James Noble is the superintendent, and as.sist-\\ning him are six teachers.\\nThere are in the German Settlement four church organ-\\nizations, known respectively as the Evangelical Lutheran,\\nthe Evangelical Ecclesiastical, Roman Catholic, and Bap-\\ntist, each of which has a church edifice and is moderately\\nprosperous.\\nThe oldest in point of organization is the Evangelical\\nLutheran, which was formed about 1851, at which time\\nalso a house of worship was erected. About 25 persons\\nattended the church from the first, and the membership\\naggregates at present about that number. The original\\ntrustees were Frederick Weber, Daniel Kieiger, and David", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0274.jp2"}, "275": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF BAINBRlDaE.\\n223\\nScherer. The present trustees are John Schwarz, Peter\\nKreiger, and Charles Moser. The deacons are Adam\\nKreiger and Ferdinand Washko. Rev. Mr. Bernreiter, of\\nMishawaka, Ind., was the first pastor. Rev. Mr. Nusbaum\\noccupies the pulpit now, and holds services once every fort-\\nnight.\\nAt this time those professing the Roman Catholic faith\\nin the settlement assembled occasionally for worship in\\nprivate houses and school-houses, and in a little while St.\\nMarys Clinrch was organized, with a membership of 15\\nfamilies. Priests were supplied from St. Josepli and mat-\\nters prospered fairly, but it was not until 1860 that a church\\nbuilding was erected, when Jacob Herman and John Aner\\nwere chosen trustees.\\nIn 1868 the church was materially enlarged and much\\nimproved. The attendance embraces now 29 families, who\\ngather for worship once a month, Rev. Joseph Theisen,\\nof St. Joseph, being the pastor. The present church\\ntrustees are Simon Hosbein, Kayus Haid, and Joseph\\nKaiser.\\nTtie Evangelical Ecclesiastical Cliurch. The most nu-\\nmerous congregation in the settlement was formed in 1856,\\nwith but 10 members, and now includes a membership of\\n125. The trustees first chosen were Peter Schmitberger,\\nPhilip Butsbach, and Henry Seel. The trustees now serv-\\ning are Philip Butsbach, Adam Krause, David Friday, and\\nPeter Kneibes. Rev. John Mack, the present pastor in\\ncharge, preaches every Sunday. Attached to this church\\nis a flourishing Sabbath-school, in charge of John Krause,\\nwith an average attendance of 90 pupils.\\nA Baptist Church was organized in 1871, with 1-1 mem-\\nbers, a house of worship budt, and Henry Dukesherer,\\nFrederick Weaver, and Henry Seel chosen as trustees.\\nThe first pastor was Rev. W. A. Grimm. Removals have\\nweakened the church, which has now a membership of\\nbut 8. Preaching is supplied from St. Joseph once in three\\nweeks.\\nThe Church of Christ, which now has its organization in\\nBainbridge, was formed in Benton township about 1858,\\nbut the precise date of organization as well as the details of\\nthat event are unattainable matters, since the early church\\nrecords have been lost. The church was, however, feeble,\\nand continued an uncertain existence until 1865, when\\npublic services, which had been held with more or less\\nregularity to that time, were discontinued. This state of\\naffairs continued until 1868, when the advent of a few\\nenergetic spirits lenewed the desire for public worship, and\\nthe church was accordingly reorganized that year, with 53\\nmembeis. Meetings were regularly held every Sunday in\\nthe Millburg school-house, and preaching was enjoyed as it\\ncould be obtained. At that time, too, a Sunday-school was\\nestablished, and it has been flourishingly maintained ever\\nsince. The elders of the church upon the i-eorganization\\nwere James Adams and J. W. Rose the deacons, J. K.\\nBishop and C. C. Potes.\\nThe first preacher who supplied the pulpit regularly after\\nthe reorganization was Rev. Mr. Hurd, who held services\\nonce a month for about a year. At this time, 1869, the\\nsociety began the erection of a fine, commodious church\\nedifice just over the town line in Bainbridge. This struc-\\nture was four years in process of construction, and cost\\nabout $5000. Upon its completion the church-meetings,\\nwhich had been previously held in the Millburg school-\\nhouse, were transferred thither, and have since been held\\nthere once a fortnight. The building has a seating capacity\\nof 400, and is surmounted with aspire eighty feet in height.\\nThe first minister regularly stationed at the Millburg\\nchurch was Elder J. H. Reese, who preached from Octo-\\nber, 1874, to the latter part of 1876. After that. Elder\\nJ. P. Lucas preached until early in 1879, since which time\\nthe pulpit has been temporarily supplied by Elder Henry\\nBurton. The church membership is now about SO, and\\nis made up of residents in Benton and Bainbridge. The\\nelders are J. W. Rose and J. K. Bishop; the deacons A.\\nL. Schofield, Joan Hess, and C. C. Potes and the clerk,\\nJ. W. Rose. The Sabbath-school, in charge of J. W. Rose,\\nsuperintendent, and 6 teachers, has a membership of 70,\\nand has regular sessions every Sunday. The church society\\nis entirely clear of debt, and prosperous in every way.\\nThe United Brethren in Christ have held worship for\\nsome time in the eastern part of the township at the\\nbrown school-house, although at that place t ;ere has\\nlatterly been no church organization. In 1878 some dis-\\nafiection arose among those worshiping there, and as a con-\\nsequence 11 of the number efiected an organization among\\nthemselves, and in the summer of that year built a church\\nsouth of the school-house, where they now have regular ser-\\nvices. The membership still remains at 11. The class-\\nleader is John Burg, the steward, Jacob Wise, and the\\ntrustees, Wm. Bridgford, John Burg, M. R. Meech, Na-\\nthaniel Tucker, and J. T. Heaton. Meetings are still held\\nat the school-house, as before, and there the attendance is\\nquite liberal. A church organization was effected there in\\n1867, with 9 members, but it failed to prosper, and gave\\nup its existence after a few years.\\nThe Mennunites have worshiped at the houses of Martin\\nByers and David Byers ever since the former came to\\nBainbridge, in 1848. Martin Byers has preached at each\\nmeeting, except at such odd times as the services of preach-\\ners from elsewhere could be obtained. Although the Men-\\nnonites are but few in number in Bainbridge, and have no\\nchurch organization, they hold regular worship once in each\\nmonth.\\nSCHOOLS.\\nThe early township records do not present elaborate re-\\nports of sohool matters, and although the township was or-\\nganized in 1837, nothing is disclosed in the records about\\nschools until under date of October, 1 840, when a report sets\\nforth that: fractional school district returned 17 scholars\\nbetween five and seventeen years; that District No. 4\\nreturned 15 scholars; and that the school inspectors\\nreceived from the county treasurer $9.12, on the above\\nreturns, in notes on the Bank of Michigan. Another\\nreport in the same year notes that school district No. 1\\nreturned 16 scholars, that No. 4 returned 20, and that\\nNo. 5 returned 21.\\nIn 1844, Fractional District No. 1 included sections 17,\\n18, 19, 20, and the west half of section 21, in town 4 south,\\nrange 17 west. District No. 2 included sections 21, 28,\\n29, 30, 31, 32, 33, and the east half of section 20, in town", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0275.jp2"}, "276": {"fulltext": "224\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\n5 south ran^e 17 west. District No. 3 included sections\\n7, 8, 17, 18, 19, and the west half of section 20, in town 5\\nsouth ran -e 17 west. District No. 4 included sections 1,\\n2 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, and 12, in town 4. District No. 5 com-\\nprised sections 27,28, 33, 34, and the south half of section\\n22 in town 4. District No. G comprised sections 19, 30,\\n31, 20, 29, and 32, in town 3 south, range 17 west. Dis-\\ntrict No. 7 was formed Dec. 31, 1844, and included sections\\n14, 15, 17, 21, 22, 23, and the east half of section 20.\\nThe first teachers to whom the records refer were Harriet\\nMcKeyes, Miss McNett, George Parmelee, and Mehitable\\nLove, all of whom taught in 1844. In 1846 the appor-\\ntionment for the support of schools was $4.65 to District\\nNo. 1, $13.95 to District No. 3, and $11.47 to District\\nNo. 5. In that year the returns from the school districts\\nwere as follows: 17 from No. 1, 30 from No. 2, 41 from\\nNo. 3, 23 from No. 4, and 23 from No. 5.\\nThe condition of Bainbridge s public schools Sept. 1,\\n1879, is shown in the table here annexed\\nNumber of districts 8\\nNumber of schobirs of school age 451\\nAverage attendance 381\\nNumber of school-housfS (frame, 6; brick, 2)... 8\\nValue of school property S7550\\nPaid fur teachers wages $1291.25\\nThe school inspectors are C. A. Kent (superintendent),\\nOscar Westcott, and Merritt Matran.\\nBninhrklge Grange, No. 80, was organized Sept. 27,\\n1873, at the house of Kayus Haid, with members as fol-\\nlows G. Van Vranken and wife, A. N. Woodruff and\\nwife, T. J. West and wife, John Byers and wife, Francis\\nJohnson and wife, I. M. See and wife, C. J. Higbee and wife,\\nJ. F. Skinner and wife, B. F. Hill and wife, J. Matran and\\nwife, W. ]\\\\I. Clausen and wife, Kayus Haid, Urius Van\\nVranken, M. Matran, W. Elgas, John Ticber, J. S. Peersall\\nand wife, John Slater. John Byers was chosen Master\\nA. N. Woodruff, Secretary and Kayus Haid, Treasurer.\\nIn 1876 the grange built a fine hall at the centre of the\\ntownship, and dedicated it August 29th of that year. The\\nmembership in October, 1879, was 62, and the officers as\\nfollows: Samuel J. Barnard, Master; Homer Olds, Over-\\nseer A. N. Woodruff, Lecturer Henry AVise, Steward\\nEdward Matran, As.sistant Steward N. K. Woodruff,\\nChaplain George Campbell, Treas. J. Wallace Smith,\\nSec. W. H. Cook, Gate-Keeper; Miss Mattie See, Ceres;\\nMiss Cora Smith, Pomona; Ella Matran, Flora; Miss\\nLaura Collins, Lady Assistant Steward.\\nFI.su CULTURE.\\nOn section 3, Mr. James G. Portman, State Fish Com-\\nmissioner, has a valuable fish hatchery, which is esteemed\\na feature of much local interest. Mr. Portman devotes es-\\npecial attention to the breeding of trout, and is known all\\nover the State as a successful breeder, whose products are\\nwidely called for.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nNATHANIEL BEANT.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born March 12, 1815, in\\nWayne Co., N. Y. is the eighth in a family of eleven chil-\\ndren, of whom only four are living. His father, Simeon\\nBrant, was a native of Massachusetts, and a farmer by oc-\\ncupation, though sometimes working at the carpenter trade.\\nHis mother was of Dutch descent, but was born in America,\\nher maiden name being Ilerrington. Nathaniel was brought\\nup as boys were in those days to assist his father on the farm,\\nsnatching his book-knowledge from brief periods of rustic\\nschooling, but treading more liberally the rugged path of toil.\\nHe came to Michigan with his father when he was twenty-\\none years of age, and helped him to make his first clearing\\non section 31 of Bainbridge township, which is occupied\\nnow by his grandson, Dudley Brant, son of Nathaniel Brant.\\nAt the age of twenty-two Nathaniel left the paternal roof\\nand started in life for himself, hiring out by the month to\\nDr. Enos, where he remained two years, taking for his pay\\nforty acres of land in Pipestone township there he laid\\nthe foundation of the fine property he now enjoys. At the\\nage of twenty-four, on the 29th day of April, 1840, he\\nmarried Miss Martha, daughter of Crawford and Melinda\\nHazzard, in Pipestone, this being the first marriage in that\\ntown. Mrs. Brant s parents are both natives of the Green\\nMountain State. They were married in New York in the\\nyear 1822, and came to Michigan in 1836, settling in\\nBainbridge Mrs. Brant being the second in a family of\\nfour, she being now the only one living. This union has\\nbeen blessed with a family of eleven children, of whom eight\\nonly are now living. The names, ages, and deaths are as\\nfollows: Wesley C, born Aug. 10, 1841 Warren M., born\\nMarch 9, 1843; Laura A., born Dec. 3, 1846, died April\\n23, 1870 Adaline M., born June 3, 1849, died Nov. 13,\\n1850; Emerett P., born May 11, 1853; Emma P., born\\nMay 11, 1853, died July 15, 1853 (twins); Jasper D.,\\nborn Dec. 20, 1856 Newton E., born April 15, 1859\\nOscar D., born Dec. 12, 1863 Orville L., born Sept. 7,\\n1865; Barney H., born^Sept. 1, 1868. After marriage,\\nMr. and Mrs. Brant commenced their pioneer life in Pipe-\\nstone, where he remained three years. In the spring of\\n1844 he sold his farm in Pipestone, and purchased his\\npresent home, which then only consisted of eighty acres, on\\nsection 32, but has since added at different times until the\\nhomestead now contains one hundred and ninety-nine acres\\nhas owned at different times a considerable amount of real\\nestate, which he has divided among his children. Mr.\\nBrant s mother died March 10, 1854, his father making his\\nhome with him until his death. May 31, 1860. Mrs.\\nBrant s father died Nov. 3, 1868, her mother living with\\nher until her death, May 21, 1875. Their benevolence is\\nunbounded. In politics Mr. Brant is a Democrat, and has\\nheld minor offices at different times. Both he and his wife\\nhave been members of the United Brethren since 1851.\\nTheir parents lived to see them provided with pleasant\\nhomes, and instilled principles in them which time cannot\\nerase.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0276.jp2"}, "277": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF BAINBRIDGB.\\n225\\nf-ym\\nSIDNEY SPENCER.\\nMRS. SIDNEY Sl ENCEE.\\nSIDNEY SPENCER.\\nAmong the earliest settlers of Bainbridge who have en-\\ndured the trials, privations, and hardships of pioneer life, the\\nsubject of this brief sketch is worthy of conspicuous men-\\ntion in this history of Berrien County. He was born Dec.\\n21, 1802, in Washington Co., N. Y., and is the oldest in\\na family of ten children. His parents were natives of Con-\\nnecticut, but moved to Jefferson Co., N. Y., when Sidney\\nwas quite young. Sidney remained at home until he became\\nof age, assisting his father on the farm summers, attending\\ndistrict schools winters, but by improving his time he ac-\\nquired sufficient education to enable him to transact any\\nordinary business. After reaching the age of manhood he\\nleft the paternal roof, and embarked on life s broad sea to\\nearn an honest livelihood. At the age of twenty-five he se-\\ncured as a partner and helpmeet to assist him in the rugged\\npaths of pioneer life. Miss Aseneth, daughter of Rev.\\nAaron (an early Methodist pioneer preacher) and Marion\\nDavis, who were also natives of Connecticut, but emigrated\\nfrom Massachusetts to Utica, N. Y., when there were but\\ntwo log houses there. This union was blessed with six chil-\\ndren, of whom only four are living, Melissa, born Oct. 4,\\n1827; Charles A., born May 11, 1830 (took the gold\\nfever in 1851, went to California, remained four years, made\\nenough to purchase a farm on his return, married Elizabeth,\\ndaughter of Dexter Dix, and now lives in Benton township)\\nRomelia, born April 24, 1835 William W., born July 3,\\n1837 (graduated in the law department of Ann Arbor in\\nthe spring of 1861, enlisted in the 39th Illinois Volunteer\\nInfantry, August 13th, was appointed sergeant, served under\\nGillmore in South Carolina one year and a half, thence\\nwent to Richmond, where he assisted in the siege of that\\nplace, was wounded in battle, sent to Philadelphia, and died\\nin Chestnut Hill hospital, July 4, 1864) Mary Augusta,\\nborn July 2, 1838; Rosamond, born Jan. 10, 1842,\\ndied March, 1842. After marriage, Mr. Spencer worked\\nat farming in Jefferson Co., N. Y., until 1844, when\\nhe moved to Michigan, renting a farm in Hillsdale County\\nthere he remained two years. He then purchased the\\nfarm where he now resides, consisting of one hundred\\n29\\nand twenty acres, on section 19. Wealth has been no\\nsudden acquisition to Mr. Spencer, but slowly the work\\nhas been carried forward year by year, till, in the lapse\\nof time, ease and comfort have been reached. He has lived\\nto see his family all grown, and each provided with a home.\\nOne daughter lives in Detroit, one in Ann Arbor, another\\nin Boston, Mass, the only son living in Benton township.\\nIn politics he is a Republican has been justice of the peace\\ntwelve years, besides holding other minor offices. Mr. Spen-\\ncer is not a member of any church. Mrs. Spencer has been\\na member of the Methodist Church since 1820, and her\\nfather is a minister in that denomination.\\nMARTIN TICE.\\nThis gentleman, born in New Jersey, in January, 1799,\\nwas one of a family of six children. His parents were\\nnatives of Germany, but came to America in an early day.\\nMartin s uneventful youth was similar to that of farmers\\nsons in those days. Industry, economy, sociability, and\\nhonesty were the fundamental principles taught him. At\\nthe age of twelve he started out in life, hiring out as a\\nfarm-hand, his only capital a willing heart and contented\\nmind. In 1833, when thirty-four years of age, he came to\\nMichigan, stopping at St. Joseph. While there he helped\\nto survey the Territorial road. While employed at that,\\nhe saw and took up the land now occupied by his daughter,\\nMrs. Mclntyre, who causes this brief sketch and portraits\\nto be inserted in this history, as a slight token of the love\\nand gratitude she feels for her parents. In 1839, Mr. Tice\\nmarried Sarah, daughter of John Ivery, who was a native\\nof New York. To this marriage were born two children,\\nHarriet, born April 7, 1840; Mulford, born March 4, 1842,\\nkilled in the late war, March 5, 1863. In politics Mr. Tice\\nwas a Democrat though not radical, yet always speaking and\\nvoting its principles. He was a member of no church or-\\nganization. Mrs. Tice died Nov. 29, 1875; Mr. Tice, in\\nMay, 1876, only surviving his faithful companion a few\\nmonths, leaving Mrs. Mclntyre, their only surviving heir,\\nto mourn the loss of their society and companionship.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0277.jp2"}, "278": {"fulltext": "226\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nPhotos, by Sesser, St. Joseph.\\nJOHN KELLOGG BISHOP.\\nMRS. JOHN KELLOGG BISHOP.\\nJOHN KELLOGG BISHOP.\\nAmong the pioneers of Bainbridge in tlie day.s of 1844\\nthe membere of tlie family of Asa Bishop are entitled to\\nconspicuous mention. In that ftimily were Asa Bishop,\\nthe father, Polly BLshop, the mother, and eleven children.\\nOf those children there are living in Bainbridge Mrs.\\nOrsemus Spink and Mrs. John Lewis, sisters of John Kel-\\nlogg Bishop. Of his busy and useful life the following\\narticle will furnish a brief sketch.\\nJohn K. Bishop was born in Henderson, Jefferson Co.,\\nN. Y., on the 24th of July, 1827. He passed his early life\\nat home in the usual manner of farmers sons in those days,\\nenjoying during brief periods the benefits of a rustic educa-\\ntion, but being engaged the greater part of his time in the\\nlabors of the farm. He was but seventeen years old when,\\nas already mentioned, he accompanied his parents to the\\nWest, and became one of the youthful pioneers of Bain-\\nbridge. There the elder Bishop located himself upon a\\nfarm in section 7, and there, as his fiither s assistant, John\\nrenewed with vigorous ambition the sturdy agricultural\\nexperience of his New York home. For four years he\\nserved his father marched with unflagging zeal to the\\nmusic of the pioneer s axe towards the goal of independence.\\nHaving then almost reached the age of manhood he deter-\\nmined to assume all of manhood s duties, and on the 2d of\\nFebruary, 1848, he was married to Miss Sarah Romelia,\\ndaughter of Jabez Knapp (a Bainbridge pioneer in 1838).\\nHe received from his father the deed of a farm on .section\\n7, erected a small framed house upon it, and speedily as-\\nsumed the position of a citizen, a householder, and the head\\nof a family. In 1862 he replaced the humble home of his\\nprevious married life with the handsome residence in which\\nhe now resides.\\nEarly in life Mr. Bishop (then, as now, a Democrat) was\\ncalled to participate in public aifairs, and .since his twenty-\\nfirst year, when he was elected township clerk, he has filled\\nnumerous local public trusts, in the discharge of which,\\nas well as in the field of private citizenship, he has gained\\nmuch deserved popular esteem, the cause of public educa-\\ntion in particular having ever found in him a staunch sup-\\nporter. He has served for years as justice of the peace,\\nand still occupies that position. He was one of the first\\nmembers of the Christian Church at Millburg, organized\\nin 1856 was a deacon from that time until 1876, and is\\nnow an elder and a leading .spirit of the same organization.\\nMr. Bishop is also the Master of Benton Harbor Grange,\\nPatrons of Husbandry, and a member of Benton Lodge,\\nIndependent Order of Odd-Fellows, with which he has\\nbeen associated since 1868, and in which he has filled\\nevery ofiice within the gift of his brethren.\\nMrs. Bishop, who was married on her sixteenth birth-\\nday, was the daughter of Jabez and Olive Knapp, who\\nmoved from Jefferson Co., N. Y., and settled in Bainbridge\\nin 1838, when Sarah Romelia (afterwards Mrs. Bishop) was\\nbut six years old. Mr. Knapp was a ship-carpenter, and\\nalthough the owner of a farm in Bainbridge, worked at his\\ntrade in St. Joseph for several years after his settlement in\\nthe former township. He subsequently moved to Water-\\nvliet, but is now a resident of the State of California. With\\nher husband Mrs. Bishop aided to organize the Christian\\nChurch at Millburg, in 1856, of which she has ever since\\nbeen one of the most faithful and useful members. She is\\nalso a member of Benton Harbor Grange, and is highly\\nesteemed by a large circle of friends and acquaintances in\\nBainbridge and the adjoining towns. Of the twelve chil-\\ndren born to Mr. and Mrs. Bishop ten are living, namely\\nJames G. Bishop, who lives in Benton Perry S., a resi-\\ndent of the State of Iowa; Frank H. and Adelbert D.,\\nnow at Dead wood, Dakota Territory Mrs. Juan Hess, of\\nBenton and Clinton, Fred, John K., Jr., Bird, and Lou,\\nwho reside with their parents.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0278.jp2"}, "279": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0279.jp2"}, "280": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0280.jp2"}, "281": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF BERTKAND.\\n227\\nCHAPTER XXX.\\nBERTRAND TOAVNSHIP.\\nSituation, Surface, and Water-Courses Early Settlements Township\\nOrganization and List of Principal Officers Agricultural Statistics\\nReligious Societies and Worship in Bertrand Dayton Village\\nSchools in Bertrand.\\nThe township of Bertrand is bounded on the north by\\nthe townships of Niles and Buchanan on the east by that\\nportion of Niles that was originally Bertrand, from which\\nit is separated by the St. Joseph River on the south by\\nthe State of Indiana, and on the west by Galien. A large\\nportion of the town consists of prairie lands, slightly rolling,\\nwhich are particularly well adapted for the production of\\nIndian corn and oats, although wheat is raised in great\\nabundance. The soil on these prairie lands is a black, veg-\\netable mould intermixed with clay and sand. A portion of\\nthe town is burr-oak openings. The soil of these openings\\ncontains more lime than that of the prairies.\\nThe eastern portion of the town rises into hills, which\\nslope to the river, and a line of low hills extends along the\\nnorthern border. Its water-courses are the St. Joseph\\nRiver on the east, McCoy s Creek, the head-waters of which\\nrise in the western part of the township, and one of the\\nbranches of Galien River, also in the western part. There\\nare two or three small lakes in the township.\\nEARLY SETTLEMENTS.\\nThe greater portion of Bertrand township belonged to the\\nIndians until the treaty held at Chicago in 1833. The\\nnorthwest portion, comprising sections 6 and 7 and parts\\nof sections 4, 5, 8, 18, and 19, are in territory ceded to the\\nUnited States in 1828 at Carey Mission.\\nThe first to locate a farm on the territory now Bertrand\\nwas Benjamin M. Redding. He was a native of Mecklen-\\nburg Co., Va., where he was born in 1792. He emigrated\\nto Ohio with his parents in 1811, was married in 1814,\\nand lived in Preble Co., Ohio. In 1830 he removed to\\nHamilton, Ind., a few miles south of the Michigan line.\\nAt this time he went to the lands then just opening for\\nsale in Michigan, and selected a farm on the present site of\\nDayton, it being the northeast quarter of section 7. In\\n1831, while his family were living at Hamilton, he built a\\nlog cabin and saw-mill on the creek, drawing the lum-\\nber used for his house and mill from Lacey s mill at Niles.\\nIn 1832 the family moved up to their home in Bertrand.\\nAs other settlers gathered in, the place became known as Red-\\nding s Mill, and when, in after-years, a post-office was estab-\\nlished, it assumed that name, and kept it until 1848. When\\nthe Michigan Central road passed through the place the\\nname was changed to Dayton, as several families living\\nthere were from Dayton, Ohio. Mr. Redding lived at the\\nfarm until 1837, when he removed to Niles. After living\\nthere a few years he returned to the mill, but shortly after\\nmoved to a farm which he owned on Terre Coupee Prairie.\\nIn 1858 he removed to the city of Niles, where he died in\\nDecember, 1877, in the eighty-sixth year of his age. Mr.\\nRedding had a family of twelve children, but one of whom\\nBy Austin N. Hungerford.\\nsurvived him, James H. Redding, of Dayton. The first\\nMethodist society west of the St. Joseph River was organ-\\nized at his house in 1833. He was chosen leader, and wor-\\nship was held in his house for two years, until the building\\nof a school-house, in which the society afterwards held its\\nmeetings.\\nThe next family to come in to the section of country was\\nthat of William B. Fuson, who located on the northeast\\nfrom Mr. Redding, on the southwest quarter and part of the\\nsoutheast quarter of section 5 they also emigrated from\\nOhio about the same time. Peter DeardufF in 1837 lived\\nfor a short time on the southeast quarter of section 6, and\\nmoved to Indiana. Eli Shockley and family also lived\\nnear there for a short time.\\nDavid Vanderhoof emigrated from Painted Pest, Steu-\\nben Co., N. Y., to Edwardsburg, in Cass County, with his\\nwife and seven children, in 1833. In the fall of that year\\nhis wife and one daughter died, and in the spring of 1834,\\nin compatiy with Charles Wells, from Ohio (also living at\\nEdwardsburg with his wife and seven children), moved into\\nBertrand township. Mr. Vanderhoof located a claim on\\nthe southwest quarter of section 7, where his widow still\\nresides with her youngest son.\\nAn Indian village named Swoptuck was on the farm ad-\\njoining Mr. Vanderhoof s, on land now owned by Peter\\nWomer. Mr. Vanderhoof built the first frame house on\\nthe reservation, and the lumber was drawn from Lacey s\\nmill, at Niles, and from Christina Creek. He was com-\\npelled to furnish accommodations for the emigrants who\\ncame through this region, and for a long time his house\\nwas a general resort. He put in a stock of goods and kept\\na .store for two or three years. It was at his farm that the\\ngovernment teams gathered when the Indians were sent to\\nthe West. He purchased considerable land, and bought\\nand sold to a greater extent than any in that early day.\\nHe lived on the firm until his death, in 1875. About\\n1836 he married Livonia, daughter of Charles Wells, for his\\nsecond wife. His children are, some of them, settled near\\nhim. Thomas is living on a farm in the west part of the\\ntownship, near Dayton. Henry lived in Buchanan for a\\ntime, started to California, and died on the route. Abiel\\nlived in Buchanan, and died at the house of his sister, Mrs.\\nJ. W. Post, who is the only daughter living, and who now\\nresides at Buchanan. She married John Grove, in No-\\nvember, 1844. He was a native of Maine, who came to\\nBuchanan from New Albany, Ind., early in 1844, and was\\nthe finst attorney in that village. He represented the dis-\\ntrict in the Legislature in 1844-45, and died in June,\\n1852.\\nCharles Wells and family, consisting of his wife and seven\\nchildren, came with Mr. Vanderhoof, who built on his farm\\na house and blacksmith-shop for him. He remained here\\nseveral years and located land on section 13, where John\\nRough now lives. Joseph and Francis are living near the\\nold form Lewis lives in Iowa Livonia married David Van-\\nderhoof, and is living on the Vanderhoof farm Eliza mar-\\nried Eber Root; Isaac lives in Cass Co., Mich.\\nIn the spring of 1835, Samuel Street located on the res-\\nervation, northeast from David Vanderhoof about one and\\na half miles. He built a double log house, lived here many", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0281.jp2"}, "282": {"fulltext": "228\\nHISTOKY OP BEEKIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nyears, and died about 1861. He was the first and only\\nmember of Assembly who represented this township. David\\nGitehell now owns the farm on which he lives.\\nAlanson Hamilton emigrated from New York to the\\nWest, and finally came to Bertrand township in March,\\n1835. He located on the northwest quarter of section 17,\\nwhere James Badger now lives. In 1841 he purchased\\nthe northeast quarter of section 6, where he lived till his\\ndeath, in November, 1874. Three of his children only are\\nliving: Aseneth, now Mrs. George Clark, lives in Mecosta\\nCo., Mich. Nathaniel lives in the village of Buchanan\\nand Alfred, the youngest, lives on the homestead where his\\nfather lived and died. Mr. Hamilton was the first justice\\nof the peace in the township, and held the position four-\\nteen years.\\nJohn De Armond emigrated from Butler Co., Ohio, to\\nthe west side of Terre Couple Prairie, in the township of\\nBertrand, in the fall of 1834, and located land on the south-\\neast quarter of section 18. He kept a stock of goods, and\\nhad quite an extensive trade with the Indians until they\\nwent West. He was for a time in partnership with J. D.\\nRoss, in Hamilton, Ind. In 1858 he moved to Dayton.\\nHe afterwards married Ruth, the widow of Elisha Egbert,\\nand lived on the southwest quarter of section 4, where he\\ndied. Alexander, a son, is a physician living in Dayton.\\nAnother son, John, lives in Buchanan. Charles Smith and\\nJ. D. Ross, of the village of Buchanan, each married a\\ndaughter of Mr. De Armond. Harvey Buckles, who lives\\nabout three miles south of Bertrand, married another\\ndaughter.\\nFrederick Howe, a native of Massachusetts, moved with\\nhis parents in 1812 to Cortland Co., N. Y., and in 1834\\nstarted from there with a horse and buggy on a tour through\\nthe West. He came through Niles, fording the river at\\nthat place, and continued on until he reached this township.\\nHe was satisfied with the country here, and having deter-\\nmined to make this his home, he returned to New York,\\nand in the spring of 1835 emigrated with his family, con-\\nsisting of his wife and eleven children. After his arrival\\nhe purchased 160 acres of Samuel Cannon, on the northeast\\nquarter of section 11, which Cannon had purchased the\\nyear before. The house was the usual log cabin of those\\ntimes, and was a poor dwelling, the fireplace and chimney\\nbeing built of split logs plastered with clay, and the floor\\nof puncheons. He moved to this place in November,\\n1835. He soon after purchased more land, and at his\\ndeath the homestead farm consisted of 240 acres. In his\\nlater years he moved into the village of Buchanan, near the\\ndepot, where he died Feb. 18, 1864. His wife died Feb.\\n17, 1869. Nine of their children are now living, viz.:\\nDesire, who married Alfred Johnson, an early settler of\\nNiles Lucinda, who married Justus Bailey, of Buchanan\\nFrancis W., who lives north of the homestead, and within\\nabout a mile and a half of Buchanan Mary, who married\\nJames Smith, of Berrien Springs H. J., who also lives at\\nBerrien Springs; George A., who is a dentist, and lives at\\nNiles; Adeline, who married H. G. Sampson, and who\\nlives in Buchanan Charles F., who lives on the homestead;\\nand Mary S., who married James Reynolds, of Hamilton,\\nInd.\\nElijah Egbert came to Bertrand in 1835, and located\\nlands in the southwest quarter of section 4, where his heirs\\nstill live.\\nSebastian Overacker came from McCoy s Creek, near the\\nMartindale settlement, the year before, and located the\\nnortheast quarter of section 4, where David Best now lives,\\nin the year 1835.\\nAsa Willard in the same year located on section 9, where\\nhis son Joseph now lives.\\nAbiel E. Brooks emigrated to this region early in 1835,\\nand located a claim on the northeast quarter of section 7.\\nHe sold to Kaufman Chittenden, who sold to Jacob\\nRough in 1849. Mr. Brooks now lives in Madison, Wis.\\nAbram Ogden settled in 1836 on a claim which he\\nbought of one Jordan, between the claims of David Van-\\nderhoof and Samuel Street. He kept a tavern which after-\\nwards under his management gained a widespread notoriety.\\nBenjamin Franklin, of Allegany Co., N. Y., settled in\\n1835 on the southwest quarter of section 2, where he still\\nlives.\\nSolomon Miller located land on section 17, taking the\\nsouth half. His father-in-law, John Hardman, purchased\\nit of him, and it afterwards passed into the po-ssession of\\nWilliam R. Rough.\\nPhilip, son of John Hardman, settled in the same year\\nsouth of Miller on section 20, and afterwards sold to Isaac\\nTripp. The land is now in possession of Mrs. Amos C.\\nHouse.\\nJohn Bointon also settled at the same time on part of\\nsection 24, and afterwards sold to Mr. Hoag. James Ken-\\nnedy, in 1835, located the southeast quarter of section 1.\\nIt is still known as the Kennedy place, and is owned by\\nWilliam R. Rough.\\nAbel Robinson, in the summer of 1835, came from Henry\\nCo., Ind., with his son-in-law, Grant Main. Robinson located\\nthe southwest quarter of section 18, where George G. Rough\\nnow lives. Main located the southeast quarter of the same\\nsection and sold to Watson Roe, who afterwards removed\\nto Buchanan. It is now one of the David Gitchell farms.\\nWilliam Batson married a daughter of Mr. Robinson.\\nGeorge Harlan emigrated from the South, and lived near\\nVanderhoof and Street, and between them. In 1849 he\\nmoved to California.\\nWilliam Batson came from Indiana in the fall of 1834,\\non a tour of inspection to the reservation, and stopped with\\nSamuel Street, who was then living there. He returned to\\nHenry Co., Ind., and in April, 1836, with his wife and three\\nchildren, came to the township of Bertrand and purchased\\nthe 160 acres of George Harlan it being the southwest\\nquarter of section 8 which he held under the pre-emption\\nact. In the fall of 1838 he proved his claim at Kalamazoo\\nand received his deed, paying ten shillings per acre. He\\nlived there until the fall of 1877, when he removed to the\\nvillage of Buchanan, where he still resides. He has four\\nsons and two daughters living, viz. A. B. Batson, on the\\nhomestead; John A., a lawyer, living at Reynolds, Ind.;\\nLafayette, a physician, at Wakclee, Ca.ss Co., Mich. Wil-\\nliam R., living at Niles Mrs. Lydia Yorker, in Iowa\\nMrs. Miranda Rapp, in Bertrand.\\nAbout 1838, Isaac Ferote located west of where James", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0282.jp2"}, "283": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0283.jp2"}, "284": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0284.jp2"}, "285": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF BERTKAND.\\n229\\nH. Phillips now resides, but soon removed to Indiana.\\nMatthew Redding, a brother of Benjamin, located in 1835,\\non the southwest quarter of section 17, where W. Foster\\nnow lives. Nathaniel Hamilton, a brother of Alanson,\\nlocated on the north half of section 16, where Keller and\\nShatterlee now own. Joseph Ivans, in 1835, settled on\\nthe east half of section 22, and soon moved to Indiana.\\nPhilo Sanford, Peter Wiramer, and George Harlan located\\nclaims in the same year, Sanford on the northeast quarter\\nof section 6, and Wimmer and Harlan located together the\\nwest half of section 5. Sanford taught the first school on\\nthe reservation.\\nSamuel Cannon located the northeast quarter of section\\n11 in 1834, but sold his claim in November of the next\\nyear. John Lashbaugh purchased a claim of John Comp-\\ntou in 1835 on the southeast quarter of section 9. His\\nson Henry lives on the farm. Widow Decker, with her\\nsons James, John, and Henry, located on the same section\\nabout the same time. Henry lived and died on the farm;\\nJames went to California and died John was a blacksmith,\\nand moved to Cass County, where he died. Archibald\\nDunbar came into the township about 1837 from Indiana,\\nand located on the northeast quarter of section 21, where he\\nafterwards owned about 600 acres. He moved into Bu-\\nchanan, where he built the Dunbar Hotel, and died there a\\nfew years ago. Frederick White located on section 20 in\\nthe township in 1835. He is now in the drug business in\\nBuchanan village. John Krum located on section 17 in\\n1836.\\nWithin two or three years after 1835 the land on the\\nreservation was all taken up. Many took claims, built\\ncabins on them, made improvements, and sold them to\\nothers coming in. Those who were so unfortunate as to\\nbe on the seminary lands were driven away from their im-\\nprovements by the high price put upon the land by the\\ncommissioners.\\nIn the years 1837-38 the chills and fever prevailed to\\nsuch an alarming extent that many became discouraged,\\npacked up their goods, and, leaving the work of years be-\\nhind them, went to their former homes. Those who re-\\nmained passed through great suffering, and many died from\\nwant of care, there not being well ones enough to nurse the\\nsick.\\nDavid Rough, a native of Juniata Co., Pa., emigrated to\\nMichigan when thirty-two years old, and arrived in the\\ntownship of Bertrand, May 27, 1849. He located on sec-\\ntions 12 and 13, purchasing of Jacob Egbert and Abram\\nOgden. He soon began the purchase of land, and at his\\ndeath, in 1876, had owned 1153 acres. He had five chil-\\ndren Wm. R., Solomon, Geo. H., Sarah, now Mrs. Peter\\nWomer, and Eliza, now Mrs. Amos C. House.\\nWm. R. first settled on the John Hardman farm, on sec-\\ntion 17, in 1854. In 1853 he married Mary A., a daugh-\\nter of Jacob Rough. In 1858 he purchased, on section 1,\\nthe Kennedy place, where he still lives. He continued\\nfarming, buying and raising stock, and in 1879, with his\\nbrothers, became engaged in the manufacture of wagons at\\nthe village of Buchanan. He has now 547 acres of land\\nin Bertrand.\\nSolomon Rough settled on the south part of section 13,\\nand married the daughter of David Bre. ^sler, an early set-\\ntler on section 16. He owns 953 acres in Bertrand, and is\\nengaged in business with his brothers at Buchanan.\\nGeo. H., the youngest, lives on the northwest quarter of\\nsection 8, and owns 273 acres.\\nSarah married Peter Womer, who purchased land in\\nsection 1, on the Niles branch of the Chicago road; the\\nplace was known as the Hoag place.\\nEliza married Amos C. House, and lives on .section 20, a\\nlittle south of the Chicago road, on the Tripp form. They\\nnow own between 300 and 400 acres of land.\\nJacob Rough, a brother of David Rough, emigrated\\nabout the same time, and located 160 acres on the northeast\\nquarter of section 7, where he still lives. His son George\\nlives on the homestead and is treasurer of the county. He\\nmarried a daughter of A. Broceus, of Buchanan. Mary\\nA. married Wm. R. Rough. Susan married Isaac Long,\\nand lives on section 7, the northwest quarter. Elizabeth\\nmarried John Miller, who lives on the southwest quarter of\\nsection 5. Catharine married Henry Vite, on the south-\\nwest quarter of section 1 1\\nORGANIZATION OF THE TOWNSHIP.\\nBertrand town.ship was erected and organized under an\\nact of the Legislature of Michigan, approved March 23,\\n1836, which provides that All that portion of the county\\nof Berrien designated by the United States Survey as frac-\\ntional townships 8, south of ranges 17, 18, and 19 west,\\nbe and the same is hereby set off and organized as a separate\\ntownship, by the name of Bertrand, and the first township-\\nmeeting shall be held at the dwelIing-hou.se of Michael\\nSegdell.\\nThe limits so named in the act were reduced by the\\noperation of an act passed March 20, 1837, setting off sur-\\nvey township 8 south, of range 19 west, to Weesaw town-\\nship and they were further reduced, March 9, 1850, by\\nthe annexation to the township of Niles of all that portion\\nof Bertrand lying east of the centre of the St. Joseph\\nRiver.\\nThe first election of the township was held in April,\\n1836, at Union Hall, in the village of Bertrand. Fred-\\nerick Howe was elected Supervisor James H. Montgomery,\\nTownship Clerk Joshua Howell, John De Armond, Alan-\\nson Hamilton, Justices of the Peace Michael Seligson and\\nJacob A. Dutton, Overseers of the Poor. At this meeting\\na tax of 125 was voted for the support of the poor.\\nThe following is as complete a list as can be obtained of\\npersons who have filled the offices of supervisor, clerk,\\ntreasurer, and justice of the peace in Bertrand since the\\nyear of its organization as a township, viz.\\n1837. Frederick A. Howe, Supervisor; James A. Montgomery, Clerk;\\nHenry Hapgood, Treasurer; Joshua Howell, Alexander\\nBlake, John Demond, .Justices.\\n1838. Frederick A. Howe, Supervisor Joshua Howell, Clerk Henry\\nHapgood, Treasurer; Burham Gilbert, Justice.\\n1839.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Frederick A. Howe, Supervisor; David M. Howell, Clerk;\\nJohn 0. Underhill, Treasurer; Alanson Hamilton, Justice.\\n1840. John Barbour, Supervisor; David M. Howell, Clerk; Burham\\nGilbert, Treasurer; Ale.xander Blake, Justice.\\nThe same territory was erected into the township of Galien, Feb.\\n19, 184i.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0285.jp2"}, "286": {"fulltext": "230\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\n1841. John De Armond, Supervisor; Hugh Vonderhip, Clerk; Bur-\\nhiim Gilbert, Treasurer Joseph Q. Ames, Justice.\\n1842. Joseph G. Ames, Supervisor; David Whitlock, Clerk Samuel\\nStreet, Treasurer; C. H. Nickolson, Justice.\\n1843. Lewis Bryant, Supervisor; Ilirnm Ward, Clerk; Ale.\\\\andcr\\nBlake, Treasurer Samuel Street, Justice.\\n1844. Samuel Street, Supervisor; S. R. Bradbury, Clerk; Benjamin\\nRedding, Treasurer; Ale.\\\\ander Blake, Justice.\\n1845. Abram Ogden, Supervisor; Simeon R. Bradbury, Clerk; Alex-\\nander Blake, Treasurer; Alanson Uamilton, .Justice.\\n1S46.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Frederick A. Howe, Supervisor; L. A. Palmer, Clerk; N. W.\\nSummers, Treasurer; Alvah Higbee, Justice.\\nThe records from 184(5 to 1873 are not found, and the\\nlist (being necessarily omitted for that period) is continued,\\ncommencing at the latter year\\n1873. Freeman Franklin, Supervisor; William D. Badger, Town\\nClerk; Solomon Rough, Treasurer; Michael Swobe, Enos\\nHolmes, Justices of the Peace; Charles F. Howe, School\\nInspector.\\n1874.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles F. Howe, Supervisor; Peter Womer, Town Clerk;\\nLevi L. Redden, Treasurer; William R. Rough, Justice of\\nthe Peace; Cyrus E. Gillette, School Inspector.\\n1875. William D. Badger, Supervisor; Peter Womer, Town Clerk;\\nSamuel Messenger, Treasurer; Sylvester K. AVilson, .Justice\\nof the Peace; Joel H. Gillette, School Inspector.\\n1876.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 W. I). Badger, Supervisor; P. Womer, Town Clerk; William\\nI ^oster, Treasurer.\\n1877. P. Womer, Supervisor; Enos Holmes, Town Clerk; William\\nFoster, Treasurer; Joel H. Gillette, Superintendent of\\nSchools; Chester Badger, School Inspector; John G. Dye,\\nJustice of the Peace.\\n1878. John H. Young, Supervisor J. H. Gillette, Town Clerk John\\nRedden, Treasurer William R. Rough, Justice of the\\nPeace; Joel H. Gillette, Superintendent of Schools; Chester\\nBadger, School Inspector.\\n1879.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles F. Howe, Supervisor; William D. Badger, Town\\nClerk; John Redden, Treasurer; John (Joglc, Justice of\\nthe Peace; Enos Holmes, Superintendent of Schools; George\\nHess, School Inspector.\\nThe town of Bertrand is taking rank among the best in\\nthe State for the production of wheat. By the statistics of\\nthe State for 1877,90,000 bushels of wheat were raised,\\nthis being 2300 bushels more than was raised in any town-\\nship in the State. The statistics of the year 1878 show\\nan increase to 125,000 bushels. Below are given the agri-\\ncultural statistics of the township for that year, viz. Acres\\nimproved lands, 16,573; of unimproved lands, 3473; of\\nwheat raised in 1878, 6677 of corn, 2868; of oats, 622;\\nof clover-seed, 63 of potatoes, 100 of hay, 1451 bush-\\nels of wheat, 125,711 of corn, 107,185 of oats, 20,239\\nof clover-seed, 54 of potatoes, 6605 tons of hay, 2063\\npounds of wool, 12,478 sheep sheared, 2605 number of\\nmilch cows on hand, 529 cattle, other than milch cows,\\n549 sheep, 2731 horses, 665 hogs, 1927 acres in or-\\nchard, 459; bushels of apples sold, 10,192; of peaches,\\n24; pounds of grapes, 1000; gallons of wine made from\\ngrapes, 2700.\\nOf wheat, Mr. Isaac Long raised 2100 bushels from 85\\nacres, and George H. Rough 3200 bushels from 140 acres.\\nThere were several of the farmers who raised over 1000\\nbushels each. The largest number of bushels of corn\\nraised was by David Gitchell, Sr., 3200.\\nCHURCHES.\\nMethodist Episcopal Church. The first Methodist soci-\\nety in the Territory of Michigan, west of St. Joseph River,\\nwas organized at the log cabin of Benjamin M. Redding.\\nA class was formed consisting of Benjamin M. Redding\\nand wife Perraelia and daughter Paulina, Eli Shockly and\\nwife, William Fu.son and wife, and a widow who lived with\\nMr. and Mrs. Fuson. Mr. Redding was appointed class-\\nleader. Services were held at his house for about two years,\\nuntil a school-house was built in the neighborhood in 1835.\\nIn 1833 and 1834 camp-meetings were held between Red-\\nding s Mills and the prairie. The Rev. James Armstrong\\nwas in charge of the first. About 1843 a frame building\\nwas erected for a church and called Bethel, about a mile\\nsouth and east from Dayton. James Redding, Sr., James\\nEdson, Benj;imin M. Redding, Emory Smead, and Mat-\\nthew Redding were elected trustees.\\nIn 1867 the society determined to remove to Dayton,\\nand the present church was dedicated on the 31st day of\\nAugust, 1867. The dedicatory sermon was preached by\\nthe Rev. D. D. Holmes, who was assisted in the services by\\nthe Rev. T. T. George, the pastor, and the Rev. Horace\\nHall, presiding elder. The first minister who attended at\\nthe Redding Mill class was the Rev. Boyd Phelps. A class\\nhad been formed at Terre Coupee Prairie, in 1830, by the\\nRev. L. B. Gurley.\\nMr. Phelps was succeeded by George S. Beswiek and\\nRichard S. Robinson. A. C. Shaw, C. K. Erkanbrach,\\nRichard C. Meek, Thomas P. McCool, David Burns, Henry\\nWorthington, William Sprague, George King, Horace Hall,\\nB. F. Doughty, William Morley, and Knight were\\nlocal preachers.\\nThis church was under the charge of the Buchanan\\nChurch until about 1872, since which time it has been\\nsupplied by Revs. Elliott, J. N. Tomer, Carlisle, Gray,\\nShenstone, Bell, Bennett, Jakeway, and Skinner, the pres-\\nent pastor. New Troy, Painter School-House, and Galien\\nare under this charge.\\nEvangelical Church. In the fall of 1851 an Evangel-\\nical Church was formed, of which David and Anna Rough,\\nPeter Rhodes, Steiner and wife and two children\\nwere the constituent members. It was organized by Bishop\\nJohn Sybert when on a tour through this section. These\\npersons were members of the church in the East. In 1859\\nthe society built a church at the intersection of sections 12\\nand 13 and 7 and 18.\\nIn 1854 a branch of the society was organized about\\nthree miles from the first one and on the Chicago road,\\nnear the Bressler school-house. They now have about 30\\nmembers. The first pastor was the Rev. Mr. Wolfe.\\nAmong those who have served the church since that time\\nwere the Revs. Asher, Keiper, Steffe, Eckhart, Fox, Up-\\nhouse, Rue, Fisher, Reigh, Evans, Pawlin, Boyer, Regartz,\\nKimerliu, and C. B. Myer, who is the present pastor.\\nSt. Anthonys Church {Catholic). This church, located\\nat Dayton village, has about fifteen families in its congre-\\ngation, and is under charge of the Rev. Father Cappon, of\\nthe Roman Catholic Church at Niles.\\nDAYTON VILLAGE.\\nThe village of Dayton is situated on the Michigan Cen-\\ntral Railroad, on sections 6 and 7, in the western part of\\nthe townshij). It was first s(!ttled by Benjamin Redding,", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0286.jp2"}, "287": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0287.jp2"}, "288": {"fulltext": "r. A HOWE.\\nMRS. F. A. HOWE.\\nyfe.\\nRes. OF THc Late RA.H OWE, BERJRAHD,BERRiiNCo.,yitCH.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0288.jp2"}, "289": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0289.jp2"}, "290": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0290.jp2"}, "291": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF BEKTRAND.\\n231\\nand was known as Redding s Mills until the building of the\\nrailroad, when it was changed to the name it now bears.\\nIt contains two churches (Methodist and Catholic), two\\nstores, hotel, post-oiSce, school-house, steam saw-mill, grist-\\nmill, wagon-shop, two physicians, about 40 dwellings, and\\nnearly 300 inhabitants. Eighty children are enrolled in\\nthe school district between the ages of five and twenty\\nyears.\\nThe post-office was first kept by Benjamin Redding.\\nAfter the change of name the postmasters have been J. M.\\nPhillips, Emory Smead, Z. P. Redding, S. B. Stout, and\\nA. H. Rothermel, who is the present postmaster.\\nThe village has also an Odd-Fellows lodge. No. 214,\\norganized Sept. 17, 1873. It now contains 35 members.\\nSCHOOLS.\\nThe first school of which any reliable information can be\\nobtained was taught by Philo Sanford on the Reservation\\nin the winter of 1835, in a small log house that stood on\\nthe farm known as the John Borden farm. In the summer\\nof 1836, Lucinda Howe (now Mrs. Bailey) taught in a\\nlog house on her father s farm four months in the summer\\nand three months in the winter. She had 20s. per week\\nfor the first term. Dissatisfaction was expressed in the\\nmatter of wages, and she taught the winter term for $2.50\\nper scholar, but few who sent their children that winter term\\npaid her. Mary Howe taught in the summer of 1837 in a\\nlog house on the Peter Womer farm, and a Mr. Ellis\\ntaught in the winter.\\nEthan A. Roe taught in the east part of the township,\\nin what is known as the Clelland district. Orena Thorn-\\nton taught in a log school-house on the David Rough farm.\\nFrom 1840 schools were taught in different parts of the\\ntownship. Houses were built on the corners generally, and\\nschools were supported by a term-rate.\\nThe school records, as well as the town records, are lost\\nbeyond recovery, and it is not known when the township\\nwas divided into school districts.\\nThe following school statistics of Bertrand township are\\nfrom the official report for the year 1879\\nNumber of school districts 12\\nschool-houses (brick, 4; wooden, 8)... 12\\nValue of school property (brick, S5500 wooden,\\n$6500) i?12,000\\nNumber of pupils that can be seated in school-\\nhouses 610\\nNumber of pupils in township of school age 466\\nmale teachers who taught in the sev-\\neral districts 6\\nNumber of female teachers who taught in the sev-\\neral districts 13\\nTotal number of months taught in the several dis-\\ntricts 82\\nAmount paid female teachers $1080\\nmale 800\\nMoney received from two-mill tax 938.76\\nPrimary interest fund 2.32.32\\nThe school inspectors in 1879 were Enos Holmes, Geo.\\nW. Haas, and Wm. D. Badger.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nSAMUEL MESSENGER.\\nThis well-known citizen of the township of Bertrand\\nwas born near Easton, Northampton Co., Pa., on the\\n10th day of September, in the year 1821, being the sixth\\nchild of Abraham Messenger and his wife, whose maiden\\nname was Margaret Kemerer. His parents removed to\\nTompkins Co., N. Y., when the subject of our sketch was\\nabout a year old, where his father followed the occupation\\nof a farmer. He died, however, when his son Samuel was\\nbut seven years old, and the latter was indebted for his sub-\\nsequent training to his mother.\\nAs he grew up to youth and manhood, he alternated the\\nstudies of the district school with the labor of the farm,\\nremaining on the old homestead until all the rest of the\\nchildren had left it. In 1844, when Mr. Messenger was\\ntwenty-three years old, he and his mother emigrated\\ntogether to Michigan, where he purchased one hundred and\\nfifteen acres of land, nearly, though not quite entirely, un-\\nimproved, situated on Portage Prairie, in the township of\\nBertrand, about three miles and a half southwest of the\\ncity of Niles.\\nThere Mr. Messenger has resided during the thirty-six\\nyears which have passed away since the date of his first\\nsettlement, resisting all the temptations which have lured\\nso many into fruitless change or hazardous speculation, im-\\nproving his farm from year to year, increasing its size from\\none hundred and fifteen to one hundred and ninety acres,\\nerecting substantial buildings, and making for himself and\\nhis family a comfortable home.\\nMr. Messenger was married, in the year 1850, to Miss\\nAnn Mary Woods, daughter of Richard Woods, of West-\\nchester Co., N. Y. She died on the 14th of July, 1874.\\nMr. and Mrs. Messenger were the parents of four chil-\\ndren, Genevieve, Hettie, Abraham S., and Schuyler. The\\nsecond and third of these are dead the oldest and the\\nyoungest reside with their father.\\nA Whig in early life, Mr. Messenger joined the Repub-\\nlican party at its formation, and, though not an active poli-\\ntician, has ever since steadily adhered to its principles and\\nsupported its candidates. In religious faith he is a Presby-\\nterian, having joined the church of that denomination at\\nNiles in 1877.\\nThese are the simple facts of 3Ir. Messenger s life. We\\nmake no attempt to elaborate the record, or to portray him\\nother than what he is, a plain, substantial, straightforward,\\ncommon-sense Michigan farmer.\\nGEORGE H. ROUGH.\\nMr. Rough was born in Perry Co., Pa., Dec. G, 1838,\\nand remained there until 1849, when he removed to Ber-\\ntrand, Berrien Co., Mich., with his parents. In the spring\\nof 1863 he was married, and soon after began housekeep-\\ning on the farm he now owns, which was formerly known\\nas the Miller Farm. In 1875, Mr. Rough purchased\\nthe John Borden farm, upon which he has recently", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0291.jp2"}, "292": {"fulltext": "232\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\ncompleted an elegant brick residence, at a cost of ten thou-\\nsand dollars, the building being the finest private farm-\\ndwelling in Berrien County, in which he now resides.\\nMr. Rough was left a widower on the 18th of November,\\n1874, and three children mourned a mother s death.\\nIn 1877 he made a trip to California, and visited the\\nprincipal cities, both in the northern and southern portions\\nof the State deviating from the general route, visiting\\nDenver and the mining parts of Colorado, Salt Lake City,\\nand also the principal cities along the main route. In the\\nsummer of 1878, accompanied by his children, he made an\\nextended tour through the East, visiting Western Canada,\\nNiagara Falls, the river St. Lawrence, Montreal, Quebec,\\nthe White Mountains, Vermont, and Massachusetts. In\\n1877, in company with his brothers, he established a hard-\\nware-store at Buchanan, which is now in a flourishing con-\\ndition. In partnership with Solomon Rough and William\\nPears, he owns the Little Mill (gristj, and the grist-\\nmill at the village of Buchanan. In 1879 he entered in\\ncopartnership with W. R. Rough and Solomon Rough,\\nunder the firm of Rough Bros Wagon- Works, to manu-\\nfacture wagons, buggies, etc., at Buchanan.\\nCHAPTER XXXL\\nCHICKAMING TOWNSHIP.*\\nLocation, Boundaries, and Natural Features Original Entries of\\nLand Settlements and Settlers Lumbering Interests of Chioka-\\nming Township Organization and List of Township Officers\\nSchools Religious History.\\nChickaming township contains 19 full sections, and 6\\ntriangular sections formed by Lake Michigan, and is\\nbounded on the north and west by Lake Michigan and the\\ntownship of Lake, on the east by the township of Weesaw,\\non the south by the townships of New BuB alo and Three\\nOaks, and is designated on the United States survey as\\ntown 7 south, of range 20 west. The name Chickaming is\\nan Indian word, meaning lake.\\nThe highest point of land between St. Joseph and New\\nBufialo is near Wilkinson Station, being 98 feet above the\\nriver at New Buti alu. Along the lake-shore the soil is\\nsaudy.\\nThe northerly portion of that section was heavily tim-\\nbered with beech, maple, and other woods. The southerly\\nportion was white and black oak. In the easterly and\\nsoutherly portions of the township the soil is generally a\\nclay loam of good quality. The lake-shore strip is a good\\nregion for the production of all kinds of fruit, and is largely\\ncultivated for that purpose. The farming lands are similar\\nin quality and production to those of adjacent townships.\\nThe township is watered by the north branch of the\\nGalien River, which enters in the lower part of section 12,\\nand passes diagonally through sections 13, 23, 22, 27, 29,\\nand passes out in section 29.\\nFollowing is a list of persons who made original entries\\nof government lands in the several sections of the township\\nof Chickaming:\\nBy A. N. Hungerford.\\nSection 1. E. Griswold, Sheldon, C. Britain, G. Kimmel.\\nSection 2. Sherwood Co., Wittemeyer, Calvin Britain.\\nSection 3.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sherwood Co., D. A. Miller, T. U. Wray, B. Horton, and\\nStuart Co.\\nSection 9. Sherwood. Whole section.\\nSection 10.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 D. A. Miller, R. Horton, F. M. Wray, J. C. Miller,\\nHorner, G. Kimmel.\\nSection IL G. Kimmel, Johnson.\\nSection 12.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 G. Kimmel, C. Kingery, J. Griffin, Rathbone Co.\\nSection 13.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Rathbone Chapin, J. Turner, B. Butterworth, William\\nBond, Jr.\\nSection 14.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 M. Chamberlain, G. Hoffman, N. Willard, Sherwood\\nCo., Horner.\\nSection 15. G. Kimmel, Sherwood tfc Beers.\\nSection 16. School lot.\\nSection 17.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 C. Britain, H. Bishop, N. Willard, H. L. Stuart.\\nSection 19.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 S. Clough, E. Goit.\\nSection 20.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 B. L. Skinner, M. Chamberlain, F. II. Clough, R. Nixon,\\n,T. Stauffer.\\nSection 21.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 F. Smith, C. Britain, A. Cummings.\\nSection 22. J. Hoi-ner, G. Kimmel, Sherwood Co., M. Chamberlain.\\nSection 23. M. Chamberlain, Johnson, Lauman, E. Griffin, Rath-\\nbone Co.\\nSection 24.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 N. Willard, B. Butterworth, J. Johnson, J. Gurrish, J.\\nHaas, Townsend Co.\\nSection 25.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. Haas, N. Willard Co., Townsend Co., Nelson Wil-\\nlard and Henry Bishop, Sherwood Co., Deacon.\\nSection 26. Jacob Haas, J. Pierce, Sherwood Co.\\nSection 27.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John H. Ostrom Co., D. Robb, J. Staufifer, and J. Turner.\\nSection 28. Ostrom Co., G. C. Balls, John A. Wells, W. Hammond,\\nV. L. Bradford.\\nSection 29.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 M. G. Pratt, E. M. Shelton, V. L. Bradford, J. M. Carter,\\nJ. P. Warner, M. G. Evans.\\nSection 30.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 McKersham, J. P. Warner, Clough Whittaker, W. Ham-\\nmond, V. L. Bradford.\\nEARLY SETTLEMENTS.\\nFor many years after the settlement of New Buffalo,\\nlands in this township were unoccupied by actual settlers on\\naccount of the speculative prices put upon them. The first\\nto locate land was Luman Northrop, from near Hamburg,\\nErie Co., N. Y., a son-in-law of Festus A. Holbrook. He\\ncame to New Buffalo in the fill of 1836, and made that\\nhis headquarters, being part of the time at Galien and New\\nTroy. He was collector of New Buffalo township in 1839.\\nAbout 1840 he bought a farm on the southwest quarter of\\nsection 23, where he built a cabin and a saw-mill with a\\nflutter-wheel. He owned the property until about 1860,\\nand then sold it to Henry H. Pike, now of the Pike\\nHouse, Niles. Prior to this sale, he went to California,\\nLake Co., Ind., and other places. He died about 1868.\\nHe was a man of little education, but of strong mental\\nand physical power.\\nIn 1842, Richard Peckham,a native of Dutchess Co.,\\nN. Y., came to New Buffalo from Clinton, Lenawee Co., in\\nthis State, and commenced the manufacture of grain cradles\\nand rakes, which he continued for four or five years. In\\n1843 he located a farm on the northwest quarter of\\nsection 20, Chickaming. He was a bachelor for many\\nyears, and carried on the farm at the same time with the\\nfactory, but finally moved on the farm, and gave his whole\\nattention to it.\\nHenry Chamberlain, whose history will be found more\\nfully with that of the township of Three Oaks, was the\\nnext to locate. He purchased the east half of the northeast\\nhalf of section 20, where he built a cabin, and lived there\\nabout one year.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0292.jp2"}, "293": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0293.jp2"}, "294": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0294.jp2"}, "295": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF CHICKAMINa.\\n233\\nAlfred Ames, a native of Vermont, came to Eaton Co.,\\nMich., in 1841, and in 1843 came to New Buffalo. In\\nNovember, 1844, he purchased 78 acres of the De Garmo\\nJones property, it being the northeast quarter of the north-\\nwest quarter of fractional section 30. Oct. 1, 1844, he\\nmarried Miss Mary Fisher, then teaching school in Eaton\\nCounty. She was also a native of Vermont, and a former\\nschoolmate of his. Mr. Ames built a cabin on the farm\\n(which was heavily timbered, and had no improvements),\\nhired choppers, and worked in the woods all winter, his\\nwife living with friends in Woodford Co., 111., until some\\nof the conveniences of a home could be obtained. In the\\nspring of 1845 they commenced keeping house. At that\\ntime no bridge crossed the Galien River, and to get to New\\nBuffalo was to swim the river, which Mr. Ames often did,\\ntaking off his clothes and putting them on his head to keep\\nthem dry. The mail service was to them an important\\nmatter, as they were both great readers, and the literature\\nof the day was a necessity. Indians were often encamped\\nbetween the home and New Buffalo. A man by the name\\nof Wilcox, a contractor, lived in part of the house in 1845.\\nHe was engaged in getting out timber for the Chicago\\nharbor improvement. The timber was taken to the lake,\\nput on rafts, and floated to the vessels, which lay from half\\nto three-quarters of a mile out in the lake.\\nr^ The first school taught in the township wa.s at the house\\nI of Mr. Ames, his wife acting as teacher. This was in 1847.\\nHVIrs. Ames is still living on the farm which is known far\\nand near as Clay Banks. Mr. Ames and the father and\\nmother of Mrs. Ames died the same day, at their house,\\nMarch 4, 1864. Mrs. Ames has obtained considerable ce-\\nlebrity as an authoress, and for many years has written both\\npoetry and prose, which have been contributed to the maga-\\nzines and papers of the day.\\nIn April, 1845, William Miller, a native of Ohio, settled\\non .section 30, nearly adjoining Mr. Ames. Mrs. Miller is\\nstill living on the place. His son, John C. Miller, was a\\nmember of the House of Bepresentatives of this State in\\n1862. Truman A. Clough, one of the first settlers of New\\nBuffalo, owned land on sections 19 and 2o. He engaged\\nH. Hebner to clear the land on section 19, and agreed to\\ngive him two acres of land in township 8 for each acre\\ncleared in section 19, township 7. He built a cabin and\\ncleared land to the extent of 20 acres, receiving therefor 40\\nacres lying on Galien River, where his wife still lives. Mr.\\nClough removed to the farm about 1850, and lived there\\nuntil the death of his wife, when he returned to New York\\nState. He sold his property to J. N. Wilkinson Co.\\nZalmon Desbro located on section 30, where his widow\\n(now Mrs. Daniel Magee) lives. George Garland settled on\\nthe southeast quarter of the same section. Arnold Pratt,\\nan early settler of New Buffalo, settled on land adjoining\\nGarland. Richmond Horton, in about 1846, settled on the\\nsouthwest quarter of section 1, where he made a clearing\\nand built a steam saw-mill. He afterwards sold to Silas\\nSawyer, and moved to Berrien Springs, where he was in-\\nterested in building the first grist-mill. He then moved to\\nOhio.\\nTobias M. Hay, from New York, settled on section 16,\\n30\\nand built a small water saw-mill on what is known as Ray s\\nCreek, about 1847. He was killed years after by the\\nbursting of a boiler while putting a steam-engine in his\\nmill.\\nAbout 1835 a lumber firm took up a tract of timber-\\nland on section 11, where they built a water-mill, and con-\\nstructed a horse-railroad to the lake. This was afterwards\\ntaken by Heman J. Rogers and removed to his place on\\nsection 11. P. B. Andrews soon after settled on the place\\nwhere he still lives. Mr. Andrews built the engine for the\\nNewburyport, the first steamer on the St. Joseph River.\\nAmos Fisher located a farm on section 30 about 1850,\\nand went to California, where he remained a short time, re-\\nturned, married, and in 1853 moved on his farm, where\\nhe still resides. A school-house was built on his land early\\nin 1853. Martha, the daughter of John W. Wilkinson,\\ntaught school there in the summer of that year.\\nJohn W. Wilkinson, a native of Virginia, emigrated to\\nClarke Co., lud., in 1833, and in 1847 came to New Buf-\\nfalo, where he remained till 1854. His brother. Dr. James\\nWilkinson, was a physician there for several years. An-\\nother brother, Joseph N. Wilkinson, then living in Ala-\\nbama, now in Richmond, Va., became interested in the\\nlumber business, and, as a member of the firm of J. N.\\nWilkinson Co., purchased, in September, 1854, of Tru-\\nman A. Clough, the greater part of section 19 and the south-\\nwest half of southwest quarter in section 20, for $10 per\\nacre, John W. Wilkinson taking charge of it. A boarding-\\nhouse was put up, choppers hired, and lumbering was ac-\\ntively commenced. The lumber for the first building was\\npurchased of Luman Northrop, who had a small saw-mill\\non section 23. The only improvement on the land when\\nthey came was a clearing of six or eight acres, and a log\\ncabin 18 by 28 feet, built by Mr. Hebner. A store-house\\n20 by 36 feet was soon erected, and a pier was built out\\ninto the lake six hundred feet for convenience in loading\\nlumber and cordwood.\\nAfter the completion of the pier a steam saw-mill was\\nerected, with an upright saw, an engine of 20 horse-power,\\nand capacity of cutting 6000 feet per day. Prom 50 to\\n100 men were employed, mostly in the woods. Afterwards\\nwhat is known as Greenbush Pier was built, and still later\\nPike Pier. From this latter a horse-railroad was built on\\nsection 17, extending east to the southeast quarter of sec-\\ntion 14. The firm continued to purchase land until they\\nhad bought 2500 acres, varying in price from $4^to $6 per\\nacre. A post-office was established at Wilkinson in 1858.\\nAbner Clark, William Fisher, and J. W. Wilkinson were\\nthe postmasters. After Chickaming was made a post-office,\\nwith Edward Glavin as postmaster, the Wilkinson office\\nwas discontinued. Upon the completion of the Chicago\\nand Michigan Lake Shore Railroad, three post-offices were\\nestablished, viz. Sawyer post-office, in the north part of\\nthe township, at Troy Station, James Spaulding, postmas-\\nter Lakeside post-office, at Wilkinson Station, John S.\\nGibson, postmaster and a post-office at Union Pier, in the\\nsouth part of the town.ship, with William T. Green, post-\\nmaster.\\nAbout 1853, Silas Sawyer, of Ohio, came to the town-\\nship, purchased the place of Richmond Horton, in section 1", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0295.jp2"}, "296": {"fulltext": "234\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nand the northeast quarter of section 10, built a steam saw-\\nmill, and by his persistent energy won a competence but\\nthe extension of his business during the depression of the\\ntimes following 1857 was the means of heavy loss. In\\n1873 he moved to Dallas, Tex., where he still resides. He\\nwas the first supervisor of the township after its organiza-\\ntion. Bartlett J. Rogers, a native of Rochester, N. Y. (who\\nhad advanced money to the firm who built at the lake, on\\nsection 3), came here about the same time with Mr. Sawyer,\\nand settled on the northwest quarter of section 11. He\\nmoved the mill from the lake to his farm, enlarged it, and\\nwas extensively engaged in lumbering. He remained here\\nuntil about 1863-64, when he returned to New York.\\nG. A. Orris settled on the northeast quarter of section 2.\\nHe now lives in Weesaw, near Hill s Corners. John Vicker-\\nman settled, about 1854, on the west half of section 10,\\nwhere he still lives. S. F. Broadbeck and Hilliard\\nsettled on the southwest quarter of section 2. The widow\\nof Hilliard, now Mrs. Ashley, still lives on the place.\\nIn 1854, Jerome W. Burnett purchased on the north-\\nwest quarter of section 14, where he still lives. In 1858\\nhe sold a part to James A. Cook, who, in 1872, sold out\\nand moved to Nebraska.\\nThe western part of the township that is accessible to\\nthe lake was largely and heavily timbered, and its early\\nsettlement was largely due to this fact. For many years\\nthe eastern part of the township was a wilderness, except\\nthe location made by Luman Northrup, on section 23. In\\n1860, Albert L. Drew, a native of Cass County, came into\\nChickaming, and bought 480 acres the north half of sec-\\ntion 26 and the northwest quarter of 25 Aug. 18, 1860.\\nHe built a log cabin immediately, and moved in with his\\nfamily on October 23d of that year. His brother-in-law,\\nCharles C. Sherrill, also a native of Cass County, bought\\none-half of Mr. Drew s land, in the winter of 1860-61,\\nbuilt a frame house, and moved his family there in the\\nspring of 1861, at which time his house was half a mile\\nfrom any road. They are both living on the places they\\nthen located. Mr. Drew is an active man in the township,\\nand has filled the oflice of supervisor from 1873 to 1879.\\nMr. Sherrill is an active member of the Baptist Church,\\nand a thrifty, energetic farmer. He was township treasurer\\nfrom 1870 to 1877. John Martin settled, in 1860, on the\\nsouthwest quarter of section 26. He was killed, in 1862,\\nby an accident.\\nSamuel Donovan, about 1862, settled on the southwest\\nquarter of section 23 Horace Warren on the southeast\\nquarter, and Andrew Carpenter on the southwest quarter\\nof section 26. In the spring of 1861, Luman Northrop\\nmoved to Weesaw, giving as a reason that neighbors were\\ngetting too thick.\\nDavid Adamson, an Irishman, came in 1861 with Mr.\\nSherrill, and located in the .southeast quarter of section 26.\\nHe enlisted in the army, and soon after his house was de-\\nstroyed by fire, and one of his children perished in it.\\nAbout 1865, John Baker, John Findle, C. Hess, and\\nGeorge K. Barnhart, with their families, came in, and pur-\\nchased the southeast quarter of section 25. About 1869\\nthey, with other German families in Weesaw and Three\\nOaks, built an Evangelical church on the southeast quarter\\nof section 25. At nearly the same time, Samuel Priest set-\\ntled on northeast quarter of section 25.\\nIn 1862, Clement H. Goodwin, of Aurora, 111., came\\nfrom Galien, where he had been in business, and with his\\nnephew, Richard M., hired the Wilkinson mill, which they\\nran for about a year, and purchased land on fractional sec-\\ntion 25, where a saw-mill and a brick store were erected,\\nand a pier built into the lake. They engaged largely in\\ncutting and shipping cord-wood and in the manufacture of\\nlumber and ties. A horse-railroad was built east to the\\nwest line of section 27. They had purchased large tracts\\nof land on the north half of section 28, and had control of\\nthe land over which the road passed. Mr. C. H. Goodwin\\ndied about 1871. He was a prompt and active business\\nman, possessed of great energy and tact. Richard M.\\nGoodwin is to-day one of the foremost men of the township\\nand one of its most active business men. He carries on a\\nhandle-factory, at Union Pier, in addition to his other busi-\\nness. John Frank and William Gowdy were settlers at\\nUnion Pier. John M. Glavin and Edward Glavin located\\na little north. John M. Glavin was in the Legislature of\\nthe State in 1867.\\n0. R. Brown settled about 1861 on section 2, where he\\nerected a steam saw-mill and carried on a large business for\\nseveral years, and where he still lives. A horse-railroad\\nwas built from the Sawyer Settlement to the Fuller Pier,\\nin the edge of Lake township.\\nLUMBERING INTERESTS.\\nThis township produced a finer quality and larger quantity\\nof oak and whitewood timber than any township of its size\\nin the county. The first operations of importance were\\nthose of the Michigan Central Railroad. In 1847 they\\nbuilt a steam saw-mill on .section 30, where there was a\\nlarge body of fine oak timber. Upon the completion of\\ntheir pier at New Bufiiilo, the mill was removed to that\\nplace. Andrews Miller built a steam saw-mill on section\\n3 about 1851, and continued it till about 1860. In 1853-\\n54, Silas Sawyer bought on section 10, and built a steam\\nsaw-mill. The lumber was so heavy that for the first year\\nof work his operations were confined to ten acres. About\\nthe same time J. N. Wilkinson Co. bought a timber tract\\non sections 19 and 20. This was afterwards increased\\nlargely. The Wilkinson Company built the Wilkinson,\\nGreenbush, and Pike Piers. A horse-railroad was built,\\nand a large business was carried on in lumber, cord-wood,\\nand railroad-ties.\\nAbout 1855 two men from New York built a steam saw-\\nmill on section 11, and constructed a horse-railroad from\\nthere to the lake at the Fuller Pier. This afterwards\\npassed to Bartlett R. Rogers, who continued it for some\\nyears. O. R. Brown, about 1861, purchased the Andrews\\nMill, which was carried on about a year. Darius W. King,\\nof Niles, about 1863, purchased the Greenbush Pier and\\nused it for delivering cord-wood, of which large quantities\\nwere cut and shipped to Chicago. Upon his death, in\\n1865, the property was rented to J. M. K. Hilton, and\\nwas continued till 1868, when it was sold to Paul Cross.\\nThe Pike Pier was sold to J. M. K. Hilton, who was soon", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0296.jp2"}, "297": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF CHICKAMING.\\n235\\nassociated with Horace R. Pike. It was carried on as a\\nwood-yard for several years, passing into the possession of\\nMr. Pike.\\nAbout 1862 or 1863, A. L. H. L. Drew built a steam\\nsaw-mill on section 26, which was continued about eight\\nyears. L. F. Wilcox also built a steam-mill, on section 15,\\nwhich ran for some years. A mill was built at Union Pier,\\nby Goodwin Gowdy, about 1863. It is now in possession\\nof Wm. Gowdy, and is still running.\\nIn 1873 a handle-factory was established near the rail-\\nroad by Sanborn Gowdy, and in 1875 it came into the\\npossession of R. M. Goodwin, by whom it is still run.\\nThe Union Pier Handle- Factory was started first by\\nSanborn Gowdy in 1873, and came into possession of\\nR. M. Goodwin in 1875. It is situated on the line of the\\nChicago and West Michigan Lake Shore Railroad, about\\nthree miles from New Buffalo. The engine is 75 horse-\\npower, and Mr. Goodwin has employed about 30 men.\\nShipments are made to Chicago and South and East.\\nUnion Pier contains also a post-office, saw-mill, and a\\nbrick store.\\nThe assessed valuation of the township of Chickaming\\nin 1856 was $88,416, as shown by the assessment-rolls of\\nthat year. The roll of 1878 places the valuation of the\\ntownship at $114,485.\\nORGANIZATION OF THE TOWNSHIP.\\nThe townships of Chickaming and Tiirce Oaks were set\\noif from the territory of New Bufiido in 1856 by the\\nBoard of Supervisors. Tiie order of the board for the first\\nelection of township officers was as follows\\nNotice is hereby given that the first annual meeting\\nfor the election of town.ship officers in each of the town-\\nships of Three Oaks, Chickaming, and New Buffalo, in the\\ncounty of Berrien, State of Michigan, will be holden on\\nthe first Monday in April, a.d. 1856, as follows, to wit:\\nIn the township of Chickaming, at the store of J. N. Wil-\\nkinson Co., and that Richard Peckham, Silas Sawyer,\\nand Alfred Ames are duly authorized to preside at such\\ntownship-meeting, and to perform all the duties required by\\nstatute in such cases made and provided. The election\\nin Chickaming was duly held, in accordance with this order.\\nThe town records cannot be found, and the civil list given\\nbelow is necessarily imperfect. The names have been gath-\\nered from assessment-rolls and other documents, as follows:\\nSUPEEVISOKS.\\n1856, Silas Sawyer; 1857, Richard Peckham; 1858, John C. Miller;\\n1859-60, George Montague; 1861-62, John C. Miller; 1863-65,\\nJohn M. Glavin; 1860, James Abner Wilkinson; 1867-68, John\\nC. Miller; 1869, Oliver P. Newkirk; 1870, Richard Peckham;\\n1871, Oliver P. Newkirk; 1872, Wm. A. Keith; 187.3-79, Albert\\nL. Drew.\\nCLEEKS.\\n1856-57, A. B.Wilkinson; 1858-60, Richard Peckham; 1861-62,\\nRichmond Horton; 1863-65, Frank Gowdy; 1866, Henry P.\\nNourse; 1867-68, Frank Gowdy; 1869-70, Michael Deady;\\n1871-72, Albert L. Drew; 187.3, Frank E. Sawyer; 1874-79,\\nWm. A. Keith.\\nTREASURERS.\\n1859, Freeman Pulsifer, 1860-67, Jephtha Pulsifer, 1868-69, James H.\\nSpaulding, 1870-77, Horace Wilcox, C. C. Sherrill, 1878, Richard\\nM. Goodwin, 1879, Hale H. Miller.\\nThe township, like many others in the State, is encum-\\nbered by railroad bonds, from which much trouble is grow-\\ning, and the matter is now in the courts.\\nSCHOOLS.\\nWhile the territory now in Chickaming was in New Buf-\\nfalo it was in one school district, but no school was held until\\n1847, when 9 children were gathered at Mrs. Ames house\\nand taught by her. This was soon organized as District\\nNo. 1. The township now has 6 school districts, of which\\nNo. 3 has a graded school. The number of children, in\\n1878, in this district, between five and twenty years of age,\\nwas 136, and they were allowed 50 cents each of the public\\nmoney. This district was organized Nov. 13, 1860. A\\nschool-house, costing $700, was built the next year. Mrs.\\nA. L. Drew was the first teacher, and the number of pupils\\nwas 5.\\nRELIGIOUS.\\nThe Union Pier Baptist Church was organized at Union\\nPier, Aug. 7, 1869, with 13 members, as follows: Wm.\\nFisher and wife, Mrs. J. A. Wilkinson, G. D. Vandy and\\nwife, Hattie Vandy, Fanny Vandy, W. A. Gowdy and wife,\\nE. Gowdy, Mrs. John Gowdy, and two others.\\nThe pastors have been as follows Revs. Samuel Millis,\\nE. L. Millis, J. G. Bostman, Henry Meachin. The church\\nhas at present 42 members.\\nAn Uvangelical Lutheran Church was established on\\nsection 25, in the southeast quarter of the township, com-\\nposed of the GermcTu families in the townships of Chicka-\\nming, Three Oaks, and Weesaw, in that neighborhood. A\\nchurch was built in 1869.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nJOHN C. MORGAN.\\nRalph Morgan, the father of John C, was born in the\\nState of New York on the 18th day of March, 1824. On\\narriving at manhood he acquired the profession of a den-\\ntist. His wife, whose maiden name was Chase, was a native\\nof Massachusetts, being the daughter of a distinguished\\nengineer, who designed the celebrated works for utilizing\\nthe water-power at Holyoke, in that State. Ralph Morgan\\ndied Dec. 31, 1878.\\nJohn C. Morgan was born on the 13th day of February,\\n1856, in Chicopee, Mass. Eight days afterwards his mother\\ndied, leaving the .son at that tender age without the loving\\ncare which only a mother can give. An aunt, however,\\nliving at Southampton, Mass., kindly consented to take\\ncharge of the child, and with her he remained until he\\nwas twelve years old. At this age he went to his father,\\nwho had removed to Greenfield, Mass. In 1867 his father\\nmarried the second time, and in 1869 removed with his\\nfamily to Michigan, locating on the farm known as Lake\\nSide farm, in Chickaming township, Berrien Co., on which\\nhis son now resides. John C. Morgan, at the age of twenty-\\none, married Arvilla, daughter of John S. and Ann E.\\nGibson. His children are Gay Ralph, born April 14,", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0297.jp2"}, "298": {"fulltext": "236\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\n1878; Donald St. Cliiir, born May 19, 1879. Mr. Mor-\\ngan is employed in making cider, jellies, and sorghum-\\nsugar also in raising all kinds of vine-seeds and sugar-\\ncorn, which he takes to the New York and Philadelphia\\nmarkets. He owns a farm situated in the fruit belt of\\nMichigan, called Lake Side farm, also a wheat farm of one\\nhundred and sixty acres, called River Side farm, near the\\nformer. In politics he is a Republican, in religion a Lib-\\neral. Personally, he is an industrious, energetic, upright\\nman, a fine specimen of the active, intelligent Michigan\\nfarmer.\\nALFRED W. AMES.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Westminster, Vt,\\nm the year 1823. His parents died when he was quite\\nyoung, when Alfred found a home with an uncle, Ebenezer\\nMcllvain, -an old soldier of the Revolution. From this\\nscarred veteran, on his mountain farm, the lad listened to\\nALFRED W. AMES.\\ntales of battle and adventure until he became imbued with\\na passionate longing for excitement and change. Naturally,\\nLwhen the uncle passed away, the nephew, then eighteen\\nyears old, started for the West, arriving in Charlotte, Ea-\\nton Co., Mich., in September, 1841. He bought govern-\\nment land and made some improvements on it, but becoming\\ndisheartened by sickness he sold it. In December, 1843,\\nyoung Ames found himself in New Buffalo, Berrien Co.\\nThe next August he purchased a piece of wild land at what\\nwas then known as Clay Banks, now !i part of Ohickaming\\ntownship.\\nIn October, 1844, he returned to Charlotte and married\\nMary Fisher, who was also a native of Vermont, and was an\\nold schoolmate. In May, 1845, they removed to their forest\\nhome on the shore of Lake Michigan, where Mr. Ames re-\\nsided until his death, which occurred in 1864. During\\nthis time Mr. Ames held several offices of trust in the\\ntownship of New Buffalo, and also in Chickaming after it\\nwas set off as a separate township. He died of smallpox.\\nIn an obituary notice a neighbor who knew him well, spoke\\nof him thus: Mr. Ames was the pioneer of the Clay\\nBanks, having .settled here in 1844. He was an affection-\\nate husband and kind parent, and univer.\u00c2\u00abally esteemed as\\na neighbor and citizen.\\nCHAPTER XXXH.\\nGALIEN TOWNSHIP.*\\nLocation and Topography Origin.^l Land-Entries Early Settle-\\nments, Mills, etc.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Organization of the Township and Listof Town-\\n.ship Officers Galien Village Schools Religious Societies.\\nThe township is a fractional one, containing 18 full sec-\\ntions north of the range line, and the north half of six sec-\\ntions south, and bordering on Lidiana. It is bounded on\\nthe north by the township of Weesaw, on the east by Ber-\\ntrand, on the south by the State of Indiana, and on the\\nwest by the township of Three Oaks.\\nThe surface is varied by undulating swells and low-browed\\nforest-clad hills, and is in many places low and marshy.\\nThe soil is in part heavy clay and retentive, but the south-\\nern part is sandy loam. It was formerly covered with dense\\nforests, and was known far and near as the Galien woods.\\nThe timber was mostly beech and maple, interspersed with\\nblack walnut, whitewood, and ash.\\nThe water-courses are the streams that form the head-\\nwaters of Galien River. Three branches take their rise\\nto the south, west, and middle of the township, and flow\\nin a northerly direction, two of them uniting near the\\nnorth line of the township, and the third uniting with the\\nothers in the south part of Weesaw. The head-waters of\\nanother branch rise in the east part of the township and\\nin Bertrand, and join the main stream in Weesaw.\\nThe following list is of original purchasers of land on the\\nseveral sections of Galien township\\nSection 1.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. Coleman, McMichael, S. Potter, Talman, N.\\nWilson, N. and J. H. Wilson, A. Heald.\\nSecllon 2.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 C. B. Tuley, Bulls, J. M. Harder, S. Garwood, B.\\nRedding.\\nSerliun 3.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James Butter, D. II. Warren, B. Huston, S. Austin, S.\\nJones.\\nSection 4.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Gilbert B. Avery, S. Barker, D. and J. Petrie.\\nSection 5. Dennis Fee, Edwin Ives, T. Roosevelt, F. Hutchinson,\\nJ. Gerrish, State.\\nSection a.\u00e2\u0080\u0094E. A. Elliott, Thom.is Burch, U. B. Avery, Abiel G. I lum-\\nmer, State.\\nSection 7.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 State, J. Smith, A. G. Spicer.\\nSection 8. Richard Spanzenbury, Thomas Burch, Josejih A. Pratt,\\nE. Cazone.\\nSection 9.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thomas Burch, Richard Cranmore, J. Ward, W. and A.\\nMiller.\\nSection 10. R. Cranmore, D. Andrew, W. Livingston.\\nSection 11.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. PiatI, E. Luther, D. Andrew, S. Garwood, M. S. Gas-\\nkell, S. Garwood.\\nSection 12. Baldwin Jenkins, S. Garwood, BrianI, B. Redding.\\nSection LS.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Deiirmond, J. Edson, J. Needham, C. Doolittle,\\nWilson, J. Egbert, A. Briant, J. Mandeville.\\nSection 14.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A. Briant, W. Bendin, L. Briant, D. Andrew, B. Red-\\nding.\\nSection 15. Freeman, D. Livingston. D. Andrew, N. Huston,\\nG. Birdsall, H. Salladay, J. Ryan.\\nSection 16. School land.\\nSection 17. J. D. Leffingwell, L. Rush, J. Davis; Ralph Hunt.\\nBy A. N. Hu\\nrford.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0298.jp2"}, "299": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0299.jp2"}, "300": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0300.jp2"}, "301": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF GALIEN.\\n237\\nSection 18. R. R. Carlisle, J. J. Diitton, J. 1 Johnson, Asher,\\nJ. Lewis, T. Burch.\\nSection 19.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. W. Lykins, J. Lewis, J. Curry, William Ward.\\nSection 20.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. Curry, Wilkinson, J. Unrugh, J. Huston, Wil-\\nliam Ward.\\nSection 21.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. Unrugh, J. Unrugh, Jr., J. Huston, D. Andrews, R.\\nHusson.\\nSection 22.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 R. Soper, R. Husson, A. W. McCollom, T. Husson.\\nSection 23.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Lane, J. Egbert, H. Redding, J. H. Phillips, L.\\nCutler.\\nSection 24.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. Egbert, Isano Philli|), Gabriel Dollingcr, and John\\nRedding.\\nEARLY SETTLEMENT, MILLS, ETC.\\nThe territory along the St. Joseph River was settled\\nseveral years before the land back from the river was\\nsought after. The land was heavily wooded, and many of\\nits sections were bought for the timber by parties owning\\nmills in other townships, and it was not purchased by actual\\nsettlers until part at least of its timber was cut off.\\nThe earliest settlers of whom any information can be\\ngained were Samuel Garwood, James H. Wilson, and\\nJohn P. Johnson. Samuel Garwood settled on the nortli-\\neast quarter of section 1 1 before 1836. He was the first\\ntreasurer of the township, at its organization in 1844. He\\nafterwards removed to Iowa.\\nJames H. Wilson was a native of Virginia, and removed\\nwith his parents to Ohio when about eight years of age.\\nIn 1836 he came to this township, and located and pur-\\nchased the southwest quarter of section 1, where he still re-\\nsides. In 1837 he built the first saw-mill in the township,\\non the small creek that runs through his farm. The dam\\nhas been washed out, leaving the frame of the mill still\\nstanding. He married, in 1838, Miss Nancy Kingery, of\\nBuchanan. Eight of his children are now living, six by\\nthe first wife and two by a second wife. Sylvester K., the\\neldest, lives at Dayton, and is proprietor of the saw-mill at\\nthat place Elmira married William Wilson, of Modcna, 111.\\nWinfield S. lives at Galien Winslow C. and Merritt live\\nat home Semantha married Charles H. Dean, of Detroit\\nClara B. and Nancy L., the youngest, are at home. Mr.\\nWilson was school inspector in 1846 and 1848, and treas-\\nurer in 1860. Wm. Burns was the first supervisor of the\\ntownship. He settled there before 1843, on the southwest\\nquarter of section 11, now owned by Stephen Dennison.\\nHe was prominent in the history of the town in its early\\ndays.\\nDaniel Bollinger settled about the same time, where Mrs.\\nAnnie T. Ranger now lives, on the east half of section 20.\\nHe was the first town clerk. Wm. Hardy, about 1846,\\nsettled on the north half of section 14. His daughter now\\nlives on the farm.\\nJohn P. Johnson came to the township in 1834, and\\npurchased a part of the east half of section 19, and part of\\nthe west half of section 20, and where Zachariah Kinne\\nnow owns. He afterwards removed to Iowa. He was one\\nof the first justices of the peace in the township, and one of\\nthe foremost men.\\nObadiah Rittenhouse was a native of Pennsylvania, and\\nsettled on section 3, now owned by Solomon Rough, of\\nBertrand. Peter Critchett, an early settler, married his\\ndaughter.\\nJames Edson and his family settled in 1836, on the\\nnorthwest quarter of section 13. The first election of the\\ntownship was held at his house, April 1, 1844.\\nAlvin Emery bought the northeast quarter of section 22,\\non the Soper Creek, where he built a mill at an early day.\\nHe was supervisor in 1845-47, and school inspector the\\nsame years. Moses Emery, a brother, was school inspector\\nin 1854, and justice of the peace in 1853.\\nRichard Huston settled on the southeast quarter of sec-\\ntion 16, and northeast quarter of section 21. His son,\\nRichard D., lives on the northeast quarter of section 8.\\nAnselm Abshire was an early settler, and one of the first\\njustices of the peace.\\nJohn Unrugh, before 1840, settled on that part of the\\nsouthwest quarter of section 23 which lies in this township,\\nand still lives there. Henry Smith, a native of Ohio, came\\nto this township in 1845, and settled on the south half of\\nsection 10. He moved to Oregon about 1849. Perry G.\\nMagness settled near where Zachariah Kinney lives, on sec-\\ntion 19.\\nThere were a few other men of families in Galien prior\\nto 1844, and several hired men and I armers sons who were\\nvoters. By the record of the town clerk there wore cast\\nin the township, in 1844, 30 votes in 1845, 24 votes and\\nin 1846, 33 votes.\\nThe following persons came into the township during the\\nyear 1846, and soon after: Peter Critchett, a native of\\nPennsylvania, settled on the southea.st quarter of section 4,\\nafter renting a year or two. He lived on this farm until\\n1878, and is now living in the village. Asher A., Noah,\\nDavid, and Allison G. Spicer, brothers, emigrated from Ohio\\nabout 1847. Asher located on the southeast quarter of\\nsection 10 an 1 southwest quarter of section 11 A. G.\\nSpicer, on the northwest quarter of section 7, where Wm.\\nThompson now lives. Samuel Collins settled on the north-\\nwest quarter of section 17. Daniel Conant settled on a\\nfarm on the northwest quarter of section 10. He has a\\nson living in Weesaw.\\nGeorge Partridge, a native of New Hampshire, emigrated,\\nwith his wife and family, in 1849, and located on the south-\\nwest quarter of section 11. He now lives in Galien\\nvillage.\\nWilliam Valentine, from New York, settled in the .south-\\nwest corner of the township about 1847, and built a mill\\nthere. About 1850, Samuel Scleigh emigrated from Penn-\\nsylvania, with his family, and located on the northwest\\nquarter of section 16, where he built a mill, now known as\\nthe Penyard Mill. He was town clerk for many years.\\nIn 1859 the grand jurors for this township were David\\nMiller and John P. Johnson. The petit jurors at the same\\ntime were Edson and Ashbury Baltimore. Settlements in\\nthe township were few prior to 1844. The population in\\n1845 was 141; in 1854, 404; in 1860, 528; in 1870,\\n856.\\nThe first .steam saw-mill was erected at what is now the\\nvillage of Galien, about 1851,byClapp Cheney. It was\\nafterwards sold to C. H. Goodwin and to John L. Reed,\\nand, in 1853, to George A. Blakeslee.\\nMr. Blakeslee is a native of Jefierson Co., N. Y. In\\n1851 he came through this region of country on a prospect-\\nin tour, and again in 1853. nut intending to remain but", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0301.jp2"}, "302": {"fulltext": "238\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nat that time he purchased the east half of section 3, where\\nthe village of Galien now stands. At that time the saw-\\nmill and one log cabin constituted all there was on the\\nproperty. The mill had an engine of 30 horse-power, and\\na capacity of cutting 5000 feet of lumber per day. In\\n1854 he built a store. Wheii the post-office was established\\nhe was appointed postmaster, and has remained in that posi-\\ntion to the present time. Mr. Blakeslee has a farm of over\\n200 acres on his homestead in Galien. He conducts the\\nmercantile business, and buys the grain that comes to that\\nmarket, and operates the large saw-mill and factory. The\\nvillage plat was laid out by him in 1861. A large hall\\nover the store is free for all religious services and other exer-\\ncises of a public nature. He also owns a farm of 400 acres\\nin section 28, in Weesaw. He is one of the foremost men\\nin the society of Latter- Day Saints of the State and\\ncountry.\\nRichard W. Moutross came to Galien, and commenced\\nmanufacturing handles on a limited scale, and from this\\nsmall beginning has built probably the largest business of\\nthe kind in this section of country. He is an active, ener-\\ngetic, upright man, fair and honest in his dealings, and\\nliberal to all charitable purposes, and is a valuable man in\\nthe township.\\nSteam Saw-Mill and Handle- Factory. In 1853, Geo.\\nA. Blakeslee purchased the mill property of John L. Reed,\\nand soon enlarged its capacity. In 1868 it was destroyed\\nby fire, and was rebuilt in seventy days. It now has a ca-\\npacity of cutting 25,000 feet of lumber per day, with an\\nengine of 1 00 horse-power, and employs an average of 25\\nmen. It manufactures lumber, planed and matched, and\\nturns out 1,500,000 broom-handles annually. Shipments\\nare made to all parts of the country, but mostly to St. Louis,\\nPhiladelphia, Boston, New York, and Schenectady.\\nThe Wolverine Handle- Factory. The business now car-\\nried on under the above name was first started by Smith\\nMontross, in the mill of Mr. Geo. Blakeslee, from whom\\nspace and power were rented. Upon the destruction of that\\nbuilding by fire, in 1868, the business having become suc-\\ncessful, Mr. Richard W. Montross decided to build a factory\\nfor himself, which he did on the present location. Addi-\\ntions were made from time to time to meet the trade, and\\nnow he has every facility for manufacturing and storing\\nequal to almost any demand. Sales are made in all parts of\\nthe United States and in Europe and Australia, to the latter\\nof which shipments are made monthly. He has a working\\ncapital of $50,000, and employs about 40 men and boys.\\nEvery kind of handle known to the trade is mauufiictured,\\nand the shipments reach millions annually. Mr. Montross\\nhas a branch establishment at Paw Paw.\\nORGANIZATION OF THE TOWNSHIP.\\nThe territory now forming Galien was in 183G attached\\nto Bertrand, upon the organization of that township, and\\nin 1837 it was transferred to Weesaw, to which township it\\nbelonged until the organizing act for its erection was ap-\\nproved, Feb. 29, 1844, providing That township 8 south,\\nof range 9 west, in the County of Berrien, be, and the same\\nis hereby, set ofl and organized into a separate township by\\nthe name of Galien, and the first township-meeting shall\\nbe held at the house of James Edson, in said township.\\nIn accordance with the provisions of the above act, the first\\ntownship-meeting was held at the place mentioned in the\\nspring of 1844, at which election 31 votes were cast and the\\nfollowing officers were elected William Burns, Supervisor\\nDaniel Bellinger, Town Clerk Samuel Garwood, Treasurer;\\nWilliam H. Willson, William Burns, John P. Johnson, and\\nA. Abshire, Justices Wm. Burns and Hiram S. Copley,\\nSchool Inspectors. $25 was voted at this meeting for the\\nsupport of schools. The expenses of the township, as\\nshown by the records for 1847, were $75.25. For 1848\\nthey were $40.\\nAt a town-meeting in April, 1846, it was voted, That\\n$22 of wild-cat money be sold to the highest bidder [and\\nwhich brought 50 cents], the same to be applied to pur-\\nchase a book for the use of the town treasurer.\\nThe supervisors, clerks, treasurers, and justices of the\\npeace of the township of Galien, from its organization to\\nthe present time, have been as follows\\nSUPERVISOES.\\n1844, William Burns; 1845, Alvin Emory; 1846, Wm. Burns; 1847,\\nAlvin Emory; 1848, John P. Johnson; 1849, Henry Smith;\\n1850-52, John P. Johnson; 1853-55, Perry Noggle; 185fi, Wm.\\nValentine; 1857-58, D. D. Hinman; 1859-60, Perry Noggle;\\n1861, Geo. Partridge; 1862-63, Perry Noggle; 1864, Geo. Par-\\ntridge; 1865, Wm. K. White; 1866, Geo. Partridge; 1867, Al-\\nbert Clark; 1868, Wm. K. White; 1869-70, Geo. Partridge; 1871\\n-75, Stephen A. Dennison 1876, Geo. Partridge; 1877, Perry\\nNoggle; 1878-79, Benton R. Stearns.\\nTOWN CLERKS.\\n1844-45, Daniel Bellinger; 1846, Hiram D. Copley; 1847-48, Daniel\\nBellinger; 1849-50, Samuel Scleigh 1851, D. D. Hinman; 1852,\\nSamuel Seleigh; 1853, S. H. Burns; 1854-55, P. G. Winchell;\\n1856-57, Freeman Yaw; 1860-64, David D. Hinman; 1865,\\nHenry M. Blair; 1806, Freeman Yaw; 1867-72, D. D. Hinman;\\n1873-75, Alex. Emory; 1870-78, Ebenezer Harris; 1879, Timo-\\nthy Smith.\\nTEEASUREES.\\n1844-45, Samuel Garwood; 1846-47, Asher A. Spicer 1848, Daniel\\nBellinger; 1849-50, Asher A. Spieer; 1851, C. Borders; 1852-53,\\nJacob Jackson 1854, Peter Critchett; 1855-59, Jacob Jackson;\\n1860-60, James H. Wilson; 1808-70, Freeman Yaw; 1871-73,\\nEbenezer Harris; 1874-77, Benton R. Stearns; 1878-79, Wm.\\nW. Fry.\\nJUSTICES OF THE PEACE.\\n1844, John P. Johnson, William Burns, James H. Wilson 1845,\\nJames H. Wilson; 1846, Wm. Burns, Samuel Collins; 1847,\\nDaniel Bellinger; 1848, James H. Wilson 1849, John Johnson,\\nFreeburg G. White; 1850, Samuel Seleigh; 1851, T. G. Bobo, B.\\nLybrook, F. G. White; 1852, S. Scleigh, Jacob Jackson; 1853,\\nS. H. Burns, Moses Emory, J. G. Winchell; 1854, E. Colby;\\n1855, G. L. Green 1856, S. Collins, Jonathan Wills, D. D. Hin-\\nman 1857, D. D. Hinman, E. J. White, Geo. Partridge, Geo.\\nBlakeslee; 1858, Reuben H. Rice, Geo. A. Blakeslee, E. J. White,\\nJ. A. Cutshan; 1859, Ira Cowell, Isaac Batten; 1860, William\\nJewel 1861, Henry Yaw, John A. Barber; 1862, Peter Critchett,\\nJohn Shuley 1863, Peter E. Swan, Wm. J. Closaon 1864, John\\nShuley, James M. Patterson 1865, Wm. K. White, Peter Critch-\\nett, David Owen 1866, G. A. Blakeslee, Zaehariah Kinno, Albert\\nClark; 1867, D. D. Hinman; 1868, Peter Critchett, J. B. Dow-\\nling; 1869, Zaehariah Kinne, Winslow C. Wilson, Alex. Emory\\n1870, David Dingman, G. A. Blakeslee, Wm. F. Swem 1871,\\nWm. K. White; 1872, Geo. A. Blakeslee, J. B. Dowling; 1873,\\nZ. Kinne, Wm. W. Davis, Peter Ash; 1874, Peter Ash, AIo.\\\\.\\nEmory; 1876, Porter Churchill; 1877, John Shuley; 1878, Chas.\\nA. Witter; 1879, Alexander Emory.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0302.jp2"}, "303": {"fulltext": "Mr. CYRUS THURSTON.\\nMflS.C. THURSTON.\\ni.^J |i U 4 JL i^^WMJ i ^l iii ^l- u\\nRes.of CYRUS THURSTON,Qaiii-n, Berrien Co.Mich. 1879.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0303.jp2"}, "304": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0304.jp2"}, "305": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF GALIEN.\\n239\\nGALIEN VILLAGE.\\nThe village of Galien was laid out in 1861, by George\\nA. Blakeslee, who located there in 1853, and owned the\\nland on which the village stands. It now contains a popu-\\nlation of about 500 inhabitants, with 90 dwellings, three\\ndry-goods and grocery-stores, two drug-stores, and one hard-\\nware-store, two saloons, two handle-factories and saw-mills,\\none stave-factory, three blacksmith-shops, one wagon-shop,\\none shoe-shop, one church (German Lutheran), and three\\nother church organizations Methodist, Latter-Day Saints,\\nand Disciples), two hotels, post-office, school-house, and one\\ngrist-mili.\\nIncorporation of the Village. An act incorporating the\\nvillage of Galien, to embrace section 3 and the northwest\\nquarter of section 10, was approved March 4, 1879. An\\nelection was held on the .second Monday in March, 1879,\\nat Hoskins Hotel, and the following officers were elected\\nGeorge A. Blakeslee, President Richard Montross, Charles\\nA. Witte, Peter Critchett, Edwin J. Fairfield, Bowles C.\\nSmith, Ebenezer Harris, Trustees Alexander Emery,\\nClerk Timothy Smith, Treasurer John Carl, Street\\nCommissioner George Partridge, Assessor.\\nAVERY S STATION.\\nThis place is on the west line of the township, and is a\\nstation on the Michigan Central Railroad. It lies mostly\\nin Three Oaks, and is hardly of sufficient importance to be\\ncalled a village.\\nSCHOOLS.\\nThe first action of the township in reference to schools\\nwas at the first election (held April 1, 184-lj, at which\\ntime $25 was voted for use of primary schools. The town-\\nship had been divided into districts while included in the\\nterritory of Weesaw. The board of school inspectors met\\nDec. 12, 1845, and granted certificates to David B. Cop-\\nley and Martha Fleming. At a meeting held Dec. 13,\\n1847, .school district No. 2 was reformed, to comprise sec-\\ntions 3, 4, 9, 10, 15, 16, 21, and 22. Dec. 6, 1847, Sally\\nBauman received certificate to teach in district No. 2. At\\nthe regular town-meeting in April, 1848, it was voted to\\nraise 50 cents to each scholar over four years and under\\neighteen years. April 29, 1848, Elizabeth Scleigh received\\na certificate as teacher.\\nThe return of scholars and school-money for the year\\n1848 was\\nScholars. P;\\nMoney.\\nDistrict Ni). 1 69 $15.63\\n2 49 12.98\\n3 26 6.89\\nTotals 134 $35.50\\nThe reports for the years 1849, 1856, 1860, and 1879\\nshowed as follows\\n1849.\\nScholars. Primary\\nMoney.\\nDistrict No. 1 23 .$7.82\\n2 32 10.88\\n3 44 14.96\\nTotals 99 at 34 cents each $33.66\\nDistrict No. 1.\\n1.\\nScholars.\\n48\\nto build hou\\nin money\\nPrimary\\nMoney.\\n$25.68\\nse 180.00\\n2.\\n2.\\n3.\\n77\\nvoted\\n36\\n41.19\\n57.75\\n19.26\\n1860.\\nNo. of District.\\n1\\nScholars.\\n46\\nPrimary\\nMoney.\\n.$21.16\\n16.10\\n11.96\\nLibrai-y\\nMoney.\\n$14.21\\n2\\n3\\n4\\n5\\n6\\n35\\n26\\n10.81\\n8.03\\n52\\n19\\n23.92\\n8.74\\n11.60\\n16.05\\n5.87\\n7\\n25\\n7.72\\nTotals..\\n203\\n1879.\\n.$93.38\\n$62.69\\nAmount of pr\\nlib\\nmary\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ary\\nSc\\nmone\\n$211.68\\n1 .90\\nNo. of District.\\n1\\nlolars.\\n41\\n57\\n63\\n85\\n54\\n41\\n41\\nPrimary.\\n.$19.68\\n27.36\\n30.24\\n88.80\\n25.92\\n19.68\\n$211.68\\nLibrary.\\n$0.18\\n.24\\n.80\\n.23\\n.18\\n$1.90\\nTotal.\\n$19.86\\n27.60\\n3\\n5\\n30.51\\n89.60\\n8\\n26.15\\n19.86\\nTotals..\\n$213.58\\nVALUE OF\\nSCHOOL-SITES AND HOUSES\\nfrani\\nbrick\\nfram\\n$300\\n600\\n3,\\n350\\n6,\\n6600\\n7,\\n400\\n8.\\n600\\nThe brick school-house in the village was built in 1877-\\n78, the village being bonded for that purpose. The bonded\\nindebtedness at this time is $1693.33.\\nThe following-named persons have filled the office of\\nschool inspector in Galien township from its organization to\\nthe present time\\n1844, William Burns, Hiram H. Copley; 1845, Alvin Emery, Auselm\\nAbshire; 1846, James H. Wilson, Hiram H. Copley: 1847, Alvin\\nEmory 1848, James H. Wilson, John P. Johnson 1849, John\\nP. Johnson, Henry Smith 1860, Samuel Reynolds 1851, Chris-\\ntopher Borden 1852, John P. Johnson; 1863, William H. John-\\nson, D. D. Hinman; 1854, E. Colby, B. Lybrook 1865, M.\\nEmory; 1856, E. Colby, C. Thurston; 1857, D. D. Hinman;\\n1858, William Valentine; 1859, John Valentine, Isaac Wombold\\n1860, Reuben H. Rice, Henry Yaw 1861, Henry M. Blair 1862,\\nCyrus Thurston; 1863, Julius W. Marsh; 1864, Henry Yaw, El-\\nlis E. Taylor; 1865, Perry Noggle; 1866-67, J. B. Dowling;\\n1868, Ransom P. Goit, George W. Lee; 1869, J. B. Dowling;\\n1870-71, Alexander Emory; 1872, J. B. Dowling; 1873, Alex-\\nander Emory; 1874, J. B. Dowling, Cyrus Thurston; 1875, J. B.\\nDowling; 1876, G. A. Blakeslee; 1877, J. B. Dowling; 1878,\\nCharles Valentine; 1879, J. B. Dowling.\\nThe office of superintendent of schools has been filled by\\nthe following-named persons\\n1876-76, Timothy Smith; 1877, Cyrus Thurston; 1878, Bolls C.\\nSmith 1879, Cyrus Thurston.\\nThe Galien Board of Education for 1879 is composed of\\nD. C. Smith, M.D., Theron Chilson, D. W. Severn, Alex-\\nander Emory, and B. R. Stearns.\\nRELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.\\nThe German Lutheran Church was organized Nov. 25,\\n1866, with 12 members, at the school-house in the village\\nof Galien. The Rev. William Braunwarth was the first", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0305.jp2"}, "306": {"fulltext": "240\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\npastor. He was succeeded by the Revs. A. Lehniann, E.\\nKling, Frederick Walter, Johu NoUau, Julius Schumm,\\nand A. Debus, who is the present pastor. The church was\\nerected about 1869. The present member.ship is 16. The\\nchurch at Three Oaks is under the same charge with this.\\nLatter-Day Saints. The denomination to which this\\nsociety belongs number in the United States between 100,-\\n000 and 200,000 members. They are followers of Joseph\\nSmith, but do not accept the beliefs of Brigham Young,\\nand claim that he is an apostate from original Mormonism.\\nPolygamy is no part of their creed, and they have no con-\\nnection with the Utah Mormons. The title is the Reor-\\nganized Church of Christ of Latter-Day Saints, with Joseph\\nSmith, the son of the martyr, at its head. They were the\\nfirst to send missionaries to Utah. The organization in the\\nvillage and town of Galien was founded with 70 members,\\nand now has about 40. It belongs to the Michigan dis-\\ntrict, in which there are five pastors. The Rev. William\\nKelly has charge of this church. Meetings are held in\\nBlakeslee Hall.\\nA Methodist Class was organized at the village in 1871,\\nwith 12 members. They number at present 4. Meetings\\nare held in Blakeslee Hall.\\nTiie Church of the Disciples was organized at Galien\\nCentre in the spring of 1859, with about 30 members, by\\nthe Rev. William Roe, and has been held mostly in the\\nsame charge with the church of Buchanan. The organiza-\\ntion was divided in April, 1879, a part remaining at the\\nCentre, and part worship at the village of Galien. Both\\norganizations number about 40 members. A church was\\nbuilt at Galien Centre, on the southwest corner of section\\n10, about 1869, and services are now held there once in two\\nweeks by the Rev. Mr. Cowles. Services are held in Galien\\nvillage, in the hall at Haskins Hotel.\\nUnited Brethren. An organization of the above de-\\nnomination was perfected about twenty years ago, but has\\nnot been kept in very good condition. It is now assuming\\nnew life and bids fair to be a prosperous organization. Ser-\\nvices are held in the school-house about one mile south of\\nGalien Centre.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nDAVID A. CUTHBERT.\\nThis gentleman was born Aug. 16, 1819, in Yorkshire,\\nEngland. At the age of eleven years his father hired him\\nout to work on a farm for twelve months. He continued\\nlaboring as a farm-hand until he was twenty-seven years\\nold, when he married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and\\nElizabeth Arlington. Two children were born of this\\nunion, viz., David T., born June 15, 1847, and John A.,\\nborn July 10, 1850. In 1853, Mr. Cuthbert decided to\\ntry his fortunes in America. His first stopping-place after\\narriving in this country was Rochester, N. Y., where, with\\nhis family and without means to go any farther, he was\\nobliged to stay. But, used to labor, he soon obtained work,\\nand as soon as he succeeded in getting money enough to get\\naway, moved to Michigan, rented land in Cass and Berrien\\nCounties until 1865, when he found himself possessed of\\nmeans enough to purchase a home of his own, and bought\\nat one time 40 and at another 80 acres. Oct. 2, 1875, he\\nhad the misfortune to lose his wife. Being somewhat dis-\\ncouraged and unsettled at this affliction, he resolved to visit\\nhis native land but upon again looking on those old\\nfamiliar haunts of his boyhood all seemed changed. As he\\nexpresses it, Everything looked so narrow that it did not\\nseem like home. Returning to Michigan in 1877, in\\nOctober, 1878, he married, for his second wife, Mrs. Louisa\\nJ., widow of Henry Ilenbarger.\\nHe has been in politics a Democrat, but declares himself\\nuntranimeled, and intends now to cast his vote for the can-\\ndidate whom he considers best fitted for the ofSce to be filled,\\nregardless of party.\\nIn religion he has been a member of the Methodist Epis-\\ncopal Church since 1849. His first wife was also a member\\nof the same church.\\nHENRY RENBARGER\\nwas a native of Indiana, born Feb. 25, 1830. His boyhood\\nwas passed on a farm, rendering his father such assistance\\nas farmers boys in those days usually were called upon to\\ngive. Soon after reaching his majority, and upon the 7th\\nday of September, 1851, he was united in marriage with\\nMiss Louisa J., daughter of John and Martha Martin.\\nThe following year he came to Michigan, renting land until\\n1855, then located on the farm where the family now re-\\nside, purchasing 160 acres, to which he afterwards added\\n36 acres.\\nMr. and Mrs. Renbarger were the parents of eight chil-\\ndren, viz., Winfield S., born June 18, 1852; James A.,\\nMarch 9, 1854 Martha A., Oct. 12, 1856; George W.,\\nFeb. 4, 1859 Elsie M., Sept. 23, 1861 Nancy E., April\\n22, 1864, died May 19, 1864; Elmira L., born May 25,\\n1865 and John H., born May 28, 1868.\\nPolitically, Mr. Renbarger acted with the Democratic\\nparty. In religion he was what is termed a liberal, never\\nbelonging to any church organization, but left behind him\\na name honored and unsullied, respected by all who knew\\nhim, and a memory ever green in the minds of his friends\\nand family. His death occurred upon the 20th day of Sep-\\ntember, 1876.\\nMRS. MARY WITTER,\\nformerly Mrs. Huston, was born in Ohio, Feb. 10, 1804.\\nHer father, Jes.se Frame, was a native of Virginia, remov-\\ning to Ohio in 1803. Her mother s maiden name was\\nNancy Abshir, who was also a native of Virginia, and\\nmarried Mr. Jesse Frame about 1779. Mrs. Witter was\\nthe third child in a family of twelve children, and was\\nmarried to Mr. William Huston, Dec. 20, 1827, in Ohio,\\nremoving to Michigan in 1840, and settling where Mrs.\\nWitter now lives. Mr. Huston died March 11, 1845,\\nleaving six children to be i)rovided for. Mrs. Huston\\nsucceeded by industry and perseverance in keeping the", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0306.jp2"}, "307": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF GALIEN.\\n241\\nfamily together until all had reached maturity. In 1852\\nshe was married, the second time, to Samuel Reynolds, who\\ndied in February, 1857, there being only two weeks differ-\\nence in the time of his death and that of her son, Jesse\\nHuston, a promising boy of seventeen years. In 1859 she\\nwas the third time married, this time to Mr. John Witter,\\neducational advantages and having seen but little of society,\\nyet it will afford any one pleasure to visit her. She is ever\\nready to lend a helping hand to those around her needing\\nassistance, and has always found enough of this to do\\nneighbors and friends calling upon her in sickness or\\nwhen needing assistance, and always receiving it. Many\\nMRS. MARY WITTER.\\nand removed to Portage Prairie, where she remained nine\\nyears, or until the death of Mr. Witter. She then re-\\nturned to her old home in Galien township, making her\\nhome with her daughter, Mrs. Weldon, who died in 1877,\\nleaving her children to be cared for by her mother.\\nMrs. Witter is a remarkable woman having had no early\\nweaker minds would have been crushed by the sorrow that\\nhas overtaken her during her lifetime, having been called\\nto mourn the loss of so many of her family, four of\\nher children have passed on before; but ever remember-\\ning that these dark clouds overshadowing her have silver\\nlinings, she goes on cheerfully fulfilling her mission.\\nCYRUS THURSTON\\nis a native of Pennsylvania, though his father and mother\\nwere both natives of New York. He was born Aug. l-l,\\n1825, and was one of a family of five children, four boys\\nand one girl. One of the brothers died when grown, and\\nthe sister died when quite young.\\nCyrus was raised on a farm, remaining at home assisting\\nhis father about the farm until he was twenty-two years of\\nage. June 8, 1848, he married Miss Hannah B., daughter\\nof Jonathan and Ann Woolverton. Of this union have\\nbeen born nine children, of whom five are living. Mrs.\\nThurston s mother was a relative of Col. Daniel Boone.\\nCyrus came to Michigan in the fall of 1853, renting land\\nand farming until 1855, when he made his first purchase of\\neighty acres, on section 8 of this township. In 1846 he\\nbought the present homestead of sixty acres, to which he has\\nsince added thirty acres, making a fine farm of ninety acres.\\nHis advantages for an early education were limited, but,\\n31\\nbeing anxious to secure a good education, he attended a high\\nschool two terms just before his marriage and the Michigan\\nState Normal School one term after his marriage. This,\\nwith his reading and constant study outside of school, fitted\\nhim for teaching, and he then entered that profession, farm-\\ning during the summer and teaching in the winter. He\\nhas taught in every district in his township except one\\nalso has taught in Ohio and Indiana, and has filled the\\nposition of superintendent of schools.\\nIn politics he has always been a Democrat, and is now\\nidentified with those advocating hard money. In religion\\nhe is connected with that denomination known as the Latter-\\nDay Saints.\\nMr. Thurston has ever been an industrious and ambitious\\nman, and by these good qualities has secured for himself\\nand family a comfortable home. These facts must make\\nmemory a pleasure, and give zest to the enjoyments of this\\nlife.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0307.jp2"}, "308": {"fulltext": "242\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nFRANK JERUE.\\nThe subject of this sketch was bom in 1844, in Canada.\\nCame to Berrien County in 185.5. When he was about\\neighteen years old the war of the Rebellion broke out, and,\\nloyal to his country, he responded to the call to arras, en-\\nlisting in the 25th Michigan Infantry, July, 1862. He\\nserved as a private until he was discharged, July, 1865.\\nHe was wounded at Atlanta, Ga., July 28, 1864, and was\\nthen absent frorn his regiment five months, the only time\\nhe was absent during his term of service.\\nMr. Jerue made his first purchase of land in 1868, of\\nforty acres, to which he has since added thirty acres, making\\na farm of seveuty acres, which, though small, is an excel-\\nlent and profitable one. His father and friends are all\\nDemocrats, but he has always been a firm supporter of\\nthe Republican party. Is a member of the United Breth-\\nren Church, he and his wife having united with it only a\\nshort time ago. They had previously been members of the\\nMethodist Church. Mr. F. Jerue married Miss Clara,\\ndaughter of George and Jane Parish, who were married in\\n1836 and reside in this county. They have had six chil-\\ndren two only are living, viz., Frank A. and Clyde S.\\nThe father and mother of Mr. Jerue were married in\\n1843, in Canada, and Mr. Jerue was the oldest of their\\neight children, four boys and four girls. His father is now\\na resident of this county.\\nR. B. HUSTON\\nwas born in Indiana, Nov. 15, 1829, and was the eldest son\\nof Wm. Huston, a native of Ohio, but who removed to\\nMichigan in 1835, being one of the first settlers in Galien\\ntownship. His death occurred March 22, 1844, leaving\\nbehind a widow and five children, the widow still living.\\nAfter the death of his father, R. B. Huston remained at\\nhome with his mother, assisting her in the management of\\nthe fivrm and care of the family until he was twenty-six\\nyears of age. May 4, 1856, he married Miss Martha\\nA., daughter of Henry and Nancy Waterhou.se. Ten\\nchildren have been added to their family circle and two\\ntaken away again. Names and ages as follows Rhoda L.,\\nborn Oct. 18, 1858. Loretta A., born Sept. 13, 1860\\ndied Dec. 26, 1878. George E., born March 7, 1862.\\nMary, born Aug. 11, 1864. Nancy, born April 12, 1866.\\nJohn W., born May 30, 1869. Sylva A., born Feb. 7,\\n1871 died Aug. 2, 1872. Minerva M., born Feb. 11,\\n1874. Wm. J., born Jan. 10, 1876. Grace M., born\\nMay 5, 1877. After his marriage he remained at the old\\nhomestead for two years, then moved to his present home,\\na farm of one hundred and twenty acres he also owns\\nanother farm of eighty acres one mile west of his residence.\\nIn the early settlement of the county the opportunities\\nfor securing an education were very limited; he attended a\\nfew terms of the district school, where he received his only\\neducation.\\nMrs. Huston s fiither and mother were natives of Ver-\\nmont, where she was born March 25, 1839 was the youngest\\nof six children. Her parents removed to Ohio when she\\nwas four years old, and from there to Galien, Mich., when\\nshe was thirteen years old, where she has since resided.\\nIn 1852, Mr. Huston and a brother of Mrs. Huston\\nowned and ran the first grain separator ever used in Galien\\ntownship. Also owned the first reaper and put up the first\\nwindmill. He has been engaged for several years in thrash-\\ning. At this time he is owning and running a .steam\\nthrasher.\\nCHAPTER XXXIII.\\nHAGAB TOWNSHIP.*\\nDescription of Location, Soil, and Surface Settlements, Mills, and\\nEarly Roads Township Organization and Civil List Religious\\nOrganizations Schools.\\nHagar lies upon the eastern shore of Lake Michigan,\\nand occupies as well the extreme northwestern corner of\\nBerrien County. It is numbered town 3 south, in range\\n18 west, contains less than 19 .sections, and is bounded on\\nthe north by the Van Buren County line, on the south by\\nBenton township, on the east by Watervliet, and on the\\nwest by Lake Michigan. It is well watered by numerous\\nstreams, of which the largest is the Paw Paw River, flowing\\nacross the southeastern portion of the township.\\nLike other Berrien County town.ships, Hagar was at one\\ntime a rich fruit-growing region, but latterly has lost much\\nof its importance in that direction by the general prevalence\\nof disease in the peach orchards. Apples and other fruits\\nare grown to a considerable extent, and among Hagar s\\nagriculturists might be named a score or more who are\\nheavy fruit-growers. Although much attention is given to\\nfruit, general farming is by no means neglected. The Chi-\\ncago and West Michigan Railroad, passing through the\\ntownship, with stations at Hagar and Riverside, furnishes\\nconvenient and quick access to markets for the products of\\nthe soil.\\nEach of the stations named has a post-oflSce. Neither\\nrises to the dignity of a village, although the latter contains\\na store. The need of villages or stores in the township is,\\nafter all, scarcely apparent, as Benton Harbor and St. Joseph\\nnaturally attract the business of the adjacent country, and\\nmay be reached in an hour from any part of Hagar.\\nIn the northern part of the township, near the lake-shore,\\nthere is much timbered land which is being industriously\\ncleared by lumbering firms, one of which employs 80 men.\\nThe assessed valuation of this township is but $95,385, the\\nleast of any of the townships of Berrien. The presence of\\nconsiderable tracts of unimproved land indeed fully one-\\nhalf if not more of the territory in Hagar is timbered\\ngives reason for this, but according to the way in which the\\ncountry is being cleared, the assessed valuation will show a\\nmaterial increase within five years.\\nHagar is well supplied with schools, but has no church\\nedifice within its limits, although two church organizations\\nmaintain public worship in school-houses. The township\\nhas neither grist-mill nor saw-mill, and has had but one of\\nthe latter, long since, however, in disuse.\\nThat portion of St. Joseph township now known as Hagar\\nfailed to invite the attention of pioneers until after 1840,\\nand even then only to a very moderate degree. The first\\nwhite man to locate upon that territory as a settler was\\n*_By David Schwartz.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0308.jp2"}, "309": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0309.jp2"}, "310": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0310.jp2"}, "311": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF HAGAR.\\n243\\nHenry Hawley, a Canadian, who entered 160 acres on sec-\\ntion 23, where Oscar Damon now lives. He conveyed his\\nfamily to the place in the spring of 1839, and worked for\\na while in the midst of an uninhabited region, as if he really\\nintended to make a permanent home in the wilderness, but\\nhis courage failed before the loneliness of his situation and\\nthe rather gloomy prospect before him. Settlers from St.\\nJoseph had given him a helping hand at the outset, and\\ngathered in force to put up a log cabin for him. He\\nstarted cheerfully upon the task of clearing his land, and\\nmade up his mind to fight his way stubbornly against the\\ndisadvantages of a life in an unbroken country, but he grew\\ntired of the business before he had cleared an acre of land,\\nand, packing up his goods, took them and his family off to\\nIndiana, where he lived until his death.\\nIn the summer of 1839, Charles Lamb, a Vermonter,\\ncame West with a young wife, and, tarrying a short time in\\nSt. Joseph (working meanwhile on the docks), moved with\\nhis wife and infant child upon what is now known as the\\nBundy Place, in Hagar, the northeast quarter of section 23.\\nAs there was no road to his new farm, he made the journey\\nup the Paw Paw River in a canoe. The road from Hagar\\nto Benton Harbor, Mr. Lamb helped to lay out some time\\nafter he became a settler, and that was the first road laid\\nout in the township. Hawley was gone when Lamb moved\\nin, and the latter s family was therefore the only one at that\\ntime in the territory now covered by Hagar. Mr. Lamb\\nmay therefore be called Hagar s first permanent settler.\\nFrom Jan. 1, 1841, to July 4, 1842, iMr. Lamb kept a\\ndaily journal, and endeavored to note therein the progress\\nof events in his new settlement. That journal, now in the\\npossession of his daughter, Mrs. Anderson, of Hagar, is an\\ninteresting record, apart from its value as a memorial, and\\nfrom its pages have been copied a few extracts, as follows\\nJan. 3, 1841, Sunday. Had a great time comparing my present\\ncircumstances with those a year ago. Then alone here in the woods,\\nwith great horrors of mind from various causes pecuniary circum-\\nstances the great disadvantage no team, cattle to winter, and doubts\\nof my success in getting a living here; no speedy prospects of a settle-\\nment so as to have neighbors. Within the past year four families\\nhave settled, Pannel, McCrea, Bundy, and Farnum. Prospects look\\nbetter; doubts gone.\\nSunday, January 10th. Tried to Iceep the Sabbath. Worked four\\nand a half days for Johnson. Received for pay chain, hoe, and gun.\\nSunday, January 17th. Chopped some; sick some; snowed\\nsome.\\nApril. Went to town on a raft.\\nMay 30th. Helped Bundy make his brush tence two and a half\\ndays. He helped me hoe corn one a half days.\\nJune 20th. William Allen came; glad to see a Vermonter.\\nSunday, July 4th. National anniversary independence great\\nthing to be truly independent; hope to be in part; gaining slowly;\\nsome different from two years ago came from St. Jo with my axe,\\nfelled one tree; not a person here; now several.\\nJuly 25th. Pannel moved from the settlement.\\nAugust 15th. Had the dumps.\\nAugust 20th. Mrs. Bundy died for the tirst time the neighbor-\\nhood came together to bury one of them.\\nSeptember 24th. Snowed all night and day two and a half feet\\ndeep.\\nSeptember 31st. Snow all gone.\\nNovember 15th and IGth. Made boots.\\nJan. 1, 1842. The old year has gone, and my prospects and cir-\\ncumstances are a little better than a year ago; shall try it another\\nyear; the settlement is progressing; Pannel s family gone; Oliver\\nSorrell s come prospects of more one has died.\\nFebruary 13th. Daniel Brant and family came into the neigh-\\nborhood.\\nJuly 4th. Hoed corn all day not quite independent yet, but, to\\nlook it all over, think I am a little more so than I was a year ago;\\nhave some doubts whether there can be such a thing as perfect in-\\nA few years after his settlement (in 1845) Mr. Lamb\\nmoved across the Paw Paw River to where John Brown\\nnow lives, and resided there until his death, in 1846. Two\\nof his daughters Mrs. Roome and Mrs. Anderson re-\\nside in Hagar. Mrs. Anderson is now the oldest settler in\\nHagar, although she was but a babe when she became one\\nof its population.\\nThe second permanent settler in Hagar was Mathias\\nFarnum, who made his first Michigan settlement in St.\\nJoseph, in 1836, and there he was one of the first to work\\nupon the docks constructed there. In the winter of 1839\\nhe entered 160 acres of land, on what is now section 13 of\\nHagar. Mr. Farnum, with other residents of St. Joseph,\\nhad gone out into the woods and assisted in building cabins\\nfor Hawley and Lamb, in Hagar, and when Farnum de-\\ncided to become a settler there also, his St. Joseph neigh-\\nbors assisted him in putting up his log cabin. In December\\n1839, Mr. Farnum moved upon his new place, with his wife\\nand child, and no doubt his coming rejoiced the heart of\\nLamb, who from that time forward emerged from his lone-\\nliness into the cheerful conviction that he had a neighbor,\\nalthough that neighbor was more than a mile distant. Mr.\\nFarnum lived in Hagar until 1860, when he removed to\\nWatervliet, thence to Iowa, and later to the village of\\nBenton Harbor, where he has resided since 1864.\\nThe settler who followed Farnum into Hagar was Na-\\nthaniel Bundy, who in 1840 started from Huron Co., Ohio,\\nwith his wife and four children, for Jlichigan. He halted\\nat St. Joseph, and after working about the neighborhood a\\nyear, bought 160 acres, on .section 14, in Hagar, of Robert\\nHollywood. Leaving his family at St. Joseph, he went into\\nthe woods with his axe and put up a log cabin, which being\\ndone, he moved his family into it, and in the spring of\\n1841 the new settlement included three families, and Chas.\\nLamb boasted two neighbors. Mr. Bundy lived on his\\nplace until his death, in 1872. James Bundy, Nathaniel\\nBundy s son, is the only child of the latter now living in\\nthe township.\\nWilliam McCrea was Hagar s fourth settler. He mi-\\ngrated from Canada to St. Joseph, Mich., about 1838,\\nlived there until 1841, married a daughter of George Mills\\n(a settler in St. Joseph in 1838), and moved then to\\nHagar, where he had entered 120 acres on section 14,\\nbuilt a log cabin, cleared two acres, and put in a crop.\\nMcCrea s nearest neighbor was Charles Lamb, who was\\nthree-quarters of a mile away. At the time of his settle-\\nment the road from Hagar to St. Joseph had been laid\\nout, but the track was a narrow one through the woods,\\nand extremely rough, as well as but faintly marked, except\\nas an extended opening in the forest. Mr. McCrea lived\\nupon his Hagar farm until Aug. 15, 1849, when he was\\nkilled by the fall of a tree. His widow married Mr.\\nAnthony S. Bishop, and still lives in Hagar.\\nBefore McCrea came Francis Pannel, an Englishman,\\nwho remained but two years, when he sold out to Joseph", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0311.jp2"}, "312": {"fulltext": "244\\nHISTORY OP BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nStratton, and moved to Benton township, where he died.\\nStratton stayed in Hagar but a few years, when, with his\\nfamily, he moved to California. Crawford Hazard settled\\nin 18-U, but became afterwards a resident of Bainbridge,\\nwhere he died.\\nLacy Brant and Daniel Brant, his brother, settled origi-\\nnally in Pipestone, whence they moved to Hagar, leaving\\nthere, after a short stay, for Pipestone. Oliver Sorrell was\\nalso an early settler in Hagar, but moved to Pipestone, where\\nhe now lives. Leonard Lull bought out one of the Brants,\\nbut soon sold out to Wm. Ferguson, and moved away.\\nThe Finch family settled in Hagar in 1845. Isaac\\nFinch, with his wife, five children, and Mrs. Kimnie, his\\ngrandmother, moved from Madison Co., Ind., to Niles\\ntownship, in Michigan, and after residing there until\\n1845, changed their residence to Hagar township, where\\nIsaac Finch, Jr., entered 40 acres of land on section 12.\\nThe Finches stopped with Matthias Farnum until they\\nerected a log cabin upon their place. Alexis D. Finch,\\nanother of the sons, bought at the same time 50 acres of\\nMr. Farnum, on section 13, and there he still resides. The\\nelder Finch lived with his son Isaac until his death, in\\n1853. Of Mr. Finch s five children who came to Hagar\\nwith him, those living in Hagar are Alexis D., Sarah\\nFinch, and Mrs. William Huyck. When Mr. Finch set-\\ntled in Hagar the only families residing on the west side\\nof the river were the Bundys, Farnums, McCreas, and\\nLambs. Mr. Isaac Finch s grandmother, Mrs. Kimme,\\nreached the advanced age of ninety-two, when she died in\\nHagar. She was buried upon the Farnum place. Her\\nfather, who died in New York, was one hundred and four-\\nteen years old when he died.\\nIn 1848, William Flood, with his family and James\\nFlood, his brother, left Ireland for America, intending to\\nsettle in the Slate of Wisconsin. They journeyed westward\\nas far as Kalamazoo, Mich., where they remained two weeks,\\nduring which James and William worked on the Michigan\\nCentral Railroad. They proceeded thence to St. Jo.seph,\\nwhere they were induced by a fellow-countryman, James\\nMurphy, to sec Col. Fitzgerald, a Michigan land-owner,\\nand from him William bought a quarter of section 27, in\\nHagar. Of course the Wisconsin project was abandoned,\\nand William, with his family and brother James, went out\\nto Hagar. Considerable timber had been taken off the land\\nfor the docks at St. Joseph, and fortunately finding a lum-\\nberman s shanty upon the place, the Floods were enabled\\nto proceed to housekeeping without delay. Even at that\\nlate date the country was very new, and about the only road\\nin the vicinity of the Flood place was the St. Joseph road.\\nJames lived with his brother until 1852, when he moved\\nupon 65 acres in section 34, that he had purchased in 1850.\\nThere he lives now. William lived on his place of first\\nsettlement until his death, in 1873, and there his widow\\nsurvives him.\\nPhilip Lynch, with his sister and Philip Farley, came\\nfrom Ireland in 1848. While on the way Farley and Miss\\nLynch were married at Albany, N. Y., and in a short time\\nFarley and Lynch settled in company upon section 27, in\\nHagar township, where Farley still lives. Lynch purchased\\nland on section 28, and is now living upon it.\\nSylvanus Cook, an early settler in Niles, moved to Wis-\\nconsin, whence, in 1849, he returned to Michigan and lo-\\ncated in the northeast corner of Hagar township. He\\nmarried a daughter of Isaac Finch, and died in Hagar in\\n1863.\\nA. S. Bishop, now living in Hagar, settled in Bainbridge\\nwith his father, in 1844, and in 1850 removed to Hagar,\\nwhere he married the widow of William McCrea, one of\\nHagar s earliest settlers.\\nIn June, 1848, Benjamin Harris and Uriah Harris, his\\nfather, of Morgan Co., Ohio, entered 160 acres each on\\nsection 12, in Hagar, at $1.20 per acre, and conjointly en-\\ntered 36 acres on the same section, at $1.25. In October,\\n1850, Benjamin, with his family, migrated from Ohio to\\nhis Hagar fiirm, in company with his brother Abram, who\\nsettled upon a portion of the 160 acres entered by the elder\\nHarris, the latter settling in Watervliet township. Both\\nfamilies were guests of Mathias Farnum until their own\\ncabins could be erected. Benjamin Harris had a family of\\na wife and seven children, and shortly after they got into\\ntheir new cabin all except Mrs. Harris and her infant babe\\nwere stricken with ague. Between taking care of her child,\\nnursing the seven helpless ones, and attending to her house-\\nhold duties, the mother must have had a weary time, but\\nshe worked bravely through it all. At one time, being\\nwithout flour in the house, she slipped hurriedly away,\\nleaving the invalids to themselves, walked through the\\nwoods to Sjirague Bishop s house, borrowed a sack of flour,\\nand hurried home with it on her back, in season to cheer\\nthe sufi ering ones with renewed timely attentions. Physi-\\ncians were scarce and hard to get, but Dr. Lindsley was\\npersuaded to come over from Watervliet and look after the\\nafliicted family. His bill for attendance was 680, and Mr.\\nHarris says that it almost staggered him when he was told\\nhow much it was, for $80 in those days in the woods of\\nHagar was an immense sum of money. However, says\\nMr. Harris, I paid it after a while but it was a tough\\nstruggle, I can tell you, to scrape that amount of money\\ntogether then. Abram Harris died in Hagar in 1864.\\nBenjamin still lives where he first settled.\\nThe region along the lake-shore was not settled until a\\ncomparatively late date, and even now there is much wild\\nland in the north, especially on section 11, which contains\\nscarcely any settlements. Quite a large tract in that region\\nis owned by lumbering firms, who are rapidly making clear-\\nings, and shipping considerable timber and cord-wood to\\nChicago and other lake points. On the road running from\\nthe lake-shore to Hagar Station, William Edinborough and\\nhis brother Thomas, of Benton, were among the earliest\\nsettlers, in 1852 and 1854, respectively. When they came\\nno one was living in the vicinity and the region was a wil-\\nderness. The first road thereabouts was the road just men-\\ntioned, which the Edinboroughs themselves laid out. Pol-\\nlowing the latter, the settlers were Asahel Hayes, J. T.\\nWisner, and Stephen Cook, and after them settlers began\\nto multiply quite rapidly.\\nThe first settlement on the south side of the Paw Paw\\nRiver, or, more properly speaking, in the southeastern por-\\ntion of the township, was made by William Allen, who", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0312.jp2"}, "313": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF HAGAR.\\n245\\nworked for Charles Lamb a while in 1841, and removed\\nsoon to the south side of the river, upon the bank of which,\\nnot far from the present railway-bridge, he put up a shanty\\nand kept bachelor s hall, where he was subsequently joined\\nby Michael Smith, who, in 1838, at the age of fifteen years,\\nleft Cayuga Co., N. Y., via canal, and reached Buffalo, with\\n75 cents in his pocket. At Buffalo he shipped aboard a\\nvessel bound for Chicago, and thence traveled to St. Joseph,\\nMich., where he arrived in October. He worked there\\nuntil June, 1839, then engaged as a deck-hand on one of\\nthe steamers running on the St. Joseph. He lived in In-\\ndiana eighteen months, and there joined a hunting-party,\\nwhich penetrated in 1840 into the territory now occupied\\nby Hagar township. He lived in that vicinity with Gilson\\nOsgood until 1842, when he purchased, of Smith Mer-\\nrick, 163 acres of land on section 2(5, in Hagar, for $3 per\\nacre. He made no effort, however, towards settling upon\\nit or clearing it, but finding William Allen living on the\\nbank of the river, took quarters with him, and there the\\ntwo continued to live for eighteen months, during which\\ntime they hunted and lived a free-and-easy life, while they\\nalso made an occasional clearing on Allen s land. They\\nalso underbrushed a road from Allen s cabin a mile\\nsouthward on the section line. That road was afterwards\\nimproved, and is the one now on the line between sections\\n25 and 26.\\nWhile Smith and Allen were living in their bachelors\\ncabin they did not suppose that there were settlers on the\\nother side of the river, and one Sunday, hearing the bark-\\ning of dogs and reports of guns from that direction, they\\nwent over, expecting to meet with a band of Indians. To\\ntheir surprise, however, they found white settlers, in the\\nfamilies of Charles Lamb, Nathaniel Bundy, and Joseph\\nStratton, the latter then running the ferry at St. Joseph,\\nand visiting his family in Hagar only on Sundays.\\nNeither Smith nor Allen did much towards clearing their\\nrespective farms until 1844, when Jeremiah Smith (^Mi-\\nchael s father) came to Hagar from New York State, with\\nhis wife and family, and located upon Michael s 163 acres,\\nMichael having previously put up a frame house upon it\\nand cleared a few acres. As soon as he saw them com-\\nfortably settled, Michael went to Kalamazoo, where he\\nmade his home for the following fifteen years. He then\\nreturned to Hagar and took possession of his farm, where\\nhe yet lives. Upon Michael s return, his father bought 40\\nacres on the opposite side of the road, and resided there\\nuntil his death.\\nIn 1844, Allen turned his attention energetically to cul-\\ntivating his land, and lived upon it afterwards until he died.\\nHe married Sophia, daughter of Jeremiah Smith, that\\nmarriage being the first one celebrated on the south side of\\nthe river. His widow married Rosweli Curtis, and still\\nlives in Hagar.\\nIn 1844, James Stewart settled upon section 26, south\\nof Michael Smith. He lived there until 1861, when he\\nmoved to Bangor. There he now resides, aged ninety-two\\nyears.\\nThe next settler was Iloswell Curtis, who located upon\\nsection 25, opposite James Stewart. He married William\\nAllen s widow, and still lives in Hagar.\\nWells Crumb, who followed Curtis, settled on section 26,\\nand built a small saw-mill on Crumb Creek. Mr. Crumb\\nmoved afterwards to Coloma, in Watervliet township, where\\nhe is now living.\\nJeremiah Smith s two married sons, Abram and Henry,\\ncame to Hagar, with their father, in 1844, and located farms\\non section 24. Abram opened there the first blacksmith-\\nshop on that side of the river, and not long afterwards re-\\nmoved to Coloma, where he was also the pioneer black-\\nsmith, and where he continues to this day to work at the\\nforge. Henry is living in Hagar.\\nWilliam Scott, an early settler, sold out, about 1856, to\\nGeorge Patterson, and removed to California, where he now\\nlives. George Patterson lives now in Coloma. James, his\\nbrother, who bought Abram Smith s place, changed his hab-\\nitation to the northern part of the State, where he is now\\nliving. Robert Merrifield was a settler upon the south side\\nof the river about 1843, but afterwards left for Berrien.\\nAlfred Sensebaugh, who was an early settler on the south\\nside of the river, was a preacher, and preached for some\\ntime, on both sides of the river, before the appearance in\\nthe township of any other minister.\\nThe first white child born in the township was William\\nMcCrea s daughter, Mary Jane, the date of whose birth\\nwas May 16, 1841. She is now living in Hagar, and is\\nthe wife of Thomas Muldoon. The first couple married\\nwere Oliver Sorrell and Malvina Brant. The wedding cer-\\nemony took place at the hou.se of Mathias Farnum, and was\\nperformed by Dr. Lillibridge, of St. Joseph. Mr. Farnum,\\nwho relates the incident, does not remember that the wed-\\nding was attended by any demonstrative celebration such\\nas sometimes marks a first marriage in a new settlement.\\nHe recollects, however, that there were at that time so few\\nsettlers in Hagar that there was not much of a chance for\\na hilarious time.\\nThe first saw-mill in Hagar, and the only one to the\\npre.sent time, was set up by Mathias Farnum and Alexis D.\\nFinch, near the Farnum place. They bought the machi-\\nnery in Watervliet and moved it to Hagar, where it was\\noperated .some time as a steam-mill. It was, however, dis-\\nmantled a long time since, although the building, in a some-\\nwhat dilapidated condition, still remains.\\nUntil 1869, when the Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore\\nRailroad was completed to that point, Hagar had no post-\\noffice. Previously the mails for the township people were\\nsent to Coloma or Benton Harbor.\\nMathias Farnum says that when he moved into Hagar,\\nin 1839, there were no roads in the township, and the only\\nthoroughfares of any kind were Indian trails or routes, by\\nway of blazed trees, marked by his predecessors. The\\nriver, although shallow, .served neverthele.ss a useful purpose\\nto the Hagar pioneers, for by its aid they were enabled to\\njourney to and from St. Joseph village much more conve-\\nniently than by the overland route through the woods. By\\nreason of this convenience the want of a road to St. Joseph\\nwas not as sorely felt as it would have been otherwise, and\\nindeed it was not until 1841 that a road to St. Joseph was\\nlaid out and made fit for travel.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0313.jp2"}, "314": {"fulltext": "246\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nTOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION AND CIVIL LIST.\\nHagar was originally a portion of St. Joseph township,\\nand was set off as a part of Paw Paw township March 7,\\n1834. In response to a petition urged by a considerable\\nnumber of inhabitants, it was set off as a separate town-\\nship April 6, 1846. Hagar was named in honor of Wil-\\nliam Hagar, of St. Joseph, whose son-in-law, John N.\\nRogers, a justice of the peace, performed certain services in\\nobtaining the organization of the town, and as a compensa-\\ntion claimed the privilege of naming it. The first town-\\nmeeting was held in the school-house of District No. 1,\\nknown as the Bundy school-house. At that meeting the\\ninspectors of election were Wells Crumb, William McCrea,\\nAlfred Sensebaugh, Mathias Farnum, Leonard Lull, and\\nCharles Lamb, Jr. The clerks of the election were William\\nScott and Roswell Curtis. The town officials chosen on\\nthat occasion were as follows Supervisor, Alfred Sense-\\nbaugh Clerk, William C. Allen; Treasurer, Charles Lamb,\\nJr. Justices of the Peace, William Scott, Joseph Stratton,\\nIsaac K. Finch, Charles Lamb, Sr. Assessors, William\\nScott, Jo.seph Stratton School Inspectors, Alfred Sense-\\nbaugh, Joseph Stratton; Directors of the Poor, Crawford\\nHazard, Charles Lamb, Jr. Commissioners of Highways,\\nNathaniel Bundy, A. D. Finch, Abram Smith Constables,\\nA. D. Finch, Samuel Hardenbrook, Henry Smith.\\nFollowing is a list of tho.se who have been elected super-\\nvisors, clerks, treasurers, and justices of the peace of Hagar\\nfrom 1847 to 1879, inclusive:\\n1847.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, Alfred Sensebaugh; Clerk, William C. Allen;\\nTreasurer, William Scott; Justice of the Peace, Roswell\\nCurtis.\\n1848.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, William Scott; Clerk, Wells Crumb; Treasurer,\\nWilliam Scott; Justice of the Peace, Joseph Stratton.\\n1849.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, Isaac K. Finch; Clerk, William C. Allen; Treas-\\nurer, Roswell Curtis; Justices of the Peace, Isaac K.\\nFinch, Leonard Lull.\\n1850. Supervisor, Isaac K. Finch; Clerk, Abram Smith; Treasurer,\\nWilliam C. Allen Justices of the Peace, Isaac K. Finch,\\nAle.\\\\is D. Finch, Charles Lamb.\\n1851. Supervisor, Isaac K. Finch; Clerk, Abram Smith Treasurer,\\nWilliam C. Allen; Justice of the Peace, Wells Crumb.\\n1852.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, Isaac K. Finch; Clerk, William C. Allen Treas-\\nurer, Sprague Bishop Justices of the Peace, George John-\\nson, A. D. Finch.\\n1853. Supervisor, George Johnson: Clerk, William C. Allen; Treas-\\nurer, Sprague Bishop Justices of the Peace, William Scott,\\nSprague Bishop.\\n1854. Supervisor, George Johnson Clerk, Abram vSmith Treasurer,\\nSprague Bishop; Justices of the Peace, Crawford Hazard,\\nA. D. Finch.\\nSupervisor, George Johnson Clerk, A. D. Finch Treasurer,\\nSprague Bishop; .lustices of the Peace, A. D. Finch, Wells\\nCrumb, Asahel Ha.vs.\\nSu])ervisor, Asahel Hays; Clerk, Wells Crutnb Treasurer,\\nSprague Bishop; Justice of the Peace, George S. Andrews.\\nSupervisor, George S. Andrews; Clerk, Alonzo Hyde; Treas-\\nurer, Albert Swift; Justice of the Peace, N. L. Bird.\\nSupervisor, Sprague Bishop; Clerk, Wells Crumb; Treasurer,\\nMichael Smith Justice of the Peace, Roswell Curtis.\\nSupervisor, Sprague Bishop Clerk, Roswell Curtis; Treasurer,\\nMichael Smith; Justice of the Peace, Chester Curtis.\\nSupervisor, Sprague Bishop Clerk, Thomas Roome; Treasu-\\nrer, Cornelius Williams; Justices of the Peace, Roswell\\nCurtis, C. C. Williams.\\nSupervisor, Sprague Bishop; Clerk, Thomas Roome; Treas-\\nurer, Cornelius Williams; Justice of the Peace, Thomas\\nRoome.\\nI 855.\\n1856,\\n1857,\\n1858,\\n1859,\\n1860,\\n1861\\n1862. Supervisor, Sprague Bishop; Clerk, Thomas Roome; Treas-\\nurer, William Ferguson Justice of the Peace, S. G. Parker.\\n1863. Supervisor, Sprague Bishop; Clerk, Thomas Roome; Treas-\\nurer, T. D. Pitcher; Justice of the Peace, Abe! Barnum.\\n1864. Supervisor, Stephen Cook; Clerk, Thomas Roome; Treasurer,\\nT. D. Pitcher; Justice of the Peace, James Flood.\\n1865. Supervisor, A. S. Bishop; Clerk, Thomas Roome; Treasurer,\\nLyman Cole; Justice of the Peace, Thomas Koome.\\n1866.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, Albert Swift; Clerk, A. D. Finch.\\n[From 1867 to 1871, inclusive, the records fail to give names of per-\\nsons annually elected to be town officials.]\\n1S72. .Supervisor, George S. Andrews; Clerk, C. H. Curtis; Treas-\\nurer, H. N. Sheldon; Justice of the Peace, Alby Emerson.\\n1873.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, H. N. Sheldon; Clerk, C. H. Curtis; Treasurer,\\nDaniel Cook Justices of the Peace, Chester Curtis, James\\ny\\nM. Pierce.\\n1874.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, A. S. Bishop; Clerk, C. H. Curtis; Treasurer,\\nDaniel Cook; Justices of the Peace, Roswell Curtis, Talma\\nHendricks.\\n1875.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, H. N. Sheldon: Clerk, George S. Andrews Treas-\\nurer, Daniel Cook; Justice of the Peace, A, H. Smith.\\n1876.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, De Witt Guy; Clerk, Wm. H. Merrill; Treasurer,\\nDaniel Cook; Justice of the Peace, C. Anderson,\\n1877.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, De Witt Guy; Clerk, William H. Merrill Treas-\\nurer, Daniel Cook; Justice of the Peace, B. K. Howell.\\n1878.- Supervisor, De Witt Guy Clerk, William H. Merrill Treas-\\nurer, Daniel Cook; Justices of the Peace, C. J. Anderson,\\nTheodore Perry.\\n1879. \u00e2\u0080\u0094Supervisor, E. L. Kingsland Clerk, Wm. H. Merrill; Treas-\\nurer, Oscar Damon Justice of the Peace, W. L. Ruggles.\\nThe township board in 1879 was composed of E. L.\\nKingsland, Wm. H. Merrill, and C. J. Anderson, who com-\\nposed also the board of health. The justices serving in\\n1879 were W. L. Ruggles, C. J. Anderson, Theodore\\nPerry, Stephen Stanley.\\nRELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS.\\nA Free- Will Baptist Church was organized in Hagar in\\n1863, by Rev. William P]astman, in the Bundy school-house.\\nThe members numbered 11, of whom the only ones called\\nto mind are Mrs. Sarah Harris, Lavina Harris, Charles\\nHarris, Miss Lovica Martin, Nathaniel Bundy and wife,\\nA and Mrs. Jane Cook. Methodists worshiped with the\\nBaptists, but had no organization of their own. Mr. East-\\nman preached about a year, and was succeeded by Rev. Mr.\\nParks, after whose time there was no regular preaching.\\nIn about two years from the date of organization the church\\nbecame so weakened in membership that it dissolved and\\nexperienced no revival afterwards.\\nThe Methodist Episcopal Church of Haffar, now wor-\\nshiping in the Wisner school-house, was organized by\\nRev. Mr. Bliss, in Benton township, about 1859, with but\\nfew members, of whom there are mentioned W. Edinbor-\\nough and wife, T. Edinborough and wife, J. Dickinson,\\nand Asahel Hays and wife. Shortly after organization the\\nchurch was transferred to Hagar township, where it has\\nsince continued its existence, feebly at times, and struggling\\nagainst the want of members, but not losing its organiza-\\ntion. At times the Congregationalists joined with the\\nMethodists, and for a time a Congregational minister served\\nin the pulpit. The membership of the Methodist class is\\nnow weak, and is confined to 8 persons, who manage, how-\\never, to have preaching once a fortnight in the Wisner\\nschool-house, Rev. Mr. Whitwam, of Benton Harbor,\\nsupplying them. The class-leader and steward is Mr. L.\\nW. Ruggles. There was a Methodist Episcopal class on", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0314.jp2"}, "315": {"fulltext": "M/SS. SARAH HANNAH.\\nMR.JAS. HANNAH.\\nMRS.JAS. HANNAH.\\nPes. OF J AS. HANNAH, H acarJ r, BerrienCo.,Mich.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0315.jp2"}, "316": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0316.jp2"}, "317": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF HAGAR.\\n247\\nthe south side of the river some years ago, but latterly it\\nhas had no existence.\\nThe Christian Church of Hagar, worshiping on the\\nsouth side of the river, was organized in 1877, by Rev.\\nReason Davis, and had then a membership of 42. The\\nmembership is now 22. Services are held once every two\\nweeks. Benjamin Carpenter and Lyman Cole are the\\ndeacons, Roswell Curtis the elder, and Charles Curtis the\\nclerk.\\nSCHOOLS.\\nThe first school-teacher in Hagar was Matilda Irwin, of\\nWatervliet, who in 1844 began to teach in a log school-\\nhouse which stood where is now the Bundy school-house.\\nShe taught two terms, was then married to Alexis D. Finch,\\nof Hagar, and after teaching one more term gave up her\\nschool. That school-house, in District No. 1, was the only\\none in the town until April 17, 1846, when District No. 2\\nwas created. The school-house in District No. 1 was de-\\nstroyed by fire in 1849, and replaced by the structure now\\nin use. The condition of the schools in Hagar, Sept. 1,\\n1879, is shown in the following table:\\nNumber of districts 5\\nNumber of scholars enrolled 2. i9\\nAverage attendance 234\\nTotal value of school property $3100\\nNumber of teachers\\nAmount paid for teachers wages $770\\nSchool Directors A. H. Bishop, District No. 1 Henry\\nSmith, No. 2 J. Dickinson, fractional District No. 4\\nChester Curtis, No. 5 Eber Austin, No. 6.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nJAMES HANNAH.\\nAmong the venerable pioneers none are more worthy of\\na prominent place in the history of Berrien County than\\nthe gentleman whose name heads this brief sketch. He\\nwas born in Scotland, Feb. 20, 1820, and was the third in\\na family of eight children. His father came to America in\\n1826, settling in the State of New York he was a farmer by\\noccupation. James younger days were spent the same as\\nmost farmers boys, assisting on the farm summers, attend-\\ning district school winters. Industry, economy, and integrity\\nwere the first and last lessons of his boyhood. He re-\\nmained at home until reaching his majority; then he went\\nto Canada, where he hired out by tlie month in the lumber\\nwoods, remaining there seventeen years, commencing with\\ntwelve dollars per month, but was getting fifty dollars at\\nthe time he left. In 1861, October 14th, he married Miss\\nElizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Helen Gilkison. This\\nunion was blessed with one child, Sarah, born Jan. 3,\\n1863. Mrs. Hannah s parents were natives of Ireland.\\nIn the spring of 1862, Mr. Hannah and his young wife\\ncame to Michigan, settling on the farm where they now re-\\nside, which consists of one hundred and twenty-seven acres,\\non section 26, in the township of Hagar, having about one\\nhundred acres improved. He has always given his un-\\ndivided attention to farming in general, taking pride in\\nraising the best of everything. He is fond of good horses.\\nhaving raised some very fine ones since his location here.\\nCommencing life with only his natural resources for his\\ncapital, a willing heart and strong arm, he cannot help look-\\ning back on his past success with pleasure. In politics he is\\na Democrat, though never an office-seeker has often been\\nsolicited, but would not accept. In religion his views are\\nliberal. Mr. Hannah s father died in 1850, at the ripe old\\nage of eighty. Two brothers and one sister are still living,\\nall that remains of their once unbroken family.\\nANTHONY S. BISHOP.\\nMr. Bishop, like many of the early settlers, traces his\\norigin, with commendable pride, to a New England ancestry.\\nHe was born in Henderson, N. Y., Aug. 18, 1812, and was\\nthe oldest son of a family of eleven children, all but one of\\nwhom lived to maturity. His father, Asa Bishop, was born\\nin New Hampshire, Nov. 7, 1785 died in Bainbridge\\ntownship, Berrien Co., June 10, 1872. His mother, Polly\\n(Sprague) Bishop, was born among the granite hills and\\nevergreen slopes of Vermont, Aug. 23, 1792. She was\\nmarried to Mr. Asa Bishop, in Henderson, N. Y., Jan. 10,\\n1807; died in Bainbridge, Dec. 29, 1851. They moved\\nfrom Clayton, N. Y., to Bainbridge, in 1846, locating on\\nthe farm, then a dense wilderness, now owned and occupied\\nby their youngest son, J. K. Bishop, where they lived up to\\nthe time of their death. The subject of this sketch was\\nmarried to Clarinda, daughter of Perry and Thedora Bab-\\ncock, in March, 1839, in Clayton, Jefferson Co., N. Y. In\\nthe fall of 1846 he came with his father to Michigan, where\\nhis wife died, March 13, 1848, only living to enjoy two\\nshort years of pioneer life, leaving one daughter, lone I.\\nBishop, born Sept. 15, 1841, in Clayton, N. Y. Mr.\\nBishop was again married, in March, 1849, to Miss Harriet\\nE. Duvall, daughter of William and Lucy Duvall, in Bain-\\nbridge township, where she died April 21, 1850. Being\\nsomewhat disheartened, thinking that the hand of God\\nhad not dealt very gently with him, he then moved into\\nHagar township, where, on Dec. 26, 1850, he married his\\nthird and present wife, Mrs. Maria McCrary, widow of\\nWilliam McCrary. To this marriage were born five children,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Asa H., born May 23, 1852 Arthur S., born Aug. 12,\\n1854, died Oct. 15, 1854; Arthur B., born Nov. 14,\\n1856; Augustus S. and Augusta M. (twins), born Feb. 3,\\n1859 (Augustus S. died Oct. 17, 1859). George Mills,\\nfather of the present Mrs. Bishop, was born in Norfolk Co.,\\nEngland, March 17, 1792; was married, March 21, 1812,\\nto Miss Martha M. Karr, who was born in Dumfries, Scot-\\nland, Feb. 13, 1792. He was impressed into and served in\\nthe British army ten years and seven months; was sent\\nto Canada in 1814, where he bought his discharge. He\\nmoved from Canada to Sacket s Harbor in the spring of\\n1829. In April, 1832, he enlisted in the American army;\\nserved in the Black Hawk war under Gen. Scott, and received\\nhis discharge at Mackinaw Island, Mich., in April, 1837.\\nHe moved from there to Chicago, where he remained one\\nyear; from thence to St. Joseph, Mich., in May, 1838;\\nfrom St. Joseph to Hagar township, where he died Sept.\\n6, 1873, aged eighty-one. His wife, Martha M. Mills,\\ndied in Hagar, April 8, 1871, aged seventy-nine. Mr.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0317.jp2"}, "318": {"fulltext": "248\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nand Mrs. Mills raised but three children, of whom only\\none is living. Margaret was born in Cornwall, Canada,\\nApril 21, 1815; was married to John Forbes, May 28,\\n1835 died in St. Joseph, June 22, 1879, aged sixty-four.\\nJames Mills, born in Kingston, Canada, April 4, 1828;\\nmarried, in St. Joseph, Jan. 3, 1848, to Miss Rachel Hes-\\nton moved to Hagar in 1848, where he remained until the\\nlate war, when he enlisted, iu February, 1862, in the 12th\\n^t^ ^,a:f^^^^^\\ny\\nMichigan Volunteers was taken prisoner at the battle of\\nShiloh, Tenn., April 6th of same year, and died in Libby\\nprison, July 12, 1862. Maria Mills, now Mrs. Bishop,\\nwas born in Kingston, Canada, Oct. 11, 1822; moved to\\nSt. Joseph with her parents was married to William Me-\\nCrary, March 30, 1840; moved to Hagar, December 10th\\nof the same year, where she has since resided. Hers was the\\nfourth family to settle in the town, and she is now the oldest\\nsettler in the town. William McCrary, her first husband,\\nwas born, of Scotch and Irish parents, in Upper Canada, in\\n1815. He came to St. Joseph in 1836; was killed by a\\nfalling tree while working on his farm in Hagar, Aug. 15,\\n1849, iu the thirty-fourth year of his age. To this mar-\\nriage were born five children, Mary J., born May 16, 1841,\\nwas the first white child born in Hagar; Martha M., born\\nSept. 8, 1842; Thomas W., born Sept. 6, 1844; Maggie\\nH., born Dec. 23, 1846; George E., born Oct. 27, 1848.\\nMRS. ANTHONY S. BISHOP.\\nIn politics Mr. Bishop is a Democrat though not radical,\\nyet always speaking and voting its principles. He is a man\\nof estimable character and a highly-esteemed citizen has\\nproved the fact by having been intrusted with the ofiBce\\nof supervisor and town treasurer for fifteen years. The\\ncause of public education has ever found in him a staunch\\nsupporter, and in matters looking to the advancement of\\nthe public interest he has always been found in the front\\nrank.\\nCHAPTER XXXIV.\\nLAKE TOWNSHIP.*\\nSituation, Soil, and Streams The Pioneers of Lake Township Civil\\nGovernment and List of Officers Highways Manufacturing\\nInterests Villages Societies and Orders Public Schools Burial-\\nPlaces Religious Societies.\\nThis township borders on the lake-shore, south of Lin-\\ncoln and Royalton, and west of Oronoko on the south are\\nthe townships of Weesaw and Chickaming. It is a little\\nmore than a full Congressional township, there being about\\nsix sections in range 20. The lake cuts ofi small portions\\nfrom sections 6 and 7, in range 19, but the township in that\\nrange is very nearly full. The territory embraced in the\\npresent limits of Lake township constituted a part of\\nOronoko until 1846, and was but little settled, except in\\nBy John L. Rockey.\\nthe eastern part, for a number of years thereafter. The\\nsurface is generally level, and in the interior low and\\nswampy. The eastern tier of sections is somewhat un-\\ndulated, and consists of fertile clayey-loam lands. Along\\nthe lake is a line of high sand-hills. Stretching from their\\neastern base is a plain of sandy lands, which are separated\\nfrom the swamp farther east by a belt of fine counti-y,\\nwhich is elevated sufficiently to secure good drainage, and,\\nhaving a loamy soil, affords good farming-lands. Much of\\nthe swamp, which is several miles wide and traverses the\\ntownship from northeast to southwest, has been cleared up\\nand drained to form meadow-lands, and will iu the future\\nbe the richest part of the township. Heavy forests origi-\\nnally covered the surface of Lake, and for many years the\\nlumber product was the principal source of revenue. Stock-\\nraising and the general farming interests at present engage\\nthe inhabitants, although fruit-growing is yearly increasing\\nand will soon be one of the leading industries. Hickory", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0318.jp2"}, "319": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF LAKE.\\n249\\nCreek and its tributary brooks are the only streams in the\\ntownship, and were formerly improved to supply the early\\nsettlers with the necessary water-power. In the interior of\\nthe township water for domestic purposes was procured with\\nsome difficulty, many of the wells being eighty-five feet\\ndeep.\\nTHE PIONEERS.\\nThe pioneers of Lake first found homes in the eastern\\npart of the township, and the settlements were begun a\\nlittle before the time when Michigan became a State.\\nJohn Harner was among the first, if not the first, to begin\\nthe usual improvements in the township. He settled on\\nsection 25, near the Oronoko line, and still resides there,\\nat an advanced age. He reared sons named Michael, John,\\nand Levi, who also built up homes in that locality. A\\nlittle later Horace Godfrey settled on the same section, on\\nthe farm now occupied by his son Japhet and at a still\\nlater period John Starr settled on section 12, where he\\ndied a few years ago. In that neighborhood still resides\\none of his sons, Joel other sons were Peter and Gabriel.\\nThomas Phillips settled, in 1836, in what afterwards\\nbecame the Ruggles neighborhood, and lived there until\\nhis death, ten years later. One of his sons, Daniel, also\\ndied in that locality Wear, after living in Lake a number\\nof years, removed to Royalton, where he yet resides Wil-\\nliam became a resident of Indiana, and Henry of Califor-\\nnia. One of the daughters, Catherine, became the wife of\\nHenry Lemon, and died in the township in 1847. There\\nwere, besides, five other daughters in the family. In the\\nspring of 1837, Phillips sold the mill-site on his land to\\nPeter Ruggles and Erastus Munger, and the same year a\\nsaw-mill was erected by these parties on section 2. Peter\\nRuggles died there many years ago, but the mills always\\nremained in his family. Two of his daughters grew to\\nmature years, Sarah becoming the wife of William M. T.\\nBartholomew, and Emma, Mrs. James Lockey. Both yet\\nreside in that neighborhood.\\nIn 1839, Henry Lemon settled near the Ruggles family,\\nbuilding a home on the eastern part of section 3, on which\\nhe lived until his death, in 1875. Four of his children\\nattained mature years, Margaret, who married Charles\\nEUengood William T., who removed to Kansas Joanna,\\nthe wife of D. S. Evans, of Lake; and John S., who died\\nin the township in 1874.\\nAbout the same time, 1839, Erastus Munger became a\\nresident of this neighborhood, but, after 1846, removed to\\nBerrien.\\nBenjamin Lemon settled on section 24, in 1842, and has\\nbeen a citizen of the township almost continuously since,\\nbeing at present a resident of Stevensville. His daughter,\\nJulia, became the wife of Japhet Godfrey, and yet lives in\\nthe eastern part of the township, where also reside the\\nson, Charles L., and the other members of the family.\\nOn the Charles Lord place, on section 24, Bradley M.\\nPennell settled about 1843, and lived there until about\\ntwelve years ago, when he removed to Buchanan. Edward\\nBallengee, another early and prominent settler of this part\\nof the township, also removed to Buchanan. In 1844,\\nComfort Pennell became a settler on section 12, and after\\na long residence there removed to Berrien. Harmon Bean\\n32\\nsettled on section 11 the same year, or earlier. He died\\nin the township, leaving several sons and four or five\\ndaughters. About the same time George Neidlinger set-\\ntled in that neighborhood, and still maintains his residence\\nthere. He has reared a large family, the sons being Daniel,\\nPeter, David, George, Elias, and Solomon. Henry Hess\\ncame probably a few years earlier, and settled on section 12.\\nHe died about thirteen years ago, leaving no family.\\nAbout the same period of time, Jacob Vetter settled on\\nsection 13, but in the course often or twelve years located\\nin the meadows, on section 34. David Hill and Ruel\\nBlackman located on section 36, and yet live there. E.\\nP. Morley settled on section 35, but subsequently removed\\nto W^eesaw.\\nIn 1845, John Lemon, a brother of Henry and Benja-\\nmin Lemon, settled on section 12, and died there about\\n1870. The same year Seely H. Curtis located on the farm\\nnow occupied by Dr. J. H. Royce and the following year,\\n1846, Adney Hinman, on section 25 Levan and Heze-\\nkiah Heathman, on the same section and C. S. Hyatt, in\\nthe same neighborhood.\\nIn 1847, John Shafercame to the township, settling first\\non section 25, but subsequently located on section 13,\\nwhere he is yet a resident and the same year Marcus\\nHand and Abner Sanders made temporary settlements in\\nthe eastern part of the township. The latter was after-\\nwards a pioneer on section 30, and the former on section\\n16, on the present Philip Myers place. This part of the\\ntownship was not settled prior to 1850, although a few\\nclearings had previously been made.\\nAmong others who deserve a place among the pioneers\\nof the township, for the service which they have done in\\nopening the way for settlements in their respective locali-\\nties, are Henry Ford, on section 30 V. P. Mead, on the\\nsame section John H. Nixon and N. E. Landon, on the\\neast half of section 27 J. W. Whipple, on section 31\\nJohn Soward and John Johns, on section 15 and Isaac\\nHathaway, on section 9.\\nThe condition of the settlements in the township, from\\n1848 till 1851, is shown by the following list of resident\\nproperty-owners, from the assessment-roll for that period\\nNames. Sections.\\nDaniel Phillips 3\\nWear Phillips 3\\nHenry Lemon 3\\nJ. E. Munger 2\\nLewis Johns 4\\nGr. Newton 4\\nAbner Sanders 30\\nComfort Pennell 12\\nJohn Starr 12\\nGeorge Neidlinger 2\\nGabriel Starr 2\\nJohn Lemon 12\\nHenry Hess 12\\nMarcus Hand 13\\nJ. W. Blackman 24\\nSeeley H.Curtis 24\\nJohn Harner 25\\nAdney Hinman 25\\nBenjamin Lemon 24\\nLevan Heathman 24\\nJohn Shafer 25\\nIsaac Mellon 25\\nBradley M. Pennell 24\\nJ. H. Hand 13\\nJohn Quicli 23\\nEdward Ballengee 36\\nRuel Blackman 36\\nNames. Sections.\\nDavid Hill 36\\nJacob Shoemaker 37\\nE. P. Morley 35\\nJacob Vetter 34\\nHorace Godfrey 25\\nJohn Shafer.... 25\\nPeter Ruggles 2\\nPeter Neidlinger 13\\nC.S. Hyatt 13\\nZaccheus Mead 13\\nWilliam Weston 13\\nV. P. Mead 30\\nCharles Brong 27\\nWilliam S. Morley 14\\nH. Wareham 23\\nHenderson Ballengee 3fi\\nA. C. Pennell 36\\nJason Parmcnter 28\\nJohn Hendrickson 30\\nFrancis Awrand 13\\nE.H.Walton 27\\nN. Williams 27\\nA. T. Sherwood 27\\nJames Parkerton 29\\nSamuel Parkerton 29\\nSimon Berg 15\\nJoel Blakeman 30", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0319.jp2"}, "320": {"fulltext": "250\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nThe township received many settlers from 1852 on, and\\nseven years later the following were registered as the legal\\nvoters of Lake, although it is possible that not all the citi-\\nzens of the township at that time are included. The\\nfigures opposite the names indicate tlie section on which\\nthey resided\\nNames. Sections.\\nFrancis Awrand 13\\nHarmon Beans 13\\nAmos Beans 13\\nDaniel Brown 10\\nGeorge Bridgman 19\\nLevi Chase 30\\nFranlilin Carr 30\\nDexter Curtis 25\\nHiram Curtis 19\\nThomas Curtis I J\\nM. J. Di.Non 28\\nRobertDaniel 2\\nWilliam D. Alser 17\\nFrancis N. Elliott 11\\nSamuel Erwin 25\\nHenry Ford 30\\nAbel French 34\\nH. L. Farnsworth 31\\nAbelGoddard 30\\nAsel Goddard 30\\nHorace Godfrey 25\\nDaniel Gates 15\\nHarvey W. Hawley 20\\nJohn Hai-ner, Sr 25\\nJohn Harner, Jr 25\\nLevan Heathman 25\\nJames Ueathman 29\\nC. S. Hyatt 13\\nMarcus Hand 16\\nJoseph P. Hunter 24\\nBennett Heathman 30\\nHenry Hess 12\\nDavid Hill 36\\nLevi Harner 25\\nAdney Hinman 25\\nHenry M. Hinman 25\\nWilliam Hendrickson 25\\nIsaac Hathaway 9\\nCaleb Inman 7\\nChristo|.her Johns 15\\nLewis Johns 4\\nJohn Johns 15\\nJames Kaahr 11\\nA. G. Knapp 30\\nN. E. Landon 27\\nHenry Lemon 3\\nJohn Lemon 12\\nBenjamin Lemon 24\\nGeorge W. Lake 25\\nThe population in 1860 was 557 in 1870 it was 1006\\nand in 1878 the assessed valuation of the real and personal\\nproperty was $158,887.\\nCIVIL GOVERNMENT AND LIST OF OFFICERS.\\nThe records of the township from its organization in\\n1846 till 1867 have been destroyed, but from fragmentary\\ndata found in the clerk s oflBce it appears that at the first\\nelection, held at the house of Benjamin Lemon, 18 votes\\nwere polled, and that Bradley M. Pennell was elected Super-\\nvisor Comfort Pennell, Township Clerk and Benjamin\\nLemon and Daniel Phillips, Justices of the Peace.\\nFrom 1846 till 1866 the following have been the super-\\nvisors: E. P. Morley, Comfort Pennell, Peter Ruggles,\\nAbner Sanders, Marcus Hand, Bennett Heathman, N. E.\\nLaudou, and E. P. Morley and the township clerks for\\nthe same period have been Comfort Pennell, E. P. Morley,\\nJ. W. Blakeman, Henry Lemon, John H. Nixon, R. L.\\nDudley, H. W. Hawlay, and John H. Nixon.\\nSince the latter date the principal officers have been the\\nfollowing\\nNames.\\nThomas Lightfoot\\nZaccheus Mead\\nAlfred Murray\\nW. H. Merritield\\nSolomon McKean\\nV. P. Mead\\nHugh McClellan\\nJohn J. Moltinger\\nEmanuel Moltinger....\\nMichael Moltinger\\nJohn H. Nixon\\nFreegracc Norton\\nMartin Norton\\nGeorge W. Newton....\\nThomas Nevin\\nGeorge Neidlinger\\nGeorge Neidlinger, Jr\\nGeorge F. Niles\\nMyers Nelson\\nPeter J. Piscator\\nSamuel B. Parkerton..\\nB. M. Pennell\\nNathan Pratt\\nComfort Pennell\\nZ. B. Bathbun\\nGeorge Raymond\\nDavidSmith\\nMichael Sassaman\\nHenry Sassaman\\nSamuel Sassaman\\nLewis Strong\\nGabriel Starr\\nJoel Starr\\nJohn Starr\\nJohn Soward\\nJohn Shafer\\nDaniel Stannard\\nJohn A. S])erry\\nAbner Sanders\\nJared K. Terry\\nJohn Terry\\nFranklin Vary\\nGeorge W. Wicks\\nW. Williams\\nJohn Wright\\nWilliam Weston\\nJohn W. Whipple\\nP. Washburne\\nSUPERVISORS.\\n1867-68, David S. Evans; 1869, Franklin Weston; 1870-72, Isaac\\nHathaway 1873-74, Norman E. Landon 1875-76, William Wil-\\nliams; 1877, Norman E. Landon; 1878, Michael B. Houser\\n1879, Norman E. Landon.\\nTOWN.SHIP CLERKS.\\n1S67, D. R. Sage; 1868, M. J. Morley; 1869-70, Solomon Maudlin;\\n1871-72, John Loop: 1873-74, Marshall C. Travor; 1875-76, 0.\\nP. Miller; 1877-78, William Williams; 1879, Wesley Beattie.\\nTREASURERS.\\n1867, Isaac Hathaway; 1868, James H. Hill 1869-70, Samuel Moore;\\n1871, C. M. Smith; 1872-75, Albert Devoe; 1876-77, John H.\\nNixon; 1878, Calvin Myers; 1879, Thomas C. Hebb.\\nJUSTICES OF THE PEACE.\\nIsaac Hathaway, .Joseph Giles, M. J. Morley, L. Heathman, .John\\nLoop, Comfort Pennell, 0. P. Miller, William S. Whipple, Solo-\\nmon Maudlin, Charles Lord, Japhet Godfrey, Samuel Marrs, Jere-\\nmiah Nodine, Isaac Hathaway, and Joseph Giles.\\nHIGHW.A.YS.\\nThe township took measures immediately after its or-\\nganization to locate and improve the necessary highways,\\nwhich were first opened in the eastern part. The condi-\\ntion of the country and the meagre settlements made this\\nwork slow and burdensome. For many years there was no\\ndirect highway across the swampy lands in the central part\\nof the township, and in the western part there were gener-\\nally mere bridle-paths only until after 1858. By judicious\\nsubdivision into small districts the roads have been made\\nto assume a fair condition. In 1879 they were in charge\\nof John Shafer, as commissioner, and the following over-\\nseers Samuel Marrs, John Haun, Wm. A. Feather, J. H.\\nRoyce, William McCarty, Japhet Godfrey, A. F. Morley,\\nL. Meredith, Geo. Enuis, David Baley, William Shuler,\\nStephen Wright, Henry Kill, John R. Rees, John S.\\nBarnhart, William S. Mead, Charles Hendrix, Benjamin\\nLemon, N. 0. Carlysle, Isaac Clymer, V. B. Gulliver, and\\nJohn Johns.\\nThe Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad was\\nconstructed through the township in 1869-70, with a\\ncourse parallel to the lake-shore, and about one and a half\\nmiles east. Stations have been provided at Brown s, on\\nsection 36 Morris, on section 8 and at Bridgman, on\\nsection 19. From these points the products of Lake are\\nreadily shipped, and the railroad has materially aided in\\ndeveloping the country and increasing its population.\\nTHE MANUFACTURING INTERESTS\\nof Lake township have been confined chiefly to lumber-\\nmills and kindred factories. The first of this character\\nwas a saw-mill, erected on section 2, on the head-waters of\\nHickory Creek, by Peter Ruggles and Erastus Munger, in\\nthe fall of 1837. Here was cut some of the lumber wliieh\\nwas used in the construction of the court-house at Berrien\\nSprings. Afterwards a grist-mill was built, and was oper-\\nated by the same power, both mills remaining the property\\nof the Ruggles family until their discontinuance a few\\nyears ago.\\nOn section 24, Benjamin Lemon got in operation a saw-\\nmill in 1845, which went to decay, and a new mill, which\\nwas sub.sequently built by him on the same stream, has also\\ngone down. After 1850, John Harner put up a saw-mill", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0320.jp2"}, "321": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF LAKE.\\n251\\non section 13, which afterwards became the property of\\nJohn Shafer, but is at present idle.\\nOn the southern township line, on section 32, a good\\nsteam saw-mill was erected about 1865, by Alonzo Sher-\\nwood, which was operated until the timber supply in that\\nlocality was exhausted. The lumber was conveyed to the\\nlake by means of a tramway. At Brown s Station O. R.\\nBrown formerly had a mill, and at present one is operated\\nthere by A. L. Drew. Farther in the interior of the town-\\nship Painter Curtiss had an extensive lumber-mill, which\\nwas removed after a few years operation. At that time\\nthe locality was known as Paintersville, and was the scene\\nof busy activity.\\nIn the northern part of the township, at Morris Station,\\nH. F. Mead has at present in operation a steam saw-mill\\ncapable of cutting 8000 feet per day. At this point was\\nformerly another mill and in other localities in the town-\\nship saw-mills were kept in operation a short time or until\\nthe surrounding forests had been manufactured into lumber.\\nThe largest lumber-manufacturing establishment was near\\nthe present village of Bridgman. In the fall of 1856,\\nGeorge Bridgman, Warren Howe, and Charles F. Howe\\nformed the Charlotteville Lumber Company, and here\\nbegan operations by building a steam saw-mill, at a cost of\\n$20,000. At a point west, on the lake, a pier was con-\\nstructed five hundred feet long, which was connected with\\nthe mill by a railroad more than a mile in length and to\\nvarious points in the forest a railway was made, the entire\\nlength of track being about seven miles. The rolling stock\\nconsisted of thirty-three cars and the engine John Bui!,\\nwhich, it is claimed, was the first locomotive ever run in\\nthe United States.* The improvements cost $70,000,\\nand the mill had a capacity of 25,000 feet per day.\\nAbout seventy men were employed in the business, and the\\nlumber found a ready sale in Chicago, whither it was con-\\nveyed from the pier by schooners. In 1863 the mill was\\ndestroyed by fire, and two other mills which were erected\\non the same site shared a like fate, the last one being con-\\nsumed in 1870. The lumbering business here having de-\\nclined, on account of the consumption of the forest prod-\\nucts, a mill of smaller capacity was erected the same season\\n(1870) by Mordecai Price. This was also burned in 1871.\\nSoon after Whipple Medaris put up a mill which was\\nburned after a year s operation and a third wiiH, on this\\nsite, put up by 0. D. Rector, was also burned in 1878.\\nThe present mill was put in operation in January, 1879, by\\nCodd Price. Its capacity is 8000 feet per day.\\nIn 1870 a stave and heading factory was built east of\\nthe railroad station at Bridgman, which has been owned\\nby various parties, and is at present operated by Hinkley,\\nHigman Co. The product is several million pieces per\\nyear, and more than a dozen hands are employed.\\nIn 1869, Webster Whiten erected a tannery at Char-\\nlotteville, which was discontinued after several years opera-\\ntion, and the building removed in 1878. The other manu-\\nfacturing interests of the township are confined to the ordi-\\nnary mechanic pursuits. A grist-mill is soon to be built\\nat Bridgman.\\nThis statement, however, is clearly erroneous.\\nVILLAGES.\\nIn 1848 a village was projected on section 25, which re-\\nceived the name of Livingston. Eighty blocks were laid\\nout, but nothing further was done to advance its claims to\\na place among the villages of the county, and the site soon\\nbecame common farm property.\\nCharlotteville, on section 19, was the first village in the\\ntownship. It was founded by the Charlotteville Lumber\\nCompany, in 1856, and for a number of years was com-\\nposed wholly of the various interests connected with the\\nbusiness of that firm. The name was bestowed in compli-\\nment to Charlotte Howe, the wife of one of the proprietors.\\nThe place never attained great size, but was at one time the\\nseat of considerable business. In 1870 another of the\\noriginal proprietors, George Bridgman, platted a village\\nhalf a mile east, on the railroad, where a station was located\\nthat year. The survey was made by E. P. Morley, and the\\nvillage and station received the name of\\nBridgman. This place has absorbed whatever interests\\nwere formerly at Charlotteville, and the entire locality is\\nnow known by the name of Bridgman. It contains a fine\\nschool-house with a number of business places and other\\ninterests, noted below. There are about 200 inhabitants.\\nThe Bridgman post-ofiice was established in 1801 with\\nthe name of Laketon, but ten years later took the name of\\nthe village. Elijah Cowles was the first postmaster, and\\nwas succeeded in 1863 by George Bridgman, who held the\\noflice until 1870. The postmasters following have been\\nGeorge Wood, George Wells, William Babcock, and the\\npresent incumbent, Mrs. E. A. H. Greene.\\nThe first merchandising in the township was carried on\\nby the Charlotteville Lumber Company, from 1857 till\\nthe company discontinued, about five years later; and trade\\nwas thereafter continued by the successive mill owners\\nDexter Curtiax, Loop Daniels, Sawyer Mead, and D.\\nB. Plummer. Meantime other stores ware built, and in\\n1869 there were three general business houses, by C. M.\\nSmith, George W. Wells, and M. C. Traver. Dr. J. F.\\nBerringerhad opened a drug-store before that period, which\\nis yet continued in Bridgman by him.\\nIn 1871, Charles M. Smith put up the first store at the\\nstation, which is at present occupied by Benjamin Lemon.\\nThe next store was built several years later by Benjamin\\nWeed, in which he engaged in trade, and was followed by\\nEdward Palmer and Henry Chapman. In 1875, Thomas\\nHebb built the third store, and trade was there begun by\\nHebb Howlett. The stand is at present occupied by J.\\nT. Barnes Co. Others in trade are Seekell, Sparr Co.\\nThe first regular tavern in the village of Bridgman was\\nopened in 1872 by George Maisner, and kept a few years.\\nNear the depot the Thompson House had entertained the\\npublic since 1875.\\nThe township did not have any professional men prior to\\n1856. That year Dr. J. H. Royce engaged in the practice\\nof medicine, and has continued since residing in the eastern\\npart of the township. The second physician was Dr. Sol-\\nomon Maudlin, who located at Bridgman, and still resides\\nthere, although not in active practice. The present physi-\\ncian there is Dr. J. F. Berringer, and other practitioners\\nin the township have been Drs. Sober and Imme.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0321.jp2"}, "322": {"fulltext": "252\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nThe first and only attorney in the township has been\\nGeorge W. Bridgman, who has maintained a law-office at\\nBridgman since 1872.\\nSOCIETIES AND ORDERS.\\nLake Lodge, No. 143, 0. 0. F., was organized in\\n1870. Its membership increased rapidly, and the lodge\\nhas flourished steadily since its organization. The meet-\\nings are held in a hall in the western part of the village of\\nBridgman.\\nBridgman Lodge, No. 794, 0. G. T., was organized in\\nOctober, 1879, with 64 charter members. Joseph Codd,\\nW. C. T. T. C. Bridgman, W. V. T. J. Duest, Sec.\\nand Charles Wheelock, Treas. At present the members\\nnumber 90.\\nPUBLIC SCHOOLS.\\nIn May, 1846, the school inspectors. Comfort Fennel,\\nEdward Ballengee, and Henry Lemon, reported that they\\nhad divided the township into three school districts. No. 1,\\ncontaining sections 35, 36, 25, and 26 No. 2, contain-\\ning sections 23, 24, 13, and 14 and No. 3, containing\\nsections 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, and 12. In October, the same\\nyear, Edward Ballengee, the director of District No. 1,\\nmade report that the children of school age (from four to\\neighteen years) in the district were 16, of whom 14 at-\\ntended school. A term of three months school had been\\ntaught, at a total expense of $15. Daniel Phillips, the di-\\nrector of District No. 3, reported that the children of school\\nage in his district were 19.\\nIn 1848, No. 1 had 25 children of school age; No. 2,\\n19; and No. 3, 16.\\nA few years later a number of new districts were formed\\nand school-houses provided. These were at first rude and\\nplainly furnished, the entire cost seldom exceeding $100.\\nA better class of buildings took their place, and the appro-\\npriations for the maintenance of schools were liberally in-\\ncreased. The condition of the schools in 1878 is shown\\nby the following, which we quote from the school report\\nof that year\\nNumber of districts 8\\nchildren of school age .392\\nattending school 26U\\nTotal value of school houses $4:900\\nDuring the year 5 male and 11 female teachers were\\nemployed, and the schools were reported to be in a pros-\\nperous condition.\\nSince 1867 the school inspectors have been M. J. Mor-\\nley, Isaac Hathaway, Japhet Godfrey, Franklin L. Weston,\\nJ. W. Whipple, Harvey L. Drew, Wm. M. T. Barthol-\\nomew, N. E. Landon, Solomon Maudlin, and David S.\\nEvans. Those who have been elected to the office of su-\\nperintendent have been George W. Bridgman, Wm. Wil-\\nliams, Jeremiah Nodine, Michael B. Houser, and David S.\\nEvans.\\nBURIAL-GROUNDS.\\nThe cemeteries of the township are small, and were con-\\nveniently located to afford interments in the several neigh-\\nborhoods formed by the early settlers. The first was\\nopened in 1850, on the northeast quarter of section 25;\\nthe next was opened three years later, at the Phillips school-\\nhouse and a few years thereafter one was located in the\\nwestern part of the township. Some of these are neatly\\nkept, and contain appropriate monuments to the memory\\nof those who had been among the pioneers of the county.\\nRELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.\\nThe Methodists were the first to maintain public worship\\nwithin the present bounds of Lake township. As early as\\n1846 a class of this faith was organized, at the school-house\\nin the southeastern part of the township, by the Rev. George\\nKing, at that time preacher in charge of the Berrien circuit.\\nSeeley H. Curtis was appointed leader, and the members\\nconsisted of persons belonging to the Hyatt, Heathman,\\nBallengee, and other families residing in the eastern part of\\nLake and the western part of Oronoko. In the course of\\na few years a revival ensued, which resulted in the conver-\\nsion of nearly 100 persons. A class of Methodists has ex-\\nisted in the eastern part of Lake ever since, the place of\\nworship being changed from one to t he other school-house,\\nto suit the convenience of the members in the respective\\nlocalities. At present the meetings are held at the Rug-\\ngles school-house. The class has eight members, and Clinton\\nHyatt is the leader. Here, also, is maintained a Sunday-\\nschool of nearly 100 members, which is superintended by\\nSarah Bartholomew.\\nIn 1848, or later, a class was formed west of the Great\\nMeadows, which had among its members the Williams,\\nShoemaker, and Sherwood families but as these soon after\\nremoved the class here went down. The class at Bridg-\\nman became an organized body in 1865, V. P. Mead being\\nthe first leader. Here are at present 17 members, under\\nthe leadership of R. W. Plumb. The Sunday-school has\\n25 members, and Frank Weston is the superintendent.\\nThe services at this point are also held in the school-\\nhouse.\\nThere is no church building in the township of Lake, but\\na few years ago the Methodists erected a parsonage at the\\nvillage of Bridgman, which is near the centre of the present\\ncircuit.\\nThe boundaries of the Methodist circuits in this and the\\nadjoining townships have been subject to many changes.\\nThe circuits have borne various names, and generally em-\\nbraced from six to eight appointments, numbering at present\\nsix, namely: Bridgman, Buggies, Tryon, South Lincoln,\\nLincoln Avenue, and Stevensville.\\nThe names of the circuits and pastoral connection have\\nbeen as follows\\nBerrien CircioV.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1846, Rev. George King; 1847, Revs. A. C. Shaw,\\nA. Campbell, C. K. Ercanbraok; 1848, Revs. R. C. Meek,\\nT.appan; 1849, Revs. H. Hall, B. F. Doughty; 1850, Revs. H.\\nHall, S. A. Lee; 1851-52, Rev.s. S. A. Osborne, S. Hendrickson\\n1853, Rev. F. Glass; 1854, Rev. R. Pengelly 1865, Revs. J. T.\\nRobe, Thomas H. Bignall; 1S5(), Revs. W. C. Bliss, E. L. Kel-\\nlogg; 1857, Rev. T. T. George; 1858, Rev. G. A. Van Horn;\\n1859, Revs. D. S. Haviland, D. Engle; 1860, Rev. L. M. Ben-\\nnett; 1861, Rev. N. Cleveland; 1862, Rev. E. Beard.\\nOharlolteville Gircuit. (New Troy, Charlotteville, Lake, Spears,\\nTryon, Lincoln Avenue, Weesaw). 1865, Rev. John Byrns\\n1866-67, Rev. Irving H. Skinner; 1868, Revs. William Friend,\\nGeorge Patterson 1869, Rev. J. S. Valentine.\\nStimensaille Circuit. 1870, Rev. J. S. Valentine; 1871, Rev. Irving\\nH. Skinner; 1872, Rev. H. Tavlor.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0322.jp2"}, "323": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0323.jp2"}, "324": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0324.jp2"}, "325": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF LAKE.\\n253\\nLaketun Circuit\u00e2\u0080\u0094 IS7 0-7 Rev. J. W. H. Carlisle; 1S72, Rev. N.\\nMount.\\nBridymun C mcmiV.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (above united) 1 873-7+, Rev. V. H. Helms; 1876,\\nRev. Tliomas B. Shenston 1876, Rev. J. F. Wallace; 1877, Rev.\\nJ. R. Skinner.*\\nThe cause of Methodism in the above circuits has been\\ngreatly promoted by the labors of the Revs. Wm. Penland,\\nGould Parrish, Allen Conley, E. Allen, and Wm. M. Con-\\nnelly, local preachers residing in this part of the county,\\nthe former two yet living in Eoyalton and Lincoln.\\nSince 1850 the United Brethren in Christ have main-\\ntained services in school-house No. 2, in connection with\\nappointments in other townships, forming a circuit. Among\\nthe early members were the Pennells, Lemons, Browns, Wal-\\ntons, and others, being at one time a large and flourishing\\ncongregation. At present the membership is small.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nISAAC HATHAWAY.\\nISAAC HATHAWAY\\nwas the third in a family of seven children, and was born\\nin Seneca Co., Ohio, on the 7th day of August, 1833. His\\nfather, Z. Hathaway, was a native of Massachusetts, having\\nbeen born in 1802. He removed to Ohio in 1825.f\\nAs he grew up, young Isaac assisted his father on the\\nfarm until he was eighteen years old, attending the district\\nschool in winter until sixteen years of age, when he entered\\nSeneca County Academy, where he spent a part of two\\nyears. Wishing to buy a farm and make a home for him-\\nself, he visited Michigan in 1851, where he remained\\nduring the winter, examining various portions of the State.\\nHe was well pleased, and decided to locate in Berrien\\nCounty as soon as he could earn enough to buy a home.\\nReturning to Ohio, he started immediately for California,\\nwhere he worked in the mines four years, sending his father\\nthe money to purchase from government the tract of four\\nhundred and sixty acres on which he now resides.\\nReturning from California, young Hathaway removed to\\nhis new home in Michigan in the fall of 1856, and began\\nthe improvement of his place, living with a family whom\\nhe had employed to keep house for him. On the 13th\\nday of September, 1859, he married Miss Delia Hand.\\nThe above has been compiled from data furnished by Rev. J. R.\\nSkinner, preacher in charge Bridgman Circuit.\\nf The following year he was married, his wife being a native of the\\nState of New, York.\\nMRS. ISAAC HATHAWAY.\\nOne child only blessed this union, who was born on the\\n8th day of June, 1872, and died on the 3d day of the fol-\\nlowing month. Mrs. Hathaway s parents were natives of\\nNew York, who had removed to Michigan in 1845, and\\nlocated in Lake township. They reared a family of six\\nchildren, Mrs. Hathaway being the youngest girl.\\nMr. Hathaway is not a member of any Christian denomi-\\nnation. In politics he is a Democrat. He has filled the office\\nof supervisor three terms, and that of justice of the peace\\nfifteen years, having married seventy couples in that time.\\nHe has also represented his party as a delegate in several\\nconventions, and is generally looked on as a leader of the\\npeople in this section.\\nJOHN H. NIXON.\\nThe father of John H. Nixon was John B. Nixon, who\\nwas born in the State of South Carolina on the 17th day\\nof November, 1789. His mother, whose maiden name\\nwas Peek, was a native of New Jersey, and was born on\\nthe 11th day of February, 1792. She was married to\\nJohn B. Nixon about the year 1811. John H. Nixon\\nwas the fifth child in a family of nine, and was born in\\nFayette Co., Ind., on the 24th day of August, 1819. At\\nthe age of thirteen years he went to learn a trade, selecting\\nthat of mason. At sixteen. May, 1836, he accompanied", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0325.jp2"}, "326": {"fulltext": "254\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nhis father to Michigan. His father remained during the\\nsummer and fall, then returned home, and in the fall of\\n1842 hrought his family back with him, John H. remain-\\ning until 1852. In that year, being then thirty-three years\\nJOHN H. NIXON.\\nold, he went to California, where he remained one year and\\neight months, working in the mines and at his trade during\\nthat time. He found, however, that gold was not to be\\npicked up on every side, nor wealth to be had in a few\\ndays, but that labor of the hardest kind must be performed\\nand the most severe privations must be endured. Many\\nMRS. JOHN H. NIXON.\\nindeed there were who, in those days of excitement, sought\\nthat renowned El Dorado, their minds filled with visions of\\nwealth and splendor, but whose bones whitened the inter-\\nvening plains, or who, if so fortunate as to reach their desti-\\nnation, were rewarded only with poverty, disappointment,\\nand despair. In 1854, Mr. Nixon made his first purchase\\nof land in Michigan, a farm of one hundred and sixty\\nacres, which is still his home. His advantages were few,\\nand his education was acquired after he was twenty-one\\nyears old. He has never sought notoriety of any kind,\\nand is rather retiring in his nature. Yet his fellow-citizens\\nhave, at divers times, insisted ou his accepting various\\nminor offices, he having filled all the official positions in his\\ntownship, except that of supervisor. Mr. Nixon was form-\\nerly a Whig, then joined the Democratic party, and is now\\na Conservative. On the 7th day of February, 1849, Mr.\\nNixon married Mary, daughter of J. and Mary O Keefe,\\nwho were of Irish descent. Eight children have been born\\nto them, all of whom are now living, viz.. Mills H., born\\nOct. 16, 1850 Mary L., born Sept. 6, 1852 Louisa B.,\\nborn Nov. 23, 1854 John B.,born Dec. 5, 1856 Charles\\nM., born Nov. 27, 1858 Harvey C, born March 21, 1862\\nFrank, born March 16, 1864; and Dick, born Feb. 25,\\n1866.\\nNORMAN K. LANDON.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in 1824, at Salis-\\nbury, Conn. He was the youngest of a family of seven\\nchildren three boys and four girls. His father was a native\\nof Connecticut, and his grandfather, Rufus Landon, was a\\nsoldier of the Revolution, serving under Gen. Schuyler\\nwhen he marched to the relief of Arnold in Canada. At\\nrlioto. by Bradley, Buchanan.\\nNORMAN E. LANDON.\\nseventeen years of age Norman quitted the old homestead\\nand commenced life for himself. Going to Kinderhook,\\nN. Y., he learned the carpenter s trade, working there seven\\nyears and in Connecticut nine years. In 1858 he removed\\nto Lake township, Mich., where he turned his attention to\\nfarming. He made his first purchase of land in 1858, be-\\ncoming the owner of eighty acres on section 27, his present\\nhomestead. He has since added eighty acres to this.\\nWhile in Kinderhook, Mr. Landon married, in March,\\n1847, Miss Allen, daughter of Horace and Clara Allen.\\nFour children were born to them, three girls and one boy.\\nMrs. Landon died May, 1868, in Berrien Springs. Mr.\\nLandon married, as his second wife, Mrs. Laura, widow of\\nMyers Nelson. He has no children by this marriage. Mrs.\\nNelson is a daughter of Lemuel and Ann Church, and is a", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0326.jp2"}, "327": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF LINCOLN.\\n256\\nnative of Ohio, being the fourth in a family of nine children.\\nBy her first marriage she was the mother of six children.\\nMr. Landon is a Democrat. He has been the supervisor of\\nhis township nine terms, and its treasurer and present jus-\\nPhoto, by Bradley, Buchanan.\\nMRS. NORMAN E. LANDON.\\ntice of the peace, having filled that ofiiee .six years. In 1864\\nwas nominated by his party for county treasurer. Mr.\\nLandon received his education outside of schools, as his ad-\\nvantages for an early education were few. He has been a\\nmember of the Methodist Episcopal Church since 1856.\\nMr. Landon has ever beea industrious and economical.\\nBy hard work and prudent management he has become\\npossessed of a pleasant home, and he is justly esteemed\\nby his neighbors as a good, practical farmer and a worthy,\\nintelligent citizen.\\nCHAPTER XXXV.\\nLINCOLN TOWNSHIP.*\\nLocation and Topography Settlements and Settlers Organization\\nand Officers of the Township Manufacturing Enterprises Fruit\\nInterests Hamlets and Villages Patrons of Husbandry Schools\\nReligious Societies.\\nThis is one of the lake-shore townships, lying south of\\nSt. Joseph and north of Lake. Until 1867 it constituted\\na part of Royalton, which forms the eastern boundary. In\\nthe government survey it is designated as township 5 south,\\nin range 19 west. It is a fractional township. The east\\nhalf of the eastern tier of sections is embiaced within the\\nlimits of Royalton, and on the west Lake Michigan re-\\nduced the territory to an area two and a half miles on the\\nnorth and about five miles on the south line. The general\\nsurface is level, and in places low and swampy. A belt of\\nland of this nature extends through the township from\\nsouth to north, about a mile west of the eastern line, being\\nbordered on the west by Hickory Creek, which affords the\\nprincipal drainage. Until recently it was unfit for cultiva-\\nBy John L. Rockey.\\ntion, but since the country has been cleared up and dykes\\ncut much has been rendered tillable. On the east line is a\\nstrip of clayey loam land, the beauty and fertility of which\\nare not surpassed in the county. Here are a number of\\nwell-improved forms. West of Hickory Creek most of the\\ncountry was originally barren, and was not improved until\\nlately, the sterile appearance of the soil causing settlers to\\ngive other localities the preference. It has been found to\\nbe well adapted for fruit culture, and by proper treatment\\nhas been made very productive. In this part were formerly\\nforests of pine, and clusters of these trees yet remain. The\\nother parts of the township were timbered with the com-\\nmon woods, which formed in places dense forests, and the\\nlabor of clearing the ground was everywhere difficult.\\nBesides Hickory Creek, there are a number of small brooks\\nin the township, the St. Joseph River, in the extreme\\nnortheast, and in the southwest three lagoons, which, with\\nthe marshes bordering them, bear the name of the Grand\\nMarais. They are sluggish sheets of water and render that\\npart of the township swampy.\\nWithin the present territory of Lincoln one of the\\nearliest settlements in Berrien County was made, as early\\nas 1827, by Maj. Timothy Smith, who came from Oiiio,\\nand had been for a time a teacher at the Carey Mission.\\nHis location was in the northern part of what is now the\\ntownship of Lincoln, near the east bank of Hickory Creek.\\nHis house was the place designated for the holding of the\\nfirst election for the township of (old) St. Joseph, which\\nat its erection covered all of Berrien County north and east\\nof the St. Joseph River. Maj. Smith was interested in the\\nlaying out of a paper village on the lake-shore in the western\\npart of the town, but his project was not successful. Mr.\\nSmith was the justice of the peace who performed the first\\nmarriage ceremony in the township of St. Joseph, that\\nof Calvin Bartlett to Pamelia Ives. He removed to New\\nBuffalo, and was lighthouse-keeper at that place in 1839.\\nNot long after the year 1849 he removed to California.\\nFor a number of years after Maj. Smith located in what is\\nnow Lincoln settlements in the territory of the town-\\nship were made but slowly, and what few there were were\\nfor a long time wholly confined to the eastern part.\\nAmong the pioneers who succeeded Maj. Smith were\\nMartin Lounsbury and Samuel Davis. The former settled\\non section 24 in 1842, on the place which has been occu-\\npied by David Myers since 1862. The only surviving\\nmember of the Lounsbury family is a son, residing in Kal-\\namazoo. Davis settled on the section south the same year,\\nbut removed to Berrien after the county began to be set-\\ntled. Two of his sons. Nelson and Andrew, are at present\\nresidents of Berrien village.\\nIn 1838, Gould Parrish moved to Berrien from Ohio,\\nand worked on the new court-house, which was then build-\\ning after living in various parts of the country he settled\\non the southwest quarter of section 36 in 1843, and has\\nlived there almost continuously since, being the oldest set-\\ntler in the township. He reared eight children, James\\nA., of Mills Co., Iowa William M., living at Steveusville\\nArza G., editor of the Mills County RepubUcaii and Ezra\\nB., living in the same county. Three daughters attained\\nwomanhood, viz.: Mrs. Luther Hemmingway, of Sodus", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0327.jp2"}, "328": {"fulltext": "256\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nMrs. H. M ^illianiR, of Lincoln and Mrs. Applegate, of\\nMills Co., Iowa.\\nAbout the same time, or a little earlier, Harrison and\\nJohn V. Nash and their mother made a beginning on sec-\\ntion 34, but in the course of ten years sold to Benjamin\\nLemon, and moved to a place nearer Stevensville. Sub-\\nsequently, John V. removed to Hagar, and Harrison to\\nOronoko, where both yet reside.\\nIn 1845, Leonard Archer became a resident of section\\n36, settling on the place now occupied by the family of\\nLeroy W. Archer, who also came the same year, and who\\ndied there in the winter of 1878. Leonard Archer moved\\nto Adams Co., Iowa, a number of years ago. Later in the\\nseason of 1845, Mrs. Mary Archer, the widowed mother\\nof the above, came, with her family. Of these, James is\\nyet living in the township Elizabeth resides in Idaho\\nAmbrose and Norman are deceased Hannah married Hiram\\nParce; Submit, Stephen Lamunion and Mary is Mrs. Gould\\nParrish.\\nStephen Lanionion became a settlei- nf the same section\\nin 1847. He died in the township, leaving sons named\\nJames, Leroy, Norman, and Francis, who are yet residents\\nof this neighborhood. His daughters were named Mary,\\nMargaret, Nancy, and Almeda, three of whom yet survive\\nand live in the southern part of the county.\\nOn the James Morrow place Alonzo Spear settled, after\\n1850, his son Charles coming the same time. Other sons\\nwere Lloyd and Isaac. The father died in the township,\\nand most of the family removed.\\nStephen Bonnell came about 1854, and settled on section\\n36, on the place at present occupied by his widow, Elizabeth\\nBonnell. There were sons named Charles and Joseph, and\\ntwo daughters. A brother of the above, Ogden Bonnell,\\ncame to the township about the same time.\\nOn the opposite side of the road, on section 35, Alexander\\nWilbur began improvements about the same period, and a\\nfew miles farther north were Andrew J. and Isaac Smoke.\\nIn 1854, Dr. J. N. Percell and his father-in-law, James\\nDunham, settled at Stevensville, and near by were Hiram\\nBarnes, Philip and William Walworth, the pioneers in\\ntheir respective localities. Other pioneers in their respect-\\nive neighborhoods were Jacob Fikes, John Bort, Orrin\\nBrown, Chester Phelps, John Graham, Artemas Walker,\\nHenry Evans, William A. Brown, George Martin, and T.\\nW. Dunham.\\nThe following names appear on the poll-register of the\\ntownship of Royalton as legal voters (living in that part\\nwhich forms the present township of Lincoln) prior to\\n1862, and were, therefore, among the early settlers\\nA. G. Abbe, E. L. Abbott, Cbrisiian Abraham, James Archer, Abijah\\nBirdsey, William Bjers, Orrin Brown, David N. Brown, Lyman\\nBeeman, Henry 0. Beeman, Philander Becman, Christopher\\nBrown, Joseph Chapel, Powell Crickman, John Corrigan, A. D.\\nCrandall, James Dunham, Hiram Dunham, L. W. Davis, John B.\\nDanforth, Ellas Davoo, Jacob Fikes, Hiram B. Gard, R. A. Gregg,\\nJacob Gardner, Samuel Groen, Job W. Hollywood, Robert F.\\nHollywood, W. J. Hollis, h. K. Hyde, R. E. Johnson, Allen\\nJohnson, Jacob V. Jefl ries, W. D. Jefl ries, Frederick Koeler,\\nJames K. Kinne, James Lamunion, John AV. R. Leister, N. H.\\nLouusberry, John Miclkie, George N. Martin, Alexander Mc-\\nDonald, William F. Morrow, Nicholas Miller, Barnard Miller,\\nElias B. Miller, Daniel A. Miller, Elijah H. Myers, Tbomaa S.\\nMyers, Harrison Nash, John V. Nash, Gould Parrish, James A.\\nParrish, John N. Perccll, Hiram Parce, Chester P. Phelps, B. M.\\nQuint, Moses B. Quint, Lewis Richards, Charles S. Richardson,\\nThomas Richardson, Andrew J. Smoke, Alonzo Spear, Henry S.\\nStrickland, Ansel Stone, Mitchell Spillman, Charles Spear, Austin\\nJ. Sperry, William Smith, Jacob Van Deusen, Peter Van Deusen.\\nPhilip M. Walworth, John Wagner, Artemas Walker.\\nFrom this time on tlie population increased very rapidly.\\nIn 1868 the following persons were as.sessed to pay a tax\\non personal property, and in most instances they were resi-\\ndents of the township at that time\\nNames. Section,\\nLeroy W. Archer ;J6\\nJames Archer 26\\nChristian Abraham 2\\nE. L. Abbott 9\\nW. W. Alport 10\\nJ. W. Brown 15\\nOrrin Brown V\\nJohn S, Brown il\\nAlonzo D, Brown 3\\nOrrin J, Brown 11\\nChester Brown 11\\nAugusta Brown 11\\nWilliam A, Brown 33\\nChristopher Brown 26\\nD, N, Brown 9\\nD. R, Baldwin\\nPhilander Beeman 2\\nCharles Breithaupt 1,\\nElizabeth Bonnell 36\\nGael Bronson 14\\nLyman Bronson 23\\nOzro Bronson 23\\nHorace Bronson 14\\nDaniel Bowker 14\\nE, S.Caldwell 9\\nA. H. Conkey 11\\nA. D. Crandall 28\\nL. W. Davis 24\\nRichard Dobson 13\\nHiram Dunham\\nT. W. Dunham\\nM. N. Dunham\\nW. E. Domoni 25\\nElias Davoe\\nHenry Evans 23\\nDaniel Fisher 16\\nD. M. Fisher ,32\\nJacob Fikes 2\\nFuller Peters 2\\nRebecca French 10\\nJacob B. Gallingor 2\\nR. A. Gregg 1\\nFrederick Gest 3\\nJohn Graham 11\\nA. 0. Griswold 32\\nFred, Grahl 27\\nAVilliam Hudson 16\\nH.L.Huntington 3\\nL M. Hill\\nGeorge Higbee 10\\nL, P. Haskell\\nHiram C. Hess 25\\nJacob N.Jeffries 33\\nE. R. Johnson 25\\nAllan Johnson 1\\nWesley Jewell 27\\nJ.A.Johnson\\nJames G. Kinne\\nSamuel King 24\\nJ. W. R. Leister 16\\nJohn Lawler 27\\nLeroy Lamonion 35\\nJames Lamonion 35\\nNames. Section.\\nChristopher Miller 22\\nBarnard Miller 12\\nDavid Myers 24\\nJoseph C. Myers 13\\nC. P Martin 23\\nJohn Milke 10\\nJohn Maginnis 15\\nJohn V. Xash 28\\nHarrison Nash 28\\nNelson A Benjamin 21\\nOle Olson\\nJ. A. Parrish 23\\nGould Parrish 36\\nVictor Plea 21\\nHiram Pcndland 13\\nJohn N. Peioell 21\\nPerley Putnam 22\\nChester Phelps 9\\nCharles W. Peters 2\\nAndrew Passoski 2\\nB. M. Pettit 3\\nSubmit Parce 36\\nB.M. Quint 28\\nO.W. Quint 28\\nC. L. Richardson 14\\nJames M. Richardson 23\\nJohn Reeder 3\\nCharles Royce 3\\nWellington Stewart 16\\nCharles Stewart 16\\nS. T. Smith 3\\nWilliam B. Smith 3\\nGeorge Smith 33\\nAnsel Stone 25\\nJohn A.Stone 25\\nJohn Stephenson\\nEri Stephens 14\\nJ. E. Stephens 1\\nH. S. Strickland 10\\nMichael Spillman 2\\nA. J, Smoke 23\\nJohn B. Shinn 22\\nE. J. Stambeck 3\\nJoseph Stiles 3\\nSutherland Granger 34\\nHenry A. Trua.\\\\ 3\\nNelson Upson\\nJacob Viin Deusen 15\\nPeter Van Deusen 9\\nW. C. Van Patten 1\\nWilliam Walworth 28\\nC. J. Williams 3\\nHenry C. Ward 3\\nJ. G. Wells 1\\nHarry Wood 26\\nA. A. Webster 11\\nD. A. Winslow 9\\nJohn Wagner 25\\nL. A. Wilbor 35\\nWilliam T. White 2\\nArtemas Walker 14\\nWhitney Vanvlear 2\\nThe valuation of the personal property in the township\\nin 1868 was $11,125 in 1878, 112,600. At the former\\nperiod the entire valuation of Lincoln was $149,719, and at\\nthe latter, $152,460.\\nThe whole number of acres in the township is 13,584, a\\nsmall proportion of which is owned by non-residents and\\nthe average value is reported as $10.29. In 1868 the\\ntaxes of the township were about $1100, and in 1878, for\\nthe same purpose, nearly $1400.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0328.jp2"}, "329": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF LINCOLN.\\n257\\nORGANIZATION AND OFFICERS OF THE TOWNSHIP.\\nTlie township of Lincoln was erected and organized in\\n1867, the first meeting for the election of oflftoers being\\nheld April 1, in that year; Abijah Birdsey, Wellington\\nStewart, and D. N. Brown presiding as inspectors. The\\nRepublican ticket received 106 votes and the Democratic\\n74. The oSicers elected were as follows Supervisor, James\\nA. Parrish Clerk, Robert F. Vanvlear Treasurer, Alonzo\\nD. Brown Justices, Leroy W. Archer, 0. W. Quint\\nConstables, John A. Sperry, A. H. Conkey, B. W. Quint;\\nSchool Inspector, A. 0. French Road Commissioner, C.\\nE. Spear.\\nSince that time the principal officer.s of tlie township have\\nbeen the following\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nl.SfiS, James A. Parrish; 1869, Leroj- W. Archer; ISTIl-T J, Alonzu\\nD. Brown.\\nOLEIIKS.\\n1.S6S, R. F. Viinvlear; 1869-72, J. Wells; 187.3-75, Martin Weiss;\\n1876, John F. B. Thompson; 1877, George W. McMasti-r; 1878,\\nJames A. Collins; 1879, William M. Smith.\\n1868-7 A. D. Bn\\nTREASURERS.\\n1871-79, Leonard Whitney.\\nJUSTICES OF THE PEACE FROM 1861 TO 1879.\\nJoshua (i. Wells, John W. Leister, Alonzo D. Brown. (iouW Parrish,\\nGottlob Keller, L. E. Knowles, James Dunham, Charles E. Spear,\\nLeonard Whitney, William Giffurd, I). M. Warren, Silas Latta,\\nPeter Van Deusen, Abel Goddard, William G. Mielkie, and Taylor\\nV. AVard.\\nPUBLIC THOROUGHFARES.\\nIt was with much difficulty that good roads were con-\\nstructed in certain localities in the township. The yielding\\nnature of the soil made it necessary to corduroy or plank\\nthe highways in many places, by which means they have\\nbeen rendered not only passable, but, in most instances,\\nthey are in excellent condition. This is especially true of\\nLincoln Avenue, in the northeastern part of the township,\\nwhich runs through a locality where the early .settlers\\nthought it impossible to build a road. The township has\\nbeen divided into 14 road districts, which now (1879) are\\nin charge of the following overseers Adam Yound, Wil-\\nliam Gallinger, Erskine Danforth, William G. Mielkie, C.\\nKroenig, Henry Mielkie, Nathaniel Beardsley, T. W.\\nSmoke, William M. Smith, George B. Smith, George Hol-\\nlis, Charles Bonnelle, Henry Berendt, Christopher Miller.\\nIn February, 1870, the Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore\\nRailroad was completed through the township, and subse-\\nquently stations were located at Stevensville, Lincoln, and\\nSouth Lincoln.\\nMANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES.\\nThe first manufacturing establishment in the township\\nwas a saw-mill on Hickory Creek, on section 34. It was\\nput up by Benjamin Lemon about 1852, and after being\\noperated a number of years by him and others, was dis-\\ncontinued. At a later date H. S. Strickland erected a saw-\\nmill on the same stream, on section 28, which was carried\\non until a recent period.\\nEast of the present village of Stevensville A. L. Putnam\\ngot in operation a steam saw-mill about twelve years ago,\\nadding a few years later a grist-mill. In 1875 the latter\\nwas destroyed by tire.\\n33\\nSome time about 1853 a water-power saw-mill was put\\nup on section 10 by George Martin, which was operated\\nby him until it went down and on section 11 John Graham\\nput in operation a steam saw-mill about 1864, which was\\ndestroyed by fire. Here is at present a good mill of about\\n1,000,000 feet capacity, owned and operated by E. A.\\nGraham.\\nOn section 22 Victor Plea built a .steam saw-mill in\\n1865, which was discontinued in 1871, and the machinery\\nremoved to Stevensville in 1873, where it formed part of a\\nlarge lumber, fruit-package, and turning establishment,\\nwhich was also swept away by a conflagration. At the site\\nof his old mill Victor Plea put in operation a steam grist-\\nmill in 1869, but in a few years removed the machinery to\\na building erected for a mill on Hickory Creek, near by,\\nwhere it was operated only a short time.\\nIn 1871, M. M. Dunham built a .steam saw-mill at\\nStevensville, which became the property of L. R. Brown\\nin the course of a few years, and was changed by him into\\na grist-mill in 1877. It is supplied with three run of\\nstones and good machinery, and is the only flouring-mill in\\nthe township.\\nNear Stevensville Fisher Hoskin had a small steam\\nsaw-mill in 1867, which was burned soon after; and about\\nthe same time T. W. Dunham started a mill of greater\\ncapacity on the Grand Marais, which is yet operated to a\\ncertain extent. To facilitate the shipment of lumber Mr.\\nDunham ei ected a pier on Lake Michigan, from which\\nschooners were laden. Other interests may have abounded\\na short time, but the foregoing have been the principal\\nones.\\nLINCOLN FRUIT INTERESTS.\\nFruit-growing has become the controlling industry of\\nthe people of the township, the acreage increasing from\\nyear to year until thou.sands of acres are used for this pur-\\npose. Until 1863 much of the .soil of the township was re-\\ngarded as unfit for the cultivation of peaches and the small\\nfruits, but the profitable nature of the business in St.\\nJoseph and other townships induced the planting of several\\norchards, which proved successful beyond the anticipations\\nof their owners. Other clearings were rapidly made, and\\nthe barren wastes were transformed into fruitful fields as if\\nby magic, enriching their proprietors and giving employ-\\nment to many men. The failure of the peach orchards\\ncaused a temporary decline of the business, which has\\nagain attained importance since the culture of small fruits\\nhas received attention. In 1878 the shipments of berries\\nfrom the different stations in the township amounted to\\n44,713 half-bushel packages; peaches, 15,904 one-third-\\nbushel packages and apples, 6899 barrels.\\nThe shipments of 1879 will greatly exceed the foregoing,\\nhaving already reached, in July, 40,000 cases of berries.\\nIn 1872, before the failure of peaches, there were in the\\ntownship 288 acres in strawberries 104 acres in rasp-\\nberries 223 acres in blackberries; 35,154 grape-vines;\\n4092 cherry-trees; 140,987 peach-trees; 11,108 pear-\\ntrees 28,567 apple-trees, 2327 plum-trees and 4631\\nquince-trees. The first farms were from 2 to 98 acres in\\nextent, and the growers owning more than 10 acres were as\\nfollows", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0329.jp2"}, "330": {"fulltext": "258\\nHISTORY OP BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nE. L. Abbott, B. W. Batohelor, A. D. Brown, Orrin Brown, E. S.\\nGadwell, J. A. Canavan, L. Carpenter, E. Danforth, H. R. Dusen-\\nberry, Jacob Fikes, Gordon Brothers, R. S. Goodell, R. A. Gragg,\\nF. Graff, A. Halliday, William Hudson, C. Kaper, F. Croft,\\nThomas Mason, G. W. McMaster, R. Miller, B. Miller, W. G.\\nMielkie, John Mielkie, A. H. Morrison, C. Miller, D. Myers, W.\\nM. Parrish, A. E. Perkins, C. W. Peters, B. M. Pettit, C. P.\\nPhelps, I. S. Reed, W. Smith, Charles Stewart, J. E. Stevens,\\nM. Spillman, P. Vandeusen, S. P. Wadsworth, A. Walker, D. M.\\nWarnn, A. A. Webster, P. Weber, M. Weiss, A. E. Brush, T. W.\\nDunham, James Dunham, D. M. Fisher, H. C. Hess, Victor Plea,\\nH. Putnam, H. 8. Strickland, J. Vandeusen, W. W. Allport, M.\\nB. Cleveland, William J. Davis, P. D. Locke, A. N. Merriman,\\nand M. H. Morris.\\nHAMLETS AND VILLAGES.\\nThe first eflfort to found a village within the bounds of\\nthe township was made by E. P. Deacon, Hiram Brown,\\nand Robert Richards, of St. Joseph. In May, 1836, they\\nplatted a number of lots at the mouth of the Grand Marais,\\non which was to be built a village to bear tiie name of Liver-\\npool. The power was to be improved for manufacturing\\npurposes, primarily to cut up the large forests of pine grow-\\ning along the lake-shore. The proprietors never realized\\ntheir object, the place remaining to this day a paper city.\\nNorth of the centre of the township, at South Lincoln\\nStation, a post-office was established in June, 1879, with\\nM. N. Lord as postmaster and here a country store is\\nsoon to be opened, which will give the place the character\\nof a country trading-point.\\nStevensville, an important railroad station on sections 21\\nand 28, is the only village in the township. It was laid\\nout by Thomas Stevens, of Niles, who owned a large tract\\nof land in that locality. In the same season an addition\\nwas platted by D. N. Brown. The place contains Metho-\\ndist Episcopal and Prote.stant Methodist churches, several\\nstores, hotels, shops, a good grist-mill, and about twenty\\nhouses.\\nIn 1871 the Stevensville post-office was established, with\\nJames Dunham as the first postmaster. The successive\\npostmasters have been Solomon Fassett, Abel Goddard, and\\nWilliam M. Parrish. Several mails per day are received.\\nNo merchandising was carried on in the township prior\\nto 1870. That year Victor Plea built a store near his\\nmills, in which a stock of goods was placed by Boughton\\nGraham. In the early part of 1871, George Morrison\\nmoved the goods which remained unsold to the depot build-\\ning in Stevensville, and for some time kept a store there.\\nBut William M. Smith had the first store in the village.\\nHe engaged in trade in 1870, and continued until 1877,\\nbeing succeeded by the present merchant, E. D. Collins.\\nIn 1871, Dr. J. N. Percell opened a drug-store, which\\nhe has since carried on, and a few years later M. Dunham\\nbegan trade in a building in which William M. Parrish\\nCo. at present have a general store, having been in trade\\nhere since 1877.\\nFred. Sneck is the proprietor of a furniture-store, the\\nupper story of which forms a grange hall, and there are\\nbesides a few small shops, which aid in making the place\\na good trading-point.\\nThe first tavern was opened by William GifFord, in a\\nbuilding which is at present occupied for this purpose by\\nCharles Hart. In a well-appointed building near by\\nGeorge Morrison opened a public-house, which since his\\ndeath has been carried on by his widow.\\nDr. E. M. Pettit, a homoeopathist, was for many years\\na physician in the township. Dr. A. D. Brown has resided\\nin Lincoln since 1863, but has not been in the active prac-\\ntice of his profession. In 1854, Dr. J. N. Percell began\\nthe practice of medicine in the present township, and was\\nits first physician. He still resides in the township,\\nalthough no longer a practitioner. Drs. White and Hess\\nwere former physicians of Lincoln, and the present ones\\nare Drs. Charles Hart and J. S. Beers.\\nLake Grange, No. 84, Patrons of Husbandry, was or-\\nganized in Lake township in September, 1873, with 13\\nmembers, but since July, 1874, has held its meetings at\\nStevensville. At one time the membership numbered 100,\\nbut at present only 35 are reported. Charles Lord was the\\nfirst Master, and was followed in this office by David S.\\nEvans, Thomas Mason, and, since 1876, by Samuel Marrs.\\nThe Secretaries have been 0. P. Miller, William A. Brown,\\nand C. P. Phelps. Orrin Brown is the present Treasurer.\\nSCHOOLS.\\nThe public schools of Lincoln have received more than\\nthe usual degree of attention bestowed on country schools,\\nand are in the condition shown below\\nNumber of districts 7\\nChildren of school age 455\\nNumber attending school 302\\nValue of school-houses $5000\\nExpended for schools (school year of 1879) $2185.98\\nThe school inspectors from 1868 to 1879 have been L.\\nW. Archer, Leonard Whitney, Artemas Walker, A. G.\\nParrish, William B. Sprague, Charles 0. Jeffries, Gould\\nParrish, Martin Weiss, Charles Hart, and A. 0. French\\nthe school superintendents since the time these officers\\nhave been elected by the township, in 1875, have been A.\\nD. Brown and A. 0. French.\\nRELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.\\nThe Methodist Episcopal was the first church to estab-\\nlish its forms of worship in Lincoln township. In June,\\n1847, Gould Parrish and others formed a class, at what\\nwas afterwards known as Spear s school-house, in the south-\\neastern part of the present township, which had Samuel\\nDavis as the leader, and other members from the Archer\\nand Lamonion families. That winter a revival took place\\nin this neighborhood, during which more than a hundred\\nwere converted, and which gave the class a large increase,\\namong the members being persons belonging to the Smoke,\\nLounsberry, Parkerton, Porter, Wilbur, and other families.\\nPreaching was had here from this time forward, in con-\\nnection with appointments in the adjoining townships, the\\nwhole forming circuits, whose pastoral relations are given\\nin the township history of Lake, in this book. The ap-\\npointment is at present known as South Lincoln, and the\\nclass numbers 24 members, under the leadership of James\\nArcher. The superintendent of the Sunday-school is F.\\nLamonion. The school has 25 members.\\nThrough the preaching of the Revs. Gould Parrish and\\nWilliam Penland, local ministers of the circuit, a revival of\\nreligion took place in 1866, at what was then called the", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0330.jp2"}, "331": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0331.jp2"}, "332": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0332.jp2"}, "333": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF LINCOLN.\\n259\\nNash school-house, in the western part of the township,\\nand a class was formed which did not prosper until the\\nfollowing year, when George E. Smith became the class-\\nleader. C. 0. Jeffries was one of the active members, and\\nas a result of another revival, which occurred in the winter\\nof 1867-08, 30 persons were converted, strengthening\\nthe class and giving it permanency. It is at present known\\nas the Stevensville class, and George Smith is in charge of\\nthe 26 members composing it as their leader. The class\\nat Lincoln Avenue has been supplied with preaching since\\n1867. It has at present 32 members, and William John-\\nson as the leader. The Sunday-school at that place is also\\nsuperintended by Mr. Johnson, and has 50 members. The\\nservices at Stevensville are held in the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch edifice, a neat frame building, which was erected\\nin the summer of 1878, at a cost of $800. The building\\ncommittee was composed of Edward Johnson, James John-\\nson, and the pastor, the Rev. J. R. Skinner. It was dedi-\\ncated July 18, 1878, by Bishop Merrill, and is a comfort-\\nable place of worship. The present trustees are George\\nSmith, James Johnson, William M. Parri.sh, Philo Hyde,\\nand C. 0. Jeffries.\\nStevensville and Lincoln Avenue are also parts of Bridg-\\nman circuit, whose history is given in connection with Lake\\ntownship, to which the reader is referred for the names of\\nthe pastors who have served these appointments. In the\\nStevensville church a Sunday-school of 50 members is\\nsuperintended by Lillie Putnam.\\nThe Protestant Methodist Church of Stevensville. Since\\n1854 members who entertained the faith of this denomi-\\nnation have resided in the town.ship, but it was not\\nuntil 1867 that regular preaching was supplied. At the\\nsolicitation of T. W. Dunham, the Rev. Mr. Reeves came\\nabout that time to preach to the people residing in the\\nwestern part of the township, and continued his services\\nwith some regularity more than two years. Other minis-\\nters followed, among them being Revs. Shepardson and Pat-\\nterson. The present preacher is the Rev. D. M. Weaver.\\nIn 1876 a frame meeting-house for the use of the society\\nwas begun at Stevensville, but was not completed until the\\nlatter part of 1878. A protracted meeting was then held\\nhere which promoted a revival and secured an addition of\\n20 church members. The church has a total membership\\nof 32. T. W. Dunham is the class-leader, and D. W.\\nPercell the steward. A flourishing Sunday-school is main-\\ntained, which has Frank Hoskin for superintendent.\\nThe Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Joseph\\nerected a building in the northern part of Lincoln, for the\\naccommodation of its members in this township, in the fall\\nof 1878, in which the pastor of that church preaches twice\\nper month. A day-school for the promotion of secular and\\nreligious education has been maintained the past year. It\\nwas attended by 64 pupils.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nDAVID MYERS\\nwas born in Trumbull Co., Ohio, Sept. 25, 1825, and re-\\nmained in Ohio and the Eastern States until 1855, en-\\ngaged during this time in various kinds of business, as\\nfarming, working by the month, driving stock to the Eastern\\nmarkets, working on the canal, etc. In 1855 he came to\\nMichigan, settling in Niles township. There he purchased\\na saw-mill, ran it, and bought and sold lumber in partner-\\nship with Justice Corwin. In 1859 he sold out to his\\npartner, and rented a farm east of Berrien Springs. In 1862\\nhe bought one hundred and sixty acres of land in Royalton,\\ncleared about forty acres, built a hou.se and barn, and set\\nout an orchard, remaining there until 1865, when he moved\\nto Lincoln township on one hundred and twenty acres of\\nland, it being one of the oldest farms in the township. He is\\nstill engaged in farming, fruit-growing, and buying and\\nselling stock. He has made a success of all these voca-\\ntions. In 1858, Mr. Myers married H. J., daughter of\\nShadrach Ford. Mrs. Myers was born in Berrien town-\\nship, Nov. 22, 1837, her father being one of the first set-\\ntlers in the county.\\nL. W. ARCHER\\nwas born in the State of Vermont, Feb. 28, 1821. At the\\nearly age of seven years he moved to Orleans Co., N. Y.,\\nwhere he remained five years, going from there to Upper\\nCanada, and remaining two years he then returned to Or-\\nleans County.\\nAfter a short time he took the Michigan fever, as many\\nwere going from that portion of New York to Michigan, and\\nhe decided to try his fortunes in the new State. He\\nstopped first at Niles, arriving there in 1845, remaining\\nuntil 1860, when he settled in Lincoln township, where\\nhe remained until his death.\\nMr. Archer at the early age of sixteen years embraced\\nreligion, and joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, and\\nduring his entire life was an active member, filling many\\npositions of trust in the church. His death occurred Feb.\\n22, 1879, but the grim messenger found him at his post,\\nand released him fiom his labors that he might receive his\\nfinal reward. He left behind him a wife and four children,\\nwho, with many friends, mourn his loss.\\nMrs. Archer s maiden name was Lorinda Stone. The\\nchildren of Mr. and Mrs. Archer have all nearly reached\\nthe estate of manhood and womanhood.\\nDR. J. N. PERCELL.\\nThis gentleman was born in Mayfield, Muntgomery Co.,\\nN. Y., Feb. 17, 1828. When but six years of age he last\\nhis father, and was taken by his grandfather, Daniel An-\\nderson, with whom he made his home until he was fourteen\\nyears old. He then removed to Johnstown, where he at-\\ntended the academy some four years; then went to Michi-\\ngan, with his mother and stepfather (his mother having\\nmarried again), and settled with them in the township of\\nBrady, Kalamazoo Co. Two years later he took up his\\nabode with his uncle, Archibald Anderson, and remained", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0333.jp2"}, "334": {"fulltext": "260\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nwith him three years, or until the hitter s death. He soon\\nafter contracted with the government to carry the mails\\nfrom Fort Wayne, Ind., to Ooldwater and White Pigeon,\\nMich., but tired of the work in one year. Returning to\\nKalamazoo, he found employment in the nursery of Timo-\\nthy W. Dunham, and about four years later went into the\\nl.\\nnursery business with James Dunham, at Buchanan. Dec.\\n12, 1852, he married Mary, daughter of J.uues and Elsie\\nDunham, and by her became the father of seven children,\\nas follows De Witt (married Elizabeth, daughter of D. M.\\nWeaver, who is a licensed preacher of the Methodist Prot-\\nestant Church); Frances M. (deceased); Almeda (de-\\nceased); Francis (deceased); Mary L. (deceased); John\\nN. and Irene M. In 1854, Dr. Peroell removed to Stevens-\\nville, Berrien Co., in what was then Royalton township, now\\nLincoln. There he purchased eighty acres of land, but has\\nsince sold forty acres, and on this farm his son De Witt is\\nnow living. The doctor was educated at Johnstown Acad-\\nemy, New York, after leaving which he decided to study\\nmedicine, and attended several medical colleges. He en-\\ntered upon the practice of his profession in 1854, at Ste-\\nvensville, and continued until 1871, when he built and\\nstocked a drug-store, and now pays his attention to the lat-\\nter. He also is engaged to some extent in fruit culture.\\nCHAPTER XXXVI.\\nNILES TOWNSHIP.*\\nLocation, Topography and Water-Courses The Carey Mission\\nOriginal Entries of Land Early Settlements in the Township\\nEarly Mills and Mill-Sites Early Roads Organization of the\\nTownship Township Officers Schools Old Bertrand Village.\\nThe present township of Niles is bounded on the north\\nby the township of Berrien, on the east by Cass County,\\nBy Austin N. Hungerford.\\non the south by the township of Bertraud and the State of\\nIndiana, and on the west by the townships of Buchanan\\nand Bertrand, from which it is mostly separated by the\\nSt. Joseph River.\\nThe surface of the township is undulating. In the south-\\nwestern part, along the St. Joseph River, precipitous bluffs\\nrise along its banks, and back from the river on the west is\\nthe highest land in this part of the State. The land where\\nstands the city of Niles was originally white-oak openings,\\nand the soil is very well adapted to the production of wheat.\\nIn that section, within the bend of the river, are the heavy\\ntimbered lands where black walnut, basswood, beech, and\\nmaple grow abundantly. The soil of these lands is clay in-\\ntermixed with sandy loam, and is well adapted to the pro-\\nduction of every kind of grain. The soil on the west side\\nof the river is mostly alluvial, and the surface gradually\\nsubsides iuto prairies in Cass County. The township is\\nwatered by the St. Joseph River, that flows from south to\\nnorth through and along its entire length, being fed by\\nseveral small streams. The only other considerable stream\\nis the Dowagiac River, which enters the township near the\\nnortheast corner, flows southeasterly, and enters the St. Jo-\\nseph about half a mile nortli of the corporation line of the\\ncity of Niles.\\nTHE CAREY MISSION.\\nTo Isaac McCoy, the Indian missionary, belongs the\\ncredit of the pioneer movement that opened the way and\\nmade a path through the trackless woods for adventurous\\nspirits to follow. He was born in 1783, near Uniontown,\\nPa. His parents removed to Kentucky in 1789. He was\\nmarried in 1803, and received a license to preach in 1804\\nemigrated to Indiana, where he preached among the In-\\ndians. On the 17th of October, 1817, he received from\\nthe United States Baptist Missions an appointment as mis-\\nsionary. After preaching in various places in Indiana and\\nIllinois, he opened, Jan. 1, 1819, a school of six scholars,\\nchildren of settlers, and one Indian boy of the Brothertown\\nIndians.\\nIn 1820, at the request of Dr. Turner, the Indian agent,\\nhe settled at Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he had the free\\nuse of buildings, and the school was commenced May 29th,\\nwith 10 English scholars, 6 French, 8 Indian, and one negro.\\nOn the 12th of March, 1821, the school numbered 39 In-\\ndian scholars. In June, 1821, in company with these In-\\ndians and Abraham Burnett, a young half-breed, as inter-\\npreter, who was one of the pupils and a son of the trader\\nBurnett, at St. Joseph, he set out to meet a company of\\nPoUawattamles, for the purpose of consulting with them\\non the subject of education and its advantages. On\\nJune 10th he met Topinabe, Chebass, and others at one of\\ntheir villages. The advantages of education, knowledge of\\nagriculture and mechanical trades, was explained to them as\\nwell as it could be through a mere lad. They visited at\\nthe village of Menominee, and again endeavored to explain\\nto them the situation. They were received very kindly,\\nand the desire was expressed to have them come to their\\nvillages and open a school.\\nOn the night of the 12th of June they arrived at a small\\nvillage of Pottawattainies, on the banks of the St. Joseph\\nRiver. In the afternoon of the next day reached the Bur-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0334.jp2"}, "335": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF NILES.\\n261\\nnetts, at the mouth of St. Joseph River. They soon after\\nreturned to Fort Wayne.\\nThe Pottawaltamies were in favor of the missionaries\\nestablishing a school in their midst, and agreed to assist in\\nthe endeavor to get a tract of land set apart for that pur-\\npose in the treaty to be held at Chicago in the summer of\\n1821. It was impossible for Mr. McCoy to leave home,\\nbut a teacher of the school was sent with full instructions,\\nand Col. Trimble, of Ohio, a United States senator, called\\nat the mission on his way to the treaty, and received from\\nMr. McCoy a written statement of the condition of affairs,\\nand promised his earnest support. At that treaty in\\nArticle 4 it was provided that a mile square should be\\nselected on the north side of Grand River, and a mile\\nsquare on the south side of the St. Joseph, and within the\\nIndian lands not ceded, and that a blacksmith and a\\nteacher should be provided by the government for each\\nmission. This treaty was made Aug. 29, 1821, and rati-\\nfied March 25, 1822. May 14, 1822, in company with\\nthree Frenchmen and Abraham Burnett, Mr. McCoy set\\nout on a tour to the Pottawattami es. On the 16th he\\nreached a French trading-house at Pare aux Vaches (Ber-\\ntrand s), and passed on to the place where the Indians\\nwished then to settle.\\nOn July 16th, of the same year, Mr. McCoy received\\nfrom Gen. Cass an appointment to take charge of the In-\\ndian mis.sion, with explicit and minute instructions. His\\nyearly compensation was to be $400, and Mr. Sears, an\\nassistant, received the same salary, and the sum of $365\\nper annum was allowed to the blacksmith. The sites were\\nto be selected by the President of the United States, and\\nwere to be placed under the supervision of Mr. McCoy.\\nSix reports were to be made in the course of the year,\\ntwo to the Indian agent at Chicago, two to Governor Cass,\\none to the Secretary of War, and one to the Board of Mis-\\nsions. Governor Cass commissioned Mr. Charles C. Trow-\\nbridge to make definite arrangements with the Indians for\\nthe sites. The 10th of August was the day fixed to locate\\nthe site on the St. Joseph River, and a few days later than\\nthe 10th the site was located.\\nOn the 9th of October, 1822, a company of 22 persons\\nleft Fort Wayne for the new station on the St. Joseph,\\nwith the intention to erect buildings, after which the family\\nwere to be removed thither. They started with two ox-\\nwagons, one four-horse wagon, and four milch cows, and\\narrived October 19th. The place was named by the Board\\nof Missions, Carey, in honor of one of the missionaries in\\nHindostan. The work of clearing, chopping trees, and\\nhauling logs immediately commenced, and in a short time\\nsix log houses were built, four for dwellings, one for a\\nschool, and one for a blacksmith-shop.\\nNovember 11th, McCoy returned home and began prep-\\narations for removal to the banks of the St. Joseph and\\nDec. 9, 1822, the company, consisting of thirty-two persons,\\nstarted, with three wagons drawn by oxen, one drawn by\\nhorses, and driving fifty hogs and five cows. At dark on\\nthe 18th of December the party arrived at Bertrand s\\ntrading-post, and the next day reached the mission. While\\non their way from Fort Wayne, they encamped one night\\nat a creek that enters the St. Joseph near the mouth of\\nthe Elkhart. Upon starting in the morning, Mr. McCoy\\nnamed it, after his wife, Christina Creek, which name it\\nstill bears. The 1st of January, 1823, an invitation was\\ngiven Topinabe, Chebass, and others of the principal men,\\nto attend at the mission for a social visit. On the 27th of\\nJanuary of that year school was opened in the new school-\\nhouse, with thirty Indian scholars, all of whom were fed,\\nlodged, and clothed at the expense of the mission. The\\nhouse was yet without floor or chimney. In February the\\nprovisions they had brought with them became exhausted,\\nand the teams that had been sent out to Port Wayne had\\nnot returned.\\nMr. McCoy went out to see if he could find corn, and\\nwhile traveling met Mr. Bertrand. Upon the situation\\nbeing explained, he said, in broken English, I got some\\ncorn, some flour. I give you half. Suppose you die,\\nI die too. With his little Indian horse loaded with corn\\nand flour, Mr. McCoy returned at night, and found that a\\nPottawattamie woman had sent in some corn, and they\\nwere feasting upon the poor Indian woman s bounty. July\\n10th two Indians brought about two bushels of corn, and\\ntwo traders, by the name of Rosseau, hearing of the scarcity\\nof food, brought half their flour from fifteen miles distant.\\nOn the 13th of February the wagons arrived, with plenty\\nof food and five boxes of clothing from Boston and Salem,\\nMass. On the 21st of February, Mr. Johnston Lykius,\\nafterwards a son-in-law of Mr. McCoy, arrived and took\\ncharge of the school.\\nIn April, Mr. McCoy went to Fort Wayne, and on the\\n16th started to return, with a Mr. and Miss Wright, who\\nwere to assist in the school, six hired men, and an Indian\\nboy. They drove 12 head of cattle and 110 sheep. Upon\\nreaching the river they made a large canoe, and floated\\ndown the river with part of their goods, and, after camp-\\ning, the canoe became loosened and capsized, and flour,\\ncorn-meal, seed-corn, dried fruit, and other things were\\nlost in the river. Many of their things were rescued some\\ndistance below. On the route, while camping at night,\\nabout 70 of the sheep rambled away, but all but one were\\nrecovered the next day. A severe rain-storm prevailed at\\nthe time, and the situation became very unpleasant. At\\nBertrand s trading-house they found a fire and plenty to eat,\\nafter which they soon reached their destination.\\nMr. Jackson, who was with Mr. McCoy at Fort Wayne,\\nand came with the party at first, had charge of the smith-\\nery. In June, 1823, the mission received a visit from Maj.\\nJ. H. Long, Messrs. J. E. Calhoun, Thomas Say, Samuel\\nSeymour, and William H. Keating, who were on their way\\nto the source of the Mississippi. At this time, Mr. McCoy\\nwas on a visit to establish the mission at Grand River.\\nMaj. Long says, in the account of his expedition, after\\nmentioning other matters pertaining to the mission They\\nhave cleared 50 acres of land 40 acres have been plowed\\nand planted to maize. The mission family have a flock of\\n100 sheep, and are daily expecting 200 head of cattle from\\nTennessee, Kentucky, and Ohio. One hundred and fifty\\narrived the 15th of June, the remainder were lost on the\\nway or were left to recruit. Transportation of breadstufl s\\nhad to be made a distance of two hundred miles.\\nThe first report was dated July 1, 1823, and was tuade", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0335.jp2"}, "336": {"fulltext": "262\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nto Governor Cass and Dr. Wolcott, the latter being United\\nStates agent at Chicago. They reported 60 acres cleared\\nand inclosed with a good fence. In summer the sound of\\na trumpet at daybreak called the family to rise, and the\\nringing of a bell to morning prayers. At half-past six the\\ntrumpet called to breakfast, and nine o clock at night was\\nthe time for silence to rest over the mission. It was made\\na point to have the rules of the mission carried out with\\nentire precision.\\nIn the latter part of October, 1823, Charles Noble was\\ncommissioned by Governor Cass to visit the mission, to ex-\\namine and report its condition. He remained three days,\\nand made a satisfactory report.\\nNov. 5, 1823, the missionaries received a valuable acces-\\nsion to their company in Miss Fanny Goodridge, of Lex-\\nington, Ky. Mr. and Mrs. William Poike and family\\ncame in the same month. A Sabbath-school was com-\\nmenced by Miss Goodridge, and on the same Sabbath the\\nsacrament of the Lord s Supper was administered for the\\nfirst time in Western Michigan by Protestants.\\nThe clearing of land, plowing, sowing, and cultivating\\nhad been steadily carried on by hired men and the help of\\nthe Indians, and upon securing the proceeds of the farm 900\\nbushels of corn, besides garden vegetables, were obtained.\\nThe annual allowance from government for schools was\\n8200, but in 1822 it was increased to $600, and f566 was\\nobtained from government to assist in the erection of build-\\nings.\\nIn 1824, Mr. McCoy made a tour to the Eastern States,\\nand received in donations $1623 in cash. Mr. Robert Sim-\\nerwell returned with him as a missionary, and remained in\\ncharge here until the closing of the mission. July 4, 1824,\\nMr. McCoy commenced preaching in the Indian villages in\\nthe vicinity.\\nThe Hon. John L. Leib, of Detroit, was appointed by\\nGovernor Cass to examine and report concerning the mis-\\nsion. He visited the station Nov. 2, 1824, and remained\\nthree days. The following is quoted from his report\\nBesides the Rev. Mr. McCoy and his wife, three male and\\none female teachers, and one of these Robert Simerwell, is\\nalso a blacksmith, six men engaged in agricultural opera-\\ntions, improving buildings, procuring firewood, etc., five\\nIndian women as domestics.\\nTwo of the boys are learning the trade of blacksmith,\\nand the others are occupied on the farm. All the girls\\nexcept three or four can spin, knit, and sew. Two of them\\ncan weave plain cloth, and 294 yards have been manufac-\\ntured in their loom since February last.\\nThe yield of corn the past year was 1600 bushels,\\n150 bushels of oats, 400 bushels of potatoes, 150 bushels\\nof turnips, and 1000 heads of cabbage, besides other vege-\\ntables.\\nThe Indian families in the neighborhood show con-\\nsiderable interest in agricultural pursuits, and have com-\\nmenced to fence land and plow and plant.\\nAbout tins lime, in the summer and fall of 1824, Mr.\\nMcCoy complained of the settlement of men on lands ceded\\nto the United States, near the mission, whose principal de-\\nsign was to sell whisky to the Indians. Remonstrances\\nwere of no use, for they had little property and no reputa-\\ntion to lose. Many of the Indians manifested a dislike to\\nthe trade in ardent spirits, but seldom could withstand the\\ntemptation to drink.\\nEzekiel French, a white man in the employ of the mis-\\nsion, was converted in the fall of 1824, and November 7th\\nwas baptized in the St. Joseph River. The ground was\\ncovered with snow and a fire was built on the bank for\\ncomfort. This was the first baptism administered in the\\nriver, or any of the waters flowing into Lake Michigan,\\nby Protestants. November 15th, Ezekiel Clark, Charles\\nPotter, and Jared Lykins were baptized. A few days later\\nGosa, an Ottiaoa, of Kalamazoo, brought to them the sixty-\\nseventh Indian scholar from Grand River. Gosa afterwards\\nbecame interested in and remained at the mission at Grand\\nRiver.\\nJan. 12, 1825, three Indian pupils were baptized at the\\nCarey Mission; on the 17th of same month four men. In\\nFebruary, 1825, the mission reported 90 persons. On the\\n17th March, 1825, Robert Simerwell and Miss Fanny\\nGoodridge were married.\\nAfter the Indians returned from their winter s hunt, they\\nsought for lands near the mission to cultivate, and were sup-\\nplied with plows, hoes, axes, etc., to assist them, and both\\nmen and women worked in the fields. Topinabe, the prin-\\ncipal chief, and almost all his people settled south of the\\nmission, and about 30 families were improving land rapidly\\nand keeping live stock.\\nAt this time they reported 200 acres inclosed, 30 acres\\nin corn, with an orchard of between two and three hundred\\npeach-trees and a few apple-trees. In May of this year,\\n1825, they were erecting a flouring-mill, to operate by\\nhorse-power, having previously used a hand-mill. Prior\\nto this time the flour was ground by hand, using two stones\\nmade from bowlders found near the mission. These mill-\\nstones are in the possession of Dr. L. A. Barnard, of Ber-\\nrien Springs, and are placed in the log house of the Pioneer\\nAssociation. After the erection of the flouring-mill they\\nwere sold to Squire Thompson, and by him to John John-\\nson, Jr., from whom Dr. Barnard obtained them. During\\nthat summer the harvest of wheat was 300 bushels.\\nThe first to settle on land near them was a man from In-\\ndiana, who came on foot and alone to the mission, and\\nsettled as near the mission as possible, and for a time was\\ndependent on them. He erected a little hut on the north\\nbank of the St. Joseph River, and laid in a small stock of\\nbread and meat and a barrel of whisky. In the spring of\\n1825 the sale of whisky increased to such an alarming ex-\\ntent that it threatened to destroy the results of the past\\nlabor. The Indians were induced to neglect their fields and\\nimprovements, and sell their clothing to procure whisky.\\nIntoxication, rioting, and quarreling became prevalent, and\\nthe work of the missions seemed to be nearly at an end.\\nDuring Mr. McCoy s absence Jlr. Simerwell wrote to him\\nas follows: Our white neighbors T G and\\nE ,deal out whisky to the Indians plentifully, with which\\nthey purchase anything which the Indians will part with.\\nThe clothing of the Indians, farming and cooking utensils,\\nare purchased for liquor. Articles manufactured for the\\nIndians in our smithery have been seen in the stores of the\\nwhisky-sellers.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0336.jp2"}, "337": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OP NILES.\\n263\\nMr. Lykins wrote as follows: Sympathize with us, my\\ndear brother, in our griefs, when I tell you every hope,\\nevery prospect for the welfare of the Indians around us, is\\nprostrate, is entirely cut off. I entreat you to plead for\\ntheir removal.\\nFrom this time efforts commenced to get lands in the\\nWest to remove the Indians.\\nNov. 24, 1825, Mr. Jotham Meeker and Mr. W. M.\\nCrosby joined the band at Carey as missionaries.\\nOn the 15th of September, 1826, Mr. McCoy left home\\nto attend the treaty to be held upon the Wabash with the\\nPuttawattamies. At this treaty, which lasted nearly four\\nweeks, there was granted to 58 Indians by descent, scholars\\nin the Carey Mission-School on the St. Joseph, under the\\ndirection of the Rev. Isaac McCoy, one quarter section of\\nland, to be located by the President of the United States,\\nand $500 worth of goods were allowed for the benefit of\\nthe pupils of the school. Mr. Lykins was appointed to\\nmake the selection. The dilatory action of government\\ncau.sed a great diminution of the benefits expected. Instead\\nof being cared for and guarded, they sold their lands and\\nlapsed in a considerable degree to their former state.\\nMr. McCoy had studied the Indian question thoroughly,\\nand wrote a work entitled Remarks on Indian Reform,\\nthe principal design of which was to show the practicability\\nof reform and measures to be adopted for its accomplishment.\\nHe says, We discovered that our Indians could not possi-\\nbly prosper when they knew they had no settled residence,\\nand when the influx of white population, and with it the\\nintroduction of floods of ardent spirits, had already aided\\ndiscouragements to their spiritless minds.\\nA treaty was held at the mission Sept. 17, 1827, attended\\nby Governor Cass and suite. At this treaty several small\\nreservations were consolidated in one, $500 in goods were\\npaid the Indians, and $2500 in money. In about twenty-\\nfour hours after the Indians were relieved of most of their\\nmoney by the traders near, who supplied them liberally with\\nwhisky.\\nOn the 15th of October, 1827, Mr. McCoy took leave of\\nthe station, intending to be absent several months. He\\nvisited New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, where he\\nhad an interview with the President and the Committee on\\nIndian Affairs, with a view of getting Indian territory set\\noff\\nThe mission, in the absence of Mr. McCoy, was in charge\\nof Mr. Meeker, Mr. Lykins, and Mr. Slater. After his\\nreturn he again left, on the 2d of July, 1828, on a tour of\\nexploration west of the Mississippi, accompanied by three\\nPottawattamies and three Ottawas.\\nIn September, 1828, during the absence of Mr. McCoy\\non the western trip, Governor Cass and Col. P. Menard\\nheld a treaty at Carey Mission with the Pottawattamies\\nfor the purcha.se of land. At this treaty the land between\\nthe St. Joseph River and the lake, except the plot reserved\\nmostly in the town of Bertrand, was ceded. The mission\\nwas drawing to a close, and in October, 1828, provision\\nwas made for government to pay for improvements made in\\nhouses, fields, and orchards, whenever the missionaries\\nshould remove.\\nMr. McCoy and Mr. Lykins were instructed to repair to\\nregions west of Missouri and Arkansas, and report the con-\\ndition of the country and suitable location for a mission.\\nThey returned to Carey on the 2Gth of June. On the\\n10th of July 37 Indian youths were still in the school.\\nDifficulties had so accumulated around Mr. Simerwell at\\nCarey, that when Mr. Lykins left that station, in April, he\\nwas fully convinced of the propriety of closing operations\\nthere as soon as was practicable. Pursuant to an arrange-\\nment with the Secretary of War, the valuation of the im-\\nprovements of Carey Mission was made on the 1st day of\\nSeptember, 1830, by Charles Noble, Esq., of Michigan, and\\nMr. Simonson, of Indiana. The improvements were ap-\\npraised at $5080 the growing crops, after reserving\\nenough for the use of Mr. Simerwell, at $6-11.50; in all,\\n$5721.50. This sum was paid to the Board of Missions in\\nBoston by the government, to be applied in establishing\\nmissions in the West.\\nThe school was discontinued, with the exception of seven\\nor eight children, who remained with the family of Mr.\\nSimerwell, who had leave to remain until he could make\\nother arrangements. He remained a few months and lo-\\ncated in the neighborhood, and thus ended the labors of\\nthat noble band of missionaries at the Carey Mission. On\\nthe 11th of August, 1833, there were gathered together at\\nthe Shawanoe Mission House, in the Indian Territory, 15\\nmembers of the Carey Mission Church, who organized a\\nchurch, and continued the association and memories of the\\nlaborers at that place.*\\nAn incident in connection with Mr. McCoy is of histori-\\ncal interest, and worthy of a place in connection with the\\nCarey Mission. It is given in a letter written by John C.\\nMcCoy, the son of the Rev. Isaac McCoy, to the Rev. G.\\nS. Bailey, of Nilcs. This letter, which is dated Wilder,\\nJohnson Co., Kan., Oct. 13, 1878, has particular reference\\nto the writer s mother. He says, My mother s maiden\\nname was Christiana Polke, one of the younger children of\\nCharles Polke. In Jefferson s Notes, a small book by\\nPresident Jefferson, is a certificate from the same Charles\\nPolke to prove the charge against Col. Cresap for the mur-\\nder of the family of the celebrated Indian chief Logan. He\\nthen lived in .southwestern Pennsylvania. He afterwards\\nmoved to Nelson Co., Ky., where my mother was born.\\nBefore the birth of my mother the Indians captured the\\nstockade fort, Kinchelor s Station, in which the settlers were\\ncollected (most of the men being absent at the time), killed\\nthe few men and many of the women and children, destroy-\\ning everything, and carried away the surviving women and\\nchildren as prisoners. Among these were the wife and three\\nchildren of my grandfather, Charles Polke. These children\\nwere Judge William Polke, afterwards a prominent man in\\nIndiana, Nancy, Ruby, and Eleanor Hollingsworth. They\\nwere taken to Detroit, where the British held possession,\\nand where she (Mrs. Polke) was delivered of another child\\n(Thomas), who died about one year ago, a wealthy citizen\\nof Texas.\\nMy grandmother was ransomed from the Indians by\\nThe facts contained in this sketch of Carey Mission are taken from\\nthe journal of the Rev. Isaac McCoy, in the possession of the Rev. G.\\nS. Bailey, D.D., pastor of the Baptist Church at Niles, and from the\\nIndian Treaties in United States statutes at large.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0337.jp2"}, "338": {"fulltext": "264\\nHISTORY OP BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nsome benevolent British officers, and remained for about\\nthree years in Detroit, supporting herself and child by her\\nneedle. The three other children were carried off by the\\nPottawattamie Indians to the St. Joseph River, probably\\nin the vicinity of the Carey Mission (Niles).\\nFor three long years my grandfather supposed they\\nhad all been slain in the massacre at the burning fort. At\\nlast my grandmother found means to send him word of\\ntheir condition. He traveled alone on foot through the\\ntrackless wilderness three hundred miles in search of his\\nlost ones whom God had spared. He was treated with\\ngreat kindness by the British officials, who gave him such\\naid for the recovery of his children as he desired. He went\\nalone, and at last found them, two with one family of the\\nPottawattamics and one with another, by whom they were\\nadopted. When grandfiither found the two first, William\\nand Eleanor, and they knew he had come for them, they\\nboth ran and hid themselves. They had forgotten their\\nnative tongue, and it was with difficulty that he finally in-\\nduced their foster-parents to give them up or them to accom-\\npany him. This transpired certainly but a few miles from\\nthe site of the old Carey Mission, where many years after-\\nwards another child, and sister of these lost captives, went\\nthrough toil and tempest to repay the very same people\\n(many of whom were still living), not with vengeance or\\ninjury, but with gifts of richer and more enduring value\\nthan gold.\\nORIGINAL ENTRIES OF LAND IN NILES TOWNSHIP.\\nThe following list is of the persons who made original\\nentries of government land on the several sections of Niles\\ntownship\\nSection 1. Jesse Jones, B. Jenkins, A. Rogers, P. ami D. W. Ritchie,\\nF. Bronson, D. B. Ilowley.\\nSection 2. John Stone, C. Borden? anil E. Huston, J. and J. W. Nye,\\nJ. Nye, Peter Nye.\\nSection 3.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. and J. W. Nye, William Gauwood, Ward, Oleott Co.,\\nJames Slater, Shelah AVillis, Green and Renard, Hannon.\\nSection 4.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 D. Redding and J. S. Griffin, T. R. Martin, R. E. Ward,\\nWard, Oloott Co.\\nSection 5. William Lemon and T. R. Martin, S. Johnson and Henry\\nRice, N. Hawkins, John Johnson.\\nSection 6.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 C. Campbell, C. Pidge, Henry Rice.\\nSection 7.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Iredell and William T. Noel, J. Stephens and D,\\nP. Pidge, Joseph Stevens.\\nSection S.\u00e2\u0080\u0094Vf. T. Noel, William Johnson, Luke AVebstcr, and B\\nLane.\\nSection 9.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ward, Oleott Co., William T. Noel, J. Corner, T. B\\nOwen, S. Johnson, B. Lane, Bronson.\\nSection 10.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 T. Oloott, Robert Fowler, Beck, W. A. Perkins, C\\nAnderson, Bronson, S. Johnson, W. Rensler, H. J. Slater\\nWilliams.\\nSection 11.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 H. J. Slater, J. Mason, C. Jewett, J. Vessey, J. Wil-\\nliams, J. Hartrioh, John Ritter.\\nTOWNSHIP 8 SOUTH, BANGE 17 WEST.*\\nSection 1.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 W. M. Wray, H. G. Heath, J. Grove, N. Bacon, T. R.\\nGrove, L. R. Stafford, Jr., John Redding, A. Griffin, Nicholas\\nWeber, B. B. Keroheval.\\nSection 2. J. Bertrand, R. Benson, S. Bradbury, Bacon Wheeler,\\nJ. B. Finch, H. Bradbury, N. Weber.\\nSections 3 to 10. Joseph Bertrand.\\nSection 11.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Bacon Wheeler, H. B. Hoffman, Lewis Horton, J. Sils-\\nbee, 0. K. Green.\\nFormerly that part of Bertrand cast of the St. Joseph River.\\nSection 12.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. D. Dutlon. C. K. Green, L. R. Stafford, J. Bertrand,\\nJr., L. R. Stafford.\\nSection 13. George Johnson, Robert Ni.xon, George Johnson, Oti.s\\nJones, A. Bennett, II. B. Hoffman, J. B. Finch, Mason.\\nSection 14. J. Silsbee, Madelaine Bertrand, Leon Bourassas.\\nSection 15. Madelaine Bertrand.\\nSection 22. Madelaine Bertrand.\\nSection 23.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 M. Bertrand, Bacon Wheeler, B. B. Kcrcheval, J. R.\\nWeaver.\\nSection 24.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1 Ingalls, J. Aldrioh, W. TruitI, J. Nixon.\\nTOWNSHIP 7 SOUTH, RANGE IS WEST.\\nSection 1. J. L. Kinzcy. Edward Legg, J. Strymer, Snyder and\\nJ. L. Kinzey, J. Johnson.\\nSection 2. John Snyder.\\nSection 12. C. Sparks, J. Legg, Joseph Stevens.\\nSection 13.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 W. Garner, A. Price, J. Stevens, J. Noel, S. Babcock.\\nSection 24.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 B. Lykins, D. Brown, W. Broadhurst, Ralph Camp, N.\\nCotton, J. Carberry, B. Chandler, R. Camp, W. Cotton.\\nSection 23. John Hunter.\\nSection 25.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 W. Broadhurst, J. Stephen.\\nSection 12.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 D. B. Hawley, J. Vessey, E. Huston, J. Redding, G. and\\nW. Boon, John Ritter and Eli Ford, G. .McCoy, James Kirk,\\nBronson,\\nSection 13.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. C.irl.erry, S. Benson, 11. Hoath, D. Fisher, Eli Ford,\\nJacob Beeson, H. Chilson, A. Smith, Beeson Co., John Marks,\\nWilliam Kirk.\\nSection 14. Eli Ford, S. Salee, Horace Parsons, John Raher, and R.\\nSnodgrass.\\nSection 15. J. Hickman, S. Johnson, John Johnson, N. M. Beck.\\nSection 16. School lauds.\\nSection 17. David Hopkins, Alex. Price, Thomas Lough, J. Sharp,\\nand D. Brown.\\nSection 18. J. Comer and A. Price, William Garwood, R. Babcock\\nand Isom Stevens, Joseph Stevens and D. Brown.\\nSection 19. D. Brown, William Broadhurst, W. Bronson and T. Voor-\\nhees.\\nSection 20. Rummel Keck, James White, H. Rice and Benjamin\\nChandler.\\nSections 21, 22, 27, 28, 33, 34.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 University lands.\\nSection 23. Stephen Salee, E. Lacey, Adam Smith, Ralph Snod-\\ngrass, E. and E. Lacey, T. K. Green, R. Clark, Joshua Comley,\\nSection 24.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Willson, A. Charles, William Justus, P. Clark, H.\\nLangston, H. J. Slater, M. Willson, J. Ribble.\\nSection 25.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A. T. Rogers, G. Shurtes, A. Huston, J. Hoyt, Jr., and\\nWilliam Liston.\\nSection 26. Joshua Comley, Lacey, G. Fosdick.\\nSection 29.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 F. H. Ives, William Cotton, H. Ferguson, F. N. Pen-\\nwell.\\nSection 30.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Broadhurst, A. Bronson, F. Voorhees,\\nPerry, J. Willett.\\nSection 31. A. Chambers, B. Pittman, B. Martin, J. Van Buskirk.\\nSection 32.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A. Moore, J. Chambers, T. J. Buckell, W. Carton.\\nSection 35.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 B. G. Parnell and D. T. and D. Wilson, D. Willson, Jr.,\\nA. Griffin, Joseph Bertrand, Jr.\\nSection 3fi.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Loston, A. Huston, A. Griffin, J. W. Griffin, N.\\nBacon.\\nEARLY SETTLEMENTS.\\nSoon after the land was surveyed in this part of the Ter-\\nritory, emigrants began to come in and locate. Among\\nthe first was one Stephen Salee, a Polander, who, after\\nfighting in the Russian campaigns in 1814, emigrated to\\nPreble Co., Ohio, where he kept a store, and in the late\\nsummer of 1828 loaded his household goods and his stock\\nof merchandise, and, with his wife and two children, started\\nfor the West again, passing through Fort Wayne and South\\nBend. They came through the place which is now Niles,\\nwith their covered wagon loaded with three barrels of\\nwhisky, a sack of coffee, and other goods, and settled on\\nsection 23, about a mile and a quarter below the city.\\nThere Salee built a large log cabin, for both store aud dwell-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0338.jp2"}, "339": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF NILES.\\n265\\ning, and there he lived and kept store for many years.* He\\nis well remembered by the old citizens, and his sons still\\nlive on the place. About the same time, and from the same\\nplace, emigrated John Kinzie, with his wife and eight chil-\\ndren, of whom William Kinzie, then seventeen years old,\\nwas one. They followed the track made by the missiona-\\nries, and came through what is now the city of Niles, where\\nthere was then but one cabin. This was owned by Eli\\nBonnell, and stood near where Montague s hardware-store\\nnow stands, on the south side of Blain Street. Above, on the\\nriver, near where the old brewery stands, and a few rods from\\nthe creek that flows into the river at that place, Abram\\nTeitsort had a cabin. At his place the family stopped and\\ndrew water from his spring, and after a short rest passed on\\nto the grove on the bank south from the Lacey dam, where\\nthey remained about two weeks in a vacant cabin. This\\nwas in September, 1828. Mr. Kinzie removed from this\\nplace to Pokagon Prairie before Walling, Lacey, Gray, and\\nJustus came in. In 1829, at the place where Kinzie Creek\\ncrosses the county line, he built a dam and a saw-mill,\\nwhich was in this township. In 1830 it was sold to George\\nBoon, and passed from him to Lardner, who erected a full-\\ning-mill. The dam is still used.\\nWilliam Kinzie married the daughter of Joseph Grice,\\nwho emigrated from Preble Co., Ohio, and settled on Po-\\nkagon Prairie in 1832. He was one of the volunteers in\\nthe SciiiJc war, and marched to Chicago with the troops. In\\n1847 he moved into Nile.\u00c2\u00ab, and has since been a resident of\\nthe city, except a short time at Buchanan.\\nNeil Sparks, in October, 1828, emigrated from Indiana\\nand located on the bend of the river near Salee, on section\\n15. He had two sons, Levi and Spencer, and a daughter,\\nwho married Britain Jarvis.\\nJoseph Stephens, a native of Rowan Co., N. C., removed\\nto Wayne Co., Ind., when sixteen years of age, and after-\\nwards lived five years in Kentucky with his grandfather.\\nIn 1828, in company with eight others, he went on a pros-\\npecting tour through Western Michigan, and on the return\\npassed up the St. Joseph valley and visited the mission. Cor-\\nnelius Sparks, one of the party, moved out to this town-\\nship that fall and settled in the bend of the river. At\\nthe urgent solicitation of Sparks, he again visited here in\\n1829, and at that time left money with John Johnson to\\nenter land for him. The 160 acres he purchased was the\\nfirst sale in this region in Western Michigan. He moved\\nhis family in 1830. He entered land from time to time\\ntill he had 400 acres, and has given all his children good\\nfarms, and has 320 acres of valuable land left. He is still\\nhale and hearty at seventy-five years of age.\\nJohn Hunter emigrated to this county and settled, in\\n1831, on section 24, in the bend of the river, where Mr.\\nJ. Jones lived afterwards. He was a Methodist, and a class\\nwas formed at his hou.se in 1832. He died in 1835. His\\nson, Thomas J. Hunter, lived in Buchanan, and another\\nson, A. G. Hunter, is living in Niles township.\\nBenjamin Churchill came to St. Jo.seph in 1830, and in\\n1831 selected land on section 24, near Mr. Hunter, and\\nThe first wedding in the township occurred at his house. It was\\nof William Barlow. Pitt Brown, of Berrien, a justice of the peace,\\nperformed the ceremony.\\n34\\nwhere A. W. Bachelor now owns. He afterwards moved\\nto Buchanan township, where he died. Darius Jennings\\nmarried a daughter of his. Mr. Hunter was called by the\\nIndians Mu-qua, meaning Bear, and Mr. Churchill Chee-\\nchueh, meaning Crane.\\nJohn Stone emigrated iu 1832 from Huron Co., Ohio,\\nand located 600 acres on section 2. At that time there\\nwere no settlers between his location and Niles. The cross-\\nroads were not laid out until 1853 or 1854.\\nVeazie and William Broadhurst came in a year or two\\nafter Mr. Stone.\\nDaniel Brown located in the western part of the town-\\nship in the spring of 1830, but sold out in the fall to Wil-\\nliam Cotton, who lived there many years. John Comer,\\nabout 1833, settled on section 9, where R. A. Walton lives.\\nJ. J. Hamilton settled in 1836 on section 15; P. D. Law-\\nman on section 16; Joseph Stevens on .section 12; and\\nHenry Rice on section 6.\\nWilliam T. Noel, a native of Virginia, emigrated to this\\ntownship in 1831, located lands on sections 7, 8, and 9, and\\nsettled where Dennis Clark now lives. In 1858 he left the\\ncountry and emigrated to Texas, where he died.\\nSimeon Bradbury emigrated to this township in 1832,\\nand settled on section 2, township 8, and range 17, on the\\nfarm where he still, lives.\\nTimothy H. Ives emigrated to this township in August,\\n1835, from Tioga Co., Pa., with his wife and eight chil-\\ndren, and settled on section 29, on the bank of the river,\\nin the reservation. The family lived there until 1878.\\nFrancis, a son, is now living in Niles.\\nObadiah R. Weaver emigrated from Rhode Island to\\nJamestown, N. Y., and in 1818 to New Castle, Ind. In\\n1834 he came to Bertrand, remained a few days, and went\\nto Berrien Springs, built a store for Edward Ballengee, and\\nin the fall returned to Bertrand village and located a lot\\nnear the centre of the village. He was a carpenter and\\njoiner by trade, but was in the mercantile business for some\\ntime there. About 1840 he moved to Hamilton, Ind.\\nOne of his sons, Philander M., married Derinda, the grand-\\ndaughter of Daniel Ru.ssell, who kept the first hotel at Ber-\\ntrand village. Philander settled in Indiana until 1850,\\nand moved to Niles township, where he lived ten years,\\nand in 1860 moved to Buchanan. He was killed in a rail-\\nroad accident at the crossing in the village of Buchanan,\\nOct. 8, 1874. Mrs. Weaver still resides in that village.\\nDaniel Russell came to Bertrand in 1836. He was a native\\nof Connecticut moved to New York State, where he mar-\\nried, and remained until he came to Bertrand, where he\\nkept the first hotel. He lived there until his death. He\\nhad but one son, Daniel, who settled in Indiana two miles\\nfrom Bertrand village, remained thirteen years, and took up\\n100 acres on the northeast quarter of section 18, where he\\nstill lives. He has one son, Julius, living at Buchanan, and\\nanother, Edwin, who lives at Paw Paw. A daughter, Mrs.\\nPhilander M. Weaver, lives at Buchanan.\\nEARLY MILLS AND MILL-SITES.\\nIn the fall of 1827, Eli Ford came from Ohio to Pokagon\\nPrairie. There was at that time no flouring-mill in the west-\\nern part of the State, and the settlers were much in need of", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0339.jp2"}, "340": {"fulltext": "266\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\none. Mr. Ford being an ingenious man, though not a miller\\nor a mill-wright, determined to build a mill, provided the\\nsettlers would assist him. A site was selected for a dam on\\nthe Dowagiac Creek, at the site now occupied by the Cas-\\ncade Mills. Money and labor were subscribed, and work was\\ncommenced early in the winter. The mill was a log build-\\ning, and but one run of small stones were used. These\\nwere made for Mr. Ford by a Mr. Cronin from stone found\\nin this section. In 1878 one of the stones made by Mr.\\nCronin for Mr. Ford in 1827, was obtained from the farm\\non Dowagiac Creek, and is in possession of Mr. Hutton, a\\nmiller at Sumnerville, Cass Co. It was a bowlder, and,\\nwith the exception of the facing and furrows, is in its\\nnatural shape.\\nMr. Ford was assisted in the construction of the mill by\\nDavid Ford, a mill-wright, from Pittsburgh, Fa. The first\\ngrist was ground in the spring of 1828, although the mill\\nwas not entirely finished. The bolt was supplied from\\nmuslin taken from a dress of Mrs. Ford, and from these\\nprimitive sources the first water-power mill in the county,\\nand the first flouring-mill in Western Michigan, was started,\\nand grain from long distances in all directions came to this\\nmill. Soon after this was completed a saw-mill was erected,\\nusing water from the same race.\\nThe flouring-mill passed through successive changes, and\\nis now known as the Cascade Mills, which have four run\\nof stones, and are owned by Badger Barnard.\\nIn 1829, Ephraim Lacey and his sons, Elijah and David,\\npurchased the water-power on the Dowagiac Creek, now\\noccupied by the Linden Mills, and erected a saw-mill.\\nThe following entry is found in Elijah Lacey s day-book\\nOct. 5, 1829, To-day A. Thornbery and E. Chalfant\\ncommenced work at the saw-mill. April 7, 1830, To-\\nday Noah Brookfiold commenced tending the saw-mill.\\nThe books are headed, first, St. Joseph, then The\\nmouth of the Dowagiac, and still later The Dowagiac\\nMills.\\nTimber was immediately sawed for the construction of a\\nflour-mill, which was finished in the fall of 1830. The\\nraising of this mill was a great event; men were few, and\\nthe first attempt was unsuccessful. A call was made\\nthroughout the country for reinforcements, and a few days\\nlater men gathered from diff erent parts and the building\\nwas raised, but it required a jug of whisky to put the last\\nbent in its place. Obed P. Lacey was the red-ribbon\\nman of the settlement, but he was chosen to go to the vil-\\nlage for the whisky. On his return, when near the mill,\\nhe hid the jug in the bushes, and returned without any.\\nThis caused dissatisfaction, and some went away but it was\\nsoon brought forth from its hiding-place, and, under its ex-\\nhilarating influence, the last bents went up with a will.\\nThe stones were manufactured out of the common bowlders\\nof the section. The winter of 1830 was very severe, the\\nrace was frozen solid, and the settlers were obliged to return\\nto hominy.\\nThis mill was afterwards sold to Putnam, and passed to\\nG. A. Colby, then to Badger, who afterwards sold a half in-\\nterest to Mr. Barnard, by whom it is at present owned, and\\nknown as the Linden Mills.\\nIn 1847 what is known as the Volant Mill was\\nerected, by S. K. Finley, with four run of stones, on the\\nbanks of the St. Joseph River, but receiving its power\\nfrom the Dowagiac. It was sold by Mr. Finley to James\\nM. Hale, and by him to D. W. K. Lacey, in 1871.\\nThey, in 1876, removed the machinery of the Depot Mills\\nto the Volant Mill, increasing the equipment to seven run\\nof stones.\\nIn 1850, Elijah and David Lacey and Jacob Geltmacher\\nbuilt the Djepot Mills, and in 1855 the same firm built the\\nDacota Mills. In 1863, Mr. Geltmacher purchased the\\nentire interest of the Dacota Mills. In 1875 the Depot\\nMills were dismantled and removed to the Volant Mills.\\nThe water for the Volant and Dacota Mills is supplied from\\nthe same dam.\\nIn 1829 a dam and mill was built by John Kinzie on\\nKinzie Creek where the county line crosses the creek. It\\nwas sold in 1830 to George Boon, afterwards to William\\nBacon, and then to the Lardners, who erected a fulling-mill.\\nThe dam is still used.\\nA flouring-mill was erected in 1830 by Joseph Bertrand\\non Bertrand Creek, now called the Brandywine; William\\nRay was the mill-wright. The location was where the\\nwagon-road now crosses the old dam. It was afterwards\\nsold to William McOmber, and was changed to a distillery.\\nMcOmber ran it for five or six years, when it was burned,\\nbut was soon rebuilt.\\nMoses Fi nch built a saw-mill in 1831 at the mouth of\\nthe same stream. It was purchased by Maj. J. D. Button,\\nand changed into a flour-mill with three run of stones. It\\nafterwards passed into the hands of Cephas Mills. Both\\nmills are now gone.\\nEARLY ROADS.\\nThe commencement of the survey of a road from St.\\nJoseph to Niles was made May 9, 1831, by Samuel Marrs,\\ndeputy surveyor, at the request of John Pike and Julius\\nBrown, commissioners of Niles township. The road com-\\nmenced at St. Joseph and passed through Royalton, Oro-\\nnoko, Berrien, and Niles townships, to Niles. The survey\\nwas accepted by the commissioners June 4, 1831.\\nA road was surveyed from the Indiana State line through\\nBertrand to Niles, and recorded July 18, 1831.\\nThis road began at the corner of sections 11 and 12 in\\nrange 2 east, of town 38 north, in Indiana, running north\\nto Bertrand s Mills, intersecting the road from Newbury-\\nport to Niles on Main Street.\\nA record bearing the same date shows the survey of a\\nroad from Pokagon to Niles. Beginning at the town line\\nat end of road laid out by the commissioners of Pokagon\\ntownship, Cass County, running south, intersecting Main\\nStreet at Fifth.\\nAlso a road intersecting the road from Indiana State\\nline to the village of Niles and one running from the east\\nend of Main Street to the corner of G. Shurtes farm.\\nSeveral appeals were made this year. One dated July\\n20, 1831, was signed by William B. Beeson, T. B. Willard,\\nAbner Stitson, George Fosdiok, Henry Drew, Jacob Beeson,\\nA. Huston, Jacob L. Kinzey, William Justus, Thomas\\nDeuniston, Hiram Chilson, Erasmus Winslow, Garrett", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0340.jp2"}, "341": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OP NILES.\\n267\\nShurtes, Joshua Comley, Eber Griswold, Adam Smith, and\\nMorgan Wilson.\\nThe judges examined the several routes and ordered the\\ntwo last vacated, and a new route to be surveyed, and\\ndeclared it to be the public highway. The first route, from\\nBertrand s Mills to Niles, was ordered discontinued and\\nvacated Aug. 27, 1831.\\nORGANIZATION OF THE TOWNSHIP.\\nThe territory that originally formed the township of\\nNiles embraced all within the limits of Berrien County.\\nOn the 29th of October, 1829, Berrien County, with\\nothers, was set off, and November 5th of the same year the\\ntownship of Niles was erected, and it was provided that\\nthe first township-meeting shall be held at the house of\\nWilliam Justus, in said village, that is, the village of\\nNiles.*\\nAn act was approved by the Territorial Governor,\\nJune 9, 1832, setting off from the township of Niles the\\ntownships of Berrien and St. Joseph, which townships in-\\ncluded all the territory in the county of Berrien lying\\nnorth of a line running from the east line of the county\\nof Berrien directly west along the north line of the pres-\\nent townships of Niles, Buchanan, Weesaw, and Chicka-\\nming.\\nThe township of Bertrand was set off from Niles town-\\nship March 23, 1836, and Buchanan, March 11, 1837\\nand on the 9th day of March, 1850, all that part of the\\ntownship of Bertrand which is east of the centre of the\\nSt. Joseph River, in township 8 south, range 17 west, be\\nand is attached to the township of Niles.\\nThe first township election after the organization of the\\ncounty was held on the 2d day of April, 1832. At that\\ntime the township embraced the whole county. Jacob\\nBeeson was elected Supervisor Cogswell K. Green, Town-\\nship Clerk Thomas K. Green and Alamanson Huston, Jus-\\ntices of the Peace Eber Griswold, Constable.\\nA few days later a special election was held, and Jo-\\nseph Bertrand was elected constable and collector for the\\ntownship, to till a vacancy occasioned by the resignation of\\nEber Griswold.\\nThe original records of the township of Niles are lost.\\nThe names of the town clerks are gleaned from the school\\nrecords from 1832 to 1861 as follows\\n1832, Cogswell K. Green; 1837, H. W. Griswold; 1838, Daniel\\nSymmes; 1839-40, Jonathan Brown, Deputy Town Clerk; 1841,\\nJohn 0. Palmer; 1842, Jonathan Brown 1843, George W. Good-\\nman, Deputy Town Clerk; 1844, George Goodman; 1845-46,\\nDavid Aitken; 1847, R. R. Gibson 1848, David Aitken, Deputy\\nTown Clerk 1849-50, Thomas T. Glenn, Deputy Town Clerk\\n1851-55, Thomas T. Glenn 1866, George W.Hoffman; 1857\\nThomas T. Glenn; 1858-60, Hiram Brown; 1S61, Benjamin F\\nFish; 1862-63, no record; 1864-65, Joseph S. Bacon; 1\\nClinton Noble; 1867-68, William B. Davis; 1869, Samuel C\\nThompson; 1870, John Stay ton 1871, Samuel C. Thompson\\n1872-73, Jehu Stayton 1874, Samuel C. Thompson 1S75, John\\nH.Young; 1876, William Uildebrand 1877, Amos T. Riddle\\n1878-79, Samuel C. Thompson.\\nThe supervisors from 1832 to 1839 were\\n1832-33, Jacob Beeson; 1834, Elijah Lacey 1833, Jasper Mason;\\n1836-38, William F. Noel 1839, Jonathan N. Brown.\\nTerritorial Laws of Michigan, vol, ii, p. 786.\\nThe following-named persons were justices of the pecae\\nfrom 1832 to 1841\\n1832, Thomas K. Green, Alamanson Huston; 1834, T. B. Willard,\\nLevi Mason 1836, Joseph Stevens, William B. Beeson; 1837,\\nJohn Varnum, Levi Mason, Isaac V. Comings; 1838, Samuel\\nHunter; 1839, Jonathan Brown, George Fox; 1840, Hiram\\nWeese 1841, Jonathan Brown.\\nThe following-named citizens of Niles have represented\\ntheir district in the Senate and House of Representatives\\n5th\\n10th\\n17th\\n18th\\n20th\\n2l8t\\n22d\\n25th\\nSENATE,\\nslature, 7th District, Vincent L. Bradford, 18:\\nElijah Lacey, 1840-41.\\nJoseph S. Chipman, 1845-46\\nRoyal T. Twombley, 1863.\\nRodney C. Paine, 1855.\\nFranklin Niles, 1859.\\nElijah Lacey, 1861.\\nRufus W. Landon, 1863.\\nEvan J. Bonine, 1869.\\n39.\\n5 th\\n19th\\n18th\\n16th\\nHOUSE OF BEPRESENTATIVES.\\n1st Legislature, Cogswell K. Green, 1836.\\n4th\\n8th\\n10th\\n12th\\nloth\\n16th\\n17th\\n20th\\n22d\\n23d\\n25th\\n26th\\n27th\\nThomas Fitzgerald, 1839.\\nObed P. Lacey, 1843.\\nJohn Graves, 1845-46.\\nRichard P. Barker and James Shaw, 1847.\\nSamuel Street, 1850.\\nJohn W. Butterfield, 1851.\\nHarrison W. Griswold, 1853.\\nWilliam B. Beeson, 1869.\\nNathan Fitch, 1863.\\nEvan J. Bonine, 1865-67.\\nJulian M. Seward, 1869.\\nJohn F. Coulter, 1871.\\nEvan J. Bonine, 1873.\\nThe last census (1874J gives the following statistics, re-\\nferring to the township of Niles Population of the town-\\nship, 1795 taxable land in Niles township, 25,746 acres\\nimproved land, 19,009 acres; crops raised in 1873, wheat,\\n68,492 bushels; corn, 110,610 bushels; other grain,\\n15,547 bushels potatoes raised, 12,580 bushels hay\\ncut, 1661 tons; wool sheared, 10,737 pounds; pork\\nmarketed, 304,840 pounds butter made, 40,548 pounds\\napples raised, 40,045 bushels acres in orchards, 758 cap-\\nital invested in flouring-mills, f 48,000 barrels of flour\\nmanufactured, 25,850; value of flour, $155,100; capital\\ninvested in saw-mills, $5000 lumber sawed, 320,000 feet.\\nTitus B. Willard was undoubtedly the first school-teacher\\nat Niles. He taught in his double log house, in the sum-\\nmer of 1830. School was kept a short time, in the sum-\\nmer of that year also, in a log house that had been occupied\\nby the Wilsons in the fall of 1829. That school was at-\\ntended by Henry Justus, John Wilson, Emory Huston,\\nand others. This place was bought, in 1830, by Rowland\\nClark, and is now owned by Mrs. Brethschneider. In\\nthe spring of 1832, Malvina Huston taught school in a\\nhouse belonging to Col. Alamanson Huston, situated on\\nMain Street, and now occupied by Alonzo W. Piatt.\\nSchool was broken up in May by the quartering of Gen.\\nWilliams cavalry iu the school-house. William B. Gray,\\nof Niles, attended school at that time.\\nThe first school-house was erected in the fall of 1833,", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0341.jp2"}, "342": {"fulltext": "268\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\non the northeast corner of Sycamore and Third Streets.\\nRichard C. Meek was the first teacher in this house. The\\nbuilding was used for religious worship and public meet-\\nings, as well as for school purposes. In 1841 it was sold\\nto John Tibbetts, who removed it to the corner of Sixth\\nand Sycamore, where it is now used as a dwelling-house.\\nA brick school-house, 30 by 38, with accommodations for\\n80 pupils, was erected ou the same ground in 1846. John\\nPhelps was the first teacher. The ground was sold to\\nJerome B. Griswold in 1867, and the proceeds were de-\\nvoted to the construction of a school-house for colored chil-\\ndren, on the corner of Cass and Fifth Streets.\\nIn April, 1836, a school was opened by A. B. Brown\\nand W. N. Nevin, for teaching English branches, and the\\nLatin and Greek languages. June 6, 1836, Miss Kennedy\\nalso advertised to open a female academy.\\nOu the 16th day of September, 1837, a special town-\\nmeeting was held at the house of Boswell and Babcock, in\\nthe village of Niles, for the purpose of electing three school\\ninspectors, and at this meeting George Goodman, John\\nG. Bond, and William T. Noel were elected to that oflBce.\\nOn the 20th of the same month the inspectors elected met\\nand organized by choosing John G. Bond chairman. At\\nthat meeting the township was divided into five school dis-\\ntricts. During the year Districts Nos. 3 and 5 were divided,\\nand three new districts were laid off and organized.\\nAt that time District No. 1 reported 92 children between\\nfive and seventeen years.\\nDistrict No. 5 reported 30 children between the ages of\\nfive and seventeen years. District No. 6 reported 100\\nchildren between those ages, and District No. 8 reported 22\\nchildren between the ages of five and seventeen years.\\nMarch 31, 1838, the board of inspectors unanimously\\nresolved that Districts Nos. 1 and 2 be consolidated as Dis-\\ntrict No. 1.\\nAt an annual meeting held at the house of Brownell and\\nBabcock, in Niles, April 2, 1838, Elijah Lacey, George\\nGoodman, and Edward H. Hubbard were elected in.spectors\\nof schools. April 11th of that year the board of inspec-\\ntors elected George Goodman as treasurer.\\nA meeting of the legal voters of the township was called\\nfor Dec. 8, 1838, for the transaction of such business as\\nmay be necessary to the establishment of a primary school.\\nThe following report was made by the school inspectors\\nfor 1838: Whole number of districts, 8; number from\\nwhich reports were received, Nos. 3 and 4 number of\\nscholars between the ages of five and seventeen years,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 No.\\n3, 26 No. 4, 31 number of scholars in attendance, No.\\n3, 19 No. 4, 27 time school was kept, 3 months amount\\nraised in each district, No. 3, $174; No. 4, flOO;\\nnumber of scholars in attendance under five and over seven-\\nteen. No. 3, 2 No. 4, 3.\\nThe Ibllowing is a list of school inspectors elected in the\\ntownship since 1838\\n1839, Elijah Lacey, Joseph Whiting, William B. Beeson 1S40, Joseph\\nWhiting, John T. llealy, William Sampson;* 1841, Joseph N.\\nChapman, Cyrus Dana, Abner P. llealy; 18-12, Joseph N. Chap-\\nman, Cyrus Dana, Elijah Lacey; 1843, Joseph N. Chapman,\\nAndrew J. Clark was appointed in place of Williiim Sampson,\\nwho removed from town.\\nCyrus Dana; 1841, Cyrus Dana; 1845, Rodney C. Paine; 1846,\\nJames M. Stuart; 1847, James M. Stuart, N. Bacon; 1848, N.\\nBacon, James Brown; 1849, N. Bacon, James Brown, William\\nH. Powell; 1850, James Brown, N. Bacon; 1851, James Brown,\\nN. Bacon; 1852, N. Bacon, Levi B. Taft 1853, N. Bacon, Rev.\\nJohn Booth; .1854, N. Bacon, Elijah Lacey; 1855, N. Bacon,\\nElijah Lacey; 1856, Elijah Lacey, George W. Hoifman; 1857,\\nElijah Lacey, William B. Beeson 1858, Elijah Lacey, William B.\\nBeeson; 1859, Abraham P. Knox, David 0. Woodruff; 1860,\\nAbraham P. Kno-t, David 0. Woodruff; 1861, David 0. Wood-\\nruff, Andrew P. Mills; 1865, George S. Hoppin; 1866, John E.\\nDemott; 1867, Samuel C. Thompson; 1808, John C. Demott;\\n1869, Samuel C.Thompson; 1870, John C. Demott; 1871, Samuel\\nS. Case; 1872, Levi Sparks; 1873, Hiram A. Edwards; 1874,\\nThomas R. Martin 1875, Hiram M. Coan 1876, Otto R. Moor;\\n1877, George W. Lambert; 1878, John E. Demott; 1879, Hiram\\nA. Edwards.\\nAn act of the Legislature was approved March 20, 1875,\\nabolishing the office of county superintendent of schools.\\nand providing for the election of a superintendent in each\\ntownship to act with the school inspectors, and to examine\\ncandidates for teachers, and to grant certificates. In ac-\\ncordance with the law, the first election of superintendent\\nwas held in April, 1875.\\nThe following have been elected superintendents to the\\npresent date\\n1875, Robert W. Kay; 1876, James R. Claffey 1877, Horace G.\\nCowell; 1878, James R. Claffey 1879, John J. Claffey.\\nIn November, 1843, the Western Collegiate Institute,\\nunder the charge and pay of the State University, of which\\nit was a branch, was established E. McUvaine, of Pitts-\\nburgh, principal. The Niles Female Seminary, in charge\\nof Miss C. Britain, and the Niles High School were in\\nsuccessful operation.\\nIn 1843 four districts in Niles reported numbers of\\nscholars, and amount of money apportioned from the sum\\nraised by the township of Niles for school purposes for that\\nyear\\nChildren. Apportioument.\\nDistrict No. 1 172 $86.30\\n3 39 19.56\\n5 48 24.08\\n40 20.06\\nTotal .S150.00\\nApportionment of money from State school-fund for\\n1843:\\nApportionnuMit.\\nDistrict No. 1 .^63.04\\n3 14.43\\n5 17.76\\n6 14.80\\nTotal $110.63\\nApportionment of primary-school money of 1843, be-\\nlonging to the township of Niles, among the several school\\ndistricts of the town entitled to the same\\nchilli ren. Apportion men t.\\nDistrict No. 1 207 IJS6.94\\n3 55 23.10\\n5 46 19.32\\n6 47 10.74\\n311 28 11.76\\nTotal $160.86\\nThe first mention on the school records, of examination\\nof a teacher by the inspectors, occurs Nov. 13, 1843, as\\nfollows\\nAlbert Heath was this day examined by the school inspectors;\\nwas found qualified, and received a certificate.\\nGeo. Goodwin, Deputy Toion Clerk.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0342.jp2"}, "343": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0343.jp2"}, "344": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0344.jp2"}, "345": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF NILES.\\n269\\nDecember 18th, of the same year, Charles Carmiohael\\nand John Dendney were examined, and found qualified to\\nteach a district school, and certificates were granted.\\nMarch 31, 1845, Abigail T. Willard was examined by\\nthe Inspectors, was found qualified, and received a certifi-\\ncate. In the summer and fall of the same year Sarah\\nDrake, Lucy Merritt, and James G. Willard received cer-\\ntificates, and were declared qualified to teach a district\\nschool November 6th, of that year, 6. H. Crocker, John\\nH. Phelps, and William B. Hardy were examined, and re-\\nceived certificates of ability to teach a primary school.\\nMiss Cordelia Hopkins was added to the list of primary-\\nschool teachers in April, 1846.\\nThe following certificates were granted at the dates men-\\ntioned Feb. 4, 1846, Miss Mary Ann Hall August 21st,\\nMiss Fanny L. Bailey November 7th, Alexander R. Ball\\nDecember 21st, George R. Hopkins; Jan. 4, 1847, Nathan\\nMcCoy March 27th, Miss Mary M. Kimmel April 13th,\\nMiss Maria Swift; May 29th, Miss Mary Frazier June\\n4th, Miss Sarah Fisher November 12th, Moses T. Graham\\nDecember 2d, Miss Harriet L. Parray December 4tli,\\nWatson Scott.\\nBy the school report for 1849 the number of scholars in\\nthe township had increased to 1027, of wliich District No.\\n1 had 558. The amount of school-moneys received that\\nyear was $349.18. In June, 1856, as per report, there\\nwere 1403 children, of which District No. 1 contained 801.\\nAmount of money received was $743.59.\\nA law was passed April 1, 1850, entitled An act to\\norganize a school district for colored children in the village\\nof Niles, by which it was provided That the school in-\\nspectors be authorized to organize a school district, to be\\nnumbered as they shall direct, not described by metes and\\nbounds, but composed of the colored children of said village\\nbetween the ages of four and eighteen years.\\nThe district authorized above was organized at a meeting\\nheld at the colored Baptist church, July 1, 1850.\\nThe last report of the township before the setting off of\\nDistrict No. 1 as a union school district was in 1859,\\nwhen 1696 children were reported, and the school fund\\nwas $811.42, of which District No. 1 reported 953 schol-\\nars, and its proportion of public money was $455.93.\\nOLD BERTRAND VILLAGE.\\nDaniel G. Garnsey was appointed by Congress to lay out\\na portion of the Detroit and Chicago road, and while in this\\nsection of country he was so much pleased with the advan-\\ntages of the lands near the river at Pare aux Vaches for\\nthe establishment of a settlement that he interested friends\\nin the idea, and an association called the Bertrand Village\\nAssociation was formed of John M. Barbour, of Dunkirk,\\nN. Y. Joseph H. Williams, of Vincennes Dr. Ingalls, of\\nDunkirk Ira Converse, of Batavia, N. Y. Joseph Ber-\\ntrand and Daniel G. Garnsey, the latter of whom acted as\\nmanager and agent. Permission was obtained of Gen.\\nJackson, then President of the United States, to locate a\\nvillage at that place, with the consent of Mrs. Joseph Ber-\\ntrand, the land being held by her under an Indian title\\nAlonzo Bennett was selected as surveyor to lay out the\\nvillage, which was done in 1833. Streets, blocks, and lots\\nwere laid out, and buijlding soon commenced. The trading-\\nhouse of Mr. Bertrand stood on the bank of the river below\\nthe Chicago road. Daniel Russell built the first hotel, on\\nthe south side of the Chicago road about eighty rods from\\nthe river. Joshua Howell, in 1836, built a four-story hotel\\non the south side of the Chicago road, by the bank of the\\nriver, and known as the Steamboat Hotel. It was afterwards\\ntaken down, shipped to Berrien Springs, and re-erected.\\nCapt. John Silsby, in 1835, built a warehouse four stories\\nhigh, on the river bank, on the north side of the Chicago road.\\nMichael Leydell built the Union Hotel, in which the first\\ntown-meeting of Bertrand township was held, in 1836. In\\nthat year Bertrand village contained 3 hotels, 1 warehouse,\\n7 dry-goods stores, 2 groceries, 1 drug-store, and a post-\\noffice.\\nThe village lots were ofiered for sale June 4, 1836, but\\ninstead of selling them to the highest bidder the company\\nbid them in and held them at extravagant prices. At that\\ntime the decline and fall of Bertrand village commenced.\\nA bridge was built across the river in 1837. The Cath-\\nolic church was built the same year. A post-office was es-\\ntablished, and has been maintained to the present time.\\nJames Williams was appointed postmaster in 1836, and was\\nsucceeded by A. W. King, Alvah Higbee, Benjamin H.\\nBertrand, Charles Seward, D. C. Higbee, Edward Kaston,\\nJ. M. Seward, James Clafi ey, and D. C. Higbee, who is the\\npresent incumbent. It is now a part of Niles town.ship, and\\nhas declined to a place of no importance.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nBURTON JARVIS,\\nthe son of Zadok and Lucy (Owens) Jarvis, who were\\nnatives of North Carolina, was born in Rowan County, in\\nthat State, Sept. 6, 1816. His father s circumstances were\\nnot of such a nature that the youth could be given exten-\\nsive educational advantages, and his school-days altogether\\nnumbered about one year. In 1834 he emigrated to Michi-\\ngan, and located first in La Grange township, Ca.ss Co.,\\nafterwards in Pokagon. During the first years of his resi-\\ndence in Michigan he boated on the river in the summer,\\nand chopped wood, etc., in the winter. Oct. 15, 1840, he\\nwas married to Miss Elizabeth Sparks, whose parents were\\nalso from North Carolina. In 1842 he became possessed\\nof the land settled upon, and cleared the farm upon which\\nhe now resides. The place has ever since been occupied by\\nhim, with the exception of four years and a half spent in\\nNiles and one year in Buchanan. Mr. and Mrs. Jarvis are\\nthe parents of five children, of whom but one Lucy Ann,\\nmarried, and living in Buchanan now survives three\\nsons and a daughter having died, one in infancy, one\\nseven, one twenty-four, and one twenty-eight years old.\\nUntil 1844, Mr. Jarvis was a Democrat. He voted for\\nJames G. Birney supported the Republican party until\\n1872, when he cast his vote for Horace Greeley and\\nsince 1876, when he voted for Peter Cooper, he has been\\na Greenbacker. His farm consists of three hundred and", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0345.jp2"}, "346": {"fulltext": "270\\nHISTORY OP BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\ntwentj-eight acres, which is in a high state of cultivation\\nand very productive. His improvements can be seen in a\\nview of his premises, which is given upon another page.\\nDANIEL FISHER.\\nMr. Fisher s parents, John Fisher and Elizabeth (Shupo)\\nFisher, were of German descent, although natives of Giles\\nCo., Va. Their son Daniel was born in the same county,\\nnear Parisburg, March 6, 1801, and after becoming of suf-\\nficient age employed his time at farming and working at\\nI lii.l.j. by Ives, Nilei\\nDANIEL FISHER.\\nthe blacksmith s trade, which he had learned. In June,\\n1829, he was married to Miss Lucinda McCoy, and re-\\nmoved the next year to what is now Howard township,\\nCass Co., Mich, driving a six-horse team from Virginia\\nto that place he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of\\ngovernment land and settled upon it; he furnished the\\nlumber for the first frame building erected in Niles worked\\ntwo months and a half for the Indians at Carey Mission\\nand upon the organization of Howard township was elected\\nsupervisor and treasurer, serving two terms in that capacity.\\nMrs. Fisher became the mother of seven children, Paris\\nDecatur, John Harvey, George McCoy, Daniel Madison,\\nHarriet Maria, William Henry, and Giles Montgomery,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094and died Nov. 9, 18(57. July 8, 1873, Mr. FLsher was\\nmarried to Mrs. Fannie (Harvey) Rathbun and in March,\\n1874, removed to the township of Niles, Berrien Co., and\\nlocated three miles north of Niles City, having rented his\\nformer home. For twelve years he has been a member of\\nthe Advent Church. Politically, he was a Whig until thp\\nformation of the Republican party, of which latter he has\\nsince been a supporter. Mr. Fisher has retired from active\\nbu.siness, and is enjoying the comforts of life in a ijuiet way\\nat his pleasant home near Niles.\\nCHAPTER XXXVII.\\nNEW BUFFALO TO^WNSHIP.*\\nLocation, Topography, and Original Land-Entries Early Settle-\\nments Real E.state in New Buffalo in 1S36 Township Officers\\nResident Tax-Payers Sketches and Reminiscences Harhor\\nImprovements Village of New Buffalo Schools Churches So-\\ncieties.\\nLOCATION, TOPOGRAPHY, AND ORIGINAL LAND-ENTRIES.\\nThis township contains fourteen full sections, eight frac-\\ntional sections in the southern tier, on the Indiana line,\\nand six fractional triangular sections along Lake Michigan\\non the west. It is the most westerly township of the lower\\npeninsula of the State. It is bounded on the northwest by\\nLake Michigan, on the north by Chicknming, on the east\\nby Three Oaks, and on the south by the Indiana line. The\\nsurface is for the most part level, interspersed with slightly\\nrolling land, and was originally timbered along the lake-shore\\nwith oak and some pine, and in the easterly part with beech,\\nmaple, ash, basswood, and oak. Lying along the coast of\\nthe lake, its soil is sandy and better adapted to the cultiva-\\ntion of fruit than grain, and to the former pursuit the at-\\ntention of the people is mainly directed.\\nThe water-courses are the Galien River and one or two\\nsmall streams that empty into the lake in the southern part\\nof the township. The Galien is, in this township, a slug-\\ngish stream, running through Pottawattamie Lake, which,\\nin an early day, was a body of water two miles long, half a\\nmile wide, and in places ninety feet deep, but in the main\\nshallow. Its surface was covered with wild rice, and wild\\nfowl in countless multitudes fre(iuented it in early times.\\nThis river flows from the east through Weesaw and Three\\nOaks, and is augmented by a south branch that rises in In-\\ndiana, enters the township near the centre of the west line,\\nand flows northwesterly, forming a junction on section 36.\\nThis stream has Squaw Creek and Bloody Run as its\\nbranches. Galien River empties into Lake Michigan at\\nNew Buffalo village.\\nThe list which follows is of persons who entered govern-\\nment lands within the territory of the township of New\\nBuffalo, and the sections on which such entries were made\\nTOWNSHIP 7 SOUTH, RANGE 20 WEST.\\nSection 31.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Henry Little.\\nTOWNSHIP 8 SOUTH, RANGE 20 WEST.\\nSection 6.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. Little, W. Hammond, T. A. Clough, Camp, R. S.\\nMorrison.\\nSection 7.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 F. Bronsou, H. II. Camp, R. S. Morrison, W. Whittaker,\\nJ. Haas.\\nSection I.S.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 W. Whittaker, P. Hunt, Jr., Thomas Maudlin. 1 Hunt,\\nJr., W. Whittaker.\\nSection 19.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 W. Goit, J. Haas, B. Maudlin, W. Whittaker.\\nTOWNSHIP 7 SOUTH, RANGE 21 WEST.\\nSeclioH 36.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 E. P. Deacon, W. G. Driving, J. H. U. H. Kinzio,\\nB. B. Kerehoval.\\nSection 35.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 W. Goit, J. Redding, E. Goit, Pratt, E. P. Deacon.\\nTOWNSHIP 8 SOUTH, RANGE 21 WEST.\\nSection 1.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 B. B. Kercheval, N. Willard, I. P. Warner, B.Carver, T.\\nKenworthy, G. Taylor.\\nSection 2.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 B. B. Kercheval, Bocson Winslow, D. Robb.\\nSection 3. Winslow Britain, C. K Green.\\nBy Austin N. Hungerford.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0346.jp2"}, "347": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF NEW BUFFALO.\\n271\\nSeclimi 8.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I. P. Warner.\\nSection 9.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 G. Taylor, C. K. Green, D. Robb, W. Wbittaker.\\nSection 10.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 D. Robb, C. K. Green, W. Wbittaker. J. H. R. H.\\nKinzie.\\nSection 11.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 D. Robb, C. K. Green, B. Poole, R. Carver, T. Clough.\\nW. Wbittaker.\\nSection 12.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 F. Kenworthy, F. A. Holbrook, A. Averill, Julius Hack-\\nley, F. Bronson.\\nSection 13.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. R. Brown, M. Pierce, B. Butterwortb, E. N. Sheldon.\\nSection 14. J. R. Brown, J. Beeson, R. Goodrich.\\nSection 15.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 W. Hammond, W. Wbittaker, F. Clough, D. Robb.\\nSection Ifi.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 School land.\\nSection 17.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 B. Carver, Sheldon Co., I. P. Warner, I. 0. Adam.?,\\nF. A. Holbrook, R. Goodrich.\\nSection 18.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 R. A. Lamb, H. Bishop, I. P. Wiirner.\\nSection 19.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Warner, Sherwood Co., I. 0. Adams, J. Gerrish, Wm.\\nH. Adams,\\nSection 20.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I. 0. Adams, C. Jackson, F. A. Holbrook, I. P. Warner,\\nR. Goodrich.\\nSection 21.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. Haas, W. Wbittaker, P. Carver, I. P. W.irner.\\nSection 22.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. Haas, F. Bronson, D. Robb, I. P. Warner.\\nSection 23.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 E. N. Shelton, F. A. Clough, H. Bishop, Trask.\\nSection 24.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 S. 6. Belden, E. N. Shelton, R. A. Lamb.\\nTOWNSHIP 8 SOUTH, RANGE 22 WEST.\\nSection 24.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. Little, R. A. Lamb.\\nEARLY SETTLEMENT.-*.\\nThe township of New Buffalo originally comprised\\nChickaming, Three Oaks, and the present township. The\\nwest line of its territory bordered on Lake Michigan. The\\nshore Hue was sandy and shifting, ncjw forming into dunes,\\nvarying in height, often reaching 40 or 50 feet, and then\\nagain reduced to a level and moved to otlier parts. The\\nsoil iu the western portion was sandy, and offered few in-\\nducements for agricultural purposes. The first to take note\\nof its commercial advantages was Capt. Wessell Whittaker,\\na resident of Hamburg, Erie Co., N. Y., and for many\\nyears a captain on the lakes.\\nIn the fall of 1834 he was in command of the schooner\\nPost-Boy (partly owned by Barker Willard, of Buf-\\nfalo). During a heavy gale, when the vessel was liable to\\nbe driven ashore, they ran for the mouth of a stream now\\nknown as State Creek. They were beached, however. The\\nweather was intensely cold, and the captain and crew left\\nthe vessel, and walked to Michigan City, where they pro-\\ncured a conveyance, proceeded to St. Joseph, and noti-\\nfied the underwriters of the loss of the vessel. While\\npassing the mouth of Galien River, Capt. Whittaker, after\\nstudying the surroundings, was impressed with its advan-\\ntages for a harbor. After transacting his business at St.\\nJoseph he visited the land-office, and entered the laud on\\nwhich the village of New Buffalo now stands, and soon\\nafter proceeded to Buffalo, N. Y. He laid out the land\\ninto blocks and lots on paper, and called it New Buffalo.\\nHe then exhibited the plan to his friends, expatiated\\non its advantages, and persuaded Jacob Barker and Nelson\\nWillard, who were partners in business, to engage with\\nhim in the new enterprise, and .sold to them the undivided\\none-half interest in the property for $L5,000, afterwards\\nreducing it to $13,000. Capt. Whittaker, Truman A.\\nClough, Wm. Hammond, and Henry Bishop started from\\nBuffalo and Hamburg on the eighteenth day of March,\\n1835, overland, and arrived at New Buffalo the first week\\nin April, calling, on their way, at Bertrand, on Alonzo\\nBennett, a surveyor and old acquaintance, and employing\\nhim to go with them and .survey the village. Henry\\nBishop, now of Kalamazoo, was a clerk in the employ of\\nBarker Willard, and was sent by them to manage their\\ninterests. A log cabin, 15 by 24 feet, was first built, at\\nthe corner of Whittaker Avenue and Merchant Street,\\nnorth of Seaman s Square. Along one side of the cabin\\npine brush was laid for a bed, and a fireplace was built in\\none corner. A road was then cut through from the lake\\nto Talbot s mill, a distance of about five miles, from whence\\nlumber was procured. Some lime was burned from marl\\nfound a short distance from this mill. Whittaker Co.\\nerected a frame building for a store and warehouse on water\\nlot No. 1, at the foot of Whittaker Avenue. In this\\nbuilding was placed a stock of goods. Another building\\nwas erected adjoining, with an alley between. In this lat-\\nter building Mr. Whittaker put a tenant, Mr. Cummings\\nand wife, who opened their house for entertaining travelers.\\nA sign was painted on a rough board by Mark Beaubien,\\nsince of Chicago, representing a man holding a horse, and\\nalso a decanter and glasses. Soon after this, Russell Good-\\nrich, Truman A. Clough, Dr. Reuben Pierce, Myel Pierce,\\nSimeon Pierce, Moses G. Pratt, and Festus A. Holbrook\\ncame by vessel from Buffalo, and soon bought lots. Build-\\ning commenced rapidly. Russell Goodrich bought block\\n12, and erected a hotel on lot 2. Whittaker built a house\\nfor his family on block 24, lots 7 and 8, near a spring of\\ngood water, by the west ravine, that runs through the\\ntown plat north and south. Moses G. Pratt built where\\nDr. Moses M. Clark now lives. Dr. Reuben Pierce built\\non the corner of Barker and Merchant Streets, on block\\n23 and lots 1 and 2, where John Helm lives Simeon\\nPierce, on block 23, adjoining Thatcher Abbott, a brother-\\nin-law of Whittaker, adjoining, on the same block and on\\nlot 5 F. A. Holbrook and Alonzo Bennett, both on block\\n13. About this time Mr. Whittaker laid out a block as a\\ngift to captains of vessels, as an inducement to them to set-\\ntle in the place. Deeds were made for these lots, and the\\nnames will be found in another page. These lots were not\\nsettled upon by the parties, but were sold by them. This\\nblock was known as the Seaman s Square, block 21.\\nThe family of Mr. Whittaker, consisting of his wife and\\nfour children, under the care of William Ratcliff, came\\nfrom Hamburg, by Lake Erie, to Detroit, where they pro-\\ncured a team, and proceeded thence overland, arriving at\\nNew Buffalo in June, 1835.\\nMr. Ratcliff carried the first mail to Michigan City, and\\nMoses G. Pratt drove the first stage and mail-wagon through\\nto that place. At this time there were a number of others\\ngathered in the new settlement, some unmarried. Their\\noccupations were as follows A. Bennett, surveyor Henry\\nBLshop, clerk T. A. Clough, speculator R. Goodrich,\\nhotel-keeper Henderson, F. A. Holbrook, Mundle, Doty,\\nDunham, A. and E. McClure, P]zra Stoner, and Washburn\\nwere carpenters Haight, plasterer Maudlin, farmer; R.\\nPierce, physician S. Pierce and J. Hixson, sailors\\nPratt, teamster Whittaker Willard, proprietors Ira\\nP. Warner, agent. The lots were valued and sold at from\\nf 150 to $300 each, one-third down. In the summer and\\nfall of 1835 important accessions were made to the settle-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0347.jp2"}, "348": {"fulltext": "272\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nment in the persons of James Little and Jacob Gerrisb, of\\nBoseawen, N. H. Richard L. Phillips, of Erie Co., N. Y.,\\na native of England; and in the spring of 1836, of Fran-\\ncis and Joseph G. Ames and Alvin Emory, of Canterbury,\\nN. H. and Ezra Stoner, of Frederick Co., Md. A de-\\nmand for the improvement of the harbor was soon started.\\nMeetings were held and many speeches made, but the usual\\ndelay followed this action.\\nDuring the year 1835, Whittaker, McGivens Co. built\\na mill, on section 1, on the south branch of Galien River.\\nAt the time of their preparation for this mill, they were\\nwarned by Governor Mason to appear at Niles and assist\\nin the retention of the ten-mile strip along the Ohio line.\\nMr. Whittaker informed the Governor that he should arm\\nhis men with hand.spikes on the day set, which he did. He\\nwas also interested in a mill at State Creek, owned by the\\nState Creek Mill Company.\\nIn March, 1836, the township was organized, and the\\nfirst election held at Goodrich s Hotel. A list of the voters\\nwill be found on another page. In this year, also, Isaac\\n0. Adams, a native of Newburyport, Mass., but last from\\nWhite Pigeon, E. T. Clark, and Timothy Harris built a\\nhouse on lot No. 105, which was known as Bachelors Hall,\\nand which afterwards became famous as a convivial head-\\nquarters. The building remained until it was removed to\\nmake way for the railroad.\\nIn the fall of 1837, the Virginia Land Company, com-\\nposed mostly of natives of Virginia, but the majority of\\nwhom lived in Laporte, Ind., purchased 640 acres of land,\\nand laid it out into lots, Joshua R. C. Brown coming\\nthere to reside as agent. The members of the company\\nwere David Robb, Dr. G. A. Rose, Courtlandt Strong, De\\nWitt Strong, Maj. John Lemons, Joshua 11. C. Brown,\\nDaniel Brown, James Whittam, and Jacob Haas.\\nThe books of Mr. Whittaker for 1837, from which these\\nfacts are gleaned, give the prices at that time, which may\\nbe of interest: Potatoes, 75 cents; oats, $1 corn, $1.50;\\nbutter,372 cents; bacon, 16s cents; board, $3.50 per week\\nsalt, $7 per barrel beef, 6 cents per pound, by the quarter\\nwhisky, 41 cents per gallon, by the barrel, and 75 cents at\\nretail team-work, $4 per day common labor, $1 per day.\\nBetween the dates May 22 and July 26, in 1837, 95 con-\\nsecutive entries occur of stage-fare charged, varying from\\n$4 to $12. This entry also occurs Schooner Oregon\\nleft New Buffalo with 2358 bushels of oats, 1246 bushels\\nto be delivered at Milwaukee; 1112 bushels were lost in\\na storm in Milwaukee Bay; also delivered 23J bushels of\\ncorn. Left New Buffalo in April, and delivered oats at\\nMilwaukee from the 1st to the 10th of May, 1837.\\nHiram and Solomon Gould were charged for use of lighter\\nand labor in June, 1837. They owned a mill at New\\nTroy, rafted their lumber down the river, and shipped to\\nChicago from the former place.\\nNot far from this time Lieut. T. B. W. Stockton, of the\\nregular army, was sent by the War Department to examine\\nas to the feasibility of constructing a harbor at New Buffalo,\\nand the report of the Navy Department was received May\\n1, 1838. Lieut. Berrien and Lieut. Rose were sent soon\\nafter to make a survey, and reported favorably. A light-\\nhouse was built in 1839.\\nIn June, 1837, Elder Hascall preached in the dining-\\nroom of Mr. Goodrich s hotel, and, as the bar-room was\\nnear, some of the party were often thirsty, and retired for\\na few moments.\\nThe panic of 1837 had a depressing effect upon New\\nBuffalo, as well as upon the whole country, but the company\\nstruggled along, firm in the faith that the plan was essential\\nto the well-being of the universe. Prices ruled high, no\\nhelp came, and in the winter of 1841-42 but two families\\nwere residents of the place, Jacob Gerrisb and Ru.ssell\\nGoodrich. But the spring found a respectable number in\\nthe village, and from 20 to 30 votes were cast at the election.\\nAbout 1840 the effect of speculation ceased, and money\\nbecame very scarce. About the only thing that brought\\nmoney into the country was non-resident taxes. Inhabitants\\ntook contracts for building roads at their own prices. The\\nbusiness of the country was carried on by barter and credit.\\nAbout 1844 the schooner Saranac was built by Joseph\\nOates and Austin in 1845, the sloop Buffalo, by\\nAmos Johnson and in 1855, the schooner Ellen Pike,\\nby Alonzo Bennett.\\nNon-residents were still holding their lands for high\\nprices, and but few sales were made until about 1850, when\\nthe tide of German emigration began to flow in, and be-\\ntween that time and 1854 the following Germans settled in\\nthe places mentioned Philip Edinger, on section 1 John\\nBahl, on section 15; Louis Kruger, John Walter, Fritz\\nKlauss, and C. Dohl, on sections 13 and 14 Christian\\nGulesdorf, on sections 15 and 22 Fritz, Louis, Adolph, and\\nRinehart Siegmond, brothers, on sections 13, 19, and 24.\\nGust. Horn, Christolph Kamm and his son, Fritz Louis, and\\nFritz Sehroeder, Roemer, Henry Luhr, and Carl\\nStannwell settled in the village. Since that time large\\naccessions have been made of thrifty Germans, and the\\ntownship is largely populated by them.\\nAbout 1844, George W. Allen, of Laporte, Ind., pur-\\nchased the interest of Barker Willard, and spent a large\\nsum of money in improving a road from New Buffalo to\\nSpringville, Ind. They built a grain warehouse, 60 by 120\\nfeet and four stories high, on the north fraction of section\\n9, near the foot of Willard Street, hoping to make this an\\nimportant shipping-point for Indiana grain. During the\\nsame year Alonzo Bennett, Thomas Comins, and J. R. C.\\nBrown bought several thousand cords of wood, at 62i cents\\nper cord, which was lightered out and delivered to vessels\\nfor the Chicago market but even at this low co.st the busi-\\nness did not prove successful.\\nREAL ESTATE IN NEW BUFFALO IN 1836.\\nUpon the purchase of the land on which New Buffalo is\\nsituated by Capt. Wesscl Whittaker, in 1834, he proceeded\\nto plat it, and induced Jacob A. Barker and Nelson Willard,\\nof Buffalo, N. Y., to invest with him as before mentioned.\\nOn May 31, 1836, a division and valuation of the lots\\nwas made.\\nThe 79 lots, located in different parts of the village, be-\\nlonging to Mr. Willard were valued at $29,520. The\\nprices of a few of the lots are given\\nLot 2, in block 3, $500 lot 5, in block 13, $275 lot\\n12, in block 16, $500 lot 7, in block 22, $600 lot 2, in", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0348.jp2"}, "349": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF NEW BUFFALO.\\n273\\nblock 28, $800 water-lot 38, $900 lot 8, in block B,\\n$375 lot 7, in block C, $475; lot 7, in block K. $300.\\nWater-lots Nos. 18, 22, 25, 26, 2!), and 30, bi lon^ ing to\\nMr. Barker, were valued at $1000 oacb.\\n.SEAMAN S SQUARE.\\nThe recipients of the gift lots in block 21 (Seaman s\\nSquare) did not occupy these lots, though they afterwards\\n.sold them. The following are the names of the captains\\ndesignated by Capt. Whittaker: Levi Allen, Robert Wag-\\nstaff, Lester Colton, Samuel Chase, Charles Ludlow, James\\nL. Baxter, Stephen 11. Walker, John P. Ijudlow, George\\nMiles, Abi Allen, Ira Perkins, and H. F. Day.\\nThe lands purchased by the Virginia Land Company\\n(names given elsewhere) in 1837 were as follows the\\nwest half of northwest quarter of section 11, northeast\\nquarter of section 10, east half of southea.st quarter of sec-\\ntion 10, southwest quarter of section 10, and southeast\\nquarter of section 9. The.se lands were platted and divided\\ninto blocks and lots, and were hold for many years. When\\nMr. Barker sold out, in 1844, the lands of the Virginia\\nCompany were mostly in the hands of the original proprie-\\ntors the only lands in the village that were sold in the\\nearly day by Mr. Willard, with a few exceptions, were the\\nlands that were allotted in the division of 1836 to Mr.\\nWhittaker. Of the 800 acres originally laid out and\\nplatted, seven-eighths in 1844 were in the hands of the\\noriginal proprietors.\\nAbout 1842-43 the prices were from $5 to $25 a lot,\\nand upon the location of the railroad they advanced to from\\n$100 to $500 but upon the extension of the railroad to\\nChicago a depreciation followed. Upon the incoming of\\nthe Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad, prices\\nagain advanced. Farming-lands in New Buffalo township\\nsold at from $2.50 to $5 per acre. From 1840-46 prices\\nwere from 75 cents to $3.50 per acre; in 1850, about\\n$5 per acre in 1856, about $15 from 1863-70, from $10\\nto $40.\\n(IRGANIZATION OF TOWNSIIII\\nThe township of New Buffalo was erected by act of the\\nLegislature, March 23, 1836. The text is as follows:\\nAll that portion of the county of Berrien described by the United\\nStates survey as township.s 7 and 8 south, of range 20 and 21 west,\\nbe and the same is hereby set off and organized into a separate town-\\nship, by the name of New Buffalo, and the first township-meeting\\nshall be held at the (loodrich tavern, in the village of Now Buffalo,\\nin said township.\\nIn accordance with this act, an election was held in the\\nspring of 1836 at the tavern of Russell Goodrich. Thirty-\\nsix votes were cast, with the following result Alonzo Ben-\\nnett, Supervisor; Henry Bishop, Clerk; Daniel Washburn,\\nFestus A. Holbrook, Thomas Maudlin, and Alonzo Bennett,\\nJustices. Robert Crary and James Little were elected\\nCommissioners of Schools Reuben Pierce, Festus A. Hol-\\nbrook, Alonzo Bennett, Ezra Stoner, and James Little were\\nelected Inspectors of Schools.\\nOne hundred and fifty dollars was vcjted for the support\\nof schools.\\nThe names of the 36 voters at the first election are given,\\nas a matter of interest Alonzo Bennett, Henry Bishop,\\n35\\nT. A. Clough, Richard Conistock, W. E. Davis, George\\nDunham, Joseph Doty, R. Goodrich, F. A. Gilbert, Henry\\nB. Hull, Joseph Henderson, F. A. Holbrook, Daniel\\nHaight, James Little, Stephen Mix, Henry Mundle,\\nThomas Maudlin, A. McClure, E. MoClurc, Dr. R. Pierce,\\nM. Pierce, R. L. Phillips, H. Pierce, Simeon Pierce, Moses\\nG. Pratt, William Ratcliff, Ezra Stoner, Wessel Whittaker,\\nNelson Willard, John Wilson, Daniel Washburn, John\\nWalker, and Ira P. Warner. But few of these voters are\\nliving in the township at the present time.\\nThe population of the township in 1840 was 123; 1845,\\n416; 1854,873; 1860,834; 1870, 1389.\\nThe township originally embraced the territory now\\nknown as Three Oaks and Chickaming, which townships\\nwere set off in 1856.\\nAt the organization of the township of New Buffalo, by\\nsome oversight, fractional township 8 south, range 22 west,\\nwas omitted from the organizing act, and remained attached\\nto the township of Niles for some years. It was annexed\\nto New Buffalo in 1843.\\nTOWNSHIP OFFICKRS.\\nFollowing is a list of township officers of New Buffalo\\nfrom its organization to the present time\\nSUPEKVISOUS.\\n18.37-:i8, Alon/.o Bennett; ISIilt, Reuben Pierce; 1811), Thorniis\\nComins; 1811-12, ElUanah Rythor 184;i, Isaac 0. Adams;\\n18M, Levi Paddook 1845, Henry Chamberlain; 184fi, Valentino\\nBennett; 1847, Henry Chamberlain; 1.848, no record; 184(1,\\nRichard L. Phillips; 1850, Isaac 0. Adams; 1851, Henry Cham-\\nberlain; 1852, Alonzo Bennett; 185:i-67, Halo E. rosliy 1858,\\nJames M. Patten; 1859, Alonzo Bennett; 1860, Joseph M. Oood-\\nrieh; 1861, Philip Edinger; 1862, Abram I. Phillips; 1863,\\nRichard S. Phillips; 1864, Abram I. Phillips 1867-72, no record\\n187. !-75, George Werner; 1876, Alonzo Bennett; 1877, George\\nWerner; 1878-79, F. Qerdes.\\nTOWN CLERKS.\\n1837, Henry Bishop; 18. i8, A. Bi.tby 1839-40, James Blaiu; 1841-44,\\nWilliam Ratclilf; 1845, Hale E. Crosby 1846, Samuel Patrick;\\n1847, Dwight Plympton; 1848, no record; 1849, Samuel S. Clark;\\n1850-51, Joseph M. Goodrich; 1852-63, John G.Mason; 1854,\\nThornton Ewan 1855, Thomas S. Ballard; 1856, Samuel Strai-\\nten; 1857-58, John D. Phillips; 185!), Samuel Stratton 1860,\\nHenderson Ballengee; 1861, Jacob Oppenheim; 1862, K. L.\\nPhillips; 1863-64, John V.Phillips; 1865-66, no record; 1867,\\nSoth Sheldon; 1868, George F. Collitt; 1869, no record; 1870-71,\\nJohn f. Dick 1872-78, Charles Deuell; 1879, Moses N. Clark.\\nTREASUREUS.\\nPrior to 1839 the supervisor acted as treasurer, and the first election\\nto that ofiieo was at the annual town-meeting of that year. The\\nfirst to (ill the office was Jacob Gerrish, 1840; Thomas Comens,\\n1841-44; 1845, Thomas Maudlin; 1846, Simeon Pierce; 1847-48,\\nno record; 1849-61, Thornton Ewan; 1852, Truman A. Clough;\\n1853-54, Joseph G. Ames; 1854-58, Thornton Ewan; 1859,\\nJoseph M. Goodrich; 1860, Isaac W. Martin 1861, Louis Kru-\\ngor; 1862-63, George Horn; 1864, Cornelius I. Bierstndt; 1866-\\n66, no record 1867-70, Sadler Batter; 1871-73, Henry P. Nourso\\n1874-77, Albert Kellogg; 1878-79, George Horn.\\nJUSTICES OF THE PEACE.\\n1837, Alonzo Bennett, Francis W. Ames; 1838, A. Bixby, Jacob\\nGerrish, and Sylvester Shead 1839, Joshua R. C. Brown, Samuel\\nBennett, Jr.; 1840, Reuben Pierce, Levi Paddook; 1841, Thomas\\nComins, William Hammond, Richard Love, Levi Paddock; 1842,\\nRichard Pockham; 1843, Richard Love; 1844, Festus A. Hol-\\nbrook; 1845, Alonzo Bennett; 1846, Dwight Plympton; 1847,\\nnone elected; 1848, no record; 1849, Abel M. Brownlee; 1850,", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0349.jp2"}, "350": {"fulltext": "274\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nSX\\nHenry Chamberlain 1851, K. W. Smith 1852, Joseph G. Amea,\\nBenoni Newell; 1853, Erasmus N. Shead, Dwight Pljmpton\\n1854, Nathan Maudlin; 1865, Samuel Stratton, Mabcn J. Mar-\\nshall; 1856, Hale E. Crosby, Festus A. Holbrook, Alonzo Ben-\\nnett; 1857, Wm. Aldrich, Hale E. Crosby 1858, Thomas Maud-\\nlin 1859, Samuel Stratton, Isaac W. Martin 1860, Festus A.\\nHolbrook, Thomas S. Webster; 1861, George Horn; 1862, J. V.\\nPhillips, Thomas Maudlin 1863, Henderson Ballengce, Henry\\nLeland; 1864, Thomas S. Webster, John Murray, Ludwig Lubke\\n1865-66, no record; 1867, John R. Hill; 1S68, George Werner\\n1869, no record; 1870, John C. Dick; 1871, Alonzo Bennett\\n1872, George Werner; 1873, Charles Deuell, Moses M. Clark\\n1874, Henry Leifken; 1875, George P. Nourse; 1876, George\\nWerner; 1877, Charles Deuell; 1878, Charles H. Schultz 1879,\\nHenry P. Nourse.\\nINSPECTORS OF SCHOOLS.\\n1837, Samuel Bennett, Festus A. Holbrook, Reuben Pierce, Jonathan\\nHascall, Francis W. Ames; 1838, Alonzo Bennett, Samuel Ben-\\nnett, Jr., Dr. Reuben Pierce; 1839, Reuben Pierce, Elkanah\\nRyther, Jacob Gerrish 1840, James Blain, Reuben Pierce, El-\\nkanah Ryther; 1841, Wm. Hammond, Elkanah Ryther, Jacob\\nLove 1842, Thos. M. Bennett, Richard Peckham 1843, Joseph\\nM. Goodrich, Richard Peckham; 1844, Samuel Patrick, Richard\\nPeckham: 1845, Alonzo Bennett, Henry Chamberlain: 1846,\\nValentine Bennett, D. Gilman Wood; 1847, Richard Peckham,\\nHale E. Crosby; 1848, no record; 1849, Hale E. Crosby; 1850,\\nJesse Wasson 1851, Hale E. Crosby; 1852, H. E. Crosby, Jos.\\nM. Goodrich; 1853, James M. Patten; 1854, Joseph M. Good-\\nrich; 1855, Hale E. Crosby, Wm. Chamberlain; 1856, Hale E.\\nCrosby, Joseph M. Goodrich; 1857, Alonzo Bennett; 1858, John\\nW. Carter; 1859, Nathaniel B. Pitt; 1860, Hale E. Crosby, John\\nV. Phillips; 1861, Charles Hanville; 1862, John W. Carter;\\n1863, Charles L. Deuell; 1864, Joseph M.Goodrich; 1865-66, no\\nrecord; 1867, J. B. Crosby 1868-69, no record 1870, Henry P.\\nNourse; 1871, Frederick Gerdes 1872, Charles Eberling; 1873,\\nGeorge Werner 1874, Charles Eberling; 1875-76, Alonzo Ben-\\nnett; 1877, F. Gerdes; 1878, Charles Eberling; 1879, Henry\\nE. Crosby.\\nThe tax-list for 1836, as taken by Jacob Gerrish, Ira P.\\nWarner, and J. S. Doty, is as follows\\nRESIDENT TAX-PAYEES.\\nAbraham Willard, Henry Bishop, Alonzo Bennett, Truman A. Clough,\\nJames A. Corse, Robert Craig, Joseph S. Doty, John Foote, Rus-\\nsell Goodrich, William Hammond, Festus A. Holbrook, Jacob\\nGerrish, James Little, Henry McCourt, Stephen Mix, J. Love,\\nRichard Love, H. Little, Henry Mundie, Hugh McGiven, Thos.\\nMaudlin, B. Maudlin, Moses G. Pratt, Myel Pierce, Reuben\\nPierce, Simeon Pierce, Ezra Stoner, Thomas Thorp, Wessel Whit-\\ntaker, Nelson Willard, Ira P. Warner, Wilkird, Whittaker, Barker\\nCo.\\nThe assessed valuation of resident tax-payers was $41,786.\\nWessel Whittaker was the largest individual tax-payer, his\\ntax being 130.00. Amount of re.sident valuation, $41,786\\namount of non-resident valuation, $106,684; total, $148,-\\n470.\\nSKETCHES AND REMINISCENCES.\\nCapt. Wessel Whittaker was a man of a noble, generous\\nnature, and his house furnished a home for all it could hold.\\nHe was of untiring energy and great perseverance. His\\nearly life had been passed on the lakes, and he had act|uired\\nhabits which in those days were common, and which were\\ngreatly to his disadvantage. He died in 1841, at New\\nBuflTalo, leaving a wife and four children. The family re-\\nmoved to Terre Couple Prairie, Tnd., where the youngest\\nson, Alanson, still resides.\\nAlonzo Bennett is a native of Brookfield, Orange Co.,\\nVt. He came to Niles, Berrien Co., in September, 1833,\\nand shortly after removed to Bertrand. He was educated as\\na surveyor in Erie Co., N. Y., and was employed to survey\\nthe village of Bertrand by the Bertrand Association. The\\nproprietors of the New Buffalo tract passed through Bert-\\nrand, on their way to New Buffalo, in the spring of 1835,\\nand employed him to go with them and survey the village,\\nwhich work he completed in March or April of that\\nyear. In January following he married, in Erie Co..\\nN. Y., and moved to New Buffalo. He was elected the\\nfirst supervisor of the township, in 1836. He followed his\\noccupation of surveyor, was elected to several positions of\\ntrust in the township, and in 1838 was elected county\\nclerk, re-elected in 1840 and 1842, and elected to the\\nLegislature in 1842. He returned to New Buffalo in\\n1845. He was in the employ of the Central Railroad for\\ntwo years, and served the company as surveyor and pay-\\nmaster. At the expiration of his term he engaged in the\\nmercantile business until 1856, and for a short time was\\neditor and publisher of the Vindicator. He removed to\\nBuchanan and to Southern Illinois, and moved to Chicago,\\nwhere he resided five years, when he returned to New Buf-\\nfalo, and is now in the express and drug business. His\\nson, A. M. Bennett, is in Chicago; Wm. Bennett, in Kan-\\nsas; and two daughters, living in Niles, Mrs. C. Jackson\\nand Mrs P. A. Ballard.\\nRichard L. Phillips was a native of Oxford.shire, England,\\nand came to this country in 1832, and to New Buffalo, from\\nHamburg, Erie Co., N. Y., in the spring of 1835. Nov.\\n11, 1839, he married Mary C., the daughter of Joshua R.\\nC. Brown. He lived in the place most of the time until\\nhis death, in 1868. He was a man of great energy, but\\nwas seriously afflicted with rheumatism in his later days,\\nwhich confined him to the house nearly half the time he\\nyet succeeded in maintaining his family and accumulated\\na competence. Joshua R. C. Brown, one of the Virginia\\nLand Company, was a native of Virginia, and came to La-\\nporte, Ind., and thence to this place in 1837. He lived\\non Barker Street. His death took place in 1862. His\\ndaughters, Mrs. R. L. Phillips and Mrs. J. T. Hopkins,\\nlive in New Buffalo; a son lives at Niles, two daughters\\nin Virginia, one in Indiana, and one in California. He\\nreturned to Laporte, Ind., about 1838, and to this place\\nin 1846, where he bought the Goodrich property and\\ncontinued the hotel busine.ss until his death. He was a\\nhospitable landlord and a gentleman of the Virginia school,\\nwith some peculiarities. An anecdote is related of him as\\nfollows A traveler was stopping with him, and upon\\nbeing asked if he would have some bacon and greens,\\nwhich was a fitvorite dish of Mr. Brown s, asked if that\\nwas the only meat he had, and upon being answered in\\nthe affirmative, replied, sneeringly, that he did not eat ba-\\ncon and greens; upon which Mr. Brown emphatically\\nsaid, Get out of my house, sir A man that don t eat\\nbacon and greens is not a gentleman.\\nHenry Bishop came with Whittaker, and clerked for\\nWhittaker Co., but in 1838-39 left, on account of his\\nhealth, and went to Kalamazoo County, and is now a pros-\\nperous business man in the village of Kalamazoo. Truman\\nA. Clough came to New Buffalo with the first settlers, but\\nreturned to Hamburg, N. Y., about 1840, and came back,", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0350.jp2"}, "351": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OP NEW BUFFALO.\\n275\\nin 1850, to Chickaming, and in 1854 again went back to\\nNew York. Russell Goodrich was a long time, prior to\\nhis coming West, proprietor of a noted hotel at Hamburg,\\nErie Co., N. Y. He died at New Buffalo about 1850.\\nHis son Jasper was a prosperous man in Chickaming, and\\ndied a few years ago. His son Josepli M. was for a time\\na farmer in the township, then a merchant in the village.\\nHe removed to Chicago in 1869, where ho was in the com-\\nmission business, and died about 1875. Albert E., after\\nbeing a steamboat clerk for some years, became a steamboat\\nowner, and for the last twenty years has owned several\\nvery important lines on Lake Michigan. A man of ability\\nand great energy, he has amassed a handsome fortune.\\nFestus A. Holbrook became a farmer in New Buffalo\\ntownship, and at the present time is living with a grand-\\nchild in Three Oaks township, in his eighty-ninth year.\\nJames Little and Francis W. Ames died in the sickly sea-\\nson of 1838. Thomas Maudlin, a venerable man, lives on\\nthe farm which he settled, in the eastern part of the town-\\nship. Dr. R. Pierce moved, about 1840, to Terre Couple\\nPrairie, Ind. He was distinguLshed for many years as a\\nphysician, and died about 1858. His son, R. W. Pierce,\\nis now a leading physician of Buchanan.\\nSimeon Pierce went to Lake Station, Ind., and is now\\na retired merchant of Valparaiso, Ind. Nelson Willard\\nhad large interests in New York, and did not remain here\\nlong.\\nIsaac 0. Adams, who perhaps did more to improve New\\nBuffalo than any other person, was a kind-hearted, genial\\nman. He went to Chicago about 1853, where he still re-\\nsides. He was a man of culture and fond of story-telling.\\nThe following is told of him The peninsula known as\\nnorth fraction of section 3 was speculation property, and\\nwas sold in undivided interests. At a time when property\\nwas at its lowest value a man came to the place from\\nConnecticut who owned one undivided nineteen hundred\\nand twentieth interest. Finding no purchaser, he inquired\\nof Mr. Adams how he could best secure a division. Adams\\nreplied ho might get a division in chancery, but it would\\nbe expensive. The man anxiously pressed Mr. Adams to\\nknow what he had best do, that he might know how and\\nwhere his property was. Adams answered by saying, You\\nbetter go up to Uncle Jacob s (Mr. Gerrish) and borrow a\\ntwo-bushel bag go over there, fill it with sand, take it\\nhome with you, and you will have about your share. It\\nis not known whether the advice was accepted.\\nJacob Gerrish, coming in 1835, kept a record of events\\nfrom that time to his death, in 1858, from which many-facts\\nin this history have been gleaned. His desire to see New\\nBuffalo prosper led him to advance money to every under-\\ntaking that he supposed would advance the interest of the\\nplace. His house was open to all who came. The poor\\nand suffering had only to ask to receive.\\nHARBOR IMPROVEMENTS.\\nThe cause that led to the settlement of New Buffalo was\\nthe apparent availability of the Galien River and Potta-\\nwattamie Lake for a harbor. The advantages were seen at\\na glance by Capt. Wessel Whittaker in 1834, and 100 acres\\nof land were secured by him very soon after the settlement\\nwas fairly inaugurated. Meetings were held, speeches made,\\nand the usual enthusiasm incident to such enterprises kept\\nthe minds of the settlers in a high state of excitement.\\nPetitions were sent to Congress, which, after the usual delay,\\nreceived some attention, and an appropriation was made for\\na lighthouse. The site was selected and stakes were set\\nSept. 6, 1838. Plans and specifications were made, and\\ncontracts were advertised. The journal of Jacob Gerrish\\nof July 10, 1839, contains the following: Lots of people\\nin to the lighthouse letting; Hixon builds the house.\\nThe location was on a point of land in the north fraction of\\nsection 9, about a quarter of a mile from the mouth of the\\nriver. Sand dunes of from 30 to 60 feet in height were\\nbetween it and the mouth, on which were growing trees\\nfrom 18 to 20 inches in diameter. In the course of time\\nthe river and the lake washed away these shifting sands,\\nand about 1857 the house was undermined and fell, for it\\nwas founded upon the sand. The lighthouse and keeper s\\nhouse were built of brick and whitewashed, a large bowlder\\nof limestone found near by furnishing the lime. Isaac 0.\\nAdams burnt the brick. The buildings were finished in\\nMarch, 1840. Timothy S. Smith was appointed the first\\nkeeper, under Van Buren. Wm. Ratcliffand his wife moved\\ninto the keeper s house June 1, 1840, Mr. Smith living\\nwith them. The keepers who succeeded him were Elijah\\nPressey, under Harrison Reuben Smith, under Polk and\\nJoseph Miller, under Taylor. It was demolished about\\n1857, and has not been rebuilt.\\nSoon after the incorporation of the Michigan Central\\nRailroad Company, they determined to make New Buffalo\\ntheir western terminus, and work was commenced in the\\nfall of 1817. The company built a bridge across the Galien\\nRiver and two long piers into the lake, to make the point\\naccessible for steamboats. This work furnished employ-\\nment to a large number of men and caused a general re-\\nvival of business. Capt. Eber B. Ward put on the lake a\\nline of steamers connecting with the morning and evening\\ntrains for Chicago.\\nAt the time of building the piers it was believed that\\nNew Buffalo would be the western terminus of the road,\\nand the village received an impetus by the erection of a\\nlarge hotel and other buildings to accommodate the travel\\nand traffic. Steamers ran in connection with the road till\\nits completion to Chicago about 1852, when they were\\nwithdrawn.\\nThe Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad, now the\\nChicago and West Michigan, was completed. Sept 7, 1870,\\nfrom Pentwater, Oceana Co., Mich., to New Buflalo, where\\nit connects with the Michigan Central Railroad.\\nVILLAGE OF NEW BUFFALO.\\nThe plat of the village was laid out in 1835, by Nelson\\nWillard, Jacob A. Barker, Wessel Whittaker, and Russell\\nGoodrich. It was incorporated as the village of New Buf-\\nfalo, March 28, 1836. Its officers were a president, re-\\ncorder, and six trustees, to bear the title of president and\\ntrustees of the village of New Buffalo. It embraced the\\nwhole of section 10 and the east half of section 9, being\\nsituated about midway on the lake line of the township,\\nand fronting Pottawattamie Lake on the north.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0351.jp2"}, "352": {"fulltext": "276\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nAlonzo Bennett was the first president of the village.\\nJacob Gerrish was president in 1838 and trea.surer in\\n1839. The corporation lapsed about 1840. The village\\nwas again incorporated in 1869, as noticed farther on.\\nAs near as can be ascertained the postmasters have been\\nas follows Dr. Reuben Pierce, Jacob Gerrish, Thomas\\nOomins, Alonzo Bennett, Dwight Plympton, Alonzo Ben-\\nnett, Joseph M. Goodrich, and George R. Weed, who is\\nthe present incumbent.\\nThe second act of incorporation was approved April 3,\\n1869, and the election for officers was hold April 5th of\\nthe same year at the school-house in the village. The\\nresult was as follows Sadler Butler, President George F.\\nCollett, Recorder James McCarter, Frederick Gerdes,\\nDavid Terwilliger, Harry H. Gilbert, Ludwig Lubke, and\\nDwight Plympton, Trustees; John McGlavin, Treasurer.\\nLIST OF OFJTCEES.\\nPi-esideiiti.\u00e2\u0080\u0094lS70, Sadler Butler; 1871-72, Ransom S. Hastings; 187. i,\\nHenry P. Nourse; 1874, Alonzo Bennett; 1875, Henry Liefkien\\n1876-77, George Weimer; 1878, Alonzo Bennett; 1879, John V.\\nPhillips.\\nJtecorders.\u00e2\u0080\u0094iSIO, J. C. Dick; 1871, George D. Butler; 1872, John C.\\nDick; 1873-78, John V. Philips; 1879, Claus H. Scholtz.\\ntreasurers.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1870, William H. Weed; 1871-72, George Weimer;\\n1873-75, Frederick Gerdes; 1876, Christian Guhlstorf; 1877,\\nCharles Kruger; 1878-79, Christian Goldstorf.\\nTniateea.\u00e2\u0080\u0094lS70, L. M. Woodmansce, Albert Kelling; 1871, Alonzo\\nBennett, William Armstrong, Sadler Butler; 1872, Charles\\nKruger, Moses M. Clark, William Mittelman; 1873, Louis Eg-\\ngert, Henry Weigel, Fritz Kamm 1874, Charles Kruger, Herman\\nBeutlen, Henry Liefkien; 1875, Henry Wiegel, Louis Eggert,\\nAlbert Kelling; 1876, Charles Kruger,Henry C. Wiegel, David\\nTerwilliger; 1877, Henry Wiegel, Christian Doll, Jacob Hiler;\\n1878, Charles Deuell, Fritz Kamm, Charles Kruger; 1879, Henry\\nP. Nourse, John Peo, Alonzo Bennett.\\nThe charter was repealed May 28, 1879, to take effect\\nAug. 28, 1879.\\nSCHOOLS.\\nThe first school-house was built of boards, in 1836, and\\nis still standing, owned and occupied by C. H. Sehultz.\\nThe lot is now owned by Mrs. R. L. Phillips. A new\\nschool-house was built on a lot adjoining, which was re-\\nmoved and replaced with a larger, two-story one. The\\nfirst school district was recorded March 15, 1837, known\\nas District No. 1. Francis M. Ames and Irwin McClure,\\ncommissioners of scliools.\\nAt a town-meeting April 19, 1838, it was voted to raise\\n$400 for the payment of teachers wages for that school\\nyear. The inspectors of schools formed Districts Nos. 2, 3,\\nand 4, described as follows\\nDistrict No. 1, consisting of sections 9, 10, 11, 13, 14,\\n15, 22, 23, 24, in township 8 south, range 21 west.\\nDistrict No. 2, consisting of sections 4, 7, 8, 9, 16, 17,\\n18, 19, 20, and 21, township 8 south, range 20 west.\\nDistrict No. 3, consisting of sections 2, 3, 10, 11, 13, 14,\\n15, 22, 23, and 24, township 8 south, range 20 west.\\nDistrict No. 4, consisting of sections 29, 30, 31, 32, in\\ntownship 7 .south, range 20 west sections 5 and 6, town-\\nship 8 south, range 20 west sections 25 and 26, township\\n7 south, range 21 west; and sections 1 and 12, township 8\\nsouth, range 21 west.\\nFeb. 16, 1839, a certificate of (lualification as teacher\\nwas granted to 0. II. Phillips. Miss Mallory commenced\\nteaching school April 17, 1838. She was examined April\\n18, 1838, and received a certificate.\\nOct. 19, 1844, a certificate was granted as teacher to\\nMiss Craney and November 2d, of the same year, to Miss\\nElizabeth Chamberlain. On the 20th of March, 1845,\\nthere was received from the town treasurer $32.25 for\\nlibrary purposes, and May 3d, Hale E. Crosby was ap-\\npointed librarian. Forty-six volumes were purchased.\\nAugust 1st, of the same year, 60 volumes were added,\\nand 21 volumes in 1847, 93 volumes in 1850, and 41 in\\n1851.\\nIn 1847 the districts reported as follows: District No.\\n1, number of children of school age, 109 No. 2, 27 No.\\n3, 32.\\nThe record of apportionments of moneys and books in\\n1848 was. District No. 1, 109 scholars, $32.70, 109 volumes;\\nNo. 2, 27 scholars, $8.10, 29 volumes; No. 3, 32 scholars,\\n$9.60, 35 volumes No. 4, 12 volumes.\\nUpon the organization of Chickaming and Three Oaks,\\nin 1856, a change was made in districts, and a division of\\nthe property was also made, and the several amounts were\\nturned over to the new districts.\\nIn 1865 a report was made as follows: District No. 1,\\nnumber of scholars, 157 received from dog-tax, $54.19.\\nNo. 2, number of scholars, 42 received from dog-tax,\\n$14.17. No. 3, number of scholars, 80 received from\\ndog-tax, $27.61. No. 5, number of scholars, 31 received\\nfrom dog-tax, $11.03.\\nThe report of schools for 1879 showed District No.\\n1, scholars, 230; apportionment money, $111.15; library\\nmoney, $1. No. 2, scholars, 68; apportionment money,\\n$32.85 library money, 29 cents. No. 3, scholars, 77\\napportionment money, $37.20 library money, 33 cents.\\nNo. 4, scholars, 45 apportionment money, $21.73 library\\nmoney, 19 cents.\\nCHURCHES.\\nMethodist Episcopal Church. ^The first class was organ-\\nized at New Buffalo, in 1847, at the school-house.\\nThe following notice is in the journal of Jacob Gerrish\\nSunday, June 24, 1838, Mecks preached in the forenoon\\nJuly 8, 1838, had a sermon from Mr. Meeks, undoubt-\\nedly the Rev. Richard Meek, of Niles Aug. 4, 1838.\\nMeek preached in the morning. Afterwards the Rev.\\nDaniel Smith, of Galena, Floyd Co., lud., preached there.\\nAbout 1844, the Rev. Mr. Kellogg. In 1847-48, Thomas\\nMcCool. Alanson C. Stuart was a contractor and also a\\nlocal preacher. Among the members of the first class were\\nMrs. J. R. C. Brown and J. W. Wilkinson, who was first\\nleader, Geo. Barnes and wife, and Dwight Plympton. Reg-\\nular preaching was not supported until 1852, when the Rev.\\nJ. W. Robinson was stationed there. He was succeeded by\\nthe Revs. A. C. Beach, T. Hcndriok.son, Milo Covey, G. W.\\nChapin, G. A. Van Horn, E. Beard, E. L. Kellogg, J. Hoyt,\\nD. C. Woodward, A. J. Van Wyck, J. S. Hicks, J. 8. Val-\\nentine, A. T. Gray, W. Matthias, E. A. Tanner, G. W.\\nGoslin, and Isaiah Wilson, who is the present pastor.\\nMeetings were held in the school-house and at various\\nplaces. In 1861 and 1862 the present church was built.\\nThe society numbers about 40 members.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0352.jp2"}, "353": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0353.jp2"}, "354": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0354.jp2"}, "355": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF NKW lUIlH- ALO.\\n277\\nGf/nium Eviinydlad CImrch. This climoli wa.s organ-\\nized Nov. 1:5, 1858, by the Kcv. Ciiarles llaaH, of Miclii-\\ngan City. The first pastor was the llev. Ciiarle.s Huffiiiger,\\nsucceeded by Lofflor, Eiiiil Woiiior, Goo. Weiser, Died-\\nrich Behreiis, Daiihuuiiii, Hoch, Christian\\nReiser, and John Sfanger, wiio is the present pastor.\\nThe society numbers at present G-l members. The churcli\\nwas built in 18(52, and finished in IHd;}. Services were\\nheld for some time in tiie building fbrineily used by tlu^\\nCongregational society, on block 21!.\\nBiiptist Church. The society was oi ganized Jutic 3,\\n187G, as a branch society of Union Fier Church, and or-\\nganized as a separate society April 1), 1879. The first\\nmeeting was held at tiie liouse of the Rev. R. II. SpafTord.\\nThe society at first consisted of 19 members, and now num-\\nbers 70. Mr. Spafford is still the pastor. The society pur-\\nchased a dancing-iiall, and converted it into a church. The\\nSunday-sciiool lias VVi pupils, E. D. Rundell, iSupcrin-\\ntcndent. Two branch Sunday-scliools are also connected\\nwith it. Bethel Mission, in Jjaporte Co., Ind., has (i(i pu-\\npils, J. T. Fields, Su|)orintendent. West Road Mi.ssion is\\nalso in Laporte Co., Ind., and has 78 pupils, E. Rundell\\nis Superintendent.\\nSt. Maryg Church of Ihi; liiiiiuiciilalt: Coitci /ilioii.\\nThe (Jatholic church at New Bulfalo was built in 1858 by\\nFather De Neve, and completed in 18(j(l.\\nIt was blessed by Father Cappon, assisted by Father\\nSteiner. It stands on the northwest corner of Buffalo and\\nWhittakor Streets. Its communicants include about 1(5\\nfamilies.\\nSOCIKTIEH.\\nIlarmonia Lodyc, No. 144, 0. O. F. This society\\nwas orgaiuzed Aug. 11, 1871, and contains at present 27\\nmembers. It is composed entirely of Germans, Albert\\nKelling is the Noble Grand.\\nNew Buffalo Lodge, No. 84, 0. O. .\u00e2\u0080\u0094This lo lge\\nwas organized July 18, 1861, and has at present lid mem-\\nbers, David I envilleyn, Noble Grand.\\nNew Jiiiffato L ucamprnenl, No. 79, J. O. O. F., or-\\nganized in 1877. Has at present 22 members, Claus H.\\nSchotz, Chief Patriarch.\\nWorkiwj Men s Association of New Buffalo. This so-\\nciety was organized in October, 1877, and is composed en-\\ntirely of Germans. It numbers 43 members, Fritz Kamm,\\nPresident.\\n|{|o(;rai HI(jal sketches.\\nJOHN MURRAV.\\nJames Murray, the father of the subject of this sketch,\\nwas born in Ireland, on the 81st day of March, 1800, and\\nemigrated to the State of New York when eighteen years\\nold. His wife, whose maiden name was Slater, was born in\\nRhode Island, on the 3d day of December, 1800. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Murray were married on the 19th day of March,\\n1824, and the former departed this life on tin. ]5tli day of\\nSeptember, 1840.\\nJohn Murray was the oldest of his father s family. He\\nwas born in Owasco, (Jayuga Co., N. Y., and moved to\\nHuron Co., Ohio, when about seven years of age. After\\nhis father s death lie remained with his mother, taking\\ncharge of the property and keeping the family together.\\nFeb. 1, 1849, at the age of twenty-four, he married Amanda\\nM., daughter of Richard and Abigail Allison. She was a\\nnative of Warwick, Orange Co., N. Y., born March 31,\\n1831, and, with her parents, went to Peru, Huron (Jo.,\\nOhio, when she was about two years old. Mr. Murray\\nfarmed in Ohio for five years, when lie moved to Michigan,\\nand bought the farm where he now resides. His first pur-\\nchase consisted of ninety-two and a half acres, to which he\\nafterwards added forty-eight acres. He also owns a farm in\\nthe State of Indiana. Four children have been born to\\nMr. and Mrs. Murray, viz. Cecelia, born in Ohio, Jan. 15,\\n1850; Cordelius, born in Ohio, Jan. 10, 1853 (died Oct.\\n20,1854); Viola M., born in Michigan, May 22, 1800;\\nGiiievra A., born in Michigan, Dec. 15, I8(i3 (died May\\n22, 1805). The two surviving children are botli married\\nand settled near the old homestead. Mr. Murray s advan-\\ntages for an early education were limited. Schools at that\\ntime were jioorly taught, and he was enabled to attend only\\na short time during the winUM- terms, in Novembiir, 18(i 1,\\nMr. Murray enlisted in the United States service, and was\\nenrolled in (Jomjiany H, 9th Michigan Infantry, remaining\\nwitli the army until the close of the war. Hi; never wished\\nto be elected to any public office, and eonseijuently never\\nheld any. In politics ho is a Reiiublican in niligion, a\\nliberal. Mrs. Murray was at ono time connected with tin;\\nChristian Church. Mr. Murray learned early in life that\\nthe road to success is one open only to strong hands and\\nwilling hearts. He early established methodical business\\nhabits, and his energy and jierseviTanee hav(! rciid(!ri^d his\\nlife a success.\\nRichard Allison, father of Mrs. Amanda M. Murray, was\\nborn at Warwick, Orange Co., N. Y., Jan. 29, 1799. His\\nwife, Abigail Brooks, was born in Hrooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 0,\\n1801. In her youth she was considered one of the best\\nsingers in Brooklyn, and for a number of years was loader\\nof the choir in one (jf the churches in that city. Her mar-\\nriage to Richard Allison took place July 19, 1828. The\\nchildren of this marriage were eight in number, but of them\\nonly two are now living, namely, Mrs. Amanda M. Murray\\nand Mrs. Plxjebo J. Camp, of Wakeshma, Kalamazoo (Jo.,\\nMich. Mrs. Allison died in Peru, Huron Co., Ohio, May\\n24, 1842. In 1805, Mr. Allison moved IVonj Ohio to\\nMichigan, and died there Jan. 18, 1807.\\nRICHARD PillLLII S\\nwas born on (he 20tli day of (Jctober, 1810, in the county\\nof (JxCordshire, England. At the age of twenty-two he\\nemigrated to Halifax, Nova Scotia, but only remained there\\nduring one winter. He then proceeded to (Janada, where\\nhe stayed about two years, going from tliere to Buffalo,\\nN. Y., in 1834. He came to New Buffalo in 1835, in the\\nemploy of Mr. Nelson Willard, who brought the first load\\nof dry goods ever landed at the place. (Jn the lltli day\\nof November, 1839, Mr. Phillips was married to Mary\\ndaughter of J. R. C. and Jane Brown, of Virginia. (Jf", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0355.jp2"}, "356": {"fulltext": "278\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nthis union have been born six children, viz. Charles L.,\\nborn Aug. 22, 1840; Mary J., born Feb. 26, 1842, died\\nMay 21, 1858; Elizabeth, born October 31st, died same\\nday Sarah A., born Dec. 8, 1844 Catherine E., born\\nDec. 17, 1846; and Emma A., born April 19, 1849.\\nMr. Phillips settled at Michigan City, Ind., soon after his\\nmarriage, where he remained six months. He then moved\\nhis family to Hudson, Ind., and at the end of another six\\nmonths, to Laporte, in the same State. He remained\\nGreen Bay, in 1848. He remained at this employment\\nfor two years, but his health growing worse instead of bet-\\nter, he was obliged to abandon his life on the lake. Mr.\\nPhillips was originally a Whig in politics, but subsequently\\njoined the Republican party, who.se principles he ever sup-\\nported with all the firmness of chnracter and tenacity of\\npurpose for which he was distinguished. He represented\\nhis township as clerk and supervisor, attending to the\\nduties of the latter position when unable to walk, being\\nRICHARD PHILLIPS.\\nMRS. RICHARD PHILLIPS.\\nthere until 1842, when he returned to New Buffalo. After\\nstaying there until 1845, he returned to Michigan City,\\nbut in 1847 he made his last move baclv, and located him-\\nself permanently at New Buffalo. Until this time he had\\nbeen engaged in the mercantile business, but in 1847 he\\nengaged as clerk on a steamboat, thinking the change would\\nbe beneficial to his health, as he was a great sufferer from\\ndisease. He served as clerk of the steamboats Detroit\\nand Sam Ward, running on the latter from Chicago to\\nSt. Joseph, in 1847, and on the former from Chicago to\\naccompanied by his faithful wife as he rode to and fro in\\nhis buggy. Mr. Phillips, after many years of intense suf-\\nfering from rheumatic gout, died on the 15th day of De-\\ncember, 1868. Both he and Mrs. Phillips were devoted\\nmembers of the Protestant Episcopal Church. After her\\nhusband s death, Mrs. Phillips successfully managed her\\naflfairs, keeping the fiimily together until one after another\\nof her children were settled in married life. She has lived\\nto see them all well established in the world, and now re-\\nsides on the lot adjoining the old homestead.\\nCHAPTER XXXVIII.\\nORONOKO TO\\\\raSHIP.*\\nLocation and Natural Features Berrien Springs Village and Early\\nSettlers Early Village Proprietors Pioneer Merehants Pioneer\\nManufacturers Early Public-Hou^es^Steamboats on the St. Jo-\\nseph Physicians Berrien Grays Post-Offices and Postmasters\\nVillage Organization Interior Pioneers Township Organization\\nand Township Officers Churches Cemeteries Schools Manufac-\\nturing Industries Orders and Societies.\\nLOCATION AND NATURAL FEATURES.\\nThis township, designated as town 6 south, range 18\\nwest, is located in the midst of the fertile region which\\nborders the St. Joseph River, and which is widely noted as\\na great fruit-producing territory. Oronoko is bounded on\\nthe north by Royalton, on the south by Buchanan, on the\\nBy David Schwartz.\\neast by Berrien, from which it is separated by the St.\\nJoseph River, and on the west by Lake. The rivei -bot-\\ntoms, once held in high esteem by the early settlers in\\nOronoko, and found very productive, were liable to fre-\\nquent overflow, and, although fertile, were ultimately aban-\\ndoned by the hu.sbandman. The surface of the township\\nis undulating, and the soil being generally susceptible of\\nhigh cultivation, the farming population is, as a class, a\\nprosperous community. Small fruits are grown in abun-\\ndance, and in the cultivation especially of grapes the farm-\\ners find a thriving and profitable industry. Wolf s Prairie,\\na tract of about 1000 acres, occupied in part by the vil-\\nlage of Berrien Sj)rings, is a fruitful plain, and is the only\\nprairie in the county save that of Bertrand.\\nThere are yet no railway lines entering the town,ship, but\\nrailway projects looking to that end have been urged, and\\nindeed in some cases have made some progress, although", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0356.jp2"}, "357": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF ORONOKO.\\n279\\nfailure has thus far attended all efforts in that direction.\\nStage communication with Niles and St. Joseph is a daily\\nconvenience, while a steamboat packet makes daily trips\\nup the river from St. Joseph.\\nBERRIEN .SPRIXGS VILL.^GE AND EARLY SETTLERS.\\nThe spot now occupied by Berrien Springs was origi-\\nnally known as Wolf s Prairie, and hither came John Pike,\\nwith a large family (his wife and eight children), in the\\nsummer of 1829. Pike was originally from North Caro-\\nlina, and later from Ohio and Indiana, whence he came to\\nMichigan. Stopping at Carey Mission a few weeks, he\\npushed on down the river, with his family and household\\ngoods in a pirogue, to Wolf s Prairie. That part of the\\ncountry had not been surveyed, and Pike had pre-empted a\\nfew acres on the river-bottom. The land he cleared, and\\nupon which he put up a log house, is now occupied by a\\nportion of the Shaker farm. Pike was the first white\\nsettler in what is now Oronoko township, and for a year\\nafter their arrival his family were the only occupants of the\\nterritory. Pike stayed until 1832 (although he sold out to\\nGeo. Kimmel in 1831), and removed to Royalton, where\\nhe died There still lives his son William, him.self a\\npioneer.\\nIn the year of Pike s settlement 1829 George Kimmel,\\nof Somerset Co., Pa., visited Wolf s Prairie on a prospect-\\ning tour, and, fancying the country, entered about 300\\nacres lying thereabout. He returned to Pennsylvania,\\nhowever, and did not settle upon his now purchase until\\ntwo years afterwards.\\nIn 1830, Francis B. Murdock, a son-in-law of George\\nKimmel, received from the latter 120 acres of the land tract\\non Wolf s Prairie, and, with his family, consisting of wife\\nand one child, set out in that year from Bedford, Pa., for\\nhis new possessions. The journey was made in part on a\\nraft, upon which the family floated down the Dowagiac and\\nSt. Joseph Rivers. Murdock put up a log house near the\\nsite of the James Graham place, and divided his time be-\\ntween clearing his land and practicing law whenever oppor-\\ntunity offered. He was the first lawyer to practice in Ber-\\nrien County, though the practice was limited, and was\\nappointed judge of probate in 1833. In consequence of\\nhis wife s ill health, he removed southward in 1835, and\\nultimately to San Jose, Cal., where he now resides. His\\ndaughter, Eliza, born in October, 1831, was the first white\\nchild born in what is now Oronoko township. She after-\\nwards married Mr. Clifton Gardner, and still lives at Ber-\\nrien Springs. Mr. Murdock s son, George H., who is the\\neditor of the Berrien County Journal, came to Wolf s\\nPrairie with his father and mother, at which time he was\\nbut one year old. With Pitt Brown and Horace Godfrey,\\nMr. Murdock the elder was an original proprietor of the\\nvillage of Berrien Springs.\\nGeorge Kimmel, to whom reference has already been\\nmade, returned to Wolf s Prairie in May, 1831, with two\\nsons Wellington and John and several laboring men.\\nAmong the latter was Jacob Shoemaker. Mr. Kimmel\\ncleared land upon what is now known as the Shaker farm,\\nand after preparing for their comfortable maintenance, went\\nback for his wife and other children, in June, 1833. He\\nput up on Lemon Creek, in 1832, the first saw-mill in\\nthe settlement. The frame of that mill still forms a part\\nof Ransom Martin s grist-mill. Kimmel resided in Oro-\\nnoko until his death. One of his daughters is Mrs. Peter\\nKephart. George Kimmel was in his day one of the great\\nland-owners of the West, being at one time the proprietor\\nof upwards of 10,000 acres in the State of Michigan alone.\\nHe died in January, 1849.\\nPitt Brown, a man of note in the county, came from\\nVenice, near Sandusky, Ohio, in the summer of 1831, with\\nhis two children and his nephew, Horace Godfrey (Brown\\nand Godfrey having been millers together at Sandusky).\\nThey floated down from Dowagiac on a raft, and landed at\\nthe foot of the hill, near the present Ferry Street bridge,\\nin July. Brown and Godfrey had entered, in partnership,\\n80 acres of land near the river, and upon the spot now oc-\\ncupied by Stowe s bowl-factory, where they put up a log\\nshanty. This edifice was soon enlarged, and Pitt Brown\\nopened there the first tavern in the township, and about the\\nsame time put a scow ferry-boat on the river at that point.\\nBrown was appointed the first postmaster, commanded the\\nsteamer Davy Crockett for a while, was supervisor of\\nBerrien township from 1833 to 1841, and occupied alto-\\ngether an important place in the early history of Berrien\\nCounty. He kept store a few years in company with\\nRobert E. Ward, and with him also established a distillery.\\nHe retired from business in 1840, took up his residence\\nnear where the Defield House stands, and died in 1842.\\nHis widow still lives in Berrien Springs.\\nHorace Godfrey, who came to Berrien County with Pitt\\nBrown, went back to Sandusky shortly afterwards, married\\nand returned to Berrien, where he busied himself a brief\\nspace of time in farming, and removed eventually to Lake\\ntownship, where he died and where his widow still lives.\\nLyman A. Barnard, a neighbor and fellow-workman with\\nPitt Brown in Venice, Ohio, left that place in 1828, and,\\nwith Abraham Townsend, made his home in what is now\\ncalled Pokagon, Cass Co. February 14th of that year he\\nwent, with Mr. Townsend and others, to a place now known\\nas La Grange Prairie, and there Mr. Townsend christened\\nthe new tract in honor of La Grange, the family home of\\nGen. Lafayette. Barnard and Townsend remained upon\\nthe place and began to cultivate the soil. In 1830, Bar-\\nnard made his first visit to Wolf s Prairie, and during the\\nensuing two years labored more or less at La Grange Prairie.\\nIn 1832 he built a fifteen-ton sloop, named it the Dart,\\nhauled it with ox-teams overland to the St. Joseph River\\nat Niles, and then floated down to St. Joseph. He sailed\\nthe Dart eight months between St. Joseph and Chicago,\\nwhen, his health failing, he left the lake and went up the\\nriver. He took service with Pitt Brown, as clerk and fer-\\nryman, and eventually married Brown s sister. He bought\\nthe ferry from Brown and established a rope-ferry, to the\\ngreat convenience of travelers. Mr. Barnard has been a\\nresident of Berrien Springs since 1832. In 1847, Dr.\\nBarnard became a practicing physician in the village, and\\nfor a long time enjoyed honorable distinction in his profes-\\nsion. His home is still in the village, but he has latterly\\ntaken no active part in public affairs.\\nR. E. Ward came to the village in 1835, from Albany,", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0357.jp2"}, "358": {"fulltext": "280\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nN. Y., enj^aged in business with Pitt Brown, eventually\\nfailed, and moved to Detroit, where he died. Ward is said\\nto have christened the place Berrien Springs, a name tluit\\nit has borne since about 1840.\\nGeorge Brong, a New Yorker, opened the first black-\\nsmith-shop in this vicinity, in 1834, just below where the\\nBefield House now stands. He remained about four years,\\nand then removed, with his family, to Weesaw township,\\nwhere he died.\\nStephen Wood came from New York State in 1834, with\\nhis family, and located on the river s bank below the site\\nof the Defield House. Wood was a carpenter, and after\\nfollowing his trade for some time removed to a farm near\\nthe village, and there lived until his death. His wife was\\none of Pitt Brown s sisters. One of his daughters married\\nJames M. Piatt; another is now living in Niles.\\nBurr Benton, from Ohio, who came hither about 1832,\\nis referred to as having been a sort of a constable. He\\noccupied a small piece of land back of where the Defield\\nHouse stands. After a sojourn of about six years he re-\\nmoved to Buchanan, and thence to Wccsaw, where he died.\\nStephen Leonard, a young man, came to the village in\\n1833, from New York, in company with Susan Taylor, an\\nelderly lady, sister to Lyman A. Barnard s step-mother.\\nThey occupied a place near the present Warren Howe place,\\non Ferry Street. Leonard worked among the settlers at\\nwhatever he could find to do, and after a residence of about\\nfifteen years went farther west. Susan Taylor died in\\nBerrien Springs.\\nJacob Shoemaker, already mentioned as having come to\\nWolf s Prairie with George Kimmel, worked for Kimmel\\na while, and then engaged in boating on the river. He\\nbought about two acres of land in the Indian Fields, and\\nuntil 1850 was a boatman and gardener by turns, moving\\nin the year named to the far West.\\nJoel Davis, whose mother was Pitt Brown s first wife,\\ncame to Berrien shortly after Brown s advent, and busied\\nhimself with the cultivation of a few acres of land lying\\nbelow the hill. He died a few years after his arrival.\\nJohn Ackerman and John Armstrong, brothers-in-law to\\nAdam Small, came, with their families, from Bedford Co.,\\nPa., to Berrien Springs in 1836. Ackerman bought a\\nsmall place in the village, and worked at farming until his\\ndeath, in 1854. His widow now lives on the old place.\\nArmstrong was a carpenter, and worked at his trade in the\\nvillage until 1852, when he went to California to seek his\\nfortune. For a time he communicated with his family, but\\nhis communications ceased after a brief space, and to this\\nday Mrs. Armstrong, who lives in Berrien Springs, has\\nheard nothing more from him or about him.\\nTIziel Williams, then a young man, came from Ypsilanti,\\nMich., in the fall of 1835, and opened a tailor s shop in a\\nlog cabin that stood upon the ground now occupied by the\\nDefield House. He followed the business five or six years,\\nand then moved upon a farm west of the village. Shortly\\nafterwards he went to Missouri and there died. Orrin\\nWood, brother of Stephen Wood, the carpenter, had a shoe-\\nmaker s shop in the log cabin occupied by Williams the\\ntailor. He was there for four years, when he died. None\\nof his descendants are known to be living in the township.\\nJames M. Watson, now a justice of the peace at Berrien\\nSprings, came to the village from St. Joseph in 1838, and\\nwas employed as engineer by R. K. Ward, at his distillery\\non the river. Wat.son was a skillful engineer, and after\\nleaving the distillery served on the river as engineer on the\\nMatilda Barney, Davy Crockett, Pocahontas, In-\\ndiana, Algoma, Niles, and other famous river craft.\\n0. N. Bostwick, a man somewhat advanced in years, and\\nthe father-in-law of R. E. Ward and Dr. Murray, was in\\nthe employment of Brown Ward, as clerk and book-\\nkeeper, in 183G, and died after two years .spent in their\\nservice.\\nJohn L. Schell, a brother of George Schell, who came\\nfrom Penn.sylvania in 1835, left his home in Bedford Co.,\\nPa., in the fall of 1835, and located in Berrien Springs.\\nIn 1837 he moved to Berrien township.\\nDavid Shoemaker, a potter, came to Berrien Springs in\\n1836, in company with Ackerman and Arm.strong, and here\\nremained with his family about two years, doing odd jobs.\\nHe removed to Berrien township in 1838, and his wife\\ndying in 1844, he returned to Pennsylvania.\\nEli Hill was a man of considerable prominence in the\\nvillage about the year 1836, when he came from Avon,\\nN. Y., and purcha.sed the larger portion of the tract occu-\\npied by Berrien village. He made some building improve-\\nments, and was engaged in erecting a hotel upon the lot\\nnow occupied by Kephart s drug-store, when he died,\\nabout 1840.\\nOne Gibbs came to Berrien about 1835, and after a resi-\\ndence of a year or two moved to Illinois.\\nGeorge Ewalt and George Essick came to the village\\ntogether from Bedford Co., Pa., in 1836, both being young\\nmen without families. Ewalt was a carpenter, and worked\\nat his trade in the village until 1856, when he moved to a\\nfarm a mile and a half west of the Springs, where he still\\nresides. Ewalt married a daughter of William Lemon.\\nE.ssick was a tailor, and for a time pursued his calling in\\nthe village. Shortly after 1858 he opened the hotel built\\nby Eli Hill, on Ferry Street, and after he ceased to be a\\nlandlord he became a tinner. He resided in the village\\nuntil his death. Two of his daughters Mrs. Henry D.\\nHowe and Sophronia Essick live in the town.\\nEARLY VILLAGE PROPRIETORS.\\nBerrien Springs village was originally known as Berrien,\\nand as such was surveyed and platted, in August, 1831, by\\nSamuel Marrs, deputy surveyor, for the proprietors, Pitt\\nBrown, Horace Godfrey, and Francis B. Murdock. When\\nR. E. Ward located in the village, in 1835, he called the\\nplace Berrien Springs (and had its name changed by the\\npost-office department), because of the presence near there,\\non the east bank of the river, of sulphur and other medi-\\ncated springs and by that name it has been commonly\\nknown since. These springs, it may be remarked, contain val-\\nuable properties, but their present inaccessibility, by reason\\nof being located in a marshy district, impairs their useful-\\nness. Measures are on foot, however, looking to the opening\\nof easy and convenient communication.\\nIn 1837 the village was designated as the county-seat of\\nBerrien, and naturally this important accession gave its af-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0358.jp2"}, "359": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OP ORONOKO.\\n281\\nfairs a healthful and vigorous impetus, which has continued\\nto make the community moderately prosperous.\\nPIONEER MERCHANTS.\\nAbout the year 1831, Thomas Love and Edward Bal-\\nlengee came from Virginia, and opened a store in a small\\nlog house which they put up on the hill near where the\\nDefield House stands. In 1832 their log store was de-\\nstroyed by fire, and directly afterwards they built a frame\\nstore on the river s bank, at what is now the west end of\\nthe bridge. The two stores named were small affairs, and\\nin 1831: Love Ballengee erected near their second store\\na third one, of considerable pretensions to size. The firm\\nsold out, in 1836 or 1837, to Andrew J. Murray John\\nWittenmeyer. The latter had previously kept store in the\\nbuilding opposite Love Ballengee, where Pitt Brown\\nR. E. Ward opened a store about 1835. Brown Ward\\nfailed, and, as related, Wittenmeyer succeeded them, pur-\\nchasing the stock of goods that John F. Porter, of St.\\nJoseph, had sent to Berrien Springs, to be sold by Adam\\nSmall, a clerk for Brown Ward.\\nWhen Wittenmeyer bought out Love Ballengee he took\\nin Dr. Andrew J. Murray as a partner. They sold out to\\nW. G. Person, of Niles, who was in turn succeeded by B.\\nD. Townsend. Townsend kept the store about eighteen\\nmonths, and then sold to his clerk, James M. Piatt. Piatt\\nclosed the building, and, following the tide of civilization,\\ntook a store on the hill upon the site now occupied by the\\nReed House. Townsend had built the store, and C. W.\\nAngell kept it for a while. Piatt moved it to the corner\\nwhere he afterwards put up his fine brick block, and upon\\nthe erection of the latter removed the frame structure to\\nthe adjoining lot. It is now occupied by N. J. Davis as a\\nstore. The store at the foot of the hill, built by Love\\nBallengee and closed by Piatt, was eventually moved to the\\ntop of the hill, and forms now a part of the store of P.\\nKephart Son. Mr. Piatt continued in the mercantile\\ntrade in Berrien Springs until his death, in 1874.\\nAiken, Smith Co. kept a small store on the hill after\\n1842. In 1843, Dr. Philip Kephart (who settled in Ber-\\nrien Springs in 1841) opened a general store, and has been\\na store-keeper in the village ever since. In 1848, Thomas\\nL. Stevens R. W. Landon opened a store in the frame\\nbuilding built by the Sons of Temperance, upon the lot\\nopposite Piatt s corner.\\nMr. William Dougherty, now residing on a farm near\\nBerrien Springs, came to the village from Washington city,\\nin 1838, with a stock of goods, built a store on Ferry Street,\\nat the top of the hill, and from 1838 to 1843 carried on\\nbusiness as a merchant. For a time he retired from trade,\\nbut resumed it in 1852, and continued at his old stand\\nfrom that date until 1865, since which time he has been\\nliving in retirement.\\nPIONEER MANUFACTURERS.\\nAs already narrated, George Kimmel put up in 1832, on\\nLemon Creek, the pioneer saw-mill. There was a lot on\\nthe river-bank donated by the town proprietors for a saw-\\nmill lot, and upon it, about 1833, Pitt Brown and R. E.\\nWard built a saw-mill, which, however, they put to little\\nif any use, their object in erecting the structure being\\n36\\ndoubtless to avail them.selves of the benefit of the donation.\\nThe property was idle most of the time until 1838, when\\nWard Brown converted it into a distillery, in which R.\\nC. Payne, of Nilcs, was also interested. A grist-mill was\\nadded, but proved a failure. The distillery passed into the\\npossession of Wm. P. McOmber, and lastly to Garrow,\\nSmith Co.\\nThe history of the early attorneys and physicians, and of\\nthe press, will be found in the general chapters.\\nEARLY PUBLIC-HOUSES.\\nPitt Brown was the pioneer tavern-keeper of this sec-\\ntion, and between the years 1831 and 1840 his hostelry,\\nbelow the hill on the river-bank, was a popular resort, known\\nfar and wide. After Brown retired from business, Jacob\\nStatler was the landlord, and after him David Wilson, fol-\\nlowing whose retirement the building was destroyed by\\nfire.\\nJohn Defield built the first tavern, on the hill, in 1842.\\nThe house is still known as the Defield House, and is\\nowned by his widow. Eli Hill, who became the proprietor\\nof the town in 1836, by purchase of the interests of Pitt\\nBrown, Horace Godfrey, and Francis B. Murdock, began\\nin 1836 to build a hotel on the corner now occupied by\\nP. Kephart as a drug-store. Hill died before he could\\nfinish the structure, which was not completed until several\\nyears afterwards, and not opened as a hotel until 1859,\\nwhen Geo. Essick became the landlord. He was succeeded\\nby Andrew Marrs, in 1861, and Marrs sold in turn to Robert\\nWickoff, during whose time the place was burned. A wing\\nof the building was saved, and moved by one Carey to\\nwhere the Reed House now stands. Carey kept tavern in\\nit, and in 1870 sold to Otis Reed, who added to it, and\\nmade the present Reed House of it.\\nSTEAMBOATS ON THE ST. JOSEPH.\\nThe Steamer Newburyport, owned by Capt. White, of\\nBuffalo, and commanded by Capt. Samuel Woodford, navi-\\ngated the St. Joseph River in 1832, and was the first boat\\nto reach Berrien Springs. She attempted to go as far as\\nNiles, but grounded, and returned to St. Joseph in a dam-\\naged condition. Later she was put in the trade between\\nSt. Joseph and Chicago, and after making a few trips\\nwent ashore and broke in pieces. In 1833 the Matilda\\nBarney, commanded at one time by Ebenezer E. Farley,\\ntraded as high up the river as South Bend and in 1834\\nthe Davy Crockett, whose captain for a time was Pitt\\nBrown, appeared as a rival to the Barney. The river\\ntrade was considerable then, and at a point opposite Ber-\\nrien Springs Eli Ford built a great warehouse, where con-\\nsiderable freight for the interior was landed, and where\\nvast quantities of the products of the surrounding agricul-\\ntural region were taken for shipment down the river. The\\nBarney and Crockett were in commission for some\\ntime, and managed to make river history somewhat ani-\\nmated. Following those boats were the Pocahontas,\\nIndiana, Algoma, Niles, and others, all famous in\\ntheir day.\\nPHYSICIANS.\\nAndrew J. Murray, who was a partner also with Mr.\\nWittenmeyer as storekeeper at Berrien Springs, was the first", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0359.jp2"}, "360": {"fulltext": "282\\nHISTORY OP BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\npliysioian iu the village. He opened an office in 183{\\nwhere ^Ir. J. Shearer now lives, at the corner of Marrs and\\nMechanic Streets. Mr. Murray practiced in Herrieu\\nSprings until 1839 or 1840, when he removed to St. Joseph,\\nand subsequently to Niles, where he died. He is still re-\\nmembered as an excellent physician and worthy citizen.\\nDr. Chamberlain came in 1837, and became associated in\\npractice with Dr. Murray, but remained only a year, when\\nho removed to Michigan City, Ind. He now resides in\\nElkhart, Ind. In 1841, Philip Kephart engaged in the\\npractice of medicine at the Springs, but continued it\\nactively only until 1843, when he engaged in mercantile\\npursuits. Since 1843, Mr. Kephart has been in business\\nin the village, and is now, as he has been for years, one of\\nthe loading merchants of the place.\\nEli Hill, who purchased considerable ]ir(ipi rly in the vil-\\nlage in 1836, practiced medicine occasionally until his death,\\nin 1840, although he did not aim to be a regularly prac-\\nticing physician. In 1843, C. C. Wallin opened an office,\\nand remained until 1849. He is now living in Chicago.\\nCharles W. Angell practiced from 184(5-49, and in 1847\\nLyman A. Barnard (still living in Berrien Spring.s) became\\none of the village physicians. Between 1849 and 1850\\nhe had the field to himself. S. C. Bartholomew, Dr. Bar-\\nnard s contemporary, came in 1850 and practiced until his\\ndeath, in 1858. Meanwhile J. L. Bugbee practiced one\\nseason, and in 1851, Dr. Henry Leader came in and re-\\nmained until 1800, when he removed to Pokagon, where\\nhe died. Subsequently the physicians were B. F. Dela-\\njilaine, J. S. Fowler, H. J. Wilcox, W. F. Mason, Edward\\nHall, Dr. Hayes, J. D. Bowman, Dr. Ludwig, J. S. Mar-\\ntin, S. T. Armstrong, W. F. Reiber, 0. Wheeler, and T.\\nW. Anderson. The last two named are now (September,\\n1879) the practicing physicians of Berrien Springs.\\nTHE liKRIUEN GRAYS.\\nIn 1845 military ardor permeated the bosoms of some\\nof the eminent citizens of Berrien Springs, and as a conse-\\nquence they formed a militia company, enrolled it in the\\nservice of the State, and urged the enterprise forward with\\ngreat vigor. The company was called the Berrien Grays,\\nand elected, at the organization, Jacob Statler captain hiZra\\nD. Wilson and George Kimmel, lieutenants. J. M. Wat-\\nson was orderly sergeant Adam Small, drummer and\\nUziel Williams, fifer. The company uniform was gray,\\ntrimmed with black, and, it is said, made a showy appjar-\\nance. The Grays enjoyed frequent parades, and became\\nlocally famous but the vigorous enthusiasm wliioh attended\\nthe birth of the command lessened as time advanced, and\\nwithin a few years grew so feeble that the organization\\npassed out of existence.\\nTUE KIVHR FERRY.\\nPitt Brown was the first one to put on a ferry at the\\nvillage. He started it in 1831, and continued it several\\nyears, when Lyman A. Barnard, who had been doing the\\nwork upon it, bought the business and put on a rope-ferry.\\nJohn DcCeld and Jacob Statler followed Barnard, Statler\\noperating it until 1844, when the building of a bridge at\\nthat point put an end to the ferry.\\nThe first man to cross Pitt Brown s ferry was, to use\\nPitt s own expression, a boy. At all events, when Brown\\nput his boat off from the Berrien Springs shore on its first\\ntrip, it had aboard Amos Farley and a lad named E. A.\\nBrown (brother to Darius Brown). Hello, my lad, ex-\\nclaimed Mr. Brown, you are the first man ever carried\\nover this ferry, and a good deal of an honor it is to you in\\nthe bargain.\\nPOST-OFFICES AND POSTMASTERS.\\nA post-office was established in 1831, and Pitt Brown\\nappointed postmaster. He kept the office in the bar of his\\ntavern, which stood at the foot of Ferry Street, upon the\\nsite of Stowe s bowl-factory. At that time there was but\\nlittle postal business transacted at this point, for the charge\\nof two shillings postage made letter-writing too great a\\nluxury to be indulged in except upon urgent necessity.\\nBerrien was then a mail-station on the route between\\nNiles and St. Joseph, and the passage of the river was ef-\\nfected by means of a ferry. It happened, one day in early\\nwinter, while Lyman A. Barnard was operating a rope-\\nferry at that point, that Mr. Huston, the mail-carrier, ar-\\nrived from Niles at the river s bank, and found the stream\\nso choked with ice that the ferry-boat could not cro.ss, while\\nthe ice barrier was too thin to permit the passage of a man\\nover its surface. In this emergency Barnard got the mail\\nover by crossing on the ferry-boat rope and pushing the\\nmail-bag before him, it being understood, however, that\\nBarnard didn t walk the rope he simply sat astride of\\nit, and drew himself along with his hands.\\nAlthough the mail was over, the carrier was still on the\\nwrong side of the river, and likely to stop there. Pitt\\nBrown bargained, therefore, with Barnard to carry the mail\\nto St. Joseph and before setting out the latter repaired to\\nBrown, early in the morning, to be sworn in as mail-carrier.\\nBrown was in bed, and upon Barnard s entrance sat up and\\nthus delivered the form of oath You swear by the eter-\\nnal God to carry the mail to St. Joseph that you will not\\nopen it and that you will deliver it to no man but the post-\\nuiiistcr at St. Joseph. Barnard-set out upon his journey,\\nbut had not gone f;ir when he was overtaken by Brown,\\nwho said that upon reflection he had concluded to go on to\\nSt. Joseph him.self, and so they both conveyed the mail in\\nsafety to its destination. Whether Brown thought the\\noath administered to Barnard was not strong enough, or\\nwhether ho thought he was exceeding his prerogative in\\nappointing a mail-carrier, are matters of conjecture, for he\\nnever explained. It is only certain that he saw the mail\\nsafely conveyed to its destination. Brown was the post-\\nmaster until his death, in 1842. During his time, upon a\\npetition started by R. E. Ward, the name of the post-office\\nwas changed to Berrien Springs. Upon Brown s death the\\noffice passed to Thomas Love, who was succeeded in 1845\\nby George Essiek, who kept tavern on what is now the site\\nof Kophart s drug-store. Joseph Faulker, who opened the\\nfirst harness-shop in Berrien Springs, succeeded Essiek in\\n1849, and held the office until his death, in 1853, when\\nAdam Small, who had served as deputy under Pitt Brown\\nand Thomas Jjove, was appointed, and continued until 1860.\\nLyman A. Barnard was postmaster from 1860 to 1870,", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0360.jp2"}, "361": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OP OllONOKO.\\n283\\nsave for a period of six months, when D. G. W. Gaufrlor\\nwas the appointee, and to him suececdod Sylvester Smitli.\\nTlie latter gave way in lS7ii to Fred. McOriihcr, tiic jjix s-\\ncnt incumbent.\\nThe business of the office durin;^ the f|uarter ending\\nJune 30, 1879, was: Amount received for sale of stamps,\\n$242.98 money-orders issued, $589:!. 78 mom^y-ordcrs\\npaid, $1(!(;7.42.\\nvii.i,A ;i oiuj.vNiZA i ioN.\\nIJerrien Springs was incorporated Oct. 15, 18tili. On\\nthe 26th of August, 18ti3, 73 citizens applied to tlie board\\nof supervisors for a village charter, and against this applica-\\ntion, on October 10th, nine citizens entered a remonstrance.\\nThe former petition was granted, however, and Oct. 15,\\n18G3, Berrien Springs became an incorporated village. The\\nterritory incorporated is described in the act as follows\\nCommencing at a stake on the left bank of the St. Joseph\\nlliver, in the northern line of Hamilton Street thence\\nrunning south, 48\u00c2\u00b0 west, on the northerly line of .said Ham-\\nilton Street 7^^ chains, to where the northerly line of\\nBluff Street, if extended, would cross the said northerly\\nline of Hamilton Street thence south, 88\u00c2\u00b0 west, HO chains,\\nto the centre of the Berrien and St. Joseph road thence\\ndue south 57^^ chains, to the centre of the Terre Coupee\\nroad thence due east 45y chains, to a .stake on the left\\nbank of the St. Joseph River, from which a sycamore-tree,\\n28 inches in diameter, bears south 27\u00c2\u00b0 west, and is distant\\ntherefrom 21 links; thence following the left bank of the\\nriver to the place of beginning.\\nThe supervisors appointed J. W. llow(!, (!liarles I). Nich-\\nols, and Daniel Terriere to be in.spectors of election, which\\nwas ordered to be held at the court-house on the first Mon-\\nday in December, 1801 At that election Philip Kophart\\nwas chosen President 0. A. Dudley, Clerk and Preston\\nBoon, B. F. Pennell, James M. Piatt, S. G. Armstrong,\\nJames Graham, and Samuel J. Davis, Trustees.\\nThe persons who have served as presidents and clerks of\\nthe village from 1864 to 1879, inclusive, are named as\\nfollows\\nPEESIDENTS.\\n1801, Phili|) Kciihiirt; 18C5-6C, .Iaino8 Graham; 1887-OU, P. Ko|j-\\nhart; 1870, L. A. Barnard; 1S7I, .J. W. llowo; 1872, P. Kop-\\nhart; ]87. i-74, Jamos Graham; 1875, B. F. Pennoll 1876-77,\\nli. D. Uix 1878, Aug. Kephart.\\nOLEKKS.\\n186-1, Daniel Tcrrioro; 1865, G. IT. Murdoak, B. P. Feather; 1866,\\nB. l Feather; 1867, George II. Murdock 1868, J. S. Martin;\\n1869-70, B. F. Feather; 1871, Daniel Chapman; 1872, B. F.\\nFeather; 1873-74, B. M. Wansborough; 1875-78, C. F. Howe.\\nThe officers chosen for 1879 were: President, B. F.\\nPennell Clerk, T. L. Wilkinson Treasurer, George Claar;\\nTrustees, Thomas W. Anderson, H. H. Boon, C. D. Nichols,\\nA. C. Pennell, W. F. lleiber, T. T. Webster; Street Com-\\nmissioner, A. J. Mcatoy; Assessor, S. H.Smith; Con.stable,\\nT. T. Elliott; Marshal and Engineer of Fire Department,\\nJefl erson Dalrymple Poundmaster, Preston Boon.\\nThe village was reincorporated in 18t)7, by Legislative\\nact, and in 1878, for the purpose of receiving power to\\ncontrol li(juor-liccuse matters, it was incorporated under the\\ngeneral law.\\nBerrien Springs contains a population of about 1000\\npeople, and during court-terms presents an es])ecially indus-\\ntrious and lively appearance. Mail communication with\\nNiles and St. Joseph is daily, while there is also tri-weekly\\ncommunication by steam-packet with St. Jo.seph. There\\nhas long been a strong disposition to place the village in\\nrailway connnunication with other points, and it is probable\\nthat such an event will be consummated within perlia]is a\\ntwelvemonth. The village owns a tract of 20 acres, which\\nit is ])roposed to lay out as a public .square and fair-grounds.\\nOther improvements would rapidly follow the building of a\\nrailway to this point, and it is, moreover, likely that with\\nthe advent of a railway line the fine water-power of the St.\\nJoseph would be extensively utilized by manufacturing\\ncapital.\\niNTKKioR I ION mats.\\nIn the summer of 18;il, Hezekiah Hall, of Euclid, Ohio,\\ncame to Berrien, and found Lawrence Cavanaugh and\\nfamily living upon the river-bank, about two miles above\\nthe present village of Berrien Springs. He made a bargain\\nwith Cavanaugh to pay the latter $500 for his claim upon\\n160 acres, and returned at once to Ohio to bring his family\\nto Michigan. In September of that year they made the\\nstart from Euclid, accompanied also by William F. St. John,\\nhis family, and his brother, John JI., all being neighbors\\nin J^luclid. Three wagons, drawn by a pair of horses and\\ntwo yokes of oxen, conveyed the company from Ohio to\\nMichigan, and after a tedious journey through forests and\\nover no thoroughfares they reaohcid, without mishap, l,he\\nbank of the St. Jo.seph lliver, opposite Mr. Hall s new land-\\npurchase. Here they crossed the river on two canoes lashed\\ntogether, and in a brief space of time were securely settled\\nupon Cavanaugh sold place, that worthy having removed to\\nthe opposite side of the river, not before, however, compelling\\nHall to pay flOOO, instead of the agreed f500, for the land\\nhe sold him. Hall, being on the ground, and in a manner\\nforced to accept the bargain, did so to be sure, but with an\\nill grace, and many a strong protestation, no doubt. Wil-\\nliam F. St. John remained with his family upon Hall s place\\nuntil he could find a location, and shortly thereafter settled\\nupon a place near Hall. Ileraaining there a few years, he\\nsold to Samuel Wilson, and removed to Berrien Springs,\\nwhere he resided until his death. His son Luther now\\nlives in the village. John St. John, William s brother,\\ndid not fancy the country, and went back to Ohio after\\ntarrying a .short time in Michigan.\\nHezekiah Hall passed his days on his river farm, leaving\\na widow. She married John Wittenmyer, and a second\\ntime became a widow. She now resides with her son,\\nChauncoy A. Hall. Mrs. Wittenmyer recalls, with vivid\\nrecollection, her early experiences amid the wilds of Michi-\\ngan and her first terror at the appearance of Indians, who\\nshowed themselves with remarkable promptness, although\\nin no wise dangerous neighbors. Often her husband used\\nto go to Niles, to mill, leaving her alone with her children,\\nand at such times, she says, she felt the full force of her\\nunpleasant situation. She was not only greatly ajiprehen-\\nsive of danger, but lonely to a degree that was apji.illing.\\nAt such times her terrors W(;re increased by the ajipearance\\nat her cabin of Indiatjs, but she kept up a brave heart,", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0361.jp2"}, "362": {"fulltext": "284\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nnevertheless, although as it happened the savages were\\nliarmless enough. She often saw them in grand carousals\\nand fantastic dances on the river-bluff, opposite her cabin,\\nand became after a while not only friendly with the savages,\\nbut learned, moreover, to talk in their language, of which\\nshe retains a faint knowledge to this day.\\nLawrence Cavanaugh, of whom Hall bought hi.s land,\\ncame from La Grange Prairie and settled upon the place,\\nwith his family, as early as 1830, and was, according to\\nsome authorities, the second white settler in what is now\\nOronoko township. As has been seen, he removed in 1831\\nto what is now Berrien township.\\nIn April, 1832, Henry Freed, with his wife, his son\\nAbram, his daughter Annie (now Mrs. Joseph Feather, of\\nOronoko), his daughter Mary (now the wife of Louis\\nStorick, of Oronoko), his grandson, Samuel P. Summers (a\\nlad of about fifteen), and Joseph Feather, left the eastern\\npart of Pennsylvania, with a five-horse team, for Michigan,\\nwhere they proposed to create new homes in the then wilder-\\nness. Joseph Feather was paying devoted attention to\\nAnnie Freed, and wished to marry her, but Annie s father\\ndeclined to let Joseph have the maiden unless he joined\\nthem in their movement to Michigan, and that is how\\nJoseph Feather came to be a Western pioneer. At all\\nevents, that is the story related by Samuel F. Summers,\\nwho came in company with Feather and the Freed family.\\nThe party consumed six weeks in journeying from their\\nPennsylvania homes to Niles, passing through Ohio and\\nthe Black Swamp country, and camping out en route every\\nnight. When Niles was reached, Joseph Feather and\\nAbram Freed constructed a lumber-raft, and floated down\\nthe St. Joseph to Berrien village, while the rest of the\\ncompany continued the journey through the woods to that\\npoint by land. Arrived at Berrien, they pitched their\\ntents upon the lot now occupied by the Defield House,\\nwhere they improvised a cabin by first placing a pole in the\\ncrotches of two adjacent butternut-trees, and then upon the\\nridge-pole thus formed inclining the planks composing young\\nFreed s raft, so that when completed the structure looked\\nsomething like an Indian wigwam. At the rear end of\\nthis cabin Henry Freed s wagon-bos did duty as a bed-\\nroom for the old folks, while the younger members of the\\nparty stowed themselves as best they could. At the time\\nof their arrival, says Mr. Summers, the prairie grass upon\\nwhat is now the village of Berrien Springs was as high as\\na man s head. As the incidents of Joseph Feather s settle-\\nment have been presented in another part of this chapter,\\nhere will be told simply what befell the Freed family, since\\nFeather pursued a separate line of action upon arriving at\\nBerrien.\\nHenry Freed located 80 acres of land upon section 23,\\nwhile Abram located a farm upon section 24. The elder\\nFreed leased a piece of laud (about four acres) near the river,\\nand, assisted by the boys, put in a crop of corn and buck-\\nwheat, his family continuing to reside in the cabin erected\\nupon their first arrival. While these crops were growing,\\nHenry Freed and young Summers used daily to go out to\\nthe former s farm to clear land (having cut a road from\\nBerrien to the farm) and build a cabin, as a move towards\\nthe removal of the family thereto. Meanwhile, Abram\\nFreed worked upon his farm, all hands usually returning\\nat night to the Freed mansion near the river. p]arly in\\nthe winter, all being in readiness for them, Mr. Henry\\nFreed moved his family out to their new home. Summers\\ngoing with them. Abram Freed put up a shanty on his\\nown place and kept bachelor s hall.\\nMr. Summers tolls how, one day, while he and Henry\\nFreed were chopping away for dear life, the latter cut his\\nfoot badly, but being a man of strong will, he wrapped a\\nrag about his foot and kept on with his chopping. Pres-\\nently the blood from the wound saturated the cloth, and\\nflowed so freely that Mr. Freed s footsteps were marked by\\nblood. Still he kept on chopping, after adding another\\nbandage made of a portion of Summers flannel shirt, until,\\ngrown weak from loss of blood, he told the lad he would\\nhave to give it up, and so they started for their home at\\nthe river, nearly two miles distant. They hadn t gone\\nfar when Freed fainted. Summers, who had all along been\\nafraid the wolves would scent the blood and attack them,\\nwas in sore trouble, but acting promptly, left his grandfather\\nlying on the ground, hurried to the river, procured a horse\\nand hurried back again, mounted the wounded man and\\nthus got him home, although he was well-nigh convinced,\\nafter leaving him, that the wolves would descend upon poor\\nMr. Freed before assistance could be got for him. Happily\\nthe wolves held off, but it was, nevertheless, a trying or-\\ndeal.\\nIn 1839, young Summers, being then aged twenty-one,\\nbought his grandfather s farm, and leaving it in charge of\\nWilliam F. St. John, returned to Pennsylvania on foot, in\\ncompany with Abram Freed, the former going for the\\npurpose of learning the trade of a tanner and the latter to\\nlook for a wife. Before he departed Abram gave his father\\na life-lease of his (Abram s) farm, and the elder Freed\\nthereupon moved upon it, after having sold his own.\\nAbout 1844, Abram returned and took possession of his\\nfarm, his father having died. Shortly after returning,\\nAbram wounded himself with an axe while at work upon\\nthe place, and from the injury death resulted soon after-\\nwards. Summers came back with a wife, in 1845, reoccu-\\npied his farm, and has continued to live there to this day.\\nAbel Garr, a young man, came from Indiana to Berrien\\nin 1834, having entered land in Oronoko, upon section 21,\\nwhere he now lives. He worked in the village at the car-\\npenter s trade for a brief time after his arrival. Then\\nmoving out upon his farm, he began to clear it, while he\\nkept bachelor s hall, and there he has continued to reside\\never since.\\nJoshua Feather, of Snyder Co., Pa., set out from there\\nin the fall of 1835, with his wife and three children, in a\\none-horse wagon, for Michigan. They spent the winter in\\nStark Co., Ohio, and in the spring of 1836 pushed on for\\nBerrien, where they arrived in May. After sojourning up-\\nwards of a year with a Mr. Brown, near Berrien Springs,\\nMr. Feather moved upon section 7 in 1837, where he had\\nentered 80 acres, and to that subsequently added 120 acres.\\nMr. Feather was the pioneer in what is now known as the\\nFeather settlement, and lived an honored and useful life,\\ndying in December, 1878, at the age of seventy-two. His\\nsons, John A., Daniel T., and Joshua, all live on section 7.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0362.jp2"}, "363": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF OKONOKO.\\n285\\nA daughter, Mrs. William H. Harner, also lives in Oro-\\nnoko.\\nWilliam Lemon, one of the earliest settlers in what is\\nnow Berrien township, built a saw-mill in 1832 upon\\nLemon Creek, one mile east of Berrien Springs. In 1835\\nhe bought George Kimmel s .saw-mill, in what is now Oro-\\nnoko township, and, removing his family thither, continued\\nto reside there until his death, in 1851. He was a citizen\\nof prominence, filled numerous public positions, and was\\ngenerally esteemed. Of his family of eleven children there\\nare now living Mrs. John Tate, of Berrien Mrs. Comfort\\nPennell, Mrs. George Bwalt, and Andrew Lemon, of Oro-\\nnoko and William Lemon, of Cass County.\\nIn the spring of 1832, Joseph Feather, of Union Co., Pa.,\\nset out alone and on foot for Michigan, intending to locate\\nat Berrien. When he reached Alexandria, on the Juniata,\\nhe overtook Henry Freed, of Union County, traveling, with\\nhis family, towards the same destination, and so they all came\\non together. Reaching Berrien village, Feather, who was\\na carpenter, concluded to go to St. Joseph, and there he\\nworked for Fowler Preston and James Lord at cabinet-\\nmaking. He returned after a while to Berrien and finished\\nthe inside of a house for George Kimmel. Having located\\n80 acres of land west of where he lives now, ^on section 23,\\nhe returned to Pennsylvania in the fall of 1832, and in\\nthe spring of 1833 set out once more for Berrien, in com-\\npany with his sister. He put up a house in the village,\\nand there kept house with his sister for the next three\\nyears, during which he worked at his trade. Meanwhile\\nhis brother-in-law, Samuel Schemaly, came from Indiana\\nand went upon Feather s place, where he remained about\\neighteen months, and then moved upon a place (of his own)\\nsouth of Jesse Helmick s, where he lived until his death, in\\n1878. In 1836, Feather took po.ssession of his place, and\\nsince that time has continued to reside there.\\nIn 1835 there came to Oronoko a small band bf settlers,\\nwho journeyed in company, from Bedford Co., Pa. There\\nwere in the party Jacob Statler and his family, Tobias and\\nJosiah Whetstone, Abram Small, John G. Schultze, Eliza\\nWhetstone, and George Schell. Statler s family consisted\\nof him.self, wife, and one child. They traveled, with a two-\\nhorse wagon, via Pittsburgh, crossed the Maumee River,\\nand reaching Berrien Springs at night, stopped at Pitt\\nBrown s tavern.\\nStatler and Josiah Whetstone each subsequently pur-\\nchased 80 acres on section 14. Whetstone still lives on his\\nold place; Statler removed to Niles about 1860, and now\\nlives there.\\nTobias Whetstone bought a farm on section 10, but fol-\\nlowed boating on the river for some time. In 1852 he\\nwent to California, whence he returned in 1859, and since\\nthen he hac resided on his farm.\\nJohn G. Schultze entered 200 acres on section 28, where\\nhe still lives. He is now the owner of 550 acres of land,\\nand esteemed one of the wealthiest farmers in the county.\\nAdam Small entered the service of Brown Ward as their\\nclerk, and served in other stores until 1851, when he be-\\ncame a merchant on his own account. He lives now on\\nhis farm on section 16.\\nGeorge Schell worked about Berrien two years, and then\\nwent to Iowa, where he now lives. Of the persons who\\nlanded here in the company above mentioned in 1835, all\\nare still alive save the infant child of Jacob Statler. After\\nthe Whetstones settled here they sent for their father,\\nAbram, who made the trip alone on horseback. He re-\\nsided with them until his death.\\nElisha Hall settled in 1833, upon section 27, and entered\\n220 acres. He remained about fifteen years, then re-\\nmoved to Missouri, and lastly to Indiana, where he died in\\n1879.\\nSamuel Singer, with his wife, his brother William, and his\\nwife s sister, came from Pittsburgh in 1835, and located upon\\n240 acres in section 18. Singer s health was poor, and after\\na two years stay he returned to Pittsburgh, and shortly after\\n1840 sold his place to James Walton, who has since then\\nlived upon it. It is told of Singer that when upon his\\nnew settlement he undertook to put up a frame house he,\\nin his ignorance of house-building, reversed the usual order\\nin putting on the siding, and didn t discover his error\\nuntil the next rain-storm filled his domicile with water.\\nWm. Singer remained in Oronoko until 1836, and then\\nmoved to Niles.\\nWilliam Webster, from Virginia, with a large family,\\nand his son-in-law, William Barlow, were settlers in Ber-\\nrien in 1833, upon the tract now occupied by Rose Hill\\nCemetej-y, near Berrien Springs. Barlow remained but a\\nshort time and Webster about ten years.\\nStephen Purdy worked on Geo. Kimmel s farm at a\\nvery early date, and moved, in company with Henry Hoff-\\nman, another of Kimmel s workmen, to Illinois, where he\\nbought a farm. Purdy was a widower, and reputed, more-\\nover, as a man of homely appearance. One day C. W.\\nBrown, of Laporte, was traveling from Berrien towards\\nIllinois, and Lyman Barnard said to him, If you meet\\nPurdy out there give him my regards. But, returned\\nBrown, I never saw Purdy how will I know him\\nReplied Barnard, You can t miss him. Just drive on\\nuntil you meet the homeliest man in Illinois, call him\\nPurdy, and you can t be mistaken. Sure enough, while\\nBrown was driving through the Sucker State he passed\\none day upon the highway a man of exceedingly ugly coun-\\ntenance. That, said Brown to himself, is Purdy, and\\nno mistake, and turning his head he called out, How are\\nyou, Mr. Purdy Hello returned the man, how\\ndid you learn that my name was Purdy Thereupon\\nBrown came up with him, and narrated Lyman Barnard s\\ndirections. Purdy was heartily amu.sed at the circum-\\nstance, and inviting Brown to his house, entertained him\\nas a guest for the next three days. While Purdy lived in\\nBerrien he fell seriously ill, and becoming convinced that\\nhe would die, exacted of Dr. Murray a promise that he\\nmight be buried under the hill, with his head sticking out,\\nso he might see the steamers pass.\\nJoseph S. Barnard, the father of Lyman A. Barnard,\\nshould have had previous mention. He moved from Ohio\\nto La Grange Prairie, Cass Co., in the fall of 1828, and re-\\nmaining there until 1833, came to Berrien. In 1832 he\\nwas appointed judge upon the circuit embracing Cass and\\nBerrien Counties, and served on his appointment some time\\nafter his settlement in Berrien. He was a man of intelli-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0363.jp2"}, "364": {"fulltext": "286\\nHISTOKY OF BEEKIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\ngeuce, took a conspicuous part in the affairs of the time as\\na county official, and was otherwise a prominent citizen.\\nAfter a useful existence he died in 1852, in Berrien\\nSprings, at the home of his son Lyman, although he had\\nbeen living on his farm six miles west of the village.\\nJesse Helmick and Wm. Murphy came together from\\nWarren Co., Ohio, on horseback, in 1835, and located land\\nin Oronoko township, Murphy on section 29 and Helmick\\nwithin a mile of him. Thej returned to Ohio for their\\nfamilies, which they conveyed to their new homes in Michi-\\ngan in two wagons, each drawn by four horses. Murphy\\nsurvived the change, however, but a few years, dying in\\n1838. His widow removed to Missouri. Helmick and\\nMurphy intended to buy the land intervening between\\nthem so they could be neighbors. Other parties knowing\\nthis, bought the tract, thinking Helmick would pay a large\\nprice for it, but he refused to buy a foot of it, and removed\\nat once to the place he now owns.\\nHelmick was a blacksmith, and sturdily plied his calling\\nfor some time after settling upon his new location. lie had\\na family of six children when he came hither, and has still\\nliving in the township three sons and one daughter. The\\nold gentleman himself, now known as Judge Helmick, is still\\nresiding on his farm upon section 34. He has reached the\\nripe age of eighty-three, and although otherwise hale and\\nhearty, he is incapacitated for active labor by reason of an\\naccident, by which (in 1876) he became permanently crip-\\npled. When Mr. Helmick first came to the township he\\nand all the members of his family were at one time pros-\\ntrated with the ague. Physicians were scarce, and so the\\nsick ones lay for some days, unable to help themselves or\\neach other, and unable to obtain help. A good angel came\\nto them, however, in the person of Stephen Parley, of Ber-\\nrien, who, in view of the great prevalence of ague about\\nthen, abandoned his little farm to itself, and for a while\\ndevoted himself, like a good Samaritan, to the care of the\\nafflicted, and a wondrous deal of good he did, too, without\\nmoney or reward of any kind.\\nOliver Spaulding, with his wife and two children, left\\nMerrimac Co., N. H., in May, 1836, for the West, and on\\nthe 27th of that month landed at Niles. The trip was\\nmade via Erie Canal, steamboat on Lake Erie, and stage\\nfrom Detroit, in what was then considered the remarkably\\nquick time of seventeen days. Mr. Spaulding bought of\\none Lowe 160 acres on section 26, in Oronoko, and moved\\nupon it with his fiimily without delay, save that necessary\\nto the erection of a cabin, his wife and children being\\nmeanwhile domiciled at the house of Hezekiah Hall. Mr.\\nSpaulding lived upon the place until 1860, when he removed\\nto Royalton township, where he now resides.\\nIn 1836, John and Lewis Storick, of Union Co.,\\nPa., left it for Berrien Co., Mich., in company with\\ntheir father, John s family, and the wife of John G.\\nSchultz, who had migrated from Pennsylvxinia to Berrien\\nthe year before. John Storick had a wife and five children\\nLewis, his brother, was unmarried. The entire party trav-\\neled overland to Berrien, and upon their arrival the Storicks\\ntarried a while with Abram Freed, one mile west of Berrien\\nvillage, and shortly afterwards moved to Abel Garr s, on\\nsection 21, where the families remained until John and\\nLewis put up a log cabin and cleared a portion of 160 acres\\nof land which they had entered in pai tnership. After\\nLewis married, the brothers divided their land, and still\\nlive upon their original po.ssessions, Lewis having increased\\nhis to 340 acres, and John his to 160. Lewis Storick, Sr.,\\nthe father of Lewis and John, settled upon 40 acres north\\nof Lewis, Jr. After his wife s death he sold his farm, and\\nwent to live with Abel Garr, at whose house he died.\\nMay 13, 1835, Samuel Wilson and his wife, his son, Ezra\\nD., and two daughters one of whom was accompanied by\\nher husband, Henry Tudor, and seven children started\\n(a company of thirteen) from Spencer, Worcester Co.,\\nMa.ss., for Michigan. They traveled from Spencer to Al-\\nbany by stage and private conveyance from Albany to\\nBuffalo via the Erie Canal from Buffalo to Detroit, via\\nLake Erie, on the steamer Charles Townsend and at\\nDetroit they purchased three teams, with which they made\\nthe journey overland to Berrien, where they arrived June\\n13th the trip from Detroit having occupied ten days.\\nTudor located upon the farm now owned by his widow,\\nwhere he died in 1836, and his son Samuel upon section\\n24. Samuel Wilson, with his family, lived upon Tudor s\\nplace until 1837, when he moved upon a farm in the south-\\neastern part of the town.ship that he had bought of William\\nSt. John in 1836. Upon that place his son, Ezra D., now\\nresides. Mr. Wilson died in 1865. Besides Ezra D., his\\nliving children are Eunice W. Wheeler, of Oronoko, and\\nLouisa W. Curtis, of Cass County.\\nHenry Hess came with George Kimmel from Pennsyl-\\nvania in 1833, and worked on the latter s farm a year. In\\n1834 he went to Europe and brought back a wife, with\\nwhom he continued to work for Mr. Kimmel. In due time\\nhe bought a farm of his own, and resided on it until his\\ndeath. His widow still resides on the old place near Singer\\nLake.\\nMorris Upright came from New York as early as 1834,\\nbut he disliked the country, and after a stay of two years\\nreturned to New York.\\nSamuel Sale, a pioneer from Virginia, located in 1831,\\nabout a mile up the river from Berrien village. He died\\nafter a four years residence, and has left no descendants in\\nthe township.\\nJonathan Knight, now living upon section 11, came from\\nChampaign Co., Ohio, in 1836, with John Gillespie and\\nNathan Fitch, both of the latter settling in Berrien town-\\nship. Knight was a chairmaker, and after working in the\\nvillage at his trade some years located upon the place he\\nnow occupies.\\nBethuel and Ebenezer Farley came to Oronoko about\\n1833, with their father. Bethuel and his father located\\nupon the farm on section 23 now occupied by Bethuel\\nFarley, and there Parley the elder resided until his death.\\nEbenezer Farley followed the river as a boatman, and after\\na while went to California, where he died.\\nAmos Gray located in Berrien village in 1837, and\\nworked there at his trade as carpenter during the en.suing\\neight years, some of which time he spent in assisting at the\\nerection of the court-house. In 1844 he moved upon the\\nfarm he now occupies (on section 35j, and there has since\\nresided. Mr. Gray appeared first in Michigan in 1829,", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0364.jp2"}, "365": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF ORONOKO.\\n287\\nfrom which time until his settlement in Berrien he was\\nbusily engaged in Michigan and Indiana in his occupation\\nas a mill-wright.\\nFIRST EVENTS.\\nThe first birth in the new settlement was, as has been\\nmentioned, a daughter to Francis B. Murdock, now Mrs.\\nClifton Gardner, of Berrien Springs. The first white male\\nchild born was Frank, a son of Joseph Feather, who first\\nsaw the light early in 1832.\\nThere is some diversity of opinion touching the identity\\nof the first couple married. Joseph Feather, still living\\nnear Berrien Spring.?, was married by Pitt Brown, in 1833,\\nto a daughter of Henry Freed. Before that, A. M. Brownell,\\nof St. Joseph, was married by Pitt Brown to Lucy Ann, a\\ndaughter of Squire Brown.\\nJoseph Feather, who was a carpenter and cofiin-maker\\nfor the village at large in 1832, says the first person buried\\nnear the village was one Wilsou, a captain on a keel-\\nboat plying on the St. Joseph. Capt. Wilson was interred\\nin what are now called the Indian Fields. The first death\\nin the village was doubtless that of an infant son of Francis\\nB. Murdock, born in Berrien Springs in 1832. He was\\nburied on the place now called the Shaker farm, and his\\nremains still lie in a grave covered by the farm barn.\\nTOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION.\\nOronoko township was originally a portion of Berrien\\ntownsliip, from which it was set ofiF in 1837, and named\\nby Governor Mason, doubtless in honor of Oronoko, the\\nIndian chief. William Lemon didn t like the name, and\\nwas heard to say, Why didn t he name it Old Bill, and\\nhave done with it It then included the territory now\\noccupied by Lake township, which was organized in 18-16.\\nUntil 1847 portions of Berrien and Oronoko townships\\nwere on either side the St. Joseph River, and the larger\\nportion of Berrien Springs was in Berrien township. This\\ncondition of things was unsatisfactory, and in the year last\\nmentioned the river was made the dividing line between\\nthe townships. The first township-meeting in Oronoko\\nwas held in the house of Wm. F. St. John, April 3, 1837.\\nJesse Helmick was the moderator, Wm. Lemon, John L.\\nShell, and Jacob L. Kinsey were inspectors of election, and\\nHezekiel Hall, clerk of election.\\nThe names of those who have served the township as\\nsupervisors, clerks, and treasurers from 1837 to 1879, in-\\nclusive, will be found herewith appended\\n1837. Supervisor, Edward Ballengee; Clerk, William F. St. John\\nCollector, Alexander Turner.\\n1838.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, William Lemon; Clerk, William P. St. John; Col-\\nlector, Daniel H. Farley.\\n183 J.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, William Lemon; Clerk, William F. St. .John;\\nTreasurer, William Lemon.\\n1840.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, Joseph S. B.arnard Clerk, William F.St. John;\\nTreasurer, William Lemon.\\n1841. Supervisor, Joseph S.Barnard; Clerk, Jacob Statler; Treas-\\nurer, William Lemon.\\n1842. Supervisor, Joseph S. Barnard Clerk, Jacob Statler Treas-\\nurei William Lemon.\\n1848. Supervisor, Abel Garr Clerk, Jacob Statler Treasurer, Wil-\\nliam Lemon.\\n1844-45. Supervisor, William Lemon; Clerk, Jacob Statler Treas-\\nurer, James M. Watson.\\n1846. Supervisor, Gilbert B. Avery Clerk, Adam Small Treasurer,\\nJohn Armstrong.\\n1847. Supervisor, Jesse Helmick; Clerk, Adam Small; Treasurer,\\nAaron Van Patten.\\n1848. Supervisor, Jesse Helmick Clerk, Adam Small.\\n1849. Supervisor, William Lemon; Clerk, Adam Small; Treasurer,\\nAaron Van Patten.\\n1850. Supervisor, John Garrow Clerk, Adam Small; Treasurer,\\nLyman A. Barnard.\\n1851. Supervisor, Josiah Whetstone; Clerk, Adam Small; Treas-\\nurer, James M. Watson.\\n1852. Supervisor, Josiah Whetstone Clerk, Adam Small; Treasurer,\\nJoseph W. Smith.\\n1853. Supervisor, Josiah AVhetstone Clerk, Adam Small; Treas-\\nurer, Joseph W. Smith.\\n1854. Supervisor, Josiah Whetstone; Clerk, Adam Small; Treas-\\nurer, Lyman A. Barnard.\\n1855.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, Lyman A. Barnard; Clerk, Edward Lewis; Treas-\\nurer, .lames Graham.\\n1856.- Supervisor, Jonathan Knight; Clerk. David Piatt; Treasurer,\\nJames Graham.\\n1857.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, R. L. Dudley; Clerk, Preston Boon; Treasurer,\\nC. Gorliam.\\n1858. Supervisor, R. L. Dudley Clerk, Adam Small Treasurer,\\nStephen Wood.\\n1859-60.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, Charles F. Howe; Clerk, Adam Small; Treas-\\nurer, R. L. Dudley.\\n1861.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, Charles D. Nichols; Clerk, Francis H. Bartholo-\\nmew; Treasurer, James M. Watson.\\n1862. Supervisor, Joseph W. Howe; Clerk, John Boal Treasurer,\\nJacob Ewalt.\\n1863.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, Joseph W. Howe Clerk, Adam Small Treasurer,\\nHenry Stemm.\\n1864. Supervisor, Joseph W.Howe; Clerk, Adam Small; Treasurer,\\nDavid Essick.\\n1865. Supervisor, Joseph W. Howe; Clerk, Henry Stemm Treasurer,\\nDavid Essick.\\n1866. Supervisor, Joseph W.Howe; Clerk, John Boal; Treasurer,\\nHenry Stemm.\\n1867.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, Adam Small Clerk, John Boal Treasurer, D. H.\\nReiter.\\n1868.- Supervisor, John P. Vediler Clerk, Adam Small Treasurer,\\nD. H. Reiter.\\n1869.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, John P. Vedder; Clerk, George S. Pardee; Treas-\\nurer, D. H. Reiter.\\n1870. Supervisor, Joseph W. Howe; Clerk, Charles D. Nichols;\\nTreasurer, D. H. Reiter.\\n1871. Supervisor, Aaron Van Patten; Clerk, L. B. Marquissee;\\nTreasurer, D. H. Reiter.\\n1872. Supervisor, Joseph W. Howe Clerk, L. B. Marquissee Treaf!-\\nurer, George Claar.\\n1873. Supervisor, Charles F. Howe; Clerk, Isaac Rogers; Treasurer,\\nGeorge Claar.\\n1874. Supervisor, Charles F.Howe; Clerk, L. B. Mar_quissee; Treas-\\nurer, George Claar.\\n1875.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, Zacbariah Fi-sher; Clerk, L. B. Marquissee; Treas-\\nurer, Augustus Kephart.\\n1870. Supervisor, Zacbariah Fisher; Clerk, George Claar; Treasurer,\\nAugustus Kephart.\\n1877. Supervisor, Zacbariah Fisher; Clerk, D. (i. W. Gaugler;\\nTreasurer, Peter J. Filkins.\\n1878. Supervisor, Zivchariah Fisher; Clerk. Charles F. Howe; Treas-\\nurer, Aaron Van Patten.\\n1879.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, Henry Stemm; Clerk, D. G. W. Gaugler; Treas-\\nurer, Aaron Van Patten.\\nJUSTICES OF THE PEACE.\\nWilliam Lemon, Jesse Helmick, Hezekiah Hall, and\\nWilliam F. St. John were chosen at the first township elec-\\ntion, in 1837, for four, three, two, and one years, respec-\\ntively. Each succeeding year one justice was chosen to\\nfill the vacancy caused by the expiration of the term of one\\nof the four in office, the number of justices serving being at\\nall times four. Those so elected after 1837 were as fol-\\nlows:", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0365.jp2"}, "366": {"fulltext": "288\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\n1838, William F. St. John; 1839, Jesse Helmick; 1840, Peter Reg-\\ngies 181 1, Jacob Statler, Daniel McFarly 1842, Uziel Williams\\n1843, F. D. Johnson; 1844, Oliver Spalding; 1845, Jacob Statler;\\n1846, Amos Gray; 1847, John S. Foot; 1848, Morris Frost; 1849,\\nJesse Helmick, Ebenezer Mcllvain;* 1850, Oscar A. Dudley;\\n1851, Ebenezer MoIIvain: 1852, John Garrow, William E. Lemon\\n1853, Jesse Helmick; 1854, John W. Murphey; 1856, William\\nS. Merrill, Nathan Helmick;* 1856, Samuel Sleigh, James Far-\\nrell,* John Weaver 1857, Jesse Helmick, H. Hinchman\\n1858, Hiram Hinchman 1859, Amos Gray; 1860, Wm. Taber,*\\nCharles D. Nichols; 1861, Preston Boon 1862, Leonard S. Paree,\u00c2\u00bb\\nPreston Boon; 1863, R. J. Tuttle, Daniel Terriere;* 1864, West-\\nley Stowe; 1865, Jas. M. Watson; 1866, Robert Hastings 1867,\\nZachariah Fisher; 1868, Westley Stowo; 1869, Norman E. Lan-\\ndon 1870, Robert Hastings; 1871, Zachariah Fisher,* Darius\\nBrown; 1872, John Boon, Amos Gray ;5 1873, George H. Mur-\\ndock,* Lewis Fisher; 1874, Robert Hastings,* Amos Gray 1875,\\nBurns Helmick,* Jas. M. Watson; 1876, Jas. M. Watson; 1877,\\nGeorge H. Murdock 1878, Robert Hastings; 1879, Charles D.\\nNichols.\\nThe a\u00c2\u00a3F;iir.s of the township ate under control of what is\\nknown as the Township Board, composed, according to law,\\nof the supervisor, the justice of the peace longest in ofiSce,\\nand the township clerk. The Township Board for 1879\\nincluded, therefore, Henry Stemm, James M. Watson, and\\nD. G. W. Gaugler. The Town.ship Board acts also as a\\nboard of health.\\nApril 1, 1879, the township was clear of debt, and had\\n8204.56 in the treasury. The total as.sessed valuation for\\n1879 was $40-4,075. The total tax was $6913, of which\\n$4135.93 were for school purposes.\\nBeginning with 1838, Oronoko has furnished of its citi-\\nzens for county offices the following County Clerks, Geo.\\nH. Murdock and Chas. E. Howe Registers, P. D. John-\\nson, Chas. F. Howe Sheriffs, A. B. Munger, John Witten-\\nmyer, James Graham, Chas. D. Nichols Treasurers, Wm.\\nLemon, Chas. D. Nichols; Surveyor, Amos Gray; Judge\\nof Probate, E. Mollvaine.\\nCHURCHES.\\nAlthough opinions conflict as to when and by whom the\\nfirst sermon was preached in Berrien village, it seems to be\\nagreed that the first sermon was delivered by a Methodist\\nminister. Methodist missionaries to the Far West were\\nsomewhat plentiful in the days of 1833 or thereabouts, and\\nit was about that year that Rev. Mr. Cobb preached in the\\nhouse of George Brong what is supposed by some to have\\nbeen the pioneer sermon. Cobb returned occasionally and\\npreached at Berrien more or less for the space of a year.\\nOthers maintain that before Mr. Cobb s advent a young\\nman professing to be a United Brethren preacher held re-\\nligious services occasionally in\u00c2\u00ab log cabin near Pitt Brown s\\ntavern. He rode a long circuit, and managed to reach Ber-\\nrien about once a month.\\nThis preacher was a young man without conspicuous\\ntalent, and evidently poorly paid, but ho was an earnest\\nand energetic worker nevertheless, and was doubtless always\\neagerly welcomed at a time when public religious teachings\\nwere rare though much desired. It is told that he was so\\npoor that his clothing was in rags, and that one Sunday,\\nafter his sermon iu Berrien, he was approached by Dr. Mur-\\nTo flu vacancy.\\nray, who asked him if it were against his principles to re-\\nceive a donation on the Sabbath. No, sir, promptly\\nreplied the preacher, whereupon Dr. Murray took him\\ndown to his store and decked him out from head to foot in\\na new suit of clothes.\\nMethodist. Episcopal Cliiirc.h of Berrien Sprijigs. This\\nchurch was organized some time in 1835, by llev. Richard\\nMeek, who was the first preacher regularly assigned to\\npreach at Berrien. Previous to that the Elkhart Con-\\nference sent out numerous missionaries, who stopped occa-\\nsionally at Berrien, but their coming was always irregular\\nand uncertain. The early records of the church are not\\nin existence, but from oral testimony it appears that the\\nmembers of the first class formed by Mr. Meek were War-\\nren Wood and wife, George Brong and wife, Martin Friley\\nand wife, and Lucy Farley. Directly after the organization\\nof the class it was joined by Jesse Helmick and wife, Mor-\\nris Upright, and Mrs. Wm. Murphy, then new-comers into\\nthe settlement. Martin Friley was the first class-leader,\\nbut was soon succeeded by Morris Upright. The first\\nsteward was George Brong. After Meek s time, Revs.\\nMcCoole and Owens were on the circuit, each preaching\\nevery alternate fortnight. The congregation worshiped in\\nthe town school-house until 1845, when the church edifice\\nnow in use was built.\\nThe membership, which numbered 102 in September,\\n1879, was divided between two classes, viz., the Berrien\\nSprings class, with 75 members, worshiping at Berrien\\nSprings, and the Oronoko class, with 27, worshiping in the\\nGrange Hall, in the southeast part of the township. The\\nofficers of the former are Trustees, B. Farley, J. S. Hel-\\nmick, C. D. Nichols, R. Rennie, and Joel Benson Stew-\\nards, J. S. Helmick, C. D. Nichols, B. Farley, R. Rennie,\\nGeo. H. Martin, Wm. B. Edson Recording Steward, B.\\nHelmick District Steward, C. D. Nichols. Of the latter\\nthe officers Bre Trustees, Jesse Helmick, B. Helmick, R.\\nV. Clark, Joseph Beach, Wm. Tabor, Elias Palmeter\\nStewards, Jesse Helmick, B. Helmick, R. V. Clark Re-\\ncording Steward, B. Helmick District Steward, C. D.\\nNichols. The church was awaiting in September, 1879,\\nthe assignment of a pastor, the term of the service of the\\nlast pastor, Rev. John Hoyt, having expired early in the\\nmonth.\\nThe Evangeliail Association. Tiiis congregation was\\norganized in 1854, by Rev. Mr. Eckert, in the residence of\\nLewis Evans, on section S. Previous to that time members\\nof the faith used to afssemble in the houses of John Sto-\\nrick, in Oronoko, and John Harner, in Lake township, to\\nlisten to preaching by missionaries Stephay, Ruh, Kulp,\\nPlatz, and others. Eckert was a missionary, and it was at\\nthe solicitation of Lewis Evans that he undertook the task\\nof organizing a church. The members were few in number\\nat first, and included Lewis Evans and his wife, his son\\nEdward, his daughters Mary and Margaret, and Daniel T.\\nFeather and wife. John Schneider was the first exhorter,\\nDaniel T. Feather the first stow;ird, and likewise the first\\nclass-leader.\\nAmong the pastors who preached for the congregation at\\nan early period of its existence were Revs. Uphaus, Krei-\\nger, Ude, David Garl, Speck, Gomer, Rigl, and AlKsbaoh.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0366.jp2"}, "367": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF ORONOKO.\\n289\\nPublic worship was held in a town school-house until 1873,\\nwhen upon the erection of Salem church that edifice was\\nused, in common with tlie Lutherans, and has been so used\\nsince. Services are now held once every two weeks by Rev.\\nC. Ude, of St. Joseph. The church membership is 38\\nthe class-leader is J. Boal the steward, Daniel T. Feather\\nand the exhorter, P. Fleischer.\\nSf. Paul s Evangelical Lutheran Cliurch, of Berrien\\nSprings, was formed May 27, 1871, as the Bethlehem Con-\\ngregation, when twenty-six persons became members of the\\ncongregation. Their names were Joseph A. Becker, David\\nM. Foster, James Simpson, D. G. W. Gaugler, J. J. Becker,\\nJoshua Shaffer, Peter Wenn, Kate C. Feather, Lizzie M.\\nGaugler, Sarah Peck, Mary Shaffer, Elizabeth Becker,\\nMary C. Foster, Ella E. G. Whetstone, Jane Riggin, Mary\\nAnn Toney, Amelia Reiber, M. F. Hills, Ann Hills, Wm.\\nF. Reiber, John Burke, Sarah A. Burke, Mary K. Ewalt,\\nGeorge Doty, Uriah Schaffer, Eliza SchafFer.\\nThe church oiBcers at the organization were Joseph A.\\nBecker and David M. Foster as elders, and William P.\\nReiber and John Burke as deacons. The officers now are:\\nTrustees, Joseph A. Becker, T. W. Anderson, L. B. Mar-\\nquissee Deacons, D. G. W. Gaugler, T. W. Anderson\\nElders, Joseph A. Becker, William F. Reiber.\\nThe congregation worshiped in the United Brethren\\nchurch until 1873, when the present neat edifice was pre-\\npared from a school building purchased of the town.\\nRev. B. F. Hill was the first pastor, and following him\\nwere Revs. J. N. Morris, Samuel Kelso (who resigned\\nMarch 31, 1879), and F. W. Wetherwax, the latter being\\nin charge September, 1879, when the cliurch membership\\nnumbered 40.\\nThe Sunday-school attached to this church numbers now\\n75 scholars, and has a library of three hundred volumes.\\nMr. L. B. Marquissee, the present superintendent, has\\noccupied that position since early in 1877.\\nMount Tabor {Evangelical Lutheran) Church. May\\n10, 1863, Rev. John Boon organized the Mount Tabor\\ncongregation, with 29 members. They set forth as follows\\nWe, whose names are hereunto attached, living in the\\ncounty of Berrien, State of Michigan, desiring to promote\\nthe glory of God and secure the salvation of ourselves, our\\nchildren, and our neighbors, and believing that the Bible is\\nthe word of God, and the only infallible rule of faith and\\npractice, and also believing that the doctrines of God s\\nword are purely tauglit and its ordinances are properly ad-\\nministered in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of these\\nUnited States, as represented in the General Synod of said\\nchurch, do organize, etc.\\nThe names of the constituent members appearing upon\\nthe church records are Michael, Sophia, William, and\\nLavina Harner, Michael Harner, Jr., George and Mary\\nAnn Smith, John and Lydia Heim, James Storick, wife,\\nand daughter, Mrs. St. John, R. J. Tuttle, Malvina C.\\nTuttle, Sarah and Lavina Smith, Elizabeth J. Allen, Alvina\\nEdwards, Mary A. Storick, Mariah Lockiuaw, Andrew and\\nMrs. Bihlmire, Emma Brocius, Stephen Harner, Mary A.\\nMurphy.\\nThe church organization was effected in a township school-\\nhouse, where worship was held for a brief period thereafter,\\n37\\nuntil the erection, in the southwestern portion of the town-\\nship, of the church building now in use. Rev. John Boon\\nserved as the first pastor, and during the five years of his\\nministry added four members to the church. In 18(57,\\nRev. D. H. Reiter, a German Reformed minister, took\\ncharge as supply, and remained until April, 1871, when\\nRev. B. F. Hill, of the Synod of Northern Indiana, was\\ncalled as pastor. Mr. Hill s successors have been Revs. S.\\nKelso and F. W. Wetherwax, who is now the pastor in\\ncharge. The church has latterly declined in membership,\\nwhich includes now about twenty persons.\\nFor 1879 the elders were Michael Harner, Sr.,and John\\nH. Sunday. The deacons were Michael Harner, Jr., and\\nSanford Marsh.\\nSalem Evangelical Lutheran Chiirch. This church\\nwas organized, April 8, 1860, by Rev. John Boon. The\\nconstituent members were six in number, as follows Joshua\\nFeather, Sr., Moses and Mary Feather, Isaac Hartlein,\\nLeah Starr, and Lydia Moyer. On the same day were\\nadded Joel Starr, Joshua Feather, Jr., Mary Ann Feather,\\nLavina Richards, Mary Broceus, Matilda Hartlein, Susanna\\nFeather, Mrs. Moses Feather. Moses Feather was chosen\\nelder, and Isaac Hartlein deacon.\\nThe congregation was small at first, and gained strength\\nbut slowly. Services were held in a township school-house\\nuntil 1873, when a church was built in the Feather settle-\\nment. The membership is now about forty, and the officers\\nas follows Elders, Moses Feather and Adam K. Stemm\\nDeacons, Wm. H. Harner and John S. Stover; Trustees,\\nIra Stemm, Wm. H. Harner, and Moses Feather.\\nUnited Brethren in Christ. One Sabbath in May, 1844,\\ntwo frontier missionaries -Thomas J. Babcock and Elms-\\nley Lamb reached Berrien Springs and attended the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church services that day in the town\\nschool-house. Upon the termination of the services Mr.\\nBabcock arose and said that if there were in the village\\npeople desirous of forming themselves into a United Breth-\\nren congregation he would make an appointment, and\\nspeedily return from a contemplated western journey to ef-\\nfect the organization. His proposition met with favorable\\nencouragement, and returning soon afterwards he organized\\nthe church of the United Brethren in Christ in the town\\nschool-house, May 20, 1844. The names of those who\\njoined the congregation at that time were Tobias Whet-\\nstone, Elizabeth Abbott, Mary Lemon, Lavina Lemon,\\nErasmus Curtis, Abram Statler, Samuel Tudor, Hannah\\nBrown, Stephen Leonard, Dennis Benton, Sarah Curtis,\\nMary Curtis, Elizabeth Gleaner, John Cowen, Benjamin\\nBorders, Fannie Ackerman, Caleb M. Clark, George Ewalt,\\nSally Ann Seward, Mary Florida, Elizabeth Curtis, Jane\\nMaddern, Elmira Smith, Samuel Benton, J. W. Cheney,\\nLaura Cheney, Thomas L. Wilkinson, John Lemon, Eliza-\\nbeth Irwin, Warren Wood, Edwin Bowen, Abraham\\nWhetstone, Isaac and Catherine Lemon, Wm. Lemon,\\nEliza Whetstone, John Borders, Margaret Lemon, Julia\\nDougherty, Eunice Barnard, Adam Small, Joseph Far-\\nquhar, George Erwin, David Moore, John Tate, Sally Ann\\nBlackmore, Wm. Erwin, Elizabeth Young, Joseph F.\\nIrish, Anthony Miller, Comfort Pennell, John Armstrong,\\nAbigail Painter, James Erwin, Joseph and Ann Feather,", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0367.jp2"}, "368": {"fulltext": "290\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nSarah Gray, Morali Wood, Margaret Erwin, Susannah\\nTudor, Moses Burke, Isaac Mellon, Delia Ann Blackman,\\nSarah Ann Borders, Rebecca Morris, Eli Raver, Leonard\\nMaddern, Mary Ann Burke, Ursula Hand, Rebecca Miller,\\nJane Erwin, Wm. M. Abbott, Nancy 31. Friday, Ellen J.\\nRush, Wm. Strong, Aaron P. Morris, Catherine Mellon,\\nSarah Jane Brong, N. W. Thompson.\\nAn entry upon the church records, in the handwriting of\\nThomas J. Babcock, sets forth as follows Took charge\\nof the church May 20, 1844, with members left in\\n1845, with eighty members. Thomas L. Wilkinson was\\nthe first clas.s-leader James Erwin and Isaac Lemon the\\nfirst trustees. Worship was at first held in the town school-\\nhouse, but in 1845 a church was built and is still in use.\\nRevs. Babcock and Lamb preached to the congregation\\nuntil 1845, when Rev. J. B. Slight took charge. The im-\\nperfectness of the church records precludes the presentation\\nhere of a list of the ministers who followed Mr. Slight. In\\nSeptember, 1879, Rev. E. P. Light was the pastor, William\\nStahl was class-leader, Tobias Whetstone was the steward,\\nand Comfort Pennell, George Ewalt, and William Stahl\\nthe trustees. The church membership is 43.\\nThe Sunday-school attached to this church numbers 107\\npupils, in charge of nine teachers and Superintendent J.\\nM. Willis.\\nCEMETERIES.\\nOronoko contains four cemeteries, of which the chief one\\nis Rose Hill, at Berrien Springs. This grave-yard is like-\\nwise the oldest one in the township, having been laid out\\nin 1837. It contains now three and one-third acres, is\\nhandsomely located upon a commanding elevation in full\\nview of the St. Joseph River, and is embellished with sev-\\neral fine monuments, including a memorial shaft to the citi-\\nzens of Oronoko who fell in the war of the Rebellion.\\nThe other township cemeteries are Salem Cemetery, at\\nSalem church, Maple Grove, in school district No. 4, and\\nOak Grove, one mile west of Maple Grove.\\nTHE SOLDIERS MONUiMENT.\\nThe soldiers monument in Rose Hill Cemetery is a plain\\nmarble column, which was procured by private subscrip-\\ntions, and set up as a memorial in 1874. Upon one side\\nof the column is the following\\nIn memory and to the honor of the soldiers of Oronoko township\\nwho died in the service of their country in the Rebellion of 1S61.\\nThey died that the nation might live. LixcOLX.\\nUpon a second appear the names\\nLieut. Ed. Hurson, E. PI. Bartholomew, Jas. Beall, AV. Brayman,\\nLevi P. Brown, Wm. Calhouu, N. Cleaveland, E. N. Cleavelaud, C. H.\\nDavidson, W. H. Dennison, Comfort Estes, Amos Goff.\\nThus sleep the brave who sink to rest,\\nWith all their country s honors blest.\\nUpon a third side\\nMartin Gubby, Hart Granger, Joseph Qubby, Aaron Hiser, Joel\\nKerr, Rodney Knight, Isaac Lamb, Wm. W. Leader, J. H. Matthews,\\nN. Morlan, Nathan Place, Isaac Quirk.\\nSleep deep Sleep in peace Sleep in memory ever\\nWrapt each soul in the deeds of its deathless endeavor.\\nOn the fourth side are the names\\nM. Pangborn, G. R. Rogers, J. Shunkwildor, J. R. Simons, Stephen\\nSimons, Alonzo Sischo, Thomiis Streets, H. F. Snnnners, John Treail-\\nwell, Levi Trimm, Miles Woods, Joseph Vetter.\\nForget not the dead who fought for us.\\nSCHOOLS.\\nWeightier and more pressing business engaging the at-\\ntention of those who led the van in settling Wolf s Prai-\\nrie, the matter of public education was not pressed until the\\nwinter of 1833 indeed, until that time the population was\\nso .small that it was but a little band of children that could\\nbe gathered even then, and Nathan Helmick, known as\\nlame Nathan (a brother of Judge Jesse Helmick, now\\nliving in Oronoko), who taught the fir. it school, in 1833,\\nwas not overrun with pupils. Mr. Helmick taught in an\\nold log cabin which had been put up by William Barlow,\\nin what is now known as Barnard s Grove. In 1834 school\\nmatters had improved, the settlement had materially in-\\ncreased, and accordingly a school-house was built, and from\\nthat time onward the cause of education flourished. Dur-\\ning the winter of 1834-35 there were three teachers, to\\nwit Thomas Love, the storekeeper, A. B. Smith, and\\nWilliam Singer, of Pittsburgh.\\nWith the organization of the township, in 1837, schools\\nreceived increased attention, and flourished during the sub-\\nsequent years. Now Oronoko is excellently provided with\\nschools. The first school inspectors appointed by the\\ntownship were William Lemon, Jesse Helmick, and Heze-\\nkiah Hall. There are now in the township seven school dis-\\ntricts. District No. 1 includes the village of Berrien\\nSprings No. 2 is in the northwest No. 8 is on the St.\\nJoseph road No. 4 in the southwest No. 5 in the south-\\nwest Nos. (j and 7 in the west. A statistical report of\\nthe union school at Berrien Springs is given elsewhere.\\nStatistics touching other school districts are given below,\\nas per the district reports, dated Sept. 1, 1879\\nDistrict No. 2 Number of scholars, 45 average at-\\ntendance, 44 value of school property, $300 amount of\\nteachers wages, $150.\\nDistrict No. 3 Number of scholars, 48 average attend-\\nance, 48 value of school property, $600 amount of\\nteachers wages, $220.\\nDistrict No. 4 Number of scholars, 69 average at-\\ntendance, 71 value of school property, $600 amount of\\nteachers wages, $201.\\nDistrict No. 5 Number of scholars, 57 average at-\\ntendance, 49 value of school property, $1800 amount of\\nteachers wages, $175.\\nDistrict No. 6 Number of scholars, 37 average at-\\ntendance, 29 value of school property, $500 amount of\\nteachers wages, $182.\\nDistrict No. 7 Number of scholars, 42 average at-\\ntendance, 34; value of school property, $100 amount of\\nteachers wages, $100.\\nJohn H. Sunday was chosen school superintendent for\\n1879. The school inspectors for that year were Harmon\\nCowens, John H. Sunday, and D. G. W. Gaugler.\\nBerrien Sjirings Union School. Upon the passage of\\nthe union school law Berrien Springs village assumed direct\\ncontrol of its schools, located in town.ship school District\\nNo. 1 A commodious and handsome frame school edifice,\\nsurmounted with a tower, was erected in 1874, at a cost\\nof about $7500, including land, and remains to-day a\\nFrom the reports for 1878.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0368.jp2"}, "369": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OP ORONOKO.\\n291\\nstriking architectural ornament of the village. From the\\nschool report for 1879 it is learned that the district is\\nclear of debt and has in the treasury $291.22. The re-\\nceipts from district taxes in 1879 were S2200, and the\\nactual expense for the support of the school for that period\\nwas $1619. The school has seating capacity for 275\\npupils, but had during 1879 an average attendance of only\\n210, out of an enumeration of 247, which latter shows a\\nfalling oflF of 24 from the enumeration of 1878. There are\\nthree departments, including a high school and four teachers,\\nHenry G Hipp being the principal. The school board is\\ncomposed of Messrs. R. D. Dis, Darius Brown, Jacob\\nBoon, Joel Benson, Harlow Vinton, Wm. P. Reiber.\\nMANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES.\\nAlthough the St. Joseph River furnishes excellent water-\\npower along the border of Oronoko township, it is not util-\\nized, for the reason that lack of transportation facilities to\\nmarket towns checks the development of manufacturing\\nenterprise. In the course of time a line of railway will\\ndoubtless pass though Berrien Springs, and in that event\\nthe village will naturally become a manufacturing point of\\nsome importance, since nature has already provided ample\\nmeans towards that end.\\nThe old wooden structure standing near the bridge in\\nBerrien Springs, and used by Stowe Brother as a wooden-\\nbowl factory, was erected in 1857 by Gorham, Dudley\\nBoon, as a flour-mill, and it passed successively into the\\nhands of Wm. Pears, Glover, Mr. Horton, and Ran-\\nsom Randall. The latter removed the machinery of the\\nmill to the grist-mill now operated by Ransom Martin,\\non Lemon Creek, and for five years the old mill on the river-\\nbank stood idle. In the spring of 1879, Stowe Brother\\ntook hold of it and began to make wooden bowls. The\\nbusiness was temporarily suspended in the autumn of 1879,\\nbut with a probability of early resumption.\\nA. G. Shearer started a planing-mill in the village in\\n1870, and in 1873 H. D. Howe became associated with him.\\nThe firm of Shearer Howe still run the mill, in which\\nthey manufacture siding, matched flooring, etc., and do\\nscroll-sawing and wood-turning. In connection with the\\nplaning-mill they operate also a cider-mill.\\nBesides the industries mentioned there are in the village\\nJacob Boon s wagon-shop, Peter J. Filkins cooper-shop, and\\nother minor manufactories.\\nAlfred Bowles has a steam saw-mill near Singer Lake\\nEzra D. Wilson operates a saw-mill three miles southwest\\nof the Springs and a mile west is the steam saw-mill of\\nRansom Martin.\\nORDERS AND SOCIETIES.\\nWestern Star Lodge, No. 39, F. and A. M., was insti-\\ntuted Jan. 10, 1850. Previous to that date it was con-\\nducted under dispensation from Nov. 28, 1849, the date\\nof the first meeting, when there were nine members. The\\nfirst ofiScers were R. W. Landon, W. M. Wm. Dougherty,\\nS. W. Michael Hand, J. W. Ethan A. Brown, S. D.;\\nEverett Webster, J. D. O. D. Snow, Treas. Wm. P. St.\\nJohn, Sec. Morris Boss, Tiler. The foregoing and Geo.\\nR. L. Baker included the orisrinal members.\\nThe membership is now 75, and the officers as follows:\\nL. B. Marqui-ssee, W. M. R. A. Wheeler, S. W. Daniel\\nRobinson, J. W. E. D. Wilson, Treas. Wm. P. Reiber,\\nSec. A. \\\\V. Marrs, S. D. J. D. E. P. Arm-\\nstrong, Tiler Aaron Van Patten and T. C. Spalding,\\nStewards. The Worshipful Masters since the lodge organi-\\nzation have been, in the order of their service, R. W. Lan-\\ndon, Michael Hand, Everett Webster, E. A. Brown, Cor-\\nnelius Gorham, E. A. Brown, C. Gorham, R. L. Dudley,\\nE. A. Brown, C. D. Nichols, James Graham, E. A. Brown,\\nA. W. Marrs, E. A. Brown, Michael Hand, A. W. Marrs,\\nE. A. Brown, Edward Hall, L. B. Marquissee, William H.\\nMiller, L. B. Marquissee, N. M. Claypole, L. B. Marquissee.\\nThe lodge owns a handsomely-furnished hall at Berrien\\nSprings, in which assemblies have been held since November,\\n1875. Regular meetings are held every Wednesday in each\\nmonth on or before the night of full moon.\\nBerrien Spriuc/s Lodge, No. 323, 0. 0. F., was insti-\\ntuted March 17, 1879, with charter members as follows:\\nE. D. Cook, Geo. W. Rowe, D. G. W. Gaugler, R. A. De-\\nment, Geo. W. Caruthers, Joel Benson, John H. Stover,\\nJas. Smith, Alex. J. Malloy, Norman Nimms. The first\\nofficers were E. D. Cook, N. G. Geo. W. Caruthers, V. G.\\nD. G. W. Gaugler, Rec. Sec. R. A. Demont, P. Sec.\\nGeo. W. Rowe, Treas. Although but six months of age,\\nthe lodge numbers a membership of 50. Regular meet-\\nings are held every Monday night in the hall over the\\npost-office.\\nThe officers Sept. 1, 1879, were G. W. Caruthers, N. G.\\nNorman Nimms, V. G. W. P. Harmon, Rec. Sec. R. A.\\nDemont, P. Sec. Geo. W. Rowe, Treas.\\nOronoko Lodge, No. 69, A. 0. U. W., was organized\\nMay 23, 1879, with 17 members. The officers elected at\\nthe organizatioQ still remain in office, and are R. A. De-\\nmont, P. M. W. R. D. Dix, M. W. C. B. Watson, Sec.\\nW. F. Reiber, F. W. H. Miller, G. F. L. St. John, 0.\\nL. B. Marquissee, G. G. W. Rough, Rec. Jacob Boon,\\nI. W. Otis Reed, 0. W. The membership is now 21.\\nRegular meetings are held on the first and third Tuesdays\\nof each month in the I. 0. 0. F. Hall.\\nMount Tabor Orange, No. 43, P. of H., was organized\\nAug. 5, 1873, with the following members: Joseph Beach\\nand wife, Stephen Harner and wife, P. Helmick and wife,\\nWilliam M. Tabor and wife, Orlando Nelson and wife,\\nChristopher Raver, J. C. Beach, D. Sylvester and wife, A.\\nGreen and wife, Richard Edwards and wife. William M.\\nTabor was the first Master and B. Helmick the first Secre-\\ntary. Until August, 1877, the grange held meetings in the\\ndwellings of its members. A fine grange hall was com-\\npleted and occupied at that time. It is located in the\\nsoutheastern part of the township, and cost to build $1200.\\nThe members number now 59. The officers chosen for\\n1879 were W. J. Jones, M. Mattie J. Helmick, Sec.\\nChester Fisher, Treas. Thos. J. Crandall, Overseer\\nJoseph Beach, Chaplain A. Green, Steward A. D. Stowe,\\nAssistant Steward George Reese, Lecturer Mrs. A. D.\\nStowe, Lady Assistant Steward Mrs. Sarah Jones, Ceres\\nMiss Nellie McOmber, Flora Mi.ss Ettie Fisher, Pomona\\nMrs. E. A. Green, 0. G.\\nBerrien Springs Orange, No. 40, P. of II., was organ-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0369.jp2"}, "370": {"fulltext": "292\\nHISTOKY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nized in 1873, but decliniog in strength in 1879, was in\\nthat year dissolved.\\nJlie Berrien Springs Cornel Band was organized in\\n1878, by Professor Q. W. Chadwick, of Warsaw, Ind., who,\\nin response to a call, spent a brief period in Berrien Springs\\nin the training of the band. Mr. G. W. Caruthers, who\\nwas chosen the first leader, still continues at the head of\\nthe organization, whose force includes eight brass instru-\\nments and two drums. The band renders frequent and\\neflFective service in the local field, and enjoys a creditable\\nreputation as a company of skilled performers.\\nThe Red Ribbon Club, organized in 1877, has now\\nabout 150 members, and ofiicers as follows: Charles B.\\nWatson, President Mrs. Chas. B. Watson, Robert Ren-\\nnie, and Mrs. David Essick, Vice-Presidents F. A. Bray-\\nman, Sec. C. D. Nichols, Treas. John Costello, F. S.\\nR. D. Dix and Jennie Boon, Marshals J. R. Miller,\\nChaplain. Regular meetings are held every Tuesday\\nevening in Red Ribbon Hall.\\nThe Berrien Springs Debating Society, organized in 1 869,\\nmeets for public discussion during the winter seasons. The\\nofiicers for 1879 were Clifton Gardner, President Augustus\\nKephart, Secretary and Treasurer. The membership in Sep-\\ntember, 1879, was 12.\\nThe Young Peoples Picnic Association of Berrien\\nCounty was organized Aug. 9, 1877. Annual meetings\\nare held in Barnard s Grove at Berrien Springs, and those\\noccasions have thus far witnessed the gathering of a joyous\\nmultitude and the passage of a happy time.\\nA Grand Army of the Republic Post and Ladies Li-\\nbrary Association fiourished in Berrien Springs a few years\\nago, but they passed out of existence before 1877.\\nBerrien County Pioneer Association. This association,\\ncomposed, as its name indicates, of those who participated\\nin the pioneer settlement of Berrien County, was organized\\nSept. 22, 1875. Its members -now numbering upwards\\nof 300 have held yearly reunions since then on the first\\nWednesday in June, in Barnard s Grove, near Berrien\\nSprings, and at these meetings have gathered not only\\nBerrien pioneers, but people from various parts of the\\nState, as well as from other Western States. On the occa-\\nsion of the reunion in June, 1879, the number of persons\\nin attendance was estimated at fully 10,000.\\nThe exercises at these pioneer meetings consist of diver-\\nsified entertainment, historical addresses and the narra-\\ntion of old settlers reminiscences forming naturally the\\nleading features, while pleasing amusements and feasting\\nadd much to the cheerfulness of the occasion.\\nCHAPTER XXXIX.\\nPIPESTONE TOWNSHIP.*\\nSettlements and Pioneers in Pipestone Shanghai Village Early\\nIndustries The German Settlement Township Organization and\\nOfficers Schools Churches Eau Claire Pipestone Grange A\\nMemorable Wind-Storm.\\nPipestone, named after the large creek which flows\\nthrough the township from east to west, is numbered town\\nBy David Schwartz.\\n5 south, in range 17 west, and lies on the eastern line of\\nthe county, having Bainbridge township on the north, Ber-\\nrien on the south, the Cass County line on the east, and\\nSodus township on the west.\\nA considerable portion of the township, estimated at one-\\ntenth of the territory, is swamp-land, the major portion\\nthereof being on the north and east. In the latter district\\nis the big meadow, the largest of the swamp tracts, which\\ncovers nearly 1000 acres. The roads through these swampy\\nlands are very bad at their best, and are at times well-nigh\\nimpassable. Measures are, however, now in progress by\\nwhich it is hoped to reclaim the big meadow, and event-\\nually the other swampy regions. Certain it is that this\\nland, when reclaimed, will be exceedingly valuable.\\nLiberal attention is given to the production of fruit, and\\nof apples the annual yield is exceedingly large. The soil is\\nfavorable to the bountiful growth of wheat and corn, the\\naverage yield of the former being twenty bushels per acre.\\nInstances have been cited of thirty-eight bushels per acre in\\n1879.\\nThe surface of the country is uneven, and water-courses\\nare plentiful. Pipestone Creek, the largest of these, flows\\nfrom the northeastern corner of the township westward to\\nthe St. Joseph River, and afibrds at Shanghai good water-\\npower. The market-towns are Benton Harbor and Dowa-\\ngiac. The two villages in Pipestone, Shanghai and Eau\\nClaire, have post-offices, but these are small settlements.\\nSETTLEMENTS AND PIONEERS IN PIPESTONE.\\nThe southern and western portions of Pipestone fell into\\nthe hands of Eastern land speculators soon after the town-\\nship survey. Nearly all of these land-owners lived in New\\nYork State, among the most prominent being Lawrence,\\nCorning, Bushnell, and Voorhies. As they bought the\\nmost of their land from the general government at one\\ndollar and a quarter an acre, and sold it to settlers at two\\ndollars and a half, their investments paid them handsomely.\\nAlthough the territory now covered by Bainbridge and\\nWatervliet received settlers as early as 1835, that portion\\nof Bainbridge now called Pipestone did not attract much\\nattention until 1837, and for some time after that settle-\\nments were slow while in the north and eastern portions,\\nwhere the land was swampy, there were scarcely any settlers\\neven as late as 1847.\\nThe first white settler in the township was undoubtedly\\nJames Kirk, a Virginian. Mr. Kirk s brother William had\\nmoved from Virginia to Niles in 1830, and James Kirk,\\nactuated by a desire to leave a country where slavery pre-\\nvailed, and by the invitation to join his brother, moved in\\nin 1833, with his wife and two children, from his Virginia\\nhome to Niles. After residing there four years he deter-\\nmined to seek a home in some newer region, and in the fall\\nof 1836 set out, in company with Robert Newell, of Niles,\\non a land-prospecting tour. They followed Indian trails and\\nsection lines, marked by blazed trees, until coming one day\\nto a cold spring on section 20, in what is now Pipestone,\\nMr. Kirk determined to locate a farm that should take in\\nthat spring. He returned with Newell to Niles, entered\\neighty acres on the section mentioned, and in April, 1837,\\nset out, with his family, from Niles in a lumber-wagon", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0370.jp2"}, "371": {"fulltext": "Residence of AARON van patten .Ordno o Tp, Berpi en Co, Mich\\nResidence of GEORGE C HARTMAN, Pipestone Tr, Berrien Co.Mich.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0371.jp2"}, "372": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0372.jp2"}, "373": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF PIPESTONE.\\n293\\ndrawn by a pair of oxen. Newell, it may be noted, was\\nnot impressed with the value of the lands he had seen, and\\nconcluded to remain in Niles. Mr. Kirk s family had by\\nthis time increased to seven children, and so when the\\nfamily move was made for the Pipestone country there\\nwere in the company nine persons.\\nThe journey was a tedious one of two days, and was\\nmade over roads much of which Kirk was compelled to cut\\nfor his passage through the woods.\\nThe first night was passed at the hou.se of Henry Rush,\\nin Berrien. The second night saw the family upon their\\nnew possession, and there, erecting a cloth tent near the\\nspring, they passed the night, the only civilized tenants of a\\nvast forest resounding with the cries of wolves, and familiar\\nto no human tread save that of the red man.\\nOn the following day Kirk, assisted by his boys, the\\neldest of whom was but eight years of age, erected a pole\\nshanty. Later in the year neighbors came from Bainbridge\\nand Berrien and assisted Kirk in putting up a comfortable\\nand commodious cabin of split logs. Of the seven children\\nmentioned there are now five living, viz., Mrs. Israel Wil-\\nliams, of Kansas Joseph S. Kirk, of Iowa John T. Kirk,\\nof California Mrs. Sarah Query, of Kansas and Joseph\\nA. Kirk, living upon the old farm. Isaac H., the eldest\\nof the seven, entered the military service during the Mex-\\nican war, and died on his way home. William D. lived in\\nPipestone until his death, in 1865.\\nAug. 20, 1837, while Kirk was still living in the pole\\nshanty, he became for the eighth time a father. The child\\nwas a daughter, and enjoyed the distinction of being the\\nfirst white child born in the township. She was named\\nMary Ellen, and, as the widow of William Penland, still\\nlives in Royalton township. Although Mr. Kirk took at\\nno time a prominent part in the public affairs of the town-\\nship, he was well known far and near, and much respected.\\nHe was a man of much humor, and numerous stories are in\\nexistence of his quaint sayings and love of the ludicrous.\\nHe remained upon the place of his first location until the\\nday of his death, and lived long enough to see the wilder-\\nness of his early days become a country of fruitful farms.\\nMr. Kirk was the only settler in Pipestone until some\\ntime during the summer of 1837, when Dr. Morgan Enos\\ncame from Millburg, with his wife, and located upon 160\\nacres lying in sections 18 and 19, which he had entered\\nthe previous year, while visiting his brother Joab in Benton\\ntownship. William Boughton, living on the Territorial\\nroad, near Millburg, in Bainbridge, had in 1836 attempted\\nto cut out a road from the Territorial road to section 18, in\\nPipestone (where he had entered land), but gave up the\\ntask before completing much of it.\\nWhen Dr. Enos was about ready to set out for his Pipe-\\nstone farm he, with Crawford Hazard and Nathaniel Brant,\\nfinished the road that Boughton had commenced, and over\\nit Dr. Enos moved his family and possessions to a log house\\npreviously put up there for him by Hazard, Brant, and\\nothers, who had cleared also a half-acre of land about the\\ncabin and sown it with turnip-seed. Dr. Enos then em-\\nployed Brant, Hazard, and two men named Pelch and Van-\\ndeveer to cut a road through to Henry Rush s, in Berrien, and\\nfrom section 18 to Larue s saw-mill, in what is now Sodus.\\nBrant and Hazard, of whom mention has been made\\nabove, were early comers in Bainbridge, and after a.ssisting\\nDr. Enos to settle in Pipestone continued to work for him,\\nand made Pipestone township their home.\\nHazard, who had a family, settled upon a place of his\\nown north of Dr. Enos, and lived there until 1844, when\\nhe moved to Hagar and bought out Oliver Sorell.\\nNathaniel Brant, who was a young bachelor, worked for\\nDr. Enos a few years, and on April 29, 1840, married\\nMartha, daughter of Crawford Hazard. The wedding cere-\\nmony was performed by Squire David S. Rector, at the\\nresidence of the bride s father, and is remembered as the\\nfirst marriage in the township. The occasion had been an-\\nticipated by the country roundabout, and preparations were\\nmade for the entertainment of a numerous company, but\\nalmost impassable roads kept many of the promised guests\\nat home, although there were at hand sufiicient numbers to\\nhave a generally merry time.\\nUpon Brant s marriage he became a settler in Pipestone,\\nand located upon a farm in section 17. In 1844 he sold\\nout and settled in Bainbridge, the purchaser of his place\\nbeing Oliver Sorel, who came from New York to Water-\\nvliet, in 1836, to work for Smith Merrick lived afterwards\\nin St. Joseph and Hagar, and selling his farm in the latter\\nplace, in 1844, to Crawford Hazard, moved in that year to\\nthe Brant farm in Pipestone. He sold in 1854 to William\\nR. Hogue, and moved to the northern part of the township,\\nwhore he now lives.\\nMorgan Enos was a skillful physician, and, upon his\\nsettlement in Pipestone, practiced medicine whenever duty\\ncalled him. He was for many years the only physician in\\nthat region, and acquiring a business that called him far\\nand near, came to be exceedingly well known. Called in\\nhaste one day to attend one of James Kirk s sons, he found\\nthat the lad had, while chopping in the woods, completely\\nsevered one toe and cut another, so that it hung simply by\\nthe skin. The boy s mother, upon answering his alarm, had\\nhastily replaced the hanging toe against the portion whence\\nit had been cut and when Dr. PJnos arrived he found the\\ntoe back in the exact spot from which it had been taken,\\nand cleverly bandaged. Madam, said he, what did you\\ncall me for? I couldn t do a neater job than that if I were\\nto try for a thousand years. That s what I call healing at\\nthe first touch.\\nDuring his later years, when old age began to tell upon\\nhim, Dr. Enos retired from active practice, and lived at his\\nease until his death, in September, 1868. Two of his\\nchildren Mrs. R. L. Webster and Juliette Eno.s live at\\nShanghai, the birthplace of Mrs. Webster, who was the\\nsecond child born in Pipestone township.\\nThe year 18.37 brought a number of other settlers into\\nPipestone, among whom were Robert Ferry, Elijah Pratt,\\nWilliam Boughton, Stephen Smith, and Loren Marsh.\\nFirst in order of settlement was Robert Ferry, who fol-\\nlowed close upon Morgan Enos in the pioneer work. He\\ncame over from Ireland in 1835, worked as a farmer s hand\\nin New York State two years (during which time, in 1836,\\nhe entered a piece of land on section 27, in Pipestone),\\nand in 1837 entered upon his Michigan estate, and set him-\\nself resolutely at the business of clearing his land. He was", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0373.jp2"}, "374": {"fulltext": "294\\nHISTOKY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\na bachelor then, and from 1837 to 1839 lived in his little\\nlog shanty, with no companion save his dog. He was\\nalone in the vast wilderness, two miles or more distant from\\nthe nearest settler he heard no sounds save those of howling\\nwolves, and saw no human faces except such as belonged to\\nthe red-skins, who occasionally looked in upon him, always,\\nhowever, in a friendly spirit. He worked away faithfully,\\nand, managing by occasional trips with government survey-\\nors to earn a little money, he was enabled to add to hi)\\nlanded possessions. This standard of thrift and industry\\nwhich he thus early set for himself grew with him through\\nlife, gave him at one time the ownership of upwards of\\n1000 acres of land, and enabled him at his death to leave\\na farm to each of his five sons.\\nIn 1839, Mr. Ferry married Joanna, a daughter of Jacob\\nRidenour, a settler in Pokagon in 1837. On the last day\\nof 1839 he brought his wife to his Pipestone home, and\\nthere Mrs. Ferry has lived to this day. She says that for\\nthree months after she began her pioneer life she saw no\\nwoman except an Indian squaw once in a while. Deer, she\\nrelates, were so plentiful and so tame that they frequently\\ncame past the cabin in herds, without manifesting timidity,\\nand killing a deer was a very simple and easy matter.\\nWolves were excessively troublesome, while bears played\\nhavoc with small stock. Mrs. Ferry remembers how wolves\\noften came to her very door-step, attracted by the odor of\\ncooking meat and that it was not infrequently the case\\nthat Mr. Ferry had to chase wolves and even bears from his\\ncabin door. Once he discovered a bear hugging one of his\\npigs and actually eating it alive. On another occasion a\\nhog which Ferry had brought from Pokagon was attacked\\nby a bear, and being happily delivered by Ferry from death\\nbecame apparently so thoroughly disgusted with its peril-\\nous existence that it disappeared that night, and appeared\\nin a few days at the home of its former owner in Po-\\nkagon. Mr. Ferry lived on his old farm until his death, in\\n1875 and upon the place where his strong energies had\\nput forth their most earnest eiforts a marble shaft marks\\nhis last earthly home.\\nElijah Pratt came from New York, with his wife, and set-\\ntled upon section 21. He went to California in 1850, and\\ndied on shipboard while on his return voyage.\\nWilliam Boughton settled upon section 18, and with\\nJoab Bnos subsequently laid out Pipestone village. He\\nwas a man of stirring energy and obtained much local\\nprominence. He was the first postmaster, and at the time\\nof his death, in 1864, was serving his second term. None\\nof his descendants now reside in the township.\\nStephen Smith, a bachelor of advanced years, and Loren\\nMarsh, his adopted son, came in company from Erie Co.,\\nN. Y., to Pipestone. Marsh had a wife and two children,\\nand with Smith settled upon section 21. Marsh difid soon\\nafter his settlement, and according to the best obtainable\\nauthority his was the first death in Pipestone. He was\\nburied on the Smith farm, on section 21, and there the\\ncurious may see in a clump of briers the spot where his\\nbones still lie. Thomas, his son, lives in Watervliet.\\nLoren Marsh s widow married David Puterbaugh, and died\\nmany years ago. Smith lived to be very old, and died in\\nPipestone.\\nDavid Puterbaugh, now living on section 26, resided in\\nBerrien township with his father, from 1836 until the\\nlatter s death in 1838. David then entered 40 acres of\\nland on section 27, in Pipestone, but did no work upon the\\nplace until the winter of 1839. After that, for nine years,\\nhe lived on the farm in the winter seasons, and during the\\nsummers boated on the St. Joseph River, while his place\\nwas looked after by his brother Abram. When David\\nfinally left the river, in 1848, and became a permanent set-\\ntler, Abram, his brother, bought 80 acres on section 28 of\\nRobert Ferry. Two years afterwards, while clearing his\\nland, he was killed by the fall of a tree. David moved to\\nhis place of present residence in 1853. His were the first\\nrecorded cattle ear-marks in the township books, under date\\n1842, and were noted as a square crop off left ear and\\nslit in right.\\nAmong the settlers of 1840 were Joseph Large, who\\nlocated upon the northeast corner of section 10, lived there\\nuntil 1875, and then moved to Texas. Spencer Bishop, a\\nNew Englander, settled upon section 7 there he lived until\\n1858, when he died by his own hand. William M. Abbott\\nlocated upon section 29, on land owned by Phiio W. Boyd,\\nwhose sister Abboit had married. He moved from the\\ntownship after a brief stay. Joseph F. Yaw, a New\\nYorker, settled in the northern part of the township. He\\nentered the military service during the civil war of 1861-\\n65, and was killed in action. His wife died soon after their\\nsettlement, and was buried at Berrien Springs.\\nGrist-mills were few and far between in that region in\\n1840, and as going to mill meant a journey of several\\nmiles, the settlers were called upon to exert their inventive\\nfaculties in more ways than one when the stock of meal or\\nflour ran low. Mrs. Brant says she astonished her neigh-\\nbors one day with a feast of johnny-cake, and when asked\\nto explain how she got the meal, related that she improvised\\na corn-mill by pounding her corn in a tin pan perforated at\\nthe bottom with small holes, and her model, it is said, was\\nadopted by many with gratifying results.\\nLog-rolling bees were prominent and useful features in\\npioneer life. Each man took turns in helping his neighbor\\nto clear a piece of land large enough at least to produce a\\nrespectable crop. In this way a newly-arrived settler would\\nbe enabled to get a clearing in a short time. Sometimes quite\\na company participated in the bee, although, as a rule, there\\nwere about enough to average four acres a day. All who\\ncould, turned out, for in those days fraternal sympathy was\\nthe ruling spirit. David Puterbaugh says that when the\\nsettlers began to multiply he was engaged twenty-two suc-\\ncessive days at log-rolling bees with his ox-team.\\nClearing land by moonlight was a common occupation\\nwith some of the settlers. For them the hours of labor\\ncould not be too long or too many. They were impatient\\nto hurry an enterprise which at best must be slow, and not\\nonly on moonlight nights but on nights when the stars only\\nshone did the woodman s axe ring the death-knell of many\\na forest monarch. Indeed there were some settlers who,\\nhaving to labor upon other farms during the day, that a\\nlittle ready cash might be obtained, were compelled to work\\nfar into the night on their own places as the only way pos-\\nsible towards the clearing of their land. The emergencies", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0374.jp2"}, "375": {"fulltext": "Residcnce of WILLIAM Ff I 0\u00c2\u00a3N OUR, PiPtsroNe Tp, BehrienCo ,MiCt", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0375.jp2"}, "376": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0376.jp2"}, "377": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF PIPESTONE.\\n295\\nof the time were of a truth pressing, and only heroic reme-\\ndies would apply.\\nMrs. Robert Ferry recalls the fact that in the absence of\\nmatches it was imperatively necessary to keep a constant\\nfire. One winter day their fire went out, and there were\\nat hand no means for rekindling it. Their nearest neigh-\\nbor was Martin Friley, living three miles away in Berrien,\\nand for Friley s house Ferry accordingly set out in search\\nof a fire-brand. He returned in good time, waving the\\nbrand in triumph, and a cheering sight it was, too, to the\\neyes of his wife, who had, during his absence, occupied the\\nroof of the cabin, where, in the rays of the sun, she found\\ntrifling relief from the penetrating cold. As to the matter\\nof going to mill, Ferry frequently shouldered his grist,\\ntrudged eight miles to Pokagon, and brought back his flour\\nby the same conveyance.\\nIn 1845, eight years after the township received its first\\nsettler, Pipestone contained a population of 277. Nine\\nyears later, or in 1854, the population had increased to 785.\\nSHANGHAI VILLAGE.\\nThe village known as Shanghai is set down in the Postal\\nGuide as Pipestone, which has been its post-office name\\nsince the ofiice was first established, in 1846. Previous to\\nthat time William Boughton and Joab Enos laid out a vil-\\nlage upon the site, called it Pipestone, and disposed of a\\nfew lots but .somehow the growth of the enterprise was ex-\\nceedingly slow, and for a long time it existed only on paper.\\nPrevious to 184G there were no mail facilities nearer than\\nBerrien Springs, but in that year Wra. Boughton secured\\nthe establishment of a post-office at that point and was him-\\nself appointed postmaster. No store was established there\\nuntil 1856, when John Garrow set up as a merchant.\\nMeanwhile, in 1853, the village was rechristened and\\ncalled Shanghai, as a tribute to Morgan Enos fondness for\\nthe Shanghai breed of fowls. The story goes that Dr.\\nEnos, visiting New York to bring his daughter Sophronia\\nback from school, brought also a few Shanghai eggs, and\\nin the chickens raised from those eggs he took such pleasure\\nthat some one declared the village ought to be called\\nShanghai. The idea gaining popular favor at once, the\\nname was by common consent adopted and has been re-\\ntained to this day. Mrs. B,. L. Webster, now living at\\nShanghai, is the doctor s daughter, and the one who con-\\nveyed the eggs in question in her lap all the way from New\\nYork State to Pipestone. Mr. Boughton was postmaster\\nfrom 1846 to 1857, when he was succeeded by Lyman\\nDunbar, who retired in 1861 in favor of Mr. Boughton s\\nreturn to the oflioe. The latter retained it until his death,\\nin 1864, from which time until 1866 0. S. Boughton, who\\nhad been deputy under William Boughton, had charge.\\nMiss C. C. Sabin was appointed in 1866, and in 1868 gave\\nway to Angelia Webster, who in 1874 relinquished the\\nplace to J. F. Haskins, the present incumbent.\\nThe merchants who succeeded Mr. Garrow at Shanghai\\nhave been as follows: Ambrose Watkins, Miss C. C. Sa-\\nbin, Charles Walker, Mortimer Quackenbu.sh, Sylvester\\nParks, Chambers Tatman, and L. P. Vandenhofi Mr.\\nParks and Mr. Vandenhoff being at present the village\\nmerchants.\\nBesides the two stores there are in the village a dozen or\\nmore residences, a graded school, and two blacksmith-shops.\\nEARLY INDUSTRIES.\\nAlthough Pipestone Creek furnished, near Pipestone\\nvillage, excellent water-power when William Boughton laid\\nout the place, no especial efibrt was made to utilize it. Joab\\nand Morgan Enos built a saw-mill, in 1844, on the creek,\\nthree-quarters of a mile north of the village, and later Mor-\\ngan Enos put up a saw-mill at the village. Above the first-\\nnamed mill Daniel P. Pidge erected, in 1845, a tool-shop,\\nwhere he did all kinds of blacksmithing and manufactured\\nknives, bells, etc., in a small way. James A. Kirk, of\\nPipestone, has in his possession one of the Pidge\\nbutcher-knives. It bears the imprint of Pidge in bold\\ncharacters, but is a poor specimen of a knife for all that.\\nIn the second story of Pidge s shop A. D. Snow plied his\\ntrade of carpenter, and a little fiirther up the creek Joab\\nEnos had a turning-lathe. A turning-lathe was also set up\\nat the village soon after by John Enos.\\nThe Joab and Morgan Enos saw-mill was erected for them\\nby Robert Cassiday, a Niles mill-wright, who in 1854\\nmoved into Pipestone and bought the property of Joab\\nEnos. The mill is now occupied by Wm. L. Clark. The\\nsaw-mill started by Morgan Enos at the village was allowed\\nin after years to go to decay.\\nThe first grist-mill was a primitive affair. In 1847,\\nBlandon A. Pemberton built a little log mill on the creek\\nflowing through section 31, and continued its operation\\nabout six years. A hand-bolt was in this mill, a useful but\\nsimple affair, and the milling business, as may be judged,\\nwas limited in its scope, but still a convenience, as it saved\\nmany a journey to Berrien.\\nThe second grist mill in the township, and the only one\\nnow there, was put up at Shanghai by William and Samuel\\nEnos and Robert L. Webster. The machinery for it was\\ntaken from the old Lacey mill at Niles. Tiie mill property\\nbelongs now to the Davidson Gardner estate, and is occupied\\nby E. H. Adams.\\nDr. Fowler built a saw-mill on section 1, and sold it to\\nGilbert Leech, from whose possession it passed, in 1861, to\\nPeter and James H. Nostrand. In 1873 they abandoned\\nthe old water-mill, and built near it a steam saw-mill, which\\nthey now operate.\\nThe only manufacturing interest now in Pipestone, be-\\nsides those noted above, is the steam saw-mill of James\\nHawes, on section 15, erected in 1874.\\nTHE GERMAN SETTLEMENT.\\nThe northeastern portion of the township contains many\\nGermans, and is known as the German settlement, although\\nthere are in that quarter quite as many Americans as Ger-\\nmans. Dr. Fowler, who built a saw-mill on section 1 and\\nJohn Rowe, who rented the mill, were perhaps the first\\ncomers. Mr. Rowe is still a resident, upon section 12.\\nIsaac Tice, of Cass County, owned about 3000 acres, lying\\nchiefly along the eastern tier of sections in Pipestone and\\nthe west tier in Cass County. Of him many Germans\\npurchased lands. The German advance-guard came in\\n1850, when William Hackstatt, Henry Stevens, Henry", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0377.jp2"}, "378": {"fulltext": "296\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nTulker, and Neimeyer, with their families, journeyed\\nfrom Cincinnati, in company, to Pipestone. Hackstatt\\n(who, with Fred. Schleipp, had prospected for land in\\nPipestone in 1847) had bought a soldier s land-warrant\\nfor 200 acres on section 12, and of the 200, Henry Stevens\\nafterwards bought SO acres from William Buck, to whom\\nHackstatt had sold. Hackstatt found an abandoned log\\nschool-house on his place, and he proceeded to utilize it as\\na residence, and as such it served him some time. Stevens\\nstill lives on section 12. Neimeyer returned to Ohio and\\nTulker settled in Ca.ss County. When the Hackstatt party\\ncame in they found a wild and almost unsettled country.\\nThe only roads they found were narrow paths through the\\nwoods. John Rowe was already there, and opposite him\\nwas John Schinefelt, who moved in 1867 to Iowa. On\\nthe south was David Walter, and west of Walter was David\\nMoore.\\nPeter Kramer, the father of Mrs. William Hackstadt,\\ncame from Cincinnati in 1851, and after living a year with\\nhis son-in-law went back to Ohio, whence he returned to\\nPipestone in 1854, and settled upon section 11, where he\\ndied.\\nIn 1853, J. C. Runkle, of Ohio, bought of Jo.siah H.\\nSwisher 80 acres on section 1, and entered 80 acres on sec-\\ntions 1 and 2. He settled in that year on section 1, upon\\nwhich the only other settler then was Gilbert Leech, who\\nowned and operated the old Fowler .saw-mill. Campbell\\nMcCoy lived on section 2, and died there in 1863. George\\nSrackengast, who came with Runkle, settled upon section\\n2, and lives there yet.\\nAt that late day, even, there were no traveled roads in\\nthat quarter. The roads the settlers used were such only\\nas they cut out themselves.\\nIn 1854, Aaron Claussen came, with his family, from\\nPennsylvania to Michigan, and remaining awhile in Berrien\\nSprings opened a harness-shop there. That he soon gave\\nup, and in the fall of the same year bought 40 acres of\\nland on section 13, in Pipestone, and located upon it with-\\nout delay. His place was in the heart of the woods, and\\nfor a long time, even after he settled, deer used to play\\nabout his house and pass in droves. Mr. Claussen entered\\nthe military service during the war of the Rebellion, as a\\nmember of the 12th Michigan, and died in hospital in\\nArkansas, in 1865. When the Claus.senscame in their neigh-\\nbors on the south were Darius Jlly and Daniel Trowbridge,\\nand on the north Joseph Walter and Julius Hackstadt.\\nIn the same year James Nostrand came, with his son\\nPeter and the latter s family, from Onondaga Co., N. Y., and\\nmade a settlement on section 14, upon a place owned by the\\nwidow of David Moore. That farm had been partly cleared,\\nbut the neighboring country was generally wild. The elder\\nNostrand returned to New York, and in 1861 Peter located\\non section 1, whore he had bought land and the old Fowler\\nsaw-mill of Gilbert Leech, and where he still lives.\\nIn 1857, Frederick Wolf settled upon the place he now\\noccupies, and in 1858 Frederick Furst located upon a place\\nadjoining him on the east.\\nProceeding southward, along the eastern line of the\\ntownship, note may be made of the settlement, in 1853, of\\nDarius Ely, who in that year started from Ohio for Cali-\\nfornia. He stopped in Pipestone to visit Daniel Trow-\\nbridge (his wife s father, who had settled in Pipestone two\\nyears previously, upon section 23), and was persuaded by\\nTrowbridge to remain as a settler. He bought 160 acres\\non section 23 and 160 on section 24, and while he was\\nbuilding a frame house on his place lodged his family in an\\nold log cabin on the Widow Moore s farm. When Ely\\nmoved in there were, besides Trowbridge, the settlements,\\nnear by, of David and Josiah Gano, W. Farrow, and J. De\\nWitt. Trowbridge died in 1858, and Ely in 1867.\\nIn the southeast the earliest settlements were made by\\nWilliam M. G. Ridenour and Cyrus Tatman, who came in\\n1849. West of them, in the same year, Norman Preston\\nmade a settlement and west of him, on section 34, still\\nearlier in the same year. Miles Davis located upon 80\\nacres, purchased of Lawrence, a land speculator. The\\ncountry about him was wild, and settlements were few.\\nHis neighbors on the north were Robert Ferry, David\\nPuterbaugh, and Truman Reed on the south was George\\nCaldwell on the east there was no one between his place\\nand the town line, three miles distant on the west his\\nnearest neighbor was Edward Hart, two miles away. Hart\\nsold his place to W. Smythe Farmer, of New York, who\\nsettled in Pipestone in 1848. Since that time Mr. Farmer\\nhas steadily added to his landed possessions, and he now\\nowns about 2000 acres, 800 of which are under cultivation.\\nFollowing the east-and-west road from Cassiday s Cor-\\nners, we find that Robert Cassiday, who settled in the State\\nin 1829, and in Niles in 1832, moved from the latter place\\nin 1854 to Pipestone, where he settled on section 18, and\\ntook charge of the Enos mill property, his purchase of\\nwhich had led him to locate in the township. A mile or\\nmore eastward, on section 17, Theodore Clark, of Ohio,\\nsettled in the same year, and opposite him, in the following\\nspring, C. E. Jennings located, on section 8. Upon the\\nplace bought by Clark there had been three different set-\\ntlers, to wit, Alonzo Brant, Joseph F. Yaw, and J. T.\\nBurbank, each being named in the order of his settlement.\\nAfter Burbank sold to Clark he bought a place on sections\\n9 and 16 from Hiram Ryther, who thereupon left the town-\\nship.\\nIn the spring of 1855, A. R. Robinson bought a place\\non section 9 of Elliott Chamberlain, who was the original\\nsettler there in 1853. Robinson s neighbors were Peter\\nWorth, Mrs. Reams, and Philip De Witt. In 1855, Jacob\\nPuterbaugh came from Berrien and settled north of the\\nroad; A. J. Tibbs settled south, on section 16, in 1856;\\nand Andrew Jackson, a colored man, settled on section 14.\\nWilliam Green was a settler before 1849 and on section 3\\nJohn Sutherland was a settler in 1856. His farm was an\\nunbroken forest, and before he settled neither the east-and-\\nwest road nor the north-and-south road, which now bound\\nhis farm on two sides, had been laid out.\\nTOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION AND OFFICERS.\\nPipestone, belonging to the territory originally set off to\\nBainbridge and Royalton, was created a separate township\\nin 1842, under the Legislative act of February 16th of that\\nyear, and then extended west to the St. Joseph River. It\\nis generally understood that the township name was derived", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0378.jp2"}, "379": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0379.jp2"}, "380": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0380.jp2"}, "381": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF PIPESTONE.\\n297\\nfrom that of Pipestone Creek, but how the creek came by\\nits name is not so clear.\\nThe first meeting was held at the house of William\\nBoughton, shortly after organization, and at the election\\nthen held, 27 votes were cast. The full list of ofiBcials then\\nchosen is as follows Supervisor, James B. Larue Clerk,\\nMorgan Enos Trea.surer, Loren Marsh Justices of the\\nPeace, J. B. Larue (two years), Loren Marsh (three years),\\nEbenezer Parley (one year), David S. Rector (four years)\\nSchool Inspectors, James Kirk, Loren Marsh, James B.\\nLarue Highway Commissioners, Ebenezer Farley, David\\nS. Rector, James Kirk Directors of the Poor, William\\nBougliton, Morgan Enos; Constables, David Puterbaugh,\\nHiram Rector; Overseers of Highways: District No. 1,\\nRobert Ferry District No. 2, Loren Marsh District No.\\n3, Morgan Enos District No. 4, Spencer Bishop District\\nNo. 5, D. S. Rector District No. 6, Solomon Foster. The\\ninspectors of this first election were James B. Larue, Wil-\\nliam Boughton, John M. Enos, Morgan Enos.\\nThe second election was held at the house of David S.\\nRector, April 3, 1843. From that date to and including\\n1879 the township has annually chosen its chief officials\\nas follows\\n1843. Supervisor, J. B. Larue; Treasurer, William H. Rector; Clerk,\\nMorgan Enos; Highway Commissioners, Ebenezer Farley,\\nSpencer Bishop, William M. Abbott; School Inspectors, J.\\nB. Larue, Joab Enos Justice of the Peace, Ebenezer Farley.\\n1844. Supervisor, J.B.Larue; Treasurer, Spencer Bishop; Clerk,\\nMorgan Enos; Highway Commissioners, E. Farley, D. S.\\nRector, Loren Marsh School Inspector, J. B. Larue; Justice\\nof the Peace, J. B. Larue.\\n1845. Supervisor, J. B. Larue; Treasurer, Spencer Bishop; Clerk,\\nMorgan Enos; Highway Commissioners, Elijah Pratt, Ed-\\nward Buckman, D. S. Rector Justice of the Peace, Josiah\\nHawes.\\n1846.- Supervisor, J. B. Larue; Treasurer, D. S. Rector; Clerk, 0. S.\\nBoughton Highway Commissioners, Joseph F. Yaw, Wil-\\nliam 11. Rector, David Puterbaugh; School Inspectors, I.\\nW. ChaJwick, 0. S. Boughton Justice of the Peace, 0. S.\\nBoughton.\\n1847. Supervisor, J. B. Larue; Treasurer, D. S. Rector; Clerk, 0.\\nS. Boughton; Highway Commissioners, Ebenezer Farley,\\nSpencer Bishop, 1). S. Rector; School Inspector, Daniel P.\\nPidge Justice of the Peace, Ebenezer Farley.\\n1848. Supervisor, J. B. Larue; Treasurer, D. S. Rector; Clerk, Josiah\\nHawes; Highway Commissioner, D. S. Rector; School In-\\nspector, Morgan Enos; Justices of the Peace, J. B. Larue,\\nB. A. Pemberton.\\n1849. Supervisor, Joab Enos Treasurer, A. Buckman Clerk, J. F.\\nHaskins; Highway Commissioner, William Green; School\\nInspector, I. W. Chadwick Justices of the Peace, M. Reese,\\nD. S. Rector.\\n1850.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 No record.\\n1851. Supervisor, Joab Enos Treasurer, W. Boughton Clerk, 0. S.\\nBoughton; Highway Commissioner, Spencer Bishop; School\\nInspector, William Green Justices of the Peace, H. C.\\nFenton, H. A. Byther, B. A. Pemberton.\\n1852. Supervisor, Josiah Hawes Treasurer, W. Boughton Clerk,\\n0. S. Boughton Highway Commissioners, II. A. Ryther,\\nEbenezer Farley School Inspector, Morgan Enos Justices\\nof the Peace, D. Trowbridge, Ami Whitney.\\n1853. Supervisor, E. Farley Treasurer, W. Boughton Clerk, J. H.\\nReese; Highway Commissioners, William Horton, 0. S.\\nBoughton; School Inspector, I. W. Chadwick.\\n1854. Supervisor, D. Trowbridge Treasurer, W. Boughton Clerk,\\n0. S. Boughton Highway Commissioners, A. Buckman, D.\\nS. Rector School Inspector, Lyman Dunbar Justices of\\nthe Peace, J. F. Taw, R. Cassiday.\\n38\\n1855.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, M. Enos; Treasurer, W. Boughton; Clerk, 0. S.\\nBoughton; Highway Commissioners, G. Srackengast, Theo-\\ndore Cfark School Inspector, D. A. Clark Justice of the\\nPeace, Joseph Walter.\\n1856.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, R. E. Hull Treasurer, W. Boughton Clerk, Theo-\\ndore Clark Highway Commissioners, G. Srackengast, John\\nRush, P. De Witt School Inspector, A. T. Watkins Justices\\nof the Peace, Darius Ely, S. Correll.\\n18u7. Supervisor, D. Ely; Treasurer, W. Boughton; Clerk, A. T.\\nWatkins; Highway Commissioners, W. P. Wells, C. E.\\nStraight, John Stump School Inspector, Theodore Clark\\nJustices of the Peace, William Hogue, J. Hemingway.\\n1858. Supervisor, M. Enos Treasurer, W. Boughton Clerk, John\\nGarrow; Highway Commissioner, W. P. Wells; School In-\\nspector, R. Cassiday Justice of the Peace, J. F. Haskins.\\n1859. Supervisor, C. E. Straight Treasurer, W. Boughton; Clerk,\\n0. S. Boughton; Highway Commissioner, Sheldon Roberts;\\nSchool Inspector, A. T. Watkins Justice of the Peace, W.\\nH. Rector.\\nI860. Supervisor, R. J. Tuttle Treasurer, J. F. Haskins; Clerk,\\nTheodore Clark Highway Commissioners, G. Srackengast,\\nH. Trowbridge School Inspector, N. Garrow Justices of\\nthe Peace, John Davis, Martin Reese.\\n1861. Supervisor, J. Walter; Treasurer, J. F. Haskins; Clerk, E. G.\\nJones Highway Commissioner, H. Trowbridge School In-\\nspectors, Theodore Clark, James Hogan; Justices of the\\nPeace, G. Srackengast, Darius Ely.\\n1862. Supervisor, D. Gardner; Clerk, Miles Davis.\\n1863. Supervisor, 0. S. Boughton; Treasurer, Joseph Walter; Clerk,\\nR. Calvin Highway Commissioners, A. R. Robinson, G.\\nSrackengast; School Inspector, W. Friend, Jr.; Justice of\\nthe Peace, W. Friend, Sr.\\n1864. Supervisor, W. S. Farmer; Treasurer, Joseph Walter; Clerk,\\nR. Calvin Highway Commissioners, S. Trowbridge, W. R.\\nHogue; School Inspector, D. HuUrey Justice of the Peace,\\nC. Tatman.\\n1865. Supervisor, G. Srackengast; Treasurer, 0. S. Boughton Clerk,\\nW. R. Hogue; Highway Commissioners, W. R. Hogue, E.\\nD. G. Ridenour; School Inspector, W. Friend; Justices of\\nthe Peace, James Uogue, J. Conkling.\\n1866.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 No record.\\n1867. Supervisor, 0. S. Boughton; Treasurer, J. F. Haskins; Clerk,\\nW. L. Hogue Highway Commissioner, R. A. Calvin School\\nInspector, John Clark.\\n1868. Supervisor, J. P. Haskins; Treasurer, Miles Davis; Clerk, W.\\nL. Hogue; Highway Commissioner, S. E. Lapham School\\nInspector, J. D. Bowman.\\n1869. Supervisor, J. F. Haskins; Treasurer, J. H. Conkling; Clerk,\\nW. L. Hogue; Highway Commissioner, P. De Witt; School\\nInspector, C. E. Jennings.\\n1870. Supervisor, J. F. Haskins; Treasurer, J. H. Conkling; Clerk,\\nW. L. Hogue; Highway Commissioner, H. Stevens School\\nInspector, R.A.Calvin; Justices of the Peace, J. F. Haskins,\\nG. B. Tatman.\\n1871. Supervisor, J. F. Haskins; Treasurer, J. H. Conkling; Clerk,\\nAnson Lewis Highway Commissioner, A. M. Green School\\nInspector, John Clark; Justice of the Peace, John Clark.\\n1872. Supervisor, J. F. Haskins; Treasurer, J. H. Conkling; Clerk,\\nAnson Lewis; Highway Commissioner, P. De Witt: School\\nInspector, R. A. Calvin; Justice of the Peace, J. H. Conk-\\nling.\\n1873. Supervisor, J. F. Haskins; Treasurer, J. H. Conkling; Clerk,\\nJohn Clark; Highway Commissioner, Jacob Aumach; School\\nInspector, R. Reese; Justice of the Peace, G. B. Tatman.\\n1874. Supervisor, J. H. Conkling; Treasurer, A. Lewis; Clerk, W.\\nL. Hogue; Highway Commissioner, F.W.Elliott; School\\nInspector, R. A. Calvin Justices of the Peace, R. M. King,\\nD. Gardner.\\n1875. Supervisor, J. H. Conkling; Treasurer, A. Lewis; Clerk, W.\\nL. Hogue; Highway Commissioner, R. Cassiday; School In-\\nspector, R. A. Calvin; Justice of the Peace, Theo. Clark.\\n1876. Supervisor, J. H. Matthews; Treasurer, W. C. Pegg; Clerk,\\nW. L. Hogue; Highway Commissioner, A. Lewis; School\\nInspector, 0. S. Boughton Justices of the Peace, R. A.\\nCalvin, J. F. Haskins.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0381.jp2"}, "382": {"fulltext": "298\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\n1877.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, J. H. Matthews; Treasurer, W. C. Pegg Clerk,\\nW. L. Hogue; Highway Commissiouer, A. Lewis; School\\nInspector, John Clark; Justices of the Peace, W. Green, C.\\nW. Haskins.\\n1878.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, M. Davis Treasurer, W. C. Pegg Clerk, J. U.\\nMatthews: Highway Commissioner, William Collins; School\\nInspector, A. Lewis; Justices of the Peace, John Clark, J.\\nP. Haskins.\\n1879. Supervisor, M. Davis; Treasurer, D. Johnson; Clerk, J. H.\\nMatthews; Commissioner of Highways, William Collins;\\nSchool Inspector, A. R. Trowbridge; Justice of the Peace,\\nJohn Clark.f\\nThe members of the township board for 1879 were Miles\\nDavis, R. A. Calvin, J. F. Haskins, and John Clark. The\\nschool inspectors were John Martin (School Superintend-\\nent), A. R. Trowbridge, Anson Lewis. The justices of the\\npeace were J. F. Haskins and R. A. Calvin.\\nIn 1859 that portion of town 5 in range 18 west lying\\neast of the St. Joseph River was set off from Pipestone\\nand called Sodus.\\nUpon the organization of the township, in 1842, the res-\\nident highway-tax payers numbered 29, as follows\\nRoad District No. 1, Robert Ferry, David Puterbaugh,\\nPalmer Reed.\\nRoad District No. 2, Loren Marsh, James Kirk, Na-\\nthaniel M. Brant, Elijah Pratt, Stephen Smith, Crawford\\nHazard.\\nRoad District No. 3, Morgan Enos, William Boughton,\\nJohn M. Enos, Henry Enos.\\nRoad District No. 4, Spencer Bishop, Joab Enos.\\nRoad District No. 5, D. S. Rector, David Rector, Wm.\\nH. Rector, Daniel Baker, Jonathan S. Foster, James B.\\nLarue, Hiram Rector, Nicholas Hall.\\nRoad District No. 6, J. S. Foster, Ebenezer Farley, J.\\nW. Brewer, David Michael, Francis Vershaw, Mc-\\nDougal, J. B. Larue, N. B. Smith.\\nIt seems very clear that the first school in Pipestone was\\none taught by one George Lundy, a teacher from York\\nState, who came out in 1840 with Aaron and Barzilla\\nCollins. Loren Marsh had vacated a log shanty in which\\nhe had lived on section 20, and Lundy, succeeding in\\ncreating an educational interest in the community, estab-\\nlished a school in the Marsh shanty. He taught only\\nduring the winter of 1840 and 1841, after which a school\\nwas established at Shanghai. Lundy s scholars were twelve\\nin number, and included three adults, Robert Ferry, Aaron\\nand Barzilla Collins, besides James Kirk s seven children,\\nand Lyman and Clarissa Frisbee, nephew and niece of\\nElijah Pratt.\\nJuly 2, 1843, school districts were created as follows in\\ntown 5 south, range 18 west, covering the whole or portions\\nof sections named.\\nNo. 1.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sections 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 22. No. 2.\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nSections 13, 14, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 35, 36. No. 3.\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nSections 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20. No. 4.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sections 15,\\n16, 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34.\\nThe condition of Pipestone s public .schools Sept. 1, 1879,\\nis shown in the following table\\nResigned, and John Clark appointed.\\nI Failed to qualify.\\nNumber of districts (fractional, 4) 10\\nNumber of children of school age .537\\nAverage attendance 494\\nPublic money S348.72\\nNumber of school-houses (frame, 7 brick, 3).. 10\\nValue of school-houses $7850\\nTeachers 20\\nAmount paid for teachers wages $1863.50\\nCHURCHES.\\nThe first public religious worship in Pipestone was held\\nin 1837, in the house of James Kirk, by Rev. T. P. Mc-\\nCoole, who with Revs. Knox and Burns rode the country\\nover in the service of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and\\nmade it an especial business to plant the gospel in new\\nsettlements. These three ministers managed during the\\nfour years succeeding 1837 to hold services at Mr. Kirk s\\nhouse about once every four weeks. Meanwhile Morgan\\nEnos father-in-law, known as Priest Clark, visited the\\nsettlement occasionally, and at Enos house held Presby-\\nterian services. Wonship was thus continued by Mr. Clark\\nfor some years. William Boughton, a Close-Communion\\nBaptist, enlisted the services of a Rev. Mr. Day, who\\npreached frequent Baptist sermons at Mr. Boughton s\\nhouse. It is told of Mr. Day that, during the course of\\none of his sermons, he said, with much apparent enthu-\\nsiasm, What a happy man Father Boughton must be he\\nhas one daughter capable of teaching her neighbors and\\nanother standing by her side to assist her. The fact that\\nMr. Boughton s daughter was a school-teacher seemed to\\nMr. Day to reflect considerable glory upon the father.\\nAt Kirk s house Martin Friley and Hiram Hinchman,\\nresidents of Berrien, delivered occasional sermons, and\\nMethodist Episcopal services were held there more or less\\nuntil 1847, when a school-house being built at Shanghai,\\nmeasures were taken to organize a class. Revs. McCoole\\nand Woods held a protracted meeting in that year and\\nformed a class of 54 members, of whom Daniel P. Pidge\\nwas class-leader.\\nThe class was attached to the Bainbridge circuit, and for\\na year or more Mr. Woods, who was a blacksmith in the\\nemploy of Daniel P. Pidge, acted as local preacher. Suc-\\nceeding McCoole on the circuit at an early day were Revs.\\nE. L. Kellogg and Ransom Goodall. The Shanghai school-\\nhouse was used as a place of worship until 1867, when the\\nsociety built a fine church north of the village.\\nThe church membership is now 56, and the officers are:\\nTrustees, J. F. Haskins, W. S. Parmer, Robert Cassiday,\\nTheodore Clark, A. J. Tibbs Class-Leader, vacancy Pastor,\\nA. N. Eldred Stewards, W. S. Farmer, C. H. Burbank,\\nMilo Jennings. The Sabbath-school has about 60 pupils,\\nand is under the superintendence of William S. Reese.\\nPreaching and Sunday-school exercises are enjoyed every\\nSunday.\\nUnited Brethren. Previous to 1S55, members of the\\nUnited Brethren faith in Pipestone worshiped occasion-\\nally in the Shanghai school-house and the school-house on\\nsection 9, but effected no organization until that year. The\\nclass numbered 12 members, and included Joseph Reems\\nand wife, Thomas Hoadley and wife, Helen Worth, and\\nJacob Puterbaugh and wife. The organization of the class\\nwas effected by Rev. Mr. Abdell, of the St. Joseph Confer-\\nence, and the leadership given to Jacob Puterbaugh, who", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0382.jp2"}, "383": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0383.jp2"}, "384": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0384.jp2"}, "385": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF PIPESTONE.\\n299\\nis the leader at present. Mr. Abdell was the pastor for a\\ntime, and since his term the ehureh has been served by\\nRevs. P. L. Forbes, Henry Hardy, Jolm Surran, J. B.\\nSlite, and others. The present pastor is llev. J. H. Pattio,\\nwho preaches once in two weeks. Services were held in\\nthe school-house on section 9 until 1875, when the pres-\\nent church edifice was erected, at which time Rev. Mr.\\nWebster was the pastor.\\nThe church grew apace in strength after organization,\\nand before the close of the first year of its existence num-\\nbered 40 members. In 1879, however, the membership\\nwas but 25. The trustees then were Charles Haskins,\\nWm. Lavineway, and Jacob Hartzell. Sabbath-school ses-\\nsions are held in the church every Sunday. The pupils\\nnumber 40. The superintendent is Walker Willis. An\\nUnited Brethren class was organized at Shanghai at a com-\\nparatively early day, and subsequently nieiged into the\\nclass at Sodus. Reference thereto is made in the history\\nof Sodus.\\nWcsleyan Methodist. A Wesleyan Methodist Church\\nwas organized in Berrien township in 1855, and trans-\\nferred in 1858 to Eau Claire, in Pipestone, where a reor-\\nganization was effected, with 6 members, Jesse Gray being\\nchosen the first class-leader at that point. After an exist-\\nence of ten years, the class at Eau Claire was reduced to but\\na handful of members, who thereupon joined a class located\\nat the red school-house, on section 20, at which time Wm.\\nBrown was leader of the red school-house class. After a fur-\\nther existence of a few years, the red school-house class was\\ndiscontinued, but in 187G a reorganization was effected at\\nShanghai, with 16 members, when Rev. Wm. S. Williams\\nwas placed in charge, and William Clark chosen class-\\nleader. Since 1876, Revs. 0. S. Gurnell, 0. Tapley, and\\nHomer Gane, of the Pipestone circuit, have supplied the\\npreaching, which is provided every Sunday, at the Shang-\\nhai school-house. Mrs. Illlizaboth King is now the leader\\nof the clas.*, which has a membership of 2li. The church\\nstewards are David J. Reams and Abigail Buckner.\\nThe Sunday-school has 30 pupils, under the charge of\\nCharlotte Ilaskins (superintendent) and 8 teachers.\\nFirst Germnn United Evmigelical Zion Churcli. For\\nsome years previous to 1871 the Germans living in the\\nnortheastern portion of Pipestone met for occasional wor-\\nship in the school-hou.se on section 1, a majority of the\\nworshipers adhering to the Evangelical faith. Preaching\\nwas obtained as it best could be, and although services were\\nheld at irregular periods, they were counted upon as often\\nas once a month. It was not, however, until October 11,\\n1871, that a church organization waseffected, at which tin)e\\nthe following members were enrolled William Krohne,\\nHenry Bachman, Frederick HoUe, Frederick Wolf, Henry\\nHorstman, Frederick Furst, John Thumm, J. H. Rush,\\nFrederick Miller, Jacob Thumm, Frederick Bachman,\\nChas. Bachman, Michael Bowman, Julius Hackstadt, Wil-\\nliam Hackstadt.\\nEarlier, by some years, a burial-place had been laid out\\nby some of the leading Germans near the school-house, and\\nin 1872 the church now used was erected upon the ceme-\\ntery lot. The preachers who .served pri^vious to and since\\nthe organization of the church have been Revs. Fuerchter-\\nnich, Henry Meyer (who lived in Pipestone and occupied\\nthe pulpit three years), Hermann, Fuertag, Sohroeppel,\\nCopelge, and Nu.sbauni. The latter has been the pastor\\nsince 1876, and preaches once every fortnight for the Pipe-\\nstone congregation. The church membership is now six-\\nteen. The trustees are Frederick Wolf, William Martin,\\nand H. Horstman. The secretary is William Langley.\\nEureka Hall, a neat and commodious frame edifice in\\nthe southern part of the township, is frequently used for\\nreligious worship. It was built in 1877, at a cost of $1200,\\nby a company of Pipestone citizens for a public hall, and\\nin the agreement between the proprietors it was stipulated\\nthat the building should be open at all times for the u.se of\\nany religious denomination absolutely free of charge.\\nEAU CLAIRK.\\nThe post-office on the south, known as Kau Claire, was\\nestablished in 1861, through the efforts of William Smythe\\nFarmer. Henry Rush was appointed postmaster, and kept\\nthe office in a store just over the Pipestone line in Berrien.\\nWhen Mr. Farmer sought to have a post-office established\\nthere, he hit upon Eau Claire (meaning clear water as\\na neat name, and christened the place accordingly. Edwin\\nHart was the first storekeeper on the Pipe.stone side, and\\nupon his retirement Geo. E. Tatman succeeded him. When\\nRush gave up the office, in 1874, Tatman was appointed,\\nand removed the office into the Pipestone portion of Eau\\nClaire. In 1877, Patrick Stapleton succeeded Tatman as\\nstorekeeper and postmaster, and still fills both positions.\\nPLEASANT VALLEY POST-OFFICE.\\nIn 1870, Charles Bachman, living at Krohne s Corners,\\nsucceeded in having a post-office established at that point,\\nlie was appointed postmaster, and used to go to Dowagiac\\ntwice a week for the mail. Bachman wearied of the office,\\nand it fell to Sullivan Claus.sen, who was succeeded by Chas.\\nHartelrode, and when the latter resigned no one cared to\\ntake the place, whereupon the office was discontinued.\\nPIPESTONE GRANGE, No. 194, PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY,\\nwas organized in 1873, with 33 members. Meetings were\\nheld in town school-houses until 1877, when a grange hall\\nwas built on section 1 6.\\nThe Masters of the grange since its organization have\\nbeen W. Smythe Farmer, John Clark, Philip De Witt,\\nand John Clark (present and second term). The grange\\nmembership is now twenty-nine. The officers are John\\nClark, Master; Philip Do Witt, Overseer; Mrs. Philip De\\nWitt, Lecturer; Ca.ssius Hogue, Steward; Henry Bowman,\\nAssistant Steward; Maria Robinson, Chaplain; Alvin\\nRobinson, Treas. Anson Lewis, Sec. Helen Clark, Ceres;\\nJosephine Lewis, Pomona Christina Bowman, Flora\\nSarah Hogue, Stewardess.\\nA MEMOP.AIiLE WIND-HTORM.\\nOn the night of May 26, I860, that portion of Pipestone\\nlying along the southern line of section 9 was visited by a\\nviolent tornado, which occasioned within a narrow limit not\\nonly serious destruction of property, but loss of life. Mrs.\\nA. R. Robin.son, one of the sufferers from the disaster, re-\\nlates the story as follows Shortly after eleven o clock upon", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0385.jp2"}, "386": {"fulltext": "300\\nHISTORY OF BEREIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nthe night in question Mrs. Robinson was awakened from\\nsleep by a roaring sound, and, springing hastily to the win-\\ndow, was at once struck senseless by a sudden blow, and at\\nthe same instant the house a log cabin was utterly de-\\nmolished. Rain had been falling during the day, and at\\nnight was accompanied with violent thunder and vivid\\nlightning. This was the condition of the elements when\\nthe house fell, while inky darkness added to the horror of the\\nscene. In the house were Mr. and Mrs. William Worth\\nand Mr. and Mrs. Robinson, with their two children, the\\nchildren being lodged in tlie second story. The house and\\nits occupants were precipitated to the ground in a confused\\nmass, but, as fortune would have it, no one was fatally in-\\njured. Mrs. Robinson had been struck upon her head by\\na falling log, but immediately recovered consciousness, and\\ngroped, with her husband, through the ruins after the chil-\\ndren, one of whom was found to have a broken arm. With\\nher in her arms, Mrs. Robinson, accompanied by her hus-\\nband carrying the other child, and by the Worths, sought\\nshelter at Philip De Witt s hou.se, on the opposite side of\\nthe road. Upon nearing De Witt s house they heard cries\\nof distress, and knew that his family had also met with dis-\\naster. Hasty investigation revealed that the De Witt house\\na frame structure had been lifted bodily from its foun-\\ndation and thrown upon its side, dislodging the inmates\\nfrom their beds, and hurling upon them broken timbers,\\nbeneath which some of them were painfully confined.\\nWorking with desperate energy, those who were unharmed\\nsucceeded in rescuing the imprisoned ones, by which time\\nother neighbors arrived, who conveyed the wounded to\\ntemporary homes. Mr. De Witt s four-year-old son was\\ntaken out in an unconscious condition, lingered but a few\\ndays, and died. The bed which contained another young\\nchild of Dc Witt s was blown through a window into the\\nadjoining lot, with the child still in it, and so little was the\\nlatter disturbed that she simply cried out to know why\\nher ma had left her out in the rain\\nThe storm, when at its height, was confined to a narrow\\nlimit, and concentrated its strength in the vicinity of the\\nRobinson and De Witt places, no similar disasters occurring\\nelsewhere in the township at the time, and the wind being\\nin fact but moderately felt at other points. The blow was\\nover in an instant, as if opposing blasts had met in battle\\narray, and after a moment s conflict had parted and fled.\\nThe theory generally accepted was that strong southeast\\nand southwest currents crossed each other at the scene of\\ndisaster, and by their suddenly-combined force had leveled\\nevery obstacle with the ground.\\nSo great was the power of the tornado that the bed upon\\nwhich Mrs. Robin.son s children had been sleeping was car-\\nried half a mile, and lodged in a swamp a length of stove-\\npipe was carried from Mr. Robinson s house to a place three\\nmiles distant great trees were blown down, peach-trees were\\nstripped of their bark, fences were scattered far and wide over\\nthe fields, twenty of Mr. Robinson s hens were killed (many\\nof which had their feathers blown ofi as complete as if picked\\nby hand, while some were actually disemboweled), and to\\ncap the climax grains of wheat were blown from Robinson s\\nhouse into an old stump, where they were found as deeply\\nimbedded as if shot into it from a gun.\\nAltogether, this was a memorable incident in the lives of\\nthose who witnes.sed it, and to some of them at least the\\nshock was so severe that to this day the recurrence of a\\nwind-storm occasions extraordinary terror.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nROBERT CASSIDAY.\\nWe have had occasion to mention the subject of this\\nsketch several times in connection with the early history of\\nthis township and Berrien County. Thinking that his\\nmany friends might be pleased with an account of his per-\\nsonal career, we give a brief sketch of his life.\\nRobert Cassiday came to this State from Northern Ohio\\nas early as the fall of 1829 spent that winter in St. Joseph\\nCounty, where the village of Constantine now stands, and\\nmanufactured from a bowlder the first pair of millstones that\\never ground wheat or corn in St. Joseph County. Subse-\\nquently, in the year 1832, moved to Berrien County, and\\nin the year 1834 he married Sabrina Park, of Geauga Co.,\\nOhio, and settled in Niles, where he continued to reside\\nuntil 1854, when he moved to his present farm, where he\\nhas since lived.\\nMr. Cassiday is one of the few men who has seen a half\\ncentury pass since first coming to the State of Michigan,\\nand one of the very few living, of whom there will soon be\\nnone, who came into Western Michigan before 1830. The\\nremembrance of a people prosperous and enjoying a high\\nstate of civilization is due to those who bore the burden\\nand toil of its early settlement.\\nGEORGE C. HARTMAN.\\nThis gentleman, the second in a family of four children,\\nwas born in Lyons, Wayne Co., N. Y., July 6, 1822. His\\nfather was a native of New York, and his mother of Con-\\nnecticut. At the age of twenty-two he left home and spent\\na number of years in traveling throughout the United\\nStates, remauiing four winters in New Orleans, and finally\\nstopping in Brooklyn, N. Y., where he met Miss Kate F.\\nFarmer, who became his wife on the 23d of August, 1851.\\nHer father was a native of New Jersey, and her mother of\\nNew York. Mr. and Mrs. Hartman became the parents of\\nsix children, of whom five are now living. In the M\\\\ of\\n1851, Mr. Hartman visited Michigan, and in 1854 located\\nin the township of Pipestone. In 1860 he occupied his\\npresent farm of one hundred and sixty acres, which was\\nthen covered with heavy timber, and he has since cleared\\none hundred and seventy acres, being now the owner of a\\nfinely-improved farm and a pleasant home. In politics he\\nis a Republican, but not in any sense an office-seeker. He\\nwas reared a Presbyterian, but neither he nor his wife\\nbelong to any religious body. Their four sons are living at\\nhome, and their daughter is married, and living in the town\\nof Sodus. The work of clearing up a farm is always at-\\ntended with extreme labor and many hardships, even though\\nthe adjoining region may be thickly settled, and Mr. and\\nMrs. Hartman are, in this sense at least, true pioneers.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0386.jp2"}, "387": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0387.jp2"}, "388": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0388.jp2"}, "389": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0389.jp2"}, "390": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0390.jp2"}, "391": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF PIPESTONE.\\n301\\nJOSIAH GANO.\\nThis gentleman was the eldest in a family of six chil-\\ndren, and was born May 22, 1827, in Paris, Ohio. His\\nfather, John Gano, removed at an early day from Virginia\\nto Ohio, and in the latter State became acquainted with and\\nmarried Jane Kelsey. Josiah Gano lived with his father\\ntained one hundred and sixty acres, and was in the midst\\nof the heavy timber, the nearest road being one mile dis-\\ntant. Mr. Gano worked zealously to clear and improve his\\nfarm, and his labors were crowned with most gratifying\\nsuccess. He died April 15, 1875, and Mrs. Gano and her\\nchildren have since managed the aflFairs of the farm. Mr.\\nGano was possessed of a good common-school education.\\nJOSIAH GANO.\\nuntil he was twenty-three years of age, when he was mar-\\nried to Miss Margaret Calvin, daughter of Robert and Mar-\\ngaret Calvin; their union being consummated July 3, 1850.\\nTheir children, six in number, -two sons and four daugh-\\nters, are all living. After his marriage Mr. Gano worked\\nhis father s farm about four years, and in 1854 removed,\\nwith his family, to Michigan, settling in Pipestone town-\\nship, Berrien Co. The place on which he located con-\\nAMASA AND NORMAN C. PRESTON.\\nAraasa Preston, father of Norman C. Preston, was born\\nin Connecticut, Dec. 2, 1788. When he was ten years of\\nage he moved, with his parents, to the then western wilds\\nof Ohio, settling in Portage County, and remained with\\nhis parents until his marriage, April 25, 1811, to Electa\\nJohnson, a native of Massachusetts. He raised a family of\\nsix daughters and two sons, Aliso and Norman C, the\\nlatter (the youngest .son) being born in Portage County,\\nAug. 25, 1814. In 1838 the family removed to Van Wert\\nCo., Ohio, where Norman entered one hundred and sixty\\nacres of wild land, which he cleared and improved, and\\nthere he made his home for ten years.\\nSept. 10, 1846, Norman Preston married Mrs. Sarah\\nCook, who wa.s a native of Richland Co., Ohio, born Sept.\\n25, 1829, but at the time of her marriage a resident of\\nVan Wert County.\\nIn the fall of 1 848, accompanied by his parents and two\\nsisters, he removed to Berrien County, and purchased one\\nhundred and sixty acres of land in the township of Pipe-\\nstone, upon which, with his father, he lived until his death,\\nwhich occurred July 31, 1862. He was universally be-\\nMRS. JOSIAH GANO.\\nIn politics he was a Republican, but always respectfully\\ndeclined to accept oflBce. His religious views were of a\\nliberal nature. Mr. Gano at one time suffered the loss of\\nhis buildings by fire, and met various other losses, but at\\nhis death left his family in comfortable circumstances. His\\nloss was sincerely and deeply mourned, and a loving wife\\nawaits the summons of the death-angel, when she shall\\njoin him in a better land.\\nloved and respected. His widow and three children (Zo-\\netta, Milton, and Artlissa) survive. In his will Mr. Pres-\\nton made provision for the care of his aged father and\\nmother while they lived. His mother died April 26, 1863,\\nand his father married Mrs. Sarah Allen, March 13, 1864.\\nThe latter, notwithstanding she was sixty-five years of age,\\nwas as active as a girl of twenty years she celebrated her\\neightieth birthday in September, 1879, at the home of Mrs.\\nSarah Wells. Her husband, the father of Norman C, died\\nApril 2, 1873, at the advanced age of eighty-four years.\\nHe was a devoted Christian, and a member of the church\\nfor over sixty years.\\nMrs. Norman C. Preston married, Sept. 13, 1863, Wash-\\nington P. Wells. They resided on the estate until her son\\nattained his majority, when they moved on to a small place\\nwhich they had purchased, and which was formerly a part\\nof the homestead. The fruit of this union was two chil-\\ndren, Asa W. and Sarah E. Wells. Mr. Wells death oc-\\ncurred Aug. 31, 1876. Mrs. Wells is still living in her\\nhome, enjoying the society of her children, and of many\\nkind and endeared friends.\\nMilton Wells is living upon the old homestead, which he", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0391.jp2"}, "392": {"fulltext": "302\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nis improving and beautifying. On the 29th of October,\\n1879, he was married to Miss Alice Trowbridge, an esti-\\nmable young lady of the same township.\\nTHOMAS EVANS\\nwas born in Wales, March 5, 1828, and was the sixth in a\\nfamily of twelve children. His fiither, John Evans, emi-\\ngrated, with his family, to the United States in 1838, and\\nsettled in Portage Co., Ohio, where he remained until his\\ndeath, in March, 1849, his occupation having been that of\\na farmer. Thomas Rvans remained at home with his\\nmother, working on the farm, thrashing and at various\\nother employments, until April, 1852, when he went to\\nCalifornia. His stay in the new El Dorado was of short\\nduration, however, and in October, 1853, he returned to\\nOhio. Jan. 25, 1854, he was married to Miss Margaret,\\ndaughter of David and Elizabeth Jones, who were also\\nnatives of Wales. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Evans\\nare four in number: Allie E., born Nov. 29, 1856 Charles\\nD., born Jan. 21, 1859 Henry J., born March 10, 1860,\\ndied Aug. 16, 1871 Prank born Oct. 16, 1863. In\\nNovember, 1854, Mr. Evans and his wife came to Michi-\\ngan, and after paying his bills at Berrien he had eighteen\\ndollars left. The journey from Berrien to Sodus, eight\\nmiles, was performed on foot. In July, 1855, Mr. Evans\\npurchased eighty acres of land, on which he now resides,\\nand paid for it mostly by chopping cord-wood. He has\\nsince made an additional purcha.se of two hundred and\\ntwenty acres, and is now a successful and enterprising\\nfarmer. His early advantages for obtaining an education\\nwere limited, and after coming to this country he attended\\nschool but very little. Mr. Evans voted for two Demo-\\ncratic Presidents, but has since been a staunch Republican,\\nand during the great civil war maintained his position by\\nvolunteering and serving in Company I, 24th Michigan\\nVolunteer Infantry. In 1867, Mr. and Mrs. Evans joined\\nand have since been members of the United Brethren\\nChurch.\\nWILLIAM RIDENOUR.\\nThis gentleman was born in the State of Ohio, May 18,\\n1830, and was the sixth of a family of seven children, the\\noffspring of Jacob and Lettie (Brown) Ridenour. Jacob\\nRidenour was a native of Maryland, and at an early age re-\\nmoved to Ohio with his father, who was a German by birth.\\nThe wife of the latter was born in Virginia, in 1795, that\\nbeing also the native State of her father. Her mother, who\\nwas a native of Kentucky, survived to the great age of one\\nhundred and four years. The parents of William Ridenour\\nare still living, at an advanced age. In the fall of 1832 they\\nremoved to Michigan, and located near the Crystal Springs\\nin Cass County. When William had reached his sixteenth\\nyear he made his first purchase of land, including forty\\nacres in Cass County, paying for the same at the rate of\\ntwo dollars and fifty cents per acre, and laboring by the\\nmonth in order to earn money to meet the payments. His\\nlife away from home was, therefore, begun as a farm-hand\\nfor wages usual at the time. By industry, perseverance,\\nand economy he at length was in possession of a well-im-\\nproved though small farm. In 1854 he dispcsed of it, and\\npurchased that on which he now resides, a view of which is\\ninserted in this work. In this same year (1854) he was\\nmarried to Miss Brown, who bore him two children. They,\\nwith their mother, were all buried by the stricken husband\\nand father during the year 1861. In June, 1862, Mr.\\nRidenour was married to Mary, daughter of Henry and\\nLodema Shaul, who were natives of New York, but re-\\nmoved to Michigan when their daughter was but .seven\\nyears of age. This union has been blessed with one child,\\na son, Henry, born May 27, 1863. The advantages for\\nobtaining an education were limited in Mr. Ridenour s case,\\nas the backwoods schools were hardly up to the standard of\\nthose of the present day. His religious views are of a lib-\\neral nature, and in politics he is a Republican.\\nMRS. MARY (PATTISON) BURTON.\\nThis estimable lady was born in Leicestershire, England,\\nJan. 3, 1815, and was the youngest in a family of three\\nchildren. Her mother died about 1818, in England, and\\nMRS. MARY (PATTISON) BURTON.\\nher father emigrated with his children to America in the\\nsame year, settling at Philadelphia. For five or six years\\nthe daughter lived with a family in Washington. On the\\n23d of January, 1833, she was married to James Burton,\\nwho was also a native of England, and who had come to\\nAmerica in 1827, and settled in Pennsylvania. Mr. and\\nMrs. Burton became the parents of five sons and four\\ndaughters, and five of the number are now living. After\\nliving in different localities for several years, Mr. Burton\\nsettled, with his family, in the township of Pipestone, Ber-\\nrien Co., Mich., on what is now the Burton homestead,\\nwhere his death occurred, Sept. 13, 1854.\\nA farm of eighty acres was left to his widow and seven\\nchildren. Mr. Burton was acknowledged to be an honest,\\nindustrious man, a good manager, a worthy citizen, and a", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0392.jp2"}, "393": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF PIPESTONE.\\n303\\ngenerous and true friend. Mrs. Burton died in 1878, and\\nher loss was mourned by a large circle of friends. Her\\npresence at the bedside of the sick was a comfort her\\nbenevolence was bounded only by her means. William\\nand Edward Burton, sons of the above, cause this biogra-\\nphy and the accompanying portrait to be inserted in this\\nvolume. William served three years during the war as a\\nsergeant in the 17th Michigan Volunteer Infantry. These\\ngentlemen are both Republicans. Their father never took\\nan active part in politics.\\nMILES DAVIS,\\nthe seventh child in a family of nine, five .sons and four\\ndaughters, was born Sept. 12, 1830, in Cambria Co., Pa.\\nHis parents were natives of Wales, and emigrated to America\\nearly in the present century. They were married in Penn-\\nsylvania, Feb. 8, 1816, and removed to Ohio in 1844. In\\n1848 they settled in Pipestone township, Berrien Co.,\\nMich., where Mrs. Davis died the same year, and where\\nMr. Davis died, March 20, 1879. Miles Davis remained\\nat home until after the death of his mother, when he took\\nup his abode with his brother, and continued to live with\\nhim until March 22, 185G, when he was married to Miss\\nPhcfibe Fisher, daughter of Ambrose and Mary Fisher.\\nTheir children are L. L. Davis, born May 10, 1857, died\\nMarch 25, 1858 Effie A. Davis, born March 16, 1859\\nWilliam B. Davis, born Jan. 24, 1862. In 1854, Mr.\\nDavis purchased eighty acres of land, included in his pres-\\nent home on section 34, and has since become the owner\\nof one hundred and sixty acres on section 35. His school\\ndays were not of long continuance. He attended district\\nschool about three months in the year, and assisted in his\\nfather s farm-work the balance of the time, until the death\\nof his mother. He is an industrious and successful farmer,\\nand can view with conscious pride the present happy home,\\nthe outcome of years of toil. Among his townsmen he is\\nprominent and respected, and has been placed by them in\\nnumerous offices, treasurer, town clerk, etc. and is now\\nserving his second term as supervisor. In politics he is\\nDemocratic. Both he and his wife have been members of\\nthe Christian or Disciples Church since 1864.\\nThe parents of Mrs. Davis were natives of Portage Co.,\\nOhio, and were married Aug. 25, 1830. In 1845 they\\nmoved to Michigan. They were the parents of ten chil-\\ndren, five sons and five daughters. Mrs. Davis, the oldest\\ndaughter, was born May 5, 1838. Her father, who was\\nborn Nov. 13, 1813, died Sept. 12, 1853; her mother was\\nborn May 11, 1812, and is now making her home among\\nher children, of whom six are living.\\nMORGAN ENOS, M.D.,\\nwas the third in a family of seven children, and was born\\nin Cayuga Co., N. Y., April 23, 1804. His father was a\\nnative of Connecticut, and his mother of Massachusetts,\\nand from this sturdy New England stock the doctor de-\\nrived the attributes which enabled him to win an honorable\\nposition as a self-made man. His early days were spent in\\nschool, until he became of sufficient age to assist his father\\non the farm, when he only attended school winters, working\\nfor his board. As soon as his education was sufficient\\nto qualify him to teach, he entered the arena as an in-\\nstructor, at the same time continuing his studies. At the\\nage of twenty he began the study of medicine with Dr.\\nCrowley, and afterwards studied with Dr. C. C. Cady, and\\nMORGAN ENOS, M.D.\\nattended lectures at Geneva College. About 1828 he com-\\nmenced the practice of medicine in Wayne Co., N. Y., and\\nwas married in that county, at Huron, to Elizabeth Clark,\\ndaughter of William and Sophronia Clark, who were also\\nnatives of Connecticut. Four children were the fruit of\\nthis union, and all are now living. In 1837 the doctor and\\nhis wife removed to Michigan, remaining in Benton town-\\nship until the fall, when they located in Pipestone town-\\nship, where the doctor followed farming and continued in\\nthe practice of his profession. His death occurred Sept.\\n24, 1868. Dr. Enos was a man universally respected and\\nhonored, and many friends mourned his loss. He was a\\nWhig in his early days, and eventually became a Republi-\\ncan. He represented his district one term in the State\\nLegislature, and also held numerous township offices. He\\nwas for some years supervisor of Pipestone township, and\\nwas its first clerk. Mrs. Enos outlived her husband ten\\nyears, and died Oct. 14, 1878. She was in every respect\\nan estimable lady. The religious views of Dr. Enos and\\nhis wife were liberal. Two of their children are married.\\nThe oldest now Mrs. Webster resides on the old home-\\nstead, and her sister Juliet makes her home with her. The\\nlatter causes the accompanying portrait of her father to be\\ninserted in this work.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0393.jp2"}, "394": {"fulltext": "304\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nCHAPTER XL.\\nROYALTON TO WNSHIP.\\nEarly Settlements and Settlers Township Organization and Civil\\nList Schools Churches Fruit Grange.\\nRoTALTON, numbered as town 5 south, in range 18 west,\\nis but a fractional township, and contains about nineteen\\nsections. On the north it is bounded by Sodus and St. Jo-\\nseph, on the south by Oronoko and Lake, on the east by\\nSodus, and on the west by Lincoln. Its northern and eastern\\nborders are defined by the St. Joseph River, which flows in\\na tortuous course, and marks the dividing line between\\nSodus and Royalton.\\nRoyalton is a rich agricultural town, and an excellent\\nfruit-growing region. Among the most extensive fruit-\\ngrowers may be mentioned William H. Tryon, Dr. E. Hall,\\nAbijah Birdsey, the Hollywood brothers, Mrs. Sarah\\nTaylor, William Pike, H. H. Roe. Lewis Scofield, H. L.\\nScofield, and Henry AshhofF. The nearest railway stations\\nare at Stevensville, in Lincoln township, and at the village\\nof St. Joseph.\\nSETTLEMENT AND SETTLERS.\\nWilliam Pike, now living in Royalton township, assisted,\\nwith his father, John Pike, at the first white settlement\\nin Royalton, and is to-day the oldest inhabitant of that\\nregion.\\nJohn Pike, originally from North Carolina, went from\\nthere to Ohio, thence to Vigo Co., Ind., and in 1829 to the\\nriver bottom near Berrien Springs. He remained there\\nuntil 1832, when he removed to Royalton with his wife\\nand six children, of whom the only one imw living is Wil-\\nliam Pike. He entered and settled upon 80 acres in the\\nnorthwest corner of the present township, near the river, the\\nplace being now owned by Abijah Birdsey. At the same\\ntime he entered 80 acres on section 7, which he afterwards\\ngave to his son William, and upon a portion of which the\\nlatter now resides. Three years afterwards he entered 80\\nacres adjoining the farm upon which he settled. There he\\nresided until about 1842, when, his wife dying, he moved\\nto Indiana, and eventually to Iowa in 1859, where ho died\\nin 1867, aged eighty-eight.\\nWilliam Pike lived with his father on the Royalton farm\\nfrom 1832 to 1834, when he removed to St. Joseph and\\nthere remained six years. In 1840 he returned to Royal-\\nton, and, with his axe, gun, dog, and eighteen pence in his\\npocket, took possession of the farm his father had given him,\\nwhich was then an unbroken forest. Wolves and Indians\\nbecame familiar to his sight, but he kept steadily at his\\ntask of clearing the land, and upon that place he has con-\\ntinued to live and thrive to the present day.\\nThe settler next following John Pike was Jehial Enos.\\nHe was a young bachelor who came to Michigan in 1829,\\nand in that year was employed as cook and packer for\\nthe surveying party, which then, under Lucius Lyon (after-\\nwards member of Congress), surveyed that portion of Ber-\\nrien County lying between the St. Joseph River and Lake\\nMichigan. Enos business as a packer required him\\nBy David Schwartz.\\nto carry provisions and other supplies through the woods\\nfrom supply-stations to the surveying-oatnp, and a very un-\\ncomfortable and troublesome time he had of it. William\\nPike was also a chain-man in the same surveying party.\\nIn the summer of 1832, Mr. Enos entered 80 acres ad-\\njoining John Pike, spent some time thereafter in St. Joseph,\\nand then settled upon his farm, where, however, he remained\\nbut three years, when he moved to Millburg, in Benton town-\\nship, his present abode.\\nThe next settler upon Enos place was Josephus Gard,\\nwho acquired it in 1835 from a Mr. Porter, a non-resident.\\nGard lived on the farm until his death in 1838. Some of\\nhis descendants live in the county, but none now reside in\\nthe township.\\nJoseph and Edward Smith were sons of Timothy S.\\nSmith, who laid out in 1834 a village called Royalton\\n(then in Royalton township, but now in Lincoln), and\\nlocated in 1833 upon land occupying the present northeast\\ncorner of the town, in the bend of the river. Mr. Smith\\nhad settled some five or six years before that time on the\\neast bank of Hickory Creek, in what is now the township\\nof Lincoln. Previous to that time the Smith boys had\\nbeen boating on the river, but after buying farms settled\\ndown and were for a while industrious husbandmen. In a\\nshort time, however, they sold out their land. P]dward\\nsoon entered a farm on section 8, where he remained about\\nten years, and then, selling to James Carlton, went to Cali-\\nfornia, where he is still living. Joseph died in Royalton\\nsoon after selling his farm.\\nIn the spring of 1834, David Shearer and Eli, his son,\\nwith Adam J. Briney, of Darke Co., Ohio, journeyed in\\ncompany on horseback to Michigan for the purpose of locat-\\ning land. They visited William Lemon, of Berrien town-\\nship (whom they knew well), and upon asking his advice as\\nto where they had better settle, were informed that he knew\\nwhere there was land that would suit them. Thereupon he\\naccompanied them to what is now section 19, Royalton town-\\nship, and the land proving acceptable they subsequently\\nentered upon that section, David Shearer 160, Eli Shearer\\n80, and Briney 160 acres. Briney and the Shearers returned\\nto Ohio, and in the fall of 1834 David Shearer started with his\\nfamily for the Michigan farms. David Shearer, a widower\\nwith seven children, had married a widow with six children,\\nso that when he started for Michigan he had a family of\\nthirteen children to bear him company, besides Abner\\nShearer, a nephew, who remained in Michigan only about a\\nyear. David Shearer was originally from North Carolina,\\nand removed thence to Kentucky, and from there to Ohio.\\nThe journey from Ohio to Michigan was made with four\\ntwo-horse wagons, and after cutting a road from the St.\\nJoseph road to section 19, they landed safely upon their new\\nlands in the almost trackless forest. While the sturdy mem-\\nbers of the family engaged in the hurried construction of a\\nlog cabin, all hands were rudely sheltered by the side of a\\nprostrate tree, where they had their abiding-place and kept\\nhouse until the more convenient cabin was prepared for\\nthem. Eli and his wife lived with the old folks until Eli\\ncompleted a cabin for himself, and then they turned their\\nattention to clearing their land and preparing for crops.\\nIn that portion of Royalton no settlers had preceded the", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0394.jp2"}, "395": {"fulltext": "Among the citizens of Royalton township none have a more credit-\\nable position in its society than has Henry Ashoflf, who was born near\\nHerford, Westphalia, Prussia, May 1, 1827. His early life was spent\\nwith his father on a farm. At the age of eight he entered school, at-\\ntending until he was fourteen, being allowed only two weeks vacation\\nin twelve months. The educational system in Prussia is one of the\\nbest, and America may well take pattern. At the age of fourteen he\\nleft school, working on the farm in summer, and being taught in\\nwinter by a private teacher, reciting astronomy and natural history.\\nAt the age of twenty-one he was drafted into the Prussian army\\n(1848), serving three years as grenadier in Berlin. He entered as\\nprivate, and at the end of the first year was promoted and put on duty\\nat headquarters, serving the last year as corporal and teacher. He was\\nhonorably discharged on the 21st of September, 1861. Returning\\nhome, he assisted his father on the farm for the next twenty months. In\\nMay, 1853, he sailed for America. The vessel upon which he embarked\\nwas a sail-vessel by the name of Magdalane, one hundred and sixty-\\nfive passengers were aboard. He lauded August 25th, at New York.\\nHe went from there to Philadelphia by boat. He had just nine dollars\\nwhen he landed, a stranger in a strange land, unable to speak any-\\nthing but the German language. After staying in Philadelphia one\\nweek, he passed over to New Jersey, hiring to work in a brick-yard at\\none dollar per day. He was taken sick immediately, and for three\\nweeks was unable to work. He was obliged to sell his watch and a\\npart of his clothes to pay his bills. Returning to Philadelphia, he\\nentered a hospital, where he remained for nine weeks. As soon as he\\nwas able to leave the hospital he again tried farming, going twenty\\nmiles from Philadelphia, and hiring for the small sum of five dollars\\nper month. Soon after he was employed as a hand on the railroad,\\nworking on a tunnel which was then being built in Bucks Co., Pa.\\nHaving a desire to push farther west, he started for Chicago; remain-\\ning there but a few days, he passed over to St. Joseph, landing there\\nthe 13th of September, 1854, working in a saw-mill in summer, and\\nchopping cord-wood in winter.\\nApril 15, 1855, he married Mrs. Emma M., widow of John\\nRandal, and oldest daughter of Joseph Gard, of St. Joseph. Six\\nchildren blessed this union, viz.: James B., Viola, Martha, Hiram,\\nWilliam, and Mary. Viola is the wife of John Geisler, living in\\nWatervliet. Mr. Gard deeded to Mr. Ashoff eighty acres, where he\\nnow lives. He has since added twenty acres. This farm is located\\nin Royalton township, section 20. Mr. Ashofif owns land in St.\\nJoseph and Lincoln townships, and has cleared eighty acres since he\\nhas been in this State.\\nMrs. Ashoflf died Jan. 4, 1873. Aug. 6, 1873, he married for his\\nsecond wife Elizabeth Kniebes, of Bainbridge, widow of Christian\\nKniebes, and daughter of William Duckshier. In politics Mr. Ashofi\\nis a Democrat. His integrity and uprightness won the confidence of\\nhis fellow-citizens, and he has been chosen to many positions of\\nhonor and responsibility; and he has ever discharged their duties\\nwith credit to himself, and to the entire satisfaction of the people.\\nAmong the offices which he has held are the following elected town-\\nship treasurer in 1858, held the office six years; in 1866 supervisor\\nand school inspector, serving six years in each in 1869 justice of\\nthe peace, still holding the office; in 1872 appointed treasurer by the\\ntownship board; in 1873 re-elected supervisor for three years; in 1875\\nelected to the State equalization board at Lansing; in 1876-77 re-\\nelected treasurer. He has been appointed administrator to settle up\\nseveral estates, always giving entire satisfaction. Mr. Ashoff has been\\na member of the Evangelical Church for twenty years. He has held\\ndifferent offices in the church, having been class-leader for eighteen\\nyears. He has been filling offices of trust, both in State and Church,\\nalmost all the time since his first arrival in America. In reading\\nthis short sketch of the eventful life of Mr. Ashofl the correct conclu-\\nsion of any one must be that he is no ordinary man. His early edu-\\ncation, so thoroughly instilled, has prepared him to fill any office of\\ntrust into which he may be placed. In connection with his education,\\nhis energy and industry have made him such a man that the commu-\\nnity in which he lives can but regard him as one whom they cannot\\nwell lose, or, if lost, whose place cannot be filled. What a pleasure it\\nmust be, when life is drawing towards its close of activity, for one to\\nlook back on its varied shadows and sunshine, its struggles and\\ntriumphs, and feel that they have lived to some purpose, having bene-\\nfited mankind in having lived. Such a one, surely, is Mr. Ashofl\\nwho has devoted so much of his time for the good of those around\\nhim, not only to municipal affairs, but his time and talents have been\\ngiven to the cause of his Master; this he can review certainly with a\\ncalm and serene feeling, born of an unfaltering trust in One who\\ndoeth all things well.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0395.jp2"}, "396": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0396.jp2"}, "397": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OP ROYALTON.\\n305\\nShearers, and they were as mucli apart from comumnion\\nwith their own race as if they had been east adrift upon\\nthe ocean. They had no time, however, to think of the\\nloneliness of their situation, for they had that to engage\\ntheir attention which gave them no leisure for idle thought,\\nand so they worked bravely amid the wolves and Indians,\\nand grew contented with their lot. Going to mill was\\none of the unpleasant features of existence, but it was one\\nof necessity and importance. Although there was a mill\\nat Niles, the Shearers chose to go to Prairie Ronde, thirty-\\neight miles distant, and to that point the journey was often\\nmade. In those days of unbroken roads a trip of seventy-\\nsix miles was no .slight alFair, and that it was going to mill\\nunder difiBculties may easily be understood.\\nDavid Shearer lived upon his farm until his death, in\\n1865. Of the thirteen children who came to Royalton with\\nhim, those now living are Eli Shearer, Andrew Shearer,\\nSarah Briney, Catharine Boughton, and Lizzie P]dwards.\\nWhen the Shearers came in, Clark Pennell and his\\nfather were keeping what was known as a tavern, on the\\nSt. Joseph road, near the present bridge over the Buckhorn\\nCreek. Pennell s log tavern was a shabby concern, so saith\\nthe report of those who knew it, but it was much frequented\\nby travelers passing between St. Joseph and Berrien, and\\ndrove a flourishing trade for a while. The Pennells grew\\ntired of the business and the country in a short time, how-\\never, and moved to Indiana in 1835. One Spencer suc-\\nceeded as the landlord, and after an experience of about a\\nyear, relinquished the tavern to D. M. Drum, who kept it\\nseveral years and proved its last proprietor. The place was\\nlong known as the Buckhorn tavern, by reason of the pres-\\nence over the tavern-shed of a pair of buck s horns, placed\\nthere by William H. Tryon, the slayer of the bucks.\\nEarly in the fall of 1834, Rowland Tryon and his son,\\nWilliam H., made the journey on foot from Indiana to\\nRoyalton in search of land, and decided to locate 80 acres\\nupon section 29, in Royalton. Tryon the elder visited the\\nland-office at Kalamazoo to enter the farm. Upon his ar-\\nrival, in the evening, he learned that some other person was\\ndetermined upon entering the same lot, and, the land-office\\nbeing then closed for the day, Tryon resolved to be up\\nbright and early the next morning for a move on the office,\\nfor fear the other man might get in ahead of him. At\\ndaylight, accordingly, he was astir, and soon afterwards took\\nhis place at the land-office door, so that as soon as the agent\\nappeared he made his application, effected his entry, and\\nwas happy, which was far from the condition of feeling en-\\njoyed by the other, when, applying at a later hour to enter\\nthe land, he learned that some one had been before him.\\nHaving .secured his farm, Mr. Tryon and his son returned\\nto Indiana, and began to make arrangements for the trans-\\nportation of the entire family, consisting of father, mother,\\nand five children, to Michigan. The country was new, and\\nroads of any kind few and far between. When the Tryon\\nfamily came to Royalton, in 1834, the road from Berrien to\\nSt. Joseph was being cut out, and at that time offisred but\\na poor thoroughfare for the traveler. The Tryons camped\\nout upon their new farm and lived a week, when they moved\\ninto a small log cabin, hastily built by Mr. Tryon and his\\ntwo sons, William and John. They managed to make\\n39\\nit do that winter, and in the spring, with the assistance of\\nneighbors, who came promptly to their relief, they effected\\nmaterial improvements in the family dwelling, and in the\\nfall brought it forward to the dignity of a double log house.\\nDuring the winter succeeding the arrival of the family,\\nWilliam, the eldest son, managed, with some assistance\\nfrom his father, to clear considerable land, so that in the\\nspring they were enabled to make a respectable start towards\\nraising crops. Old Mr. Tryon, who had been a sailor, did\\nnot take at first with much enthusiasm to the business of\\nclearing land, and William was therefore called upon to take\\nthe lead in pioneer labor. He has resided in Royalton since\\nhis first settlement, and still lives upon section 29. His\\nfather died upon the old place in 1875, and his mother in\\n1878. His brother John, who came with the family from\\nIndiana, is also a resident of Royalton. When Mr. Tryon\\nmoved in, his nearest neighbors were Eli and David Shearer\\nand a man by the name of Bogart, who was living on the\\nriver s bank, upon the place now occupied by Dr. E. Hall.\\nBogart is supposed to have located there with his family as\\nearly as 1833, but in 1837 removed to Missouri.\\nIn October, 1835, Adam J. Briney, who had, with the\\nShearers, located land in Royalton the year before, con-\\ncluded to move, with his wife and four children, to his new\\nfarm, although he had for a twelvemonth been hesitating\\nto make the change. With him also came William Mil-\\ntenberger, with his wife and child, and William Baumgart-\\nner, a young man fired with an ambition to explore the\\nwestern wilds, ^these being all residents of Darke Co.,\\nOhio. They had akso in their company Eli Shearer and\\nwife, who had returned to Ohio from Michigan lor a hur-\\nried visit.\\nThe journey was made with wagons, and upon reaching\\nRoyalton Briney and his wife located at Eli Shearer s\\nhouse, where they remained two weeks, by which time\\nBriney had put up a cabin on a place adjoining Shearer.\\nHe had there 160 acres, upon which he resided about ten\\nyears, when he removed to a place on section 19, north of\\nhis first location, and there he lived until his death, in\\n1875, leaving a widow, who still lives on the place.\\nWilliam Miltenberger, whose mother had married David\\nShearer, resided at her house upon his arrival in Royalton\\nwith his wife and child, and for a year or so labored upon\\nhis own and the farms of neighbors. At the expiration of\\nthat period, having entered 80 acres upon section 30, he\\nmoved upon his farm, and there still resides in the log house\\ninto which he first moved.\\nBaumgartner remained in Royalton but a short time,\\ndoing service as a farm laborer, and then returned to Ohio.\\nHe came back to Michigan after a while, and worked about\\nhere and there, eventually settling, however, in Royalton,\\nupon section 18, where he now lives.\\nDavid Ball was a settler in Royalton as early as 1834,\\nupon section 13. Little can be said of him, save that he\\nhad a family of four children, and moved out of the town-\\nship in 1839, after selling his farm to Robert Hollywood.\\nHollywood was a linen-bleacher in Ireland, and, coming\\nto this country about 1820, became a sailor. He sailed the\\nlakes with Captain White, on the steamer William Penn,\\nfrom Buffiilo to Chicago, during the Black Hawk war, and", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0397.jp2"}, "398": {"fulltext": "306\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nafterwards, in 1834, was commander and owner* of the\\nsteamboat Davy Crockett, which plied on the St. Joseph\\nRiver. After navigating the Crockett about four years\\nthat vessel was lost at a place on the river now known as\\nCrockett s Island, and Captain Hollywood then took charge\\nof the ferry at St. Joseph. In 1839 he purchased the\\nfarm of David Ball, in Royalton (120 acres), and moving\\nupon it, remained there until his death, in 1851. His .sons\\nRobe/t T. and Job W. now occupy and own the estate,\\nto which they have added 90 acres and made it one of the\\nfinest and most profitable farms in Royalton.\\nIn the fall of 1831, Theodore C. Abbe, of Oswego, hav-\\ning purchased land in the township of St. Joseph, in Michi-\\ngan, visited Massachusetts, where his widowed mother and\\nfamily were living, and persuaded them to remove to the\\nWest with him. In the spring of 1832, accordingly, Theo-\\ntrip to Detroit via the Erie Canal and Lake Erie, and\\nstarted from Detroit for Niles with a team but the roads\\nproved to be so bad, that after proceeding less than one-\\nhalf the distance he and his children abandoned the wagon\\nand footed it to Niles, a distance of nearly one hundred\\nmiles. After sojourning in Niles about two weeks, Mr.\\nDanforth went to St. Joseph, where he busied himself for\\na year at various matters, and then purchasing a farm in\\nRoyalton, upon .section 7, moved there in the spring of\\n1838. Mr. Danforth remained upon that farm until 1850,\\nwhen he moved to the residence of his son, J. B. Danforth,\\nupon section 12, the latter having located there in 1847,\\nand resided there until his death, in 1858. The only one\\nof Mr. Danforth s children now living in Royalton is J. B.,\\nabove mentioned.\\nAbout 1840, Dennis Kelley, residing in Chicago, moved.\\nA. G. ABBK.\\nMRS. A. G. ABBE.\\ndore, his mother, sister, and two brothers sailed from Os-\\nwego for Detroit. At the latter point they procured an\\nox-team and lumber-wagon, with which they proceeded to\\nNiles. There a pirogue was obtained, and in that the\\nfamily, except A. G. Abbe, one of Theodore s brothers,\\nand the lumber-wagon, sailed down the St. Joseph River\\nto Royalton village, while A. G. drove the oxen overland to\\nthat place. A. G. lived in Royalton until his brother\\nTheodore died, and then he became a river boatman. He\\nplied on the St. Joseph nine years, worked at his trade as\\ncarpenter two years more, and in 1847 located upon a farm\\nin Royalton township, entered with zeal and energy upon a\\npioneer life, and although a settler after many others in that\\ntown, made his home upon land covered with timber, and\\nuntouched until then by the woodman s axe. Mr. Abbe\\nhas resided in Royalton since his settlement in 1847, and\\nstill lives upon the farm which then became his home.\\nSamuel Danforth, a widower with four children, left\\nOnondaga Co., N. Y., in 1837, with two of his children, for\\nthe West, intending to locate in Michigan. He made the\\nThis statement conflicts with that given of the Crockett by J.\\nW. Brewer, Esq., of St. Joseph. See pp. 42, 43.\\nwith hi.s family, to Michigan, and purchasing 120 acres in\\nRoyalton, on section 21, settled upon it without delay. This\\nland is now owned by Dr. E. Hall and by the S. P. Phil-\\nlips estate. One Hogart, who had occupied the place at\\nan early date and moved away after a short sojourn, had\\ncleared about 15 acres, and when Kelley arrived he found\\nmatters happily so far advanced that he began straightway\\nto raise crops. He lived on the place twelve years, when\\nupon the death of his wife he sold out and moved to Niles.\\nOf the eight children who came to Royalton with Mr.\\nKelley all are living, but only one of them (Michael) re-\\nsides in Royalton.\\nLuther K. Hyde and Samuel Davis, brothers-in-law, re-\\nsiding in Wayne Co., N. Y., left that country, with their\\nfamilies, June 13, 1843, Hyde having seven children and\\nDavis six. They traveled with a two-horse team to each\\nfamily, and started for Illinois, where they proposed to settle.\\nThey reached Niles, Mich., without mishap, where Davis\\nfell sick, but after a week s halt they went forward. Hyde\\nwas opposed to locating in Illinois, while Davis was opposed\\nto locating anywhere else. When they had got as far as\\nPigeon River, Iiid., however, Davis allowed himself to be\\npersuaded in favor of a settlement in Michigan, and from", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0398.jp2"}, "399": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF ROYALTON.\\n307\\nPigeon River, therefore, the party came to a rest again in\\nBertrand, Mich. Finding an empty log cabin in the woods,\\nthey lodged their families therein and looked about for land.\\nDavis traded his horses, wagon, and harness for 80 acres\\nin what is now Lincoln township. Hyde went to Berrien\\nSprings and worked with his team until December, 1843,\\nwhen he bought a farm in Royalton. The place contained\\n50 acres, and had belonged to one Gilson, who in passing\\ndown Buckhorn hill one day with his team fell from his\\nwagon and was run over and killed. For that 50 acres\\nMr. Hyde gave his horses, harness, and fifty dollars, and\\nupon the farm he has since then continued to reside.\\nAlanson Risley, of Illinois, emigrated to Michigan in\\n1846, and made a bargain with Asa Knapp for 160 acres\\nof land upon section 25, in the township of Royalton,\\nwhich Knapp had bought with the intention of making a\\npermanent home of it, but after chopping upon it a half-\\nday he became convinced that he did not wish to stay\\nthere. Returning to Illinois, whence he had come, he sold\\nthe property to Risley. The latter moved upon it with his\\nwife and two sons, and it continued to be his home until\\nthe spring of 1862, when he died. One of his sons,\\nnamed Wait, entered the Federal army during the war of\\nthe Rebellion, and died on Ship Island, Miss., a member\\nof Company B, 6th Michigan Regiment. Ward, another\\nson, lives in Texas. A daughter, Mrs. Samuel Spry, lives\\nin Royalton, on her father s old farm. Mr. Risley was a\\nhardy pioneer, and found a wide field for the exercise of\\nhis industry upon the land he had bought, for it was cov-\\nered with timber, and what made his pioneer s task a hard\\none was the fact that he had to work for others to get\\nmoney enough to keep his family until the crops could\\nmature, and thus between working for fifty cents a day\\nupon other farms, and clearing the land and tilling the soil\\nupon his own at odd hours, and very frequently at night,\\nhe managed to struggle on until he could realize on the\\nproduce. He set out an orchard also, and to pay for every\\ntree he had to work two days, at fifty cents a day.\\nNathan Taylor, of Indiana, was a settler in 1847 upon\\nsection 18, where Mrs. Sarah Taylor now lives. Taylor\\nmoved to Missouri, where he now resides. Jeremiah Case,\\nof New York, made a brief settlement in Royalton about\\n1840. After a residence of a year or more he set out\\nto return to New York, but died en route.\\nSettlements in Royalton progressed very slowly from\\n1834 to 1844, and in the latter year much of the territory\\nwas an unbroken forest. In 1840 the population was but\\n246, and in 1845 had increased so slowly that it was but\\n284, the census of both years including also what is now\\nLincoln township.\\nThe first saw-mill was put up by David Shearer, on\\nYellow Creek, and the second one by Eli Shearer, on the\\nsame stream. The first steam saw-mill was erected by\\nAlexander Fulton, on William Miltenberger s place. The\\nmill building is still there, but it was disma ntled some time\\nago. Alexander Fulton came from Prairie Ronde to Roy-\\nalton in 1843, and located upon section 32, where he lived\\nuntil his death, and where his widow still resides.\\nWilliam Pike relates that during the winter of 1831\\nwhich, by the way, was made famous by an almost unpre-\\ncedented snowfall he was engaged in hauling goods be-\\ntween St. Joseph and Berrien, and after the river froze\\nused to make the trip via the river to Royalton, and thence\\nby road to Berrien. The snow lay at one time so deep\\nupon the ground that he was two days making the journey\\nfrom Berrien to St. Joseph. About the close of that win-\\nter he was transporting a load of flour in bags from Niles\\nto the lower country, and reached the river at Berrien\\nSprings only to learn that the ice in the river was too weak\\nto bear a load, and likely to break up at any moment. Pike\\nwas determined, however, to get his load over, and so he\\nshouldered his 15 two-bushel bags of flour, one at a time,\\nand carried them across the river at a lively footpace. It\\nwas risky business, and indeed he came very near being\\nswamped but the work was completed, though the strain,\\nboth mentally and physically, was so severe that, although\\nthe incident occurred nearly fifty years ago, Mr. Pike has\\nnever fully recovered from the effects of it.\\nRoyalton had an early settler known as Cowen, who was\\nan eccentric genius, and so singular in his manner that he\\nwas sometimes considered a lunatic. He worked at first\\nfor John Pike, and after a while bought of Pike 40 acres\\nof land in Royalton, and built upon it a rude cabin, al-\\nthough he did not attempt to do much towards clearing his\\nland. One day he cut his throat, and declared he would\\ndie. The neighbors insisted, however, upon preventing\\nsuch a result, and procuring a surgeon, soon saw him re-\\nstored to strength. After that event he grew more moody\\nand morose than ever, and presently disappeared. His\\nland was sold at auction for $50, which barely sufficed to\\npay his debts but he never reappeared in Royalton. Some\\ntime afterwards he was reported as having been seen going\\nWest, and that was the last heard of him.\\nHunting was a popular pastime, and game of almost all\\nkinds was plentiful. William Tryon and Eli Shearer were\\namong the most famous hunters of those parts, and were,\\nindeed, often matched in skill against Indian hunters, whom\\nthey surpassed on frequent occasions.\\nThe fir.st white person born in Royalton was a son of\\nJehial Enos. The first couple married were Rachel Pike\\nand Jas. Hutchinson, at John Pike s house, by Squire\\nLemon, of Berrien. The first death was that of Sarah, a\\ndaughter of John Pike, whose infant son was the second\\nperson to die in the township.\\nMARRIAGE EXTRAORDINARY.\\nReport says that in the long ago one of the township\\njustices was sent for to perform a marriage ceremony, but\\nbeing unable to leave his business, he deputized a young\\nman to perform the duty, believing, in the innocence of\\nhis heart, that he could empower a deputy in such as well\\nas other matters. Strange to say, the deputy performed the\\nceremony, and the married pair accepted the dispensation\\nin perfect faith until a few years afterwards, when learning\\nthe true fiicts in the case, they made haste to get married\\naccording to law.\\nTOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION AND CIVIL LIST.\\nRoyalton, originally a portion of St. Jo.seph township,\\nwas set ofl in 1835, and in that year David M. Drum was", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0399.jp2"}, "400": {"fulltext": "308\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nchosen supervisor. The original limits of Royalton in-\\ncluded the territory now occupied by the townships of Lin-\\ncoln, Royalton, and Sodus. Lincoln was made a separate\\ndistrict in 1868. Pipestone (including what is now Sodus)\\nwas set oiF in 1842. The early records, dating from 1835\\nto 1852, were destroyed by fire, and the only obtainable\\nlist of township officials dates, therefore, from the year last\\nnamed. The names of the persons who were annually\\nelected between 1852 and 1879, inclusive, to be super-\\nvisors, clerks, treasurers, justices of the peace, and school\\ninspectors are given below\\n1852. Supervisor, Richard Brown; Clerk, William Williams; Treas-\\nurer, Albert 0. Abbe; Justice of the Peace, Ale.xander\\nFulton School Inspector, Noble W. Thompson.\\n1853. Supervisor, Samuel Davis; Clerk, William Williams; Treas-\\nurer, A. G. Abbe; School Inspector, A. G. Abbe; Justices\\nof the Peace, Samuel Tryon, John Bacon.\\n1854. Supervisor, William Stevens; Clerk, John Bunker; Treasurer,\\nA. G. Abbe; vSchool Inspector, Chester Sherman; Justices\\nof the Peace, N. W. Thompson, A. Fulton, A. G. Abbe,\\nWm. H. Tryon.\\n1855. Supervisor, A. G. Abbe; Clerk, John Bunker; Treasurer, W.\\nW. Conley; School Inspector, Thomas Harwood; Justices of\\nthe Peace, Allen Craley, W. H. Tryon.\\n1856. Supervisor, N. W. Thompson; Clerk, E. E. Cady; Treasurer,\\nWilliam Williams; School Inspector, James Carlton; Jus-\\ntice of the Peace, Richard Brown.\\n1857.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, N. W. Thompson; Clerk, William G. Taylor;\\nTreasurer, William Williams School Inspector, G. N.\\nOdell; Justice of the Peace, Benjamin Lemon.\\n1858. Supervisor, N. W. Thompson; Clerk, James Carlton; Treas-\\nurer, John Bunker; School Inspector, Gould Parish; Jus-\\ntices of the Peace, N. W. Thompson, Merwin Barnes, G.\\nHettler.\\n1859. Supervisor, N. W. Thompson Clerk, James Carlton Treas-\\nurer, Henry Ashoff School Inspector, Chester Sherm.in\\nJustices of the Peace, Gould Parish, Alonzo Spear.\\nI860.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, James Carlton; Clerk, Burt Sterling; Treasurer,\\nHenry Ashoff; School Inspector, Albert H. Carlton: Justices\\nof the Peace, Thomas Odell and G. Hettler,\\n1861. Supervisor, James Carlton; Clerk, Andrew J. Smoke; Treas-\\nurer, Henry Ashoff; School Inspector, Greenleaf N. Odell;\\nJustice of the Peace, Jacob Van Dusen.\\n1862. Supervisor. James Carlton; Clerk, Andrew J. Smoke; Treas-\\nurer, Henry Ashoff; School Inspector, Chester Sherman\\nJustice of the Peace, John Pureell.\\n1863. Supervisor, James Carlton; Clerk, Andrew J. Smoke; Treas-\\nurer, Henry Ashoff; School Inspector, Albert H. Carlton\\nJustice of the Peace, Richard Brown.\\n1864. Supervisor, James Carlton; Clerk, Julius H. Birdsey Treas-\\nurer, Henry Ashoff; School Ins])ector, Edward P. Clark;\\nJustice of the Peace, Gottleib Hettler.\\n1865. Supervisor, David N. Brown Clerk, L. W. Stanley Treas-\\nurer, Joseph Chapel School Inspector, 0. D. Parsons.\\n1866. Supervisor, 0. D. Parsons; Clerk, James A. Parish; Treas-\\nurer, .Joseph Chapel; Justices of the Peace, Gould Parish,\\nJ. W. Robards School Inspector, Leroy W. Archer.\\n1867. Supervisor, Henry Ashoff; Clerk, John M. Hankins; Treas-\\nurer, William Peuland; School Inspectors, James Carlton,\\nOliver Spalding Justices of the Peace, William Penland,\\nHenry Ashoff, 0. C. Spalding.\\n1868. Supervisor, Henry Ashoff; Clerk, John M. Hankins; Treas-\\nurer, Wm. Penland School Inspector, A 11. Carlton Jus-\\ntice of the Peace, Oliver C. Spalding.\\n1869. Supervisor, Henry Ashoff; Clerk, John M. Hankins; Treas-\\nurer, William H. Tryon; School Inspector, Henry Ashoff;\\nJustice of the Peace, Frederick Sourbier.\\n1870.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, Henry Ashoff; Clerk, John M. Hankins; Treas-\\nurer, William H. Tryon School Inspector, Oliver C. Spald-\\ning; Justices of the Peace, Henry Ashoff and William\\nStevens.\\n1871. Supervisor, Henry Ashoff Clerk, John M. Hankins; Treas-\\nurer, Wm. H. Tryon; School Inspector, Henry Ashoff Jus-\\ntice of the Pe.ace, William Penland.\\n1872. Supervisor, Henry Ashoff; Clerk, Lewis B. Tryon Treasurer,\\nJohn M. Hankins School Inspector, Oliver C. Spalding\\nJustice of the Peace, Edward Boyer.\\n1873. Supervisor, John S. Beers; Clerk, Lewis B. Tryon Treasurer,\\nAndrew J. Dispennett School Inspector, Henry Ashoff;\\nJustices of the Peace, Adam Sinn, George Merwin.\\n1874. Supervisor, Henry Ashoff; Clerk, Lewis B. Tryon Treasurer,\\nGeorge H. Scott; School Inspector, A. H. Carlton; Justices\\nof the Peace, Henry Ashoff, R. D. Collyer.\\n1875. Supervisor, Henry Ashoff; Clerk, Lewis B. Tryon Treasurer,\\nGeorge H. Scott; School Inspector, Henry Ashoff; Justice\\nof the Peace, J. M. Brown.\\n1876. Supervisor, Henry Ashoff; Clerk, Carlton L. Bunker: Treas-\\nurer, George H. Scott; School Inspector, Henry Ashoff;\\nJustices of the Peace, John Bort and Nicholas Miller.\\n1877. Supervisor, A. H. Carlton: Clerk, A. J. Dispennett; Treas-\\nurer, Henry Ashoff; School Inspector, J. W. Hollywood;\\nJustices of the Peace, John M. Hankins, A. Sinn, G. C.\\nKockey.\\n1878.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, A. H. Carlton; Clerk, A. J. Dispennett; Treas-\\nurer, Henry Ashoff; School Inspector, W. Martin; Justices\\nof the Peace, Henry Ashoff, W. Penland, D. Keller, R. Phil-\\nlips.\\n1S79. Supervisor, A. H. Carleton Clerk, A. .T. Dispennett; Treas-\\nurer, A. Sinn School Inspector, J. W. Smoke Justices of\\nthe Peace, George Merwin (Henry Ashoff and Wm. Pen-\\nland also justices in 1870) Highway Commissioner, Wil-\\nliam Matthews; Drain Commissioner, Andrew ,T. Penland;\\nSchool Superintendent, A. H. Carlton; Constable, Fayette\\nBort.\\nThe affiiirs of the township are conducted by a Town-\\nship Board, whose members, in 1879, were Wm. Penland,\\nAlbert Carlton, and A. J. Dispennett, who also composed\\nthe Board of Health. On April 1, 1879, the town was\\nclear of debt, and had in the treasury, including school\\nfunds, the sum of \u00c2\u00a7323.35. Two miles north of Tryon s\\nCorners is the town hall, a neat but plain frame edifice,\\nwhich is the only public building in the town. The assessed\\nvaluation of property in Royalton in 1879 was $160,475.\\nSCHOOLS.\\nThe first school taught in the central portion of the town\\nis supposed to have been conducted in a log school-house\\nnear Tryon s Corners, by a Mr. Wilson, whoso advent oc-\\ncurred in about 1840. His .successor in the same school\\nwas one William Price, of whom it is said that he was an\\nable school-teacher. An early teacher in the northern part\\nof the town was Miss Hastings, now Mrs. James Stevens,\\nwho taught in a log school-house on the St. Jo.seph road,\\nin section 18.\\nRoyalton has now one fractional and five full school dis-\\ntricts. The school directors are A. H. Carlton, Lewis Sco-\\nfield, H. A. Smith, David Kelley, Geo. T. Pallen, and J. H.\\nEvans. Statistics touching these schools, as per report of\\nSept. 1, 1879, are herewith given, as follows number of\\nscholars of school age, 381 average attendance, 325\\nvalue of school property, $4400 amount paid for teachers\\nwages, $1024.\\nCHURCHES.\\nAbout 1844, Rev. Thomas J. Babcock, a traveling mis-\\nsionary, organized a United Brethren class in a log school-\\nhouse on Rowland Tryon s place, but the organization\\nfailed to prosper, and was short-lived. Previous to that", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0400.jp2"}, "401": {"fulltext": "MRS. WILLIAM H. TRYON.\\n^^^a.^. \u00c2\u00a3^0^.^\\nWILLIAM H. TRYON.\\nAmong the many prominent men whose portraits and\\nbiographies appear upon the pages of this book, none is\\nmore worthy of note than William H. Tryon, who was\\nborn in Stanford, Fairfield Co., Conn., May 15, 1816.\\nSome lives are spent where they first see light, but Mr.\\nTryon does not belong to that class, he having lived in the\\nfollowing States Connecticut, New York, New Jersey,\\nPennsylvania, Michigan, and Indiana.\\nIn 1836 Mr. Tryon settled on land in Royalton town-\\nship, section 29, where he now resides.\\nRoland Tryon, father of the subject of this sketch, came\\nto Michigan in 1836, bringing only a part of his family\\nthe others followed soon after. He entered eighty acres of\\nland that his son William now owns he also entered land\\nin other townships, living long enough to see his family all\\nwell settled. He died at the advanced age of ninety-four\\nyears. William has added eighty acres to the entry of his\\nfather erected a large brick house in the place of the small\\nand inconvenient one that was first built has improved his\\nfarm and made of it a very desirable place has been one\\nof the largest fruit-growers in the township. Mr. Tryon\\nhas not only been engaged in farming and fruit-raising, but\\ncarried on a general store in Royalton for six years. He\\nhas also been a grain-dealer in Chicago.\\nHis neighbors, and the citizens of the township and\\ncounty, have ever regarded him as a man whom they could\\ntrust, and have placed him in many positions of honor.\\nAmong the offices he has filled are the following director of\\nthe National Bank at St. Joseph, two years justice of the\\npeace, four years township treasurer, two years coroner,\\nsis years and notary public, six years, holding this office at\\nthe present time. He has all his life taken a decided politi-\\ncal stand, and is an out-and-out Republican. He is also a\\nmember in good standing of the Masonic lodge in St.\\nJoseph, and also of the Odd-Fellows. On the 17th of\\nApril, 1844, Ke married Mary E., daughter of Jonathan\\nand Deborah Kent. Four children blessed their union, but\\ndeath invaded the family circle and claimed two, viz. Wil-\\nliam R. and Orleanna A. Minte is the wife of Jesse B.\\nHamilton, living in Lansing, Mich. Charles E. married Mi.ss\\nCelestine P. Collier, and is living at home with his parent.s.\\nMrs. Tryon was born in Chatham, Morris Co., N. J., Sept.\\n7, 1826; and in 1851 joined the Methodist Church.\\nIn the early settling of this State there was plenty of\\nwild game this afforded sport for many of the people, none\\nenjoying it more than Mr. Tryon, who was a very successful\\nhunter. As an instance of his success, he narrates making\\na score of thirty-seven deer, sixteen coons, six wild turkeys,\\nand nine swarms of bees in a forty-days hunt also, as an\\nexperience of the early days, of having made a visit to\\nNew Jersey from Michigan by the way of the lakes, being\\nthirty-seven days on the way the cause of this being the\\ncondition of the boat after starting out it was discovered\\nto be leaking, and the water had to be bailed out by the\\nmen, it taking them twenty-four days to go from St. Joseph\\nto Detroit.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0401.jp2"}, "402": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0402.jp2"}, "403": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OP ROYALTON.\\n309\\nin 1832, or soon after Rev. William Davis, of Indiana,\\nwitli other traveling missionaries of the United Brethren\\nChurch, used to preach at John Pike s house once in four\\nweeks. The congregations were small, of course, but the\\nmembers thereof were faithful attendants, and held in high\\nesteem the precious privilege of public worship, although\\nthey enjoyed it but once a month, and traveled in some\\ncases a long way to do it. After a while a United Brethren\\ncongregation was organized, but lapsed after a brief exist-\\nence. Rev. Mr. McCoole, a Methodist Episcopal mission-\\nary, preached occasionally in the town in 1833 and 1834,\\nand after that other preachers of that fiiith made visits, but\\nno class was formed until 1864. The Baptists have been wor-\\nshiping for some time past in the town hall, and for a year or\\nmore have had preaching once in two weeks by Rev. J. E.\\nKing, of Sodus, but they have as yet effected no organiza-\\ntion.\\nThe Evangelical Association. A German Church was\\norganized in Royalton in January, 1860, by Rev. C. TJde,\\nand the class then formed, with Henry Ashoff as leader, was\\ncalled the Emanuel Class of the Evangelical Association in\\nNorth America. In 1860 a house of worship was erected\\nupon Henry Ashoif s farm,, where it is still located. Since\\nthe organization of the church Mr. AshoflF has served as\\nthe class-leader the most of the time, and for an extended\\nperiod as superintendent of the Sabbath-school. Among\\nthe preachers who have occupied the church pulpit have\\nbeen Revs. Ruh, Alsbach, Reigel, Spech, Haug, Gomes,\\nMeek, Paullin, and others. The church membership is\\nnow about 30, and is composed exclusively of Germans.\\nChurch services are always conducted in the German lan-\\nguage, save as occasion demands a change at protracted\\nmeetings. The Sabbath-school includes about 50 scholars,\\nand is in charge of 7 teachers, the exercises being con-\\nducted in the German language. The school was organized\\nin 1861, when Gottleib Hettlcr was chosen superintendent.\\nThe Methodist Episcopal Church was organized April 8,\\n1866, by Rev. John Byrnes, and was attached to the Michi-\\ngan Conference in the Niles district. Previous to that. May\\n23, 1864, a Methodist Episcopal class was formed, with 11\\nmembers, but dissolved shortly thereafter.\\nThe names of those who joined Mr. Byrnes class in\\n1866 are given, as follows: G. Hettler, William and Cathe-\\nrine Penland, Laura Stanley, Ansel Scott, Debbie Parsons,\\nPhoebe Covert, Mary Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Reug-\\nlands, W. C. Penland, Caroline Boswell, Joan Tryon, S.\\nW. Stanley, G. Foster, D. H. Fogle, Nancy Baker, Elizabeth\\nReese, Martha A. Hettler, Mary Tryon, Elizabeth Fogle.\\nMarch 25, 1867, when the class was revised by Rev.\\nIrving Skinner, it contained 28 members. Mr. Skinner\\nwas the pastor two years, and was followed by Revs. Friend,\\nValentine, Shinston, Wallace, and Joseph Skinner. Wor-\\nship has always been held in the Tryon school-house, save\\nfor a period of three years, when the location was at the\\nRisley school-house. Preaching is now provided once\\nevery two weeks. The members number now 16. The\\nclass-leader is Ansel Scott the steward, William Penland.\\nThe Sabbath-school, which meets every Sunday, comprises\\nfrom 30 to 40 scholars, under the charge of Superintendent\\nAnsel Scott and three teachers.\\nThe Christian Church, now worshiping in the Risley\\nschool-house, has a membership of 70, which was its strength\\nwhen organized Oct. 28, 1878, by Rev. Reason Davis.\\nMr. Davis is still the pastor and preaches once a month.\\nMrs. Anderson preached, for about a year, a monthly\\nsermon, so that the church was enabled to have worship\\nonce a fortnight. Mrs. Anderson s visits have been recently\\ndiscontinued, but it is thought that Mr. Davis will be en-\\ngaged to preach once a fortnight instead of monthly. Carl\\nBunker is the present elder, J. H. Evans and Samuel Spry\\nthe deacons, and David Shearer the secretary and treasurer.\\nPOST-OFFICE.\\nA post-oGBce was established in Royalton in 1843, and\\nMr. Boughton appointed postmaster. He kept tavern on\\nthe St. Joseph road, where A. H. Carlton now lives, and\\nhad the post-oflSce in his tavern. John Wetherell suc-\\nceeded him both as tavern-keeper and postmaster, at the\\nsame place, where, too, Gould Parrish was the third incum-\\nbent. After Mr. Parrish s time the office was discontinued\\nuntil 1861, when George H. Scott secured its revival and\\nhis appointment as postmaster. He held the office until\\n1865, when it was again discontinued. In 1874 it was re-\\nestablished at Tryon s Corners. A. J. Dispennett, who was\\nthen appointed, is still the postmaster. The office has now\\ndaily mail communication.\\nFRUIT GRANGE, No. 104.\\nThis, the only secret order in the township, was organ-\\nized in 1873, with the following members J. S. Beers, M.\\nJ. W. Robards, 0. A. Scofield, S. J. Knight, G. B. S.\\nGreen, Sec. L. B. Tryon, Treas. J. M. Brown, Asst. S.\\nElla Brown, Lady Asst. S. H. Rantfrow, Chapl. R. M.\\nBallinger, Lect. E. Corywell, Ceres Anna Fogle, Flora\\nCeleste Tryon, Pomona Mrs. R. M. Ballinger, Mrs. Mary\\nRobards, Mrs. Martha Scott, Mrs. Harriet Knight, Mrs.\\nLavina Rantfrow, Mrs. Grace Tryon, Mr. and Mrs. V. R.\\nCromer, and George Cromer.\\nThe grange is flourishing, with a membership of 50,\\nand owns a commodious hall at Tryon s Corners. The\\nofficers chosen for 1879 were: J. M. Brown, M. L. B.\\nTryon, O. A. Scofield, Sec. M. Sherman, Trcas. Charles\\nBrown, S. George Fogle, Asst. S. Nancy Sherman, Chap-\\nlain George Rockey, Lecturer; S. Knight, G. Mrs. L.\\nRantfrow, Lady Asst. S. Mrs. M. E. Ross, Ceres; Mrs.\\nR. J. Dispennett, Pomona Mrs. George Rockey, Flora.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nDR. EDWARD HALL\\nwas born near Manchester, England, April 15, 1830, and\\nemigrated to the United States in the fall of 1838, with his\\nmother, five brothers, and three sisters his father, Thomas\\nP. Hall, having preceded them one year. After a very\\nstormy passage of sixty-one days they landed at Boston, on\\nThanksgiving day, and it was truly a thanksgiving day to\\nthose storm-tos.sed pilgrims. The family proceeded at once\\nto Lowell, and all that were old enough went to work with", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0403.jp2"}, "404": {"fulltext": "310\\nHISTOKY OP BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\ntheir father (who followed calico-printing for forty-five\\nyears) in the celebrated Merrimac Print- Works. After the\\ndeath of their mother, which occurred in November, 1843,\\nDR. EDWAKD HALL.\\nthe family was broken up for about a year, when they came\\ntogether again near Worcester, Mass. After a residence\\nthere of a year the father and six of the children emigrated,\\nin a wagon, to Monroe Co., Mich. After remaining there\\none year and a half, two sons, Edward and Thomas, started\\nagain westward, and, walking across the State of Michigan,\\nfound employment on farms near Laporte, Ind. Edward\\nworked for Dr. B. C. Bowell three years, when he began\\nthe study of medicine, which he continued for four years.\\nGraduating at the Eclectic Medical Institute, Cincinnati,\\nOhio, he began the practice of medicine at Delhi, Dela-\\nware Co., Iowa. In 1855 he was joined by his father\\nand four brothers, who lived with him until the winter of\\n1856-57, when they all removed to Lyon Co., Kansas, where\\nthey remained until 18G1. Then the doctor moved back\\nto Laporte, Ind., and in 1862 removed to Berrien Springs.\\nHere he remained eight years, and, by close attention to his\\nprofession and strict integrity, built up a large practice,\\nand was surrounded by a host of very warm friends. In\\nthe spring of 1870, in consequence of failing health, he\\nremoved to Royalton township and engaged in fruit-raising.\\nHis family consists of a wife and six children, having\\nmarried Lorinda C. Roe, Aug. 24, 1854. Their children\\nare four sons, viz., W. C, T. H., E. L., and A. R., and two\\ndaughters, Lorinda E. and Mary E. Hall.\\nDr. Hall says of his father, He was a native of London,\\nEngland, lived to the age of eighty-seven years, and had\\nnot a day s sickness in his long life, and only a day or two\\nat its close.\\nThe doctor has led an active, useful life in his profession,\\nthan which none gives more opportunities for doing good.\\nHe has been faithful to this profession, and the years of his\\npractice have been wholly devoted to his work, losing no\\ntime by sickness, not having been confined to his bed\\ntwenty-four hours in forty years.\\nGEORGE H. SCOTT.\\nGEORGE H. SCOTT\\nwas born in East Poultney, Vt., June 19, 1817. Spent\\nhis early life at home. When fifteen years old he entered\\nthe store of Wni. P. Myers, in East Poultney, as a clerk\\nstayed three years, at a salary of fifty dollars a year, with\\nboarding and wa.shiug. At the end of this time he decided\\nto learn a trade. Selecting that of tinner, he contracted for\\nthree years apprenticeship, for which he was to receive one\\nMRS. GEORGE H. SCOTT.\\nhundred and fifty dollars. At the end of two years his\\nbrother, Reuben Scott, decided to move West, and urged\\nGeorge to accompany him. He not having filled his con-\\ntract as to his trade, had to make some arrangement about\\nthat. Mr. Judd, his employer, gave him one hundred\\ndollars for the two years he had spent in his shop,\\ncharging him ninety dollars for the time yet to be made up,\\nleaving George but ten dollars for his two years labor.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0404.jp2"}, "405": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF ROYALTON.\\n311\\nThe two brothers left Vermont May 1, 1837, arriving at\\nSt. Joseph, Mich., in twelve days, coming by stage to\\nSchenectady, N. Y. thence to Buffalo by packet on the\\nErie Canal, taking stage again to Erie, Pa. then to To-\\nledo by boat, to Niles by stage, and from Niles to St. Jo-\\nseph by steamboat on the St. Joseph River. Here the\\nbrothers decided to go into business, opening a hardware-\\nstore, which business they engaged in three year.s, when\\nthey were burned out, losing heavily. In 1840 bought out\\na grocery, running this four years. In 1843, George built\\na vessel, selling his interest out to his brother as soon as it\\nwas completed, again engaging in business in the firm of\\nWarren Chatman. At the end of the first year another\\npartner was taken into the business ^Francis Finegan re-\\nmained here until 1850 then selling out, he went to spec-\\nulating in cord-wood, shipping to Chicago the business\\nincreasing, he took Curtis Boughton as a partner. In an-\\nother year s time they bought a saw-mill, taking as partners\\nin this L. F. Warner and Riley F. Gragg. At the close\\nof the year this firm dissolved, leaving the firm Scott\\nWarner. At the end of two years, the war of the Rebel-\\nlion breaking out, and troops being called for, Warner en-\\nlisted, selling his interest to Scott, who managed the busi-\\nness until 1871. In 1854, Scott and Boughton bought\\none hundred and sixty acres of land, Scott moving on the\\nfarm in 1861. In the transfer of their property Scott re-\\ntained fifteen acres of the original purchase, to which he\\nhas since added eighty acres. He also owns other land,\\none farm of one hundred and twenty acres, which is the\\nhome of his son, George M. In all he has two hundred\\nand seventeen acres.\\nIn politics Mr. Scott is a Republican, and has filled sev-\\neral ofiices of trust, among which are the following: post-\\nmaster in Royalton for seven years, town treasurer three\\nyears, deputy postmaster at St. Joseph (1840) two years.\\nOn the 14th day of December, 1843, he married Eliza,\\ndaughter of David and Charlotte Gragg. Of this union\\nwere born five children, viz. George M., C. H., Emily L.,\\nCharles R., Linda M. All are living. Mrs. Scott died\\nSept. 19, 1872.\\nJOHN BORT.\\nMRS. JOHN BORT.\\nJOHN BORT.\\nAmong the many gentlemen whose biographies appear\\non the pages of this history, none better deserve mention\\nthan he whose name stands at the head of this sketch. He\\nwas born Nov. 25, 1810, in Herkimer Co., N. Y. his\\nearly life was spent on a farm. At the .age of twenty he\\nleft his father, hiring as a farm-hand for two years at thir-\\nteen dollars per month. He then went to Canada, working\\nin a saw-mill at twenty-six dollars per month.\\nOct. 10, 1832, married Mariette, daughter of Otis and\\nMary Smith. Mrs. Bort was born Feb. 24, 1826, in Her-\\nkimer Co., N. Y. After his marriage Mr. Bort rented his\\nfather s farm, remaining there two years. At this time his\\nfather-in-law dying, he was appointed administrator of hi.s\\nestate seven years passed before this was settled, there being\\na minor heir. For four years he engaged in farming, first\\nin JeflFerson and then in Herkimer County. Removing\\nto Peters Corners, he engaged in harness-making; from that\\nhe went to traveling, selling fanning-mills and pumps.\\nIn 1844, Mr. Bort settled in this county, purchasing a\\nfarm of one hundred and seventeen acres in Niles town-\\nship he sold this and removed to Royalton township, now\\nLincoln, where he bought one hundred and forty-four acres\\nagain buying one hundred and sixty-four acres in Royalton\\ntownship, to which he removed, and on which he is now\\nliving. His principal employment while on the Lake farm\\nwas raising fruit.\\nFeb. 1, 1848, Mrs. Bort died, leaving four children, viz.\\nOtis S., Sophronia M., Mary J., and Charles E.\\nJan. 2, 1850, he married, for his second wife, Sophronia,\\ndaughter of George Getman. Of this union were born six\\nchildren, viz. Albert, Fayette, Harrie G., Eddie G., Jay\\nE., and Mariette. Albert is living in Nebraska, the others\\nare at home with their parents. Mr. Bort s father raised a", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0405.jp2"}, "406": {"fulltext": "312\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nfamily of twelve children, all living but one two living\\nin Michigan, one in Iowa, one in Wisconsin, and the others\\nin New York. Mr. Bort is the ninth child, and he is now\\nsixty-nine years old. His father died in 1870, aged eighty-\\nthree years, having been twice married, his first wife dying\\nin 1823, and the second in 1877.\\nMr. Bort is an active, energetic man, anxious for the ad-\\nvancement of the country around him. He organized the\\nfirst school on the lake, opening the school with only three\\nscholars has been school director and commissioner for\\ntwo years. It has been his fortune nearly every time he\\nhas changed his residence, to stop where they had a school-\\nhouse to build, and he has assisted in building four school-\\nhouses.\\nMr. Bort was ambitious to improve both his mind and\\nhis circumstances this led him to employ diligently both\\nhis time and means, and as a result he has achieved a suc-\\ncess in life which favorably contrasts with the beginning of\\nhis career.\\nCHAPTER XL I.\\nST. JOSEPH TO WNSHIP.*\\nDescription of the Township, its Settlement, and Pioneers Organiza-\\ntion and Township OfBeers Early Roads and Road Districts St.\\nJoseph Village Manufacturing Interests The Railroad St.\\nJoseph Secret Orders The Public Schools Religious Societies\\nCemetery.\\nThis is the smallest township in the county, and is situ-\\nated on the lake-shore, at the mouth of the St. Joseph\\nRiver, from which it takes its name. In the government\\nsurvey it is known as town 4 south, in range 19 west. It\\nhas a triangular shape, and is bounded on the east by Ben-\\nton, and south by Lincoln and Royalton townships. Only\\na little more than seven full sections are embraced within\\nits limits. The principal streams are the St. Jo.seph and\\nPaw Paw Rivers and Hickory Creek. The former enters\\nthe township from the south, nearly a mile west of the\\nsoutheast corner, and after flowing almost parallel with\\nthe lake for two miles and a half, turns to the west and,\\nreceiving the waters of the Paw Paw, which flows from\\nthe northeast, discharges into Lake Michigan. In its\\ncourse through the township it embraces several islands\\nand bayous, and there is not sufficient fall to afford water-\\npower. The peninsula formed by this stream is a plateau\\nelevated from forty-eight to fifty-five feet above the lake.\\nIts soil is a rich sandy loam, with occasional small belts or\\noutcroppings of clay. It was originally well covered with\\noak, maple, beech, whitewood, ash, and hickory, with small\\nclusters of pine. Most of these have been removed, and\\nthe surface presents an open and well-improved landscape.\\nOn the peninsula formed by the Paw Paw River the surface\\nis less elevated, and the soil is sandy and comparatively\\nBy John L. Rockey.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0f The origin.ll name, St. Joseph, was first given to the mission\\nestablishcil at the mouth of the river about 1700, and designated in\\nthe records of the Catholic Church as The Mission of St. Josopli of\\nLake Michigan. St. Joseph was the patron saint of Canada, or New\\nFrance.\\nsterile, much of it being unfit for cultivation. Along the\\nrivers the surface is somewhat marshy, but upon the eastern\\nline of the township there is a belt of very fine land, which\\nhas been highly improved. Although the soil is adapted\\nto the cereals, market-gardening and fruit culture have be-\\ncome the leading industries of the people outside of the\\nvillage of St. Joseph. At this point the first settlement\\nwas made. An account of the Jesuit Mission, and other\\nearly occupancy, is given in the general history of the\\ncounty, as also of Capt. Hinckley s entrance to the harbor\\nin the fall of 1827, while on his way to Fort Dearborn\\n(Chicago) with supplies for the garrison. The harbor was\\nat that ikne called Saranac by the sailors. William\\nBurnett and his son James also had a trading-post here\\nfrom about 1785 till after 1825.\\nThe old Burnett trading-post was something more than\\none mile up the river, in an apple-orchard set out by the\\nelder Burnett. A part of the orchard still exists, and the\\nremains of the trading-post are or were in recent years\\nto be seen.\\nJames Burnett, son of William Burnett, was here in\\n1829. He laid no claim to land, but followed his occupa-\\ntion of a trader with the Indians, and was traveling from\\nplace to place.\\nTHE PIONKER SETTLERS\\nwere Calvin Britain and Augustus B. Newell. The former\\nwas born in Jeff erson Co., N. Y., in 1800, and came to\\nMichigan in 1827. For a short time he was connected with\\nthe Carey Mission, and was at St. Joseph in 1827\\nand 1828, but in 1829 pre-empted land at that place with\\nAugustus B. Newell. The lands were surveyed by govern-\\nment in 1829 and 1830, and Sept. 30, 1830, they purchased\\nthe lands they had pre-empted. Mr. Britain took up his\\nresidence here in 1829, and remained a citizen of the town-\\nship until his death, Jan. 18, 1862. He was a member of\\nthe Legislative Council of the Territory, which office he\\nheld till Michigan became a State, and served in the Legis-\\nlature as a representative and senator under the old consti-\\ntution. In 1852 he was elected Lieutenant-Governor. He\\nremained a single man. lu 1837 his father. Gen. Calvin\\nBritain, came to St. Joseph to live, but died in 1840, at\\nthe age of seventy years.\\nMaj. Britain had his home with Augustus B. Newell,\\nwho came in 1829, and built the first house (which was of\\nlogs), intended for permanent use in the township. He\\nalso built the first tavern, but died soon after, in 1832.\\nBenjamin Chandler came in the early part of 1829, and\\nbuilt a house near Newell s, but farther up the bluff. He\\ndied in the place many years ago. In May, 1829, Capt.\\nDaniel T. Wilson came from Niles, where he was engaged\\nwith his brother in a tanning business. He settled in St.\\nJoseph, and, with the exception of a few years, lived there\\nuntil his death, Oct. 25, 1878. At the time he came one\\nLeephart, a trader, lived on the east side of the river. In\\nSeptember, 1829, his father came to live in the township,\\nbut died in the course of four or five years. Calvin Bart-\\nlett came the same season. In November, 1830, he married\\nPamelia Ives, who had come with Mr. Nelson s family.\\nThe ceremony was performed at the Mansion House, by\\nMaj. T. S. Smith, and was the first wedding in the town-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0406.jp2"}, "407": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0407.jp2"}, "408": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0408.jp2"}, "409": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF ST. JOSEPH.\\n313\\nship. To this couple was born the following year a son,\\nAmos Carroll, who was the first native white child. In\\nhis manliood he became well known as a steamboat captain.\\nThe elder Bartlett died in the township in 1851. On the\\n12th of July, 1829, Benjamin C. Hoyt became a member\\nof the St. Joseph settlement, and continued a prominent\\ncitizen of the township until about 1873, when he moved\\nto Mississippi. Maj. T. S. Smith* and William Huff first\\nsettled in Royalton before 1828, but soon after became resi-\\ndents of St. Joseph. Mr. Smith was the first keeper of the\\nlighthouse in New Buffalo, in 1 840. He was a very portly\\nman, and an inveterate joker. In 1853 he went to Cali-\\nfornia. Huff became a merchant in St. Joseph, and died\\nthere in 18-48. In a few years his family also removed to\\nCalifornia.\\nAbout 1830, L. L. Johnson settled on the lake-shore, a\\nmile north of the village. He subsequently removed to\\nWisconsin. John Wittenmeyer came in the same or the\\nfollowing year. He was one of the early merchants. When\\nthe Mexican war broke out he went into the army, and rose\\nto the rank of colonel. He died soon after his return home.\\nJames F. Lord, a carpenter and joiner, came in 1831, and\\nin 1847 removed to Chicago. In the same year Fowler\\nPreston, also a carpenter and joiner, moved to St. Joseph.\\nHe was an active citizen, and died in 1842. Members of\\nhis family still live in the township.\\nIn 1832 came Dr. Amos S. Amsden, a native of New\\nYork, who was prominently identified with the place until\\nhis death, about 1849. Thomas Fitzgerald, a native ,of\\nHerkimer Co., N. Y., emigrated to Indiana, and was a\\nmember of the Legislature of that State in 1828. He re-\\nmoved to St. Joseph, with his family, June 22, 1832, having\\nreceived the appointment of lighthouse-keeper. He was\\nregent of the State University in 1837, bank commissioner\\nin 1838, and upon the resignation of Gen. Cass as United\\nStates Senator he was appointed to fill the vacancy. After\\nhis retirement from that position he removed to Niles, and\\nat his death, in 1855, was probate judge of the county.\\nHe was the first attorney in St. Joseph.\\nIn 1832, Edward P. Deacon came from Erie, Pa., and\\nassociated himself with William McKaleb, a native of Mary-\\nland, in building the first saw-mill that year. He removed\\nto Boston, where he died, and McKaleb returned to his\\nnative State.\\nLeverett Plumb emigrated to Chicago from Ohio, and\\nbought a lot, but after living there a short time, and think-\\ning Chicago never would be much of a place, moved to St.\\nJoseph, with his family, in 1832. He, with Philip Andrew,\\nbuilt the engine for the mill of Deacon McKaleb, erected\\nin 1832, and in 1833 put the engine in the Matilda Bar-\\nney, and was the engineer the first season. He went to\\nDetroit and put the machinery in the Davy Crockett,\\nand brought the vessel to this port in 1834. Mr. Plumb\\nlived here until his death, in 1859. His daughter, Mrs.\\nKeynolds, is living in the village of St. Joseph.\\nIn 1833, Thomas Conger, a lawyer, settled in the town-\\nIn an act to divide the Territory into townsliips, approved April\\n12, 1827, wiiich contains a section organizing the township of St.\\nJoseph, provision is made that the first town-meeting be held at the\\nhouse of Timothy S. Smith, in said township.\\n40\\nship, but about 1848 went to California. Jeremiah Wil-\\nson came the same year, and died in 1835.\\nIn 1834 and 1835 a large number of persons settled at\\nSt. Joseph, among them Hiram Brown, from Rochester,\\nN. Y. After living in the village until 1848 he moved to\\nChicago, but has resided at St. Joseph since 1862, and he\\nJOSEPH W. BREWER.\\nand Joseph W. Brewer are about the only citizens lefl that\\ncame at that early period. The latter has served the town-\\nship as justice of the peace since 1853. Jabez N. Rogers\\nlived in the township from 1834 till 1848, when he re-\\nmoved to Berlin, Wis. John P. Porter remained from\\n1835 to 1846, when he returned to New York. Rodney\\nC. Paine was here a few years, about this period, when he\\nbecame a resident of Niles; Talman Wheeler, from 1835\\ntill 1850, when he removed to Chicago; and Edwin Rich-\\nardson, a teacher, also came in 1834. He removed to Ber-\\nrien, and served as register of deeds.\\nR. R. Duncan became a resident of St. Joseph about\\n1834, and resided there until his death. For about thirty\\nyears he was actively engaged in business. George, Ed-\\nward, and Benjamin Kingsley came from Utica, N. Y.,\\nabout the same period, and took a prominent place among\\nthe pioneers. Benjamin Kingsley is still a citizen of St.\\nJoseph. In 1834, Curtis Boughton came from Ohio, and\\nsettled on the Niles road, south of the village, and has con-\\ntinued his residence in the township since. His father,\\nGains Boughton, came a few years after and among other\\npioneers in the southern part of the township were the\\nAbbe and Gard families. Members of the latter are yet\\namong the active and prominent citizens of St. Joseph.\\nIn addition to the foregoing, among the prominent\\npioneers prior to 1840 were the Olds, Stewart, Johnson,\\nand Martin families, James Randies, Wm. Axtell, A. M.\\nBrownell, M. Chauncey, Moody E. Merson, John Harris,\\nRobert Hollywood, Wm. Patterson, Asaph Preston, S. R.\\nRussell, Isaac Pangborn, Wm. C. Weaver, J. H. Wells,\\nSolomon Smith, Samuel Hicks, R. P. Stinson, Samuel\\nSutherland, F. A. Hull, and Charles C. Sutton.\\nIn 1864 the population was 1681 in 1870, 3000; in", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0409.jp2"}, "410": {"fulltext": "314\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\n1874, 3288. The valuation in 1860 was $207,234; and\\nio 1870, $426,451.\\nORGANIZATION AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.\\nThe early bounds and divisions of St. Joseph township\\nare fully noted in the general history of the county. By\\nan act of June 9, 1832, St. Joseph was made to embrace\\nthe territory at present included in the townships of Water-\\nvliet, Hagar, Benton, Sodus, Royalton, Lincoln, and the\\nnorth four tiers of sections in Lake, Oronoko, and Berrien\\nand the first election was to be held at the house of Au-\\ngustus B. Newell. On the 17lh of March, 1835, Royalton\\nwas formed to include the territory south of township No.\\n4 and by the organization of Benton, March 11, 1837,\\nSt. Joseph was reduced to its present bounds, about 7 J\\nsections in township No. 4, range No. 19.\\nNo records prior to the final subdivision are known to be\\nin existence. Prom other sources it is learned that in 1834\\nWilliam Huff was Supervisor, Amos B. Amsden Justice,\\nand B. C. Hoyt Clerk; and in 1836 William Huff was\\nSupervisor, Jabez N. Rogers Clerk, and John F. Porter,\\nJohn P. Davis, and William McKaleb Justices.\\nAt the election held at the Mansion House, April 3,\\n1837, 57 votes were polled, and the following elected Su-\\npervisor, William Huff; Clerk, Jabez N. Rogers; Justices\\nof the Peace, Daniel Olds, J. N. Rogers, James Randies,\\nJ. G. James; Assessors, Talnian Wheeler, Fowler Preston,\\nB. C. Hoyt Collector, William H. Stewart Constables,\\nB. H. Sweet, William H. Stewart Poonnasters, Daniel\\nOlds, A. S. Amsden Road Commissioners, L. L. Johnson,\\nJohn Wittenmeyer, Israel Kellogg Pathmasters, William\\nH. Stewart, Isaac Moffatt School Commissioners, William\\nHuff, Thomas Fitzgerald, John Wittenmeyer School In-\\nspectors, B. C. Hoyt, James Randies, Thomas Fitzgerald.\\nSince 1837 the principal oflBcers have been the following\\nSUPERVISORS.\\n1838, John F. Porter; 1839, James F. Lord; 1810-42, Fowler Pres-\\nton; 1813-44, B. C. Hoyt; 1846, L. .S. Lillibridge; 1840, An-\\ndrew Murray; 1847, Thomas Fitzgerald; 1848, A. M. Church;\\n1849, Talman Wheeler; 1850, William M. Lister; 1851, A. M.\\nChurch; 1852, A. H. Morrison: 1853, L. F.Warner; 1854, A.\\nH. Morrison; 1855, D. A. Urmston 1856, Joseph Gard; 1857,\\nF. I. Parks; 1858, Theodore Pew; 1859-60, F. I. Parks; 1861,\\nA. D. Brown; 1862, Warren Chapman; 1863-68, Daniel Chap-\\nman; 1869, Warren Chapman; 1870, Curtis Boughton 1871-74,\\nWarren Chapman 1877, A. H. Morrison 1876, Edward M. Ed-\\nwards; 1877, Asa E. Perkins; 1878-79, Edward M. Edwards.\\nCLERKS.\\n1838, E. H. Kuhr; 1839-41, J. N. Rogers; 1842, B. F. Fish 1843,\\nTalman Wheeler; 1844, A. M. Church; 1845, M. D. Gragg; 1846,\\nCharles F. Howe 1847, A. P. Stinson 1848, M. D. Gragg 1849-\\n53, A. P. Stinson; 1854, R. S. Duncan; 1856, E. L. Griffith:\\n1856, David M.Crane; 1857-58, L.J. Brown; 1859, John Burke;\\n1860-61, Charles J. Smith; 1862, William M. Smith; 1863-64,\\nRobert Vanvlear; 1865-66, J. J. Drake; 1867-68, J. W. Brewer;\\n1869-70, Hiram Brown; 1871, A. H. Scott; 1872-76, Joseph W.\\nBrewer; 1877, Junius H. Hatch; 1878, William H. Maynard;\\n1879, Nelson 0. Rice.\\nTREASURERS.\\n1839, Robert B. Martin 1840-41, B. C. Hoyt; 1842, Charles C. Sut-\\nton 1843, James F. Lord; 1844, (.Jeorgo W. Kingsley 1845,\\nMaurice Fitzgerald 1840, Harvey Gould; 1847-48, Maurice Fitz-\\ngerald: 1850-52, B. C. Hoyt; 185:)-65, B. M. Springstein 1856-\\n57, S. H. Sutherland; 1858, Hiram C. Guernsey; 1859, Henry\\nL. Hatch; 1860, George W. Kingsley 1861, E. C. Hoyt; 1862,\\nD. W. Porter; 186.3, L. G, Moulton; 1864, Joseph W. Brewer;\\n1865, Henry Smith; 1866, Horace K. Langley 1867, Henry\\nZerambo; 1868, Edward Kingsley; 1869, F. C. Jordan: 1870,\\nCharles H. Moulton 1871, Henry M. Brown; 1872-74, Robert\\nF. Stratton; 1875-76, John Wallace; 1877, Joseph J. Pearl;\\n1878-79, Edwin F. Piatt.\\nThe justices of the peace since 1838 have been as\\nfollows\\nGeorge C. Thompson, J. N. Rogers, L. S. Lillibridge, Cruger Walton,\\nJabez N. Rogers, Joseph Gard, Dexter Straight, Timothy S. Smith,\\nA. P. Stinson, Horace W. Guernsey, Moses Chapman, Joseph W.\\nBrewer,-- C. C. Sutton, John T. Smith, Charles R. Brown, Hiram\\nBrown, John A. Donaldson, John M. Enos, Nathaniel Robbins,\\nDaniel Chapman, A. H. Bean, Henry Mowston, Frederick A.\\nHull, Charles F. Howe, Amos S. Amsden, L. Plumb, John Witten-\\nmeyer, Wm. M. Liston, B. C. Hoyt, Wm. Chapman, A. M.\\nBrownell, L. F. Warner, Samuel Holland, Elijah Knapp, Edward\\nKingsley, Charles Molhagen, B. C. Lewis, W. Guernsey, John\\nThomas, Junius H. Hatch.\\nAt the April meeting in 1848 the question of granting\\nlicense for the sale of spirituous liquors in the township\\nwas submitted to the voters, 69 of whom declared in the\\naffirmative and 56 opposed. A subsequent test of the\\nminds of the people reaffirmed the decision.\\nEARLY ROADS AND ROAD DISTRICTS.\\nTerritorial roads were laid out to the mouth of the river\\nSt. Joseph as early as 1830, an account of which will be\\nfound in the general history.\\nThe first record in reference to roads is the division of\\nthe townships into road districts, and bears date March 27,\\n1838.\\nBy John Wittenmeyer and Lemuel L. Johnson, commis-\\nsioners of highways, it was ordered, That all that part of\\nthe township lying south of tlie St. Joseph River, and that\\npart north of St. Joseph River and south of Paw Paw\\nRiver, be District 1 all the remaining part of the township\\nbe District 2.\\nThe first recorded road was laid out three rods wide, com-\\nmencing at the quarter-section corner on the section line\\nbetween sections 27 and 34, in township 4 south, of range\\n18 west, following said section line westerly one and a half\\nmiles, thence westerly, terminating at the road opened by\\nEleazer Morton, running from or near said Morton s house\\nto section 33, in town 4 south, range 18 west.\\nThe New Bufi alo road was surveyed and established\\nJune 17, 1839, and opened by an order by the commis-\\nsioner, Nov. 1, 1842.\\nA road was laid out from Royalton to St. Joseph on the\\nnorth side of St. Joseph River commencing on the south\\nline of section 36, t6wn 4 south, range 19 west, at a stake\\nfour chains west of the quarter-po.st thence running north-\\nerly, intersecting the town line near Phelps, following the\\ntown line some distance, touching the quarter-post on the\\neast line, section 24, and intersecting the Territorial road\\n2 2() chains south of section corner, being over three miles\\nin length.\\nA road was surveyed and established Nov. 14, 1839,\\ncommencing on the Territorial road on the line running\\nnorth and south, through the centre of section 15, in town\\nContinuously since 1853.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0410.jp2"}, "411": {"fulltext": "Hon. Alexander Hamilton Morrison, of St.\\nJoseph, Mich., was born at Quebec, Canada, Feb. 22,\\n1822. He is of Scotch and American parentage. His\\nmother was a descendant of Col. John Jessup, who, for his\\nfidelity to Charles I., was rewarded by Charles II. with a\\nlarge tract of land on the Hudson River. This tract, known\\nas Jessup s tract, became historic, through its confiscation\\nby the State of New York after the Eevolutionary war.\\nHis father, Rhoderick Morrison, was a merchant and trader,\\nand a member of the old Northwestern Fur Company. He\\nwas one of the few partners who successfully resisted the\\nattacks upon that company made by Lord Selkirk, in the\\ninterests of the Hudson Bay Company. At the age of six-\\nteen, Alexander Hamilton removed to Chicago to seek his\\nfortune. That city then contained less than four thousand\\ninhabitants. He was engaged there three years with David\\nBallantine, a celebrated contractor on the Illinois and Michi-\\ngan Canal. At the age of nineteen he wont into active\\nbusiness on his own account as a merchant and contractor\\non public works in Illinois and Iowa.\\nIn 1850 he moved to St. Joseph, Mich., where he has\\nsince resided, engaged as a merchant, lumber-manufacturer,\\nand railroad-builder. In connection with James L. Joy he\\nconstructed the Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad,\\ntwo hundred and fifty miles in length, and managed it for\\nsix years. Mr. Morrison and C. G. Wicker, of Chicago,\\nwere also joint owners and operators of the Dakota Southern\\nRailroad, and of the Sioux City and Pembina, a branch of\\nthe Dakota Southern. In politics he was formerly a Whig,\\nbut now votes and work.s with the Republican party. In\\n1851 he was chairman of the board of supervisors of Berrien\\nCounty. In 1 852 he was a candidate for presidential elector\\non the Scott ticket. In 1856 he was elected to the State\\nSenate. In 1860 he was elected to and served in the House\\nof Representatives, and for three sessions was chairman of\\nthe committee on State affairs. In 1861, President Lincoln\\nappointed him commissary of subsistence in the regular\\narmy, but he declined the appointment. In 1862 he be-\\ncame collector of internal revenue for the second district of\\nMichigan. From 1866 to 1869 he was assessor of the\\nsame district, and for six years a member of the Republican\\nState committee was on the staff of Governors Bingham\\nand Wisner from 1854 to 1861 he has been connected\\nfor twenty-five years with the Masons and Odd-Fellows;\\nhas been Master of Occidental Lodge at St. Joseph, and\\nwas the first Noble Grand of Burnett Lodge, Independent\\nOrder of Odd-Fellows. In religion he is a liberal.\\nIn 1878, Mr. Morrison erected in St. Joseph the most\\nextensive wooden-ware manufacturing establishment in the\\nNorthwest, indeed, as much .so as any establishment of its\\nkind P]ast or West, to which he added, in 1879, several\\nmore buildings fcr the manufacture of pails and other articles\\ndirectly from pulp made of straw and hay. (A cut of the\\nestablishment above named, of which he is the sole owner,\\nappears on another page of this work, together with his resi-\\ndence.) Mr. Morrison attends personally to the financial part\\nof his business, aided by his only son, Don Morrison, a lad\\nof eighteen years, who is being schooled by his father how to\\nhandle successfully large numbers of men without friction,\\nand to good advantage.\\nJan. 17, 1848, Mr. Morrison married Julia A. Reynolds.\\nThey have four children living. The vast fruit products\\nof the St. Joseph region are sent from docks owned by\\nMorrison Joy, in their transportation to Chicago and\\nother lake ports.\\nDuring a business career of over thirty years, Mr. Morri-\\nson, with three exceptions, was unknown to the courts as\\nsuitor, juryman, or witness. He has traveled through the\\nWe.st, South, and East and in his varied positions of trust\\nand business has met and entertained, at his residence in\\nSt. Joseph, many of the dLstinguished men of the United\\nStates.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0411.jp2"}, "412": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0412.jp2"}, "413": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OP ST. JOSEPH.\\n315\\n4 south, range 18 west, thence along Paw Paw River to\\nanother road known as the Coldwater road, estabUshed Nov.\\n14, 1889.\\nJan. 23, 1840, a road was established from Millburg\\nsouth and east to the town line. Jan. 21, 1840, a road was\\nestablished from Territorial road to the town line, four miles\\nand twelve chains in length. April 6, 1840, it was voted\\nto raise money to reimburse the corporation of St. Joseph\\nfor money expended on the causeway across the marsh east\\nof the St. Jo.seph River, opposite St. Joseph village and at\\nan adjourned meeting in May, it was voted to raise $1000\\nto finish the east end of causeway and reimburse the cor-\\nporation of St. Joseph.\\nMarch 22, 1841, the township was redistricted, forming\\neight districts.\\nJune 12, 1841, the commissioners declared the follow-\\ning streets public highways Wayne, from the bridge to\\nShip Street Ship, Main, and State Streets, and all that\\npart of Water Street commencing at the steam-mill and\\nrunning to the Michigan Hotel.\\nAug. 23, 1841, application was made to the commis-\\nsioner to discontinue that part of the old Niles road from\\nthe village of St. Joseph through the westerly part of the\\nseminary lands to the Abbe place. Talman Wheeler and\\neleven other disinterested persons were summoned, and a re-\\nport was made. After due consideration the petition was\\ngranted September 27th. By an act approved April 1,\\n1840, Morgan Enos and Jacob Allen were appointed com-\\nmissioners to lay out and establish a State road from La\\nGrange to St. Joseph. Sept. 27, 1841, the commissioners\\nof St. Joseph were directed to record the survey of that\\npart which ran through St. Joseph township.\\nFRUIT CULTURE.\\nThe fruit interests of Southwestern Michigan have raised\\nSt. Joseph to a prominent position as one of the principal\\npoints in the region which has been termed the Great\\nFruit Belt of Michigan. Nearly the entire township,\\nwhere the soil is tillable, is devoted to fruit culture, more\\nthan 2000 acres being devoted to this purpose, and hun-\\ndreds of citizens find occupation in shipping the various\\nfruits to market. Until within a few years this country\\nwas pre-eminently adapted to the cultivation of the peach,\\nwhich here attained great perfection and almost invariably\\nyielded bountifully. From a Catalogue of Fruit-Growers,\\nprepared by L. J. Merchant in 1873, it appears that the\\nseedling peach was grown in St. Joseph as early as 1829.\\nAs settlers came in, nearly all of them planted a few seed-\\nling peaches, and in 1839 some grown in the garden of B.\\nC. Hoyt were shipped to Chicago. About the same time\\nCapt. Curtis Boughton bought peaches by the barrel and\\nin dry-goods boxes, and carried them to Chicago. In 1842,\\nB. C. Hoyt procured buds of improved varieties from Long\\nIsland to start a nursery; and in 1844, he sent a few\\nbaskets of Crawfords to Chicago, which the boys peddled\\nout at ten cents each. From that time on, improved varie-\\nties have been cultivated. One of the first large orchards\\nof budded peaches 130 trees\u00e2\u0080\u0094 was set out in 1849 by\\nCapt. Curtis Boughton. Since that time orchards contain-\\ning as many as 5000 trees have been planted, and the pro-\\nduct in the township for 1868 was 507,134 packages of\\npeaches alone, and 28,283 bushels of berries. The influ-\\nence of Lake Michigan, and the diversity of soil in the\\ntownship, also enables fruit-growers to cultivate successfully\\npears, plums, quinces, apples, cherries, grapes, and the\\nvarious kinds of berries and since the failure of peaches,\\nowing to the appearance of the disease called the yellows,\\nsmall-fruit culture has become the prominent industry and\\nalthough not as profitable as peach-growing, is yet a source\\nof considerable revenue.\\nAmong the fruit-growers in St. Joseph in 1873, who cul-\\ntivated more than six acres, were the following\\nThomas Archer, Emile Birkholm, A. B. Chamberlain, L. Collios, F.\\nEwald, Joseph Gard, Gordon Family, Garrett Garrettson, B. C.\\nHoyt, David Judson, J. H. Langley, William C. Lombard, A. N.\\nNapier, 0. Olson, H. T. Plumb, E. Reod, C. H. Sherwood, Robert\\nSpink, S. C. Wilson, J. A. Wischer, John Wallace, P. P. Allen,\\nL. C. Crittenden, E. V. Green, J. Jakeway, J. N. McMichael,\\nWilliam J. Nott, W. C. Perry, Frank Pullen, S. Southworth, R.\\nWilliams, R.J. Sawyer, M. Plumb, Curtis Boughton, Thomas H.\\nBotham, D. Comings, E. W. Collins, P. Finnegan, John F. Gard,\\nH. W. Gustin, S. F. Heath, D. S. Hulett, S. G. Langley, A. C.\\nLightfoot, Daniel Murphy, N. W. Napier, R. D. Parker, B. F.\\nPi.xley, George W. Selden, H. C. Smith, John Whittlesey, A. 0.\\nWinchester, Benjamin Williams, J. Aylsworth, G. W. Church,\\nJoshua Ells, Charles Hull, H. R. Labaugh, Z. D. Nickersoii, 0. A.\\nOsborne, Robert Pullen, A. D. Rowley, J. R. Webb, B. Lombard,\\nW. H. Wakelce, A. Ada\\nST. JOSEPH VILLAGE.\\nThis thriving village is finely situated mainly south of\\nthe St. Joseph River, on the peninsula formed by that\\nstream and Lake Michigan. The land forms an elevated\\nplateau, giving the place a situation whose beauty and\\nhealthfulness are scarcely surpassed in the State. West of\\nthe village is the broad expanse of Lake Michigan, white\\nwith the sails of an immense commerce, and healthful with\\nits invigorating breezes. Sweeping round from the south-\\neast is the St. Joseph River, on whose waters are borne the\\nproducts of the interior of the county to the mouth of the\\nstream, which constitutes a safe and convenient harbor,\\nwhere lie at rest vessels from the lake and south are the\\nfertile lands of the township, which have been transformed\\ninto a vast and productive fruit-garden. The villao-e is\\nregularly laid out, with wide and well-shaded streets. It\\ncontains many fine residences and public buildings, and has\\na population of some three thousand inhabitants.\\nUntil 1829 this locality was an unbroken forest of heavy\\ntimber, except about half an acre on the farthermost point\\nof the bluff, which has been used as a burial-ground by the\\nIndians. Various articles of Indian occupancy, as kettles\\nhatchets, and trinkets, have been found from time to time\\nas the banks broke away, and when the ground was leveled\\nfor the park which skirts the brow of the hill. This clear-\\ning was made by the followers of Robert de La Salle in\\n1679, and the winter of 1080-81. After the destruction\\nof the old French fort that stood upon it, the Indians oc-\\ncupied the ground for a general camp when engaged in\\nfishing and hunting in this part of the county.* After\\nthe treaty at the Carey Mission, Sept. 28, 1828, attention\\nwas directed to this place as an eligible site for a future\\nSee general chapters.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0413.jp2"}, "414": {"fulltext": "316\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHiaAN.\\ncity, and discerning its importance, Calvin Britain, a former\\nteacher at the mission, made claim to some of the lands\\nnear the mouth of the river in the following year. He\\nwas joined by Augustus B. Newell, and together they pre-\\nempted the most desirable part of section 23 in 1829.\\nNewell built a log cabin at the foot of the hill east of the\\nclearing, which was the first house in St. Joseph occupied\\nby actual settlers. Britain was a single man and had his\\nhome at Newell s. In 1830 the survey of this part of the\\ncounty was finished, and on the 30th of September of that\\nyear Britain and Newell purchased the lands they had\\nalready secured by pre-emption.\\nSome time after this, in 1831, Calvin Britian laid out\\na village on the south bank of the St. Joseph River, which\\nhe called Newberryport, in honor of Oliver Newberry, of\\nDetroit.* This name the place bore until it was changed by\\nlegislative enactment to its present title, St. Joseph. Con-\\nsidering the general condition of the settlements in the\\nwestern part of the county, St. Joseph grew rapidly,\\nhaving at this time more than 25 houses. It had been\\ndesignated the county-seat when Berrien County was or-\\nganized in 1831, and remained the seat of justice until\\n1837. Its future was so promising that application was\\nmade to the Legislative Council in the early part of 1834 for\\ncorporate privileges. The act was approved March 7, 1834,\\nand from this period dates the municipal history of St.\\nJoseph. The corporation comprised all of section 23, in\\nrange 19, and the authorities were to be known by the title\\nof The President, Trustees, and Freemen of the village\\nof St. Joseph. In 1857 the limits of the village were\\nextended to embrace all of section 24 lying south and west\\nof the river St. Joseph, and at present about one square\\nmile of territory is comprised within the bounds of the\\ncorporation.\\nBy the provisions of the incorporating act, the township\\nBoard of OfiBcers William Huff, Supervisor Amos S.\\nAmsden, Justice; and B. C. Hoyt, Clerk presided at the\\nfirst village election, held at the school-house, on the first\\nMonday in May, 1834, and declared the following per-\\nsons the choice of the freemen for the respective oflices\\nPresident, Thomas Fitzgerald Clerk, B. C. Hoyt (ap-\\npointed) Treasurer, E. P. Deacon Trustees, B. C. Hoyt,\\nJames F. Lord, William McKaleb, Calvin Britain, John\\nWittenmeyer Marshal, Fowler Preston. The sum of $400\\nwas levied upon the taxable property of the village to de-\\nfray the expenses of the corporation the first year. In\\n1835 the levy was increased to $1000. As this was a\\nheavy tax, and money was scarce, an ordinance was passed,\\nJan. 23, 183G, which authorized the marshal to take prom-\\nissory notes froin the residents of the village for the unpaid\\npart of the tax, which (notes) may be paid by digging and\\nburning stumps in the streets at 25 cents per stump.\\nThere is no record to show that the inhabitants generally\\ncomplied with this proposition to pay their taxes but it is\\nremembered that some of the trustees claimed that it was\\na great measure of relief, and would free the streets of many\\nunsightly obstructions.\\nAnother account says the place was called Newburyport, from the\\ntown of that name in Massachusetts.\\nConsiderable attention was early paid by the Council to the\\nimprovement of the .streets of the village, the establishment\\nof ferries on the river, and the building of a bridge across\\nthe same. In February, 1836, a meeting of the citizens\\nwas held, and a resolution passed that the corporation loan\\n$10,000 to build a bridge across the St. Joseph River, on\\nthe old ferry road, and another near the mouth of the Paw\\nPaw both to be free from toll. The same year, Thomas\\nFitzgerald, Benjamin C. Hoyt, and Fowler Preston were ap-\\npointed a committee to establish a ferry on the St. Joseph,\\nso that the increasing travel might be accommodated.\\nIn March, 1837, the Council established rates of ferriage\\nas follows\\nFor a wagon or carriage and over two oxen or horses.. SO. 62i\\nFor a wagon or carriage, one or two oxen or horses 37i\\nFor a man and horse 25\\nFor a single horse, ox, or cow 12^\\nFor a person on foot, etc 12 J\\nBelow is given a list of persons liable to pay State tax in\\nthe township of St. Joseph for the year 1837, dated Jan.\\n2, 1837 :t James Dalton, John H. Harris, Eleazer Morton,\\nJohn P. Davis, William McKaleb, Axtell Chauncey,\\nJames H. Enos, tavern-keepers; Matthew Cavanagh Co.,\\nWilliam HaflF, Dudley HoUoway, John F. Porter, John\\nWittenmeyer, A. S. Amsden, Stewart Sawyer, Sullivan\\nFish, Samuel Pottle, merchants; John F. Porter Co.,\\nJohn Griffith Co., forwarding and commission merchants;\\nDaniel Olds Co., Parsons, Lathrop Butler, John Wit-\\ntenmeyer, grocers.\\nIn 1839 the bridge across the St. Joseph River was com-\\npleted, but there was an indebtedness of $4000 on it. It\\nwas a toll-bridge. The builders, Messrs. Stewart, Sawyer\\nCo., were to have the use of the bridge for a term of\\nfourteen years, and to charge the tolls before given, pro-\\nvided that the corporation might at any time assume the\\nbridge by paying a fair proportion of its cost. The village\\nhas long enjoyed free bridges, and its streets compare favor-\\nably with those of other villages in this part of the State.\\nThe Council also adopted precautionary measures against\\nfires, and, in 1835, enacted ordinances for the protection of\\nproperty against fire. Three years later, a reservoir twelve\\nfeet square was constructed on the corner of Ship and\\nState Streets, and buckets and ladders were provided. On\\nthe 21st of March, 1867, the Legislature empowered the\\nvillage by a special act to borrow money, in sums not ex-\\nceeding $10,000, and to issue the bonds of the corporation\\nto pay the same, to purchase a fire-engine and equipments,\\nto build an engine-house, and to construct reservoirs.\\nThe purposes of this act were not immediately realized,\\nbut, in April, 1870, the Common Council accepted Hose\\nCompany No. 1 which had been formed with 1 9 members,\\nand Neptune Fire Company, No. 2, which numbered 35\\nmembers. Of the latter company, D. W. Porter was the\\nforeman, and W. A. Preston the treasurer. In 1876 both\\ncompanies were disbanded. In 1877 the occurrence of two\\ndestructive fires caused the Council to provide for better\\nfire-apparatus, and the formation of new companies. St.\\nJoseph Fire Company, No. 1 was approved by the Council\\nf At the time the list was made out St. Joseph embraced Benton and\\nBainbridge. In the spring of that year Benton and Bainbridge were\\nset off as separate townships.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0414.jp2"}, "415": {"fulltext": "DR. LYMAN COLLINS.\\nji.-Pny\u00c2\u00bbn ,-\u00e2\u0080\u009e:-Vat,....* .^^,.viic\u00c2\u00bb; \u00c2\u00ab^,^yi, ^r!-\\nflESiOENCE OF DR LVMAN COLLINS, St Joseph Berrien Co M ch", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0415.jp2"}, "416": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0416.jp2"}, "417": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF ST. JOSEPH.\\n317\\nJuly 28, 1877. It had originally 52 members, and at\\npresent has about 60. T. T. Hansom, Chief Engineer C.\\nC. Sweet, First Assistant E. B. Perkins, Second Assistant\\nGr. W. Piatt, Captain of the Hose Company.\\nSince 1877 the corporation has owned a No. 3 Silsby\\nsteam fire-engine, a hose-cart with 1000 feet of rubber\\nand 300 feet of leather hose. Four reservoirs, holding\\n20,000 gallons each, have lately been constructed at conve-\\nnient points in the village, and the entire outlay for protec-\\ntion against fire since 1877 has been nearly $1000. The\\napparatus is housed in a small building near the City\\nHall. The latter was donated to the village authorities\\nby the school board, in July, 1871, for the above purpose,\\nand was formerly the school-house in the upper part of the\\nvillage. It has been fitted up to contain the necessary\\nvillage ofiices, and affords a large room for general meetings.\\nIn 1878 the receipts of the village from liquor licenses\\nwere S1646.09; and from all other sources $1158.01. The\\ntotal disbursements were $2777.67. At present the finances\\nof the village are in a healthy condition, the entire debt\\nbeing less than $100.\\nThe principal oiEcers in 1879 were the following: Presi-\\ndent, A. K. Webster Recorder, Hiram W. Ray Treas-\\nurer, Edward D. Schnader Trustees, Daniel Chapman,\\nAbel W. Wells, Montgomery Shepard, James Forbes,\\nHenry Grimm.\\nFrom 1834 to 1879 the ofiicers were as follows\\nPRESIDENTS.\\n1834, Thomas Fitzgerald 1S35, Calvin Britain 1836, Thomas Con-\\nger; 1837-41, John F. Porter; 1842, Thomas Fitzgerald; 1843-\\n44, Calvin Britain; 1845, Talman Wheeler; 1846-47, Thomas\\nFitzgerald; 1848-49, Talman Wheeler; 1850, William M. Listen;\\n1851-53, B. C. Hoyt; 1854-55, J. W. Brewer; 1856-57, B. C.\\nHoyt; 1858, F. I. Parks; 1859, B. C. Hoyt; 1860-61, Oliver\\nStevens; 1862, B. M. Springstein 186.3, Oliver Stevens; 1864-\\n65, Warren Chapman; 1866, Edward Kinsgley; 1867, 0. W.\\nOviatt; 1868, R. B. Duncan) 1869, J. H. Donaldson; 1870,0.\\nW. Oviatt; 1871, J. J. Pearl; 1872, A. E. Perkins; 1873, Edward\\nPulver; 1874, A. E. Perkins; 1875, A. H. Morrison; 1876, A. E.\\nPerkins; 1877, A. K. Webster; 1878, George B. Smith; 1879,\\nA. K. Webster.\\nRECORDERS.\\n1834, B. C. Hoyt; 1835, Thomas Conger; 1836, James Randies; 1837-\\n41, Charles A. Morton; 1842-43, J. N. Rogers; 1844, W. H.\\nSullivan; 1845, W. C. Hammell; 1846-47, Dexter Straight;\\n1848-52, A. P. Stinson 1853, Damon A. Winslow; 1854, J. H.\\nSutherland; 1855-58, H. W. Guernsey; 1859-62, J. W. Brewer;\\n1863, A. P.Stinson; 1864-69, J. W. Brewer; 1870, Hiram Brown;\\n1871-75, J. W. Brewer; 1876-78, H. C. Rockwell; 1879, Hiram\\nW. Ray.\\nMARSHALS.\\n1834, Fowler Preston; 1835, J. Wittenmeyer; 1836, A. M. Brownell;\\n1837, William M. Stewart; 1838, Bill Jones; 1839-4.3, Fowler\\nPreston; 1844, J. Fitzgerald; 1845, Robert Wilson; 1846, W.\\nChapman; 1847, William Bradford; 1848-53, D. 0. Ramsay;\\n1854-55, William Bradford; 1866-57, E. Kingsley 1858, W. J.\\nBoioe; 1859, E. Kingsley; 1860, A. J. Barlight; 1861, D.\\nNicholson; 1862-64, Conrad Noate; 1865-66, T. H. Botham\\n1867, Conrad Noate; 1868-70, N. H. Terry; 1871, S. Hannum;\\n1872, L. M. Alas; 1873, Daniel Loftus 1874, J. J. Pearl; 1875,\\nC. Rigney; 1876, J. J. Pearl; 1877, C. Rigoey; 1878, John\\nSlattery; 1879, Samuel Hannum.\\nGENERAL COMMERCE.\\nThe commerce of St. Joseph has been an important ele-\\nment in promoting its early growth, and received the pro-\\ntection of the government soon after the village was founded.\\nIn the latter part of 1831 a lighthouse was commenced\\nopposite where the mouth of the river then was, and in\\nfront of the present lighthouse. A. P. Stinson was one\\nof the early keepers of the light. The present lighthouse,\\nbuilt after the model so common on the great lakes, a\\ncombined tower and keeper s house, was erected in 1859.\\nThe light is elevated about ninety feet above the surface of\\nthe lake, and can be seen about ten miles away. For many\\nyears John M. Enos was the keeper of this lighthouse,\\nand since his death it has been in charge of his widow.\\nThe mouth of the river was formerly narrow, and more\\nor less obstructed with sand. It was very difficult to\\nenter the harbor, if the wind blew from the north or\\nwest, and many lives were lost in such attempts. On ac-\\ncount of the shoal water the heavier vessels were obliged to\\nanchor outside, where they were unloaded by means of\\nlighters. In 1836 the government commenced the im-\\nprovement of the harbor. The workmen located them-\\nselves on the sand-banks on the north side of the present\\nharbor, and began building the north pier. This had the\\nefiect of directing attention to that locality as the possible\\nsite of a village, and as the speculative spirit was then rife,\\nMessrs. Gurdon S. Hubbard Co., capitalists from the\\nEast, secured the tract of land lying between the Paw Paw\\nRiver and the lake, which they laid out into lots, calling\\nthe place North St. Joseph. At that time some of the\\nsand-hills were sixty feet high, and from $15,000 to $18,000\\nwas expended in reducing them to a grade, building docks,\\nand making other improvements. The plat contemplated a\\nplace of large proportions and for the accommodation of\\nthe manufacturing interests of the embryo city a canal was\\nprojected from the Paw Paw to the lake, which was to be\\nlined with factories. A warehouse and a few other build-\\nings were erected on the north side but the location was\\nunfavorable for a good business point, and it soon reverted\\nto its original condition. On the south side real estate was\\nheld at fabulous prices by a few owners, whose avaricious\\npolicy prevented the village from making a substantial\\ngrowth at a most favorable period. A large amount of\\ncapital which sought investment at St. Joseph was thus\\ndiverted to other points, and not until many years later did\\na more liberal policy prevail.\\nSince 1836 the harbor has been very much improved by\\nextending the piers several hundred feet into the lake and\\ndredging the bed of the river. A light has been placed on\\nthe farthermost point of the southern pier, and as there is\\nabout thirteen feet of water over the bar, the harbor is one\\nof the best on the eastern shore of the lake.\\nAbout 1836 the river trade began to assume importance.\\nAt first, keel-boats and scows were employed to carry the\\nexports from Niles, Berrien, and other points to the mouth\\nof the river, but in 1832 the first attempt was made to\\nnavigate the St. Joseph by steam. A small craft, named,\\nafter the village, the Newburyport, commanded by Capt.\\nJohn F. Wight, proceeded up the river as far as Berrien,\\nwhere she ran aground and was brought back to the village\\nin a damaged condition. The following year E P. Deacon\\nand William McKaleb built a steamboat at St. Joseph,\\nwhich they called the Matilda Barney. Joseph Fish-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0417.jp2"}, "418": {"fulltext": "318\\nHISTOKY OF BBKRIBN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nbaugh, of Pittsburgh, was the carpenter, Philip B. Andrews,\\nnow of Chickamiug, built the engine, and Leverett Plumb\\nput it in and served as engineer the first season. Daniel\\nT. Wilson was the captain of the boat. It plied about ten\\nyears between St. Joseph and Niles, and occasionally went\\nto South Bend. It soon had a competitor for the river\\ntrade in the Davy Crockett, which was brought to this\\nport in 1834 by John Griffith Co. In the spring of\\n1835, Benjamin Putnam took command of the Davy\\nCrockett, and in August of that year the boat ran upon a\\nrock several miles above Berrien Springs, damaging it so\\nbadly that it had to be dismantled. The locality is\\nyet known as Crockett s Defeat. A little later the\\nPatronage was built by Hull Co., who used the\\nmachinery of the old Davy Crockett. Capt. Hull was\\nin command, and the boat ran a few seasons. About\\n1838 the Pocahontas was built by James Randall for\\nWheeler Porter. It was an excellent boat, with an 80\\nhorse-power engine, but could not be profitably used on\\naccount of its large size, and was withdrawn after several\\nsea.sons. In 1843 the Indiana was launched at Constan-\\ntine, and navigated the waters of the St. Joseph until 1848,\\nwhen she was taken to Chicago as a tug-boat. Joseph W.\\nBrewer was in command of this boat, which was one of\\nthe few that were able to make the trip from St. Joseph to\\nNiles and return in a day. At the same time the Algoma,\\nEdward Smith commander, plied between Mishawaka and\\nSt. Joseph. The Niles was placed on the river about\\n1845, by Beeson Co., of Niles, and was employed between\\nthat city and St. Joseph until about 1853.\\nFrom 1835 till 1848 the river trade was so large that\\nnot only the foregoing boats were employed, but also a\\nnumber of keel-boats and small steamers. Among the\\nlatter were the Mishawaka, the John F. Porter, and\\nthe Michigan.\\nIn 1834 the first cargo of wheat was .shipped from the\\nport by Hiram Brown, of the firm of John Griffith Co.\\nIn 1842 more wheat was shipped from St. Joseph than\\nfrom Chicago, and the village was the second shipping port\\nin the State, Detroit being the first. The following year,\\nhowever, Chicago was the greater grain market, the ship-\\nments from that port being 688,907 bushels, while those of\\nSt. Joseph were only 418,114. After the railroad was built\\nthrough the eastern part of the county, but little wheat was\\nshipped from the port and as the mercliants availed them-\\nselves of the more speedy transportation, the entire shipping\\nbusiness on the St. Joseph and Paw Paw Rivers declined\\nto so small an amount that only a few small boats were\\nretained.\\nAfter 1850 the lumber trade became quite important,\\nand many million feet were shipped from St. Joseph annu-\\nally. The country began to settle up about this period,\\nand since the timber supply has been exhausted, the prin-\\ncipal exports have been farm products, mechanical work,\\nand fruit, the latter constituting the chief article. The\\nriver trade is carried on by a small steamer, which plies\\nbetween St. Joseph and Berrien Springs, and several fine\\nsteamers and propellers sail daily between St. Joseph and\\nChicago. The first boat between these ports, the Pioneer,\\nwent to pieces on the bar at St. Joseph in July, 1834.\\nSome years later Capt. Ward placed the Huron on the\\nlake to make connection with a line of stages from the\\nEast, whereby the trip from Detroit to Chicago was made\\nin thirty-six hours. Since that time there have been many\\nvessels of good capacity and fine accommodations, and but\\nfew casualties have occurred which involved loss of life.\\nThe destruction of the Hippocampus, in the fall of 1868,\\nwas one of the most disastrous. It was occasioned by her\\nbeing overloaded (the cargo being composed of .some 8000\\nbaskets of peaches), and by leakage round her propeller\\nshaft, which filled her after compartment, and caused her to\\ngo down, stern foremost.\\nAt present the Corona, one of the fine steamers belong-\\ning to the Goodrich Transportation Company, makes six\\ntrips per week between Chicago and St. Joseph, and other\\nboats from the first-named place touch at St. Joseph daily.\\nIn 1868, before Benton Harbor became a port, the num-\\nber of vessels which entered the harbor of St. Joseph was\\n892, and their tonnage 138,093 in 1878 the number of\\nvessels was only 287, but the tonnage amounted to 101,534.\\nFor many years R. B. Duncan was the collector of the port,\\nbut in 1860 the custom-house was discontinued. Upon its\\nre-establishment, in 1862, Hiram Brown was appointed col-\\nlector, and still fills that position. In 1878 a United States\\nlife-saving station was located at St. Joseph] and provided\\nwith the most approved apparatus. A full crew is main-\\ntained, in command of Captain Joseph A. Napier.\\nAmos B. Hinckley erected the first warehouse on the\\nharbor at St. Joseph, in 1830, near where was afterwards\\nthe well-known Checkered Warehouse. It was a small\\nbuilding, having only one room, and was built on a log\\nfoundation, laid up cob-house fashion. The Yellow\\nWarehouse was also a prominent business place, and for\\nmany years a conspicuous landmark. There are at present\\nat St. Joseph several thousand feet of dockage, and ware-\\nhou.se capacity sufficient for the business of the place.\\nThe forwarding and commission firm of John Griffith\\nCo., which began business at St. Joseph in July, 1834,\\nwas one of the first in the place, and continued a number\\nof years. Hiram Brown was the resident member of the\\nfirm. In a year or two John F. Porter Co. became a\\ncontemporary forwarding firm, and at a little later period\\ncame Britain, Chester Co., in the yellow warehouse.\\nSubsequently Holt, Palmer Co., whose business was\\nmanaged by Otis Clapp, were forwarders at this place. R.\\nC. Paine, Mathias Teatzel, and Wheeler Porter were also\\nprominent commission merchants and general forwarders.\\nThe latter firm was succeeded in 1850 by A. H. Morrison,\\nwho is still interested in this branch of business. H. M.\\nWilliams is also in the forwarding business.\\nGENERAL BUSINESS INTERESTS.\\nAs early as 1785, William Burnett established a trading-\\npost on the St. Joseph, in the upper part of the village, for\\ntraffic with thg Indians. This was continued by himself,\\nor son James, until 1829 and it is said that they amassed\\nfortunes. In 1800 their exports of furs and peltries\\namounted to more than $100,000. In July, 1829, Benja-\\nmin C. Hoyt came to St. Joseph, and soon after established\\na trade which extended through foity years. Other early", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0418.jp2"}, "419": {"fulltext": "A,W WEUS.\\nH.CWARD,\\nTHE MICHIQAN BASKET FACTORY aF^.W. WELLS Co.\\nST. JOSEPH, MICH.\\n/U,4 /U ty^/ C/U/? S Of B/iSI iTS i i fpuij f/^Cf^AQES Of I^Ll KlfJDS.\\nW.W.CDOPEfl\\nJOHN HtQUAH,JK", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0419.jp2"}, "420": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0420.jp2"}, "421": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF ST. JOSEPH.\\n319\\nmerchants were William Huff, Dudley Holloway, John\\nF. Porter, John Wittenmeyer, Amos S. Amsden, Stewart\\nSanger, Samuel Potter, Daniel Olds, Lathrop Butler,\\nSullivan Fish, Daniel T. Wilson, R. B. Duncan, and\\nSamuel R. Russell. Among the principal merchants since\\nISiO have been the following: James E. Stevens, J. E.\\nJ. B. Sutherland, B. F. King, John Martin, F. A. Potter,\\nC. C. Sweet, W. B. 0. Sweet, Piatt Brother, Charles\\nStewart, J. Jacobson, James Forbes, T. T. Ransom, Z.\\nRice Son, George E. Smith, John Yaw, H. M. Zekind,\\nE. C. Palmer, E. D. Crane, John Leach, and M. A.\\nShepard. Some of these are yet in trade, and the general\\nmercantile houses of the village are large and well stocked.\\nIn the different branches of trade there are about fifty\\nstores and shops.\\nAugustus B. Newell had the first public house in the\\nplace, in a log building at the foot of the hill. In 1831 he\\nerected the Mansion House, near the site of the present\\nSt. Charles Hotel, and kept it several years. The Mich-\\nigan House was the second hotel. It stood at the foot of\\nthe hill, on the west side of State Street, and was opened in\\n1834. The landlords in 1837 were Wm. McKuleb, Axtell\\nChauncy, and James Dalton, the latter of whom was on\\nthe north side. In 1840 the present Perkins House\\nwas built and opened by William Huff. It is the oldest\\npublic house in the village. About 1867, B. C. Hoyt\\nerected a very fine three-story brick hotel on the bluff near\\nthe harbor, which was known by his name until recently,\\nwhen it received its present title, the Lake View House.\\nIn its appointments it is a fine house. On the opposite\\nside of the street Charles Kreiger erected the fine four-\\nstory brick hotel the St. Charles a year after the Hoyt\\nHouse. It was kept by him a few years, but is at present\\nunoccupied. The Park Hotel was erected as a private\\nresidence by James E. Stevens, and was adapted to hotel\\npurposes a few years ago by the present proprietor, Samuel\\nBrown. Besides the foregoing, travelers are also well en-\\ntertained at the National Hotel and the Guernsey\\nHouse, and at other small hostelries.\\nA branch of the Farmers and Mechanics Bank of\\nMichigan was established at St. Joseph about 1835, in\\ncharge of Thomas Fitzgerald. He was succeeded by R.\\nC. Paine, and the bank was in the present residence of\\nHon. A. H. Morrison. At a little later date a banking com-\\npany was formed and a wild-cat bank established in a\\nbuilding which stood on the site of the present National\\nBank. It was called the Commercial Bank of Michigan,\\nand Talman Wheeler was the president. Its existence was\\nof short duration. In 1856, B. C. Hoyt began a banking\\nbusmess, which was afterwards shared with E. C. Hoyt.\\nA fine office was occupied and the bank was successfully\\nconducted for ten or twelve years.\\nThe First National Bank of St. Joseph was established\\nin September, 1871, with a capital stock of $50,000 and\\nthe following directors: W. E. Higman, F. Jordan, S. F.\\nHeath, C. H. Sherwood, E. Niokerson, W. H. Tryon, and\\nC. Stewart. W. E. Higman was the first president and is\\nstill serving in that capacity. P. Jordan was the first\\ncashier, and the present ones are James Baley and 0. 0.\\nJordan. The bank does a flourishing business. The fol-\\nlowing are the present directors: H. C. Higman, E. Nick-\\nerson, J. Baley, John Higman, Jr., and W. E. Higman.\\nIn 1831 the first post-oflice was established, with Calvin\\nBritain postmaster. The present incumbent is B. F. King.\\nAmong others who have discharged the duties of postmaster\\nare Reuben Scott, Wm. H. Sullivan, Thomas Fitzgerald, C.\\nC. Sutton, B. C. Hoyt, Horace W. Guernsey, James N.\\nWitherell, Henry M. Gustin, Theodore L. Reynolds, and\\nCharles Stewart. St. Jo.seph was designated and made a\\npostal money-order office in 1866. The business of the\\noffice is large, and four daily mails are received.\\nDamon A. Winslow states that the St. Joseph Herald,\\nA. E. Draper editor and publisher, was the first paper pub-\\nlished in the village, and that its existence ceased after a\\nfew numbers had been issued in 1836. The subsequent\\nhistory of the press is given in a general chapter. At\\npresent the papers are the Traveler and Herald, Republican\\n(both weekly), and the Lake Shore Daily News.\\nIn 1832, Thomas Fitzgerald came to St. Joseph as the\\npioneer attorney, and soon after James Randies, Jabez N.\\nRogers, and Cruger Walton resided in the place. Fitz-\\ngerald moved to Niles. Thomas Conger, E. E. Cady, C.\\nR. Brown, C. W. Ormsbee, James H. Canfield, J. E.\\nChamberlain, and others were formerly attorneys in the\\nvillage and the present resident members of the bar are\\nDamon A. Winslow, Geo. S. Clapp, C. B. Potter, A. H.\\nPotter, W. R. Lyon, N. A. Hamilton, T. J.. De Puy, Law\\nC. Fyfe, and J. C. Watson.\\nIn 1833, Dr. Amos S. Amsden located at St. Joseph,\\nand was probably the first physician in the place. He re-\\nmained until his death, about 1849. Among other physi-\\ncians of the regular school were Drs. Lillibridge, Johnson,\\nMurray, Camp, Wheeler, and Corydon Parker. At present\\nthere are in practice Drs. R. D. Parker, David B. Crane,\\nLyman Collins, A. K. Webster, R. F. Stratton, and A. H.\\nScott.\\nDr. E. M. Pettit was the first homoeopathic practitioner,\\nand still continues. Dr. J. L. McLin, of that school, is\\nalso iu practice. Drs. R. Pengelly and Louis Ludwig for-\\nmerly resided here. Dr. Samuel W. Holland, an eclectic\\nphysician, has been at St. Joseph since 1852.\\nAmong the dentists of St. Joseph have been Drs. Wil-\\nson, Bidwell, Stump, and Shepard. The present dentists\\nare Drs. H. C. Rockwell, H. H. Ray, and H. W. Ray.\\nMANUFACTURING INTEREST!?.\\nMost of the manufactories of St. Joseph are of recent\\norigin, and until a few years ago only the common indus-\\ntries were carried on. Lately, considerable attention has\\nbeen directed to manufacturing, and proper encouragement\\nhas been given by local improvement societies and the vil-\\nlage authorities, giving the place a promising future in this\\nrespect.\\nThe first machinery was operated in a saw-mill which\\nwas put up iu 1832 by Edward P. Deacon and William\\nMcKaleb, between Main Street and the Bayou Bridge.\\nThe engine was built and set up by Philip B. Andrews\\n(now of Chickaming) and Leverett Plumb.\\nFive or six years afterwards a man named Scott had a\\nsmall foundry in the village, and later a tannery was car-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0421.jp2"}, "422": {"fulltext": "320\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nried on by Swartwout, aud a brewery by Charles\\nKrieger.\\nAt a more recent period the village has had a boiler-\\nfactory and the shops of the Michigan aud Lake Shore\\nRailroad Company. The latter have been moved to Mus-\\nkegon. The only iron-working establishment is the ma-\\nchine-shop of Anderson Colman, on Water Street, which\\nwas put in operation in the fall of 1878. A two-story\\nbuilding 24 by 60 feet is occupied, and 7 men are em-\\nployed.\\nThe St. Joseph Merchant- Mills, Lee Wells proprie-\\ntors, are located on the opposite side of the street, having\\ntheir rear on the river. They were built about 1858, by\\nJohn Swartwout, and enlarged by John P. Edwards. A\\nframe building 60 by 75 feet is occupied, and there are\\nfive runs of stones driven by an 80 horse-power engine.\\nThe capacity of the mill is 100 barrels per day, and em-\\nployment is given to 10 men.\\nUbikley, Higman Co. s Lumber-, Stave-, and Heading-\\nMills are on the site of a saw-mill which was built and\\noperated years ago by the Pew brothers. About 50 men\\nare employed, and the product is 4,000,000 feet of lumber\\nper annum and 120,000 staves per week. A large quantity\\nof burrel-heads are also cut, and much of the material is\\nmanufactured into barrels in a cooperage which is also car-\\nried on by the firm.\\nII. W. Williams Lumber- Mills, in the same locality,\\nwere built in 1870, by Smith Brown, but have been\\noperated by the present proprietor since 1875. It is sup-\\nplied with good machinery, and is capable of cutting 15,000\\nfeet in ten hours. The power is furnished by a 45 horse-\\npower engine, and 26 men are employed.\\nThe Champion Planing-Mill, and Sasli- and Blind-Fac-\\ntory, W. A. Preston proprietor, has been operated on the\\npresent site since 1872, and was begun in the southeast\\npart of the village in 1862. Fourteen men are employed in\\nthe manufacture of all kinds of builders materials, and lately\\na shop for making boxes for canned goods has been added,\\nwhich employs 8 men more. All these mills are operated\\nprincipally on hard woods, and are favorably located for busi-\\nness on the St. Joseph River and the ship-canal.\\nThe Michigan Basket- Factory of A. W. Wells Co.,\\non Water Street, was established near the south pier in\\n1867, by Wells, Ward Wilcox, and was first operated in\\nthe manufacture of fruit-packages. Changes in the firm\\nfollowed, some of the members retiring, and W. W. Cook\\nand John Higman becoming connected. In 1874 the firm\\nof A. W. Wells Co. purchased the interests of the\\nSt. Joseph Basket Manufacturing Company, on Water\\nStreet, which had been organized some time previously, and\\nhas since carried on its business there. The works have\\nbeen enlarged, and at present embrace a shop three stories\\nhigh, 50 by 60 feet, and a large iron warehouse, 40 by 90\\nfeet. The best machinery is used, aud a large variety of\\nwork is manufactured, which finds a ready sale. One hun-\\ndred and twenty-five men are employed, and three car-loads\\nof baskets and fruit-packages are shipped daily.\\nWilliam R. Wilcox Co. s Fruit-Package and Veneer-\\ning-Faclory is the pioneer of this branch of industry in\\nBerrien County. In 1864, Mr. Wilcox began making\\nfruit-packages by hand, in the township of Lincoln, cutting\\nthe .splints from planks. Other improvements followed, and\\nhorse-power was used. In the fall of 1865 he patented a\\nberry-box, the use of which became very general, and which\\nsolved the problem whether it would pay to grow small\\nfruits, as it was furnished to growers for the nominal sum\\nof one cent, and by its use fruit remained in good condition\\nuntil it reached the consumer. Mr. Wilcox is also the\\npatentee of other useful machinery for making fruit-pack-\\nages and cases, and has lately devised an ingenious machine\\nfor the manufacture of planed shingles. The present steam-\\nfactory is located near the railroad depot, and gives employ-\\nment to 40 men.\\nThe Industrial Spinning- and Knitting- Works are in the\\nsame locality. They were established in 1878 by S. P.\\nCooper Sons, and have since been managed by J. W.\\nHart. The main factory is 40 by 100 feet, two stories\\nhigh, with large engine-house, dry-rooms, and store-houses\\nconnected. The machinery has been in operation since\\nOctober, 1878, and embraces two sets for making cotton\\nand woolen yarns, and knitting- and weaving-machinery for\\nthe manufacture of hosiery, mittens, and underwear. More\\nthan 100 operatives are employed, and the products of the\\nfactory have been received with much favor by dealers.\\nA. H. Morrisons Wooden- Ware Works have also been\\nin operation since 1878. The factory is on the canal, in the\\neastern part of the village, and embraces eight buildings,\\nnamely, the main shop, 40 by 120 feet, two stories high;\\nturning-shop, 36 by 70 feet, three stories high dry-kilns,\\n24 by 144 feet, three stories high; warehouse for manu-\\nfactured goods, paint and varnish shops, office, etc., which\\nare warmed by steam and hot air. The motive power is\\nfurnished by a 120 horse-power engine, and 150 hands are\\nemployed in the daily production of 2000 pails, 360 tubs,\\nbroom-handles, clothes-pins, and pail and tub handles. The\\ncapacity of the factory admits of a larger product, and is in-\\ncreased from time to time.\\nTHE RAILROAD.\\nSt. Joseph was the first contemplated terminus of the\\nMichigan Central Railroad, as is shown in the chapter on\\ninternal improvements in the general history. There also\\nwill be found a full description of the Chicago and West\\nMichigan, originally the Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore\\nRailroad. It is sufficient to say here that the completion of\\nthe road between New Bufi alo and St. Joseph was celebrated\\nby a grand jnbilee on the 2d of Februai y, 1870, and that\\nit was extended northward the following year. The station\\nis located at the foot of the bluff, below the village.\\nST. JOSEPH SECRET ORDERS.\\nIt was the purpose of the writer to make the following\\nsociety sketches more complete, but the absence of the\\nproper records, and the indifference of the official members\\nwho were asked for information, necessitates him to limit\\nthe accounts to a simple statement of the facts connected\\nwith their organization.\\nOccidental Lodge, No. 56, F. and A. M., was the first\\nestablished in the place. It was instituted in 1852, with\\nL. Church, W. M. J. Enos, S. W. A- P- Stinson, J.\\nW. A. B. Leeds, Sec. and Phiueas Pearl, Treas.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0422.jp2"}, "423": {"fulltext": "A. H. MORRISON S MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENT, ST. JOSEPH, MICH.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0423.jp2"}, "424": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0424.jp2"}, "425": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF ST. JOSEPH.\\n321\\nThe lodge at present has 66 members, and its principal\\nofficers are A. H. Scott, Jr., W. M. H. M. Zekind, S. W.\\nC. H. Moulton, Sec. and John Wallace, Treas.\\nPomona Lodge, No. 28, F. and A. M., has held its meet-\\nings as a chartered body since Jan. 13, 1871. 0. W. Oviatt\\nwas the W. M. at that time A. K. Webster, S. W. and\\nR. B. Duncan, J. W. These offices are at present filled\\nby John F. Gard, W. M. L. C. Fyfe, S. W. Samuel\\nRichey, J. W. T. J. De Puy, Sec. H. W. Guernsey,\\nTreas. The membership of the lodge is small. Its meet-\\nings are held in Odd-Fellows Hall.\\nCalvin Britain Chapter, No. 72, R. A. M., was insti-\\ntuted April 20, 1870, with the following original members\\nLawrence Phillips, Samuel G. Langley, H. M. Zekind, A.\\nB. Leeds, Joshua Feather, Fred A. Potter, Alfred Shep-\\nard, P. D. Montgomery, and A. J. Brush.\\nIn 1879 the chapter had 40 members, and H. M.\\nZekind, H. P. Alfred Baldrey, K. Horace W. Guernsey,\\nS. Law. C. Fyfe, Sec. and John Wallace, Treas.\\nSt. Joseph Council, No. 44, R. and S. 31. A., was insti-\\ntuted Nov. 23, 1875, with the following officers F. A. Pot-\\nter, T. I. M. J. J. Pearl, D. I. M. C. S. Boyle, P. C. W.\\nAlexander Elon, C. of G. A. B. Bisbee, G.S. and S. H.\\nM. Zekind, C. of C. J. W. Brewer, Recorder; and John\\nBell, Treas. The council has at present (1879) 22 mem-\\nbers, and the following officers in the order named above\\nAlexander Elton, J. H. Fassett, Geo. S. Clapp, Alfred Bal-\\ndrey, J. J. Pearl, E. P. Piatt, J. W. Brewe and Law. C.\\nFyfe.\\nBurnett Lodge, No. 119, 1. 0. 0. F.\u00e2\u0080\u0094On the 26th of\\nMay, 1868, a charter for a lodge with the above name and\\nnumber was granted to A. H. Morrison, A. E. Perkins, C.\\nH. Chamberlain, 0. W. Oviatt, and W. 11. Graham. The\\nlodge has maintained a flourishing existence ever since, and\\nassembles in a neatly-furnished hall.\\nSt. Joseph Encampment, No. 37, 0. 0. F. This\\norder received a dispensation from the Grand Encamp-\\nment of Michigan, Dec. 30, 1869, and on the 18th of Feb-\\nruary, 1870, received a charter from the same source.\\nThe coQstitutent members were Lawrence Phillips, H. M.\\nZekind, Orrin W. Oviatt, Joseph J. Pearl, C. H. Cham-\\nberlain, J. W. Smith, H. Noel Elkington, John M. West,\\nJohn P. B. Thompson, Edward M. Edwards, and Charles\\nH. De Witt. The encampment has prospered, and enjoyed\\na liberal increase of membership.\\n.S Joseph Lodge, No. 92, 0. G. T. This temperance\\norganization was instituted March 11, 1879, with 31 char-\\nter members and the following principal officers William\\nB. Plumb, W. C. T. Miss Adelia Smith, W. V. T. E.\\nM. Plumb, W. R. S. Henry Reder, W. F. S. Miss Jen-\\nnie Clapp, W. Treas. Will Hart, W. Marshal and George\\nJennings, P. W. C. T. The lodge has been very prosper-\\nous, having already, in August, 1879, more than 100 mem-\\nbers, and promises to be a valuable agency in promoting\\nthe temperance cause.\\nA few other societies have had an existence in the vil-\\nlage, but as they have long since disbanded, and the re-\\ncords have not been preserved, no account of them can here\\nbe given.\\n41\\nST. JOSEPH PUBLIC SCHOOLS.\\nThe people in the settlement were early interested in the\\ncause of education. A log school-house was erected in the\\nsoutheast part of the village, where the ground begins to\\ndescend eastward on Church Street, between Pearl and\\nMarket. The following passage from the village records\\nindicates that the school-house was built before 1832 At\\na meeting of the freemen of the village of St. Joseph,\\nheld at the school-house (it being the usual place of holding\\ntown-meetings), on the first day of May, 1834. This\\nmeeting was the first village election. Edwin Richardson\\ncame in this year, and taught in this log school-house.\\nAt a meeting of the village council, Nov. 25, 1835, it\\nwas, on motion, ordered, That all proceedings heretofore\\nhad on the subject of building a school-house in the village\\nof St. Joseph be declared void. On motion, Fowler Preston\\nis hereby authorized to purchase lumber and contract for\\nbuilding a school-house in the village of St. Joseph, that\\nshall not cost to exceed $500. The building then erected\\nhas long been known as the Old White School-House,\\nand stands now on the corner of Ship and Main Streets,\\nand is used as a marble-shop. It still belongs to the corpo-\\nration.\\nAbout 1840 a dwelling-house belonging to Charles Ranous\\nwas purchased by Dr. Talman Wheeler, moved down on the\\nlot where the 31ethodist church now stands, fitted up for\\na school, and donated by him for that purpose. The Rev.\\nHawley, a clergyman, now of Van Bureu County,\\nwas the first teacher, and remained three years, preaching\\noccasionally in the Old White School-House. Among the\\nearly teachers were Donald C. Snyder, Miss McNamana,\\nand Miss Clarinda Searles. It is remembered as the Old\\nRed School-House. The building now used as a city hall\\nwas erected by the district in 1858-59, and used as a\\nschool-house until the completion of the present brick\\nstructure. It stood on the site of the present school\\nbuilding.\\nThe first records of the board of school inspectors of the\\ntownship of St. Joseph that are preserved are found in an\\nold volume in the township clerk s office. The first recorded\\nmeeting of the board was held on the 10th day of April,\\n1837. There were present Benjamin C. Hoyt, Thomas\\nFitzgerald, and James Randies, who composed the board.\\nAfter organization the board adjourned until Saturday,\\nMay 16th.\\nAt the time appointed the board was in session, and it\\nwas ordered, That all that part of St. Joseph in Fractional\\nTownship No. 4, South of Range 19 west, be formed into\\na School District, and designated as Dist. No. 1, and that\\nthe first meeting of the inhabitants of District No. 1 be\\nheld at the school-house in said district, on Saturday, the\\n27th day of May. It was also ordered, That all that part\\nof St. Joseph set off by the State Legislature as Paw Paw\\ntownship be formed into a school district, and designated\\nas No. 2, the first meeting to be held at the house of I.\\nMoffatt, on the first Monday of June next. It was fur-\\nther ordered, That Benton Township, as set off by the\\nState Legislature, be formed into a school district, and des-\\nignated as No. 3, and the first meeting to be held at the\\nhouse of Jehial Enos, on the first Monday of June next.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0425.jp2"}, "426": {"fulltext": "322\\nHISTOKY OP BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nThe school inspectors report, dated Oct. 17, 1837, showed\\nas follows Number of districts iu St. Joseph township, 3\\ndistricts which had reported, 1, viz., district No. 1 number\\nof scholars in district No. 1 of school age, 110; number\\nattending school under five and over seventeen years of age,\\n10 whole number attending school, 107 length of time\\na .school has been taught by a qualified teacher, five months\\nand two weeks amount of money received of school in-\\nspectors, none amount received for use of library, none\\namoun,t raised in each district, $185 purposes for which\\nit was used, $90 for teachers, $20 for bookcases, $50 for\\nincidental expenses, $15 for desk, $10 for library books\\nused in each district school, Murray s Reader, American\\nFirst Class Book, Hale .s History of the United States,\\nFirst Book of History, Olney s Geography, Parley s Ge-\\nography, Peckham s Grammar, Comstock s Philosophy,\\nBlake s Philosophy, Daboll s Arithmetic, Adams Arith-\\nmetic, Colburn s Arithmetic, Webster s Spelling-Book,\\nWalker s Dictionary.\\nSchool in the above-mentioned district was taught by\\ntwo experienced and qualified teachers, one male and one\\nfemale. A school has been taught most of the year by one\\nof the teachers a tuition school is in the district.\\nL. S. LiLLIBRIDGE,\\nGeo. C. Thompson,\\nIra C. Doe,\\nInspectors of Schools in the Township of St. Joseph.\\nNov. 8, 1838, District No. 4 was formed from District\\nNo. 3, and comprised sections Nos. 13, 14, and east half of\\n15, in township 4 south, range 18 west.\\nMarch 1, 1829, at a meeting of the Board of Inspectors\\nthe collector of school-tax reported as collected $80.67\\nthe township received, from primary-school fund, $70. It\\nwas ordered that both these sums be applied to District\\nNo. 1.*\\nThe report for 1842 has reference to but one district,\\ncontaining 97 scholars between five and seventeen years of\\nage, and 113 attending school. In 1843 three districts\\nwere reported, and in 1846 the sum of $42.16 was appor-\\ntioned to District No. 1, there being no other district in\\nthe township.\\nFractional school districts were made with Royal-\\nton and Benton in 1854-55. At the present time the\\ntownship comprises one district. The report for 1879\\nshows as follows number of districts, 1 Director, R. F.\\nStratton number of children between the ages of five and\\ntwenty years, 884; whole number of children attending\\nschool during the year, 663 number of school-houses and\\nconstruction, 1 brick and 1 frame number of pupils who\\ncan be seated, 800 value of school property, $40,000\\nnumber of qualified teachers, 1 male, 13 females; total\\nwages paid teachers during the year, males, $806 females,\\n$2715.95.\\nThe financial report of same date shows,\\nIt will be remembered that in the report made in 1837 the town-\\nship claimed three districts, Paw Paw and Benton, as first organized.\\nIn this report Districts Nos. 1 and 4 only are claimed, the latter set\\noff from District 3 the November previous.\\nKECEIPTS.\\nMoney on hand Sept. 2, 1878 $685.25\\nTwo-mill tax 488.20\\nPrimary-school fund 410.44\\nDistrict taxes for all purposes 1,042.03\\nRaised from all other sources 162.68\\nTotal resources for the year 12,182.65\\nEXPENDITUEES.\\nPaid male teachers .$806.00\\nPaid female teachers 2,715.95\\nPaid for building and repairs 2110.00\\nPaid on bonded indebtedness 5,782.00\\nPaid for all other purposes 1,777.80\\nAmount on hand Sept. 1,1879 900.09\\nTotal expenditure for the year 12,282.65\\nBonded indebtedness of the district Sept. 1,\\n1879 36,600.00\\nTotal indebtedness of the district Sept. 1, 1879 36,600.00\\nNumberof private or select schools in township 1\\nNumber of pupils attending private or select\\nschools 20\\nEarly Teachers. The first examination and certificate\\ngranted by the school inspectors was that of Harry Lyon,\\nNov. 6, 1839 and others followed as they are here given\\nJohn I. Beaup, Nov. 14, 1839; Amos Gray, Nov. 28, 1839\\nWilliam Jones, Oct. 2, 1841 William L. Jakeway, Nov.\\n11, 1842 John Mitchell, Dec. 9, 1843 A. S. Burt, May\\n18, 1844; Miss Ruth Mead, March 27, 1845; Donald C.\\nSnyder, Nov. 12, 1847; A. Van Sawn, Oct. 26, 1848;\\nAngeline Woodruif, April 28, 1853 Oscar McClaugherty,\\nJan. 4, 1854; Romelia M. Spencer, March 30, 1854; E.\\nE. Fish, May 15, 1 854 Seymour L. Butes, May 18, 1855\\nMiss E. Butes, June 11, 1855; L. J. Brown, June 13,\\n1857 Marcelia Brown, July 25, 1857 A. D. Brown, Nov.\\n21, 1857 A. Aldrich, Elizabeth Dunn, Belle Chapman, and\\nMary J. Condon, April 3, 1859 Flavilia Quint, Delia A.\\nBrown, L. Valeria Abbott, A. J. Wood, Nov. 12, 1859\\nMiss Abbott, Nov. 26, 1859 A. L. Aldrich, April 13,\\n1861 William R. Lyon, Helen Haight, Sept. 7, 1861\\nAdaline Brown, Mira Abbott, Nov. 2, 1861.\\nLibrary. The following is taken from the records, and\\nis the first record of any action being taken thereto, but in\\nthe school report of 1838, under the head of Purposes\\nfor which it was used, is noted $10 for library.\\nAt a meeting of the Board of School Inspection, held\\nat the National, on Saturday, March 22, 1845, present,\\nA. Murray, Chairman, R. E. Ward and A. M. Church\\nwhereas, upon mature deliberation, and assisted by advice\\nof eminent council, the Board unanimously agreed to expend\\n$47 j in purchasing books for a school library. The Board\\nselected the Massachusetts School Library, consisting of 38\\nvolumes, and 62 volumes from Harper s Library, in all\\namounting to 100 volumes, for the sum of $47.50, for\\nwhich an order was given on the treasurer.\\nA. M. Church, Township Clerk.\\nThe books were received April 9, 1845. July 13, 1845,\\n27 volumes were added by purchase. Additions were again\\nmade in 1861, and May 14, 1868, 75 olumes were added.\\nIn the spring of 1874 the library was given to the Union\\nDistrict, and has increased by purchase by students and do-\\nnations of citizens and the use of library fund to 487 vol-\\numes.\\nThe Union School. In 1859 all that part of the town-\\nship south and west of the St. Joseph River was organized\\nas a district for the maintenance of a union school, which\\nwas opened under the principalship of Dr. A. D. Brown,", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0426.jp2"}, "427": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF ST. JOSEPH.\\n323\\nand other early principals were A. L. Aldrich and W. R.\\nLyon. In 1871 the present school building was begun,\\nand it was completed in 1872, at a cost of $40,000. The\\nplans were prepai ed by Rufus Rose, and the builders were\\nDaly S. Moore and Harrison Paine. The superintending\\ncommittee were W. S. Maynard and John Whittlesey, and\\nthe other members of the Board of Education were Wm.\\nC. Stewart, Geo. S. Clapp, B. Williams, and J. W. Brewer.\\nThe edifice has a fine location on a spacious lot, and is built\\nof brick and stone, 86 by 102 feet, three stories high, with\\nbasement. There are fourteen school-rooms and a number\\nof recitation-rooms, which are heated by hot-air furnaces.\\nThe building presents a fine appearance, and its erection\\nreflects great credit on the village and township.\\nIn 1879 the Board of Education was composed of E.\\nD. Crane, Moderator Wm. E. Higman, Assessor and\\nTreasurer R. P. Stratton, Director and John H. Lee,\\nJames A. Canavan, and Geo. E. Smith. The entire enroll-\\nment of pupils in the district was 850, and the expense of\\nmaintaining the schools $5550.\\nJ. H. Fassett, A.M., has been the superintendent of the\\nschools for the past four years. He has been assisted by an\\nable corps of ten teachers, and the instruction imparted has\\nbeen thorough and extensive, giving the people excellent\\neducational advantages at home.\\nIn the Heath neighborhood, which forms a joint district\\nwith that part of Benton township lying east and south, is\\na very fine school-house, in which excellent schools are\\nmaintained for the people living east of the St. Joseph\\nRiver.\\nRELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.\\nIn St. Joseph, as well as in most other places in Western\\nMichigan, the Methodist missionaries were the first to\\nproclaim the gospel to the early settlers. It is believed\\nthat the Rev. Erastus Felton, a member of the Detroit\\ndistrict of the Ohio Conference, visited this part of the\\nState in 1829, and preached several times as part of his\\nwork in the St. Joseph Valley. In 1830 the Rev. L. R.\\nGurley was his co-laborer. In the following year a sepa-\\nrate mission was formed, .still bearing the name of St.\\nJoseph, which was attached to the Laporte district of the\\nIndiana Conference, and retained that connection until\\n1839, when it became a part of the Michigan Conference.\\nThat year (1831) the missionaries were the Revs. Benja-\\nmin Cooper and William Sprague. A number of changes\\nin the districts and circuits followed. Since 1856 the ap-\\npointment has constituted a station. The ministers who\\nhave preached at St. Joseph, as appointees of Conference\\nor other authority, from 1832 till the present time (1879)\\nhave been the following\\n1832, Revs. R. S. Robinson, G. L. Bostwick; 1S33, Rev. Newell S.\\nSmith; 1834, Rev. R. S. Robinson; 1835, Rev. E. L. Kellogg;\\n1836, Revs. Thomas P. MeCool, R. C. Meek 1S37, Rev. W. Todd;\\n1838, Revs. J. Ercambrack, F. Arnold; 1839-42, Revs. F. Gage,\\nD. Burns, F. B. Bangs; 1843, Rev. T. Jakeway 1S14, Rev.\\nCharles Barnes; 1845, Rev. E. L. Kellogg; 1840, Rev. R. Pen-\\ngellej; 1847-48, Rev. R. Goodale; 1849, Rev. George King;\\n1850, Rev. E. R. Kellogg; 1851, Rev. T. Clark; 1852, Rev. J.\\nW. Robinson 1853, Rev. W. T. Jenkins 1854, Rev. T. H. Big-\\nnail; 1855, Rev. T. Jakeway; 1856-57, Rev. W. C. Bliss; J858-\\n59, Rev. Thomas Lyon; 1800-61, Rev. R. Pengelly; 1862, Rev.\\nA. Y. Graham; 1863-64, Rev. L. M. Edmunds; 1864-65, Rev.\\nJ. I. Buell 1866, Rev. T. Edwards 1867-70, Rev. Joseph Jones\\n1871, Rev. J. T. Iddings 1872-73, Rev. R. C. Crawford; 1874,\\nRev. W. H. Perrine; 1875, Rev. G. S. Barnes; 1870-79, Rev. I.\\nR. A. Wightman.\\nThe labors of Father McCool in 1836 secured a perma-\\nnent place for Methodism in St. Joseph. The members of\\nthe class which was formed about that time constituted the\\ngerm from which sprang the present\\nJFirst Methodist Episcopal Church. So encouraging was\\nits future in 1836 that it was proposed to at once build a\\nmeeting-house, the project being encouraged by many people\\nwho did not belong to the class. An unfortunate circum-\\nstance* caused the withdrawal of the latter support, which\\nprevented the project from being carried out, and for many\\nyears the purpose to erect a place of worship consecrated to\\nMethodism could not be given effect. Neither did the\\nmembers of the class increase proportionately, there being\\nin 1846 only 18 persons belonging to it.\\nIn Ransom Goodale s pastorate (1847-48) 16 persons\\nwere added, but the members were poor, and the interest in\\nreligious matters at St. Joseph was very meagre.f The\\nmeetings were held in the school-house and other places,\\nand all those years the village had no church edifice. In\\n1856 the idea to provide a .special place of worship again\\ntook hold of the minds of the people, and for this purpose\\na board of trustees was selected, which was composed of\\nTheodore Pew, Franklin Pew, John Spink, Leicester Olds,\\nand Charles Marsh. They entered upon their duties June\\n13, 1857, and the various plans for building a house were\\nconsidered. It was finally determined to build a frame\\nedifice, 38 by 58 feet, and provide it with a tower and bell.\\nThis house, built after many sacrifices and efforts, was ap-\\npropriately dedicated, Aug. 18, 1859, by the Rev. Hooper\\nCrews, of Illinois. About the same time a parsonage was\\nbegun, but was not completed until several years later. The\\naggregate value of the property was set at $6500.\\nSome of the members of the congregation wished to introduce\\ninstrumental music as a part of the service, and it was proposed to\\nintroduce a bass viol. This proposition met with decided opposition\\non the part of the minister and some of the members of the church,\\nand disaffection and lack of interest in the proposed church was the\\nresult,\\nt The religious condition of the people of St. Joseph in the early\\nyears of the settlement is exemplified by the following incident, re-\\nlated by Hiram Brown, Esq., of St. Joseph\\nIn 1843 the Rev. Hiram Kellogg, of Oneida Co., N. Y., was .appointed\\npresident of Knox College, Galesburg. While on his way to assume\\nhis duties he arrived at St. Joseph by stage early one Sunday morn-\\ning, and stopped at the Mansion House, then kept by Judge Daniel\\nOlds. Not wishing to travel Sunday, he decided to remain. It did\\nnot seem to him that the day was observed as it should be by the\\npeople, for they were engaged as on week-days, and many were pitch-\\ning quoits in front of the tavern. Mr. Kellogg, on inquiring if there\\nwas a church in the place, was informed there was not. Wishing to\\nbe quiet, he inquired of Judge Olds if there was any person in St.\\nJoseph who feared the Lord. The judge replied, No, but after a\\nmoment s reflection, said, Well, yes there is Hiram Brown, up the\\nstreet a little ways; I guess he fears him a little, and directed him\\nto the residence of Mr. Brown, where he called, and was invited to\\nstay. He related the incident, and, after a little conversation, they\\nfound that both were from the same section in the East, and that the\\nreverend gentleman was well acquainted with the friends of Mrs.\\nBrown. He was requested to preach, and accepted the invitation.\\nNotice was sent out to the people, who gathered at the old white\\nschool-house and listened to a good sermon. Mr. Kellogg remained\\ntwo days before continuing his journey.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0427.jp2"}, "428": {"fulltext": "324\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nThe church soon suiFered from a disaster, whicli greatly\\nretarded its prosperity. On the 21st of June, 1866, the\\nmeeting-house was destroyed by fire, involving an almost\\ntotal loss. Chastened but uot disheartened, the society took\\nimmediate steps to rebuild. In the spring of 1868 the\\nbasement of the present handsome brick edifice was ready\\nfor occupancy, and in the summer of 1869 the church was\\nformally dedicated by the Rev. Dr. Hatfield, of Chicago.\\nThe entire cost was nearly $23,000, which left a debt that\\nwas not fully liquidated until within a few years. The\\nchurch presents an attractive appearance, and has ample ac-\\ncommodations for the congregations which assemble at this\\nplace. It is at present controlled by Trustees G. S. Clapp,\\nFrancis Jordan, S. T. Cooper, W. P. Ward, and W. S.\\nThe church has enjoyed many revivals, from whicli have\\ngenerally resulted large additions to the membership. The\\nseason of religious awakening which occurred in the win-\\nter of 1876-77, under the pastoral labors of the Rev.\\nI. R. A. Wightman, especially is notable in this respect,\\nabout 130 persons being received into membership. Al-\\nthough the aggregate membership of the church has been\\nvery large, so many changes have taken place that at pres-\\nent there are only 190 persons in full connection yet the\\nwork of the church is in a flourishing condition, and con-\\nstitutes an important factor in the religious history of the\\nvillage.\\nA Methodist Sunday-school has been maintained at St.\\nJoseph nearly as long as the church has had an existence\\nthere. It has 2-10 members, and W. P. Ward is the super-\\nintendent.\\nThe Congregational Church of St. Joseph was organized\\nby a council of ministers and laymen from the neighboring\\nchurches, April 27, 1854. The meeting was held in the\\nold school-house, which was also the place of worship until\\na church was built, and the constituent members were the\\nfollowing James B. Sutherland and wife, David B. Crane\\nand wife, Samuel Maynard, Mrs. John King, Ann Olmstead,\\nFannie Stowe, Isabel Mahue, and Jane Vanderbeck. On\\nSunday, April 29th, after the formation of the church, the\\nsacrament of the Lord s Supper was administered by the\\nRev. Thomas Jones, Rev. William Osborne assisting.\\nThere was also a baptism of children, and James B. Suth-\\nerland was ordained to the oiSce of deacon. On the 3d of\\nMay, 1854, the church applied for connection with the\\nKalamazoo Association, and being received, has remained\\na part of that body.\\nThe first few years of the history of the church were un-\\neventful. The pulpit was supplied by Revs. Osborne, Lu-\\ncas, and others, and at the end of four and a half years but\\n11 additions had been made to the membership. About\\nthis period, Aug. 29, 1858, the Rev. Edward Anderson\\nbecame the pastor of the church, but was not installed until\\nFeb. 1, 1860. On the 19th of September following he\\nwas dismissed but after a short vacancy he was succeeded\\nin the pastorate by the Rev. Cherry, who remained with\\nthe church two years, and whose labors gave the congrega-\\ntion a good increase of members.\\nFrom 1863 till the beginning of 1865 the pulpit was\\nsupplied by the Rev. George H. Miles, a young man, whoso\\npreaching was attended with success. As the fruits of two\\nrevival seasons, 28 new names were added to the church roll.\\nMr. Miles earthly career was closed by death, Aug. 2, 1874.\\nEarly in 1866 the Rev. J. B. Fairbanks commenced\\npreaching for the church, and on the 3d of June began\\na pastorate which was terminated in July, 1870. In this\\nperiod 13 members were dismissed to help form the church\\nat Benton Harbor.\\nTowards the close of 1870 the Rev. M. M. Colburn be-\\ncame the pa.storof the church, and faithfully served it until\\nhis death, in the sixth year of his pastoral connection. His\\nspecial mission appears to have been to build up the Chris-\\ntian character of his congregation, and he died greatly es-\\nteemed for his piety and worth. Soon after his decease the\\nRev. John Cunningham began to supply the pulpit, con-\\ntinuing his ministrations a year. His labors resulted in\\nmany conversions and 24 additions to the church mem-\\nbership.\\nOn the 1st of January, 1878, the Rev. A. S. Wood began\\nhis duties as pastor, and yet gives the congregation accept-\\nable service. His labors have not been fruitless, but have\\nbrought more than 40 into the fold of the church, which\\nis at present in a very prosperous condition. The entire\\nmembership of the church, from its organization to the\\npresent, has been nearly 250, about one-half of whom\\nremain to constitute the present members. Of these, 4,\\nnamely, James B. Sutherland, L. Whitney, J. H. Lee, and\\nD. J. Wells, are deacons of the church and the functions\\nof this oflice have also been performed by Messrs. Bur-\\nbank, Richardson, B. Comings, Daniel Cook, F. Pannell,\\nE. Kuapp, A. L. Aldiich, and A. E. Brush.\\nThe first meeting-house was completed during the pas-\\ntoral connection of the Rev. Edward Anderson, but being\\ntoo small to accommodate the growing congregation, it was\\nenlarged in 1870, a fine pipe-organ supplied, and a confer-\\nence- and prayer-room constructed. It forms a plain, com-\\nmodious frame edifice, affording a pleasant spiritual home\\nfor the congregation. The trustees at present controlling\\nthese temporalities are J. H. Lee, Clerk M. Shepard,\\nTreasurer; H. A. Truax, Z. Rice, J. B. Sutheilaud, and\\nW. R. Lyon.\\nPrayer-meetings and a flourishing Sunday-school have\\nfor many years been sustained, both being recognized as\\nvaluable auxiliaries in the promotion of the work of the\\nchurch.\\nSt. Joseph Roman, Catholic Church. It is known that\\nJesuit Fathers established a mission whore is now the vil-\\nlage of St. Joseph about the year 1700, but its history is\\ninvolved in almost complete obscurity. The present Cath-\\nolic congregation of St. Joseph, as we learn from Father\\nThiesen, was established in 1849, with six families as its\\ncongregation. The services were first held in the old school-\\nhouse, now used as a marble-shop, on Ship Street. In the\\ncourse of a few years the frame building at present used as a\\nschool-house by the church became the place of worship.\\nIn this services were lield about once a month by priests\\nbelonging to the congregation of the Holy Cross, Notre\\nDame, Ind. Some of these priests were Rev. Fathers Sau-\\nrin, Quints, Baroux, and Schilling.\\nCommencing about 1857, the Rev. John De Neve, re-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0428.jp2"}, "429": {"fulltext": "ST JOSEPH S CATHOLIC CHURCH\\nST JOSEPH, MICH.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0429.jp2"}, "430": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0430.jp2"}, "431": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF ST. JOSEPH.\\n325\\nsiding at Niles, attended St. Joseph several years. Being\\nrecalled to Europe, his successor at Niles, the Rev. J. Cap-\\npon, and his assistants, the Revs. Charles Quinkelberger\\nand Joseph Van Waterschoot, continued to attend St. Jo-\\nseph regularly once a month until 1865. By this time the\\ncongregation had increased to about 100 families, all the\\nCatholics living within fifteen miles of St. Joseph attending\\nits services. It now became necessary to have a resident\\npriest to supply all their wants, and the Rev. Joseph Van\\nWaterschoot came in that capacity. Through his energy\\nand good management the congregation continued to pros-\\nper, and in 1869 the foundation was laid for the substan-\\ntial and attractive brick church which stands on the corner\\nof Ship and Church Streets. It is 45 by 114 feet in di-\\nmensions, being the largest public building in the village.\\nThe corner-stone was laid July 21, 1869, by the Right\\nRev. Henry Luers, Bishop of Port Wayne. All but the\\nsteeple of the church was completed in 1871, and on the\\n28th day of April, 1872, the church was appropriately\\ndedicated by Rt. Rev. C. H. Borgess, Bishop of Detroit.\\nThe cost of the church and its furniture has been about\\n$18,000. Its trustees in 1879 were John Martin, Robert\\nHosbein, Patrick Finnegan, Joseph Hauser, and Colomb\\nRigney.\\nIn November, 1874, Father Van Waterschoot was re-\\nlieved from the charge of the congregation, at his own re-\\nquest, and the Rev. Joseph Thiesen, the present priest, was\\nappointed to take his place. He left St. Joseph esteemed\\nby all who knew him. Under Father Thiesen s tutelage\\nthe congregation continues to prosper, numbering at present\\n125 families, with 400 communicants and 60 Sunday-school\\nchildren.\\nThe First Regular Baptist (^German) Church of St.\\nJoseph was organized Jan. 30, 1860, with 21 members, by\\nthe Rev. William Grrimm. He also became the first pastor\\nof the church, remaining about twelve years. In 1872\\nthe Rev. Carl Domm entered upon a pastorate, which con-\\ntinued a little longer than a year. His successor was the\\nRev. David Zwink, who sustained the pastoral relation to\\nthis congregation about five and a half years. Since Sep-\\ntember, 1878, the pastor has been the Rev. A. Freitag.\\nThe church has enjoyed an encouraging degree of pros-\\nperity, and has at present 150 members. W. Smith and\\nW. Binning are the deacons.\\nIn February, 1860, a .small frame meeting-house was\\nbegun for the congregation, and was dedicated iMay 6th in\\nthe same year. It has since been improved and a gallery\\nadded, giving it seating capacity for 300 persons. The\\npresent trustees are H. Grimm, W. Binning, and F. Ewalt.\\nA Sunday-school of more than 100 members is maintained\\nby the church. W. Smith is the present superintendent.\\nThe Church of the Evanyelical Association was organized\\nabout 1860. Its members held their first meetings at the\\nhouses of those composing the class, some 12 or 15 in\\nnumber. The church prospered, and in 1868 the brick\\nmeeting-house which had been erected by an English Bap-\\ntist society was purchased as a place of worship, and has\\nsince been used for that purpose. The property is valued\\nat $1000. The controlling board of trustees are Philip\\nMadinger, Peter Rister, and H. Eckert.\\nThe aggregate membership of the church has been more\\nthan 100, but at present there are only 35 members. These\\nare under the pastoral direction of ministers appointed an-\\nnually for St. Joseph circuit, which embraces, also, appoint-\\nments in Royalton, Lake, and Weesaw townships. Since\\n1860 the preachers in charge have been the Revs. C. Ude,\\nB. Rub, E. M. Houk, E. H. Hess, Jacob Young, 0. Rag-\\ndetz, John Meek, William Remka, Reuben Riegel, Peter\\nBurch, Peter Bitner, and, since 1878, C. Ude.\\nThe Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Joseph.\\nThis congregation was organized in 1867, of members who\\nhad previously belonged to the Lutheran Church in Bain-\\nbridge and others, and embraced originally about 25 persons.\\nThe Rev. John Fiertagg was called to serve as the first\\npastor, and served a year. He was succeeded by the Rev.\\nNicholas Sorgel, who remained until 1875. Since April,\\n1876, the Rev. E. C. Georgie has been the minister of the\\nchurch, which has, in the main, had a pro.sperous existence.\\nAt present it embraces 40 families and 150 communicants.\\nThe official members are Deacons J. Shafer, J. Henning,\\nand C. Kroeniug Trustees A. Priebe, F. Steeb, and J.\\nKeller.\\nWorship is regularly held at St. Joseph in a small frame\\nmeeting-house, which was built soon after the congregation\\nwas organized. In Lincoln township a place for meetings\\nand school purposes was secured in 1878, and at both\\npoints catechetical instruction is imparted, and from four to\\neight months of school maintained, in which secular and\\nreligious instruction is given. The congregation has\\nadopted, and is governed by, the Unaltered Augsburg Con-\\nfession.\\nThe First Universalist Church of St. Joseph was formed\\nsome time about 1865, of several dozen members, but dis-\\ncontinued after about ten years. Its history, consequently,\\nis meagre, and gleaned from unofficial sources. The meet-\\nings were first held in the school-house, but a brick edifice\\nwas soon after erected as a place of worship on Broad and\\nCourt Streets, which was used, although never fully com-\\npleted. In 1877 it was destroyed by fire. Among the\\ntrustees of this building were James E. Stevens, Simeon\\nWilson, Samuel G. Langley, and Warren Chapman. The\\nchurch at one time had more than 50 members, but the\\nnumber declined to so few that the organization could not\\nbe kept up. Among the ministers are remembered the\\nRevs. Button, Lang, and Wood.\\nChrist Episcopal Church has also become extinct.\\nIt was organized some time after 1870, and had B. F.\\nPixley and William J. Nott as the first wardens and ves-\\ntrymen, C. C. Sweet, Thomas Archer, John Reeder, Damon\\nA. Winslow, J. H. Perkins, E. C. Palmer, A. H. Morri-\\nson, and William Ricaby. The services were held in the\\nCity Hall, and the Rev. V. Spaulding was the rector.\\nAn abated interast in the welfare of the new church and\\nthe removal of members caused it to decline before it had\\nbecome fairly established. A Baptist society which for-\\nmerly flourished in St. Joseph transferred its interests to\\nthe township of Benton, where its history is fully given.\\nThe St. Joseph African Methodist Episcopal Church\\nwas organized in 1871, with six members, by Rev. W. T.\\nLangford, presiding elder. Rev. Mr. Jason was appointed", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0431.jp2"}, "432": {"fulltext": "326\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nto take charge of the spiritual interests of the new body,\\nwhich hiis maintained a slow but constant growth, and at\\npresent has 25 members, under the pastorship of Rev.\\nJohn Myers. Other preachers have been Revs. George W.\\nBenson, H. H. Wilson, Johnson Burden, L. D. Crosby,\\nand John A. Jordan.\\nA small frame meeting-house was built in 1871, which\\nwas placed under the tru.stee^hip of P. Lound, Stephen\\nBusby, and William Hart. The present trustees are\\nThomas Phillips, Nathan Lynch, and Robert Singer and\\nthe stewards are N. E. Miller, Alexander Jones, and Nathan\\nLynch. A Sunday-school is maintained, at which the\\naverage attendance is 35.\\nThe Young Men s Christian Association closes the list\\nof religious societies in St. Joseph. It was called into life\\nin December, 1875, and had originally 12 members, with\\nJohn E. Sutherland, President, and James G. Jennings,\\nSecretary. At present the members number 150, and E.\\nW. Bovee is President J. E. Roberts, Vice-President\\nLaw. C. Fyfe, Secretary and O. C. Jordan, Treasurer.\\nBesides those already named, Willis W. Cooper served\\nas president in 1878, being Mr. Sutherland s successor.\\nThe a.ssociation has prospered, and not only sustains reli-\\ngious meetings but since January, 1876, has maintained a\\nfree reading-room, supplied with select literature, which is\\nopen daily from eight a m. till ten p.m and is well patron-\\nized.\\nCEMETERY.\\nThe only cemetery in St. Joseph is controlled by the\\ntownship authorities, and is kept up by appropriations made\\nfrom time to time. It contains about five acres, and is lot\\n55 on section 26. -It was purchased May, 1849, and has\\nnaturally a good location. There are some fine monuments,\\nbut the general appearance of the grounds is not in keep-\\ning with the improvements of the township.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nDR. LYMAN COLLINS.\\nAt the close of a long and useful life, it must be a pleas-\\nure to be able to transmit to our children and friends a his-\\ntory of a life well spent, a good character formed and main-\\ntained. As an instance of this we present to the readers\\nof this work Dr. Collins. Few men have spent as many\\nyears, and all of them so worthily, in the pursuit of their\\nprofession as he who has given forty-one years of faithful,\\nintelligent labor in the service of his fellow-men. Dr.\\nCollins is of English descent. His father, Benjamin CollinS;\\nemigrated from Cape Cod, Mass., to Herkimer Co., N. Y.,\\nin 1802. In 1819 moved to Stafi ord, Genesee Co., N. Y.\\nIn 1832 to Randolph, Portage Co., Ohio. The doctor was\\nborn in Litchfield, Herkimer Co., N. Y., Nov. 6, 1803.\\nHe spent his early life at home, leaving at nineteen years of\\nage to engage in teaching he taught six years. While en-\\ngaged in teaching his leisure hours were employed in the\\nstudy of medicine, reading with Professor Jared P. Kirtland,\\nof Poland, Trumbull Co., Ohio; attending lectures at Fair-\\nfield College, Fairfield, Herkimer Co., N. Y. Received a\\ndiploma from college in 1828. February, 1829, commenced\\nthe practice of medicine at Ravenna, Ohio, remaining there\\nthirty-one years. Received an honorary degree from the\\nmedical college at Cleveland. Moving to Michigan in 1860,\\nhe engaged in the practice of his profession ten years\\nlonger, then retired from his profession. When the doctor\\nmoved to St. Joseph, Mich., he engaged quite extensively\\nin the fruit-growing business. July 21, 1830, married\\nMiss Harriet, daughter of Hon. Elisha Whittlesey. Four\\nchildren have been born of this union two only are living,\\none in St. .Joseph, the other in Chicago. In 1841, Dr.\\nCollins was appointed postmaster in Ravenna, which ofiBce\\nhe held four years. Mrs. Collins was born in Trumbull Co.,\\nOhio, Oct. 13, 1810. This noble couple have walked life s\\njourney together for nearly fifty years they have passed\\nthrough sunshine and shadow in their home, but no dis-\\ncordant sound has been heard, and to-day, more than ever,\\nthey enjoy each other s society. They received a letter,\\nsoon after they were married, from an intimate friend living\\nin Batavia, N. Y., by the name of C. Gilman, giving them\\nadvice, which they have attempted to follow, and many\\nothers might be benefited by the same advice, that is,\\nTo keep up a little courtship so long as they live.\\nThey can review the past with satisfaction, and look into\\nthe future with no apprehension.\\nJ. C. CALDWELL\\nwas born in Trumbull Co., Ohio, June 11, 1841; from\\n1849 until 1854 lived in Westmoreland Co., Pa. from\\n1854 until 1858 in Van Buren Co., Mich. Up to this\\ntime had been with his father, Hugh Caldwell. He then\\ncommenced life for himself by hiring for six dollars per\\nmonth to Mr. Isaac Schnorf, a farmer in Niles township.\\nAt the end of six months made an arrangement with his\\nemployer to work for his board, and go to school during\\nthe winter. When the year closed he had so faithfully and\\nwillingly done the work assigned him that he was again\\nhired by Mr. Schnorf, and remained with him eight years,\\nexcept one year of this time which he served in the Rebel-\\nlion, enlisting in the 12th Regiment Infantry as a private;\\nwas discharged in 1862.\\nIn 1864 he married Lizzie, daughter of Jacob Schnorf\\nOf this union were born three children, the eldest dying be-\\nfore being named the other two are Imogene and Elliott.\\nAfter his marriage Mr. Caldwell engaged first in the grocery\\nbusiness, then farming, first on a rented farm for two\\nyears, and six years on a farm of fifty acres, which he\\nbought in Niles township. At the end of the six years went\\ninto livery business, first at C;issopolis, Cass Co., one year,\\nthen at Niles three months, finally settling at St. Joseph\\nin the same business. There, at this time, he can be found,\\nan active business man, one whom his neighbors and the\\ncitizens of the place speak of as a man reliable and trust-\\nworthy.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0432.jp2"}, "433": {"fulltext": "J. CALDWELL.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0433.jp2"}, "434": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0434.jp2"}, "435": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF SODUS.\\n327\\nWALTER DONALDSON.\\nThe gentleman whose name is seen at the head of this\\nsketch was born in Ravenna, Portage Co., Ohio, May 17,\\n1848. In the spring of 1860 his father, with his family,\\nmoved from Ohio to Michigan buying land, he went into\\nfruit-growing. Walter was then a lad of twelve years; he\\nPhoto, by Sesser.\\nassisted his father here on his fruit-farm until he was\\ntwenty years old, when he left home and engaged in the\\nharness business. At the expiration of two years he was\\nemployed as an agent representing fire insurance, and at\\nthis time represents several leading companies, doing a large\\nbusiness.\\nJan. 2, 1872, he married Miss Frances B., daughter of\\nDerastus and Mary H. Harper. They have two children,\\nviz., Bessie, born Aug. 17, 1873; Raymond B., born Oct.\\n15, 1875.\\nIn the fall of 1878 he went into the boot and shoe busi-\\nness in St. Joseph, where we find him engaged at this time\\nrunning a large business. Mr. Donaldson is an active busi-\\nness man he has received no assistance from any one he\\nowes his present position to his own exertions, his perse-\\nverance, integrity, and uprightness in all his business rela-\\ntions, retaining the confidence of all with whom he is\\nassociated.\\nCHAPTER XLIL\\nSODUS TOWTNSHIP.*\\nDescription, Settlement, and Settlers Roads Township Organiza-\\ntion and List of Officers Religious Worship Sodus (Jrange, Pa-\\ntrons of Husbandry.\\nSODUS, a fractional township (known as town 5 south,\\nrange 18 west), lying on the east bank of the St. Joseph\\nRiver, contains but about twenty sections, which, however,\\nBy David Schwartz.\\ncover a fine farming region. The surface of the territory\\nis generally level, and the soil being well adapted to the\\nculture of fruit, that branch of agriculture is extensively\\npursued, although the peach yield, formerly a source of con-\\nsiderable annual revenue, has latterly failed for a few years.\\nThe township is bounded on the north by Benton, on the\\nsouth by Berrien, on the east by Pipestone, and on the\\nwest by Royalton, from which latter it is separated by the\\nSt. Joseph River. Pipestone Creek, which flows through\\nthe northern part of the township into the river, furnishes\\ngood water-power for three grist-mills and two saw-mills.\\nNo railway has yet traversed the township, and as at a re-\\ncent election the citizens opposed aid to a projected line,\\nrailway communication is scarcely to be regarded as a thing\\nof the near future. Indeed, the market-towns of Benton\\nHarbor and St. Joseph are so convenient of access that no\\nurgent need of a railway is apparent.\\nSodus possesses an important milling interest, which has\\nbeen encouraged by the fine water-power of Pipestone\\nCreek, although that power, abundant until lately, is said\\nto be decreasing. The site of James B. Larue s saw-mill,\\nthe first mill erected in the township, is occupied by Or-\\nlando Cowles grist-mill, besides which there are on Pipe-\\nstone Creek the grist-mills of Kinney Rector and Has-\\nkins Brothers. These mills drive a flourishing trade, and\\ngain considerable business from even Royalton, whose in-\\nhabitants prefer in many instances to go to mill in Sodus\\nrather than in St. Joseph, which latter is at least somewhat\\nmore convenient. Besides the mills named, there are, on\\nPipestone Creek, Orlando Cowles saw-mill and John Ran-\\ndall s saw-mill and bending-works.\\nAs to postal facilities, the town has a daily mail, and has\\nhad a post-office since the township organization, in 1860.\\nFrancis Finnegan was the first postmaster the second was\\nDe Golyer King, the third David Daniels, and the fourth\\nRobert Hogue, who is the present incumbent. The town\\nhas no village neither has it a store or place of trade of\\nany description within its limits. This condition of things\\nis, however, of but trifling inconvenience, since Benton\\nHarbor is quickly and easily reached, and since, too, jour-\\nneys to that point are frequent and necessary in the general\\ncourse of events.\\nSETTLEMENT AND SETTLERS.\\nIn the summer of 1835, William H. and David S. Rec-\\ntor, two brothers, living in the town of Sodus, N. Y., con-\\nceived the project of traveling westward for the purpose of\\nprospecting for the improvement of their fortunes. They\\nmade a journey by way of the great lakes as far as St.\\nJoseph, and engaged at once in the business of boating on\\nthe St. Joseph River. Of that method of gaining a live-\\nlihood David soon grew weary, and in the autumn returned\\nto New York, followed in December by his brother Wil-\\nliam. In the spring of 1836 they determined to return to\\nMichigan, and took with them a younger brother named\\nHiram. At Buffalo they bargained to take charge of the\\nkeel-boat Niles, which was to be towed to St. Joseph,\\nand David, Hiram, and three other men embarked on board\\nthe Niles. Soon after leaving Buffalo a violent storm\\narose, and the Niles, parting company with the steamer", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0435.jp2"}, "436": {"fulltext": "328\\nHISTORY OP BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nthat was towing her, drifted upwards of one hundred miles.\\nWhen the storm abated the five drifting mariners manned\\nthe oars, and brought the Niles safely into port at\\nCleveland, after what may be easily understood to have\\nbeen a somewhat perilous time.\\nFinally, the three brothers reached St. Joseph, and after\\na brief season spent with William and Hiram in river-\\nboating, David made an engagement to assist in the erection\\nof a saw-mill on Pipestone Creek (in what is now section\\n3 of Sodus township) for James B. Larue, then employed\\nin the lumber-trade in St. Joseph. David Rector worked\\nfor Larue three years, and in 1839 moved upon a tract of\\n120 acres, now in section 14 of Sodus, where he now\\nlives. That piece of land he had entered in 1837, and at\\nodd times during his three years service with Mr. Larue\\nhe did something towards clearing it.\\nIn 1836, David Rector, the father of the three brothers,\\ncame from Sodus, N. Y., to St. Joseph with the rest of his\\nfamily, and, entering 40 acres of land adjoining his son\\nDavid s fiirm, moved out with his family in the fall of\\n1837, Hiram also accompanying him. There the elder\\nRector lived until his death, in 1862. Hiram lived with\\nhis father a few years, and then moved to a farm upon sec-\\ntion 23, where he has since continued to reside. William\\nH. Rector lived in St. Joseph until 1842, when he too\\nbecame a pioneer, and settled upon a farm adjoining those\\nof his father and brother David. There he died Dec. 6,\\n1878. The only children of David Rector now living in\\nSodus are David S. and Hiram, the oldest residents in\\nthe township and worthy representatives of Sodus pioneer\\nsettlers, themselves in the very front rank of those who\\ncame to make homes within the forest wilds.\\nJames B. Larue, of whom mention has been made in the\\nforegoing, migrated from New Jersey to Michigan in 1835,\\nand located at St. Joseph. He purchased considerable land\\nin what is now Sodus, and, as already observed, built a saw-\\nmill on Pipestone Creek in the year 1836. At this mill,\\nwhich was the first mill erected in the township, and in\\nshort the first improvement of any kind, he sawed lumber\\nand transported it to St. Joseph, where he lived and traded\\nas a lumber merchant. In 1841, Mr. Larue gave up his\\nresidence in St. Joseph, and located, with his family, upon a\\nfarm near his Pipestone Creek saw-mill. There he re-\\nmained, milling and farming, until 1850, when he took the\\nCalifornia gold fever, and emigrated, with liis family, to the\\nPacific slope, where he died.\\nWhen Larue put up his mill, in 1836, there was one\\nwhite settler in the town, and he was the pioneer of that\\nregion. His name was Scott, and his location was on\\nsection 22, near the river, where Luke Sharrai now lives.\\nThere he put up a log cabin and cleared a few acres of land,\\nbut he moved away after a brief sojourn. Closely follow-\\ning Scott was Charles Palmer, who came from New York,\\nwith his wife, in 1837, and located upon a 40-acre farm in\\nsection 15. He too grew tired of his new home very soon,\\nand trading his forty acres to William H. Rector for a gun\\nand an old horse, departed for other scenes. Scott and\\nPalmer were .settlors, it is true, but they remained so short\\na time that their historical prominence in that direction\\ncannot be considered as very important. David Rector the\\nelder, who was next to Palmer in order of settlement, must,\\naccordingly, be regarded as the pioneer among the perma-\\nnent settlers.\\nFor some years after David Rector located in the town-\\nship settlements were few and slowly made. Mr. David S.\\nRector says that when he was married, in 1843, he had no\\nneighbor, save his father and brother, nearer than two miles.\\nHe says that the settlers were exceedingly few in number\\nat that date, and that when a resident could, upon arising\\nin the morning, hear the distant crow of a rooster, it made\\nhim feel as if matters were indeed getting pleasant and\\nneighborly after all. Land along the river was in the hands\\nof speculators, who, deeming that section worth a trifle\\nmore per acre than that of the interior, held it at first at\\nsuch high figures as to frighten away all purchasers. About\\n1840, the speculators receded from their original views, and\\nthe river lands then began to receive inhabitants.\\nJoseph W. Brewer, from Ohio, was among the first to\\nlocate in that region. He had been living at St. Joseph, and\\nboating on the river. About 1840 he bought a tract upon\\nsection 16, where Mr. Thaddeus Drew now lives. About\\nthat time, too, Ebenezer Farley located land on section 22,\\nbut continuing; himself to run on the river, as he had been\\ndoing for .some time, he engaged laborers to clear his land\\nfor him. Upon his marriage, soon afterwards, he moved to\\nhis farm, and there continued to reside with his fiimily until\\n1854, when he left for California.\\nJames McDougall, of Montgomery Co., N. Y., made a\\njourney in 1837, with his son Elijah, aged fifteen, from\\nNew York State to Michigan, via the Erie Canal and the\\nlakes. He purchased of one Noyes 40 acres of land in\\nRoyalton township, and with his son went upon the place\\nat once and began to clear it. He sent word to his wife\\nto join him, and she, with seven children, traveled in 1839\\nto their new Michigan home, by way of the canal and lakes,\\nand found upon her arrival that her husband had busied\\nhimself to some purpose in preparing a comfortable house\\nand in making the laud productive. Unfortunately for\\nMr. McDougall, he failed to obtain a good title from\\nNoyes, and so, despite the fact that he had paid money on\\naccount of the purchase and had expended much labor\\nupon the farm, he was obliged to relinquish it in 1840,\\nand lost both his labor and the purchase-money he had\\npaid. He remained in St. Joseph a short time, and in\\n1841 purchased of James B. Larue 130 acres of land on\\nthe St. Joseph River, in partnership with Francis Versaw,\\nformerly of Canada, later engaged in the West in cutting\\nout State roads and boating on the river, and at the time of\\nhis land purchase with Mr. McDougall living in St. Joseph.\\nMcDougall and Versaw went together to the land, began\\nto clear it, and put up a cabin. Soon after, Versaw married\\none of McDougall s daughters, and dividing the 130 acres\\nwith his father-in-law, took that part now owned by James\\nA. Kright, on section 10 in Sodus. Mr. McDougall s part\\nis now owned by David Moore. McDougall lived there\\nuntil 1872, when he moved to Nebraska, and there he still\\nresides. Ilis children now living in Sodus are Mrs. Francis\\nVersaw and Mrs. Hannah Fiunegan. Mr. Versaw remained\\non his farm until 1853, when he removed to his present\\nplace of residence, on section 15.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0436.jp2"}, "437": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0437.jp2"}, "438": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0438.jp2"}, "439": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF SODUS.\\n329\\nWhen McDougall and Versaw moveJ in there was no\\nriver-road, and they were the first ones to cut out anything\\nlike a thoroughfare in that vicinity. At that time Luke\\nSharrai had a farm on the river, where he now lives, but he\\nwas not occupying it himself. Sharrai came from Canada\\nwhen but eight years old, with his father s family, which\\nconsisted of the parents and eight children. They journeyed\\nby water to Detroit, and from that point they traveled al-\\nmost the entire distance on foot to Bertrand, in Berrien\\nCounty, where they settled in 1828. When Luke became\\na stout lad he took employment on a St. Joseph River keel-\\nboat, and followed the river for several years. As already\\nmentioned, he purchased a farm on the river, a place\\nwhere Scott, the first settler, squatted, and where, after Scott,\\none Foster took up his habitation, and engaged his brother\\nTenos, then living in Bainbridge, to occupy and cultivate it\\nfor him, while he (Luke) continued to follow the river. Tenos\\nlived upon the place about a year, and then moved upon a\\nplace of his own, adjoining that of Luke. The latter gave\\nup his river employment soon after, and settling on his farm,\\nhas lived there until the present time. Previous to occu-\\npying it himself, he employed his brother-in-law, a Mr.\\nLapham, and after him Benjamin Beny, to cultivate the\\nplace, but neither remained long, Mr. Sharrai eventually\\ntaking possession in 1847.\\nAsa T. Tinkham came from New York in 1844, and\\nlocated, with his family, in Sodus, where he had purchased\\n40 acres. Mr. Tinkham resided there until a few years ago,\\nwhen he moved to Hagar township.\\nPeter Shook, an aged man, visited what is now Sodus\\nin 1844, in the interest of an Ohio nursery, and sold quite\\na number of fruit-trees in this region. Believing the river\\nlands to be capable of producing liberally, he bought a farm\\nfrom Edward Smith, a resident of Royalton, and set out an\\norchard. He .sent to Ohio for his wife and four children,\\nand began to devote himself to fruit culture with consider-\\nable energy, but death ended his projects in 1846. His\\nwidow moved to St. Jo.seph County, and died there in 1877.\\nShook s farm was purchased by Peter Sharrai (brother to\\nLuke), of Bainbridge, who settled upon it with his family\\nin 1846. He remained there until 1854 (selling his farm\\nto Wallis Tabor, who still resides upon it), when he emi-\\ngrated to Kansas, but returned in 1868 to Sodus, where he\\nhas since continued to reside.\\nLuke Versaw brother to Francis moved from New\\nYork State in 1845, with his wife, to Michigan, and bought\\nof Napoleon Smith 40 acres of land on the river, the farm\\nbeing the one now occupied by Ernest Tabor. In 1850\\nVersaw left Michigan for the Pacific, whence, however, he\\nreturned in 1851 and settled upon the farm which he\\nnow occupies.\\nOther early settlers on the river were a Mr. Ferguson\\nand his son-in-law, Jacob Young, who subsequently left the\\ntownship and have to-day no descendants therein. John\\nCowen, who settled near Ferguson, sold his place to Hiram\\nHerrick and moved to Royalton. S. H. Salpaugh and\\nCicero Towner, of New York, located on the river in 1851.\\nMr. Salpaugh still lives on the place he first occupied. In\\nthe part of the township removed from the river, mention\\nmay be made of Benjamin Clifton, of South Bend, Ind.,\\n42\\nwho in 1845 purchased 500 acres of land on section 24,\\nand with his femily moved upon his possessions. He lived\\nthere until 1856, when he moved to Berrien, after selling\\nthe larger part of his purchase of 500 acres to Mr. John\\nGano.\\nIn 1844, Isaac W. Chadwick, a young man living in\\nChautauqua Co., N. Y., started from home for Wisconsin,\\nwhere he intended to locate. When he reached Buffalo\\nhe became so favorably impressed with the reports he heard\\nthere of the advantages of Michigan, that he resolved to\\ngo to that State instead of Wisconsin, and journeying by\\nway of Lake Erie to Detroit, walked from that place to\\nPipestone township, where he found one Mr. Abbott, a\\nfriend, with whom he stopped. There Isaac was joined\\nsoon afterwards by his father and mother, with whom came\\nalso two children. They all lived with Mr. Abbott until\\nMay, 1845, when Isaac bought 40 acres of land on section\\n11, now in Sodus township, the place being the present\\nproperty of De Golyer King. The land was new, and\\nIsaac with his father entered at once upon the business of\\nclearing it. All lived there until 1854, when they removed\\nto Iowa, where they remained three years, but, disliking that\\nregion, returned again to Sodus, where Isaac bought the\\nplace he now occupies, and with him there his father lived\\nuntil his death, in 1873. Isaac s brother William, who\\ncame out in 1844 with his father, worked in various places\\nuntil 1847, and then settled upon a place now occupied by\\nthe United Brethren church in Sodus, his purchase having\\nbeen made from Hickson W. Field, who had sold land to\\nIsaac, and who was the speculative owner also of large\\ntracts of land in the vicinity. William followed Isaac to\\nIowa in 1855, returned to Sodus in 1860, went back to\\nIowa in 1862, and now lives there.\\nAbner Buckman, a young man living in Ohio, walked\\nto Michigan in 1844, and visited Pipestone town,ship, where\\nhe remained two years, and then located in the present\\ntownship of Sodus, upon the place he now occupies. The\\ncountry was new, and Mr. Buckman was a pioneer in that\\npart in every sense of the word. His brother Edward,\\nwho settled near him about 1842, died there in 1860.\\nJames Haskins, now of Pipestone, was then a settler\\nupon the place now occupied by John Buckman and ad-\\njoining Abner Buckman on the west was Hiram Ryther,\\nwho soon moved away after selling out to Daniel Law-\\nrence, who died there. The property is now occupied by\\nhis heirs.\\nJonathan Foster and his father Solomon worked at\\nLarue s saw-mill when it was being erected, and subse-\\nquently settled in the town, although not permanently.\\nJonathan was a strong Methodist, and frequently preached\\non Sundays at the town school-house. He was radical in\\nhis religious views, and sought upon every occasion to urge\\nthem upon whoever chanced to be near. One day, sitting\\nwith other laborers at dinner, he took occasion to lecture\\none Doyle, a Catholic, and persistently attempted to con-\\nvert him to the Methodist faith. Doyle was much an-\\nnoyed but not convinced by Foster s arguments, and more\\nthan once requested him to desist. Foster, however, plied\\nhis persuasive efforts all the more, until his victim, be-\\ncoming incensed beyond endurance, suddenly put his hand", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0439.jp2"}, "440": {"fulltext": "330\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\ninto the gravy-dish, and with one swoop of his arm so be-\\nspattered Poster with the greasy liquid that he fled in con-\\nfusion and dismay from the scene, and never after attempted\\nto argue theologically with the emphatic Doyle.\\nAmong the early settlers of Berrien County who are\\nnow living in Sodus is John B. Rush, who came with his\\nfather, Henry Rush, from Virginia to Berrien township in\\n1835 George Keigley, who settled in the county in 1840\\nand Wallace Tabor, who settled at about the same time.\\nSarah Dunbar, wife of Lyman Dunbar, and daughter of\\nJohn Johnston (who settled in Berrien County, 1825), was\\nthe first white female child born in Berrien County, and\\nnow lives in Sodus. Her brother, born at the same place\\nand two years earlier, died at the age of twelve years.\\nMany of the early settlers in Sodus followed the river for\\na. livelihood, even after becoming settlers, for that avenue\\nof industry ofiered a means of obtaining funds to supply\\npressing necessities, of which the pioneers invariably stood\\nin need without possessing the means to obtain them. As\\na general rule, what ready money they could command\\nwent for their land, and while awaiting the growth of crops\\nthey were of course compelled to labor for others to obtain\\nthe needed cash for the family support. Employment on\\nthe river was almost always obtainable, for the river carry-\\ning trade in the pioneer days engaged many boats and many\\npeople, and so it was that the Sodus pioneers, like the\\npioneers in all the river townships, were boatmen to a\\ngreater or less extent.\\nLuke Sharrai, who has been mentioned as having followed\\nthe river for some time after he bought land in Sodus,\\nbuilt the first finished frame house in the town. Ebenezer\\nFarley, also a boatman and a steamboat captain, erected the\\nfirst frame for a house, but he did not finish it, and thus\\nSharrai s seems entitled to the precedence.\\nThe State opened roads in 1842, running north and south\\nthrough the township, but town roads were at that time\\nexceedingly few. Even at that date many settlers were\\ncompelled to cut out roads to the farms upon which they\\nproposed to locate. Along the river this want of roads\\nwas not so badly felt, because the river itself offered an ex-\\ncellent thoroughfare by which pioneers could reach river\\nfarms, and for this reason there appeared to be no haste\\ntowards laying out roads in that region.\\nTOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION AND CIVIL LIST.\\nUpon the application of John Gano and 243 other citi-\\nzens of Pipestone, a portion of that territory was set off\\nand organized, Oct. 11, 1859, into a separate township with\\nthe name of Sodus. At a preliminary meeting of the ap-\\nplicants, Mr. David S. Rector was called upon to suggest a\\nname for the proposed township, and when he presented the\\nname of Sodus, in recollection of Sodus, N. Y., whence he\\ncame to Michigan, that designation was adopted. The first\\ntownship meeting was held at the Rector school-house, on\\nthe first Monday in April, 1860, and from that time to\\n1879, inclusive, the offices of supervi-sor, clerk, and trea.s-\\nurer have been filled by the following-named persons\\nI860.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, B. S. Carpenter; Clerk, K. E. Hull; Treasurer,\\nJames Trowbridge.\\n1861-62. Supervisor, Josephus Fisher; Clerk, James S. Twitehell\\nTreasurer, P. W. Webb.\\n1863. Supervisor, Josephus Fisher; Clerk, Luther Hemingway:\\nTreasurer, P. W. Webb.\\n1864-66. Supervisor, Josephus Fisher; Clerk, Charlci^ T. Hogue\\nTreasurer, N. C. Brown.\\n1867. Supervisor, Josephus Fisher Clerk, Luther Hemingway\\nTreasurer, Charles T. Hogue.\\n1868.^Supervisor, Josephus Fisher Clerk, Charles T. Hogue Treas-\\nurer, P. W. Webb.\\n1869.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, Frederick T. King; Clerk, Charles T. Hogue;.\\nTreasurer, Orrin Brown.\\n1870.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, Josephus Fisher; Clerk, Frederick F. King;\\nTreasurer, David Daniels.\\n1871. Supervisor, Luther Hemingway; Clerk, Frederick F. King;\\nTreasurer, F. R. Cowles.\\n1872-73.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, Frederick F. King; Clerk, Charles T. Hogue;\\nTreasurer, AVilliam L. King.\\n1874-75.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, Frederick F. King Clerk, Charles T. Hogue\\nTreasurer, Josephus Fisher.\\n1876. Supervisor, Robert iVI. Hogue; Clerk, Charles T. Hogue;\\nTreasurer, Josephus Fisher.\\n1877.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, Robert M. Hogue; Clerk, Charles T. Hogue;\\nTreasurer, Orrin Brown.\\n1878. Supervisor, Orson Ingalsbee; Clerk, Joseph H. Davis; Treas-\\nurer, John F. Hogue.\\n1879. Supervisor, Orson Ingalsbee; Clerk, John G. Fisher; Treas-\\nurer, .John F. Hogue Commissioner of Highways, Josephus\\nFisher; Superintendent of Schools, Robert M. Hogue;\\nSchool Inspector, Charles T. Hogue Constables, Allen .T.\\nKing, John Deaner, A. W. Sherwood.\\nThe justices of the peace serving in 1879 were Orson\\nIngalsbee, William L. King, and Robert M. Hogue. The\\ntownship board was composed of John G. Fisher, Orson\\nIngalsbee, and Robert M. Hogue. The assessed valuation\\nof the township in 1879 was $136,878.\\nSCHOOLS.\\nIn 1845 a town school was established in that part of\\nPipestone now known as Sodus, and from that date the\\neducational interests of the youth of that section have re-\\nceived libenil attention.\\nSodus contained in 1879 seven .school districts, of which\\ntwo were fractional. The board of inspectors comprised\\nR. M. Hogue, Charles T. Hogue, and John G. Fisher.\\nThe school report made Sept. 1, 1879, gave the following\\nstatistics for the year ending at that date Number of\\ndistricts, 7 number of children of school age, 355 total\\nvalue of school property, $3925 amount paid for teachers\\nwages, $1142.\\nRELIGIOUS WORSHIP.\\nSettlements were so few during the years preceding 1845\\nthat neither teaching uor preaching were demanded, since,\\nin the one case, there were but few children to receive such\\nbenefit, and in the other the little community was not able\\nto provide adequate support for a minister however much\\nreligious worship might be deemed a necessity. The his-\\ntories of the churches of the township are given below.\\nUnited Brethren Church. A class of this denomination\\nwas organized in Sodus, in 1861, at the Rector school-house,\\nwith a membership of upwards of 30. The class worshiped\\nat the school-house until 1869, when, a union with the\\nUnited Brethren class of Shanghai being effected, a house\\nof worship was built in Sodus, and in it services have since", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0440.jp2"}, "441": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF SODUS.\\n331\\nbeen held. The membership is now 40. The class-leaders\\nare John Q. Buckinan and John Franz. The pastor is\\nI. W. Pattee, and the trustees John Q. Buckman, John\\nRush, and John Franz.\\nThe Sodus Methodist Episcopal Class was organized as\\nthe Lower Pipestone Class, March 31, 1858, with the fol-\\nlowing members James A. Kright, leader, and Cynthia\\nA. Kright, Luke, Sophia, Frank, Rebecca, Levi, and Mich-\\nael Versaw, Samuel, Grace, and Emma Garrett, Leander\\nMcDougall, Frank and George Williams, Theda Franklin,\\nLois Hemingway, Mary Jane and George Hemingway,\\nNancy Ann McDougall, Martha Jane Hemingway, Nehe-\\nmiah and Polly Ann Baboock.\\nRev. Thomas T. George was the preacher in charge of\\nthe cla.ss, which was attached to the Berrien circuit, Kala-\\nmazoo district, Michigan Conference. In 1860 the name\\nof the class was changed to that of Sodus, and in 1878 it\\nwas attached to the Millburg circuit.\\nThe preachers in charge following Mr. George were Revs.\\nS. D. McOmber, George A. Van Horn, D. S. Haviland,\\nE. D. Bacon, Francis Glass, J. H. Richards, E. L. Kellogg,\\nDavid Burns, N. M. Steele, J. N. Odin, and A. N. Eldred,\\nthe latter being the pastor at present. Services are held in\\nthe Tabor school-house once every two weeks. The class\\nhas a present membership of 20. Joseph Wyrick is the\\nleader, and Horace Tabor steward.\\nThe Bethel Class was organized by Rev. J. R. Odin, in\\nthe union church, March, 1877. In September, 1878,\\nwhen Rev. A. N. Eldred, the present pastor, took charge,\\nthe members numbered 19, as follows Orriu Brown, Daniel\\nand Rebecca Moore, Mary Stump, W. S., Elizabeth, and\\nClarence Burdick, Adeline Earl, Amanda Nye, Frank, Re-\\nbecca, Melinda, and Marian Versaw, Celia Barker, Harriet,\\nBessie, and David Clinton, Levi Deaner, and Mrs. McGold-\\nrick.\\nOrrin Brown has been the class-leader since the organi-\\nzation The membership is now 17. Services are held\\nonce every fortnight in the union church.\\nThe Christian ijh^irch. The Christian, or Disciple,\\nChurch was organized about 1867, in the Mount Pleasant\\nschool-house, by Elder William Roe, of Buchanan. The\\narticles of faith adopted at the organization read as follows\\nWe, the undersigned, pledging fidelity to Jesus as the\\nMessiah, being planted upon the foundation of the apostles\\nand prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-\\nstone, and taking the Bible as our only rule of faith and\\npractice, do band ourselves together as a congregation of\\ndisciples of Jesus, and do covenant with God and each\\nother to observe the ordinances of the Lord s house and to\\nthe best of our ability to attend to all duties and obligations\\ndevolved upon us in the Word of life.\\nThe signers were Josephus Fisher, Charles T. Hogue,\\nWilliam Gano, John Calvin, Sarah Garrison, Jane Gano,\\nSarah Stevens, Harriet Carpenter, Roby A. Olney, Sarah\\n0. Merrill, Anna Garrison, Mary Kelsey, Lucinda Gano,\\nPhoebe A. Fisher, Mary Evans, Hannah Brehart, Louisa\\nGilbert, Hannah Hogue, Hester A. Davis, Joseph A. Davis,\\nJohn Carpenter, Eliphaz Stephens, Samuel Roberts, Nathan\\nOlney, John Gano, Abram Evans, John Fisher.\\nThe first elders chosen were Josephus Fisher and Charles\\nT. Hogue, the deacons John Calvin and William Gano,\\nand the secretary Charles T. Hogue. The pastors succeed-\\ning Mr. Roe were Revs. Edmondson, Reese, and Lucas.\\nThere is at present no pastor, but the vacancy is likely to\\nbe filled soon. Preaching is ordinarily provided once every\\ntwo weeks in the Mount Pleasant school-house. The\\nchurch membership is now 90. The deacons are Charles\\nT. Hogue, Orlando Hart, and Alva Pegg. The elders are\\nJosephus Fisher, Joseph Davis, and Henry Burton, and\\nthe secretary Charles T. Hogue.\\nThe Union Sunday-school meets every Sabbath in the\\nunion church. Joseph Strome is the superintendent, and\\nhe is assisted by five teachers. The attendance of scholars\\nhas reached as high as 100, but numbers at present only\\nabout 50.\\nThe Church nf God. This society was organized in\\n1855, at the Stump school-house, by Rev. Mr. Gillespie,\\nand had as members the following: John Stump, Sr., and\\nwife, J. B. Harman and wife, George Crall and wife, George\\nDeerdufi Daniel Stauff er and wife, John B. Stauffer and\\nwife. The first elders chosen were John Stump, Sr., and\\nGeorge Crall, and the first deacon George Deerdufi The\\npastors of the church following Mr. Gillespie have been Elder\\nR. H. Bolton, the general evangelist, who preached for\\nthe society four years, Revs. Bright, Bassore, Hull, White,\\nRedding, and Oliver. In 1871 the society completed a\\nhouse of worship in the northern part of the township,\\ndesignated it as the Union Church, and dedicated it Feb-\\nruary 6th of that year. The trustees then chosen were\\nGeorge Deerduif, George B. Crall, Joseph Strome, James\\nA. Kright, and Jacob B. Harman.\\nThe church grew in strength during the first decade of\\nits existence, and in 1865 numbered 72 members. Sub-\\nsequent to that period removals weakened it, and latterly it\\nhas for some time been without a pastor. Efibrts are now\\nbeing put forth looking towards a revival of the society,\\nwith a good promise of success.\\nSODUS GRANGE, No. 123, P. OF H.\\nThis grange was organized Nov. 10, 1873, with the fol-\\nlowing members F. F. King, M. Josephus Fisher, 0.\\nHenry Burton, L. John E. King, Chaplain Charles t.\\nHogue, Sec. Orlando Hart, Treas. William Burton,\\nSteward Samuel Roberts, Assistant Steward Ernest\\nTabor, G. Jennie Burton, Ceres Louisa King, Pomona\\nLizzie Tabor, Flora; Sarah Stump, Lady Assistant Steward,\\nand Israel M. Allen, John J. Murphy, Abraham Likes,\\nAlbert Shell, Phineas Brant, John C. Fisher, John K.\\nCalvin, Leonard M. Keen, Edwin Burton, Wallis Tabor,\\nF. King, Julia Tabor, Hannah Hogue, Phoebe A. Fisher,\\nUrania Fisher, Mary J. Shell, Nettie Murphy, Ellen Snow.\\nThe grange meets every fortnight at the Mount Pleasant\\nschool-house. The oflScers are now Jacob Helmick, M.\\nCharles Rector, 0. Louisa King, L. William Burton,\\nChaplain Charles Hogue, Sec. Josephus Fisher, Treas\\nEdwin Burton, Steward; Israel Allen, Assistant Steward;\\nCharles Lamore, G. Mary Burton, Ceres; Georgiana\\nLamore, Flora Hannah Hogue, Pomona Alice Fisher,\\nLady Assistant Steward. Oct. 1, 1879, the membership\\nof the grange was 50.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0441.jp2"}, "442": {"fulltext": "332\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nJOHN B. RUSH.\\nAmong the representative farmers of Sodus township\\nwe find John B. Rush, who was born in Frederick Co.,\\nVa., July 18, 1825. The father\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Henry Rush\u00e2\u0080\u0094 moved\\nto Ohio about one year and a half after the birth of John\\nB., settling in Greene County, seven miles from Xenia, the\\ncounty-seat, where he purchased eighty acres of land, and\\nengaged in farming for ten years. In 1836 he moved to\\nBerrien township, Berrien Co., Mich., where he entered\\nninety-nine acres of land. June 8, 1851, John B. Rush\\nmarried Mahala, daughter of Joses and Ilulda Reamcs.\\nOf this union were born eight children, viz., Hulda J., born\\nJuly 2, 1852; Uceba B., born Sept. 20, 1854; Naney E.,\\nborn Aug. 15, 1856; Ida E., born Oct. 8, 1858; Henry\\nJ., born June 5, 1861 John F., born May 18, 1863,\\ndied June 27, 1867; William E., born July 12, 1865;\\nAlmeda K., born June 1, 1871. After his marriage, Mr.\\nRush rented his father s farm for four years. In 1853 he\\nbought a farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Iloyalton\\ntownship, now Sodus; moved on this farm in 1855; built\\na small frame house, which is .still standing, and can be\\nseen just in the rear of his new home, a view of which,\\naccompanied by the portraits of himself and wife, can be\\nseen on another page of this work. He settled in Michi-\\ngan when to be a farmer here required something more\\nthan plowing the ground and sowing the grain for felling\\nthe timber, rolling logs, burning brush, etc., was the work\\nthat preceded the easier and more desirable work in farming.\\nMr. Rush has been a member of the district school\\nboard ever since be has been in the township. For thirty-\\ntwo years he has been connected with the United Brethren\\nChurch ten years of that time has served as trustee of\\nthat church. Is in politics a Democrat. Mahala Rush\\ndied Jan. 11, 1873, in Berrien Co., Mich. In her fifteenth\\nyear she joined the United Brethren Church, of which she\\nremained a faithful member until she heard the welcome\\nsummons, Come up higher. She was ever ready to help\\nthe atHicted, and had a kind word for all. The careworn\\nservant of God always found a home at her house. Her\\nhusband and children deeply feel their loss.\\nJOSEPHUS FISHER.\\nNo citizen of Sodus township is more closely allied with\\nall its interests than the subject of this sketch, Josephus\\nFisher, who was born in Portage Co., Ohio, Oct. 14, 1828.\\nHis educational advantages were limited. Schools of that\\nday were not good, and if they had been of the best, farm-\\ners sons were then needed at home, and usually went to\\nschool only a few months in the winter. On July 4, 1850,\\nJosephus married Miss Fhebe Ann, daughter of John and\\nJane Gano. They have had six children, the first-born\\ndying before being named John, at this time clerk of\\nSodus township Usania, Alice, George, and Edna. Four\\nare living, two married and two living at home. After his\\nmarriage, Mr. Fisher farmed in Ohio ibur years on a fiirni\\ngiven him by his father. In January, 1854, he moved to\\nSodus, purchasing ninety-six acres on section 24. He\\nfound .some difterenco in fiirming this land and the culti-\\nvated farm he had lefl in Ohio. His first home here was\\nsuch as all the early settlers had, a log house. He has\\nmade an addition of one hundred and eight acres to his\\nfarm, and many improvements on it.\\nJOSEPHUS PISUER.\\nIn 1861 he was elected supervisor of Sodus township,\\nand filled this position ten and a half years and resigned.\\nHe was elected treasurer, which office he filled five years.\\nIn 1879 he was elected highway commissioner. He is a\\nmember of the Grange Lodge, No. 123, of Sodus township,\\nand was Master one year. At this time he is Treasurer of\\nthe lodge.\\nHe is a Republican in politics. He has been a member\\nof the Disciples Church for twenty-.six years, serving as\\nelder of this body for ten years. His father s family con-\\nsisted of nine children, six girls and three boys, all\\nliving in diflFerent States. Mrs. Fisher s father was one\\nof the early settlers of the county. Her father s family con-\\nsisted of six children, three boys and three girls, four of\\nwhom are living in Sodus township.\\nCHAPTER XLIII.\\nTHBEE OAKS TOWNSHIP.*\\nLooation nnd Natural Features Original Entries of Land Settle-\\nment of the Township Organization and List of Township Officers\\nVillage of Throe Oaks Avery Station Post-Offices in the Town-\\nship ^Town-Hall and Library Schools Churches Societies and\\nOrders.\\nLOCATION AND NATURAL FEATURES.\\nThe territory now embraced in Three Oaks township\\nwas originally a part of New Buffalo, but was set off in\\n1856 by the Board of Supervisors.\\nThe name of Three Oaks was first given when the post-\\noffice was established in 1854, in consequence of three very\\nlarge oak-trees standing on the south side of the railroad,\\nBy Austin N._llungerford.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0442.jp2"}, "443": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF THREE OAKS.\\n333\\nnear the west line of section 2, and near enough together to\\ngive, when in full leaf, the appearance of being one tree.\\nThe teri itory of Three Oaks comprises all (except the\\nwest range of sections) of township 8 south, in range 20\\nwest, and all (except the western one) of the south tier of\\nsections in township 7 south, of range 20 west.\\nThe .surface in the south and southeast part of the town\\nis high and rolling, and the soil is warm and loamy. The\\nnortheasterly part of the township, embracing parts of sec-\\ntions 1, 12, and 13, are marsh lands. The remaining por-\\ntions of the township are undulating, with a rich clayey\\nsoil. For grass the township is not excelled by any section\\nof the county. It is also good for corn, and as the country\\nis improved and worked, the adaptability of these lands for\\nwheat production is more and more apparent.\\nThe territory of Three Oaks was originally covered with\\ntimber, with no openings or prairies. The kinds of timber\\nwere, as in order named, maple, beech, elm, bass, ash (^white,\\nblack, blue, and gray), sycamore, oak, cherry, hickory, but-\\nternut, black walnut, whitewood or tulip, tamarack, black\\nmulberry, cucumber, hackberry, ironwood, soft maple, with\\na little pine. The timber was of large growth, with thick\\nunderbrush. The marshes on section 13 supplied the early\\nsettlers with a fair quality of hay. Those in parts of sec-\\ntions 11 and 12 produced many bushels of cranberries each\\nyear until 184G, when the vines were nearly destroyed by\\nfires set by hunters.\\nFrom the first settlement up to the hard winter of 1812\\n-43, the common red deer were quite abundant, but that\\nwinter nearly exterminated them. In 1853, 54, 55 deer\\nwere again very abundant, and large numbers were killed\\neach year. From 1855-67 they were common as many as\\n40 to 50 were killed each year. From 1867 to 1874 they\\nwere less common, from 5 to 20 only killed each year.\\nThey are occasionally seen now. Black, red, and striped\\nfoxes and gray squirrels, partridges, quails, and pigeons\\nwere common, though not abundant. Until the marshes\\nwere improved massasaugers were plenty, but they are quite\\nrare now.\\nThe township is well watered by the south branch of\\nGalien Iliver, which rises in Indiana and flows northerly\\nand westerly to the southwest quarter of the township,\\nwhen it runs northwestly and joins a smaller branch in the\\nsouthwest corner of section 8. The main branch runs west-\\nerly through the northwest corner of the township.\\nORIGINAL ENTRIES OF LAND.\\nThe following list is of original purchaser.s of land IVom\\nthe government on the difi erent sections in Three Oaks\\ntownship.\\nTOWNSHIP 7 SOUTH, RANGE 20 WEST.\\nSection 32.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 B. M. Sholton, V. L. Bradford, J. M. Curtis, Rathbono\\nChapin.\\nSection 33.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 V. L. Bradford, A. Curamings, R. Brown, Jr., ,J. Soule,\\nW. B. Clark, Sherwood Co., D. Robb.\\nSection 34.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 S. Piorco, William llammond, A. .lohnson, N. WillarJ,\\nJ. Pierce, F. Camp.\\nSection 35. J. Pioroe, Gilbert, G. B. Avery, Conrad KImendorf,\\nMoses Chamberlain, R. C. Brayton.\\nSection 3fi.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sherwood Co., N. Willard and H. Bishop, K. S. Morri-\\nson, N. Willard.\\nTOWNSUIl 8 SOUTH, RANGE 20 WEST.\\nSection l.\u00e2\u0080\u0094Q. B. Avery, H. Rounds, D. Robb, Elkanah Rythor,\\nAlonao Bonnott, II. M. Boyco, Thomas Stranage and Seymour B.\\nSprague.\\nSection 2. Ilaminond, B. Stoner, D. Robb, M. Chamberlain,\\nJohn Stauffer.\\nSection 3. Truman A. Cloiigh, W. Hammond, J. .Stiiufl or.\\nSection 4. Rathbone ife rhnpin, D. Robb, Wiseman Laflin, .1. Tom-\\npie, D. Robb.\\nSection 5.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 W. Hammond, .F. Littlo, .Insoiih Arohor, Wisi mai. A Laf-\\nfin, .1. Temple.\\nSection 8.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Alton Buel.\\nSection 9.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. Temple, T. Maudlin, D. Rubb, W. B. Clark.\\nSection 10. Benjamin Carver, D. Andrews, D. Robb, R. Love, N.\\nWillard.\\nSection 11.- D. Andrews, T. Kenworthy, Scth Smith, Othniol Husscll.\\nSection 12.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 H. Chamberlain, B. Brandon, B. Newell, E. Ilytlier.\\nSection 13. H. Chamberlain, W. P. O. MoMagness.\\nSection H.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 V. Nash, N. Johnson, D. Andrews, B. Collin, R. B.\\nHughes, J. Henderson, E. Ryther, G, Smith.\\nSection 15.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 D. Robb, J. Fuller, D. Andrews, M. Chamberlain, J.\\nLove, J. Haas.\\nSection 16. Isaac Love, Ira L. Banes, K. Goit, Daniel Smith, Davis\\ntt Warren.\\nSection 17.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. Love, T. Maudlin, D. Robb, Taylor, B. Maudlin,\\nR. Love.\\nSection 20.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. Haas, G. Schuiebel, F. Bronson, Bonjaiiiin B. Ki-reh-\\neval.\\nSection 21.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 F. Bronson, C. Jowctt, D. Robb, C. K. Green.\\nSection 22. J. Love, Isaac 0. Adams, M. Chamberlain, William N.\\nSmitzer, Wessel Whittaker.\\nSection 23. ^F. Bronson, W. Whittaker, D. Andrews, T. Bronson.\\nSection 24.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 S. Shead, R. Love, J. Hatfield, T. K. Green, W. P. G.\\nMagness, W. Goit.\\nSETTLEMENT OP THE TOWNSHIP.\\nThe supposed harbor advantages of New IJullalo led\\nmany of the early settlers of that village to buy up the\\nlands adjoining, with a view to speculation rather than set-\\ntlement, and of course these were held at speculation prices.\\nThe financial disasters of 1837 defeated the hopes of making\\nNew Buffalo a great business centre. During a few suc-\\nceeding years non-residents held the land, and but few sales\\nwere made until 1850, when more rapid emigration com-\\nmenced. The land was wet by reason of the large timber\\nand heavy underbru.sh. Upon the building of the Michigan\\nCentral Railroad, the consequent demand for cordwood and\\nlumber made large openings, and the lands began to be re-\\nclaimed. It is estimated that the average annual cut of\\ncordwood in the township from 1850 to 1875 was 12,000\\ncords, valued from $18,000 to 830,000.\\nThe timbered lands were covered largely with leeks,\\nwhich often started in the spring before the snow was ofi\\nand were of great assistance to the early settlers in furtiish-\\ning pasturage for cattle. If milch cows fed upon them the\\nbutter made from their milk had a strong leeky taste, and\\nno one unless accustomed to it could eat it. To accomplish\\nthe feat with success it was said to be necessary to cat an\\nonion first. For many years butter-buyers were very care-\\nful in buying to be sure that the butter was not thus of-\\nfensively flavored. A story in point is told of Jacob\\nLuther, who was for a long time a merchant, both at Day-\\nton and Buchanan. A woman came to his store one morn-\\ning with a package of butter which she asked him to pur-\\nchase. He replied that he would like it very much if it\\nwas not rampy. She answered by saying .she had often\\nheard about ramps, and drawing one from her pocket, which", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0443.jp2"}, "444": {"fulltext": "334\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nshe had plucked from the roadside, asked him if that was a\\nramp. He said it was. She replied she wanted him to\\nmake sure, and asked him to taste it and tell her. He did\\nso and told her it certainly was one. She then opened her\\npackage of butter for his examination. He declared it to\\nbe the finest butter they had taken in for some time, pur-\\nchased it, and sent it to his own home. Upon reaching\\nhome at noon his wife met him with the remark, Jacob,\\nwhy did you send up such rampy butter? He then dis-\\ncovered how neatly the old lady had deceived him.\\nThe first settler in the township was Richard Love, a\\nnative of Ohio, who in the spring of 1835 bought land\\nin the east half of the northwest quarter of section 24, at\\nthe foot of a high hill and near a large spring. His son,\\nWilliam M. Love, owns a part of the original farm.\\nSylvester Shead, and his son, Erasmus N. Shead, natives\\nof New York, settled here about 1836. Harry H. Shead\\nnow lives where his father, Sylvester, settled, on the east half\\nof section 23. William H. Valentine, living on section 24,\\nis a son of William Valentine, who was an early settler in\\nGalien township, adjoining.\\nJohn Hatfield, a native of Virginia, settled about 1836\\nin the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section\\n24, where George Ray now lives. P. G. Magness, of\\nNorth Carolina, also settled on section 24, where Daniel\\nSavage lives. Vincent Nash and Enoch Lewis, of Vir-\\nginia, settled on section 14. D. F. McCaskey owns where\\nMr. Nash settled. Levi Paddock, a native of New York,\\nsettled on section 22, now owned by E. Sherwood Martin,\\na native of Indiana. Mr. Paddock was for several years\\njustice of the peace, and was supervisor in 1844 he was a\\nman of great physical strength. He died in 1873, at the\\nage of ninety years, a few miles .south, in Galena, Ind.\\nJo.seph Love, a brother-in-law of Richard and Elkanah\\nRyther, and Robert R. Laine, of Tennessee, settled on sec-\\ntion 17. Mr. Osgood lately owned the property settled on by\\nLaine. Geo. Fisher settled adjoining Wm. Hammond, on\\nsection 34. John Love, a son of Joseph, settled on sec-\\ntion 15, where Judson Sawin lives. The land settled by\\nLove and Ryther is now principally owned by the heirs of\\nThomas McKie.\\nJo.seph Love, who settled on section 17 prior to 1840,\\nwas a man of good judgment and strong sense, but with-\\nout education. He had been involved in several petty law-\\nsuits, and was not always satisfied with the decision of the\\njustice who tried the suits. He desired to be elected a\\njustice of the peace, and asked one of his neighbors to sup-\\nport him for that oiEce. His neighbor replied, Uncle\\nJoe, you may know law enough, but you cannot read or\\nwrite. No matter about that, said Uncle Joe Jake\\n(his son) can read and John can write, and I can judge\\nthem all like the d I. The people, however, did not like\\nthe idea, and Uncle Joe was not elected.\\nWilliam Hammond, one of the early settlers, was a man\\nof great energy and one of the local politicians, who was\\nofficious in the town caucuses, and sometimes was a delegate\\nto the Democratic county conventions.\\nVincent Nash, now living on Rolling Prairie, Ind., was\\na good talker. Many years ago, Mr. Henry Chamberlain\\ncalled at Sylvester Shead s, and making inquiry as to the\\nhealth of the family, was informed that Mrs. Shead was\\nquite ill. Expressing some surprise, and asking what the\\nmatter was, Mr. Shead, with a laugh, for which he was\\nnoted, said, Well, Na.sh came up here yesterday morning,\\nand he and the old lady had a talking-match and Nash\\nbeat her, and she was so ashamed of being out-talked by a\\nHoosier that she went to bed sick and the old gentleman\\nhad a hearty laugh.\\nMoses Chamberlain, a native of New Hamp.shire, came\\nto New Buffalo in 1836, and located ten 80-acre lots in the\\npresent townships of New Buffalo, Three Oaks, and Chick-\\naming. He intended to settle on the lake-shore, but\\nsoon after the prospects of New Buffalo were ruined, and\\nhe did not settle until 1843, and then moved to the .south-\\neast quarter of section 15, Three Oaks. He reserved the\\nsouthwest quarter of section 2, where the village of Three\\nOaks now stands, and the northeast quarter of section 20,\\nin Chiokaming, on the lake-shore, and the southwest quar-\\nter of the northwest quarter of section 23, in Chickamiffg\\ntownship, now owned by Thomas McKie. A saw-mill, the\\nfirst in the township, was early erected on this section by\\nDavid H. Cottrell. Mr. Chamberlain did not remove to\\nthis place with his family until 1843, when he came around\\nby the lakes and landed at Chicago, and then moved by\\nteams to New Buffalo, arriving Oct. 7, 1843. He stopped\\nwith Jacob Gerrish, and in the winter following came to\\nthe lot on section 15, Three Oaks. Here he erected the\\nfirst frame house in the township, and on the place now\\nowned by his son, the Hon. William Chamberlain. The\\nchildren of Mr. Chamberlain now living are the Hon.\\nMellen Chamberlain, of Boston Mary F., now Mrs. Hale\\nE. Crosby, of New Buffalo and Henry and William Cham-\\nberlain, now living in Three Oaks. The Hon. Mellen\\nChamberlain was at one time chief justice of the municipal\\ncourt of Boston, and is at present librarian of the Boston\\nCity Library. The Hon. Henry Chamberlain, who in\\n1854 commenced the settlement of the village of Three\\nOaks, was supervisor of New Buffalo township in 1845, be-\\nfore Three Oaks and Chickaming were set off; was elected\\nto that position when only two weeks past twenty-one years\\nof age, and held the office for many years. He was a mem-\\nber of the Legislature of Michigan in the session of 1849\\nGrand Master of the Grand Lodge of Michigan in 1852;\\nwas nominated for Governor, in opposition to Governor Bag-\\nley, in 1874, by the Democratic and Liberal parties, and de-\\nfeated by only 5000 votes, against a Republican majority of\\n57,000 the year before. The Hon. William Chamberlain,\\nthe youngest son, is living at Three Oaks, and engaged in\\nmercantile business. He was elected township clerk when\\ntwenty-one years of age, was postmaster six years, county\\nsuperintendent of the poor nineteen years, president of the\\nBerrien County Pioneer Society, president of the village\\nof Three Oaks, elected to the House of Representatives\\nin 1870-72, elected to the Senate in 1876-78, and\\nprominent as member of various committees on charitable\\nand penal institutions. He was president j^^ tempore of\\nthe Senate, Jan. 17, 1879.\\nIn the same year that Moses Chamberlain came in\\nSamuel P. Webb and Asa H. Jacobs settled on section 35,\\nwhere Jacobs built a saw-mill, to which, in 1846, a small", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0444.jp2"}, "445": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF THREE OAKS.\\n335\\ngrist-mill was added. The property is now owned by Henry\\nPiatt and Levi Morrow. No other settlers came in until\\nafter the opening of the Michigan Central Railroad, when,\\nin 1850, Honrj Chamberlain settled on section 2, where he\\nbuilt a cabin and commenced clearing up the land where\\nthe village of Three Oaks now stands. Thomas Stanager\\nsettled on the southeast quarter of section 1, now Avery s\\nStation, where he still lives. Soon after, 10 or 15 families\\nlocated near them, on the line of the railroad, but few or\\nnone of them became permanent settlers.\\nIn the fall of 1852, John Louis Hess, a native of Swit-\\nzerland, after living in Penn.sylvania, Chicago, and other\\nplaces, bought of Henry Chamberlain 80 acres of the east\\nhalf of the northeast quarter of section 9, and 20 acres of\\nthe east half of southeast quarter of section 3, lying south\\nof the railroad, where he still lives. His son, Samuel Hess,\\nhas long been justice of the peace, and was county treasurer\\nsix years. He is now living at Three Oaks.\\nFrederick Rhulow settled in the village. His property\\nwas purchased by Henry H. Pike, and was laid out as part\\nof the village plat. Jacob Houser, Joseph Strahle, Max\\nWetzer, and others from Bavaria and Switzerland, became\\npermanent settlers, and were forerunners of the large Ger-\\nman settlement in the township.\\nDr. Hiram B. Wilcox, a native of New York, came to\\nan adjoining township in Indiana in 1834. He attended\\nlectures at Chicago and at Cleveland, graduating at the\\nlatter place. He practiced his profession at Galena, Ind. but\\nfor twelve years previous to his removal to Three Oaks, in\\n1860, his practice reached into the southern tier of Berrien\\nCounty. He still lives in Three Oaks.\\nE. Sherwood Martin, a native of New Jersey, bought\\nthe farm of Levi Paddock in 1846, and is still living on\\nthe farm. Three sons are in business at Three Oaks.\\nAbram, a brother, settled on section 23. A son, Isaac, is\\nliving in Three Oaks. There were six of the brothers,\\nMartin, who came about 1848 John Abram and Sher-\\nwood settled in this township Isaac, Jacob, and William\\nsettled on land adjoining in Indiana.\\nGilbert B. Avery, a native of Connecticut, came here in\\n1854, with Thomas Love, and built a steam saw-mill at\\nAvery s Station. At that time he was master mechanic of\\nthe Michigan Central Railroad, a position which he held\\nfor twenty years. He lived in Detroit until 1859, when\\nhe removed to Avery s Station. He was afterwards master\\nmechanic of the Chicago, Burlington and Quiiioy Railroad.\\nHis widow still lives at Avery s.\\nThomas Love, a native of Virginia, was clerk of the\\ncounty from 1844 to 1848, acting treasurer of the county\\nfor many years, and is now county surveyor. He built the\\nmill at Avery s Station, with Mr. Avery, in 1854, and then\\nmoved to the place where he still lives. He first settled at\\nBerrien Springs, the county-seat, where he was largely en-\\ngaged in lumbering, and he was early one of the foremost\\nmen of the county.\\nSix brothers John, Thomas, Anthony, William, Charles,\\nand Edward McCarten all settled near the intersection of\\nNew Buffalo, Chickaming, and Three Oaks about 1863.\\nJohn settled in this township, in .section 32, purchasing the\\ngreater portion of the section. His family are still living\\nthere. The brothers are near the township line, William\\nand Thomas living in New Buffalo, and Anthony, Charles,\\nand Edward in Chickaming.*\\nOR\u00c2\u00abANIZATION OF THE TOWNSHIP.\\nThe township of Three Oaks, with that of Chickaming,\\nwas taken from the territory of New Buffalo and organized\\nby action of the Board of Supervisors in the year 1856,\\nthe order of the board directing the holding of the first\\nelection being as follows\\nNotice is iiereby given that the first annual town-meeting for the\\nelection of township officers in each of the townships of Three Oaks,\\nChickaming, and New Buffalo, in the county of Berrien, State of\\nMichigan, will be holden on the first Monday in April, a.d. 1856, as\\nfollows, to wit:\\nIn the township of Three Oaks, at the school-house near Cham-\\nberlain s side-track; and that Abram Martin, J. D. Fitch, and Henry\\nChamberlain are duly authorized to preside at such township-meet-\\ning, and to perform all the duties required by the statute in such case\\nmade and provided.\\nBy order of the Board of Supervisors of Berrien Co., Mich.,\\nMarch 10, 1856.\\nWilliam S. Merrill, f lerk of the Board of Supervisors.\\nThe first township-meeting was held in accordance with\\nthe above order. Ninety-one votes were cast, and the fol-\\nlowing-named ofiicers were elected, viz. Henry Chamber-\\nlain, Supervisor E. Sherwood Martin, Henry Chamber-\\nlain, Thomas Love, Justices of the Peace Cyrus C. Ryther,\\nTownship Clerk Samuel K. Donovan, Township Treasurer\\nNathaniel Finch, William Chamberlain, Erasmus N. Shead,\\nCommissioners of Highways George W. Shead, Nathaniel\\nFinch, Richard A. Newell, Henry M. Blair, Constables\\nJ. D. Fitch, School Inspector Samuel P. Webb, John C.\\nCollins, Directors of the Poor. Overseers of Highway\\nDistrict No. 1, Harry H. Shead; No. 2, Abram Martin;\\nNo. 3, William Nash No. 4, Daniel Smith No. 5, George\\nMyers No. 6, Thomas Love No. 7, George Hatfield No.\\n8, Nathaniel Finch No. 9, John Hess No. 10, Robert\\nR. Sawin.\\nThe following is a list of the supervisors, town clerks,\\ntreasurers, school inspectors, and justices of the peace of\\nthe township from 1857 to 1879, inclusive\\nSUPERVISORS.\\n1857-58, Thomas Love; 1859, Henry Chamberlain; 1860, Jonas L.\\nHicks; 1861, Thomas C. Bradley; 1862, Henry Chamberlain;\\n1863-64, James L. McKie 1865, Samuel W. Chamberlain; 1866,\\nHenry Chamberlain; 1867-68, Samuel Hess; 1869, James L.\\nMcKie; 1870, J. M. K.Hilton; 1871, Edward K. Warner 1872-\\n73, Isaac W. Martin; 1874, John D. Greenamyer; 1875-76,\\nPeter Strehle; 1877-78, William H. Breece; 1879, James L.\\nMcKie.\\nTOWN CLERKS.\\n1857, William Chamberlain; 1858, James L. McKie; 1859, Jacob M.\\nSmee; 1860, Samuel W. Chamberlain; 1861, Samuel lless; 1862,\\nFrederick P. Warren: 1863, Hiram B. Wilcox; 1864, William\\nChamberlain; 1865-66, Hiram B. Wilccv 1867, Thomas C.\\nBradley; 1868-76, William H. Breece; 1876-77, Daniel F. Brom-\\nmorscheim; 1878, Henry N. Chamberlain 1879, Daniel F. Brom-\\nmerscheim.\\nTREASURERS.\\n1857, Samuel K. Donovan; 1858, Luther Sage; 1859-60, Samuel\\nHess; 1861, Thomas C. Bradley; 1862, James L. McKie; 1863,\\nJohn Martin; 1864, Samuel W. Chamberlain; 1865-66, Horace\\nThe history of Three Oaks and New Buffalo.is largely prepared\\nfrom information furnished by the Hon. Henry Chamberlain.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0445.jp2"}, "446": {"fulltext": "336\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nR.Pike; 1867, Luther Sage 1868-6 J, William K.Sawyer; 1870-\\n71, Isaac W. Martin; 1872-73, Peter Strelile; 1874, Thomas Mo-\\nCann; 187. J-76, Henry N. Chamberlain; 1877, Lycurgus JeflVies;\\n1878-79, Peter Strehle.\\nSCHOOL INSPECTOES.\\n1857, Jonas L. Hielss; 1858, William Chamberlain; 1859, Jonas L.\\nHicks; 1860, William Chamberlain; 1861, John S. Martin;\\n1862, William Chamberlain; 1863, .Jacob M. Smee; 1864, Julius\\nD. Fitch, John S. Martin 1865, Isaac W. Martin 1866, Porter\\nB. Parry; 1867, Isaac W. Martin; 1868, Frederick P. Warren;\\n1869, Julius D. Fitch; 1870, James W. Ransom 1871, Perry G.\\nDrew; 1872, Joshua Chatterson; 1873, (leorge M. Valentine;\\n1874, James L. McKie, Henry Bennett; 1875, Henry H. Ben-\\nnett; 1876, Thomas Love; 1877, Isaac W. Martin; 1878-79,\\nJames H. Hatfield.\\nSUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS.\\n1876, Porter B. Parry; 1876-77, Calvin W. Conner; 1878, Frederick\\nF. Sovereign; 1879, Porter B. Parry.\\nJUSTICES OF THE PEACE.\\n1857, Erasmus N. Shead; 1858, Henry Chamberlain, Abram Martin;\\n1859, Thomas Love; 18G0, Thomas C. Bradley; 1861, Erasmus\\nN. Shead; 1862, Henry Chamberlain, Samuel Hess; 1863, Eben-\\nezer S. Martin; 1864, Samuel Hess, Thomas Love; 1865, Erasmus\\nN. Shead; 1866, Robert D. Cross, Julius D. Fitch 1867, Thomas\\nLove 1868, Samuel Hess 1869, William K. Sawyer, Dewitt C.\\nMiller; 1870, Jacob M. Smee, Thomas C. Bradley 1871, Thomas\\nLove; 1872, Jacob M. Smee; 1873, William K. Sawyer, Dwight\\nWarren; 1874, Dwight Warren; 1875, Thomas Love; 1876,\\nSamuel Hess; 1877, William K. White; 1878, James Atwell;\\n1879, Dwight Warren.\\nVILLAGE OF THREE OAKS.\\nIn January, 1850, Henry Chamberlain, then living on\\nthe farm with his fatlier, about a mile and a half south of\\nthe present village, had an oifer to furnish 2000 cords of\\nwood, at 7s. Hd. per cord, to be delivered on the cars at the\\nside-track where the village of Three Oaks now stands.\\nOwning land at that place, he took the contract, and while\\nfumi.shing the wood was enabled at the same time to clear\\nhis lands without additional expense. In the year 1854\\nhe, with Joseph G. Ames, erected a store at this place, and\\ncommenced selling goods. The Michigan Central Railroad\\npassing this point made it a business centre. A post-office\\nwas established, under the name of Three Oaks, from three\\nlarge oak-trees standing near each other. The township\\nupon its organization assumed the name. In the same\\nyear a shoe-shop was opened by Samuel Hess, a blacksmith-\\nshop by Simeon Turner, and a saloon by Nathaniel Finch.\\nThe first plat of the village was made by Henry Chamber-\\nlain, Dec. 30, 1857. Its growth was slow until 1863.\\nSaw-mills were built in 1857, by Nathaniel Pinch 1863,\\nby John M. K. Hilton, Asahel W. Fitch and 1866, by\\nDuncan McNichol. A stave- and heading-mill was built\\nin 1862 by Frank Smith, on lot 30. It was known as the\\nCoffee-Mill. Handle-factories were built in 1868, by\\nBudlong Bennett; in 1869, by Jesse Sheffield; in 1874,\\nby N. D. Lovely.\\nThe first school-house was built of hewn logs, on lot No.\\n1, and is still standing. The house now in use was built\\nin 1877. One was built in 1857, an addition in 1867, and\\nit is now used as a Lutheran church. The town hall was\\nerected in 1866, the Congregational church in 1870, the\\nMethodist Episcopal church in 1878.\\nFrom 1863 to 1876 a large number of business houses\\nwere erected and occupied. The present population is\\nabout 500 within the village limits, and about 200 near the\\nlimits. The village at present contains four churches (Con-\\ngregational, Baptist, German Lutheran, and Methodi.st), a\\npost-office, school-house, depot, express-office, three general\\nstores, two drug, two hardware, four groceries, two saloons,\\ntwo milliner, two wagon, and two blacksmith-shops, one\\nlivery-stable, two meat-markets, one bakery, one photo-\\ngraph-gallery, three boot- and shoe-stores, one barber-shop,\\none cooper-shop, two harness-shops, one saw-mill, two\\nhandle-factories, one printing-office,* two jewelry-shops,\\nand five physicians.\\nThe act of incorporation of the village of Three Oaks\\nwas approved March 20, 1867. By that act it was pro-\\nvided that All that tract of country situate within the\\ntownship of Three Oaks, in the county of Berrien, in the\\nState of Michigan, which is known and described as fol-\\nlows, to wit, the southwest quarter of the northwest\\nquarter and the west half of the southwest quarter of sec-\\ntion 2 the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter\\nand the east half of the southeast quarter of section 3\\nthe east half of the northeast quarter of section 10 and\\nthe west half of the northwest quarter of section 11, town-\\nship 8 south, of range 20 west, be and the same is hereby\\nmade and constituted a town corporate, by the name, style,\\nand title of the village of Three Oaks.\\nIn accordance with the act of incorporation, an election\\nwas held on the 2d day of April, 1867, for the election of\\nofficers. At that meeting 61 votes were polled, and the\\nfollowing village officers were elected William Chamber-\\nlain, President Horace R. Pike, Robert D. Cross, Benja-\\nmin Sheffield, Rudolph B. Goit, Trustees Thomas C.\\nBradley, Recorder Luther Sage, Treasurer.\\nAt the first meeting of the council the streets on the\\nvillage plats were named, and it was ordered that the re-\\ncorder make, or cause to be made, a map of the village, for\\nthe use of the council.\\nThe following is a list of presidents, trustees, recorders,\\nand treasurers from 1867 to the present time:\\nPRESIDENTS.\\n1868, William Chamberl.ain 1869, William K. Sawyer; 1870, Robert\\nD. Cross; 1871, Henry Chamberlain; 1872-7.3, Thomas McCann;\\n1874, John D. Miller; 1875, Owen Churchill; 1876, William\\nChamberlain; 1877-78, James L. McKie; 1879, Edward K.\\nWarren.\\nTRUSTEES.\\n1868, Isaac W. Martin, M. F. Wilcox; 1869, John D. Miller, James L.\\nMcKie; 1870, Jesse Sheffield, John M. K. Hilton; 1871, E. L.\\nMiller, Charles Close; 1872, B. G. Ely, Henry Landers; 1873,\\nIsaac W. Martin, Jacob M. Smee; 1874, Simeon Francis, Peter\\nStrehle; 1875, Rudolph B. Goit, Charles Close; 1876, Joshua\\nChatterson, Samuel Hess; 1877, Emanuel G. Ely, Isaac W. Mar-\\ntin 1878, Samuel Hess, Joshua Chatterson; 1879, William H.\\nBreece, Owen Churchill.\\nRECORDERS.\\n1868-70, William H. Breece; 1871, James McKie; 1872-74, William\\nH. Breece; 1875-78, D. P. Bommerscheim; 1879, Henry N.\\nChamberlain.\\nTREASURERS.\\n1S6S, Luther Sago; 1869, Josiah Martin; 1870, Edward K. Warren;\\n1871, E. G. Ely; 1872, Erasmus N. Shead 1873-74 Emanuel G.\\nEly; 1875, Jacob M. Smee; 1876-78, Peter Strehle 1879, Henry\\nN. Chamberlain.\\nThe Michit/au Independent is published here. Its history is found\\nin the History of the Press in the general history.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0446.jp2"}, "447": {"fulltext": "F\\\\Es.QF FRANK JERUE,Q ^uen,BerrienCo.,Mich.\\nHfs-OF Mrs. EDWARD VEITERLY, Th r tE Oahs,B ERR i en Co.,MiChigan.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0447.jp2"}, "448": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0448.jp2"}, "449": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OP THREE OAKS.\\n337\\nVillage Plats and Additions. The first plat of the village\\nmade by Henry (Jhaniberlain, dated Dec. 30, 1857, con-\\nsisted of about five acres, on the south side of the railroad.\\nThe first addition was by Cyrus Ryther, Jan. 24, 1860,\\nof two acres south from first plat.\\nSecond addition by Henry Chamberlain, Nov. 10, 1863,\\n12 acres north of the railroad.\\nThird addition by Henry Cliamberlain, Dec. 13, 1864,\\n20 acres north and east of last mentioned.\\nFourth addition by Mrs. Henry Chamberlain, Aug. 4,\\n1865, 10 acres east of Ryther s addition.\\nPifth addition by Benjamin Sheffield, Nov. 20, 1866, 15\\nacres north of last.\\nSixth addition by Henry H. Pike, Nov. 28, 1866, 10\\nacres west of Chamberlain s third addition.\\nA seventh addition, known as Friedel s addition, has been\\nmade since the last named.\\nThe I empest Fire Company/ of Three Oaks was organ-\\nized May 5, 1875, with Charles Close foreman. A hand-\\nengine was purchased by the corporation in the same year.\\nThe present members of the company are 30. The officers\\nare Peter Strehle, Poreman C. VoUman, Assistant Pore-\\nman A. F. Martin, Secretary and Treasurer.\\nAVERY S STATION.\\nThis settlement is located on the east line of the town-\\nship. The first improvement was made there in 1854, by\\nGilbert B. Avery and Thomas Love, who built a large\\nsteam saw-mill, which was destroyed by fire in 1859, but\\nwas rebuilt and is still standing. A post-office was estab-\\nlished in 1856. Mr. Avery was the first postmaster. The\\nsettlement contains a post-office, about 20 houses, and has a\\npopulation of about 100.\\nPOST-OFFICES IN THE TOWNSHIP.\\nThe first post-office was established in the township in\\n1849, and was called Spring Creek. It was situated in the\\nnortheast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 23.\\nThe mail was received weekly from New Bufl alo. Samuel\\nP. Webb was the first postmaster. The office was also held\\nby George Drake. It was discontinued in a few years.\\nThe post-office at Three Oaks was established in 1854.\\nJoseph G. Ames was the first postmaster. He was suc-\\nceeded by Henry Chamberlain, William Chamberlain,\\nCharles M. Valentine, and Wm. K. Sawyer, who is the\\npresent incumbent.\\nThe post-office at Avery s, a station on the Michigan\\nCentral Railroad, was established in 1856. The post-\\nmasters of that office have been Gilbert B. Avery, Thomas\\nLove, and Edward Avery, who still holds the office.\\nTOWN HALL.\\nIt was voted to raise $800 to build a town hall at the\\ntown-meeting, April 4, 1864. H. Chamberlain presented\\na deed of two lots for that purpose in the village of Three\\nOaks, situated north of the school-house. On these lots the\\ntown hall was erected.\\nTOWNSHIP BOUNTY TO VOLUNTEERS.\\nA meeting of twelve electors, held Aug. 2, 1864, peti-\\ntionCtl the township clerk to call a special meeting, to take\\n43\\ninto consideration the propriety of raising a bounty for\\nvolunteers serving in the Union army in the war of the\\nRebellion.\\nIn accordance with this petition, a special meeting was\\nheld Aug. 18, 1864, at which it was voted to offer a bounty\\nof $100 to each accepted recruit on the township quota\\nunder the call of July, 1864; alid the township board was\\nauthorized to issue bonds for that purpose. The same\\naction was taken on the call of December, 1864.\\nTOWNSHIP LIBRARY.\\nThe first action towards the establishment of a township\\nlibrary was taken at the township-meeting, April 4, 1859,\\nwhen it was voted to raise $25 for the purpose. In 1860,\\n$25 was raised for library purposes, and the amount received\\nfrom fines (113.36) was added. The amount of fines for\\n1861 was $17.40. Since that time the sum of $25 has\\nbeen raised annually for library purposes. The present\\nnumber of volumes belonging to the library is 369, as\\nshown by the last report.\\nSCHOOLS.\\nThe first school-house in the township was built about\\nthe year 1840, near the northeast corner of the northwest\\nquarter of section 23. It was built of cherry logs, and was\\nknown for years as the Cherry school-house. It was 10 by\\n14 feet inside, and 8 feet to peak of roof, with puncheon\\nfloor, one window, and flattened logs set on pins for seats. A\\nschool had been taught for a few weeks in some of the cabins\\nof the early settlers. The first teacher of whom anything\\nis now known was Elizabeth Chamberlain (daughter of\\nMo.ses), who taught in the summer of 1844.\\nThe first frame school-house in the western part of Berrien\\nCounty was built in District No. 3, in this township, in\\n1847. Moses Chamberlain, his son Henry, and Vj. Ryther\\nwere the persons who, after much effort, succeeded in getting\\na tax voted for the purpose. Thomas M. Bennett was the\\nfirst teacher. The first school-house built in the village of\\nThree Oaks was of hewed logs, and is still standing, on the\\ncorner of Elm and Ash Streets. It was built by subscrip-\\ntion, Henry Chamberlain paying three-fourths of the cost.\\nThe following items are taken from school reports, as filed\\nin the township clerk s office: April 11, 1857, at a meet-\\ning of the school inspectors the districts were numbered\\nanew for the township, they having held prior the numbers\\nof New Buffalo.\\nDistrict No. 5 was changed to No. 1. Districts Nos. 2\\nand 3 remained the same. September 11th of the same\\nyear District No. 4 was forrned and Oct. 29, 1857, at a\\nmeeting of the school inspectors of New Buffalo and Three\\nOaks, a new district was formed, part in each township, to\\nbe called No. 5.\\nMay 20, 1857, the primary-school fund amounted to\\n$89.57, and was apportioned as follows: District No. 1,\\n$37.63; No. 2, $28.62; No. 3, $23.32.\\nThe following school statistics of the town.ship are from\\nthe school report for 1879 number of districts, 5 number\\nof scholars, 479 number of school-houses, District No.\\n1, 1 frame and 1 brick, valued at $5960 No. 2, 1 frame,\\nvalued at $500 No. 3, 1 frame, valued at $350 No. 4,\\n1 frame, valued at $300 No. 5, 1 frame, valued at $500.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0449.jp2"}, "450": {"fulltext": "338\\nHISTORY OP BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nDistrict No. 1, Three Oak.s, has an indebtedneiss of $1700.\\nThe remaining districts are free from debt.\\nCHURCHES.\\nThe Congregational Church. The church of which\\nthis is a record was first organized in New Buffalo as the\\nUnion Church of New Buffalo, and was formed Sept. 18,\\n1844, under the charge of the Rev. Elnathan Davis, who\\nwas assisted by Moses Chamberlain, Theron J. Wilcox,\\nDavid M. Hunt, Jacob Gerrish, and Joseph D. Oates.\\nThe original members of the church were Moses Cham-\\nberlain, Mary F. Chamberlain, I]lizabeth Chamberlain,\\nTheron J. Wilcox, Jacob Gerrish, Maria A. Gerri.sh,\\nHelen Wilcox, Julia B. Pressey, Lavinia Howe, Joseph D.\\nOates, and David M. Hunt. At a subsequent meeting,\\nheld in October of the same year, eight members were\\nadded to the church, and December following four more.\\nThe name of the church was changed by consent, March\\n12, 1848, to that of the First Congregational Church.\\nThe first pastor was the Rev. Elnathan Davis, who re-\\nmained about one year. In May, 1851, the Rev. P. B.\\nParrey, who was pastor of the church at Buchanan, preached\\nat Spring Creek and at New Bufi alo occasionally. In 1852\\nhe removed to New Buffalo, and presided over both con-\\ngregations a year or two. The Rev. Josiah D. Crosby, of\\nAshburnham, Mass., spent parts of 1857-58 preaching\\nboth at Three Oaks and New Buffalo, closing his labors in\\nJuly, 1858, and was succeeded in October of that year by\\nthe Rev. Waters Warren, who preached about two years.\\nThe Rev. J. D. Crosby again resumed charge of the church\\nin October, 1861, and remained about one year. April 30,\\n1805, the Rev. P. B. Parrey became pastor over the Con-\\ngregational Church at Three Oaks, and has occupied the\\npulpit mostly till the present time. The church member-\\nship is 103. The church edifice was erected in 1870 at\\nThree Oaks, and was dedicated by the Rev. H. A. Reed,\\nof Marshall, Mich. A Sabbath-school was first started in\\n1858, and has at the present time about 75 pupils. E. K.\\nWarren is the superintendent, and A. B. Wright librarian.\\nThe Methodist Episcopal Church. The first class in\\nthe township was organized at Spring Creek school-house\\nabout 1850. The first members of the class were Abram\\nMartin and wife, Richard Love and wife, William Valentine\\nand wife, and Elkanah Ryther and wife. Among the first\\npreachers at that place was the Rev. J. W. Robinson. The\\nRev. Daniel Smith was a minister of the Protestant Metho-\\ndist Church, and also pi eached here at an early day.\\nDuring the summer of 1852 the Rev. J. W. Robinson,\\nthen stationed at New Buffalo, preached where the village\\nof Three Oaks now stands, in the house of Henry Cham-\\nberlain.\\nAnother Methodist class was organized in Three Oaks,\\nin 1867, by the Rev. Daniel C. Woodward, who was also\\nthe first pastor. The first members of the class were Eben-\\nezer McGee, leader, Diadama McGee, R. B. Goit, Lucretia\\nGoit, William R. Levy, Julia Levy, Rachel S. Anderson,\\nDaniel Savage, John Redman, Luuinda Redman, Mary\\nEdson, Mary J. Hopkins, E. Ryther, Catherine Ryther,\\nSamuel Pinnell. A church edifice was built in 1878, of\\nbrick, at a cost of $2000.\\nThe present membership is 50. The Sabbath-school\\ncontains an average of 85 pupils. J. R. Hill is superin-\\ntendent. The first minister who preached in this section of\\ncountry was the Rev. J. W. Robinson, at the Spring Creek\\nschool-house, where the first class was formed. The minis-\\nters who succeeded him were the Revs. Beach, Hendrick-\\nson, Chapin, Beard, Kellogg, Valentine, Van Horn, Van\\nWyck, Hicks, Woodward, Hoyt, Gray, Van Sire, J. T.\\nTanner, W. S. Goslin, and Isaac Wilson, who is the present\\npastor.\\nThe Baptist Church. This church was organized in\\n1867, in district school-house No. 3, Chiekaming township,\\nwith about 15 members.\\nRev. Charles G. Manly was the first pastor. He was\\nsucceeded by the Revs. E. S. Millis, Israel Wilkinson, Sher-\\nman Hendricks, R. H. Spafford, and Israel Wilkinson, who\\nis the present pastor.\\nThe church has at present 85 members, and a Sunday-\\nschool containing 60 pupils, with Charles C. Sherrill as\\nsuperintendent, who also has charge of two Sunday-schools\\nconnected with the church; one is located in district No. 1,\\nwith 20 pupils, the other in district No. 3, Chiekaming\\ntownship, with 80 pupils. There are also two others in\\ncharge of tlie church: one in southeast corner of section\\n30, and numbers 35 pupils (M. S. Sherrill is superintendent),\\nand district No. 5, Three Oaks township, contains 30 pupils,\\nC. C. Brown superintendent.\\nThe church was built at Three Oaks village in 1869-70,\\nat a cost of about $3000.\\nThe First German United Evangelical St. John s Con-\\ngregation was first organized, November, 1866, at the village\\nof Three Oaks, with 15 members. The church was built\\nin 1877, and the congregation at present numbers 38.\\nThe first pastor was the Rev. W. Braumwarth, who has\\nbeen succeeded by Revs. Julius Schumm and A. Debus, the\\npresent pastor.\\nThe Church of the Disciples. This society was or-\\nganized at the house of Dr. H. B. Wilcox, Feb. 19, 1868,\\nwith 25 members. Josiah Martin was elected elder, which\\noffice he retained until his death, in 1878. David Martin\\nwas elected deacon, and still holds the office. Services were\\nheld from house to house until the completion of the Ger-\\nman Lutheran church, when they occupied the church with\\nthat society. Among the ministers who preached occa-\\nsionally were the Revs. Wm. M. Roe, P. T. Russell, and\\nMitchell. In the fall of 1877 the Rev. C. P. Mor-\\ntimer became pastor and remained six months. They were\\nwithout a pastor until May, 1879, when the Rev. C. F.\\nCole assumed charge, and is the present pastor. The church\\nnow numbers 59 members. They were in a low condition\\nfrom 1872 to 1875, and were then reorganized. The\\nelders of the society are Dr. H. B. Wilcox and Abram\\nMartin deacons, David Martin and Andrew Carpenter.\\nThe German Methodist Church. The first meeting for\\norganization of a class was held in a small log house that\\nstood in the field of Frederick Rickerts, in section 10, near\\nthe village of Three Oaks, and was at the time unoccupied.\\nMeetings were held there lor some time, and then at private\\nhouses. Upon the completion of the English Methodist\\nchurch services were held at that place, and preaching is", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0450.jp2"}, "451": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF WATERVLIET.\\n339\\nnow had there once in three weeks. The Sunday-school\\nenrolls 20 pupils. John Berkhart, Superintendent.\\nThe constituent members of the first class were Charles\\nWagner and wife, Jacob Kriess and wife, Frederick Rick-\\nerts and wife, and L. Rickerts. Charles Wagner was the\\nleader. The first minister was the Rev. Jacob Reichter,\\nand he was succeeded by the Revs. K. A. Lober, Carl\\nKluckhohn, Richard Fiekenscher, Jacob Bletoch, Peter\\nSchaeffer, William Wilke, Itermann, F. Fertkon,\\nWilliam Keller, Philip Walker, F. Werth, Henry Lemka,\\nand Hanka, who is the present pastor. The church\\nis in the Michigan city charge.\\nSOCIETIES AND ORDERS.\\nThree Oaks Lodge, No. 239, F. and A. M.\u00e2\u0080\u0094The charter\\nwas granted to this lodge Jan. 8, 1868. The oSioers were\\nHenry Chamberlain, Worshipful Master; Owen Church-\\nill, Senior Warden James S. Bird, Junior Warden\\nRudolph B. Goit, Treas. Christopher Loney, Sec. A. A.\\nArcher, Senior Deacon Daniel Savage, Junior Deacon\\nSilas Russell, Tiler.\\nThe membership, Jan. 10, 1879, was 85, and the officers\\nfor 1879 are Henry N. Chamberlain, Worshipful Master;\\nWilliam H. Breece, Senior Warden Henry M. Russell,\\nJunior Warden Thomas MeCann, Treas. John A.\\nThursby, Sec. William H. Dakin, Senior Deacon Orrin\\nL. Churchill, Junior Deacon William Decker, Tiler.\\nThree Oaks Lodge, No. 842, L 0. of G. 7 This lodge\\nwas instituted April 4, 1875. The present membership is\\nabout GO. The present officers are A. B. Wright, Worthy\\nChief Templar; Nellie Martin, Worthy Vice-Templar;\\nHenry L. Hess, Worthy Sec. Mattie Reeves, Worthy\\nFinancial Sec. Simeon Sutherland, Worthy Marshal\\nEmma Hill, Worthy Inside Guard Charles Bradley,\\nWorthy Outside Guard.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.\\nEDWARD VETTERLEY\\nwas born on the 15th day of September, 1833, at Wagen-\\nhausen, a village in Switzerland. In 1844 his parents\\nemigrated to the State of New York, bringing Edward,\\ntwo brothers, and one sister with them. There he remained\\na number of years, and then removed to Three Oaks, Ber-\\nrien Co., Mich. On the 13th of June, 1SG9, he was united\\nin marriage to Miss Elizabeth Heosi, daughter of Samuel\\nand Elizabeth Heosi. Mr. Vetterley was in the employ\\nof the Michigan Central Railroad Company over ten years,\\nalways proving himself worthy of the trust and confidence\\nplaced in him. The remainder of the time he carried on\\nhis farm with good success. He had a good German edu-\\ncation, although his advantages were rather limited, as he\\nnever attended school in America. He was in politics a\\nDemocrat. He was a member of the German Evangelical\\nChurch from 1849 until the time of his death, and was\\never found ready to do his duty as a zealous Christian. He\\nwas an aflFectionate husband and loving father, as well as an\\nestimable man and worthy citizen. His death occurred on\\nthe 23d day of March, 1874. His widow, Mrs. Vetterley,\\nis one of the few women who are capable of acting as the\\nhead of a family, and she has successfully managed the\\nestate since the decease of her husband.\\nCHAPTER XLIV.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0WATERVLIET TO-WNSHIP.*\\nDescription Early Settlements Watervliet Village Coloiua Village\\nNew Coloma Settlements in Watervliet after 18i2 Soldiers of\\n1812 Physicians Townsbip Organization and Civil List Re-\\nligious Societies Schools Societies and Orders Curious Relic.\\nWatervliet, the extreme northeastern township of\\nBerrien County, retains the original town allotment of six\\nmiles square, and occupies a fruitful agricultural territory,\\npeopled by a community of thrifty and prosperous agricul-\\nturists. The township boundaries are the Van Buren\\nCounty line on the north and east, Bainbridge township\\non the south, and Hagar township on the west. Its desig-\\nnation is town 3 south, range 17 west.\\nThe surface of the country is generally level or gently\\nundulating, and, near the centre of the township, diversi-\\nfied by two moderately large sheets of water, known respect-\\nively as Paw Paw Lake, and Little Paw Paw Lake, while\\nnumerous water-courses and ponds, scattered here and there,\\nprovide a picturesque prospect and bountiful irrigation.\\nPaw Paw Lake occupies nearly the whole of section 15\\nand portions of sections 10, 11, 14, 16, and 21, and\\ncovers upwards of 1200 acres. Its waters are clear and\\nwell stocked with fish. It has upon its borders an inviting\\nstretch of country, and is, during the pleasant season of the\\nyear, a place of popular resort for picnic parties, anglers,\\nand others in search of recreation.\\nThe Paw Paw River, an exceedingly crooked stream,\\nflows through the centre of the township, from east to west,\\nand empties into the St. Joseph River at Benton Harbor.\\nThe Chicago and West Michigan Railroad passes through\\nWatervliet, generally along the river s course, and, having\\nstations at Coloma and Watervliet, gives the town excel-\\nlent railway conveniences.\\nThe two villages of Coloma and Watervliet are the\\ncentres of considerable trade they have valuable mill inter-\\nests, and annually send forward by railway large .shipments of\\nfruit and grain, -Watervliet especially making a fine show-\\ning in respect to the latter commodity. The township, al-\\nthough largely devoted to the cultivation of fruit, is also a\\nrich grain-producing region. Among the farmers are a\\nfew families of Indians, who are located in the north, and\\nwho, in common with their brethren of adjoining townships,\\nhave sought to make a mark as tillers of the soil, but their\\nsuccess, as a rule, is not great. Water visit s assessed valu-\\nation in 1879 was $260,000.\\nEARLY SETTLEMENTS.\\nThe first settlement made by the white man in what is\\nnow Watervliet township was begun in 1832, at a point on\\nBy David Schwartz.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0451.jp2"}, "452": {"fulltext": "340\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nthe Paw Paw River about three-quarters of a mile above\\nthe present village of Coloma, and on the opposite shore.\\nShingle-raakers first invaded that locality, and the place was\\ntherefore known as Shingle Diggings. The narrative of\\nthe rise and progress of the Diggings, as gathered from Mr.\\nStephen R. Gilson, now living in Coloma (and himself a\\nresident in Watervliet longer than any one in the township),\\nis given as follows\\nIn October, 183-4, Mr. Gilson, of Chautauqua Co., N. Y.,\\nin which his father was a pioneer, rode, in company with\\na friend, to Sandusky, Ohio, intending to stop a while in\\nMichigan, and then to push on to Chicago, which he pro-\\nposed to make his future home. From Sandusky young\\nGilson traveled on foot via the Maumee country, and so bar-\\nren was that region of population that in thirty miles travel\\nhe saw but one house. Happening to know Stephen Purdy,\\nwho was living at Berrien Springs, in Michigan, Gilson bent\\nhis steps thither and visited his friend, with whom he re-\\nmained several days, during which time he tried, but un-\\nsuccessfully, to obtain employment. Learning that Levi\\nBallengee, then stopping at Wilson s tavern, in St. Joseph\\nvillage, was in want of a shingle-maker for his place on the\\nPaw Paw, Gilson went down and bargained with Ballengee\\nto a.ssist him in getting out 125,000 shingles. Together\\nthey set out for Mr. Ballengee s place in November, 183-t,\\nand there in due time Mr. Gilson began his Western career\\nas a shingle-maker.\\nMr. Ballengee s location, as already indicated, was a short\\ndistance from the present village of Coloma, across the\\nPaw Paw, and there he had been living with his wife some\\ntime. How he came to be there may be told in relating\\nthe story of the first white settlement there and the circum-\\nstances immediately following it.\\nIn 1832, Job Davis, of Cass County, made the first land-\\nentry in the territory now occupied by Watervliet town-\\nship. His purchase embraced 150 acres on section 21,\\nand he went upon the place intending to get out lumber\\nand shingles for the St. Joseph market. Tiring of his en-\\nterprise, however, before he had fairly tried it, he disposed\\nof his interests to Messrs. GrifiBth, Hoyt Hatch, who\\njoined for the purpose of digging a canal from Paw Paw\\nLake to the Paw Paw River, building a saw-mill on the\\nPaw Paw, and engaging to a liberal extent in lumbering,\\nB. C. Hoyt (a St. Joseph merchant) being the managing\\npartner of the firm.\\nDavis had already got out a frame for a saw mill, had it\\non the ground ready to put up, had begun the construction\\nof a dam, and had dug a mill-pit, so that Griffith Co.\\nfound matters in such a state of progress that they looked\\nforward to a speedy completion of the projected improve-\\nments. At this juncture, however, one Sumner stepped\\nin and disarranged their plans. Mr. Hoyt, of the lumber-\\ning firm, had sued Sumner on a store account, and Sumner\\ndetermined to be revenged. Knowing that Griffith Co.,\\nby a singular oversight, had failed to acquire a right to the\\nland opposite their mill property, where their dam must\\nnecessarily touch, Sumner entered the land in question,\\nand then forbade Griffith Co. building their dam on his\\nland. This was something which Griffith Co. had not\\ncontemplated, and an obstacle which they were powerless\\nto remove, for Sumner utterly refused to sell his land to\\nthe mill firm at any price, and thus, unable to prosecute\\ntheir work, Griffith Co. were compelled to abandon it.\\nUpon first beginning operations they surveyed and laid out\\na t6wn near the proposed mill-site, and sought to induce\\nsettlements, with the implied understanding that the canal\\nand mill would make the neighborhood a lively and valu-\\nable business point. One of the first to act upon the\\npromise of future advantage held forth by Griffith Co.\\nwas Levi Ballengee, who -bought of Mr. Brown, of St.\\nJoseph, 80 acres of land near the site of the new town,\\nand put up, first, a log cabin and then a frame of consider-\\nable size, of which he proposed to make a house in which\\nto board the men to be employed by Griffith Co. The\\nfailure of Griffith Co. (their lands, etc., being transferred\\nto the Farmers and Mechanics Bank of St. Joseph) left.\\nMr. Ballengee with his boarding-house frame on his hands\\nas a piece of useless property. Being there, however, he\\nresolved to remain, and thus it happened that, being in St.\\nJoseph in search of a workman, he found Mr. Gilson, and\\nentered upon the business of shingle-making as the founder\\nof Sliingle Diggings.\\nThe narrative returns now to the time November,\\n1834 when Gilson joined Ballengee in shingle-making.\\nBallengee and Gilson worked industriously at that busi-\\nness through the winter, visiting St. Joseph occasionally,\\nby way of the river, in canoes. During the winter, Rumsey\\nChristy of St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., came to the Dig-\\ngings, with his wife and three children, squatted, put\\nup a cabin, and commenced making shingles on his own\\naccount. In the spring of 1835, Hiram Ormsby, with his\\nftimily, joined the little colony, and shingle-making began\\nto be lively. About this time Mrs. Christy died. This\\nwas the second death in that locality, and the first in the\\nDiggings proper. Job Davis wife had died soon after his\\nsettlement, in 1832. Her remains were at first deposited\\nnear the mill-site, but afterwards conveyed to the Sumner-\\nville cemetery. The next shingle-maker was Isaac Youngs,\\nwho came in with his family in 1835, followed by Era.stus\\nBarnes, Henry H. Seller, and others.\\nIn 1835, Gilson went back to New York State for his\\nfamily, brought them without delay to the Shingle Dig-\\ngings, and becoming a resident there, commenced making\\nshingles on his own account he, like a majority of the\\nshingle-makers, squatting where it suited him, and mak-\\ning shingles where he could find desirable timber. For\\nthree years the business of shingle-making was carried on\\nwith much spirit, quite a number of people were engaged\\nin it, and the Diggings grew to the dignity of an impor-\\ntant settlement. In 1837, Gilson had prospered so well that\\nhe purchased that year all the shingles made in the Dig-\\ngings. He bought at one time 1,300,000, and employed\\nIndians to run them down the river to St. Joseph, upon\\nreaching which place he had a force of 20 redskins, whose\\nperformances in taking the shingles out of the river and\\nlanding them on the dock are said to have been very lively\\nand interesting. All the shingles made at the Diggings\\nwere thus transported to St. Joseph to market, and as there\\nwas a good demand for them the Diggings became a thriv-\\ning place.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0452.jp2"}, "453": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0453.jp2"}, "454": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0454.jp2"}, "455": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OP WATERVLIET.\\nH41\\nSo well did it flourish as a settlement that in 1837 a\\nschool was desired, and the inhabitants of the Diggings ap-\\nplied to the township (St. Joseph) for assistance in support-\\ning a school. The application being denied, the shingle-\\nmakers remembered that E. P. Deacon had agreed to clear\\nthe school land near the Diggings, and that he had failed\\nto complete the work. They proceeded therefore to take\\npossession of the timber remaining on the land, worked it\\nup into shingles, and, with the proceeds of the sale thereof,\\nstarted a school by engaging Mary Youngs (a daughter of\\none of the shingle-makers) as teacher. She taught about\\nsix months in the log cabin used by Job Davis as his resi-\\ndence when he first settled there. Lydia Kingsley, of St.\\nJoseph, was afterwards engaged, and taught in a log school-\\nhouse put up in the woods. That school, however, was the\\nlast one taught in that neighborliood.\\nThe Diggings was not without the benefit of public re-\\nligious teachings. In 1837, Simeon Woodruff, a Presby-\\nterian minister and settler in Bainbridge, preached occa-\\nsionally at Mr. Giison s house. The first child born in the\\nDiggings was Mr. Chri.sty s, the .second wa.s Mr. Ornisby s,\\nand the third Mr. Giison s\\nIn 1838, the material for shingles being exhausted, the\\nshingle-makers departed for other places, Mr. Ballengee\\nto Missouri, Gilson, Youngs, and Selter to Bainbridge, and\\nthe others farther east and west. Shingle Diggings became\\ntherefore an abandoned settlement, and at this point drops\\nout of the history of the township.\\nMoses Osgood, living at Perch River, Jefferson Co.,\\nN. Y., in 1836, engaged that year to accompany Isaac\\nMofiatt Smith Merrick s land-agent and manager to\\nMichigan, and upon his arrival in Watervliet worked about\\nthe mills. In the following year he sent for his family,\\nand after that continued to live in Watervliet village about\\ntwo years, working meanwhile for the mill firm. He then\\nbought 40 acres of laud on section 19, a mile and a half\\nwest of the Me of Coloma, and after living there five years\\nsold out, in 1842, to James Paul, who had just come from\\nChautauqua Co., N. Y., and who lived upon the place until\\nhis death, in 1872. The farm occupied by Paul is the one\\nnow owned by William Merrifield.\\nUpon selling out to Paul, Mr. Osgood bought a place\\ndirectly oppo.site, and in 1844 sold that to John Merrifield,\\nof New York State, just then arrived. Mr. Osgood then\\nmoved to a farm a half-mile east, changed again a mile\\nfarther eaist, went to Schoolcraft, Mich., where he remained\\nabout four years, returned to Watervliet township, where\\nhe settled, near the Coloma burying-ground, and lastly\\nmoved to a place on section 20, where he died, in 1876.\\nHis widow lives on the place now with her son-in-law, Mr.\\nGlidden. Mr. Osgood was the pioneer of the territory into\\nwhich he moved in 1838, after leaving Watervliet village,\\nbetween which place and his farm there was not a single\\nsettler.\\nWATEKVLIET VILLAGE.\\nThe first improvement made at what is now known as\\nWatervliet village was effected in 1833, by Sumner\\nWheeler, who put up a saw-mill on Mill Creek, near the\\npresent site of Swain Olney s saw-mill. It will be re-\\nmembered that in the history of Shingle Diggings, reference\\nis made to Mr. Sumner as having interfered materially with\\nGriffith Co s mill-building enterprise. After that affair\\nSumner Wheeler built the saw-mill on Mill Creek, and\\nemployed two brothers named Van Dusen, from Prairie\\nRonde, to run the mill for them. The mill was a small\\none, propelled by a flutter wheel, but managed to turn\\nout considerable lumber, some of its first work being the\\ntimber for the boarding-house frame which Mr. Levi Bal-\\nlengee erected at Shingle Diggings. The Van Du.sen\\nbrothers lived in a slab shanty near the mill, and were,\\nbeyond question, the first white inhabitants at that point.\\nThe Van Dusens managed the mill until 1835, when one\\nCrocker, a mill-wright, rented it, and moving, with his\\nfamily, upon the place, took po.sse.ssion.\\nIn 1836, Jesse Smith, of the firm of Smith Merrick,\\nof French Creek, Jefferson Co., N. Y., visited this section\\nto make arrangements for clearing large tracts of land\\nwhich the firm owned in what are now the townships of\\nBainbridge, Watervliet, and Hagar, the greater portion\\nbeing in Bainbridge, in that district now covered by the\\nGerman settlement. Mr. Smith was accompanied by Israel\\nKellogg and several laborers, the latter of whom, under the\\ndirection of Mr. Kellogg (who acted then and afterwards as\\nSmith Merrick s representative and land-agent), did some\\nwork at clearing land and built a saw-mill near Sumner\\nWheeler s, which latter Smith purchased, and leased that,\\nas well as the new one, to Crocker. Lumber was low, and\\nas Smith preferred to turn his attention to clearing land\\nand putting in wheat, which he did to a great extent,\\nhe paid but little heed to the firm s milling interests.\\nSmith returned to New York in 1836, leaving Kellogg\\nto look after the firm s interests, and in that same year\\nSmith Merrick sent out Isaac Moffatt with thirty-two\\nFrenchmen to finish the work on the Michigan lands.\\nMoffatt and his men sailed from Buffalo in a vessel belong-\\ning to the firm, and loaded with all sorts of supplies for\\nthe new settlement. Moffatt got his men and supplies\\nsafely to Watervliet, and at once put up a store about op-\\nposite where Walden s store now stands. He built also a\\ngrist-mill, which, with the saw-mills, he rented to Crocker.\\nHis men were set to work digging a tail-race (the one now\\nused), building a dam, and clearing land, and as his force\\nnumbered upwards of forty, there was already a community\\nworthy the name of a settlement. It is said of the thirty-\\ntwo Frenchmen brought out by Moffatt that they used to\\neat a barrel of pork every three days. Of them only two are\\nknown to be living in the vicinity of Watervliet, Edward\\nEber, a farmer, in Hartford township, and Felix Rossette,\\na tavern-keeper, in Hartford village. A third John La-\\ndeaux died in the county almshouse in 1879.\\nThe mills soon pa.ssed from Crocker to John Stronner,\\nwho was, in 1846, succeeded as tenant by James Redding,\\nwho was running them in 1848, when Smith Merrick\\nsold out their entire mill property to Isaac N. Swain, then\\nliving in Concord, Jackson Co., Mich., but previously of\\nJeffenson Co., N. Y. Besides the mill property, Mr. Swain\\nbought 960 acres of land thereabout, and further converted\\na tannery building that had been put up at that point by\\nWilliam Tilman, into a grist-mill, into which he put two", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0455.jp2"}, "456": {"fulltext": "342\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nrun of stones, the old grist-mill being abandoned and af-\\nterwards moved into the village, one-half being now used\\nas a residence and the other as a cooper-shop.\\nMr. Swain soon found an opportunity to sell his mills to\\nMedbury Aldrich, and removed then to Monson, Mass.\\nMedbury Aldrich replaced the saw-mill with the large\\nmill now used by Swain Olney, and during their pos-\\nsession the grist-mill was destroyed by fire and rebuilt.\\nThey sold out to Jason Carr, who in turn sold the saw-mill\\nto a Mr. Shanks, and continued to operate the grist-mill\\nhimself In 1858 there came a great flood that washed\\naway the dam, bulkheads, etc., damaged the mills seriously,\\nand overflowed the surrounding country. When Carr saw\\nthe ruin that had been wrought to the mill property he was\\nso affected that he fell down and died. Shank was made a\\nbankrupt, and became, it is said, a tish-uierchant (the first\\navailable business he could turn his hand tol, in his desire\\nto do something.\\nCarr Shanks having carried the property along under\\nmortgage to Mr. Swain, the latter was compelled to take it\\nback after the disaster, and from 1858 to 1862 he permitted\\nit to remain in the condition brought about by the flood.\\nIn the last-named year, however, he organized the firm of\\nSwain, Olney Fisher, who built a new dam, made neces-\\nsary repairs, and set the mills in motion once more. Mr.\\nFisher sold his interest to Parsons Baldwin, when the\\nfirm-name was changed to Swain, Olney Co., and as such\\nremained until 1874, when Parsons Baldwin retired,\\nleaving the firm of Swain Olney to continue the business,\\nwhich they have done until the present time.\\nThe firm have at times employed as many as 40 or 50\\nmen in their mills, but have at present a force of only 15.\\nTheir saw-mill is fitted with 52 saws, including 1 gang\\nand 1 slabber, capable of sawing 30,000 feet of lumber\\ndaily. At present the cut is about 6000 feet per day. The\\ngrist-mill has three run of stones, and is devoted chiefly to\\ncustom work.\\nIn 1856, H. R. Holland built a saw-mill on Mill Creek,\\neast of the village, and in 1870 sold it to Justus Sutherland,\\nwho added a grist-mill with three run of stones, which began\\nto grind wheat March 4, 1873. These mills have been\\noperated by Mr. Sutherland since 1870.\\nJonas Ivery was the pioneer blacksmith at Watervliet,\\nthe date of his .settlement being 1837. His daughter was\\nmarried to Martin Tice, of Bainbridge, in 1838. Ivery\\nmoved from Watervliet to Millburg, and afterwards to the\\nfar West.\\nStores. The first store opened in Watervliet was the\\none started by Isaac Mofi att in 1836, when he came to the\\ncountry with his company of 32 Frenchmen. His store\\nwas called the Mill Store, and the stock put into it was\\nthe cargo of supplies Moffatt brought in his vessel from\\nBuffalo. This mill store was kept by Moffatt and Israel\\nKellogg, in the interest of Smith Merrick while that firm\\ncontrolled the mill property, and when they sold out to\\nSwain of course Swain took the store also. When Swain\\ncame in. Redding retired from the mills, and .started in a\\nstore known as the Variety Store. Thus there were two\\nstores this was in 1848 for the first time in the history\\nof Watervliet. When Redding died (in 1849) he was\\nsucceeded by Clay Ensign, and after a time Ed. Good-\\nale, who had been a clerk at Swain s, commenced on his\\nown account as a storekeeper. He sold to Wheeler Gates,\\nand afterwards the succession of storekeepers was Holland\\nSmith, W. W. Allen, U. C. Matran, Matran Burnside,\\nand Parsons Baldwin. The mill store was continued by\\nSwain until Swain, Fisher Olney came in, and after that\\nParsons Baldwin took it, the latter firm opening their\\npresent store when they retired from the mill business.\\nThe general stores now in the village are those of L. D.\\nWalden, Parsons, Baldwin Co., and W. W. Allen.\\nTucker Jaffrey have a drug-store, Pierce Welsh a\\nhardware-store, Daniel Woodward a meat-market, A. G.\\nWigeant a furniture-store, Silas Tooley a harness-shop, and\\nMrs. Pierce a millinery. Besides these stores, there are\\nblacksmith shops, cooper-shops, shoe-shops, etc.\\nTaverns. The first house of entertainment in Water-\\nvliet was a boarding-house for mill hands, opened by W.\\nW. McKee in a building which stood opposite the site of\\nWalden s store. This building was afterwards sawed in\\ntwo, and is still doing duty, one-half as Bradt s black-\\nsmith-shop and the other as Mr. Teetzel s residence. When\\nMr. Swain became the mill proprietor, he built a store and\\ntavern upon the lot now occupied by Walden s store, the\\nmill store having to that time been on the opposite side of\\nthe road. The tavern built by Mr. Swain was, like Mc-\\nKee s house, primarily intended as a boarding-place for the\\nmill hands, but as both places accommodated travelers\\nthey were taverns, although not called so. In 1867, Swain s\\nstore and tavern were destroyed by fire. The store only\\nwas rebuilt, and it is still standing.\\nThe public-house now kept in the village by Samuel\\nWolcott was built for a tavern by John Lake in 1847, but\\nnot opened as such until ten years afterwards. Andrew\\nBartlett was the first landlord. His successors have been\\nAbram Smmi, Hibbard, Pockett, William\\nBrown, and Samuel Wolcott, the present proprietor, who\\nhas been in possession since 1870.\\nPost- Office. The post-office at Watervliet village was\\nestablished in 1849, when Isaac N. Swain was appointed\\npostmaster. Prior to that time Mr. Swain had a contract\\nwith such of the inhabitants as favored the arrangement\\nto obtain their mail at the Bainbridge post-oflBce twice a\\nweek. At the close of the first year of the contract, Mr.\\nSwain succeeded in inducing the government to establish\\nthe Watervliet office. James B. Liudsley succeeded Mr.\\nSwain, and in 1856, B. B. Tucker took possession of the\\noffice, to relinquish it, in 1860, to Wm. Brown, the tavern-\\nkeeper. W. W. Allen was appointed in 1868, and kept\\nthe office in his store until 1877, when he resigned, and\\nE. R. Welsh, the present incumbent, received the appoint-\\nment.\\nRailway Depot. Upon the completion of the Chicago\\nand Michigan Lake Shore Railroad, to Watervliet, in 1869,\\nL. A. Mason was appointed depot agent. In 1871 he was\\nsucceeded by W. E. Walden, who still occupies the place.\\nIn 1869 a grain-elevator was attached to the depot. Large\\nquantities of grain are annually shipped from this station,\\nwhile the shipments of fruit during the season are consid-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0456.jp2"}, "457": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF WATERVLIET.\\n343\\nerable, one shipper alone having forwarded 2000 barrels of\\napples in 1878. Peach shipments have risen to such an\\naggregate that 3000 baskets were sent out on one train\\nduring the busy era. In 1878 about 15,000 baskets were\\nshipped to Chicago from Watervliet.\\nThe Village Plat. Smith Merrick laid out the vil-\\nlage, and gave to it originally the narrow strip occupied\\nby Main Street between the creek and the river. Mr.\\nSwain made several additions, notably the addition south of\\nthe railway-track known as Newtown, where great im-\\nprovements in the way of a blast-furnace and other manu-\\nfactories were promised. For some reason the schemes\\nfailed, although the town lots were sold and improvements\\nto some extent were made there.\\nCOLOMA VILLAGE.\\nAbout 1840, John Williams, of St. Lawrence Co., N. Y.,\\nmade his appearance in Watervliet with his family, and\\nbeing unable to purchase a farm, agreed with Israel Kel-\\nlogg, resident land-agent for Smith Merrick, to work a\\ntract of land on what is now the site of Coloma village.\\nKellogg put up a log house for Williams upon the spot now\\noccupied by Dr. Baker s house, and built for him also a\\nframe barn, which stood a little west of where the liberty-\\npole stands. Williams worked the place about two years,\\nbut with little success. He afterwards removed to Bain-\\nbridge, and died there. Adam Prouty took the place after\\nWilliams departure, but remained only two years and then\\nmoved away. George Becker, of Jefferson Co., N. Y.,\\nwho had traveled with his wife and six children from\\nBuffalo to St. Joseph by way of the lakes, happened along\\nabout the time Prouty moved out (May, 1844), and took\\npossession of the cabin. He pui-posed, however, remaining\\nthere but a short time, as he had before leaving his New\\nYork home exchanged his farm there with Smith Mer-\\nrick for 80 acres in the southern portion of Watervliet,\\nnear Michael Humphrey s farm. To that place Becker\\nsoon moved his family, but shortly afterwards exchanged\\nit for a farm south of Coloma, where he died in 1873, and\\nwhere his widow now lives.\\nJames S. Johnson (a tailor), of Yates Co., N. Y., settled\\nin St. Joseph Co., Ind., in 1837, and in May, 1844, in\\ncompany with George C. Merrifield, of that place, visited\\nMichigan. In partnership they bought of Smith Mer-\\nrick 320 acres of land, that embraced the tract upon which\\nWilliams and Prouty had worked, and of which they had\\ncleared about 140 acres. Johnson and Merrifield sowed\\nthe land to grain and returned to Indiana for their families.\\nMerrifield s family refusing to move, he sold his interest in\\nthe Michigan farm to Johnson, and the latter packed up,\\nand with his wife and three children set out for Watervliet.\\nUpon their arrival they occupied the log house in which\\nWilliams, Prouty, and Becker had lived, and there they\\ncontinued to reside until Johnson s death, in 1847. Abner\\nGrossman, of Bainbridge, took a portion of Johnson s farm,\\nmarried Johnson s widow, and after living on the place a\\nlittle while, moved to a farm just east of Watervliet, where\\nhe died, and where his widow still survives him.\\nStephen R. Gilson, of whom mention was made in the\\nhistory of Shingle Diggings, who turned the first furrow in\\nWatervliet, and who in 1838 became a settler in Bain-\\nbridge, went afterwards to Chicago, and in 1 844 returned\\nto Watervliet, where, on section 20, he bought of Arthur\\nBronson, of New York, 60 acres of land, upon which tract\\n(at Coloma) he is still living. When Gilson settled there\\nthe only inhabitants in the vicinity were George Becker\\nand his family, to whom allusion has already been made.\\nThe Johnsons did not come on until a little later, and lived\\nthere until 1847. In 1849, Stephen R. Gilson and Gilson\\nOsgood made the first important improvement there in the\\nerection of a water saw-mill on Tannery Creek. In\\n1850, Gilson sold out his interest in the mill to Austin\\nBoyer, who sold in turn to Gilson Osgood, who, becoming\\nthen sole proprietor of the concern, changed it to a steam-\\nmill.\\nGilson Osgood, alluded to in the foregoing, was a man\\nof considerable importance in the early settlement of Water-\\nvliet, and was connected in an especially conspicuous way\\nwith the history of Coloma. He moved from Ohio to\\nBattle Creek, Mich., in 1839, and in 1841 left that place\\nto settle in Watervliet township, in response to the solicita-\\ntions of his brother Moses, who had preceded him. Gilson\\ncame on with his wife and three children, bought 60 acres\\nof land of Smith Merrick, adjoining his brother Moses\\nplace on the south, in section 30, and remained with him\\nuntil his own log cabin was completed. While living on\\nhis farm he undertook, in 1849, the erection on Tannery\\nCreek of a sawmill, in company with S. R. Gilson, and at\\nthe same time removed his family to a place near the mill.\\nHe had been appointed the agent for Israel Kellogg, who\\nhad been the representative of the land-owning firm of\\nSmith Merrick, but had removed to Kalamazoo. Osgood\\nalso joined Martin Musser, Odell, and Clark in building a\\ntannery on Tannery Creek, and put up a shanty, into which\\nhe put a small stock of goods, and called it a store. Al-\\nthough not a very extensive one, it was nevertheless a great\\nconvenience to the neighboring settlers, and deserves, more-\\nover, distinct mention as the first store opened in the place\\nnow known as the village of Coloma. Israel Kellogg kept\\na store in that neighborhood before Osgood opened business,\\nbut Kellogg s store was a quarter of a mile or more west of\\nthe site of Coloma.\\nBickerviUe. The story goes that when Gilson Osgood\\nopened his store his first day s trade was a heavy one, for\\nthe announcement had gone forth, and many gathered from\\nfar and near. Money was at that time an exceedingly\\nscarce article in the backwoods, and the customers brought\\ngenerally an assortment of farm produce to exchange with\\nMr. Osgood for his store-goods. Indeed, fully nine-\\ntenths of his business on that first day was in dicker,\\nand the idea being started that the just budding village\\nshould be called Dickerville, popular opinion recognized\\nthe appropriatene.ss of the designation, and Dickerville it\\nwas christened, and so remained until 1855, when Stephen\\nGilson changed it to Coloma. Mr. Osgood s store stood near\\nthe present Osgood House, and in time was replaced by a\\nstore of much more elaborate pretensions, in which Mr. Os-\\ngood carried on business some years. The Osgood House\\nproperty he bought in 1858, and materially improved, since\\nwhich time it has remained in the possession of the family.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0457.jp2"}, "458": {"fulltext": "344\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nhis widow and son (Marcus) now residing there. In\\n1867, Mr. Osgood removed to the village of St. Joseph,\\nwhere he was landlord of the Perkins House until his\\ndeath, in 1868. Prominently identified, during his residence\\nin Watervliet township, with the history of that portion of\\nBerrien County, he occupied a conspicuous place in the\\nlocal events of his time, and as the agent for the sale of\\nSmith Merrick s extensive landed property, he came to\\nbe widely known, and much respected.\\nMerchants. Israel Kellogg has already been mentioned\\nas having kept a store at Watervliet village, and later near the\\nsite of Coloma village but, as he was not on the site of the\\nvillage, he cannot be considered as one of its pioneer traders.\\nGilson Osgood opened the first store, which, with his saw-\\nmill, gave Dickerville a start in 1849. The storekeepers\\nat Coloma, dating from Mr. Osgood s time, may be named\\nin their order of location, as follows: Henry L. Harris,\\nB. P. O.sgood, Perry Marvin, Redding Gilson, J. H.\\nMarvin, G. W. Longwell Co., Dickinson Stoddard,\\nMarvin Osgood, Marvin Woodward, William Stoddard,\\nMinot Ingraham, A. D. Allen, John Sherman, Hamilton\\nMiller, Luce Bro. s, Alonzo Vincent, John Brough, John\\nThomas, Theodore Russell, R. Hewsons Co., T. J. West\\nCo., Lysander Vincent, Hewson Grant, Vincent\\nGammer, H. W. Peck Co., R. R. Hewson, Ryno Gil-\\nson (drugs), Mrs. I. T. Howe, H. W. Peck, Mrs. Miller.\\nThe storekeepers of Coloma are now Minot Ingraham,\\nJohn Thomas, Ryno Gilson, Vincent Gammer, R. R.\\nHewson, Mrs. Miller, Mrs. I. J. Howe, H. W. Peck.\\nMills and Tannery. It has already been observed that\\nStephen R. Gilson and Gilson Osgood put up a saw-mill on\\nTannery Creek, at Coloma, in 1849, and that Martin Mus-\\nser and others built a tannery on the same stream. Osgood\\nput steam-power into his saw-mill in 1850, and in 1852\\nthe explosion of its boiler, April 19th, entailed a sad calam-\\nity in the killing of two children, Charlotte Osgood and\\nShumway Musser, who, with other children, were playing\\nabout there at the time. Other people were injured and\\nthe mill was badly damaged, but no further loss of life was\\noccasioned.\\nUpon his return from California, Stephen Gilson erected\\na steam saw-mill at Coloma, on the bank of the Paw Paw.\\nAfter that Ira Wilks began the construction of a grist-mill\\non Tannery Creek, but got no further than the completion\\nof the frame. Roland Osgood and John W. Knapp fin-\\nished it, put in the machinery, and started it in 1861. It\\nchanged owners several times until 1866, when Sawyer Ball\\ncame into po.ssession. In 1876 it was damaged by a flood,\\nand in 1877, Mr. Ball replaced it with the present steam\\nmill, which has three run of stones, and does a flourishing\\ncustom business.\\nThe tannery built by Musser and others has been in\\ndisuse since 1878. Its last occupant was John Thomas,\\nwho carried it on from 1865 to 1878. P. C. Weimer has\\na saw-mill in Coloma, in connection with which he operates\\na basket manufactory, and between the two enterprises\\ncarries on a lively trade.\\nPioneer Blacksmith. Abram Smith, who opened the\\npioneer blacksmith-shop on the south side of the Paw Paw,\\nin Hagar, was also the pioneer blacksmith in Coloma. He\\nsettled near the place in 1845, and when Gilson O.sgood\\nbuilt their saw-mill, in 1849, Smith did all the mill black-\\nsmithing. He put up the frame of the house built by Ives\\nWallingford in 1850, the first frame house in Coloma.\\nThe lumber of which that house was built was the first lot\\nsawed by Gilson Osgood s mill. Mr. Smith is still pur-\\nsuing his old business of blacksmithing in Coloma.\\nThe Coloma Post- Office. Prior to 1857 the people at\\nColoma and vicinity received their mails at Watervliet vil-\\nlage In that year an ofiice was established at Coloma, and\\nDr. H. M. Marvin appointed postmaster. He was suc-\\nceeded in 1859 by J. H. Marvin, who retired in 1861 in\\nfavor of C. C. Perry. Mr. Perry s successors have been\\nJ. H. Marvin, A. I. Bru.sh, J. H. Marvin (third term),\\nand Lysander Vincent, who was appointed in 1874.\\nThe Name Coloma. In 1850, Stephen R. Gilson, his\\nson Warren, and one Anton Timart, a tanner, of St. Joseph,\\nfitted out a team and wagon for California, and at the same\\ntime Calvin Dickson, of Watervliet, and Wallis Taber, of\\nBaiiibridge, fitted out another, both parties starting in com-\\npany for the land of gold. When Gilson left for California,\\nin 1850, Dickerville contained, besides his own, the\\nfamilies of Gilson Osgood, Ira Wilks, Martin Musser,\\nAbram Coleman, Charles Bo.stwick, and Abner Crossman.\\nIn 1853, Mr. Gilson returned from California, conveyed\\nhis family to Benton (they had remained behind in Dick-\\nerville), and after a two years sojourn there he returned\\nto his old place in Watervliet township, made a purchase\\nof considerable property in that vicinity, put up a steam\\nsaw-mill on the bank of the Paw Paw, platted the village,\\nand setting aside the time-worn and not very euphonious\\nappellation of Dickerville, gave it the name of Coloma, in\\nremembrance of the village near which he lived during his\\nstay in California. Coloma is the Spanish name of a fra-\\ngrant and beautiful flower that grows on the Pacific slope.\\nThe Taverns of Coloma. In 1851, Charles Bostwick\\ndiscontinued the select school he started in 1849 and sold\\nthe school building to Moses Sargent, who converted it into\\na tavern. One Hibbard was the landlord after Sargent s\\ntime, and in 1858 Gilson Osgood bought the property,\\nmaterially added to and improved it, and opened it as the\\nOsgood House. As such it has been known ever since,\\nand has been conducted by an Osgood Marcus, a son of\\nGilson Osgood, being now the landlord. In 1871, Minot\\nIngraham built the St. Cloud Hotel at the railway depot,\\nand is still its proprietor.\\nNEW COLOMA.\\nIn 1869, pending the completion of the railroad to that\\npoint, certain land-speculators, to secure the location of the\\nrailway-station on its present site, donated the ground for\\nit, and having, in anticipation of such a move, purchased\\nquite a land-tract near there, laid out village lots, and used\\nextraordinary eflforts to sell them and to convince prospect-\\nive purchasers that the building of the railway-station at\\nthat point would create a new village which would entirely\\nextinguish old Coloma and enrich those who were fortunate\\nenough to secure their village lots. Some sales were made,\\ndwellings and stores began to embellish the plain, and every-\\nthing seemed to indicate that the new Coloma would really", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0458.jp2"}, "459": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0459.jp2"}, "460": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0460.jp2"}, "461": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OP WATERVLIET.\\n345\\neclipse the old town. But its growth was suddenly checked\\nby the reluctance with which the neighboring people pa-\\ntronized the business enterprises of the new town, and by\\nthe persistency with which everybody, except owners of\\nlots in the new village, stood by the old town. As a result.\\nNew Colonia closed its stores for want of patronage people\\nwho had promised to pay for lots forfeited them, and the\\noriginal speculators, having advanced much money to pay\\nfor improvements, found them left on their hands. Natu-\\nrally, they were bankrupted, and New Coloma became a\\nbarren reminder of promised greatness, which is much its\\naspect to-day.\\nSETTLEMENTS IN WATERVLIET AFTER 1842.\\nThe hard winter of 1842-43 is still vividly recollected\\nas a season of exceedingly cold weather and deep snows.\\nMuch hardship and suiFering were experienced by settlers,\\nand upon their stock especially the rigors of that period\\nentailed considerable loss of life. Traveling about the\\ncountry was oftentimes a matter of difficult undertaking, for\\nthe heavy snows frequently made the roads impassable for\\ndays. Game perished for lack of food, and instances are\\nrelated by dwellers in Watervliet of wild turkeys coming\\ninto the village and feeding tamely upon corn thrown to\\nthem, the depth of the snow in the country and its long\\ncontinuance having deprived them of their usual means of\\nsubsistence. One man tells how he went out into the\\nwoods one day in search of his cows and found no less than\\nseven deer lying upon the snow, dead of cold and hunger.\\nAltogether the hard winter was a memorable one, and\\nwill scarcely be forgotten by those who passed through it.\\nDuring the hard winter of 1842-43, Alonzo and Austin\\nBeaman came to Watervliet from New York, with their\\nfamilies, and settled on adjoining farms, Alonzo on what\\nis known as the Yates place, and Austin on section 1, the\\nfarm being now known as the Stickney place. Austin sold\\nto Stephen Hastings, moved to Watervliet, where he kept\\nSwain s boarding-house a year, went to Hartford, and in\\n1865 returned to Watervliet, where he died in 1874. Ste-\\nphen Hastings, above spoken of, was from Massachusetts,\\nand upon purchasing Beaman s farm was joined by his\\nbrother Rufus, both of them living on the place together.\\nStephen afterwards bought another farm on the same sec-\\ntion, and died there in 1851. Rufus now lives in Hart-\\nford. Alonzo Beaman sold his farm in 1851 to Abram\\nYates, who lives on it now, Beaman removing to Iowa,\\nwhere he has since remained. The farm once occupied by\\nRufus Hastings is now owned by Zephaniah Stickney.\\nWhen the Beamans settled they had no neighbors nearer\\nthan Watervliet village. That part of the country was un-\\nbroken, and as to roads they were, of course, out of the ques-\\ntion. Lucy, daughter of Austin Beaman, the first white\\nchild born in the township on that side the river, lives now\\nin Watervliet village.\\nIn the summer of 1844, James I. Redding, of St. Jo-\\nseph Co., Ind., came to Watervliet, with his wife and seven\\nchildren, and moved into a building which Israel Kellogg\\nhad been using for a store and dwelling, but which was\\nthen abandoned, Kellogg having gone to Kalamazoo to live.\\nThis old store just stood west of the present Osgood House,\\n44\\nand there Kellogg lived and traded a short time after he\\nremoved from Watervliet village, although from all reports\\nhe could not have traded very extensively since his stock\\nof goods was small, as was his store. Redding had bought\\nhis farm of Smith Merrick through Gilson Osgood, but\\nhe did not like the place, and after remaining about a year\\nand a half gave it up and moved to Watervliet, where he\\nrented Smith Merrick s mill, and afterwards opened a\\nstore there, which he continued to keep until his death, in\\n1849. Of the seven children who came to Michigan with\\nhim in 1844, the only one living in the township is Mrs.\\nRussell McKee.\\nSimeon Hawks, of Franklin Co., N. Y., started for\\nMichigan in 1844, with his wife and eight children. At\\nRochester the old folks and four of the youngest children\\nhalted a while, the four eldest children going on, and the\\nparents following soon afterwards all met at Watervliet,\\naccording to previous understanding. They lived in the\\nvillage long enough to enable Mr. Hawks to buy of Smith\\nMerrick a farm on section 24, east of the village, and to\\nput up a cabin, when all moved out there. In the following\\nyear that is to say, 1845 Erasmus D. Earl and wife, the\\nlatter being Mr. Hawks daughter, came to Watervliet and\\nlocated on a farm near the Hawks family. The elder\\nHawks died on the old place in 1864, and there his son\\nCortes now lives. Of the eight children who came with\\nthe paternal Hawks in 1844, those living in the township\\nare Mrs. Henry Hutchins, Cortes, and Azar Hawks. Mr.\\nEarl moved to Iowa in 1857, and still resides there.\\nJohn Merrifield, of New York State, was a settler in\\nWatervliet in 1844, and upon his arrival bought Moses\\nOsgood s 80-acre farm, on section 30, upon which 25 acres\\nhad been cleared and broken 0.sgood having also set out\\nan orchard of 100 trees. The elder Merrifield died there\\nin 1851. Of the .sons who came out with him, William\\nand S. P. now live in the township.\\nThe spring of 1844 brought also Jarrett Ingraham and\\nhis family to Berrien County from New York State. They\\njourneyed overland to Bainbridge, where Mrs. Joseph Vin-\\ncent (one of Ingraham s daughters) lived, and remained\\nwith her until fall. Ingraham located in Watervliet, where\\nhe had bought several hundred acres of land, on sections 4\\nand 5. At the time of Mr. Ingraham s location there\\nno settlers were on that side of the river except Austin\\nand Alonzo Beaman. Mr. Ingraham had intended half\\nof his land-purchase for his son Minot, who, with his\\nwife and child, joined his fiither in the fall of 1845, by\\nwhich time the elder Ingraham had underbrushed a road\\nfrom the river to his place, and on the latter had put up a\\nlog cabin, into which Minot moved for a temporary home.\\nWhen Minot came, the only roads thereabout were the St.\\nJoseph and Paw Paw road, passing east and west between\\nColoma and Riverside. In the following spring he was\\nchosen a highway commissioner, and did some effective\\nwork in laying out much- needed roads. It is worthy of\\nnote that the two-horse carriage in which Minot Ingraham\\nand his family traveled from Detroit to Watervliet (having\\nshipped it vid Lake Erie from Bufi alo) was the first vehicle\\nof that description ever owned in the township.\\nIn the spring of 1845, besides assisting in laying out", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0461.jp2"}, "462": {"fulltext": "346\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nroads, Minot Ingraham joined with Stephen R. Gilson in\\nestablishing a ferry across the Paw Paw River at Coloma.\\nThe elder Ingraham exchanged his Watervliet farm, in\\n1848, with George Peters for a farm in Bainbridge, where\\nhe died in 1852. Peters sold the Ingraham tract to An-\\ndrew Pitcher in 1850. Minot lived on his farm until\\n1869, when he moved to Coloma, where, in 1871, he built\\na hotel and store, near the railway-depot, and where he now\\nlives. The original 280 acres he bought through his father\\nTie still owns, and leases to his sons.\\nIves Wallingford, with his wife and four children, moved\\nfrom St. Joseph Co., Ind., to Watervliet in the spring of\\n1844, having bargained with Alfred Sensebaugh for land\\non section 19, which Sensebaugh had taken from Smith\\nMerrick on contract, cleared and broke 20 acres, and then\\nturned the contract over to Wallingford. The latter moved\\nhis family into a log school-heuse, and lived there until his\\nown shanty was finished. Mr. Wallingford lived on the\\nfarm until 1850, when he moved into what is now the vil-\\nlage of Coloma, and there, in that year, built the first frame\\nhouse erected there. It stands yet, adjoining the Osgood\\nHouse on the southwest, and is occupied as the residence\\nof Mr. Shaner. Since 1850 Mr. Wallingford has resided\\nin Coloma.\\nAbner Bratton, of Genesee Co., N. Y.. was a settler in\\n1844, having moved into Calhoun County in 1838, and\\nfrom there to Watervliet in 1844. He bought 80 acres on\\nsection 19, adjoining William Merrifield on the east, of\\nSmith Merrick, and after living there three years\\nmoved to a farm on section 30, where he died in February,\\n-1876. His son Milo lives in the township, on section 31.\\nIn April, 1845, a party of 13 entered Watervliet in\\ncompany from Elkhart, Ind., whence they had journeyed\\nin wagons. The party included Crain Valentine, his wife,\\nand five children, Martin Musser (Mrs. Valentine s\\nbrother), his wife, and four children. Valentine bought\\n40 acres on section 28, on the Watervliet and Coloma road,\\nand Musser 80 on the same road half a mile west. Musser\\nput, with Gilson Csgood, Odell, and Clark, a tannery on\\nTannery Creek, and removing afterwards to 40 acres east,\\nnear Watervliet, put up a second tannery. Musser went to\\nNebraska in 1864, and now lives in Kansas. Mr. Valen-\\ntine still lives upon the place he settled in 1845. When\\nValentine and Musser settled there was no inhabitant on\\nthe east-and-west road passing from Watervliet to Coloma,\\nexcept the Redding family. The road itself was but a\\nsingle wagon-track through a wilderness of blackberry\\nbushes, and passable only with considerable difficulty.\\nIn October, 1844, Ira Wilks, of Orange, Cuyahoga Co.,\\nOhio, engaged with William Fairbanks to take a drove of\\ncattle from Orange to Berrien Springs, Mich., and while\\nthere he bought 93 acres of land on section 21, in Water-\\nvliet, belonging to one Williams, a lawyer of Cleveland.\\nHe visited Chicago, and returning to Ohio, prepared to\\nremove as a settler to his Michigan purchase. In October,\\n1845, accordingly, he set out from Orange with his father,\\nNathan, his mother, his brother-in-law, Abram Coleman,\\nand the latter s wife, the company traveling overland in\\nwagons drawn by horses and oxen. Arriving in Watervliet,\\nthey moved into a cabin on land previously occupied by\\nMartin Musser, and lived there until places of their own\\ncould be prepared for habitation. Coleman and the elder\\nWilks bought of Smith Merrick 40 acres each on section\\n28. Wilks died there about a year after his arrival. Cole-\\nman died on his farm in 1870. Ira Wilks lived in Water-\\nvliet until 1870, and then went to Iowa, whence, returning\\nnot long after, he resumed his residence in Watervliet, and\\nstill lives there. He relates that when he came, in 1845,\\nthe only traveled road was the St. Joseph and Paw Paw road,\\nwhich in Watervliet was at best a rough thoroughfare, con-\\nfined by a high growth of bushes to a single track just wide\\nenough for one wagon, and provided at stated points with\\nturn-outs.\\nHarvey Kingsbury was a settlor in 1845 upon a farm\\neast of Watervliet village, and in the same year William\\nDuvall, with his family, moved from Bainbridge to section\\n31 in Watervliet, where he had bought a farm of a Mr.\\nAogell in 1844. At the same time he bought 80 acres\\nsouth of Watervliet village, which he sold to John Tyler.\\nHe lived upon section 31 until his death, in 1878. His\\nchildren now living in the township are Mrs. Briggs Gould\\nand G. G. Duvall.\\nHenry R. Holland, originally of St. Lawrence Co., N. Y.,\\nwent to Chicago in 1844, and in 1846 came to Watervliet\\nvillage, where he put up a blacksmith-shop opposite the\\nsaw-mill, and purchased also an unfinished dwelling-house\\nbegun by Cornelius Williams, the house being now the\\nresidence of Mr. Van Natter. Mr. Holland became some-\\nwhat famous as a maker of axes, and people came frequently\\nfrom Paw Paw and points equally distant to buy Holland s\\naxes. In 1849 he went to California, but soon returned, in\\n1850, and entered a farm near Watervliet village, on sections\\n23 and 26, where his son Edward lives. In 1856 he opened\\na store in Watervliet village, as one of the firm of Holland\\nSmith, and continued in the trade until 1859. Mr. Hol-\\nland removed to Missouri some time ago, but visits Michi-\\ngan frequently to look after his interests in the State.\\nDelos Bryant settled in Hagar in 1845, coming from\\nCalhoun Co., Mich. He located in 1847 upon section 29\\nin Watervliet, and after living there until 1870 removed\\nto Coloma, which is now his home.\\nW. W. McKee (a brother in-law of Isaac N. Swain),\\nnow a resident on the Watervliet and Coloma road, came in\\nFebruary, 1848, to Watervliet village, with his wife and\\nseven children, having traveled by team from Ohio, in\\nwhich State he had been a settler two years. Mr. McKee\\nbought a farm of I. N. Swain, but during the ensuing seven\\nyears continued to reside in the village, meanwhile cultiva-\\nting his place. In 1855 he moved there with his family,\\nand since then has made it his home. Mr. McKee says\\nthat when he became a resident of Watervliet village, in\\n1848, there were living there the Beddings, Dr. Wheeler,\\nH. R. Holland, Cornelius Williams, Philo Woodruff and\\nthe Stoughtons. On the present road to Coloma were the\\nWilks, Valentines, and Colemans. On the east were the\\nTamlins, Hawks, Kingsburys, and Smalls. On the south\\nthe nearest neighbor was distant three miles.\\nJesse Woodward, a Vermonter, came West in 1849, and\\njoined his brother Abner in Hagar township. He remained\\nthere a few days, and then established his family in Dicker-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0462.jp2"}, "463": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF WATERVLIET.\\n347\\nville, while he busied himself with the task of clearing a\\ntract of 120 acres of land on section 21, which had be-\\nlonged to Grififith, Hoyt Co. In 1850 he moved his\\nfamily, and there made his home until 1876, when he\\nchanged his residence to Coloma, where he now lives. Ab-\\nner, his brother, just mentioned, left Hagar in 1854 and\\nsettled upon a farm adjoining Jesse, where he died in 1857.\\nIn the fall of 1850, Uriah Harris, of Ohio, settled with\\nhis family upon 118 acres of land formerly occupied by\\nGilson Osgood. He died there in 18t)5, leaving a widow,\\nwho now resides in Coloma. In 1850, also, Andrew Pitcher,\\nof Bainbridge, bought of George Peters :i80 acres of land\\non sections 4 and 5, which Peters had bought of Jarrett\\nIngraham. Pitcher lived on the place until 1873, when\\nhe moved to Coloma, which has since been his residence.\\nWhen Pitcher settled there the only family in that region\\nnorth of the river was that of Minot Ingraham, and the\\nonly house between Pitcher s and South Haven was that\\nof a Mr. Youngs.\\nElkanah Carter, who lives just west of Coloma, was in\\n1838 a resident of Watervliet, having in that year come\\nfrom New York State to work for Smith Merrick. He\\nreturned to New York in 1840, and in 1865, making his\\nsecond trip to Watervliet, became a permanent settler.\\nSOLDIERS OF 1812.\\nOn section 6, in the northwest corner of the township,\\nlives William H. Shiver, whose father, John, living, at the\\nage of ninety-four, near his son s place, was a soldier of the\\nwar of 1812, during which conflict he served as teamster.\\nHe was at a later period in the employ of the Hudson Bay\\nCompany, and occasionally tells of his rugged experience\\nwhile in the latter service, -a service, he says, full of dan-\\nger, hardship, and suflFering, although not devoid of a certain\\nkind of interest. William Shiver settled on section 6 in\\n1858, and at that late day there were but three houses be-\\ntween his place and Coloma, the houses of Mr. Van Hoe-\\nsen, Charles Roome, and Mo.ses Osgood. Shiver bought\\nhis land of Isaac K. Finch, and when he moved upon it\\nit was all a forest except one acre. Deer were exceedingly\\nplentiful, roads were few and poor, and the pioneer s exist-\\nence in that quarter brought quite as much of privation as\\nit had in other portions of the township fifteen years before.\\nAnother old soldier living in Watervliet is George Smith,\\nfather of Sebastian Smith. He came to the township in\\n1859, since which time he has lived with his son. He\\nserved eight months in the war of 1812-15, and although\\nin his eighty-eighth year is a man of fine, commanding\\nphysique, promising iair to enjoy at least another decade of\\nlife.\\nPHYSICIANS.\\nDr. J. H. Wheeler was the first physician to locate at\\nWatervliet (in 1846J, although before his time Dr. J. H.\\nCrawford, the first settled physician in the township, used\\nto practice at Watervliet occasionally, but at no time did he\\nlive there. Dr. Wheeler moved subsequently to Coloma.\\nDr. B. B. Tucker commenced medical practice in Water-\\nvliet in 1857, and since that time, until recently, he has\\npursued his profession in the village. He is now virtually\\nretired from active practice, although still conducting a pro.s-\\nperous drug business, with which he has been concerned for\\nmany years.\\nFollowing Dr. Tucker the physicians in Watervliet may\\nbe named as Drs. Lamb, Lindsley, Dunning, R. B. Law-\\nrence, L. B. Foster, and S. D. Walden, the latter three\\nbeing now the practicing physicians of the place.\\nThe first physician to practice in Watervliet has already\\nbeen named in Dr. J. H. Crawford, who in 1841 settled\\nabout a mile south of the site of Coloma, near Becker s\\nLake. Dr. Crawford did not intend to practice medicine\\nwhen he became a settler, but circumstances, aided by fre-\\nquent appeals for his services, led him to take it up, and he\\nsoon acquired a practice that employed about his whole\\ntime and took him over a wide range of territory. Al-\\nthough business was good, the country did not agree with\\nDr. Crawford, -that is to say, sickness began to fasten it-\\nself upon him as well as upon others, and succumbing even-\\ntually to illness and the loneliness of his situation in a wild\\ncountry, he returned to Ohio, his place of former residence.\\nSo anxious was he to get away that, being too ill to walk or\\nsit up even, he caused himself to be conveyed eastward\\nupon his sick-bed.\\nDr. Crawford s successor as a practitioner in the town-\\nship was Dr. J. H. Wheeler, who settled in Watervliet vil-\\nlage about 1846. Upon the death of his wife he removed\\nto Coloma, and after practicing there for a time occupied a\\nfarm west of the village, and not long after left the township.\\nIn 1855, Dr. H. M. Marvin came to Coloma, and with\\nthe exception of one year, spent in the government service,\\nhas practiced continuously in the village until the present\\ntime.\\nWhile Dr. Marvin was .serving as surgeon in the United\\nStates army, in 1864, Dr. Hamilton practiced in Coloma\\nabout four months, until his death. The physicians are\\nDrs. Marvin, Wakeman, Ryno, and Baker.\\nTOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION AND CIVIL LIST.\\nWatervliet, originally a part of St. Joseph township, was\\nset oiF as a part of Paw Paw township March 7, 1834, at-\\ntached to Bainbridge April 2, 1838, and was set off in\\n1846 from the latter as a separate township. The township\\nrecords dating from 1846 to 1868 were destroyed by fire\\nin 1867, and thus much documentary evidence bearing\\nupon Watervliet s early history is lost, while the list of\\ntownship officials can be given only from 1868 to the pres-\\nent time. The township was named from Watervliet vil-\\nlage, which was originally known as Waterford but that\\nname being borne by another postal station in the State, a\\nchange was made to Watervliet, a Dutch term signifying\\nflowing water.\\nThe affairs of the township are directed by a township\\nboard, whose members in 1879 were W. M. Baldwin,\\nSupervisor; W. A. Baker, Township Clerk, and Abram\\nSmith, Justice of the Peace. The school inspectors were\\nR. R. Lawrence, Sawyer Ball, and Wm. A. Baker. The\\njustices of the peace were Sawyer Ball, Abram Smith, O.s-\\ncar Terry, and B. H. Goldman. The following list is of\\npersons who have filled the offices of supervisor, clerk,\\ntreasurer, and justice of the peace from 1868 to the present\\ntime", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0463.jp2"}, "464": {"fulltext": "348\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\n1868. Supervisor, James II. Marvin Clerk, H. C. Matran Treasurer,\\nJames W. Weimer Justices of the Peace, William Brown,\\nIsaac B. Staudish.\\n1869.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, James H. Marvin; Clerk, W. M. Baldwin Treas-\\nurer, J. W. Weimer; Justice of the Peace, Austin Bcaman.\\n1870. Supervisor, James H. Marvin; Clerk, Charles C. Perry;\\nTreasurer, J. W. Weimer Justice of the Peace, J. H. Mar-\\nvin.\\n1871. Supervisor, William H. Merrifield; Clerk, Charles C. Perry;\\nTreasurer, J. W. Weimer; Justice of the Peace, George A.\\nRay.\\n1872. Supervisor, Joseph W. Weimer; Clerk, Edwin R. Havens;\\nTreasurer, Marcus Osgood: JusticL- of the Peace. Charles C.\\nPerry.\\n187. Supervisor, Sawyer Ball; Clerk, Edwin R. Havens; Treas-\\nurer, Marcus Osgood Justice of the Peace, Austin Beamau.\\n1874.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, S. P. Merrifield; Clerk, Edwin R. Havens; Treas-\\nurer, Charles Kennicott; Justice of the Peace, Edwiu U.\\nHavens.\\n1875. Supervisor, S. P. Merrifield; Clerk, Edwin R. Havens; Treas-\\nurer, Charles Kennicott; Justices of the Peace, Elias R.\\nWelsh, George A. Ray, Sawyer Ball.\\n1876.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, P. A. Bowe; Clerk, E. R. Havens; Treasurer,\\nJohn W. Knapp Justices of the Peace, Sawyer Ball, Oscar\\nTerry.\\n1877. Supervisor, S. P. Merrifield Clerk, Sawyer Ball; Treasurer,\\nW. M. Baldwin Justice of the Peace, Abram Smith.\\n1878. Supervisor, S. P. Merrifield; Clerk, John Thomas; Treasurer,\\nAVilliam Baldwin Justice of the Peace, R. N. Van Matter.\\n1879. Supervisor, W. M. Baldwin; Clerk, William A. Baker; Treas-\\nurer, John W. Knapp; Justices of the Peace, E. H. Gold-\\nman, Oscar Terry.\\nRELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.\\nThe Methodist Episcopal Church of Columa. The\\nearly records of the Coloma Methodist Episcopal Church\\nare lost, and the fragments of history obtainable about the\\nfirst days of the organization are necessarily meagre. About\\nthe year 1844 a Methodist class was formed at a school-\\nhouse about a mile west of Coloma, and from the fact that\\na hill near there, known as Mount Hope, was donated to\\nthe church for a cemetery, the class was named Mount\\nHope. It may be here observed that the soil of Mount\\nHope proving unsuitable for the purpose, the proposed\\ncemetery was not established there. Among the members\\nof the Mount Hope class whose names can be recalled\\nwere Martin Musser and wife, Robert and Eliza Merri-\\nfield, James S. Johnson and wife, Jeremiah Smith and\\nwife, Alfred Sensebaugh and wife, J. H. Crawford and wife,\\nMartin Musser being the class-leader.\\nAfter Coloma began to assume the dignity of a village,\\nthe class changed its place of worship to that point, and\\ncontinued to use the township school-house until the com-\\npletion at Coloma, in 1859, of the Congregational church\\nedifice, which from that time until October, 1879, served\\nas the place of meetings. At the time last mentioned, the\\nMethodists dedicated a handsome church of their own,\\nwhich they had built at Coloma during the summer. From\\n1844 to 1847, when the church was attached to the Silver\\nCreek circuit, the pastors were Revs. A. C. Shaw, I. C.\\nAbbott, and E. House. From 1847 to 1856, when it was\\nattached to the St. Joseph circuit, the pastors were Revs.\\nT. P. McCool, E. L. Kellogg, Ransom Goodall, Geo. King,\\nB. F. Doughty, Charles Barnes, Thomas Clark, J. W. Rob-\\ninson, W. F. Jenkins, Milo Corey, T. H. Bignall, R. Wat-\\nson, S. Hendrickson, T. G. Jakewtiy, Charles Barnes. Since\\n1856 the church has been attached to the Coloma circuit.\\nand the pastors have been Wm. Stafford, T. G. Jakeway,\\nE. L. Kellogg, J. Hoyt, H. M. Joy, A. J. Eldred, H.\\nCaldwell, Rowland Soule, G. S. Harder, H. Penfield, D.\\nC. Woodward, E. D. Bacon, F. Glass, H. Hall, T. Edward,\\nJ. P. Force, C. C. Olds, V. Mason, I. B. Tallman, G. C.\\nElliott, G. W. Gosling. A. R. Boggs, the latter being the\\npastor, October, 1879.\\nThe membership is now 60, and church affairs are pros-\\nperous to a gratifying extent. The officers are as follows\\nClass-Leader, Delos Bryant; Trustees, J. M. Guy, T.\\nBecker, J. M. Worden, T. R. Gilson, 8. Bachman, E.\\nCarter, A. W. Crumb, D. Bryant, T. Carter Stewards,\\nJ. M. Guy, T. Becker, S. Bachman, J. M. Worden, A.\\nE. Kingsley. The pastor holds services each Sunday, and\\npreaches each Sunday also in Watervliet village.\\nA Union Sunday- School^ supported by the Congrega-\\ntioualists and Methodists, has sessions each Sunday in the\\nCongregational church. The scholars number 40, and are\\nunder the charge of Sawyer Ball, superintendent, and a\\ncorps of 8 teachers.\\nThe Methodist Episcopal Church of Watervliet. The\\nchurch now worshiping at Watervliet village, and attached\\nto the Coloma circuit, was organized about the year 1846,\\nalthough the exact date of that event, as well as early\\nevents of interest, cannot be recited, for the reason that the\\nearly church records are lost. James I. Redding was the\\nfirst class-leader, and for twenty-three years, or until 1869,\\nthe church met for worship in the Watervliet school-house.\\nIn the year mentioned the church edifice now in use was\\nerected. The list of pastors who have served the church\\nwill be found identical with that given in the history of\\nthe Methodist Episcopal Church of Coloma, since both\\nchurches have always been in the same charge. The\\nchurch trustees are now W. W. Allen, Oscar Terry, S. C.\\nPrice, Sebastian Smith, and J. J. Brooks. W. W. Allen,\\nOscar Terry, and A. N. Woodruff are the Stewards, C. H.\\nJohnson the Class-Leader, and John Worden the District\\nSteward. The church membership is 69.\\nA Union Sunday- School, vixxh a flourishing membership\\nof from 80 to 100 scholars, meets in the church every\\nSabbath. Mr. George Parsons is the superintendent, and\\nis assisted by 12 teachers.\\nThe First Congregational Church. Pursuant to a call\\nto organize a Congregational Church in Watervliet, a coun-\\ncil convened in Coloma, June 16, 1853, with Rev. Wm. C.\\nDenison as moderator and Rev. Eleazer Andrus as secretary.\\nCertificates were presented by Rev. William H. Osborn,\\nCharles C. Johnson, Ives Wallingford, James Scott, Lucina\\nMarvin, Lucina Marvin Osborn, Maria Wallingford, Mrs.\\nScott, Lucy Ann Crumb, Sarah M. Johnson. Rev. William\\nH. Osborn, formerly a Free-Will Baptist minister, was en-\\ngaged as pastor, and Charles C. Jolinson chosen deacon.\\nThe first sacrament was administered by Rev. Thomas\\nJones. Preaching was at first held in the Dickerville\\nschool-house. March 26, 1854, 10 members were received\\ninto the church. Rev. Mr. O.sborn ceased his labors with\\nthe church in June, 1856, from which time to June, 1857,\\nthere was no minister. Elder A. Rowe was then called to\\nthe charge, at which time the church membership was ex-\\nceedingly feeble and scattered, and, to quote from the church", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0464.jp2"}, "465": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OP WATERVLTET.\\n349\\nrecords, religion was in a low state. Jan. 9, 1858, there\\nwas an upward movement, when 13 members were added,\\nand James Patterson elected deacon. In 1855 the erection\\nof a church edifice was begun, but the completion lagged\\nuntil 1859, when the house was dedicated: the Home Mis-\\nsionary Aid Society eventually coming to the assistance of\\nthe church in the matter, while membei s of the Methodist\\nChurch lilfewise gave some aid, wherefore the structure was\\nknown as the Union Church. Elder William B. Campbell\\nbegan his term as pastor in 1860. From 1865 to 1867\\nthere was no regular pastor, but in the latter year Rev.\\nE. M. Shaw assumed charge, and remained one year.\\nUpon the retirement of Mr. Shaw the church ceased its\\nactive existence, although still retaining its organization,\\nand this condition of affairs endured until December, 1876,\\nwhen Rev. W. B. Williams, superintendent of missions,\\nrevived the church, preached a few times, restored a measure\\nof the lost strength, and in September, 1877, secured Rev.\\nN. D. Lamphear as pastor. Mr. Lamphear was in charge\\nOctober, 1879, when the membership was 25. At that\\ntime, E. P. Luce and J. L. Marvin were ofiBciating as\\ndeacons.\\nChristian Church. In 1857, 35 persons met in the red\\nschool-house, just over the river from Coloma, and by Elder\\nB. I. Curtis were organized as the Christian Church of\\nColoma. Jesse Woodward, who was then chosen deacon,\\nhas continued in that office to the present, James Stalker\\nbeing now a deacon with him. Succeeding Elder Curtis\\nthe pastors have been Elders Ira B. Winch, Mc-\\nGeorge, Wilson, McDaniel, G. W. Sherman,\\nNorman, and Reason Davis. Upon beginning his\\nterm of service, in March, 1878, Mr. Davis inaugurated a\\nspirited revival, and so fruitful were his labors that at the\\nclose of the revival 130 persons had been received as mem-\\nbers of the church. Mr. Davis still serves as pastor, and\\npreaches in the school-house across the river and al-\\nthough the membership of the church is claimed to be 125\\nno church edifice has yet been erected. Previous to 1875,\\nwhen the members of the faith in Deerfield worshiped\\nwith this congregation, the membership reached at times as\\nhigh as 200. A flourishing Sabbath-school, in charge of\\nJames Stalker, is attached to the church. Jesse Wood-\\nward, one of the first members of the church, served as su-\\nperintendent of the Sabbath-school fifteen years previous to\\n1876.\\nBURIAL-GROUND.\\nThe village grave-yard first used is still to be seen, but it\\nhas long been a disused, forlorn-looking place. Four or\\nfive weed-covered graves, surrounded by a picket fence, are\\nthere, and near there is what is said to be an Indian mound,\\nwhere Indian bodies were once buried, and where bones\\nhave been turned over by the pioneer plowshare. In the\\nold grave-yard John Stronner buried two children, and there\\nalso Mr. Miller, a brother of James Redding s wife, was\\nburied.\\nSCHOOLS.\\nReference has already been made elsewhere to the first\\nschool and first school-teacher in Watervliet. Especial at-\\ntention is called to the fact that in its earliest days Dicker-\\nville was chosen as the location of a select school of some\\npretensions. Charles Bostwick erected in 1849 a good-\\nsized building, which he opened as a school, and of which\\nhe promised something more than ordinary in the way of\\neducational achievements. Bostwick himself was a teacher,\\nand to assist him in conducting the school he engaged S.\\nP. Merrifield, then, as now, a resident in the neighborhood.\\nUnder their administration the institution flourished for a\\ntime, but upon the establishment of common schools it lost\\nits prestige, and being discontinued, was succeeded in the\\nsame structure by a tavern, now the O.sgood House. The\\ncondition of the schools of Watervliet, Sept. 1, 1879, as\\nshown in the report for that year, was as follows Number\\nof districts, 7 (5 whole, 2 fractional). Number of children\\nof school age, 570. Average attendance, 442. Value of\\nschool property. District No. 1, $1500; No. 2, $2500;\\nNo. 3, $100 No. 4, $500; No. 5, $250; No. 7, $600;\\nNo. 8, $800 total, $6350. Whole number of teachers,\\n16. Amount paid for teachers wages, $1693.50. School\\ndirectors, District No. 1, S. Shoup No. 2 (graded school),\\nOscar Terry; No. 3 (fractional), Ch. Becht No. 4, Perry\\nJohnson; No. 5 (fractional), Milo Baker; No. 7, J. H.\\nJones No. 8 (fractional), G. W. Blackman.\\nSOCIETIES AND ORDERS.\\nColoma Lodge, No. 162, F. and A. M., was chartered\\nJan. 13, 1865, with the following members John L. Mar-\\nvin, W. M. W. W. McKee, S. W. Milo Bratton, J. W.\\nArchibald Stewart, A. I. Brush, Gilson Osgood, Marcus\\nOsgood, J. C. Pike, J. H. Marvin, and B. B. Tucker.\\nThe Worshipful Masters who have served since 1865\\nhave been J. L. Marvin, B. B. Tucker, J. H. Marvin, W.\\nW. McKee, Milo Bratton, H. M. Marvin, Archibald\\nStewart. The membership Oct. 1, 1879, was 34, when\\nthe officers were J. L. Marvin, W. M. Archibald Stew-\\nart, S. W. James Hanna, J. W. Marcus Osgood, Sec.\\nJesse Woodward, Treas. H. M. Marvin, S. D. Thomas\\nBecker, J. D. George Golden, Tiler.\\nHenry Cha.mherlain Lodge, F. and A. M., No. 308, was\\norganized Jan. 17, 1873, when B. B. Tucker was chosen\\nMaster, B W. Sutherland, Senior Warden, and J. W.\\nKnapp, Junior Warden. The Masters of the lodge since\\norganization have been B. B. Tucker, B. W. Sutherland,\\nand S. D. Walden. The membership is now 22, and the\\nofficers are S. D. Walden, M. B. W. Sutherland, S. W.\\nJohn Hammill, J. W. L. J. Barnard, Sec. J. S. Burnside,\\nTreas. The lodge holds its sessions in Watervliet village.\\nColoma Lodge, No. 140, 0. 0. F, received its charter\\nJan. 20, 1871, and as charter members had I. B. Winch,\\nJ. 0. Keith, Jesse Woodward, George Strong, and E.\\nBrant. There are now 45 members, and officers as follows\\nG. G. Duvall, N. G. R. R. Hew.son, V. G. M. V. Bu-\\nchanan, R. S. J. M. Luce, P. S. Martin Miller, Treas.\\nRegular sessions are held every Wednesday.\\nDegree Lodge, Daughters of Rebecca, No. 19, was char-\\ntered Feb. 22, 1879, with 20 members, but worked from\\nFebruary, 1874, under dispensation, as Lodge No. 73.\\nThe membership was 30 in October, 1879, when the officers\\nwere Mrs. S. E. Miller, N. G. Mrs. M. V. Buchanan,\\nV. G. Agnes Duval, R. S. Mrs. George Hewitt, Treas.\\nMrs. S. Shupe, F. S. J. H. Jones, D. G. M.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0465.jp2"}, "466": {"fulltext": "350\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nOviatt Lodge, No. 160, 0. 0. F., was organized\\nApril 27, 1871, with the following members: II. C. Brown,\\nN. G. T. A. Pockett, V. G. W. W. Allen, Sec. Cortes\\nHawks, Treas. and H. E. Holland, Wesley Vincent, and\\nC. H. Johnson. Members received at the first meeting\\nwere S. D. Walden, D. C. Johnson, H. B. Bradt, J. V.\\nHone, Darius Chatfield. The lodge worked under dispen-\\nsation until Jan. 18, 1872, when a charter was granted.\\nThe Noble Grands of the lodge since its organization have\\nbeen R. C. Brown, T. A. Pockett, S. D. Walden, C. H.\\nJohnson, D. S. Newton, H. B. Bradt, S. C. Price, Darius\\nChatfield, D. C. Johnson, H. E. Holland, Henry Gammer,\\nJ. D. Wigeant, D. A. Wright, D. Randall, and Darius\\nChatfield.\\nThe membership is now 28 and the officers as follows\\nD. Randall, S. P. G. D. Chatfield, N. G P. 0. Bowe,\\nV. G. H. B. Bradt, Sec; Lute Jaffrey, P. Sec. Charles\\nJohnson, Treas. Duane Wigeant, I. G. Regular meet-\\nings are held every Monday night in Watervliet village.\\nThe Watervliet Silver Cornet Band flourished briskly\\nfor a space of six years. It was organized by S. D. Wal-\\nden in 1872, with 13 pieces, and until 1878, under the\\nleadership of Mr. Walden, was an affair of some conse-\\nquence. In that year the band was dissolved and the\\nproperty sold.\\nHome Grange, No. 188, P. of H., was organized Dec.\\n30, 1873, at the house of Michael Smith, in Hagar town-\\nship. The charter members were Lyman Cole, Lucinda\\nCole, William Jeffrey, Ahnira Jeffrey, De Witt Guy, A.\\nBarnum, S. A. Barnum, Alfred Smith, Mary Smith, Isaac\\nFarnum, Angeline Farnum, Michael Smith, Margaret\\nSmith, George Merrifield, Belle Merrifield, Roswell Curtis,\\nC. H. Curtis, Emma Curtis, C. D. Stanley, M. R. Stanley,\\nFranklin Ripley, Leonard Dade, Sarah Dade, J. C. Lewis,\\nPorter Buckley.\\nMay 12, 1877, Coloma was declared to be the centre of\\njurisdiction, and the grange domicile was therefore removed\\nto that village, where it lias since remained. The member-\\nship Oct. 1, 1879, was 30 the officers were Miram Fish,\\nMaster; J. L. McKean, Lecturer; H. W. Peck, Steward;\\nE. Buckley, Assistant Steward 1. K. Shimer, Overseer\\nMrs. Deetrick, Chaplain William Collier, Treas. Helen\\nFinch, Sec; R. Lee, Gate-Keeper Mrs. Jane Huyck,\\nCeres; Sarah Fish, Pomona Mahala Collier, Flora M. M.\\nShimer, Lady Assistant Steward.\\nWatervliet Grange, No. 149, was organized in 1873, and\\nin 1876 losing much of its membership to newly-organized\\ngranges in the neighborhood, was dissolved that year\\nWatervliet Lodge, No. 903, O. G. T., was organized\\nOct. 28, 1875, with members as follows S. M. Shirey, L.\\nReuseau, C. A. Hawks, Mrs. Delano, E. Shirey, F. Grif-\\nfith, A. Griffith, H. Gammer, S. H. Dill, E. Delano, L.\\nDelano, E. N. Delano, M. S. Slater, G. Hutchinson, E.\\nHutchinson, E. R. Holland, D. C. Johnson, Mrs. Gammer,\\nS. L. Randall, D. S. Wigeant, C. F. Teetzel, W. Griffith,\\nS. S. Dill, D. A. Wright, L. E. Dill, L M. Dill, W. Teet-\\nzel, J. E. Dill, Flora Johnson, P. L. Delano. The Past\\nWorthy Chief Templars are D. C. Johnson, S. L. Randall,\\nS. H. Dill, Mrs. Knapp. The present membership is 45.\\nThe officers are D. C. Johnson, W. C. T. Mrs. Delano, W.\\nV. T. Mrs. Bradt, W. Chap. Hayes Dill, W. Sec L.\\nE. Delano, W. A. S. R. E. Wigeant, W. F. S. Uriah\\nWood, W. T. Mertie Burke, W. M. John McDonald,\\nW. D. M. Temple Wigeant, W. I. G. Perry Newcomb,\\nW. 0. G. Minnie Brooks, W. L. H. S. Myra Spencer,\\nW. R. H. S. Mrs. Knapp, P. W. C. T.\\nColoma Lodge, J. 0. G. T., No. 652, was organized in\\n1859, but thriving poorly, lapsed into inactivity. In\\n1869 there was a reorganization, with 14 members, and for\\na few years matters prospered but in 1877 another era of\\ninaction set in, and from that tinie to the present the lodge\\nhas had no meetings.\\nThe Order of United American Mechanics, said to be\\nthe only one of its kind in the State, was organized March\\n9, 1878, with 24 members, and for a time held regular\\nsessions at Watervliet village, while a permanent pros-\\nperity appeared to be assured. After a time, the interest\\nof the members flagged, and sessions of the organization\\nhave been very few during the past year. Efforts are being\\nmade to revive the matter, but the show for success is by\\nno means flattering.\\nCURIOUS RELIC.\\nA curious relic was discovered at Watervliet in 1837,\\nduring the digging of the race for Smith Merrick s mills.\\nJoseph Matran, one of the workmen, and now a farmer of\\nBainbridge, turned up with his spade a tooth of enormous\\nsize. It passed into the hands of scientific men, and was\\nproduced for discussion in numerous assemblies of the\\nlearned, who decided that it had belonged to some creature\\nlarger by far than the elephant or any other beast of the\\npresent day, and among whom it created for a time a very\\nmarked sensation.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nEDWARD BRANT.\\nThis gentleman is the son of Mason and Almira (Tobias)\\nBrant, and one of a family of six children. He was born\\nin Ionia Co., Mich., May 7, 1845. His father was a na-\\ntive of New York, and his mother of Ohio. The elder\\nBrant was a farmer by occupation, and removed to Ionia\\nCo., Mich., in 1838. He went to California in 1849 and\\ndied there, leaving his wife and children to struggle for\\ntheir own maintenance. Mrs. Brant again married, sold\\nher home in Ionia, and came to Berrien County, accom-\\npanied by four of her children.\\nEdward Brant remained with his mother until he had\\nreached the age of thirteen years, when his services were\\nhired by a man named Andrews, and for six months work\\nhe received a shirt and a pair of overalls His stipulated\\nwages were five dollars a month, but were never paid. His\\nsubsequent experience was more encouraging, Messrs. Ciis-\\nsidy and Pearl paying him in full for his labor. For six\\nyears he was in the employ of Pierce Co., extensive\\nlumber dealers, who furnished work for sixty men, Mr.\\nBrant being their foreman. At the age of twenty-one he\\nmarried Miss Martha Carpenter, of Covert township. Van", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0466.jp2"}, "467": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0467.jp2"}, "468": {"fulltext": "^i ^s-^", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0468.jp2"}, "469": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OP WATERVLIET.\\n351\\nBuren Co. Her parents, who were natives of Canada, had\\na family of eight children, and settled early in Michigan.\\nHer mother died when the child was but three years old,\\nand her father s death occurred in 1869. About the time\\nof his marriage Mr. Brant purchased twenty acres of land,\\nwhich is included in his present farm of three hundred and\\nsixty-three acres. This place has an excellent grain-pro-\\nducing soil, and is well adapted also to the raising of stock.\\nIts owner has at present a fine flock of sheep, and besides\\nhis farming operations is extensively engaged in lumbering.\\nHis possessions in timber-land aggregate about eight hun-\\ndred acres, in Berrien and Montcalm Counties, and he gives\\nemployment during the entire year to about forty men.\\nMr. and Mrs. Brant are the parents of four children, viz.\\nMason, born Jan. 7, 1867; Carrie, born Nov. 11,1869;\\nIda, born Aug. 7, 1871 Mertie, born May 15, 1879.\\nThe meaning of the appellation self made man is often\\nperverted, but in the case of Mr. Brant the title is deserv-\\nedly ;ippropriate, and the result of his labors is an excellent\\nexample of what may, through industry, perseverance, and\\nshrewd business tact, grow from a small beginning.\\nHARVEY C. SHERWOOD.\\nMr. Sherwood, who is the son of Amos and Mary\\n(Campbell) Sherwood, and the seventh in a family of eleven\\njhildren, of whom six are now living, was born Feb. 9,\\n1835, in Onondaga Co., N. Y., of which his mother, who\\nwas of Scotch descent, was also a native his father was\\nborn in Connecticut, but was of English descent. His\\nparents were married in Onondaga County, Jan. 25, 1821.\\nMr. Sherwood remained at home until he was of age, and\\nwas given a thorough academical and scientific education,\\nattending different seminaries and the academies at Homer\\nand Onondaga Valley, graduating in the year 1853. His\\nfather, who in early life was a merchant, became afterwards\\na farmer, but remained an active business man, and died\\nabout the time his son reached his majority. H. C. Sher-\\nwood then went to Syracuse and engaged in business with\\nhis brother, Le Grand Sherwood. In 1865 their copart-\\nnership was dissolved by mutual consent, and H. C. Sher-\\nwood continued in business as a wholesale and retail grocer\\nuntil 187U, being quite successful. In the latter year he\\ndisposed of his business in Syracuse and came to Michigan,\\nand began improving his present fine farm, known as Lake\\nView, on the bank of Paw Paw Laka. Until 1875 he\\nonly spent his summers here, returning for the winters to\\nSyracuse, but in that year he removed with his family\\nconsisting of his wife and one son, Robert H., born Jan.\\n12, 1864, who is now at Olivet College to Michigan,\\nwhere he permanently located.\\nMr. Sherwood was married, Sept. 4, 1861, to Elizabeth,\\nyoungest child of D. Alvord, one of the first to engage in\\nthe manufacture of salt at Syracuse, and who settled in\\nOnondaga County in 1796.\\nThe present home of Mr. Sherwood consists of four hun-\\ndred acres, lying on sections 11 and 12, in the township of\\nWatervliet, and is especially adapted to fruit-raising. Mr.\\nSherwood already has forty acres set with peach, apple,\\nand pear-trees, and sixteen acres of peach-trees are in fine\\nbearing condition, the net profit from this source alone\\nhaving been over ten thousand dollars in three years.\\nThis farm, when it became the property of Mr. Sherwood,\\nwas covered by a thick growth of timber, but at present\\nabout three hundred and fifty acres are improved and in a\\nstate of cultivation. Mr. Sherwood also pays considerable\\nattention to the introduction of fine stock, which none ap-\\npreciate better than he, and he is the present owner of two\\nhundred Merino sheep, thirty head of cattle, and nine\\nhorses, some of the latter being of the famous Percheron\\nNorman breed of draft horses. He raises considerable\\ngrain of various kinds also owns a tract of fine timber-\\nland lying in Allegan and the southern part of Berrien\\nCounties. He takes great pride in his farm, and labors to\\nmake it a model of its class. He is a member of the State\\nPomological Society, and takes deep interest in its aflfiiirs.\\nHe is also a member of the executive board of the Western\\nMichigan Agricultural and Industrial Society. Politically,\\nhe has been a life-long Democrat. He and his wife united\\nwith the First Presbyterian Church of Syracuse, N. Y.,\\nsoon after their marriage.\\nW. W. ALLEN\\nmay be justly ranked among the self-made men of Water-\\nvliet township. He was born Aug. 28, 1836, in Stafl^ord,\\nGenesee Co., N. Y., and was the oldest in a family of four\\nchildren. His parents Albert and Sophronia (Tanner)\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i^f\\nW. W. ALLEN.\\nAllen were natives of New York. In 1837 his father\\ncame to Michigan and located at Jackson, where he re-\\nmained about one year and removed to Geauga Co., Ohio,\\nwhere he died in 1844. His occupation had been that of\\na miller. Two of his children, a son and a daughter, also\\ndied within the same time, and his widow was left with two\\nchildren and but little means. She returned to Genesee", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0469.jp2"}, "470": {"fulltext": "352\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nCounty, N. Y., and W. W. Allen made his home with an\\nuncle, on the latter s farm. His mother with her youngest\\nchild moved to Paw Paw, Mich., where she was married to\\nMr. N. R. Woodruff, and settled in the town of Bainbridge,\\nBerrien Co. Her son remained with his uncle until he\\nwas twelve years old, when he followed his mother to\\nMichigan, and for seven years lived with them in Bain-\\nbridge. At the end of that time or at the age of nine-\\nteen he engaged as clerk in the store of E. Smith Co.,\\nat Paw Paw, and remained with them five years. In 1860,\\nin St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., he was married to Miss Jennie\\nIrving, who was the youngest in a family of four children.\\nHer parents had formerly resided in Canada, but were of\\nScotch descent, and removed to New York when the\\ndaughter was quite young. Mr. and Mrs. Allen are the\\nparents of two children Irving W., born April 26, 1863,\\nand Blanche W., born Feb. 4, 1867. After his marriage\\nMr. Allen settled in Watervliet, and engaged in the mer-\\ncantile business, which he has since continued, with marked\\nsuccess. His stock has been enlarged at various times until\\nhe has at present one of the finest stores in the county, and\\nits name The Centennial Store is familiar to all. Mr.\\nAllen began with a limited capital, but his credit was ex-\\ncellent and he was proved worthy of confidence, and his\\nsuccess in business is indeed gratifying. His early educa-\\ntional advantages were extremely limited, and beyond suh-\\ntractio7i the principles of arithmetic were a blank to him.\\nPolitically he is a Republican, and cast his first vote for the\\nlamented Lincoln. For nine years he held the office of\\npostmaster, and finally resigned, as his business affairs\\noccupied his time too fully to admit of his attending to the\\noffice. Mr. Allen and his wife united with the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church in 1874. The parents of Mrs. Allen\\ndied when she was young. Mr. Allen is now the only\\nliving representative of his father s family, except his\\nmother, his brother s death having occurred in the winter\\nof 1873.\\nJOSEPH KNAPP,\\nson of Nathan Knapp, is one of a family of ten children,\\nand was born in Tioga Co., Pa., July 18, 1835. His\\nparents were natives of New York, and his father was a\\nsoldier in the war of 1812. The son remained at home\\nuntil he was twenty-seven years of age, acquiring a fair\\neducation. In 1853 his father removed to Michigan and\\nlocated at Berrien Springs, and two years later changed his\\nresidence to Watervliet township, and purchased land on\\nsection 17. He died Sept. 12, 1877, his wife s death hav-\\ning occurred April 12, 1874; both are buried in the Co-\\nloma Cemetery, and a fine monument to their memory has\\nbeen erected by their son, Joseph Knapp. Joseph was\\nmarried March 19, 1862, to Mrs. Maria Clark, of this\\ntownship, and by her is the father of three children, Ed-\\nward, born April 30, 1863; Hiram, born July 6, 1865;\\nAnnette, born Oct. 20, 1867. After his marriage, Mr.\\nKnapp settled on forty acres on section 17, where he still\\nresides, having since added to it ninety-six acres. Mrs.\\nKnapp had three children by her first husband, and\\nElisha, the oldest, is now living with Mr. Knapp. In\\n1871, Mr. Knapp engaged in the manufacture of fruit-\\nbaskets, and has been very successful in that business. In\\n1874 his building, with all its machinery, was destroyed by\\nfire, but was rebuilt within sixty days, and he now gives\\nemployment to a number of persons, varying from twenty-\\nfive to thirty-five. In April, 1875, he was called upon to\\nmourn the loss of his wife. Feb. 27, 1876, he was mar-\\nried to Mrs. Josephine Warner, a native of Vermont, from\\nwhich State her parents also natives thereof removed to\\nMichigan in 1856, after having spent a few years in Mas-\\nsachusetts. By her first husband she had one child, Olive\\nH. Warner, who was born in Williams Co., Ohio, Nov. 26,\\n1863.\\nIn political matters, Mr. Knapp is a Republican, although\\nhe claims the privilege of voting for the persons who seem\\nto him best fitted for office. He is a member of the Chris-\\ntian Church, and donates liberally to all religious denomi-\\nnations.\\nS. P. MERRIFIELD.\\nThis gentleman was born Sept. 12, 1827, in Benton\\ntown.ship, Yates Co., N. Y., and is one of a family of eleven\\nchildren, seven sons and four daughters,^all now living.\\nHis mother s maiden name was Simmons, her family being\\nS. p. WEIIEIFIELD.\\nvery highly esteemed. When the son was five years of\\nage, his father removed to Potter, in Yates County, where\\nhe remained until 1844. In that year he emigrated to\\nMichigan, and settled on section 30, Watervliet township,\\nBerrien Co., where he died, in October, 1851, having reached\\nthe age of sixty-six years. S. P. Morrifield assisted on the\\nhome-farm until he was twenty-two years of age, when he\\nleft for the purpose of attending school, but was prevented\\nby sickness from so doing. Returning to the old neigh-\\nborhood in New York, he remained two years, working on\\na farm summers and teaching school winters. In the fall\\nof 1851 he began attending school at Oberlin, Ohio, where\\nhe remained six months. He subsequently spent two years\\nin traveling, visiting several Western States, and occasion-\\nally obtaining employment at teaching. In 1857, while in", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0470.jp2"}, "471": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0471.jp2"}, "472": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0472.jp2"}, "473": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF WEESAW.\\n353\\nOhio, he was married to Miss S. A. Dayton, the only\\ndaughter in a family of six children. Her mother, a native\\nof Connecticut, died in 1856, and her father, whose native\\nState was New York, died in the spring of 1859. After\\nhis marriage Mr. Merrifield remained on the farm of his\\nfather-in-law, in Ohio, nearly fourteen years. His only\\nchild, Adin, was born Oct. 14, 1858, and in March, 1879,\\njourneyed to California, where he is now residing. In 1871,\\nMr. Merrifield removed to Michigan, and settled on the\\nplace he now occupies, in Watervliet township. Mr, Mer-\\nrifield was formerly a Republican in politics, and held the\\npositions of supervisor and school inspector five years. He\\nhas more recently united with the Greenback party. For\\nseven years he attended to his duties as an ordained min-\\nister of the Univer.salist Church, in connection with his\\noccupation as a farmer, but is at this time a liberal Spiritu-\\nalist. His entire life has been a busy one.\\nSEBASTIAN SMITH.\\nThis gentleman, the son of George Smith, is the third\\nin a family of five children, and was born May 11, 1826,\\nin Redfield, Kennebec Co., Me., of which town his parents\\nwere also natives. When he was thirteen years of age\\nSebastian Smith went to New Brunswick, where he lived\\nand worked with his uncle, Oliver Smith, until he was\\ntwenty-four. July 9, 1850, while in the province named,\\nhe was married to Miss Harriet, daughter of John and Re-\\nbecca Barker, and by her was the father of five children,\\nthree of whom are now living. In 1849, before he was\\nmarried, his uncle died and left him executor of his will.\\nIn 1854, after the final settlement of hi.s uncle s business,\\nhe came to Michigan, and selected a site for a future home,\\nand sent for his family, which arrived in the fall of 1855.\\nHis uncle s afiairs were in such a state that he could pay\\nhis nephew nothing, and the latter, upon his arrival in\\nMichigan, was the possessor of the very small sum of fifty\\ncents but he soon found employment at rafting lumber for\\nthe firm of Medbury Aldrich, who had just become\\nproprietors of the Watervliet Mill. He remained in their\\nemploy nearly two years. In the fall of 1856 he formed\\na copartnership with Henry R. Holland, and together they\\nbuilt a saw-mill on Mill Creek, and operated it two years,\\nwhen they dissolved partnership. At that time Mr. Smith\\nhad accumulated one hundred dollars in cash, as the result\\nof his extreme labor. The panic of 1857 dealt roughly\\nwith him, he only saving one hundred and sixty acres of\\nland (on which was an incumbrance of fifteen hundred dol-\\nlars), ten thousand feet of lumber, and five bushels of corn\\n(which he never received), and seventy-five cents in cash.\\nHe again found employment in rafting lumber, and in 1868\\nbuilt a house on his place which cost sixteen hundred dol-\\nlars, his father furnishing him with means to pay ofi the\\nindebtedness upon his land. In 1859 his house was de-\\nstroyed by fire, but was replaced in ninety days. To this\\nfarm he has made numerous additions, and now owns five\\nhundred and thirty-two acres, of which two hundred and\\nfifty are improved, sixty being included in an apple orchard.\\nMr. Smith has been an extensive shipper of fruit in 1878\\n45\\none car-load of apples one hundred and fifty barrels was\\nshipped from his orchard direct to London. The farm\\nshown in the view accompanying this notice is located on\\nsection 14, about two miles from the homestead, and one\\nmile north of the village of Watervliet it contains one\\nhundred and twenty acres, twenty of which are set to fruit,\\nand twenty more will be utilized in the same way in 1880,\\nwhen Mr. Smith s entire orchard will contain one hundred\\nacres.\\nMr. Smith is a Democrat in politics and belongs to no\\nreligious body. Until he was thirteen his years were spent\\non his father s farm, where he found plenty of hard work\\nand but small opportunity to obtain an education. By per-\\nseverance, however, aided by his mental and physical vigor,\\nhe became possessed of much practical knowledge, which\\nfitted him for the duties of life in no small degree.\\nCHAPTER XLV.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0WEESAAV TOVlTNSHIP.i\\nDescription and Original Land-Entries Tlie Early Settlers Land-\\nOwners in 1844 Township Organization and List of Officers\\nNew Troy Village Hill s Corners Schools Religious Societies.\\nThe township of Weesaw contains 36 full sections, and\\nis bounded on the north by the township of Lake, east by\\nBuchanan, south by Galien, and on the west by the town-\\nships of Chickaming and Three Oaks. It is quite destitute\\nof abrupt elevations, and is more nearly level than any town-\\nship in the county. The northwesterly and central portions\\nof the township are low and marshy, much of which has\\nbeen reclaimed, making excellent grass-land. The eastern\\nportion is high rolling land, well adapted to grain crops.\\nThe western part embraces rich loamy lands of very fine\\nquality. West and southwest of New Troy there is a large\\nadmixture of sand. Originally the township was heavily\\ntimbered with beech, maple, ash, basswood, whitewood, and\\nblack walnut, largely the two latter. The township was de-\\nlayed many years in its settlement from this fact, and sections\\nwere purchased for the timber by parties owning mills, and\\nwho held the land until the timber was cut ofl^. The land\\nis now in fine condition, and in the possession of an enter-\\nprising, thrifty people, and the future prosperity of Wee-\\nsaw is assured by the energy of its inhabitants. The town-\\nship has but few lakes, and its roads are nearly all straight\\nand in excellent condition. Its principal water-course is\\nthe Galien River and the branches that form it. The\\nnorthern branch rises in the north part of Buchanan town-\\nship, and flows westerly, with many windings mainly through\\nthe second tier of sections from the north line, and joins the\\nmain stream formed there by the confluence of this and\\nother branches. The largest branch rises in Galien and\\nflows northerly. Thence the river flows west through New\\nTroy and passes into Chickaming township. Blue Jay\\nCreek rises in the southwest part and flows westerly, and\\njoins the large branch on section 20.\\nThe original entries of government land on the several\\nBy Austin N. Hungerford.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0473.jp2"}, "474": {"fulltext": "354\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nsectioBS of Weesaw township were made by the following-\\nnamed persons, viz\\nSection 1. R. W. Landon, G. Kimmel, W. Stephens, J. Hickman.\\nSection 2.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 G. Kimmel, Mary J. Gould, Henry Blinn, Chas. P. Beard,\\nJ. H. Armstrong, W. Bardin, W. Stephens.\\nSection .3.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Chas. F. Beard, J. W. AVillis, R. W. Landon, John Orris,\\nM. J. Gould, P. Humphrey, T. Dennison.\\nSection 4. R. W. Lnndon, Isaac Sherwood, Elisha Alvord.\\nSection 5.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 D. Murry, J. Smith, Townsend Co.\\nSnUon 6.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. Sherwood, S. Gould.\\nSection 7. S. Gould, R. S. Morrison, E. Hitchcock, A. Edwards, B.\\nRedding, C. W. Reed.\\nSection 8.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 W. Stevens, Townsend t Co., B. Redding, H. Gould, C. J.\\nLanman, J. Front.\\nSection 9.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Wm. Smith, Elisha Alvord, E. Grice, W. Stephens.\\nSection W. W. Stephens, John H. Armstrong, Kimmel.\\nSection 11. Armstrong, Stephens, J. Garwood, S. Garwood,\\nJ. Rush.\\nSectio7i 12.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. Hickman, W. Dodd, W. Stephens, Martin.\\nSection U.\u00e2\u0080\u0094J. Harris, T. D. Vail, J. Rush, J. Maple.\\nSection 14.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Wood Roof, T. D. Vail, Andrew Caton, W. L. C.\\nRedding, Arthur Squim, Ozman Eddy.\\nSection 15. .1. Turner, J. Darwin, J. Turner and J. Redding.\\nSection 16.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 School lot.\\nSection 17.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. Rush, N. Willard, B. Buttorworth, H. Gould, J. Red-\\nding, H. A. Ranslead, J. Murphey.\\nSection 18. B. Butterworth, J. Murphey.\\nSection 19.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 H. A. Ranstead, Stephens, S. Gould, C. Hoag, B.\\nButterworth, S. Edes, D. G. Jones.\\nSection 20.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 N. Willard, J. Rush, S. Cannon, J. Mitchell, H. Bement.\\nSection 21.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 W. Scott, T. H. Richardson, Patrick Sullivan, John Mc-\\nDonnell, Daniel Darby, L. L. Harding, Morris Dulin.\\nSection 22.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Wm. Hollabrough, Wm. Stephens, D. G. Bouton, S. L.\\nMaynard, M. Turner, Lewis Benton, J. B. Phyle.\\nSection 23.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Elisha Alvord, J. Wills, Sr., Lydia IngersoII, W. Ern-\\nhart, Eli Hubbell, J. P. IngersoII, B. F. Pennell. J. W. Utley.\\nSection 24.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. Parole, J. Wills, N. Millard, W. Ernhart, J. Ryan, J.\\nJack.\\nSection 25.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 W. Stephens, J. Allen, N. Wilson, T. Helves, J. A.\\nStokes.\\nSection 26.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. Wills, J. A. Stokes, J. H. Rugg, D. Sharp, J. Davis.\\nSection 27. V. h. Bradford, Silas Stearns, Henry B. Hoffman.\\nSection 28.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 V. L. Bradford, J. Snyder, M. Dulin, E. Murdock.\\nSection 29.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. Mitchell, W. Scott, Ruel Blackman, Jas. Smith, T. M.\\nBennett, J. Bennett, N. Millard.\\nSection 30.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Townsend Co., N. Millard, W. Massar, J. Turner, J.\\nGerrish, W. White, N. Turner.\\nSection 31.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 G. B. Avery, J. Gerrish, Wm. Scott, John Burch, J.\\nCurry, C. Thomas.\\nSection 32.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 W. Cash, W. B. Gray, R. Hunt, N. Millard, V. L. Brad-\\nford.\\nSection 33.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 V. L. Bradford, John Hunt, J. Snider, H. B. Hoffman.\\nSection 34.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 E. Murdoek, Sally Batts, M. M. Price, 0. Paddock, Vail\\nSmith, Wm. Stearns, M. Paddock, C. Clopp.\\nSection 35.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Simeon Berry, S. S. Ford, J. L. Allen, A. Dow Co., H.\\nB. Hoffman, W. Cash, B. Redding.\\nSection 36.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 W. Stephens, F. Hutchinson, J. W. McKinley,\\nCochran, J. Front, B. Redding.\\nTHE EARLY SETTLERS.\\nThe territory that comprises this township remained en-\\ntirely unsettled until about 1836, when the fir.st pioneers\\ncame in. Squatters had been on the land in diiFcrent parts,\\nbut left no permanent improvements. Among the first to\\nsettle were Phineas Stratton, Timothy Atkins, and others,\\nabout 1836. Phineas Stratton was a native of New York,\\nand located on 40 acres in the southwest quarter of section\\n7. His son James lived on the homestead. Another son,\\nNathaniel, married, in 1843, a daughter of Mrs. Murdock,\\nwho lived for some time on section 34, and is now at Sau-\\ngatuck, Allegan Co. Harvey lives at New Troy, and John\\nat Michigan City.\\nTimothy Atkins was a native of Southern Ohio, and\\ncame here about the same time as Stratton. He lived in\\nwhat is now New Troy. Several of those who came in\\nabout that time did not locate on farms, but lived near the\\nmills and worked in them.\\nCharles McCracken was also at New Troy, and was town-\\nship clerk in 1844-46. He died mysteriously at that place,\\nand parties were arrested, but nothing was proved and they\\nwere released.\\nSidney S. Ford located in the village. He was a justice\\nof the peace in 1839.\\nStephen Hobart settled also at Troy, and was elected\\ntreasurer of the township in 1839, and in 1847 moved to\\nBuchanan and died there. He was from Ohio. William\\nH. Gould settled first at New Troy. He was supervisor in\\n1842, 1844^7. He moved west to Missouri. John Rugg\\nlived in the township, on the northeast quarter of section\\n20. He was a justice of the peace in 1839. He after-\\nwards removed to Niles township. Erastus Hart al.so lived\\nin the township, and was justice of the peace in 1847.\\nGeorge Brong was a blacksmith, and lived about a mile\\nnorth of Hill s Corners, on the northeast quarter of section\\n2. He was a justice of the peace in 1843. Rugg. Hart,\\nand Brong were the only families who lived out of New\\nTroy in the township before 1840. Ezra Stoner was the\\nfirst town clerk, in 1837, and justice of the peace in 1839.\\nJoseph G. Ames and Hiram Gould (a brother of Solomon\\nand William) were commissioners of highways. Samuel\\nGarwood also filled that ofiBce, but he was located in what\\nis now Galien township. Solomon Gould, a brother of\\nHiram, was located at the settlement of New Troy, and he,\\nwith Hiram, built the first mill. He was one of the first\\njustices. John J. Knapp was also here before 1840, and\\nlocated on the southeast quarter of section 18.\\nDuring and after the year 1840 settlers came in rapidly.\\nPitt J. Pierce, a native of Hamburg, Erie Co., N. Y., went\\nto Ohio when twelve years of age, and emigrated to Wee-\\nsaw in the spring of 1840. He located 160 acres on the\\neast half of the southwest quarter and west half of the\\nsoutheast quarter of section 9. He still lives on the farm.\\nArnold W. Pierce, the eldest son, lives at New Troy, and\\nis the town clerk, a position he has held for nine years. A\\ndaughter, Lueinda, married Richard Jennings, and lives at\\nNew Troy.\\nAlpheus Hill, a native of Connecticut, emigrated to\\nOhio, and in 1840 to Weesaw, settling in New Troy, where\\nhe remained until the spring of 1846, when he removed to\\nwhat is now known as Hill s Corners. He was a justice in\\n1841. Abner, the eldest son, cut the first trees at the\\nCorners, and is now living at New Troy. P]dward, another\\nson, kept the first store at Troy, and died there. His\\nwidow married A. A. Morley his daughter Mary married\\nP. J. Pierce; Elmira married William S. Pierce; Maria\\nmarried Henry H. Pike, of Niles Louisa lives in La Porte,\\nInd.\\nWilliam S. Pierce, a brother of Pitt J., came in about\\nthe same time, and located on the northwest (juarter of", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0474.jp2"}, "475": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0475.jp2"}, "476": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0476.jp2"}, "477": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF WEESAW.\\n355\\nsection 10, adjoining his brother. His son lives on the\\nplace. A son, Albert, is in California. He was town\\nclerk in 1847-49.\\nWilliam Strong, in 1841, settled on the northeast quaiter\\nof section i, where his son now lives. Henry Searles set-\\ntled at the Corners in 1845. Samuel Washburn settled,\\nin 1842, on the southea,st quarter of section 3. He was\\ntreasurer in 1844-4G and 1849. Hiram Wells located on\\nthe northwest quarter of section 11, in 1845, where Peter\\nSmith now owns. He was town clerk in 1848.\\nAll the .settlers mentioned above located in the north\\npart of the township before 1845.\\nIn June, 1840, Matthew M. Paddock, a native of Wash-\\nington Co., N. Y., bought 200 acres of land in the south\\nhalf of section 34, in the township of Weesaw, and 40 acres\\nadjoining, in the northwest quarter of section 2, now in the\\ntownship of Galien, and built a cabin on the 200 acres.\\nHe still lives on the farm. He was justice of the peace in\\n1844, and town clerk in 1850. When he settled there\\nwere no families west of him. John Unrugh, John P.\\nJohnson, and Richard Huston lived south of his place, in\\nGalien. Settlers were few in that section for ten years\\nsucceeding 1840.\\nAbout 1842 the family of Ephraim Murdock located the\\nnorthwest quarter of section 34, where his widow, with her\\nyoungest sou, still lives. Her eldest son, John, lives on\\nthe southeast quarter of section 32. Robert Eaton settled,\\nabout 1846, on the southwest quarter of section 25, now\\nowned by A. T. Hall.\\nHugh Lamb, with his wife and sons, emigrated from\\nNew York State, and purchased the John Rugg farm, on\\nthe northeast quarter of section 26, in October, 1851. His\\nson William .settled on the northwest quarter of section 25,\\neast of his father, where he still lives. Alexander lives\\non the southwest quarter of section 36, and Thomas lives\\nsouth of his brother Alexander, on the same quarter section.\\nCurtiss lives on Terre Coupee Prairie.\\nElijah Hall purchased 120 acres in Weesaw, in the\\nsoutheast quarter of section 36, and 80 acres adjoining it\\non the east, in Buchanan township. He lived on the 80\\nacre tract for a time, but now lives in Weesaw.\\nBenjamin F. Pennell and Union Pennell, brothers, emi-\\ngrated to this township about 1849, and located in the\\nnortheast quarter of the township, near New Troy. Ben-\\njamin F. was supervisor from 1850 to 1858; Union was\\ntreasurer from 1853 to 1859, and justice of the peace two\\nterms, from 1852.\\nAmbrose A. and Thomas Morley came to New Troy in\\n1853, and built a mill on the river. Ambrose was the first\\npostmaster he is still living at Troy, and keeps the hotel.\\nDr. A. B. Herman, a native of Ohio, came to Niles town-\\nship, where he lived a short time, and in 1855 came to Troy\\nand established practice there as a physician. He now\\nlives in Buchanan.\\nAlonjo Sherwood is a son of Seth Sherwood, one of the\\nearliest settlers on the St. Joseph River, in Niles township.\\nHe settled on the north half of section 5, originally entered\\nby D. Murray. He engaged largely in lumbering and\\nfarming. A horse-railroad was run for several years from\\nhis Oak Grove saw-mill, along the line of the township, to\\nBrown s Station on the railroad and to Brown s Pier on the\\nlake. Mr. Sherwood purchased 240 acres in Weesaw, and\\n240 acres in Lake township. He was supervisor in 1869,\\n70, and is now (1879) a member of the Legislature.\\nThe Land- Owners in Weesaw in 1844, as shown by the\\nassessment roll of that year, were as follows Stephen\\nHobart, William Strong, Joseph Thornton, Alpheus Hill,\\nGeorge Brong, Samuel M. Washburn, Joseph Williams, P.\\nG. Stratton, Samuel Stratton, C. Wheeler, Pitt J. Pierce,\\nWilliam S. Pierce, William H. Gould, John J. Knapp,\\nErastus Hart, John Rugg, W. M. Maynard, S. C. May-\\nnard, Mary Murdock, M. M. Paddock, N. Stratton, T.\\nAtkins, John Porter, Charles McCracken, Francis Finne-\\ngan, J. H. Armstrong, J. Hickman, W. Stephens, T. Den-\\nnison, Isaac Sherwood, H. Alvord, U. Murry, J. Smith,\\nTownsend Co., Sherwood Gould, John Law, E. Hitch-\\ncock, A. Edwards, C. W. Reed, B. Redding, C. J. Land-\\nmann, E. Alvord, W. M. Smith, J. Garwood. S. Garwood,\\nJ. Rush, W. Dodge, Martin, J. Harris, T. D. Vail, J.\\nMaple, Wood Rapp, W. Redding, L. C. Redding, Osmer\\nEddy, J. Redding, J. Turner, J. Dawson, R. Butterworth,\\nH. A. Ranstead, N. Willard, S. Gould, C. Hoag, S. Edes,\\nD. G. Jones, J. Mitchell, H. Bennett, W. Scott, Rich-\\nardson, J. B. Uhle, J. Willison, W. Earnhart, M. Willis,\\nP. Y. Parrote, M. Ryan, M. Jack, N. Will.son, T. H. Ives,\\nM. A. Stokes, J. Davis, V. L. Bradford, H. F. Hoffman,\\nY. Mitchell, T. M. Burnett, A. Bennett, W. Massey, Y.\\nGarrish, W. White, Y. Bursch, T. Thomas, R. Hunt, W.\\nCash, Paul Smith, Sally Butler, A. Daw Co., T. Barry,\\nJ. W. McKinly, T. Hutchinson, W. Stephens, Y. Frost,\\nW. Hall.\\nThe lands in the village of New Troy were at that time\\nheld as follows N. Willard Co., the larger part of blocks\\n1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 19, 20, 21, 22, and 24. Francis Finnegan\\non block 3; R. C. Payne on blocks 3, 4, 18, 10, and 11\\nA. Hill on block 3; Stephen Hobart, 10 and 11 Samuel\\nStratton, 3; Charles McCracken, 11 W. H. Gould, 11 and\\n13 A. Calvin on block 11 Strand on 3 P. Castle, blocks\\n3, 4, 5 Sanford on 11 Strand on blocks 12, 13, 17, and\\n18. Valuation for 1844, $25,401.\\nTOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION AND LIST OF OFFICER!?.\\nThe act that created the township of Weesaw, approved\\nMarch 20, 1837, provided that All that portion of the\\ncounty of Berrien designated by the United States survey\\nas townships 7 and 8 south, of range 19 west, be and the\\nsame is hereby set off and organized into a separate town-\\nship by the name of Weesaw, and the first township-meet-\\ning therein shall be held at such place in said township as\\nthe sheriff of the county of Berrien shall designate and\\nappoint.\\nIn the organization of the township of Bertrand, in the\\nprevious year, the territory now known as Galien being\\ntownship 8 south, of range 19 west was attached to Ber-\\ntrand. In the erection of Weesaw this was taken from\\nBertrand and became part of the territory of Weesaw, to\\nwhich it belonged till Feb. 29, 1844, when it was set off as\\nGalien.\\nThe township in 1840 contained but 142 inhabitants\\n1845, 155 1854, 404 1860, 753 1870, 1243.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0477.jp2"}, "478": {"fulltext": "356\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nThe records of the township were kept ou loose sheets\\nof paper until 1841, and the names of officers prior to that\\ntime are gleaned from highway reports, oaths of office, and\\nother papers.\\nThe officers of the year of organization are not known,\\nexcept Ezra Stoner, the first township clerk, who, as such,\\nentered a record of a road Nov. 15, 1837. Joseph G.\\nAmes, Hiram Gould, and Samuel Garwood were commis-\\nsioners of roads; John P. Johnson, justice of the peace.\\nThe principal township officers from 1839 to the present\\ntime have been as follows\\n1839. Joseph G. Ames, Supervisor; Ezra Stoner, Town Clerk Ezra\\nStoner, John Rugg, Solomon Gould, and Sidney S. Ford,\\nJustices of the Peace; Stephen Hobart, Treasurer.\\n1841. James Edson, Supervisor; James H. Willson, Jr., Town Clerk\\nJames Edson, Treasurer; John P. Johnson and Alpheus\\nHill, Justices of the Peace; Matthew M. Paddock,* School\\nInspector.\\n1842. William H. Gould, Supervisor; Daniel Bellinger, Town Clerk;\\nSamuel Garwood, Treasurer; M. IM. Paddock and William\\nH. Gould, School Inspectors.\\n1843. William Burns, Supervisor; Daniel Bellinger, Town Clerk;\\nSamuel Garwood, Treasurer; George Brong, Justice of the\\nPeace Daniel Bellinger, Samuel M. Washburn, and Wil-\\nliam Burns, School Inspectors.\\n1844.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Wm. H. Gould,Supervisor: Charles McCracken, Town Clerk;\\nErastus Hart, Matthew M. Paddock, Justices of the Peace;\\nSamuel M. Washburn, Treasurer and School Inspector.\\n1845. Wm. H. Gould, Supervisor Charles McCracken, Town Clerk;\\nSamuel M. Washburn, Treasurer; Joseph Thornton, Justice\\nof the Peace Lorenzo Thornton, School Inspector.\\n1846. Wm. H. Gould, Supervisor; Charles McCracken, Town Clerk;\\nSamuel M. Washburn, Treasurer B. F. Penncll, M. M. Pad-\\ndock, Justices of the Peace.\\n1847.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 AVm. H. Gould, Supervisor; Wm. S. Pierce, Town Clerk;\\nStephen Hobart, Treasurer Samuel Stratton, Erastus Hart,\\nJustices of the Peace; Lorenzo Thornton, School Inspector.\\n1848.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Wm. H. Gould, Supervisor; Hiram Wells, Toyvn Clerk; John\\nH. Kugg, Treasurer; Pitt J. Pierce, Justice of the Peace;\\nB. F. Bennett, School Inspector.\\n1849. Benjamin M. Lyon, Supervisor; Wm. S. Pierce, Town Clerk;\\nSamuel M. Washburn, Treasurer; William S. Pierce, Levi\\nLogan, Benjamin M. Lyon, Justices of the Peace; Truman\\nRoyer, John J. Knapp, School Inspectors.\\n1850.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Benjamin F. Pennell, Supervisor; Matthew M. Paddock, Town\\nClerk; Union Pennell, Treasurer Daniel B. Mead, School\\nInspector; James W. Wells, Justice of the Peace.\\n1851.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 B. F. Pennell, Supervisor; Daniel B. Mead, Town Clerk;\\nJames W. Wells, Treasurer; Hiram Wells, Justice of the\\nPeace Benjamin M. Lyon, School Inspector.\\n1852.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 B. F. Pennell, Supervisor; D. G. Brown, Town Clerk; Sam-\\nuel M. Washburn, Treasurer Union Pennell, Justice of the\\nPeace D. B. Mead, School Inspector.\\n1853. Samuel M. Washburn, Supervisor; Wm.S. Pierce, Town Clerk;\\nUnion Pennell, Treasurer; Samuel Stratton, Justice of the\\nPeace B. F. Pennell, School Inspector.\\n1854 Benjamin F. Pennell, Supervisor Wm. S. Pierce, Town Clerk\\nUnion Pennell, Treasurer; Otis Stearns, John J. Knapp,\\nJustices of the Peace; Thomas Mnrley, School Inspector.\\n1855. B. F. Pennell, Supervisor; Robert Eaton, Town Clerk; Union\\nPennell, Treasurer; Daniel Holmes, David Beard, Justices of\\nthe Peace; B. F. Pennell, School Inspector.\\n1856.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 B. F. Pennell, Supervisor; Wm. H. Strceter, Town Clerk;\\nUnion Pennell, Treasurer and Justice of the Peace; A. B.\\nHerman, School Inspector.\\n1857.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 B. F. Pennell, Supervisor; Robert Eaton, Town Clerk; Union\\nPenncll, Treasurer; Daniel Oyler, Hiram Wells, Justices of\\nthe Peace B. F. Pennell, Robert Eaton, School Inspectors.\\n1858.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 B. F. Pennell, Supervisor; Benjamin McDauiels,Town Clerk;\\nUnion Pennell, Treasurer; Benjamin McDaniels, Job Gaunt,\\nJustices of the Peace; W. W. Fuller, School Inspector,\\n1859. Theodore A. Hoskins, Supervisor; Wm. S. Pierce, Town\\nClerk; Union Pennell, Treasurer; B. F. Pennell, School\\nInspector: M. M. Paddock, John Brown, Justices of the\\nPeace.\\nThe records from 1859-67 are missing. Prom the latter\\nyear to 1879 the officers have been as follows:\\n1867. Ebenezer P. Morley, Supervisor; Reuben M. Shafor, Town\\nClerk; Samuel Smith, Jr., Treasurer; Richard V. Clark,\\nThomas J. Osborn, School Inspectors; John C. Marks, Jus-\\ntice of the Peace.\\n18fi8.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ebenezer P. Morley, Supervisor; W. W. Kempton, Clerk;\\nvSamuel Smith, Jr., Treasurer; William S. Morley, Justice\\nof the Peace Peter Smith, School Inspector.\\n1869. Alouzo Sherwood, Supervisor; W. W. Kemjiton, Town Clerk;\\nSamuel Smith, Jr., Treasurer; Henry Searls, Justice of the\\nPeace John S. Painter, School Inspector.\\n1870. Alonzo Sherwood, Supervisor; W. W. Kempton, Town Clerk\\nSamuel Smith, Jr., Treasurer; Burr Benton, Justice of the\\nPeace; William R. Gondar, School Inspector.\\n1871.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Benjamin C. S.andford, Supervisor; Arnold W. Pierce, Town\\nClerk L. Francis, Treasurer B. C. Sandford, Justice of\\nthe Peace; Union Pennell, School Inspector.\\n1872. Benjamin C. Sandford, Supervisor Arnold W. Pierce, Town\\nClerk; Lothrop Francis, Treasurer; Levi Logan, Justice of\\nthe Peace William Spooner, School Inspector.\\n1873. George Pierce, Supervisor Henderson Ballengee, Town Clerk\\nLothrop Francis, Treasurer; John T. Beckwith, Justice of\\nthe Peace; Evan L. Fitch, School Inspector.\\n1874. E. P. Morley, Supervisor; A. W. Pierce, Town Clerk; Austin\\nAdams, Treasurer; Otis Stearns, Justice of the Peace; Al-\\nvin Morley, School Inspector.\\n1875.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 E. P. Morley, Supervisor; A. W. Pierce, Town Clerk; Hen-\\nderson Ballengee, Treasurer Alvin Morley, Superintendent\\nof Schools; Otis Stearns, School Inspector; James E. Bor-\\nden, Justice of the Peace.\\n1876.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George Pierce, Supervisor; A. W. Pierce, Town Clerk; H.\\nBallengee, Treasurer; L. H. Dunning, Superintendent of\\nSchools; Reuben Shafer, School Inspector; Milton Morley,\\nJustice of the Peace.\\n1877. George Pierce, Supervisor; A. AV. Pierce, Town Clerk; Gott-\\nlieb Hagerly, Treasurer Daniel Holmes, Justice of the\\nPeace; Joseph M. Rogers, Superintendent of Schools; Wil-\\nliam R. Gondar, School Inspector.\\n1878. George Pierce, Supervisor; Gottlieb Hageley, Treasurer A.\\nW. Pierce, Town Clerk; Otis Stearn.=, Justice of the Peace;\\nJoseph M. Rogers, Superintendent of Schools; Peter Smith,\\n.School Inspector.\\n1879.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John T. Beckwith, Supervisor; A. W. Fierce, Town Clerk;\\nPeter Smith, Treasurer; James E. Borden, Justice of the\\nPeace; George H. Riley, Superintendent of Schools; An-\\ndrew J. Norris, School Inspector.\\nNEW TROY VILLAGE.\\nAbout 1836, Solomon and Hiram Gould located the\\nsoutheast quarter of the southeast quarter of .section 7, and\\nthe southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section\\n8, and built a .saw-mill at what is now the village of New\\nTroy. It was known as the North Mill. Nelson Willard,\\nof Buffiilo, N. Y., Joseph G. Ames, of New Hampshire, and\\nEzra Stoner, a native of Maryland, bought an undivided\\nhalf of the land and the water power, and built ou the\\nother side of the stream a mill which was known as the\\nSouth Mill.\\nAt that time the residents of the village were Solomon\\nGould and wife, Hiram Gould and wife, William H. Gould,\\nand the mother of the Goulds. Stouer and Ame.s were\\nsingle men. Timothy Atkins, Charles McCracken, Sidney\\nS. Ford, and Alanson and John Pidge were also residents.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0478.jp2"}, "479": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0479.jp2"}, "480": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0480.jp2"}, "481": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF WEESAW.\\n357\\nPhineas E. Stratton lived a short distance from the settle-\\nment.\\nThe village of New Troy was platted in 1837. The lots\\nwere divided between Goulds, Willard, Stoner, and Ames,\\nthe mill property known as the mill reserve being held\\nin common, each occupying their mill-sites. Solomon and\\nHiram lefl the village about 1838. Joseph G. Ames was\\nsupervisor in 1839, and the same year bought a farm on\\nTerre Coupee Prairie, in Bertrand, where he was super-\\nvisor in 1841 and member of the Legislature in 1844. He\\nafterwards moved to New Buffalo, and thence to Three\\nOaks, where he died. Ezra Stoner was the first township\\nclerk, but soon after left there. The mill property became\\nvirtually abandoned. It came afterwards into possession\\nof Luman Northrop and Francis Finnegan, and was for\\nmany years the subject of litigation, which ceased when,\\nin 1853, it came into the possession of the Morleys, who\\nre-erected a saw-mill on the site of the Gould mill. The\\nlumber manufactured by the Gould mill was rafted down\\nthe river to New Buifalo, and lightered to vessels on the\\nlake.\\nEdward Hill, son of Alpheus Hill, started the first store,\\nand soon after kept a tavern. Anson Hays started the first\\npublic-house.\\nThe post-oiEce was established about 1860. Ambrose\\nA. Morley was the first postmaster, and was succeeded by\\nDr. C. Bostwick, George B. Hiller, and Charles Smith,\\nwho is the present postmaster. The village now contains\\nabout 170 inhabitants, 35 dwellings, a public hall, a church,\\npost-ofiice, hotel, school-house, four general stores, a drug-\\nstore, two blacksmith-shops, wagon-shop, wooden ware-fac-\\ntory, saw-mill, grist-mill, and one physician.\\nHILL S COKNERS.\\nThis settlement is located at the intersection of sections\\n1, 2, 11, and 12, and was first settled upon by Alpheus Hill\\nin 1846. A post-oflice was started in 1854, with Wm. S.\\nPierce as postmaster. He was succeeded by Elijah Strong,\\nCharles Beard, and Aaron E. Gardner. It has since been\\nremoved. Henry Searles settled near the Corners in 1845.\\nHiram Wells also settled here the same year. The settle-\\nment now contains a store, a church (Baptist), post-office,\\nblacksmith-shop, and a few dwellings.\\nSCHOOLS.\\nThe first school of which anything can be learned was\\ntaught in Troy about 1842, by Miss Louisa Hill, now of\\nLaporte, Ind. It was taught in a log house standing\\non the bank where Ambrose A. Morley s barn now stands.\\nThe first record of schools is in 1843, when the districts\\nwere recorded as given below district No. 1, composed of\\nsections 7, 8, 9, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21 district No. 2,\\nof sections 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15, both in\\ntownship 8, range 19 district No. 3, of sections 22, 23,\\n24, 25, 26, 27, 34, 35, and 36, in township 7 district No.\\n4, of sections 19, 20, 21, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and 33, same\\ntownship district No. 5, of sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16,\\n17, and 18 district No. 6, of sections 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12,\\n13, 14, and 15, the last two being also in township 7 dis-\\ntricts No. 3, 4, 5, and 6 were in what is now GaUen.\\nA new school district was formed Jan. 29, 1846, com-\\nof sections 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 33, 34, 35. The\\ntownship was redistricted June 19, 1847.\\nSarah Ogden was examined and received a certificate to\\nteach school in District 5, Dec. 26, 1843. William M.\\nWillson received certificate Dec. 5, 1844, and John John-\\nson, Jan. 13, 1845.\\nThe following school report was recorded Aug. 5, 1 853\\nScholars. Money RecM.\\nDistrict No. 1 44 $28.75\\n2 18 17.71\\n3 44 28.75\\nThe township was redistricted March 20, 1854. The\\napportionment of mill-tax for schools May 1, 1855, was as\\nfollows\\nScholars. Money Rec d.\\nDistrict No. 2 (fractional with Lalie) 3 S1.20\\n5 23 9.16\\nfi 22 8.76\\n1 35 13.94\\n3 32 12.75\\n4 (fractional with Buchanan) 24 9.56\\nTotals 139 $55.37\\nThe school report for 1879 shows as follows: number\\nof children of school age District No. 1, 70 No. 3, 144\\nNo. 4, 51 No. 5, 55 No. 6, 36 No. 7, 50 No. 8, 62.\\nValue of school-houses: District No. 1, frame, $3000\\n(Hill s Corners) No. 3, frame, $4500 (Troy) No. 4, frame,\\n1500 No. 5, frame, $1300 No. 6, frame, $400 No. 7,\\nframe, $1000 No. 8, frame, $100. Districts Nos. 3, 5, 6,\\n7, and 8 are whole districts, and 1 and 4 are fractional.\\nRELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.\\nMethodist Episcopal Church of New Troy. As early as\\n1840 preaching was held occasionally in this section by the\\nKev. William Morley, of Portage Prairie, and a class was\\nsoon after formed. No organization was perfected for several\\nyears, and preaching has been only occasional. In 1863\\nthe present church was built. The society now has three\\nclasses, and numbers about 75 members. They are sup-\\nplied with preaching by the ministers having Dayton and\\nGalien in charge. Their names will be found in the history\\nof the Dayton Church, in the township of Bertrand.\\nThe Baptist Church of Weesaw. A meeting was held\\nin the school-house at Berrien, Feb. 8, 1845, for the pur-\\npose of consultation as to the propriety of organizing a\\nBaptist Church. It was decided to call a council, and let-\\nters were sent out to difi erent churches to meet on Satur-\\nday, February 22d, at ten o clock. Meeting was called, but\\nas no delegates appeared it was adjourned until March 29th,\\nwhen the council convened, Elder Pratt, of South Bend\\nElder Price, of Cassopolis Elder Stecker, of Edwards-\\nburg Elder Tenbrook, of Niles and brethren Deacon J.\\nRudd, J. Warren, J. B. Corey, B. D. Townsend, and\\nothers. Sermon by Elder Pratt. It was unanimously\\nagreed to organize a Baptist Church, to be known as the\\nFirst Baptist Church of Berrien.\\nThe constituent members were John S. Foot, Clark\\nBoss, John B. Nixon, Morris Frost, Union Pennell, Oliver\\nSpaulding, Adna Hinman, Hiram Wells, Levi Logan,\\nThomas Freed, Silas Stearns, Julia Foot, Nancy Nixon,\\nS. M. R. Nixon, Catherine Green, Amanda S. Pennell, Jo-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0481.jp2"}, "482": {"fulltext": "358\\nHISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nanna Spaulding, Ruth Hininan, Juliet Frost, Sabey Frost,\\nAmy A. Carpenter, Wealtliy Wells, Martha Caton, Caro-\\nline Logan, Mary Boss, Elizabeth B. Pennell, Zilpah A.\\nStevens, and Sarah Freed. John S. Foot was chosen deacon\\nAug. 11, 1845.\\nThe society held their meetings for several years at school-\\nhouses in the different parts of the country, and in 1854\\nit was decided to build a house of worship at Hill s Cor-\\nners. This was done, and the edifice was first used June\\n3, 1854. It was called Galien Church for several years, and\\nin 187(i the name was again changed to the Baptist Church\\nof Weesaw. The first pastor was Daniel B. Mead, who\\ncommenced his labors in June, 1848. He was succeeded\\nby the Revs. John Master, S. L. Bulls, A. E. Simons, D.\\nD. Joslyn, William Simons, Charles D. Manley, Joseph\\nGoodrich, B. P. Russell, Moses M. Meacher, R. H. Spaf-\\nford, and Charles A. Smith, who is the present pastor. The\\npresent membership is 36.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nGABRIEL F. PENWELL\\nwas born Oct. 3, 1826, and is a son of A. C. and Sarah\\nPenwell. His father was born December, 1797, in New\\nJersey. His mother. Miss Sarah Rope, was a native of\\nNorth Carolina, was born Nov. 20. 1801, and married Mr.\\nPenwell in Indiana in 1825. To them were born ten chil-\\ndren, Mr. G. F. Penwell, the subject of this sketch, being\\nthe oldest. He remained at home with his father, assisting\\non the farm until twenty-one, when he was married to Miss\\nEda Ann Morris. After marriage Mr. Penwell moved to\\nMissouri, remaining there about two years, and during that\\ntime buried his wife and the two children who were born to\\nthem. He then settled in South Bend, Ind., where he was\\nagain married, in 1852, to Miss Rebecca Reeves. In the\\nspring of 1858 he came to Michigan, settling in the town of\\nGalien he engaged in the lumbering business, and built a\\nmill the same year. Mr. Penwell was divorced from his\\nsecond wife, and in June, 1855, was again married, this time\\nto Miss Harriet Harner. They have had ten children, four\\nnow living. This wife died Aug. 19, 1874, and, Deo. 31,\\n1874, Mr. Penwell was again married to Mrs. Maria J.\\nDutton, widow of the late George Dutton, a native of Mich-\\nigan. She was a daughter of Salem and Harriet Taylor.\\nMr. Taylor was a native of Kentucky, Mrs. Taylor, of Ver-\\nmont, and were married in South Bend, Ind., in 1837,\\nMrs. Penwell being the oldest in a family of nine children.\\nMrs. Penwell had four children by her first husband, Mr.\\nG. D. Dutton, only two of whom survive, burying her hus-\\nband and the other two during the year 1869. In politics\\nMr. Penwell is an unswerving Democrat. Socially, he is\\naffable and genial, possessing an ardent attachment to\\nfriends, and gives to deserving objects with an open hand.\\nSince he came to Michigan in 1853, he has by industry and\\nperseverance accumulated considerable property, successfully\\ncarrying on farming and lumbering, owning at one time two\\nthousand two hundred acres of laud in this town. He is\\nat present the proprietor of the handle-factory shown in his\\nsketch, is still enjoying good health, and has every reason\\nto feel gratified over his eventful and succe.ssful life.\\nGEORGE BOYLE\\nwas born Dec. 3, 1835, in Lake township, of this county.\\nHis father s fauiily consisted of thirteen children. His\\nparents were Germans, and came over to America about\\n1831, settling on a farm, where George first learned to love\\nthe life of a farmer. He assisted his father on the farm\\nuntil he was twenty years old. At that time he married\\nAnn, daughter of Mary and John Husted, settling on a farm\\nof seventy-five acres, given him by his father, in Oronoko\\ntownship. He sold this land in 1864, and bought where\\nhe now resides. His first purchase was one hundred and\\nfifty-one acres, to which he afterwards added one hundred\\nand two acres, making for himself a home of which any\\nman should be proud. This farm has been well managed,\\nhe being one of the largest and best fiirmers in this part of\\nthe country. His early educational advantages were limited.\\nIn politics he is a Republican, in religion a liberal.\\nMr. and Mrs. Boyle have had seven children, viz.\\nSamantha L., born May 12, 1858, died Oct. 10, 1859;\\nThomas E., born Aug. 1, 1859 Laura A., born June 27,\\n1861 Sarah A., born June 29, 1864 Ira G., born Oct.\\n17, 1869; Melvin G., born July 12, 1874; Myra M.,born\\nAug. 19, 1876.\\nMr. Boyle has been a successful business man. His\\ncapital has been his health, his industry, and his ambition.\\nWith a proper use of these no man could fail. These\\nqualifications were just what was required in a new\\ncountry, and by their practical application his success was\\ninsured.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0482.jp2"}, "483": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0483.jp2"}, "484": {"fulltext": "COURT HOUSEandCOUNTY Off/C\u00c2\u00a3S,V/iN Buren Co. PawPaw.Mich.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0484.jp2"}, "485": {"fulltext": "VAN BUREN COUNTY;\\nCHAPTER XLVI.\\nEKECTION AND ORGABTIZATION OF THE COUNTY\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094LOCATION OF COUNTY-SEAT.\\nErection, Boundaries, and Organization of the County Location of\\nthe County-Seat Organization of Townships\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Township Changes.\\nThe early history of Van Buren County, which is syn-\\nonymous with that of the Indians who roamed through its\\nforests, is given in the chapters devoted to both counties\\nwhich begin this volume, while the account of its settlement\\nby the whites is to be found in the various townships this\\nand the following chapters are devoted to those matters\\nwhich concern Van Buren County at large, but have no\\nconnection with Berrien County.\\nThe county of Van Buren was formed by an act of the\\nLegislative Council of Michigan, approved Oct. 29, 1829,\\nwhich created no less than thirteen counties at once, viz.\\nWashtenaw, Ingham, Easton, Barry, Jackson, Calhoun,\\nKalamazoo, Van Buren, Hillsdale, Branch, St. Joseph,\\nCass, and Berrien. Eight of these were named after the\\nPresident, the Vice-President, and the six cabinet officers.\\nThis county, it is hardly necessary to say, took its name\\nfrom Martin Van Buren, of New York, subsequently Pres-\\nident of the United States, but then just becoming prom-\\ninent in national politics, having been called to the office of\\nSecretary of State by President Jackson on his inauguration\\nin the month of March preceding. The section (of the act\\nbefore mentioned) erecting and bounding this county reads\\nas follows\\nSec. 8. That so much of the country as is included\\nwithin the following limits, viz. beginning where the line\\nbetween ranges 12 and 13 west of the meridian intersects\\nthe base line, thence west on the base line to the shore of\\nLake Michigan, thence southerly along the shore of said\\nlake to the intersection of the line between townships 2 and\\n3 south of the base line, thence east between said townships\\nto the intersection of the line between ranges 16 and 17\\nwest of the meridian, thence south on the line between said\\nranges to the intersection of the line between townships 4\\nand 5 south of the ba.se line, thence east on the line between\\nsaid township to the intersection of the line between ranges\\n12 and 13 west of the meridian, thence north on the line\\nbetween said ranges to the base line, be and the same is\\nhereby set off into a separate county, and the name thereof\\nshall be Van Buren.\\nThe formation of a county at that period, however, by\\nno means necessitated the exercise of the usual functions\\npertaining to a county, or even made it certain that there\\nBy Crisfield Johnson.\\nt Territorial Laws, vol. ii. page 736.\\nwere any people living within boundaries designated by the\\nCouncil or Legislature. It merely indicated that in the\\nopinion of the State authorities the territory described in\\nthe act would make a good county at some future time.\\nOn the 4th of November, 1829, the Governor of the\\nTerritory approved an act of the Legislative Council tem-\\nporarily attaching Van Buren and several other counties to\\nCass County for judicial and legislative purposes. The\\nfollowing day, Nov. 5, 1829, the territory of Van Buren\\nCounty, already described, with a large territory lying north of\\nit, and several survey townships of Ca.ss County, were formed\\ninto the township of Penn. On the 29th of March, 1833,\\nthe north part of that portion of Penn lying in Cass County\\nwas formed into the township of Volinia, and the territory\\nof Van Buren County was attached to it for township pur-\\nposes. That territory was formed into the township of\\nLafayette on the 26th of March, 1835. The details in\\nrelation to these changes are given in the sketch of the\\norganization of the townships.\\nIt was not until the year 1837 that the people of Van\\nBuren County were deemed sufficiently numerous to justify\\nthem in assuming the responsibilities of local self-govern-\\nment. On the 18th day of March in that year an act or-\\nganizing the county was approved by the Governor of\\nMichigan, which had then become a State. The sections\\npertinent to our history read as follows\\nSec. 2. That the county of Van Buren be and the\\nsame is hereby organized, and the inhabitants thereof\\nentitled to all the rights and privileges to which by law\\nthe inhabitants of the other counties of this State are en-\\ntitled.\\nSec. 3. All writs, prosecutions, and other matters\\nnow pending before any court, or before any justice of the\\npeace, to which the said county is now attached for judicial\\npurposes shall be prosecuted to final judgment and execu-\\ntion and all taxes heretofore levied shall be collected in\\nthe same manner as though this act had not passed.\\nSec. 5. The Circuit Court for the county of Van\\nBuren shall be held for one year from the first day of No-\\nvember next, at such place as the supervisors of said county\\nshall provide in said county, on the first Monday in June\\nand December in each year, and after the first day of No-\\nvember, 1838, at the seat of justice in said county.\\nSec. 8. There shall be elected in the county of Van\\nBuren on the second Monday of April next all the sev-\\neral county officers to which by law the county is en-\\ntitled.\\nThe act by its terms went into eflf^ect on the first Monday\\nof April, 1837. The first election of county officers was\\nheld, in accordance with the law, on the second Monday of\\n359", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0485.jp2"}, "486": {"fulltext": "360\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nApril, 1837. The following oflScers were elected Wolcott\\nH. Keeler and Jay R. Monroe, Associate Justices Jere-\\nmiah H. Simmons, Judge of Probate Samuel Guntou,\\nSheriff; Daniel 0. Dodge, Treasurer; Nathaniel B. Stark-\\nweather, County Clerk Jeremiah H. Simmons, Register\\nof Deeds Junia Warner, Jr., John R. Haynes, and Hum-\\nphrey P. Barnum, Coroners Humphrey P. Barnum, Sur-\\nveyor.\\nIn the September following, at a special election, Andrew\\nLongstreet was elected sheriff in place of Samuel Gunton,\\nresigned, and Joshua Bangs, treasurer, in place of Daniel\\n0. Dodge, resigned.\\nNot only was the county formed seven and a half years\\nbefore its organization, but a county-seat was provided for\\nit more than a year previous to that event. In 1835 the\\nGovernor, acting under a general law, appointed three com-\\nmissioners Charles C. Hascall, Stillman Blanchard, and\\nJohn W. Strong to locate the county-seat of Van Buren\\nCounty. These commissioners selected the site of the\\npresent village of Lawrence as the proper place for the\\ncounty-seEtt. Deacon Eaton Branch, of Lawrence, says\\nthe commissioners stuck the stake designating the site of\\nthe court-house in the centre of the public square in the\\nvillage of Lawrence.\\nWhether there was some informality in the proceedings\\nor whether it was necessary to pass a supplementary act\\nwe know not, but on the 28th of March, 1836, a law was\\nenacted authorizing the Governor to confirm the action of\\nthe commissioners, which reads as follows\\nSec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of\\nRepresentatives of Michigan that the Governor be and he\\nis hereby authorized to issue his proclamation confirming\\nand establishing the seat of justice of the county of Van\\nBuren at the point fixed for said seat of justice in said\\ncounty by Charles C. Hascall, Stillman Blanchard, and\\nJohn W. Strong, commissioners appointed for that pur-\\npose, as appears by their report on file in the ofiice of the\\nSecretary of State provided that the proprietors of said\\nseat of justice for said county shall pay into the treasury\\nof this State the amount advanced from the Territorial\\ntreasury for said location, with interest thereon from the\\ndate of such advance, and shall produce the certificate of\\nsaid payment to the Governor within sixty days from the\\npassage of this act.\\nBut when the county was organized most of the few in-\\nhabitants lived in the western part, and Paw Paw was\\nmore convenient for them than Lawrence. Moreover, few\\nand poor as were the accommodations at Paw Paw, they\\nwere still fewer and poorer at Lawrence. So, as will have\\nbeen observed, section 5 of the act organizing the county\\nprovided that the Circuit Court should be held at such place\\nas the supervisors might direct until the 1st day of Novem-\\nber, 1838, and after that at the seat of justice of the county.\\nAt the first meeting of the supervisors, on the 27th of\\nMarch, 1837, a resolution was adopted (quoted under the\\nhead of Organization of the County which decided that\\nthe courts of said county be held at the school-house in\\nthe village of Paw Paw.\\nOn the 18th of March, 1838, an act amending the act\\norganizing the county was approved, which reads as follows\\nSec. 1. That all Circuit Courts to be held in and for\\nthe county of Van Buren previous to the first day of\\nJanuary, one thousand eight hundred and forty, shall be\\nheld at such place within the said county as the Board of\\nSupervisors for said county shall direct.\\nSec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force on\\nand after the first day of November next.\\nAt the meeting of the supervisors on the 25th of Octo-\\nber, 1838, the board adopted the following resolution\\nPursuant to an act entitled An act to amend an act to\\norganize the counties of Ionia and Van Buren, approved\\nMarch 18, 1838, the supervisors of said county of Van\\nBuren decided that the Circuit Court for said county\\nshall be held at the school-house in the village of Paw\\nPaw.\\nThe courts were accordingly held at the place designated\\nduring the two succeeding years. As the time approached\\nwhen the county business was to be done at the legal seat\\nof justice, viz., at Lawrence, it was found that the\\nweight of influence was still in favor of keeping it at Paw\\nPaw. Petitions to that effect were accordingly sent to the\\nLegislature, and that body was persuaded to pass, and the\\nGovernor to sanction, the following law\\nAn act to provide for the vacation of the present seat\\nof justice of Van Buren County, and to locate the same in\\nthe village of Paw Paw, in said county.\\nSec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of\\nRepresentatives of the State of Michigan, that the county-\\nsite of Van Buren County be and the same is hereby va-\\ncated and removed to the village of Paw Paw, in said\\ncounty, upon such land as shall be deeded to the county\\nfor that purpose frovuled. That the quantity of land\\nshall not be less than one acre, to be located under the di-\\nrection of a majority of the County Commissioners or the\\nBoard of Supervisors, as the case may be, who are hereby\\nrequired to make such location and fix the site for such\\ncounty-seat in said village within one year from the passage\\nof this law, and to take a deed of the land aforesaid, to\\nthem and their successors in ofiice, for the use and purpose\\nof the county of Van Buren, and shall have the deed re-\\ncorded in the register s ofiSce in that county and pro-\\nvided, further. That the title of said land so to be conveyed\\nas aforesaid shall be good, absolute, and indefeasible, and\\nthe premises free from all legal incumbrances.\\nSec. 2. All writs which have been or may be issued\\nout of the Circuit Court of said county since the last term\\nthereof, whether the same were made returnable at the\\nvillage of Paw Paw or at the present county-seat, shall be\\nreturned to and heard and tried at the village of Paw Paw\\naforesaid, at the time they were made returnable.\\nSec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from\\nand after its passage.\\nApproved March 6, 1840.\\nFrom that time to the present Paw Paw has been the\\nlegal as it had previously been the actual seat of justice of\\nVan Buren County.\\nThere was, however, some difficulty in regard to the pre-\\ncise place in Paw Paw where the court-house should be\\nlocated, as appears by the records of the Board of Super-\\nvisors and commissioners. On the 1st day of April, 1840,", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0486.jp2"}, "487": {"fulltext": "ORGANIZATION OP TOWNSHIPS.\\n3fil\\nthe County Commissioners, who were then exercising the\\nfunctions of a Board of Supervisors, adopted the following\\nresolution\\nRegolreil, That the site for the seat of justice for the county of\\nVan Buren be, and the same is hereby, located and fixed in that por-\\ntion of block number eleven known as lots number one, two, three,\\nfour, five, six, seven, and eight, in the village of Paw Paw, being the\\nsame land appropriated for that purpose by the proprietors of said\\nvillage, the aforesaid location being made agreeable and in conformity\\nwith the act of the Legislature of the State of Michigan approved\\nMarch 6, 1840.\\nResolved, That the clerk of said county be, and is hereby, required\\nto procure quit-claim deeds from the proprietors of said village for\\nthe land mentioned in the foregoing resolution, and cau.\u00c2\u00abe the same to\\nbe recorded in the register s oflBce of this county.\\nOn the 30th day of January, 1841, the Board of Com-\\nmissioners adopted the following resolution\\nIt appearing that the title of the site for the county -seat, as located\\nand fixed by the Board of Commissioners on the first day of April,\\n1840, not having been perfected, therefore it is resolved that the act\\nor resolution of the commissioners locating and fixing the site for the\\nseat of justice in the county of Van Buren on block number eleven\\nin the village of Paw Paw is hereby annulled and vacated.\\nIt was then resolved and determined by the board that\\nthe site for the seat of justice of the county of Van Buren\\n(the title having been given j be located and fixed on block\\nNo. 40 in the village of Paw Paw.\\nOn the 8th of April, 1842, Isaac C. W. Millard gave\\nthe county a warranty deed of lots 5, 6, 7, and 8 in block\\n12 in Paw Paw, and received in return a perpetual lease\\nof block 41.\\nOn those lots the court-house was built, and there justice\\nis supposed to have had its seat to the present day.\\nORGANIZATION OF TOWNSUII S.\\nThe first legislative action affecting the township organi\\nzation of Van Buren County was a law passed by the Legis-\\nlative Council of the Territory of Miciiigan, approved by\\nthe Governor on the 5th of November, 1829, one section\\nof which reads as follows\\nAll that part of said county (Cass) known as townships\\nFive and Six, and the north half of township numbered\\nSeven south, in ranges Thirteen and Fourteen west, and\\nthe county of Van Bureu, and all the country lying north\\nof the same which is attached to and composes a part of\\nthe county of Cass, shall form a township by the name of\\nPenn, and the first township-meeting shall be held at the\\nhouse of Martin Shields, in said township.\\nIt is evident that most of the inhabitants of the new\\ntownship resided in Cass County, while Van Buren and the\\ncountry north of it was included within its legal jurisdic-\\ntion for the benefit of any straggling settlers who might\\nlocate there. On the 29th of March, 1833, an act was ap-\\nproved organizing Allegan County into Allegan township,\\nand attaching it temporarily to Kalamazoo County, which\\nseparated the northern country from Van Buren County.\\nOn the same day a law was approved setting off township\\n5 in range 13, and also in range 14 (being the north part\\nof that part of Pcnn township which was in Cass County),\\nas the township of Volinia, leaving Penn township to the\\nsouth and entirely separate from Van Buren. By the same\\n46\\nact Van Buren County was attached to Volinia town.ship\\nfor all township purposes.\\nIt remained thus until the 2(jth day of March, 1835,\\nwhen it was formed into the township of Lafayette, the\\nboundaries of which corresponded with those of Van Bu-\\nren County. Lafayette was organized by the election of\\nofficers in the spring of 1836, the county being still tem-\\nporarily attached to Cass.\\nOn the 11th of March, 1837, just a week before the\\norganization of the county, an act was approved dividing\\nLafayette into the seven townships of Antwerp, Clinch, La-\\nfayette, Decatur, South Haven, Lawrence, and Covington.\\nAntwerp comprised township 3 south, in range 13 west,\\nhaving the same boundaries as now. Clinch comprised\\ntownships 1 and 2 south, in range 13 west, and the same\\nnumbered townships in range 14. Lafayette was com-\\nposed of township 3 south, in range 14 west, its boundaries\\nbeing the same as those of the present township of Paw\\nPaw, except that the latter has received a small addition\\nfrom Waverly. Decatur embraced township 4 in range\\n13, and township 4 in range 14, being the present town-\\nships of Decatur and Porter.\\nSouth Haven consisted of township 1 in range 15,\\ntownships 1 and 2 in range IG, and the same numbered\\ntownships in range 17, being the present townships of\\nSouth Haven, Geneva, Columbia, Covert, and Bangor.\\nLawrence was composed of townships 2 and 3 in range 15,\\nand township 3 in range IG, being the present townships\\nof Arlington, Lawrence, and Hartford. Covington was\\ncomposed of township 4 in range 15, and the same num-\\nbered township in range 16, being the present townships\\nof Keeler and Hamilton.\\nThe subsequent formations and changes have been as\\nfollows: Covington was discontinued by act of the Legisla-\\nture on the 22d of March, 1839. The east half of it\\n(township 4, range 15) was made the township of Al-\\npena, while the western half (township 4, range 16), to-\\ngether with township 3 in the same range (taken from\\nLawrence), became the township of Keeler. The name of\\nAlpena was changed to Hamilton on the 19th of March,\\n1846. On the same day Hartford was formed from\\nKeeler, comprising township 3, range 16.\\nWaverly, Almena, and Arlington were erected on the\\n16th of February, 1842. The first two embraced the\\nwhole of the territory of Clinch, which was thus an-\\nnulled. Waverly comprised townships 1 and 2 in range\\n14, being the present Bloomingdale and Waverly while\\nAlmena occupied the same numbered townships in range\\n13, being now known as Pine Grove and Almena. Arling-\\nton, taken from Lawrence, had the same boundaries as\\nnow, being township 2 in range 15.\\nBloomingdale, Columbia, and Porter were formed on\\nthe 19th of March, 1845. The first, taken from Waverly,\\nconsisted of township 1 south, in range 14 we.st. The\\nsecond, taken from South Haven, occupied township 1 in\\nrange 15 and the same numbered township in range 16,\\nbeing now known as Columbia and Geneva. The tiiird,\\ntaken from Decatur, consisted of township 4, range 13, its\\npresent territory.\\nPine Grove was formed by the Legislature from Almena", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0487.jp2"}, "488": {"fulltext": "362\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\non the 17th of March, 1849, its boundaries, which were\\nthe same then as now, including township 1 south, in\\nrange 13 west.\\nMarion was the first town organized by the Board of\\nSupervisors, and was formed from South Haven on the\\n11th of October, 1853. Its name, however, was changed\\nto Bangor by the board on the 14th of the same month.\\nIts boundaries were the same as now, comprising township\\n2, range 16.\\nGeneva was formed from Columbia by the supervisors on\\nthe 5th of January, 1854, comprising its present territory,\\ntownship 1 south, range 16 west.\\nDeerfield was formed from South Haven by the same\\nauthority on the 8th of October, 1855, consisting of town-\\nship 2, range 17. Its name was changed to Covert on the\\n29th of March, 1877.\\nThe name of the township of Lafayette was changed to\\nPaw Paw on the 15th of March, 1867.\\nCHAPTER XLVII.\\nCOURTS -KECOKDS-COUNTY BUILDINGS- CIVIL\\nLIST.\\nEstablishment of Courts Circuit Court County Court Probate\\nCourt The Register s and Treasurer s Offices Record of Wolf\\nBounties County Buildings and Property The Old Jail The\\nCourt-House The Present Jail Poor-House and Farm The\\nPresent Fire-Proof Building Van Buren County Civil List.\\nESTABLISHMENT OF COURTS.\\nThe following is quoted from the first record of the\\nBoard of Supervisors of Van Buren County, and is an ac-\\ncount of their action in accordance with the act organizing\\nthe county\\n1837. The supervisors of the towns of Van Buren met\\nat the village of Paw Paw on the 27th day of March, a.d.\\n1837, and organized by appointing D. 0. Dodge clerk,\\nthe business of said meeting being for locating the place\\nfor the Circuit Courts of said county. Whereupon it is\\ndecided that the courts of said county be held at the school-\\nhouse in the village of Paw Paw.\\nD. 0. Dodge, Clerks\\nIn accordance with this action, the first court was held\\nin the frame school-house situated on Gremps Street, Paw\\nPaw, on a lot north of where John G. Sherman now lives.\\nCourt was held there until the court-house was completed,\\nin 1844.\\nThe following is the first record of the Circuit Court in\\nVan Buren County\\nState of Michigan,\\nVan Bdken Cocntt. J\\nBe it remembered, that at a stated session of the Cir-\\ncuit CourJ of the State of Michigan within and for the\\ncounty of Van Buren, begun and held, pursuant to law, at the\\ncourt-house in Lafayette, in said county, on the first Monday\\n(being the 6th day) of June in 1837, present, Hon. Kpaph-\\nroditus Ransom, Circuit Judge, Wolcott H. Keeler and\\nJay R. Monroe, Esqs., Associate Judges, the grand jury\\nbeing called, the following persons appeared and answered\\nto their names, to wit, Peter Gremps, Jeremiah H. Sim-\\nmons, Jo.seph Woodman, Rodney Hinckley, Joshua Bangs,\\nEdwin Barnum, John Reynolds, John D. Freeman, George\\nS. Reynolds, Dexter Gibbs, Joseph Luce, Asa G. Hinckley,\\nE. L. Barrett.\\nPeter Gremps was appointed by the court foreman of this\\ngrand jury, and was authorized to issue .subpoenas for and\\nadminister oaths to witnesses. The grand jurors were\\nsworn and received the charge of the court and retired\\nafter a few moments deliberation they returned to court\\nand reported that no business was brought before them,\\nand they knew of none for their consideration.\\nNo business was brought before the court, and the court\\nadjourned without day.\\nSigned in open court the 6th day of June, 1837.\\nEpaphroditus Ransom,\\nPresiding Judge.\\nThe December term, 1837, was held before the same\\njudges. A petit jury was called, consisting of Philotus\\nHayden, Zebina Stearns, Aaron Barney, Beman 0.\\nKeeler, Hale Wakefield, George Ransom, Wells Gray, Joel\\nTomlinson, Daniel A. Alexander, Joseph Butler, Jacob S.\\nCarrier, Lewis Johnson, Robert Nesbitt, and George S.\\nReynolds.\\nThe first case brought up for trial was that of Robert\\nNesbitt vs. George S. Reynolds, an appeal from the judg-\\nment of a justice of the peace. Proofs and allegations were\\npresented and the jury retired, and after due consideration\\nreturned and rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiiF, for\\nthe sum of sixteen dollars and forty-two cents. The court\\naifirmed the decision, and the costs were also directed to be\\npaid by the defendant. There was no further business be-\\nfore the court at that time.\\nThe circuit judges who have presided over the courts\\nsince the organization of the county are as follows\\nEpaphroditus Ransom, June term, 1837-48 Sanford\\nM. Green, March term, 1848-49 Charles W. Whipple,\\nApril term, 1849-52 Abner Pratt, March term, 1852\\n-57 Benjamin F. Graves, September term, 1857-66\\nGeorge Woodruif, October term, 1866-67 Flavins J.\\nLittlejohn, April term, 1867-69; Charles R. Brown,\\nAugust term, 1869-74; Darius E. Comstock, July term,\\n1874-75 Josiah L. Hawes, the present incumbent, from\\nApril term, 1875.\\nCOUNTY COURT.\\nThe County Court was established by law in 1846, and\\nthe first term was directed to be held on the first day of\\nMarch, 1847.\\nAn election was held in Van Buren County in November,\\n1846, when the Hon. A. W. Broughton was elected county\\njudge and John R. Haynes second judge.\\nThe court convened at the day appointed in the court-\\nhouse at Paw Paw. Present, Hon. A. W. Broughton,\\nJudge.\\nThe first case brought up for trial was that of James\\nScott vs. George S. Reynolds. This court was discontinued\\nin 1850.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0488.jp2"}, "489": {"fulltext": "COURTS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 RECORD OF WOLF-BOUNTIES.\\n363\\nPKOBATB COUET.\\nOf the first proceediii );s of this court no record can be\\nfound prior to 1858, as the early records of this office were\\ndestroyed by fire.\\nThe first probate judge was Jeremiah H. Simmons, who\\nheld the office for two terms.\\nREGISTER S OFriCE.\\nThis county being attached to Cass County prior to its\\norganization, all deeds, mortgages, and other legal papers\\npertaining to Van Buren were kept at the county-seat of\\nthat county.\\nTranscripts of such papers were made from the Cass\\nCounty records, and are on file in the register s office at\\nPaw Paw.\\nThe first deed on record bears date November 3, 1831,\\nand was given by Jacob and Elizabeth Charles to Samuel\\nMorris, conveying eighty acres, the west half of the north-\\nwest quarter of section 35, township 4 south, in range 14\\nwest.\\nThe first deed recorded after the organization of the\\ncounty was made April 7, 1837, by which Wolcott H.\\nKeeler and Elizabeth, his wife, of Covington, conveyed to\\nTruman Foster, of the same township, the northwest quar-\\nter of section 11, township 4 south, in range 15 west, for\\nthe sum of one thousand dollars.\\nThe first mortgage owned bears date Oct. 13, 1835, and\\nwas given by Martin Wolcott to William Corry. The land\\non which it was a lien was the northeast quarter and south-\\neast quarter and the north half of the northwest quarter of\\nsection 1, township 3 south, in range 15 west.\\nThe marriage records contain as the first record the\\nmarriage of George S. Reynolds to Rebecca Luke, bearing\\ndate July 24, 1836. Signed, Daniel 0. Dodge, Justice of\\nthe Peace.\\nTREASURER S OFFICE.\\nThe earliest valuation of the property of the county by\\ntownships, on record in the treasurer s office, was made in\\n1839, and is as follows\\nCLINCH.\\nNon-resident real estate .$163,262\\nResident real estate 21,504\\nand personal 5,596\\nTotal $190,.352\\nANTWERP.\\nNon-resident real estate 833,535\\nEesident and personal 30,521\\nTotal $64,056\\nLAFAYETTE.\\nNon-resijcnt real estate .$29,287\\nKesident and personal 28,016\\nTotal $57,303\\nDECATUR.\\nNon-resident real estate $60,806.77\\nResident and personal 23,781.00\\nTotal $84,587.77\\nSOUTH HAVEN.\\nNon-resident, resident, real estate and personal.. $160,219.10\\nALPENA.\\nNon-resident real estate $52,241\\nResident and personal 21,384\\nTot.il $73,625\\nLAWRENCE.\\nNon-resident, resident, real estate and personal.. $123,649.90\\nRECORD OF WOLF-BOUNTIES.\\nIn looking over the proceedings of the Board of Super-\\nvisors, we have found recorded numerous accounts of bounties\\nvoted and paid for the slaughter of wolves in the county.\\nIt has suggested itself to us that a list of the payments,\\nwith the names of the recipients, might be interesting to\\nsome of our readers, both as showing who were the wolf-\\nhunters of the pioneer days, and as portraying the ad-\\nvance of civilization corre.sponding to the decrease in wolf-\\nslaughter. At the first meeting of the supervisors, on the\\n27th of March, 1837, they adopted the following resolu-\\ntion\\nVoted to raise five dollars per head for each wolf and\\npanther which may be killed the ensuing year, and that\\nthe county treasurer pay for each one so killed in said county\\nout of any moneys remaining, after paying the county ex-\\npenses, in his treasury.\\nAlthough the vote provided a bounty for killing panthers,\\nwe have not been able to discover a single record of a pay-\\nment for that service. Either panthers were very scarce,\\nor the hunters were not disposed to meddle with such very\\nunpleasant subjects.\\nBesides the county bounty of five dollars there was a\\nState bounty of eight dollars, which was paid by the\\ncounty authorities and refunded by the State, making in\\nall thirteen dollars for each wolf.\\nAt the meeting in October the accounts were audited and\\nallowed of Luther Branch, for four wolves, $52; John\\nCondon, three wolves, $39 Joseph Butler, one, $13 Cah-\\nCah (an Indian), one, $13.\\nBy November, 1838, the county bounty had been raised\\nto $8, and the commissioners voted $16 to Thomas Green,\\nfor the joint State and county bounty.\\nBy July, 1839, the State and county bounties had both\\nbeen reduced to $4, making a total of $8 for each wolf.\\nAt the meeting of the commis.sioners in that month the\\naccounts were allowed of John Williams, for two wolves,\\n$16; John Condon, three ditto, $24 Henry Potter, two\\nditto, $16 Amos S. Brown, Jr., eight ditto, $64; Luman\\nBrown, three ditto, $24. In November, 1839, the follow-\\ning accounts were allowed John Little, one wolf, $8 Cah-\\nCah, ditto, $8 Daniel Wilcox, ditto, $8; Amos S. Brown,\\nditto, $8; James Scott, ditto, $8. In December, 1839,\\nJohn Little, one wolf, $8. Total for 1839, twenty-four.\\nIn April, 1840, Daniel T. Pierce, one wolf, $8; Amos\\nS. Brown, Jr., ditto, $8; John Little, ditto, $8 Wells S.\\nBrown, ditto, $8 Luman Brown, ditto, $8. In June,\\n1840, Amos S. Brown, Jr., one wolf, $8; Henry Mower,\\ntwo ditto, $16. In October, 1840, Henry Mower, one\\nwolf, $8. In November, Henry Coleman, one wolf, killed\\nby A. Manly, $8 Daniel Wilcox, one ditto, $8. In De-\\ncember, Austin Walden, one wolf, $8 James Johnson,\\nditto, $8. Total for 1840, thirteen.\\nJuly, 1841, A. S. Brown, Jr., four wolves, $32; Wells\\nS. Brown, one ditto, $8; Jonathan N. Howard, one ditto,\\n$8. October, John Smith, one, $8. December, George\\nW. Springer, one, $8; Harpman Salisbury, two, $16;\\nMartin Allen, one, $8 Clark A. Lapham, one, $8 Simon\\n0. Keeler, one, $8. Total in 1841, thirteen.\\nJanuary, 1842, Harpman Salisbury, two wolves, $16;", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0489.jp2"}, "490": {"fulltext": "364\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nJohn Smith, one, $8. March, 1842, G. W. Springer, one\\nwolf, $8; Harvey Potter, two, $16; C. A. Lapham, two,\\n$16; Theodore E. Phelps, one, $8; Horatio N. Phelps,\\none, $8. In September of this year the supervisors voted\\nto pay $5 in addition to the bounty already allowed by law\\nfor each full-grown wolf, and $2.50 for each whelp. This,\\nin December following, gave Hames Scott, for two wolves,\\n$26 William Wilson, one ditto, $13; Cah-Cah, one ditto,\\n$13. Total in 1842, fourteen.\\nlu March, 1843, allowed Peter Dopp, one wolf, $13; H.\\nHoward, ditto, $13. October, Notawa wis, one, $13 Cah-\\nCah, one, $13 Elizur Hogmire, one, $13. Total in 1843,\\nfive.\\nIn 1844 there is no record of any bounties being paid.\\nThe supervisors seem to have thought that it was not yet\\ntime to stop killing wolves, for they raised the reward so\\nthat the State and county bounties amounted to $20 per\\nwolf Under this stimulus the hunters went zealously to\\nwork, and in October, 1845, acounts were allowed of John\\nLongwell, one wolf, $20 John Condon, ditto, $20; Orson\\nAtkins, ditto, $20; Joseph Brown, ditto, $20; William\\nImpson, five young wolves, $50. This seems to have been\\nconsidered rather too good a crop, and on the same day that\\nthe accounts were allowed the supervisors voted that $5\\ncounty bounty should be paid for each grown wolf and\\n$2.40 for each whelp, and no more.\\nThe State bounty was then evidently $10, and in Oc-\\ntober, 1846, payments were made as follows: Nahum B.\\nEager, one wolf, $15 Harvey Barrett, three ditto, $45\\nAaron Kinsman, two ditto, $30. On the 13th of October\\nthe county bounty was entirely abolished by the board,\\nleaving only the State bounty. Total number killed in\\n1846, six.\\nAs the State bounty was $10, however, there was still a\\nconsiderable inducement to use the rifle or the trap, and on\\nthe 2d of October^ 1847, Aaron Kinsman received, for one\\nwolf, $10 Francis McMinn, ditto, $10. About this time\\nthe State bounty seems to have been reduced to $8, for\\nduring the same month we find records of payment to\\nCharles E. Michelson, for one wolf, $8 .James Wood, five\\nwolf whelps, $20. Total for the year, three wolves and five\\nwhelps.\\nIn January, 1848, Oliver S. McOmber received, for one\\nwolf, $8. From that time there were no more cases re-\\nported until the 13th of October, 1851, when Hiram Ewalt\\nproduced proof of having killed one full-grown wolf, for\\nwhich he received $8. One year later Joseph Mimtucna-\\nqua, an Indian, received the usual $8 from the State through\\nthe Board of Supervisors, and this ended the chapter. So\\nfar as appears, this was the last wolf slaugiitered in Van\\nBuren County, the deed being very appropriately per-\\nformed by one of the race of hunters who were long the\\nlords of all this laud.\\nTHE COUNTY BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY.\\nTHE OLD JAIL.\\nAs early as the 23d day of June, 1838, before the\\ncounty-seat was permanently located at Paw Paw, the\\nBoard of Supervisors, at a special meeting, took the following\\naction\\nVoted, that the sheriff be authorized to build a suitable\\nbuilding to serve for a jail for said county the expense of\\nsaid building shall not exceed four hundred dollars.\\nVoted, that the jail shall be built on the ground ap-\\npropriated for that purpose by the proprietors of the village\\nof Paw Paw in said county.\\nThe same year the Board of County Commissioners super-\\nseded the Board of Supervisors. At their first meeting, held\\non the 21st of November, 1838, they approved the vote of\\nthe supervisors directing the sheriff to build a county jail.\\nAt an adjourned meeting of the commissioners held on\\nthe 19th of .January, 1839, the amount allowed for build-\\ning a jail was extended to six hundred dollars. The struc-\\nture in question was accordingly erected in the spring of\\n1839 and at a special meeting of the commisssioners held\\non the 3d of June, 1839, they audited the accounts of Ma-\\nson and Avery for building jail, $450. Other accounts\\non jail, $124.05. Total, $574.05. This jail was built of\\nhewed logs laid upon each other, and was about 30 by 20\\nfeet in size. It had two stories the lower one being occu-\\npied by three cells and a small hall, while the upper one\\nwas intended for the use of the jailer s family, and was\\nreached by stairs on the south side. It was situated on the\\noutside of St. Joseph Street, between Brown and Lagrave\\nStreets.\\nTHE COURT-HOUSE.\\nOn the 1st of April, 1840, the site of the court-house\\nwas fixed on block 11 in Paw Paw, but on the 30th of\\nJanuary, as already mentioned, it was changed to block 40.\\nThe county otfioes were kept in a private building be-\\nlonging to Joshua Bangs, and in January, 1841, it was\\nresolved by the commissioners to hire the building another\\nyear for fifty dollars. At the same time they allowed school\\ndistrict No. 1, in the township of Lafayette, the very mod-\\nerate sum of three dollars for the use of the school-house\\nby the Circuit Court.\\nOn the 8th of February, 1841, the commissioners met\\nfor the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety\\nand measures for building a court-house, but adjourned\\nwithout action. On the 1st of March, 1841, they passed\\nthe following resolution\\nJiesoloed, That the sum of four thousand dollars be, and the same\\nis, hereby appropriated for the purpose of building a court-house in\\nand for the county of Van Bureu.\\nThey then directed William Mason to draft, or cause to\\nbe drafted, the plan for a court-house.\\nNothing more was done until the 2d day of April, 1842,\\nwhen the coiumissioners resolved to contract for building a\\ncourt-house, provided that responsible parties would agree\\nto furnish the materials and build it for not over three\\nthousand dollars. On the 7th of April the commissioners\\ngave notice that they would receive propositions for build-\\ning the court-house until noon of the 8th of that month,\\nan exceedingly short notice.\\nOn the 8th of April Reuben E. Rhodes and Staflbrd\\nGodfrey entered into a stipulation with the commissioners,\\nagreeing to build a court-house, according to the specifica-\\ntions on file in the county clerk s office, within eighteen\\nmonths from that date, and thereupon the commissioners\\ngave them an order on the treasury for two thousand four", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0490.jp2"}, "491": {"fulltext": "COUNTY BUILDINGS.\\n365\\nhundred and ten dollars. Henry N. Rhodes gave a bond\\nto finish the mason-work in the same time for four hundred,\\nand ninety-four dollars. Isaac W. Willai d, as before men-\\ntioned, gave the county a deed of lots 5, 6, 7, and 8, on\\nblojk 12, in Paw Paw, as a site for the court-house and the\\ncommissioners paid to J. T. Noyes three hundred and thirty-\\none dollars to clear the lots of incumbrances. Josiah An-\\ndrews was appointed to oversee the building of the court-\\nhouse.\\nThe work of building the court-house was not completed\\nwithin the specified time, but in the summer of 1844 it\\ndrew near its close. On the 14th of August, in that year,\\nthe Board of Supervisors (which had resumed its former\\nauthority) ordered the purchase of twenty-four chairs for\\nthe court-house. The following day the workmanship and\\nmaterial of the court-house, built by Churchill Godfrey\\n(who had taken the place of Rhodes Godfrey as contrac-\\ntors), was declared to be according to the contract.\\nOn the 18th of October, 1844, a resolution was passed\\nallowing the citizens of Paw Paw to grub up such trees on\\nthe court-house lot as should be designated by a committee\\nconsisting of Major Heath, John Ramsey, and C. P. Shel-\\ndon, provided they would fill up the holes. Courts were\\nheld in the court-house in the autumn of 1844.\\nThe court-house thus built, which is still occupied for\\nthat purpose, is a plain white frame structure, on the south\\nside of Main Street in Paw Paw, with a steeple upon it,\\nand in size and appearance very much resembles a village\\nchurch.\\nTHE PRESENT JAIL.\\nDuring the October session, 1854, the Board of Super-\\nvisors passed a resolution designating the village of Law-\\nrence as the location of the county-seat, and submitting the\\nquestion of removal thither to the people.\\nOn account of this action, the leading citizens of the\\nvillage of Paw Paw, for the purpose of retaining the\\ncounty-seat at that place, presented to the board, at the\\nJanuary session in 1855, an agreement, in which they\\npledged themselves to erect, build, and complete, in a good\\nand substantial manner, at our own expense, and without\\ncost or charge to the county, a good and substantial jail, for\\nthe use of and to be the property of said county. The jail\\nto be constructed of such materials and to be of such size,\\nconstruction, and finish, and be located on such lot or place\\nin the village of Paw Paw, as shall be designated or or-\\ndered by the Board of Supervisors, or a committee of the\\nboard duly appointed by the board and authorized by\\nthem to make such designation, and to be fully completed,\\nto the acceptance of the board, or its committee duly ap-\\npointed, by the first day of January, 1856, and which shall\\nbe worth, when completed, not to exceed $3000. Provided,\\nthat the Board of Supervisors will pass a resolution not\\nto take any further proceedings to present the question to\\nthe vote of the people, and wholly abandon the same.\\nThis agreement wa.s accepted on the part of the super-\\nvisors, and the jail was erected on its present location. In\\nJanuary, 1856, the Board of Supervisors resolved itself into\\na committee of the whole, to examine the jail building.\\nAfter the examination it was moved and carried that the\\njail be accepted and the bonds canceled.\\nPOOR-HOUSE AND FARM.\\nSome action had been taken previous to 1865, by the\\nBoard of Supervisors, in reference to a poor-house farm, but\\nwith no results. On the 8th day of October, in that year,\\nthe superintendents of the poor of the county urged upon\\nthe board, then in session, the necessity and importance of\\npurchasing a farm for the use of the county paupers. On\\nthe 11th of October the committee on county buildings\\nrecommended the board to purchase one hundred and sixty\\nacres of good farming land, partially under improvement, for\\npoor-house purposes.\\nAfter due consideration it was decided to purchase, and\\nRobert Nesbitt, J. B. Potter, and Charles Sellick were\\nchosen a committee to make a selection and report the\\nlocation, price, etc.\\nOn the 3d day of January, 1866, this committee re-\\nported several farms, with description of location, soil, im-\\nprovements, and prices. Several of the farms were visited,\\nand it was finally decided to purchase the farm of Rufus\\nTillou, in the township of Hartford, containing one hun-\\ndred and seventy-three acres, for forty dollars per acre. The\\ncommittee reported this farm as containing one hundred\\nand seventy-three acres, with one hundred acres improved,\\nthirty acres chopped, and twenty-five acres timbered, a good\\norchard of fifty bearing-trees (mostly apples), a substantial\\nhouse twenty-eight by twenty-eight feet, barn thirty-three\\nby fifty, with addition fifteen by thirty-three feet. This\\nfarm is located on the south side of the Watervliet road,\\nthree miles west of the village of Lawrence, and is the\\nnortheast quarter of section 13 and the south part of the\\nsoutheast quarter of section 12. The purchase was con-\\nsummated, and the place in question has since belonged to\\nthe county. The buildings were improved and enlarged\\nfrom time to time to their present condition.*\\nTHE FIEE-PEOOF BUILDING.\\nEfforts had been made several times to provide a safe\\nrepository for the county records, but not until Oct. 21,\\n1873, was any action taken that promised success in that\\ndirection. At that time Messrs. Barnum and French were\\nappointed a committee to draft plans and specifications for\\ncounty ofiices. On the 13th of January, 1874, Mr. Cox\\nwas added to the committee. On the 6th of January, 1875,\\nthe records of the county were reported unsafe, and on the\\n8th of the same month a resolution was passed by the\\nsupervisors appropriating one thousand dollars to erect a\\nfire-proof building for the use of the county oflBcers, pro-\\nvided the citizens of Paw Paw would raise the sum of two\\nthousand dollars.\\nThe building was erected in the summer of 1875, and\\ncompleted in September of that year, at a cost of four\\nthousand dollars.\\nThe supermtendent.s of the poor, in their report to the Board of\\nSupervisors in December, 1879, earnestly urged upon the board the\\nimportance of greater facilities and increased accommodation for the\\npoor of the county. The statistics given below are taken from that\\nreport. The poor-house contains twenty-seven paupers. Sixty per-\\nmanent paupers are kept by the county outside of the poor-house.\\nTwenty-one insane persons are kept at the asylum at Kalamazoo, at\\nan annual expense of $2U59.S0. The amount paid out for farm ex-\\npenses in 1879 was $2299.57, with a credit from products of $583.82.\\nTotal expenses for the year, $9509.92. Value of farm, S6S40. Value\\nof stock, $1131.55.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0491.jp2"}, "492": {"fulltext": "366\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nVAN BUREN COUNTY CIVIL LIST.\\nIn this list are given the names of those citizens of the\\ncounty who have held State or county offices, with the date\\nof their election or appointment thereto.\\nPRESIDENTIAL ELECTOR.\\n1860, Philetus Hayden.\\nSTATE SENATORS.\\n1849-50, John McKinney; 1851, Philetus Haydon 1853, Fitz H.\\nStevens; 1855, Lymau A. Fitch; 1859, Philetus Haydon; 1863,\\nSamuel H. Blackman 1867-69, Nathan H. Bitely; 1871, George\\nHannahs; 1873, David Anderson; 1875, Albert Thompson; 1877,\\nWilliam 0. Packard.\\nMEMBERS OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (STATE).\\n1842, Fernando C. Annable; 1844-45, John Andrews; 1846, Josiah\\nAndrews; 1847, Philetus Haydon; 1848, John McKinney; 1849,\\nJohn Andrews; 1851, Morgan L. Fitch; 1853, Charles P. Shel-\\ndon; 1855, Joseph Gilman 1857, Blisha J. House; 1859, Fabius\\nMiles; 1861, Jonathan J. Woodman; 1863-65, Jonathan J.\\nWoodman, Buel M. Williams 1867, Jonathan J. Woodman,\\nAmos S. Brown; 1869-71, Jonathan J. Woodman,* William H.\\nHurlbut; 1873, Samuel H. Blackman, Emory H. Simpson; 1875,\\nAlexander D. Copley, George B. Ycckley, William Thomas ;t\\n1877-79, James E. Ferguson, E. Parker Hill.\\nMEMBERS OF STATE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS.\\nConvention of 1836, Charles B. Avery; Convention of 1850, Isaac W.\\nAVillard Convention of 1867, Samuel H. Blackman and Charles\\nBuncombe.\\nCIRCUIT JUDGE.\\n1874, Darius E. Comstock, held till his death, in the year 1875.\\nJUDGES OP PROBATE.\\n1837-40, Jeremiah H. Simmons; 1844, Frederick Lord 1848-52, Eiisha\\nDurkee; 1866-60, Augustus H. N.ash; 1864, Chandler Richards;\\n1868-72, George W. Lawton; 1876, Alfred J. Mills.\\nCOUNTY JUDGES.\\n1846, Aaron W. Broughton; 1850, Jason A. Sheldon.\\nSECOND JUDGES.\\n1846, John R. Haynes 1847, Frederick Lord 1850, Lyman G. Hill.\\nASSOCIATE JUSTICES.\\n1837, Wolcott H. Keeler, Jay R. Monroe; 1841, Evert B. Dyokman,\\nJohn R. Haynes 1842, John R. Haynes, Henry Coleman 1844,\\nW. H. Keeler, David Van Antwerp.\\nCIRCUIT COURT COMMISSIONERS.\\n1838, Wolcott H. Keeler, Peter Gremps, Morgan L. Fitch; 1840,\\nAndrew Longstreet; 1841, Lyman G. Hill; 1852, John R. Baker;\\n1854-56, Nathan H. Bitely; 1858, Samuel H. Blackman; 1860,\\nHiram Cole; 1862, John B. Upton; 1864, Joseph W. Huston;\\n1866, George M^ Lawton; 1868, Ashbel II. Herron 1870, Wil-\\nliam H. Tucker; 1872, Benjamin F. Heckcrt; 1874, Oran W.\\nRowland; 1876, Albert Jackson 1878, John Knowles.\\nPROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.:]:\\n1840, Aaron W. Broughton; 1842, Frederick Lord; 1844, Aaron W.\\nBroughton; 1847, John R. Baker; 1849, Samuel H. Blackman;\\n1850, Frederick Lord;? 1852, Win. N. Pardee; 1854, Frederick\\nLord; 1856, Nathan H. Bitely ;j] 1858-60, Chandler Richards;\\n1862, Hiram Cole; 1864-70, John B. Upton; 1872, Darius E.\\nComstock 1874-78, Benj. F. Heokert.\\nSpeaker in 1869 and 1871.\\nf Elected to iill vacancy caused by death of Mr. Yeckley.\\nJ Walter Clark, a lawyer of Kalamazoo, was temporarily appointed\\nby the court to act as prosecuting attorney at the terms held in Van\\nBuren County in 1839, and perhaps earlier. On the 14th of Decem-\\nber, 1839, the supervisors of Van Bureu County voted Mr. Clark $50,\\nas a year s salary as prosecuting attorney.\\nFirst election of prosecuting attorney by the people.\\nII Mr. Bitely was elected but could not qualify, as he was not a\\nmember of the bar of this State, although he had been admitted to\\npractice law in Ohio.\\nTREASURERS.\\n1837, Daniel 0. Dodge; 1S3S, Joshua Bangs; 1810, Frederick Lord;\\n1842-44, John McKinney 1840, Theodore E. Phelps; 1848-52,\\nEmory 0. Briggs 1854, Alexander H. Phelps; 1856-58, John\\nM. Redlan 1860-62, Aaron B. Dyokman; 1864, Samuel H.\\nBlackman 1866-70, Edwin Barnum 1872-74, Stephen W. Dun-\\ncombe; 1876, Hannibal M. Marshall; 1873, Stephen W. Dun-\\ncombe.\\nREGISTERS.\\n1837-38, Jeremiah H. Simmons; 1840-42, Fitz H. Stevens; 1844,\\nEmory 0. Briggs; 1846, Eiisha C. Cox; 1848, Joseph Cox, Jr.;\\n1S50, Wm. H. Hurlbut; 1852, Eusebius Mather; 1854, Edward\\nA. Thompson; 1856, Samuel G. Blackman 1858-60, Thomas B.\\nIrwin; 1862-64, Stephen W. Duncombo; 1866, E. Parker Hill;\\n1868, Don C. Rogers; 1870, Milan D. Richardson; 1872-74, Kirk\\nW. Noyes; 1876-78, Samuel Ellis.\\n1837, .Samuel Gunton 1838, Andrew Longstreet ;-i 840, John McKin-\\nney; 1842, William Hill 1844, John Smolk, Jr.; 1846, William\\nHill; 1848, Henry C. Clapp 18 50, William Hill; 1852, Henry\\nC. Clapp; 1854, William Hill; 1856, Noble D. Richardson;\\n1858, John H. Stoddard 1860, Calvin Durkee; 1864, Noble D.\\nRichardson 1866, Edwin K. Farmer; 1868-70, William R. Sir-\\nrine 1872-74, John E. Showerman 1876, John Wachsmuth\\n1878, Nathan Thomas.\\nCOUNTY CLERKS.\\n1837, Nathaniel B. Starkweather; 1838, Edward Shultz; 1840, Jere-\\nmiah H. Simmons; 1842, Joseph Gilman; 1844, James B.Crane;\\n1846, Lyman H. Fitch; 1848-50,- S. Tulmiidge Conway; 1852,\\nFranklin M. Manning 1854-56, Stillmiin F. Breed 1858, S.\\nTalmadge Conway; 1860-62, Martin Ruggles; 1864-66, Ashbel\\nH. Herron; 1868-70, Oran W. Rowland; 1872-74, Samuel\\nHolmes; 1876-78, Henry S. Williams.\\nSURVEYORS.\\n1837, Humphrey P. Barnum 1838, John D. Compton 1840, Eleazer\\nH. Keeler 1842, Alonzo Crane; 1844-46, Samuel H. Blackman\\n1848-52, Jeremiah H. Simmons; 1854, William H. Harrison;\\n1856-58, Samuel A. Tripp; 1860, Orville B. Abbott; 1862, Peter\\nJ. Speicher; 1864, Charles J. Monroe; 1866, Charles D. Lawton;\\n1868-70, Almon J. Pierce; 1872, Augustus H. Teed; 1874-78,\\n.Almon .1. Pierce.\\nCORONERS.\\n1837, Junia Warner, Jr., John R. Haynes, Humphrey P. Barnum;\\n1838, Lyman G. Hill, Levi H.Warner; 1840, Junia Warner, Jr.\\n1842-44, Charles U. Cross; 1846, Joshua Woodman 1848, Chas.\\nP. Sheldon; 1850, Alexander H. Phelps; 1852, Harrison Dyok-\\nman, Nathan Jaquish; 1854, John Hunt, Nelson H, Marshall;\\n1856, John Hunt; 1858, Ashbel H. Herron; 1860, Jefferson Ed-\\nmunds, Stephen B. Morehouse; 1862, Albert R. Wildey, Asahel\\nS. Downing 1864, John Andrews, Abel Brown; 1866, John An-\\ndrews, Loyal Crane; 1868, Thomas A. Granger, Geo. L. Seaver\\n1870, Wm. R. Hawkins, Daniel Van Auken 1872, Oscar F.\\nThomas, William P. Bryan; 1874, Eiisha B. Moon, Loyal Crane;\\n1876, Michael Mason, James P. Fox; 1878, Henry M. Brodriok,\\nAlbert S. Haskin.\\nCOUNTY COMMISSIONERS.\\nBy a law passed in the spring of 1838 three county com-\\nmis.sioners were elected, who superseded the supervisors and\\nexercised their functions. The first three determined their\\nterms of one, two, and three years by lot afterwards one\\nwas to be elected each year, holding three years. The Board\\nof Commissioners was abolished, and the Board of Super-\\nvisors resumed their former functions by a law passed in\\nthe spring of 1842.\\n1838, Peter Gremps (for three years), W. H. Keeler (for two years),\\nMorgan L. Fitch (for one year); 1839, Silas Breed; 1840, An-\\ndrew Longstreet; 1841, Lyman G. Hill.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0492.jp2"}, "493": {"fulltext": "THE PRESS OF VAN BUREN COUNTY.\\n367\\nCHAPTER XLVIII.\\nTHE PEESS OF VAN BUKEN COUNTY.\\nThe Pioneer Newspapers of the County Journalism at the County-\\nSeat The Press of South Haven Newspaper Enterprises at Deca-\\ntur, Lawton, Hartford, Bangor, and Lawrence.\\nTHE PAW PAW DEMOCRAT.\\nThe history of the press of Van Buren County began in\\nJanuary, 1843, when H. B. Miller, of Niles (known later as\\nBuffalo Miller, of Chicago), sent his brother-in-law, one\\nHarris, over to Paw Paw, with press and printing material,\\nto start a newspaper, chiefly for the purpose of printing\\nthe county tax-lists. Harris got out a six-column folio\\nweekly, which lie called the Paio Paw Democrat. Its poli-\\ntics were Democratic, and its office of publication was on\\nMain Street just east of the present bank building. Har-\\nris was consumptive and did very little work. He died\\nduring the winter of 1842-43, and his death ended the\\nhistory of the Democrat, Miller carrying the press and\\nmaterial back to Niles.\\nPAW PAW FREE PRESS.\\nDuring the next two years Van Buren County was des-\\ntitute of a newspaper, but in January, 1845, a lawyer\\nnamed Samuel N. Gantt and a printer named Geiger\\nbrought a two-pull wooden Raraage press, and the other\\nnecessary material for a printing-office, by wagon, from De-\\ntroit to Paw Paw. On their arrival, they issued a four-\\npage five-column weekly, which they christened the Paw\\nPaw Free Press.\\nIn the course of the season, however, Mr. Geiger became\\ndisgusted with the general course of events, and with Gantt\\nin particular, and accordingly one night he carried off the\\nscrew of the press, threw it into the Paw Paw River, and\\nfled to Detroit. Gantt mourned the loss of Geiger much\\nless than that of the screw, the latter being indispensable\\nto the working of the press. He offered a reward of ten\\ndollars, and A. V. Pantland, who happened to know where\\nGeiger had thrown it, fished it out of the river.\\nMr. Gantt continued to publish the Free Press until the\\nspring of 1846, when he sold it to John McKinney, then\\ncounty treasurer, and began the practice of law at Paw\\nPaw.\\nMr. McKinney owned and published the paper until\\nJanuary, 1846, when he disposed of it to E. O. Briggs.\\nAfter a newspaper experience of thirteen months Mr.\\nBriggs sold the Free Press in January, 1848, to S. Tall-\\nmadge Conway, who had been a printer in the office .since\\nAugust, 1846, and who had done a little new.spaper work\\non the Paw Paw Democrat as early as 1842. Mr. Conway\\nretained the ownership for the previously unprecedented\\ntime of six years and a half. The paper then (July 10,\\n1854) passed into the hands of a stock company. A few\\nweeks experience, however, was enough for the stockhold-\\ners, at the end of which they transferred the Free Press to\\nI. W. Van Fossen. Soon after this gentleman went into\\npossession the Paw Paw Free Press ceased to exist, so far\\nas the name was concerned, though the publication still\\ncontinued.\\nPAW PAW PRESS.\\nThis was the new name by which the Paw Paw Free\\nPress was baptized soon after Mr. Van Fossen became the\\nowner. Even this did not satisfy him, and in the early part\\nof 1855 he took the whole county into the scope of his\\npaper s name.\\nVAN BUREN COUNTY PRESS.\\nSuch was the appellation upon which Mr. Van Fossen\\nfinally settled, and this appeared to be satisfactory to all\\nconcerned, for under this name and by the same publisher\\nthe paper was issued for nearly thirteen years, until the 3d\\nof January, 1868, when the office was destroyed by fire.\\nThis interrupted the publication for a few months, but in\\nthe summer of 1868 Mr. Van Fossen revived his paper,\\nand continued to publish it until 1872. He then leased\\nthe office to Frank Drummond, who during the campaign\\nof that year supported the cause of Greeley and Brown.\\nIn the winter of 1872-73, Mr. Van Fossen sold the prop-\\nerty to E. A. Lanphere and G. VV. Mathews, who deter-\\nmined on another change of name.\\nPAW PAW COURIER.\\nWith the change came a change of politics, for Messrs.\\nLanphere Mathews, eschewing the Greeley issue of the\\nyear, made the Courier an exponent of Republican princi-\\nples, and published it as such until the beginning of 1877,\\nwhen they sold it to E. A. Blackman and E. A. Park.\\nThese gentlemen made it a Democratic paper, and published\\nit until the 4th of August, 1877. Then they consolidated\\nanother journal with it and extended its name, as will be\\nrelated below.\\nVAN BUREN COUNTY PRESS (No. 2).\\nDuring the ownership of the Courier by Lanphere\\nMathews, Messrs. E. K. Park and George F. Sellick, job\\nprinters at Paw Paw, started a new Democratic paper there,\\nto which they gave the old name of the Van Buren County\\nPress. Perhaps Mr. I. W. Van Fossen was attracted by\\nthe name with which he had so long been identified, for he\\nsoon purchased the Press. He speedily transferred it to 0.\\nD. Had.sell, who changed its name to another, which had,\\nlike that one, already seen service in the county.\\nPAW PAW FREE PRESS (No. 2).\\nUnder this name Mr. Hadsell conducted his venture until\\nthe 4th of August, 1877, when he sold it to Blackman\\nPark, the owners of the Paw Paw Courier.\\nPAW PAW FREE PRESS AND COURIER.\\nThe Free Press and the Courier were then consolidated,\\nand in order to please the readers of both sheets Messrs.\\nBlackman Park consolidated the names as well as the\\npapers, is.suing the new journal under the name of the\\nPaw Paw Free Press and Courier. Like both its prede-\\ncessors, this was a Democratic sheet, and has flourished in\\nthat faith to the present day. On the 23d of November,\\n1878, Mr. Park withdrew, and Mr. E. A. Blackman has\\nsince been the sole editor and proprietor.\\nIt will be seen that the present Free Press and Courier\\nis the legitimate successor of the first newspaper established", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0493.jp2"}, "494": {"fulltext": "368\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nin Van Buren County, except the old Paw Paio Denvjaat\\nof 1842, as well as ot another line of papers now united\\nin the same channel. We have, therefore, briefly sketched\\nthe journals of various names whose shades may be sup-\\nposed to linger around the sanctum of their successor\\nbefore delineating the career of others.\\nTHE TRUE NORTHERNER.\\nThis journal boasts a continuous existence under the same\\nname of twenty-five years, and in that respect is the oldest\\npaper in the county. It was founded in March, 1855, as\\na Republican weekly journal, on the very fir.st organization\\nof the Republican party, by George A. Fitch, then pub-\\nlishing the Kalamazoo Telegraph, and has maintained that\\npolitical status since then without change. Mr. Fitch sent\\nJohn B. Butler over to edit and publish the True North-\\nerner, but in August of that year Butler retired and Fitch\\nsold the material to John Reynolds and E. A. Thompson,\\npledging himself, however, to edit and publish the paper\\nuntil March, 1857. R. C. Nash was employed as editor,\\nbut retired in January, 1856, and was succeeded by L. B.\\nBleecker and S. F. Breed. On the 19th of February, 1856,\\nSamuel H. Blackman and S. F. Breed became the sole pro-\\nprietors of the True Northerner. In 1858, Thaddeus R.\\nHarrison purchased the paper from them and remained the\\nowner until 1866, although during the latter part of that\\nperiod it was leased to Charles P. Sweet. In the year last\\nnamed Mr. Harrison sold the True Northerner to Thomas\\n0. Ward, who retained posse,ssion until the 28th of August,\\n1870.\\nAt that time S. Talmadge Conway, whose connection\\nwith the press of Paw Paw has already been noticed,\\nbecame editor, publisher, and proprietor of the True\\nNortherner, and has so remained to the present time.\\nThe T rue Northerner has a circulation of about two thou-\\nsand, and ranks among the leading Republican papers of\\nWestern Michigan.\\nTHE NATIONAL INDEPENDENT.\\nIn March, 1878, Charles S. Maynard founded the Na-\\ntional Independent, at Paw Paw, as a Greenback organ,\\nissuing the first number on the 8th of that month. Mr.\\nMaynard conducted the paper until the 15th of January,\\n1879, when he sold it to R. C. Nash. In April following\\nthe Independent was transferred to Smith Wilson. Mr.\\nWilson soon retired, and W. E. Smith became sole editor\\nand proprietor. The National Independent suddenly ceased\\nto exist in the latter part of December, 1879.\\nVAN BUREN COUNTY TRIBUNE.\\nThis paper, published by T. O. Street, was the pioneer\\nof Decatur journalism, but its career was .so very brief that\\nit is difficult to ascertain even the date of its existence. It\\nwas, however, about 186-t.\\nDECATUR CLARION.\\nThe Tribune was succeeded by the Decatur Clarion,\\nwhich flourished (or languished) for an equally brief period,\\nunder the editorship of Moses Hull, and then became\\nforever silent.\\nVAN BUREN COUNTY REPUBLICAN.\\nThis is the first permanent newspaper in Decatur, and\\nwas founded in 1867, by E. A. Blackman and C. F. R.\\nBellows (the latter being then the principal of the union\\nschool, and now the occupant of a professor s chair in the\\nUniversity of Michigan). Mr. Bellows retired after a\\nbrief experience, leaving the control of the paper to Mr.\\nBlackman. Under his control the Republican expounded\\nthe principles of Republicanism until 1872, when it sup-\\nported Greeley and Brown. In 1873 it passed into the\\nranks of the Democracy. In 1876, Mr. Blackman sold\\nhis paper to H. C. Buffington (formerly of the Cass\\nCounty Republican), who brought it back into the Repub-\\nlican fold, where it has since remained. In December,\\n1879, Mr. Buffington disposed of the paper to A. M.\\nWooster, the present proprietor. The Republican is a\\nfour-page, twenty- eight-column journal, issued every Wed-\\nnesday, and is one of the prominent newspapers of the\\ncounty.\\nTHE IRON CITY AGE.\\nThis was a weekly publication, established in Lawton in\\n1860 by Joseph Twell. It expired in 1867.\\nTHE LAWTON GAZETTE.\\nAfter the decease of the Age, George W. Lawton, Esq.,\\nbegan the publication at Lawton of the Lawton Gazette\\n(weekly), which, however, was printed at Paw Paw. The\\nGazette lasted until 1869.\\nLAWTON TRIBUNE.\\nIn September of the year last named J. H. Wickwire\\nestablished the Lawton Tribune, a four-page, six-column\\njournal, sixteen inches by twenty-two. It passed success-\\nively into the hands of Cowgill Jennings, Ambrose\\nMoore, Jr., Orris Strong, and Ezra Hayden, and expired in\\n1873.\\nHARTFORD DAY SPRING.\\nThe first number of this paper was issued Thursday,\\nNov: 16, 1871, by 0. D. Hadsell and Alonzo H. Chandler,\\nthe latter, however, retiring in a few weeks. It was con-\\ntinued by Mr. Hadsell until Oct. 28, 1876, when it was\\npurchased by Win. H. H. Earle. He edited and published\\nthe Day Spring about a year, when Luther Sutton assumed\\nthe editorship, since which time Mr. Earle has been the\\nproprietor and publisher and Mr. Sutton the editor.\\nSOUTH HAVEN SENTINEL.\\nThe South Haven Sentinel was founded in June, 1867,\\nby Capt. David M. Phillips, of Albion, as a six-column\\nneutral paper. In June, 1868, it was sold to Dr. Samuel\\nD. Tobey, who transferred it to Capt. William E. Stewart\\nin September of the same year, he having been in charge\\nof the mechanical department since August, 1867. Capt.\\nStewart has successfully conducted the Sentinel during the\\nperiod of almost twelve years which has elapsed since his\\npurchase, and in 1870 was enabled to enlarge it from six\\nto eight columns per page.\\nSOUTH HAVEN RECORD.\\nTills paper was .started on the 12th of August, 1878, as\\na Greenback .sheet, by J. Donsmore. Mr. Densniore pub-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0494.jp2"}, "495": {"fulltext": "THE LEARNED PROFESSIONS.\\n369\\nlished it until May, 1879, when he sold it to parties in\\nKalamazoo. It was then removed to tliat place, wliere it\\ncontinues to support the interests of the Greenback party.\\nFONETIC KLIPS.\\nThis curious little sheet, which is issued monthly by A.\\nJ. Pierce, was started on the 1st day of January, 1879. It\\nis devoted to the introduction of phonetic spelling, which\\nis now being used to a very limited extent by .some of the\\njournals of the country.\\nBANGOR JOURNAL.\\nThe journalism of Bangor is of recent date, and will\\noccupy but a very brief space. In February, 1873, Charles\\nGillett began the publication at that place of a weekly\\npaper, which was called the Journal. The venture was not\\na success financially, and with the autumn of the same\\nyear the pioneer newspaper of Bangor closed its brief career.\\nBANGOR REFLECTOR.\\nFrom the ashes of the Journal, however (that is, from\\nits old type and press), arose the Bangor Reflector, the\\nfirst number of which was issued in December, 1873.\\nThis paper was published by W. W. Secord, with limited\\nsuccess, until April, 1875, when it passed into the hands of\\nits present proprietor, C. C. Phillips. Under his manage-\\nment its circulation has steadily increased, until it ranks as\\none of the leading weeklies of the county. It is a five-\\ncolumn, eight-page sheet, and is a staunch advocate of Re-\\npublican principles.\\nLAWRENCE ADVERTLSER.\\nOn the 1st day of February, 1875, Theodore L. Rey-\\nnolds issued the first number of the Lawrence Advertiser,\\nan independent, seven-column paper located at the village\\nof Lawrence. After Mr. Reynolds death, in November,\\n1876, Mrs. Reynolds continued the publication until the 1st\\nof March, 1877, when the Advertiser pas.sed into the hands\\nof George A. Cross, John B. Potter being the manager.\\nOn the 20th of April, 1877, Mr. Cross sold the paper to\\nRobert L. Warren, who has since been the editor and pro-\\nprietor. Mr. Warren made the Advertiser a Republican\\nsheet, and such it has since remained. On the 1st of Oc-\\ntober, 1877, he leased the office to Messrs. Van Hoesen\\nBates, who have since then published the Advertiser, while\\nMr. Warren has retained the editorial management.\\nCHAPTER XLIX.\\nTHE LEARNED PROFESSIONS.\\nTile Van Buren County Bar The Medical Prnfession in Van Biiren\\nCounty Van Buren County Medical Society Homoeopathic and\\nother Physicians.\\nTHE VAN BUREN COUNTY BAR.\\nThe first lawyer in Van Buren County was Aaron W.\\nBroughton, who came previous to 1839. He, however, was\\nengaged in the mercantile business in the township of Ham-\\nilton for several years, during which time lie ranily or never\\n47\\npracticed his profession. He was appointed the first pros-\\necuting attorney of the county, and served from April,\\n1840, to April, 1842, receiving fifty dollars for the first\\nyear s services and seventy-five for the second. He was also\\nappointed prosecuting attorney for 1844 and 1845. He\\npracticed at Paw Paw for several years after that, and was\\npractically the only county judge of Van Buren County,\\nholding the office from 1846, when it was established, until\\n1850. A successor was elected in the latter year, but the\\noffice was abolished by the constitution of that year.\\nFrederick Lord, who is still a resident of Paw Paw, was\\nthe second lawyer in the county and the first in Paw Paw.\\nHe became a resident of that village in the spring of 1839,\\ntaught school and studied law, and was admitted to the bar\\nin 1840. He was almost immediately elected county treas-\\nurer, and in 1842 was appointed the second prosecuting\\nattorney of Van Buren County. He was also the first\\nperson elected to that office by the people under the con-\\nstitution of 1850, and was second judge of the county\\ncourt, from 1847 to 1850. For .several years Mr. Lord has\\nnot been engaged in the duties of his profession.\\nGeorge L. Gale, a lawyer, settled in Paw Paw a little\\nlater, remained about ten years, and then went to California.\\nSamuel N. Gantt, a lawyer, located in Paw Paw in\\n1845, but for a little over a year he was engaged in pub-\\nlishing a newspaper there. In the spring of 1846 he began\\npracticing law there, but did not remain long.\\nJ. R. Baker located at Paw Paw in 1844 or 45. He\\nwas a very zealous, energetic man, and soon became prom-\\ninent in the county. Besides taking an active part in\\npolitics and land business, Mr. Baker was a successful\\nlawyer, and was employed in a large portion of the cases\\nlitigated in Van Buren County, and in some of the adjoin-\\ning counties. He was prosecuting attorney from 1847 to\\n1849. He also bore a prominent part in the prosecution of\\nReynolds, for murder, in 1854, which resulted in sending\\nthe accused to the State-prison for life.\\nIn 1858, Mr. Baker formed a partnership with Chandler\\nRichards, a new-comer in Paw Paw, the firm-name being\\nBaker Richards. The partnership continued ten years.\\nDuring this* time Mr. Baker left the greater part of the\\nlaw business to his partner, occupying himself much with\\nother matters, but always being considered one of the lead-\\ning men of the county. The partnership between Messrs.\\nBaker Richards was dissolved in 1868. The former\\ngentleman died in June, 1873.\\nElisha Durkee settled in Paw Paw, October, 1845. He\\nwas a native of Orleans Co., N. Y., and had been admitted\\nto the bar of the Supreme Court of that State in 1843.\\nWhen Mr. Durkee arrived at Paw Paw there were only\\nthe three lawyers before mentioned in the county, but these\\nfour were amply sufficient to do all the business. There\\nwere but two terms of the Circuit yearly, and at these the\\ncalendar would be cleared in one or two days.\\nThere was, however, considerable justice-court business,\\nwhich, if less lucrative for the counsel, was more interesting\\nto spectators than the statelier proceedings of the Circuit.\\nThe first case Mr. Durkee tried was before a justice of\\nthe peace who lived in the woods three miles from Paw\\nPaw. Messrs. Broughton and Baker were both employed", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0495.jp2"}, "496": {"fulltext": "370\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\non the other side, and all three of the counsel had to make\\ntheir way among the trees as best they could, for the road\\nwas only cut out a part of the distance. On their arrival\\nthey found a log house with one room, which served as\\nparlor, dining-room, kitchen, bed-room, and court-room.\\nThe justice s wife lay sick on the bed in one corner, the\\ncourt, counsel, and parties clustered thick around the table\\nin the centre, and the jurymen disposed themselves as best\\nthey could against the wall.\\nThe trial began, and after a short time the jury asked\\nto be excused, and all went out. In a few moments they\\nreturned and the trial proceeded. It was not long, how-\\never, until the jury asked to be excused, and again unani-\\nmously retired. When this had occurred the third time\\nMr. Durkee thought he would see what was going on. He\\nfollowed the jurors to the barn, and found they had a jug\\nof whisky there, furnished by the opposite party. He was\\nat first inclined to object to this, but finally concluded that\\nhe could manage a drunken jury as well as his opponents,\\nand kept still. And in fact, when the case was finished at\\nmidnight, the jury gave a verdict in favor of his client.\\nMr. Durkee practiced at Paw Paw until 1866, when\\n(his health failing) he retired to his farm in Antwerp,\\nwhere he still resides. He was judge of probate of Van\\nBuren County from 1848 to 1856.\\nSamuel H. Blackman located in Paw Paw shortly after\\nMr. Durkee. He soon became a successful practitioner,\\nand in 1849 was appointed pro.seouting attorney, holding\\nthe office until it was made elective by the constitution of\\n1850. Mr. Blackman has continued to keep an oflBce at\\nPaw Paw until the present time, being now the senior prac-\\nticing member of the Van Buren County bar.\\nWilliam N. Pardee was a member of the bar, and served\\nas prosecuting attorney from 1852 to 1854, but did not\\npractice long after expiration of his term of office.\\nFor many years there seem to have been no accessions\\nto the bar of Paw Paw, but in the latter part of 1857\\nJoseph W. Huston opened an office at that place. He was\\na wide-awake lawyer and politician, and soon made his\\nmark at the bar. During the war he entered the military\\nservice, and received a commission as major. After the\\nclose of hostilities he resumed practice at Paw Paw, and\\nfor a time was the postmaster of that place. About 1870,\\nMaj. Huston removed to Idaho, and has since been ap-\\npointed the attorney-general of that Territory.\\nIn 1858 two more disciples of Blackstone made their\\nhome at Paw Paw, M. S. Bowen and Chandler Richards.\\nThe former only remained two or three years, and then re-\\nmoved to Coldwater, Branch Co.\\nMr. Richards, as before stated, entered into partnership\\nwith Mr. Baker, and practiced with him ten years, taking\\nthe laboring oar in the management of cases in court.\\nHaving dissolved his partnership with Mr. Baker in 1868,\\nMr. Richards was absent from the county four years. Re-\\nturning to Paw Paw in 1872 he resumed practice, and has\\never since been one of the leading lawyers of the county.\\nT. H. Stevenson was admitted to the bar in 1862, and\\npracticed in Paw Paw until his death, which occurred in\\n1872. Mr. Stevenson was a man of marked ability, both\\nas to knowledge of law and as to skill in the manatrement\\nof causes, and during the latter part of his career stood at\\nthe head of the Van Buren County bar.\\nCalvin Cross located in Lawrence in 1857. He opened\\nan office in Bangor about 1873, and has practiced there\\nmost of the time since then with marked success, being\\nnow the head of the firm of Cross Withey.\\nJohn B. Upton began practice in Lawrence in 1859.\\nAfter carrying on business there successfully until 1867, he\\nremoved to Decatur. Mr. Upton was prominent in both\\nlaw and politics, and was prosecuting attorney of the county\\nfour terms (from 1864 to 1872), the longest period that\\nthe office has been held by a single individual. Mr. Upton\\nremoved to Big Rapids, Mecosta Co., about 1875.\\nA. W. Brown located in Lawrence in 1860, but removed\\nto Lenawee County the following year.\\nHiram Cole, an able lawyer, a native of Cayuga Co.,\\nN. Y., opened an office in Decatur in 1857, and practiced\\nthere with decided success until his death, which occurred\\nin April, 1870. Mr. Cole was prosecuting attorney of the\\ncounty from 1862 to 1864. He was successively the head\\nof the firms of Cole Shyer, Cole Parkhurst, Cole\\nFoster, and Cole Upton.\\nCharles Shyer, a promising young lawyer, and a gentle-\\nman highly respected by the people, located at Decatur\\nprevious to the war, and became the partner of Mr. Cole.\\nIn 1863 he became the captain of Company K in the new\\nbattalion of the 1st Michigan Cavalry. He served with\\ndistinguished courage, and was killed at the battle of Cedar\\nCreek, in the Shenandoah Valley, October 19, 1864.\\nGeorge W. Lawton was admitted to the bar at Detroit\\nin 1861, and has been in practice since that time, except\\nwhen in the army. He entered the service as second lieu-\\ntenant in the 4th Michigan Cavalry in 1862, served\\nthroughout the war, was severely wounded at Dallas, Ga.,\\nand was brevetted major in the Atlanta campaign. He\\nhas practiced successfully at Lawton since the war, and was\\nprobate judge of Van Buren County from 1872 to 1876.\\nJonathan S. Parkhurst, a native of Oswego Co., N. Y.,\\nwho was admitted to the bar at Detroit in 1858, located at\\nDecatur in 1863, and practiced there until 1870. He then\\nremoved to Kansas, but returned to Decatur in 1876, where\\nhe has since been in active practice.\\nWe have now given brief sketches of the lawyers who\\nbegan practice in Van Buren County before the close of\\nthe war of 1861-65, and of two or three others. We\\nnext transcribe from the records of the county clerk a list\\nof those who have been admitted to the bar of Van Buren\\nCounty (with the dates of admission) since the first day\\nof April, 1864, back of which time those records do not\\nextend.\\nAshbel Harrison Herron, April 20, 1864; Newton Fos-\\nter, April 16, 1867; Isaac E. Barnum, April 16, 1867;\\nJoseph Herron, Oct. 31, 1867 William H. Tucker, Jan.\\n19, 1869; Wm. C. Chubb, April 19, 1869; Oscar W.\\nField, Aug. 16, 1869; George L. Linden, Aug. 16, 1869;\\nJohn Knowles, Aug. 16, 1869 Orris G. Lathrop, Oct. 20,\\n1869; W. Scott Beebe, April 11, 1870; Theodore E.\\nHendrick, April 11, 1870 John R. Carr, April 19, 1870\\nJames M. Davis, Nov. 26, 1870; Jay J. Sherman, April\\n13, 1871 Oscar F. Januasch, April 15, 1872; Oran W.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0496.jp2"}, "497": {"fulltext": "THE LEARNED PROFESSIONS.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Ml\\nRowlaud, Nov. 13, 1872 Edgar A. Crane, March 29,\\n1873; James B. Judson, March 31, 1873; James S.\\nMaury, Jan. 20, 1875; C. H. Engle, Jan. 20, 1875;\\nWm. H. Buchanan, May 24, 1875 0. N. Hilton, June\\n22, 1875; David K. Prentice, Oct. (3, 1875; Wm. H.\\nMason, Sept. 5, 1876; Samuel Holmes, April 10, 1877;\\nThornton Hall, Jan. 30, 1878; Elias J. MacEwan, March\\n27, 1878 Charles A. Harrison, Jan. 30, 1878 Frank E.\\nWithey, Dec. 10, 1878.\\nOf the gentlemen above named, Messrs. Knowles, Row-\\nland, Hilton, Mason, Holmes, and Harrison are now prac-\\nticing at Paw Paw Messrs. Tucker and Sherman are at\\nDecatur Mr. Engle at Hartford and Mr. Withey at\\nBangor. Newton Foster, after being in partnership for a\\ntime with Franklin Muzzy, of Niles, returned to Decatur,\\nwhere he had studied, and practiced there with marked suc-\\ncess until his death, in 1877. W. S. Bebee also practiced\\nat Decatur from his admission until 1877, when he removed\\nto Portland, Oregon, where he is now engaged in the duties\\nof his profession. 0. W. Field, who studied with Mr.\\nFoster, and was at one time in partnership with him, was\\nin practice at Decatur from his admission until his death,\\nin the winter of 1874-75. Mr. Lathrop located in South\\nHaven on his admission, but removed to Illinois in 1875.\\nBesides, there have been several disciples of Blackstone\\nwho were admitted outside of the county, and who have\\nlocated in it, either temporarily or permanently, since the\\nwar. H. M. Lillie began practice at South Haven in 1867\\nor 1868, practiced there most of the time for five or six\\nyears, and subsequently died. A. H. Chandler came to\\nSouth Haven about the same time as Lillie, practiced there\\na few years, left the county, returned, and is now practicing\\nat Hartford. A Mr. Fordham, a lawyer, was at South\\nHaven prior to Mr. Chandler, but did not practice, and re-\\nmoved to Kentucky. Benjamin F. Heckert located at\\nSouth Haven in May, 1869, practiced there until he was\\nelected prosecuting attorney, in the fall of 1875, when he\\nremoved to Paw Paw, where he still holds that office.\\nDarius E. Comstock opened an office at South Haven in\\nJuly, 1870, and remained until the 1st of January, 1874,\\nwhen, having been chosen prosecuting attorney, he removed\\nto Paw Paw. He was appointed circuit judge in 1874,\\nbut died while holding the office, in January, 1875. Je-\\nrome Coleman, though long a resident of this county, was\\nadmitted elsewhere soon after graduating from the Univer-\\nsity of Michigan, in 1871, but has since practiced at Decatur.\\nAlfred J. Mills, one of the later accessions to the bar of\\nPaw Paw, is now the probate judge of the county.\\nWe close this sketch with a list of the lawyers now re-\\nsiding in Van Buren County, with their places of business\\nPaw Paw, E. R. Anuable, S. H. Blackman, C. A. Harrison,\\nB. F. Heckert, 0. N. Hilton, Samuel Holmes, John\\nKnowles, W. H. Mason, A. J. Mills, Chandler Richards,\\nand 0. W. Rowland Decatur, Jerome Coleman, J. S. Park-\\nhurst, J. J. Sherman, and W. H. Tucker Bangor, Calvin\\nCross, Austin Herrick, James F. Maury, and F. E. Withey\\nSouth Haven, William N. Cook, James H. Johnson, and\\nC. J. Monroe Hartford, C. H. Engle and A. H. Chandler\\nLawton, George W. Lawton and S. A. Tabor Lawrence,\\nRobert L. Warren.\\nTHE MEDICAL PROFESSION.\\nIt is hardly necessary to say that the life of the early\\nphysicians in Van Buren County, as well as throughout the\\nState of Michigan, was one of great hardship. All their\\ntraveling was necessarily done on horseback, and the set-\\ntlements were so widely scattered that they were obliged to\\ntraverse immense distances in order to visit their patients.\\nRising early and retiring late, the pioneer doctor rode\\nfrom one lone log cabin to another, now following a scarcely\\nperceptible roadway, where the boughs met clo.se above his\\nbending head, now striking boldly through the untrodden\\nwoodland, now struggling through a marshy interval, and\\nanon urging his tired steed into a bridgeless stream, per-\\nchance compelled to swim a part of the way across, and\\nemerging drenched to the skin on the opposite shore.\\nPracticing medicine was no holiday work in Van Buren\\nCounty from 1835 to 1850.\\nAccording to the oldest residents, the first physician in\\nVan Buren County was a Dr. Barrett, who was invited to\\nPaw Paw from Stone Arabia, N. Y., in the summer of\\n1835. He- practiced at Paw Paw only three or four years\\n(perhaps less), and then removed to Kalamazoo, where he\\ndied.\\nThe first physician who settled permanently in the county\\nwas Dr. Levi H. Warner, who came with his family from\\nSweden, Monroe Co., N. Y., in the fall of 1835, with the\\nfamilies of John Hill, Theophilus Bangs, and Joshua and\\nJoseph Luce. These families all settled at Paw Paw or\\nvicinity. Dr. Warner practiced his profession in the county\\nuntil 1847 or 1848, when he returned to New York.\\nThe next was Dr. Harvey Manley, a native of Ashta-\\nbula Co., Ohio, who located at Breedsville in the spring of\\n1837. He purchased a farm of two hundred and forty\\nacres on section 29, in the immediate vicinity of Breeds-\\nville, where he lived for many years, and followed his pro-\\nfession.\\nDr. Torrey, a graduate of a medical college in one of the\\nEastern States, came to Paw Paw in 1837, and practiced\\nmedicine for several years. His health fiuling, he returned\\nto New England, where he soon after died.\\nJosiah Andrews is a native of Cayuga Co., N. Y. He\\nstudied medicine in that State, and graduated at Fairfield\\nMedical College, Herkimer Co., N. Y. He came to this State\\nin 1838, located at Paw Paw, and commenced the practice\\nof his profession. His ride embraced all the settled por-\\ntions of the county. He was associated in after-years with\\nDr. H. C. Clapp, and is now associated with Dr. L. C.\\nWoodman. In later years Dr. Andrews has mostly been\\nengaged in office-work and consultation. He represented\\nhis district in the Legislature in 1846.\\nDr. Joel Camp, a native of Ohio, came to this county as\\nearly as 1846, and was practicing at South Haven in that\\nyear. He soon after settled at Breedsville, where he prac-\\nticed till the fall of 1853, when he removed to Lawrence.\\nHe subsequently went to Kalamazoo to reside, but about\\n1867 returned to Bangor, where he is still engaged in the\\nduties of his profession.\\nDr. John W. Emory, a native of Alstead, N. H., gradu-\\nated at Woodstock Medical College, in that State. He\\npracticed many years before coming to this State.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0497.jp2"}, "498": {"fulltext": "372\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nIn 1848 he came to Paw Paw and engaged in his former\\nbusiness. With the exception of four years spent in Ver-\\nmont, he has hved and practiced in Paw Paw to the present\\ntime.\\nDr. Geo. Bartholomew, a native of Jefferson Co., N. Y.,\\ncame to Keeler in 1846, and bouglit a farm, where he re-\\nmained two years. He then removed to Paw Paw, and\\nspent three years in that place. He was in the employ of\\nthe Panama Railroad Company as a physician five years,\\nbut returned to Keeler in 1869, where he is still in practice.\\nDr. C. P. Prindle came to Lawrence in the year 1848,\\nand practiced till the fall of 1852.\\nDr. J. T. Keables, a native of Norwich, Conn., studied\\nmedicine, and commenced practice in 1849, at Joliet, 111.\\nIn 1851 he came to Decatur, and has practiced in that\\nplace till the present time, with the exception of three\\nyears service as surgeon in the 3d Michigan Cavalry.\\nDr. Charles T. Baker is a native of Howard, Steuben\\nCo., N. Y. He graduated in the medical department of\\nthe University of Michigan in 1854, and in the fall of that\\nyear came to Decatur. He has been in practice in that\\nvillage ever since, except during a term as surgeon in the\\narmy in the war for the Union.\\nDr. Wm. B. Hathaway, a native of Jefferson County,\\nN. Y., studied medicine with Professor Trowbridge, in\\nWatertown, N. Y., graduated at Castleton College, Vt., in\\n1851 came to Allegan in the fall of the same year, moved\\nsoon after to Breedsville, and in 1853 located at South\\nHaven. He was the first regular physician in that town-\\nship, and remained there till 1861, when he removed to\\nPaw Paw, where he still resides and practices.\\nDr. G. W. Rogers is a native of Cortland Co., N. Y., and\\nstudied medicine with^Dr. Curtiss, of Geneva College, N. Y.\\nHe practiced five years in that State, and in May, 1857,\\ncame to Decatur, where he is still engaged in his profession.\\nHe attended lectures at Chicago, and is a member of the\\nState Medical Society.\\nDr. Charles M. Lee graduated at the medical college in\\nGeneva, N. Y. He was a native of Fulton, N. Y., and\\ncame to South Haven in 1856. He remained three years\\nand then returned to New York.\\nDr. Henry C. Clapp, a native of Cayuga Co., N. Y., came\\nto Paw Paw in 1842. After teaching school a short time\\nhe commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Andrews, of\\nthat village. He attended lectures and graduated at La-\\nporte, Ind., in 1846. He returned to Paw Paw, where he\\npracticed seven or eight years, and then removed to Chicago.\\nHe afterwards went from that city to California, where he\\ndied.\\nDr. M. F. Palmer was the first resident physician of\\nHartford. He located at the village about 1852, and com-\\nmenced a practice which he still continues.\\nDr. Nelson Howe, a well-educated physician, came to\\nLawrence in the spring of 1853, and practiced there until\\nhis death, in January, 1864.\\nDr. A. S. Haskin came to Lawrence in 1857. He has\\nbeen in constant practice to the present, and is secretary of\\nthe County Medical Society.\\nThe Van Bureii County Medical Hociclj/. The tbllow-\\ning is the first record of this association\\nAt a meeting of a number of the physicians of Van Buren\\nCounty, unnvened according to previous notice, April 15, 1856, at the\\noffice of Dr. Josiah Andrews, at Paw Paw, it was on motion re-\\nsiilved that a medical society be organized for this county. A pre-\\nliminary organization was etfected, and an adjournment to April 29th,\\nwhen a permanent organization was perfected by the election of the\\ni ollowing officers, and the adoption of a constitution Josiah Andrews,\\nPaw Paw, President; H.O. Clapp, Paw Paw, Vice-President; J. El-\\nliot Sweet, Keeler, Secretary; J. Andrews, Treasurer. The persons\\nwhose names are given below are the constituent members: J. An-\\ndrews, J. Elliot Sweet, L. C. Woodman, C. T. Baker, G. B. Davidson,\\nH. C. Cliipp.\\nDr. Sweet remained secretary until January, 1878, when\\nhe was succeeded by A. S. Haskin. Meetings of the society\\nare held every three months, in January, April, July, and\\nNovember.\\nThe officers in 1879 were L. C. Woodman, of Paw Paw,\\nPresident; T. H. Briggs, Vice-President A. S. Haskin,\\nof Lawrence, Secretary.\\nThe following is a list of the members in 1879 Paw\\nPaw, Josiah Andrews, John W. Emory, William B. Hath-\\naway, L. R. Dibble, L. C. Woodman Hartford, J. Elliot\\nSweet, M. P. Palmer, William A. Engle, A. E. Palmer\\nSouth Haven, J. 0. Gunsolly, G. V. Hilton Decatur, J.\\nT. Keables, C. T. Baker Lawrence, A. S. Haskin, 0. B.\\nWiggin, E. S. Cleveland Watervliet, B. B. Tucker Mat-\\ntawan, T. H. Briggs, David Brown Dowagiac, C. W.\\nMorse; Bangor, J. E. Ferguson; Keeler, George Barthol-\\nomew Breedsville, N. J. Cranmer Gobleville, A. E. Bul-\\nson Bloomiugdale, H. R. Bulson, W. B. Anderson.\\nRegular physicians resident in the county not members\\nof the society are Drs. Rose and Dillon, Decatur; Dr. Wil-\\nliam E. Rowe, Lawrence Dr. John L. Cross, Bangor Dr.\\nE. B. Dunning, Paw Paw Dr. Joel Camp, Bangor Dr.\\nM. E. Bishop, South Haven Dr. William C. Freese, South\\nHaven Dr. Charles Carnes, Covert Dr. L. A. Barber,\\nBloomiugdale Dr. Rankin, Bloomiugdale.\\nHomoeopathic and other Physicians. The physicians of\\nthis practice have no county society. The names of those\\nwho have practiced and are still practicing in the county are\\ngiven as well as can be ascertained\\nDr. C. M. Odell, a native of Canada, graduated at\\nQueen s College, Toronto, as an allopathic physician in\\n1835, and practiced there in both allopathy and homoeopathy\\nbefore coming to this State. He came to Mattawan in\\n1850, and to Paw Paw a little later. After the establish-\\nment of the Homoeopathic College at Detroit he attended\\nlectures there, and graduated in 1873. He is still in prac-\\ntice at Paw Paw.\\nDr. Eugene Bitely, a native of New York, graduated at\\nCleveland in 1853,and settled at Paw Paw. where he prac-\\nticed till his death, March 31, 1873.\\nDr. S. Rowe, an eclectic physician, came to Lawrence in\\n1853, and still practices there.\\nDr. Zenas Sikes came to the township of Keeler, and\\nwas one of its earliest settlers. He was a physician of the\\nTliompsonian school, and for several years was the only\\npractitioner in the township.\\nThe homoeopathic physicians now in practice are Dr.\\nWest, of Lawtou; Dr. H. M. Brodick, of Decatur; Dr.\\nA. M. Hcndrick, of Paw Paw Dr. C. D. Gibson, of Ban-\\ngor and Dr. J. W. Megan, of Pine Grove.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0498.jp2"}, "499": {"fulltext": "COUNTY SOCIETIES.\\n373\\nCHAPTEK L.\\nCOUNTY SOCIETIES.\\nVan Buren County Agricultmal Society Paw Paw Valley Agricul-\\ntural Society Van Buren County Pomona Grange. P. of H. Van\\nBuren County Pioneer Association Farmers Mutual Fire Insur-\\nance Company of Van Buren County.\\nVAN BUREN COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.\\nThe early records of this society, if there were any such,\\nare not to be found, but the following facts concerning it\\nhave been obtained from some of its early members.\\nThe society was organized in the summer of 1850, with\\nJay R. Monroe as president. The first fair was held in\\nthe court-house square, the stock being tied to the trees\\nand the court-room being used as a floral hall. The fair\\nwas held in the same place in 1851. In 1852 it was held\\nin the village of Lawrence, south of where the Methodist\\nchurch now stands. In 1853-55 the annual expositions\\nwere held at Paw Paw.\\nIn 1855 the people of the western part of the county\\nfurnished lumber, and built sheds, stalls, and stands on the\\npublic square at Lawrence, and the fair of that year was\\nheld at that place.\\nIn 1856 the lumber was taken down and removed to\\nPaw Paw. The society leased of Peter Gremps lands west\\nof the river, which were fenced, and on which the neces-\\nsary buildings were erected with the lumber brought from\\nLawrence.\\nProm that time the fairs of the society were held on the\\nleased grounds until 1870, when the directors purchased\\ntwenty acres of land half a mile west of the village of Paw\\nPaw. The grounds were fenced, and a floral hall and com-\\nmodious stalls were erected that year. In 1872 a judges\\nstand and grand stand were erected. The society is now\\nin a prosperous condition, and the property is valued at\\n$10,000.\\nThe oflicers of the society for 1879 are as follows:\\nDavid Woodman (2d), President Joseph Kilburn, Vice-\\nPresident C. A. Harrison, Secretary N. M. Pugsley,\\nTreasurer. Directors for two years 0. P. Morton, J. T.\\nBangs, Aaron Van Auken, E. P. Mills, C. W. Youngs, T.\\nW. Vallean.\\nThe following is from a report of the secretary, and is\\na comparative statement of the society\\nINDEBTEDNESS OF THE VAN BUEBN COUNTY AGRICULTURAL\\nSOCIETY, Oct. 10, 1878.\\nMortgage on grounds .$1. )00\\nNotes held by N. M. Pugsley 1U25\\nNotes held by bank 63U\\nInterest on same 300\\nTotal $3455\\nINDEBTEDNESS, October, 1879.\\nMortgage notes $1500\\nupon which all interest is paid. 1115\\n$2615\\nReduction $S40\\nRECEIPTS AND EXPENSES SINCE 1870.\\n1870. Receipts (in this is included from county,\\n$340; life members, $207\u00e2\u0080\u0094 $547) $1627.93\\nExpenses 1643.48\\n1871.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Receipts 1180.35\\nExpenses 1108,82\\n1872.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Receipts (county, $250; life members, $113\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094$363)\\nExpenses (in hands of treasurer, S143.13)...\\n1873.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Receipts (life members, $200)\\nExpenses\\n1874.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Receipts (appropriated from county, $168.-\\n75)\\nExpenses\\n1875. Receipts (appropriated from county, $133.-\\n33)\\nExpenses\\n1876. Receipts (appropriated from county, $133.-\\n33)\\nExpenses\\n1877. Receipts (appropriated from county, $100)\\nExpenses\\n1878. Receipts\\nExpenses\\n1879. Receipts\\nExpenses\\n$1629.30\\n1486.15\\n1524.65\\n1664.54\\n1670.75\\n1899.14\\n1589.77\\n1596.72\\n1238.02\\n1235.36\\n1636.22\\n1687.66\\n2505.49\\n2138.21\\n1649.84\\n1340.20\\nNUMBER OF EXHIBITORS AND ENTRIES SINCE 1874.\\n1874. 1875. 1876. 1877. 1878. 1879.\\nExhibitors 353 429 400 377 434 380\\nHorses 128 152 166 152 231 218\\nCattle .52 50 47 33 82 49\\nSheep\\nPoultry.\\nIS 16\\n9 16\\n41\\n54\\n31 IS\\n59 283 342 308 448 394\\nPAW PAW VALLEY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.\\nIn 1863, on account of the disafi ection occasioned by the\\ncontinuance of the ftiir-grounds of the county society at\\nPaw Paw, a Horse-Pair Association was organized at Law-\\nrence, and a tract of twenty-five acres of ground was leased\\nof Holland B. Clark for its use. The grounds were fenced,\\na track was graded, and stands, stalls, and a floral hall erected,\\nat a cost of nine thousand dollars. E. 0. Briggs was elected\\npresident, and J. R. Baker secretary.\\nPairs were held in 186Jr-66, but the receipts were not\\nsuificient to meet the expenses, and they were therefore dis-\\ncontinued.\\nIn 1871, pursuant to call, a large number of the citizens\\nof Van Buren County met at Chadwick s Hall, in the vil-\\nlage of Lawrence, on the 7th day of January, 1871, and\\nformed themselves into an association for the encourage-\\nment and advancement of agriculture, manufactures, and\\nmechanic arts, under the name of the Paw Paw Valley\\nAgricultural Society, it being intended to embrace the\\ntownships of the western and central portions of Van Bu-\\nren County. The following oflicers were duly elected\\nPresident, Samuel Hoppin Treasurer, Isaac C. Bunnell\\nSecretary, John B. Potter; Directors, Eaton Branch, Os-\\ncar M. Southard, Samuel Hoppin, Holland B. Clark, Rufus\\nTiilon, Jay R. Monroe, Alvin Sturtevant, Samuel G.\\nMather, James M. Blowers, Chandler Richards, John B.\\nPotter, Fabius Miles, Newell Crussey.\\nThe grounds of the Horse-Pair Association were occu-\\npied by the society, under the leave of that association, and\\nthe first fair was held Oct. U-13, 1871.\\nAt a meeting of the society in 1877 its scope was ex-\\ntended so as to include the townships of VVatervliet, Pipe-\\nstone, and Baiubridge, in Berrien County, and of Volinia,\\nWayne, and Silver Creek, in Cass County.\\nThe otficers for 1880 are Erastus Osborne, of Hamilton,\\nPresident; Amos Dopp, of Lawrence, Vice-President;\\nRobert L. Warren, of Lawrence, Secretary Charles Rock-\\nwell, of Lawrence, Treasurer.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0499.jp2"}, "500": {"fulltext": "374\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nVAN BUREN COUNTY POMONA GRANGE, No. 1. PATRONS\\nOF HUSBANDRY.\\nThis society was organized at Lawrence, on the 26th of\\nOctober, 1876, by C. L. Whitney, State Lecturer, and J. J.\\nWoodman, Master of the State Grange, with sixty con-\\nstituent members. The first ofiBoers were David Woodman\\n(2d), Master; Oscar Caldwell, Overseer Arthur Hayden,\\nLecturer Henry Goss, Secretary.\\nDavid Woodman (2d) was the Master till October, 1878,\\nwhen Oscar Caldwell was elected. In October, 1879, Da-\\nvid Woodman (2d) was again elected to the chief position.\\nThe society now contains about one hundred and twenty-five\\nmembers.\\nAll Patrons of Husbandry who have attained the fourth\\ndegree, and are in good standing in the subordinate granges,\\nare eligible to the county grange.\\nVAN BUREN COUNTY PIONEER ASSOCIATION.\\nPursuant to call, a large number of the^old settlers of\\nVan Buren County met at Chadwick s Hall, in the village\\nof Lawrence, on the 22d day of February, 1872. Gen. B.\\nF. Chadwick was chosen chairman, Hon. M. L. Fitch was\\nassistant chairman, and S. T. Conway secretary. A com-\\nmittee was appointed to draft a constitution and by-laws,\\nwhich were adopted by the meeting, and an association was\\nthen organized under the above name, with the following\\nofficers\\nPresident, Jay R. Monroe; Vice-President, R. Barnuni;\\nSecretary, S. T. Conway Executive Committee, David\\nWise, Pine Grove Silas Breed, Almena C. M. Merrill,\\nAntwerp; S. Corey, Porter; Ashbel H. Herron, Bloom-\\ningdale; R. J. Myers, Waverly N. M. Pugsley, Paw\\nPaw; Elijah Goble, Decatur; J. A. Howard, Columbia;\\nD. D. Briggs, Arlington p]aton Branch, Lawrence Calvin\\nField, Hamilton Clark Pierce, Geneva Charles U. Cross,\\nBangor Lewis Miller, Hartford R. Irish, Keeler D. T.\\nPierce, South Haven Myron Fish, Deerfield. Speeches\\nwere delivered by Jay R. Monroe, Joseph Woodman, Dr.\\nJ. Andrews, and J. R. Hendryx.\\nThe fourth annual meeting was held in Decatur. The\\ntown hall was decorated with evergreens and pictures. Upon\\nthe wall, behind the president s desk, hung a portrait of\\nAdolphus Morris, the first pioneer of Van Buren County,\\nabove which were the words Decatur, the pioneer town,\\nwelcomes her friends. A call was made by the president\\nfor all who came into the country between 1827 and 1835\\nto take the stand. About fifteen responded.\\nJay R. Monroe was the president of the .society until his\\ndeath, in 1877, when Eaton Branch, of Lawrence, was\\nelected, and still holds the position. Meetings are held\\nannually in different parts of the county. The society has\\na present membership of five hundred and seventy-six.\\nThe records, kept by Dr. J. Andrews, contain numerous\\ninteresting reminiscences of the early days, many of which\\nwill be found in the different township histories.\\nFARMERS MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF\\nVAN BUREN COUNTY.\\nThis company was organized Sept. -12, 1863, with the\\nfollowing constituent members: T. R. Harrison, Myron\\nPlumb, Joshua Bangs, A. M. Hauselman, Samuel Hayden,\\nJehial Glidden, N. M. Pugsley, Je.sse Wilson, Philip N.\\nTeed, J. J. Woodman, Joseph Luce, P. I. Bragg, Edwin\\nD. Whitney, Lyman Tultle, James Bale, and S. W. Man-\\nning. The company was incorporated the same year, the\\nfirst president being Jason A. Sheldon, and the first Jecre-\\ntary William P. Stocking.\\nThe business of the company is confined to Van Buren\\nCounty. It insures all farm buildings and all personal\\nproperty on farms against fire and lightning. The number\\nof policies in force Jan. 1, 1880, was 865, covering property\\nto the amount of $1,189,975. The losses for 1878 were\\n$1850; those for 1879 were $3633.42. The increase\\nduring the latter year is due to the extremely dry period\\nwhich occurred in May of that year. Average cost of in-\\nsurance for the past six years, about one-fourth of one per\\ncent.\\nThe salaries paid to officers in 1879 amounted to three\\nhundred and seventy-five dollars and forty cents. The\\nofficers for 188U are David Woodman, President Chandler\\nRichards, Secretary and Treasurer. The office of the com-\\npany is at Paw Paw.\\nCHAPTER LI.\\nANTWERP TOWNSHIP.*\\nBoundaries and General Description Pioneers of Antwerp Antwerp\\nPost-Office Early Roads Wayside Taverns Mills and Millers\\nTownship Organization and List of Officers Lawton Village Mat-\\ntawan Village Schools of the Township Churches Fruit Cul-\\nture Railways in Antwerp.\\nAntwerp, lying on the eastern boundary of Van Buren\\nCounty, is one of the seven townships formed from Lafay-\\nette, on the 11th of March, 1837, just before the organi-\\nzation of Van Buren County. In the United States survey\\nit is designated as township 3 south, range 13 west, and is\\nbounded as follows on the north by Almena, on the south\\nby Porter, on the east by the Kalamazoo County line, and\\nwest by Paw Paw.\\nAntwerp is a rich agricultural district, and within the\\npast five years has been rapidly and profitably developing\\nas an important fruit-raising region, especially in the vicin-\\nity of Lawton village, where the culture of the peach and\\nthe grape, already attended with gratifying results, promises\\nsomething extraordinary for the near future. Manufactures\\nare chiefly confined to flour-mills, of which there are four\\nin the township, that produce largely for Eastern shipment.\\nAn extensive industry, known as the Michigan Central\\nIron Company, was carried on at Lawton village between\\nthe years 1867 and 1875, and inspired that town with a\\nvery lively activity, to which it has since been a stranger.\\nLawton and Mattawan are the two villages of the town-\\nship, the former being incorporated. Both are stations on\\nthe Michigan Central Railway, and both are important\\nwheat-shipping points, Lawton being also one of the termini\\nof the Paw Paw Railway. The east branch of the Paw\\nPaw River, passing through the township in a northwest-\\nerly direction from the southeast, furnishes excellent water-\\nBy David Schwartz,", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0500.jp2"}, "501": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0501.jp2"}, "502": {"fulltext": "MB. JOSEPH WOODMAN.\\nMRS. JOSEPH WOODMAN.\\nELDER JOSEPH WOODMAN.\\nElder Joseph Woodman was born in Barrin :;ton, N. H.,\\nFeb. 12, 1790. When quite young, his father, John Wood-\\nman, with liis family, became a pioneer settler in Caledo-\\nnia Co., Vt. .Joseph was the second child, and eldest son in\\nthe family, and in early life he developed those active quali-\\nties of labor, perseverance, and prudence, which crowned his\\nlife with success and honor. He was married to Tryphena\\nJohnson, of the same county, Jan. 1, 1810, with whom he lived\\na happy union fifty-three years, she dying June 14, 1863, in\\nthe seventy-second year of her age, having had ten children,\\nsix of whom still survive. Riley, the eldest son, resides in\\nPowhatan, Kan., the other five, viz. David Woodman (2d),\\nJ. J. Woodman, Mrs. Joseph Luce, Mrs. Freeman Ruggles,\\nand Mrs. H. P. Nelson, are residents of Van Buren County.\\nSoon after his marriage he, with his wife, joined the Free-\\nWill Baptist Church. Earnest in his religious convictions,\\nhe soon to the labor of his hands joined that of the ministry,\\nand engaged in preaching the gospel. In the spring of 1831\\nhe sold the farm (among the hills) in Sutton, on which he\\nhad lived several years, and which he cleared and improved\\nwith his own hands, also the saw-mill which he built on the\\nstream near his residence, and in July of that 3 ear emi-\\ngrated to Western New York, and settled on a farm in Riga,\\nMonroe Co., where he resided until the spring of 1835, when\\nhe with his family moved to Michigan, and settled upon the\\nland which he located and which became his future home, on\\nthe Territorial Road in the township of Antwerp, east of and\\nadjoining the village of Paw Paw. He was the first white\\nsettler, and built the first log house and the first frame barn\\nin the township. His log house, built in three days and fin-\\nished ready for occupancy, and into which he moved his family\\non the 10th day of May, 183.5, was built on the spot now oc-\\ncupied by the fine residence of his youngest son, Hon. J. J.\\nWoodman, to whom he sold all of his farm in 1861, e.xcept\\nforty acres on which his residence stood, which he built in\\n1838, and in whicli he lived forty-one years, and until his\\ndeath, April 2, 1879, at the advanced age of eighty-nine years,\\none month, and twenty-one days.\\nWhen he settled upon his farm there was but one small\\nframe house, three log cabins, and a saw-mill on the territory\\nnow ciccupied by the beautiful and flourishing village of Paw\\nPaw. There being no church of his faith near him at the\\ntime, he united with the Protestant Methodists, and was soon\\nafter ordained, and was actively engaged in the ministry until\\nwithin a few years of his death, when advancing age compelled\\nhim to retire from the pulpit and active duties of a long and\\nuseful life, and seek the quiet and comfortable surroundings of\\nhis home and fireside. His second wife, Mrs. Mary Osmer,\\nto whom he was married in the winter of 1863, faithfully\\nministered to him in his declining years.\\nHe was a representative man of his time, and took an active\\npart in the early politics of the State. He was magistrate of his\\ntownship for nine years and many were the suits tried before\\nhim, in which Charles E. Stuart, Miller, and Baleh, of the\\nKalamazoo bar, were engaged as counsel. His name is asso-\\nciated with nearly all of the stirring events and public enter-\\nprises connected with the early settlement and development\\nof the county; and he lived to see his children settled around\\nhim in comfortable homes the red man and the forests pass\\naway, and in their place a refined civilization with broad and\\nrich cultivated fields and thriving villages.\\nFrom the records of the Woodman family, which have\\nbeen carefully compiled and published, it appears to have\\nbeen remarkable not only for numbers and longevity, but for\\nunitoi.ii morality. Their ancestor, Edward Woodman, came\\nfrom England, and settled in Newbury, Mass., in 1635, and\\nin 18.56 his descendants numbered seven thousand four hun-\\ndred and we have been unable to ascertain that any one\\nof this vast multitude, or their descendants down to the pres-\\nent time, has ever been arrested for crime. As an example\\nof longevity, we note the twelve children of Joshua and\\nEunice Woodman, who settled in Kingston, N. H., in 1736.\\nOf this family, one died at the age of ninety-seven, one at\\nninety-three, two at eighty-six, two at eighty-four, two at\\neighty-one, two at eighty, one at seventy-six, and one at\\nsixtj -eight. The combined ages of the twelve amounted to\\nnine hundred and ninety-six years.\\nAt a reunion of the Woodman family, at the residence of\\nHon. J. J. Woodman, in 1877, over eighty representatives of\\nthe family were present, and the occasion was one of intei est,\\nand of unusual occurrence. The venerable father was con-\\nducted to the parlor, where an agreeable surprise awaited\\nhim. On the walls hung the life-size portraits, recently\\npainted, of himself and the wife of his youth, the mother of\\nhis children, who, though not lost or forgotten, is gone before.\\nAfter looking at them earnestly and well, he simply remarked,\\nYes, yes, that s Tryphena, and Yes, that s me. The whole\\ncompany were arranged upon the lawn in front of the house\\nin the following order, and were photograjihed by an artist\\nwho had been employed for the occasion Elder Joseph\\nWoodman, the subject of this sketch who was then nearly\\neighty-eight years of age, and whose descendants numbered\\nfifty-two occupied the centre, with his three brothers and two\\nsisters seated according to their respective ages upon his left;\\nthe united ages of the six amounting to five hundred and\\none years, the youngest of whom was Rev. Jonathan\\nWoodman, father of Dr. L. C. Woodman, of Paw Paw, in\\nhis eightieth year, and who had been constantly engaged in\\nthe ministry for sixty-two years and is now pastor of a\\nchurch, and preaching regularly in his native State, Vermont.\\nOn his right was his eldest child, Mrs. Sabra Luce, and her\\ndaughter, Mrs. Emily Abrams, and her daughter, Mrs. Ella\\nWattles with her infant son. Six octogenarian brothers and\\nsisters on one hand, and five generations on the other, with\\nseventy representatives of the family standing in the rear,\\nall but four of whom are residents of Van Buren Countv.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0502.jp2"}, "503": {"fulltext": "M\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^f\\nK^", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0503.jp2"}, "504": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0504.jp2"}, "505": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF ANTWERP.\\n375\\npower for four large grist-mills. Generally, the soil is a\\nsandy loam, although in some portions clay and gravel pre-\\nvail. Tiie surface of the country is strikingly even, and\\nwhat few elevations there are are of but little prominence,\\nthe most conspicuous being one south of Mattawan and\\none in the northeast, which afford picturesque views of the\\nsurrounding country.\\nThe population of Antwerp in 1874 was 2209, and its\\nassessed value in 1879 was $465,000.\\nPIONEERS OF ANTWERP.\\nThe present township of Antwerp invited the attention\\nof the Western pioneer, for the special reason that its terri-\\ntory was largely composed of oak openings, while it was\\nremarkably free from swampy or low land. The soil, a fine\\nsandy loam, promised ready cultivation, and when the in-\\nducements to settlers began to disclose themselves, the tide\\nof migration westward brought settlers into Antwerp in\\nconsiderable numbers, so that at a comparatively early day\\nthe township was generally given over to the hardy pioneers.\\nJiVen before roads were laid out, traveling through the\\ntownship was no difficult matter, since there was little or no\\nunderbrush in the forests, and these latter were so open that\\nthe settler could drive through them anywhere without\\nhaving to cut his road before him. Old settlers in Antwerp\\nnow living say that when they came into the country they\\nwere charmed with it. The woods were like vast orchards,\\nin that one could see round about anywhere for the space\\nof a quarter of a mile.\\nThe early settlers found here and there clearly-defined\\ntraces of what have been termed prehistoric garden-beds.\\nIn the northern part of the township especially were these\\nold beds discovered, grown over with giant timber, but\\nmarked by regular lines easily traced, and entirely convincing\\nas to their earlier uses. On the farm of Nathaniel Bangs,\\non sections 4 and 9, one may yet see, in a piece of timber-\\nland, positive signs of the remote existence on that spot of\\nthese so-called garden-beds.\\nOpinions seem to be divided as to the identity of the\\nfirst white settler in Antwerp. It was either Joel Tomlin-\\nson, who, according lo the recollection of his daughter,\\nsettled upon section 22, Dec. 11, 1834, or Joseph Woodman,\\nwho settled on section 7 on the 10th of May, 1835. In the\\nspring of 1836 a Mr. Bishop erected the framework of a\\nmill, and had a dam nearly completed across the stream, but\\nMr. Tomlinson would not allow him to complete it, as the\\nback water from the dam would overflow a very valuable\\nspring of his. Mr. Tomlinson lives now in Ohio, at the\\nadvanced age of eighty-three, but cannot recollect whether\\nhe settled in the township in 1834 or 1835.\\nMrs. Peter Moon, of Porter, a daughter of Mr. Tomlin-\\nson, says that after her father had been settled some time,\\nshe, with two sisters, started out with horses and wagon to\\ndiscover whether there were any neighbors In due time\\nthey reached a clearing on the Territorial road, and there\\nwere surprised to see old Jesse Abbe and his daughter hard\\nat work plowing, the young lady driving the oxen, and\\ndriving them, too, with a good deal of vigor.*\\nAs the Territorifti road was not opened until the summer of 1835,\\nand Abbe did not settle upon his land until the middle of May of\\nSettlements in the southern portion of the township,\\nalthough first tending that way, were far from rapid. The\\nincoming pioneer tide followed more generally the line of\\nthe Territorial road, and during 1835, 1836, and 1837 by\\nfar the greatest number of settlements in Antwerp were\\nmade on or near that important highway. With Antwerp,\\nas with many towns in Michigan, it appeared to be the rule\\nthat nearly all the early settlers came from New York State,\\nand in Antwerp s especial case, Monroe Co., N. Y., fur-\\nnished a large majority of the first comers. The reason for\\nthis latter was that the Wadsworth family, of Monroe Co.,\\nN. Y., owned considerable land in Antwerp, and sent many\\nsettlers thither.\\nJoseph Woodman, one of the pioneers of Antwerp, died\\nin April, 1879, at the age of eighty-nine, upon the farm\\n(near Paw Paw village) which became his home in May,\\n1835, and remained his home until he died. In an address\\ndelivered by Mr. Woodman before the Van Buren County\\nPioneer Association in 1872, he thus graphically recited\\nhis experiences in 1835\\nI came to this country in the spring of 1835, landed at\\nDetroit, and made my way to Kalamazoo through mud and\\nmire with two teams, a horse-team and an ox-team. The\\nmud was terrible, and I had frequently to double up my\\nteams to get through. I frequently met stages, with pas-\\nsengers on foot carrying rails or poles. They said it was\\nhafd fare, and that the driver wanted them to carry two\\nrails apiece, but they couldn t see it. I had my family with\\nme, wife and six children, -and after much difiiculty\\nreached Kalamazoo, and succeeded in getting them into an\\nold log house. I started alone then from Kalamazoo for\\nPaw Paw, and was told at Grand Prairie that I could not\\nget through that night, that I would be eaten by the\\nwolves, but being young and vigorous I pushed on, and\\nwithout mishap reached a cabin known as Dodge s tavern,\\nstanding upon the site of the now flourishing village of\\nPaw Paw. On Saturday, in company with Silas Breed, I\\nwent land-viewing, and returned to Dodge s that evening.\\nI asked Dodge if they had any meetings, and was answered\\nin the negative. I told him we had a minister^ in our\\nparty, and we would like to have a meeting on the Sab-\\nbath, which we accordingly did, holding it in a slab shanty.\\nOn Monday, in company with Jashua Bangs, I went out\\non the Territorial road to locate land, and each selected a\\npiece. I brought my family from Kalamazoo, and estab-\\nlished them in Paw Paw in a blacksmith s shop.J I built\\na log house on my land, and moved my family into it on\\nthe 10th day of May, 1835. I went to clearing land,\\nplowed seven acres with a wooden plow, and raised a fine\\ncrop of corn, potatoes, turnips, pumpkins, melons, etc.\\nWhen Mr. Woodman settled with his family upon his\\nAntwerp farm, Paw Paw village contained one very small\\nthat year, it would seem improbable that Tomlinson could live six\\nmonths, and through one winter, within three miles of their only\\nneighbor without knowing it. It seems quite certain that Mrs. Moon\\nis mistaken in the time her father settled in the township, and that\\nJoseph Woodman and his family are correct in their recollection and\\nbelief that they were the first settlers in the township.\\nf Mr. Woodman was himself an ordained Methoilist Protestant\\nminister.\\nJ Rodney Hinckley s shop.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0505.jp2"}, "506": {"fulltext": "376\\nHISTOKY OF VAN BUKEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nframe bouse, three log cabius, and a saw-mill. Upon the\\nold homestead now lives his son, Jonathan J. Woodman\\n(Master of the State Grange and Master also of the Na-\\ntional Grange). Another son, David, lives in the southern\\nportion of Paw Paw township, where he became a settler at\\nan early day.\\nIn the spring of 1835, Joshua Bangs, Silas Breed, and\\nElder Jonathan Hinckley, of Monroe Co., N. Y., started\\nfrom there with Breed s team to look for land in Michigan,\\npurposing to make Grand Rapids their objective point.\\nThey journeyed as far as Silver Creek, Ohio, by road, and\\nfound the travel so bad that to use Mr. Bangs words\\nOne of us drove the team while the other two footed\\nbehind, carrying rails with which to pry the wagon out of\\nthe mud-holes, and I tell you we had to do a heap of pry-\\ning. They continued by way of the lake from Silver\\nCreek to Detroit, and there, resuming their team, pushed\\non for Grand Rapids. At Marshall they overtook Joseph\\nWoodman and his family, of Monroe Co., N. Y., bound\\nalso for Grand Rapids, and so they journeyed westward in\\ncompany. Learning that the land-ofSce was at Kalamazoo\\nthey halted there, and being persuaded to locate in Van\\nBuren County, Woodman and Bangs made a land-looking\\ntour through the present town of Antwerp. They were\\nso well pleased that they selected land without delay,\\nBangs entering four 80-acre lots on section 5 and one on\\nsection 7, on the latter of which he put up a log shanty at\\nonce, as did Woodman, who had selected a fiirm adjoining\\nBangs on the west.\\nBangs was then ready to go back to New York for his\\nfamily, and as Woodman had also to return to that State,\\nthey, in company with Silas Breed, bound also eastward,\\nstarted from Dodge s tavern, in Paw Paw, and traveled to\\nDetroit, where they arrived just four days and a half later.\\nBangs got his family ready, and in the fall of 1835, when\\nhe made the start for Michigan, he was accompanied by the\\nfamilies of Dr. Levi Warner, Joseph Luce (both of whom\\nsettled in Paw Paw township), Theophilus Bangs, and John\\nHill. Joshua Bangs lived upon his Antwerp farm until he\\nwas chosen county treasurer, in 1837, at a special election,\\nD. 0. Dodge, the first county treasurer elected, failing to\\nact, and then he removed his residence to Paw Paw.\\nMr. Bangs was thus the first actual county treasurer of\\nVan Buren, although nominally the second. He held the\\noflBce four years, when he resumed his residence in Ant-\\nwerp, which has since been his home.\\nTheophilus Bangs, his brother, who came to Antwerp\\nwith him, settled upon section 19, where he lived about\\nthirty years, and then removing to Paw Paw village, died\\nthere. John Hill, who also accompanied Jo.shua Bangs\\nwestward in 1835, located upon section 7. He got home-\\nsick in about three years, returned to Monroe County, and\\nsold his Michigan farm to Jason A. Sheldon, who came\\nout and settled upon it. Sheldon sold it to the present\\noccupant, G. B. Chapin, and moved to the village of Paw\\nPaw, where he resided several years, and then to a farm on\\nsection 5, where he now resides.\\nPhilip Moon, of New York, settled upon section 5 in\\n1835. He died on the place in 185G. His son, Horace\\nW. (who came out with Joshua Bangs), now lives on sec-\\ntion 16. Elder Samuel Gilman, father of Joseph Gilman,\\nbought out E. H. Niles on .section 5, and settled there in\\nthe fall of 1838. He afterwards sold his farm to J. R.\\nBangs, and moved to a farm on section 6, where he died,\\nand where his daughter, Mrs. William Clark, is now living.\\nA. F. Moon, now living in Georgia, settled in Antwerp, on\\nsection 17. Peter Moon, now of Porter, was a settler in\\nAntwerp in 1835. s^^\\nAmong the land-lookers in Michigan in 1835 was John\\nHunt, of Vermont, who, being pleased with the land in the^\\nnorthern portion of Antwerp, entered 160 acres on section\\n1. He returned to Vermont, and in 1836 came again to\\nMichigan to buy more land, but just at that time the land-\\noflBce, overrun with applications for farming territory, was\\nclosed, and Hunt had to go back to Vermont without\\nmaking additional purchases.\\nWhen he reached his Vermont home he began to make\\npreparations for a move, with his family, to his Michigan\\nfarm, and May 1, 1837, he set out with his wife and four\\nchildren. They proceeded by canal to Buffalo, where,\\nfinding the harbor so full of ice that vessels could not get\\nin, they engaged a man to carry them and their goods in a\\nwagon to Silver Creek, thirty-six miles away, where\\nthey were told they would find a steamer for Detroit. The\\nrain poured down in torrents, the roads were knee-deep\\nwith mud, the man who drove for them was drunk, and\\nthe result was that after floundering two days through the\\nrain and mire they were abandoned by the drunken Jehu\\nin the woods when not much more than half-way to Silver\\nCreek. They succeeded, however, in finding a party to\\ncarry them to their journey s end, and thus, after a three\\ndays trip, they made the thirty-six miles, and reached the\\nsteamer. They left the boat at Toledo, went by horse-\\nrailway to Adrian, and there engaged a team at $5 a day\\nto convey them to Kalamazoo, which they reached at last,\\nthree weeks after their departure from Vermont. Leaving\\nhis family at the house of his brother Ormon, in Kalama-\\nzoo, Mr. Hunt went up to Samuel Wells saw-mill in\\nAntwerp, bought a lot of boards, and hired Jesse Abbe (who\\nowned about the only pair of horses in the township) to\\nhaul them for him and put up his house. As an evidence\\nof the high cost of life s necessaries there at that time it\\nmay be mentioned that Mr. Hunt paid $55 at Kalamazoc\\nfor a cook-stove (second-hand at that), about as big, he\\nsays, as a warming-pan. When I started from Ver-\\nmont, says Mr. Hunt, I had $800 in money, but when\\nI got to Michigan I had $300 less, a pretty steep price\\nfor a trip that you can make now in thirty-six hours.\\nMr. Hunt still lives on the farm he bought in 1835, and is\\nalways glad to relate the stirring experiences of his pioneer\\ndays. Mr. and Mrs. Hunt, Mr. and Mrs. Morgan L. Fitch,\\nMr. and Mrs. Ezra Gates, and Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Surdam\\nwere married before they came to Antwerp in 1837, and of\\nthe married couples who came into the township at that\\nearly period are the only ones living in Antwerp.\\nMr. Hunt was the first to build a barn in his neighbor-\\nhood, and its completion was an event of no little impor-\\ntance in the locality, chiefly for the reason that Mr. Hunt\\nshowed his slow neighbors how much better it was to\\nthrash on a barn floor than in the open air and on the", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0506.jp2"}, "507": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0507.jp2"}, "508": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0508.jp2"}, "509": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF ANTWERP.\\n377\\nground. Many of them had been thrashing their wheat in\\nopen lots. When they saw how great an improvement Mr.\\nHunt had effected in the premises by barn-thrashing, they\\nquickly changed their tones of derision for those of admira-\\ntion, and for awhile Hunt was besieged by farmers request-\\ning permission to thrash in his barn.\\nAmong the more conspicuous early settlers were also\\nSamuel Lull, a famous dairyman Anthony Corey, a noted\\ntimber-hewer, who settled on the spot where Lawton village\\nis now located Hiram and Robert Morrison Lyman Tay-\\nlor, a brickmaker Patrick Johnson Harman Harwick\\nand his son Peter John McKinney the Hathaways\\nWeldens Silas F. Breed (the founder of Breedsville),\\nand Isaac Borden. Peter Hinckley, a son of Elder Jona-\\nthan Hinckley, settled on section 4 in 1835, and sold to\\nE. B. Dyckman in 1838.\\nThe year 1836 brought many settlers to Antwerp.\\nAmong them was Wells Gray, who located upon section 2.\\nHe put up a log cabin with a loose board floor, and one day\\nwhen a black-snake reared his ugly front through one of\\nthe floor cracks and glared at Mrs. Gray, that good woman\\nwas so alarmed and disgusted that when her husband came\\nhome that night she declared he must get a farm some-\\nwhere else, for she would not live in a place where snakes\\nwere liable to drop in on her at any time. So Gray sold\\nhis farm to Reason Holmes, and bought one on section 7,\\nwhere his wife died in 1838. He married again, and lived\\non the same farm until his death, in 1867.\\nEzra Gates, who was a son-in-law of Jesse Abbe, lived\\nwith the old gentleman a while, and then located upon sec-\\ntion 2, where he still resides. Mr. Gates came from Ohio,\\nand in explanation of the fact that his early school education\\nhad been neglected, used to say that when he was young he\\nlived on the wrong side of the river. that is, the river was\\nbetween him and the school-house.\\nSamuel Longstreet, who came to Antwerp in 1836, located\\nupon a farm near his brother Andrew, and from there went\\nto Lawton, where he died. He held the office of justice of\\nthe peace at the time of his death, and for several years\\npreviously. In 1836 there came also Morgan L. Pitch,\\nfrom Western New York, and in June of that year he\\nbought of Thomas I. Daniels four 80-acre lots on sections\\n1, 2, 11, and 12, in Antwerp. Besides these he bought\\n80 acres on section 3, in Antwerp, for his brother, Lyman\\nFitch. He had to buy his land from a second hand because\\njust at that time the land-office was temporarily closed by\\nreason of being flooded with applications for land, and as\\na new order of things was contemplated, it was resolved to\\nreceive no more land-entries until matters in hand could\\nbe properly disposed of. In regard to the rush of land-\\nlookers to Michigan at that time, Mr. Fitch says that\\nwhen he reached Detroit, on his way to Kalamazoo, he\\nfound that all seats in the stages were engaged for six days\\nin advance. Not caring to foot it. he managed to buy a\\nhorse after a three days search, and so rode to Kalamazoo.\\nUpon reaching there he was surprised to see an old Quaker\\n(the then recorder of the city of Philadelphia) who was\\nhis fellow. passenger on the lake to Detroit, and whom he\\nhad left in the latter place, waiting for a chance to proceed\\nwestward by stage. Why, my friend, exclaimed Fitch,\\n48\\nhow did you happen to get here so soon They told me\\nat Detroit there wouldn t be a chance in the stage for a\\nweek. Well, I ll tell thee, replied Broadbrim. I\\nwaited until ye were all gone from the stage-office, when I\\nquietly approached the clerk, saying, if any of thy friends\\nconclude they won t go to-day, thou mayst save a seat for\\nme I hand thee here two dollars, not for my ticket, but\\nfor thee: my ticket I will pay for beside. When I came\\naround at stage-time, continued the Quaker, the young\\nman had a seat ready for me.\\nAfter Mr. Fitch bought his land he went back to New\\nYork for his family, and in the spring of 1837 he came\\nagain to Michigan. He hired a young man named T. C.\\nBenton to go West and work for him three years, and\\ntraveling by wagon to Huron, Ohio, whence they journeyed\\nvia lake to Detroit, the little party was six weeks making\\nthe trip from their New York home to Grand Prairie, in\\nMichigan. At the latter place Mr. Fitch stopped with\\nLovett Eames, while engaged in building a frame house on\\nsection 2. Ezra Gates dug the cellar in half a day, and\\nEames, Fitch, and Benton built the house (that is, made it\\nhabitable) in a day and a half. Mr. Pitch lived on that\\nplace until 1876, when he moved to Mattawan, where he is\\nnow engaged in the warehouse business. Lyman Fitch\\ncame to Antwerp in the fall of 1837, lived with his brother\\nMorgan until 1839, and then settled upon his own farm,\\nwhere he resided until 1878, removing then to Paw Paw,\\nhis present home. After serving the allotted three years\\nwith Morgan Fitch, young Benton bought a farm on sec-\\ntion 2, and lived upon it until his death.\\nThe pioneer blacksmith of Antwerp was William Taylor,\\nwho brought a family, consisting of his wife and twelve\\nchildren, from Ohio into the township in 1836, and located\\non the Territorial road, on section 3, where he set up his\\nforge, and where he lived until his death. Taylor was a\\nbrother-in-law of Reason Holmes, and when he entered\\nAntwerp put up a rail-pen on Holmes place, where he\\nlived until he could arrange matters for locating land and\\nsecuring a permanent habitation. Taylor was an exceed-\\ningly industrious man, but thoroughly given over at one\\ntime to a conviction that he could invent a machine that\\nwould produce perpetual motion. He worked at this ma-\\nchine long and secretly, and became so absorbed in his work\\nand in his belief that he had at last discovered the great\\nsecret that his conviction seems to have developed into a\\nmania. He was satisfied that designing persons would seek\\nto rob him of his discovery and his treasure, and when one\\nday he learned that his machine had actually been stolen\\nhis distress was appalling. Conjecturing at once that some\\nperson had captured it for the purpose of securing a patent\\non it, Taylor managed to raise $10, and engaged Philip\\nWilliams to dispatch it straightway to Washington for a\\ncaveat, so that the designing robbers of the machine might\\nbe forestalled. After he received his caveat he was over-\\ncome with delight to find that his beloved machine had\\nbeen restored to his shop during his temporary absence. It\\ntranspired afterwards that certain mischievous boys, desiring\\nto annoy the old man, had stolen the concern and hid it in\\na barn. Taylor was sanguine that his machine was a great", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0509.jp2"}, "510": {"fulltext": "378\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nsuccess. He spoke enthusiastically to every one he en-\\ncountered of the brilliant prospeots iu store for him, how\\nhe would be a great and a rich man, how future generations\\nwould rise up and call him blessed, and went so far even as\\nto promise a few of his friends that he would make it his\\nespecial care to see that they were handsomely provided for\\njust as soon as he should come into his great fortune.\\nTaylor s marvelous machine of course proved a failure\\nwhen, amid the breathless interest of a multitude, he es-\\nsayed to give an exhibition of his great invention. Some-\\nhow one of the wheels flew into pieces, the whole aifair\\nwas a disastrous fiasco, and the crestfallen Taylor returned,\\nwith a broken heart, to the prosaic details of blacksmithing,\\nnor ever more tried to learn the secret of perpetual motion.\\nAmong those who came from New York State westward\\nin 1833 was James Ferguson, of Livingston County, who,\\nwith his wife and two children, traveled as far as Ypsilanti,\\nMich., and there rested a while to visit his brothers. He\\nconcluded to buy a farm iu Calhoun County, and there he\\nlived until 1836. Being then persuaded by Daniel Van\\nAntwerp (the brother of Ferguson s wife), then with his\\nfather living in Antwerp township, to locate in the latter\\nplace, Ferguson struck his tent once more and continued\\nwestward. He bought 40 acres of land of Daniel Van\\nAntwerp, on the road between Schoolcraft and Paw Paw,\\nand put up a frame house. Ferguson lived but a few years\\nafter coming into the township, dying upon his 40-acre\\nfarm.\\nJohn Lyon, who was a settler upon a farm in sections 3\\nand 10 in 1836, died there during the sickly season of\\n1838. One of his children dying in 1836, it was buried\\nin a spot over which the Territorial road passed, and under\\nthe roadway the bones of the little one are still reposing.\\nMrs. E. B. Wright, one of Mr. Lyon s daughters, now lives\\non the farm her father formerly owned.\\nIn June, 1836, a little band of eight people came into the\\ntownship, and by that number swelled the list of struggling\\npioneers, who were yet but a handful. In this company\\nwere Daniel Van Antwerp, his father (Harmon) and mother,\\nhis wife, and his four children. They came from Geneseo,\\nN. Y., where Daniel Van Antwerp exchanged his farm\\nwith James Wadsworth (a member of the large land-hold-\\ning family of that name) for twelve 80-acre lots in town 3\\nsouth, range 13 west, afterwards to be called by the name\\nof these very settlers. Mr. Van Antwerp s laud lay near\\nthe centre of the town, on both sides the Paw Paw and\\nSchoolcraft road. So well pleased was he with the land,\\nthat upon his arrival he bought one more 80-acre lot in the\\nsame neighborhood. Daniel Van Antwerp s mother, who\\ndied May 4, 1837, was the first adult person who died in\\nthe township (John Lyon s child having died in lS36j.\\nShe was buried in the Van Antwerp burying-grouud, on\\nsections 10 and 15, where seven or more people were buried\\nin 1838, which was known as a fatal year among the set-\\ntlers of Antwerp. Chills and fever prevailed in an aggra-\\nvated form, and so little was understood about the treat-\\nment of the disease that four persons in the township suc-\\ncumbed to it. These four were John Lyon, John Barber,\\nWhittel, and Benjamin Markle. They were all\\nburied in the Van Antwerp burying-ground, which became\\nafterwards a township cemetery, and as such is still used.\\nTwo other deaths occurred in the township that year.\\nDaniel Woodman, a promising son of Joseph Woodman,\\naged eighteen years, died of brain fever on the 21st of Sep-\\ntember, and Mrs. Wells Gray about the same time in child-\\nbirth. Daniel Morrison, father of Robert Morrison, who\\ncame from Vermont in the fall of 1835, with a large family,\\nand lived on the Agard place, in Lafayette, died the same\\nyear. The three latter were buried in the Paw Paw cem-\\netery, but afterwards moved to the cemetery on section 7\\nof Antwerp. The widow of Daniel Morrison is now living\\nin Paw Paw, at the advanced age of eighty-five years. It\\nis said that Mr. Van Antwerp laid out the township cem-\\netery on both sides the section line, so that a proposed road\\nfrom Mattawan to Paw Paw should not pass through his\\nproperty, and it was in consequence of his opposition that the\\ni*ad was run a half-mile south of the cemetery. There was\\nafterwards laid out a second cemetery, on section 2, to the\\npurchase of which .sixteen men contributed. Bodies which\\nhad been interred promiscuously here and there were taken\\nup and re-interred in this yard, which continues to serve its\\noriginal purpose. Among its graves may be seen one of\\nElizabeth Quackenbush, the mother of Mrs. Rose, of Mat-\\ntawan, whose age is recorded as having been one hundred\\nand one years at the time of her death, in 1867. She\\nhad then 121 descendants, to wit: 14 children, 69 grand-\\nchildren, 34 great-grandchildren, and 4 great-great-grand-\\nchildren.\\nIt appears strange now that chills and fever should have\\nproved fatal, for at this day that disease is readily treated\\nbut in those days they knew less about medicine than is\\nknown now, nor could they readily obtain quinine. Dr. Levi\\nWarner, of Paw Paw, was the medical main stay, but al-\\nthough he was esteemed skillful, he failed to grapple suc-\\ncessfully with the disease until six persons in Antwerp and\\nadjoining townships had been carried off. After he mastered\\nthe disease he had no difiiculty in curing his patients. The\\ndisorder was so wide-spread that at one time in 1838 there\\nwere more sick than well persons among the settlers.\\nHarmon Van Antweip lived with his daughter, Mrs.\\nFerguson, until his death, in 1849. Daniel Van Antwerp\\ndied on his old farm, in section 9, in 1875. Two of his\\nsisters are still living, Mrs. Andrew Longstreet, of Ant-\\nwerp, and Mrs. Philip Williams, of Kalamazoo County.\\nHis widow lives in Paw Paw. His daughter Ann, who\\ntaught Antwerp s first school, is Mrs. P. N. Smith, and\\nlives on the farm her father occupied in his lifetime.\\nAndrew Longstreet, who came into Michigan from Lyons,\\nN. Y., with his family, in June, 1833, located in Jackson\\nCounty, and in 1836 entered 120 acres of land, just north\\nof the present village site of Lawton. He was chosen, at\\na special election iu 1837, sheriff of Van Buren County,\\nand was the first active incumbent of that office, Samuel\\nGuuton, of Lawrence, who had been elected at the regular\\nelection, declining to serve. In 1841 he married the widow\\nof James Ferguson, and in 1843, having completed his\\nofficial term, he re-settled in Antwerp, and in 1850, mov-\\ning to the then newly-started village of Lawton, opened a\\nshoemaker s shop there, and in 1851 was appointed the first\\npostmaster of the place. In 1853 he moved out of the", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0510.jp2"}, "511": {"fulltext": "Residence of HENRY WAIJ\u00c2\u00a3, A wrwERf Ip., I/an Buren Co Mich", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0511.jp2"}, "512": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0512.jp2"}, "513": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF ANTWERP.\\n379\\ntownship, and remaining away five years, returned to Law-\\nton in 1858, where he lived until his death, in 1871.\\nCol. Longstreet w^s a ir.uch-esteemed citizen, and took a\\nprominent part in the local afiFairs of his day.\\nJacob Plank located in 1837, north of what is now Mat-\\ntawan, whence he soon passed farther west. Near there\\nalso, in 1838, settled James Murray, now a resident of Mat-\\ntawan.\\nN. L. Surdam, a native of Sharon, Conn., was a settler\\nin 1837 upon section 3, where he has continued to live to\\nthis day. Philip Williams located upon section 10 in 1836,\\nand there lived until his death. It was at Mr. Williams\\nhou.se that the first township-meeting in Antwerp was held.\\nAlthough Solomon Phillips, of Broome Co., N. Y., lo-\\ncated a farm on sections 4 and 9 early in 1835, he did not\\noccupy it until some years afterwards, for the reason, doubt-\\nless, that, being a bachelor, he preferred roving to settling.\\nWhen he did marry, however, he was fortunate enough to\\nmarry a rich widow. His farm was always esteemed one\\nof the most desirable pieces of land in the township. He\\nmoved, some years after his first settlement, to section 22,\\nwhere he built, in 1858, with his brother Benjamin, the\\nfirst grist-mill in Antwerp. He died a resident of the town-\\nship.\\nIn 1838, E. B. Dyckman, a widower with four children,\\nliving near Syracuse, N. Y., exchanged his farm there for\\none on sections 4 and 9, in Antwerp township, Michigan,\\nand proceeding westward joined the noble band of Ant-\\nwerp settlers. When he traded his New York farm, he\\nwas importuned to take one hundred barrels of salt, at one\\ndollar per barrel, in part payment of the diflFerence, but he\\nwas exceedingly unwilling to do so, although he did event-\\nually consent to the proposition quite reluctantly. The\\nsalt was shipped to him at St. Joseph, and arriving at a\\ntime when salt was very scarce, Mr. Dyckman realized\\nfrom six to ten dollars per barrel, and received through that\\nlucky, accidental salt shipment an excellent start upon the\\nroad to future fortune. After remaining a few years in\\nAntwerp, Mr. Dyckman removed to Schoolcraft, his pres-\\nent home.\\nPhilip Hinckley, who came to Michigan with Mr. Dyck-\\nman, settled upon section 4, where hedied, and where his\\nson now lives. Philander N. Smith, who also came to\\nMichigan with Mr. Dyckman, married one of Deacon Daniel\\nVan Antwerp s daughters, and now lives on a portion of the\\nold Van Antwerp farm.\\nOliver Warner, who settled on section 6, in Antwerp, in\\n1836, lived there until his death, in 1879. A. M. Lane\\ncame West in 1836, and lived in the vicinity of Paw Paw\\nuntil 1838, when he traded a house in that village to Jo-\\nseph Butler for some land upon .section 18, north of the\\nriver, in Antwerp. Butler, who had a large farm south of\\nthe river, sold out and went back to New York. Lane sold\\nhis land to Wells Gray, bought on section 5, and became\\none of Antwerp s settlers. He lived there until a few years\\nago, when he moved to Bloomingdale, his present home.\\nOne of the earliest settlers in the southern part of the\\ntown.ship was Levi Savage, who settled in 1835 upon sec-\\ntion 36, but selling his place soon afterwards to Samuel\\nLull, he moved to a farm east of Daniel Van Antwerp s.\\nIn 1842 he removed with his family to the far West and\\nlocated eventually at Salt Lake City, where at latest ac-\\ncounts he was still living, a member of the Mormon Church.\\nSamuel Lull s widow and son James still live on the old\\nSavage place, in section 36.\\nJohn Cooper, of Ohio, who located upon section 36\\nin 1836, moved out of the township a few years afterwards.\\nDaniel Bird settled on section 24 during the same year.\\nHe moved to Prairie Ronde, where he died. Nicholas\\nThompson, who lived also on section 24 about that time,\\nwent afterwards to Lawton village, where he died. On\\nsection 24 also J. B. Wildey was an early settler. He died\\na resident of Lawton village. J. K. Bingham, who built\\na saw-mill on section 21 in 1837, moved to Kalamazoo,\\nwhere he died.\\nA Mr. Whittet settled on section 20 in the fall of 1837,\\nand died in 1838, when his family returned to New York.\\nWhittet began to grub his land before it was surveyed,\\nand when he called in John Hunt, the surveyor, Whittet\\nwas much provoked with himself to find that he had\\ngrubbed quite a large piece on a lot adjoining his own.\\nThe Markle family, consisting of the widow and her\\nfour sons, Jacob, Benjamin, Elias, and David, located\\non section 22 in the spring of 1837. Jacob and David\\nlive now fh Porter. Elias lives in Antwerp.\\nWolves and deer were abundant in Antwerp in the pio-\\nneer days, and the mighty hunters of the time found plen-\\ntiful exercise for their sportive tastes, although indeed\\nabout everybody able to bear arms was at that period a\\nhunter, .since the finding of game was an easy business, and\\nbountiful returns invariably marked the result of a few\\ndays shooting. Mrs. Longstreet, of Lawton, says her\\nbrother, Daniel Van Antwerp (known as a famous deer-\\nslayer), often went out after deer in the evening, and in an\\nhour would return with a half-dozen or so. Wolves had\\na habit of approaching settlers cabins as the day darkened\\ninto night, seeking the chance of carrying off small stock,\\nand many were the raids the settlers used to make upon\\nthem at such times. Young William Van Antwerp, who\\nwas much given to playing upon the flute, used to tune his\\ninstrument regularly every evening. As soon as the melody\\ncommenced, the howls of wolves would resound from every\\nside when the flute stopped the howls would cease, but\\nreturn with renewed vigor as soon as the music was recom-\\nmenced.\\nANTWERP POST-OFFICE.\\nAbout 1840, there being imminent danger of the stage-\\nroute being diverted farther north, Mr. John Hunt suc-\\nceeded in having a post-oflice established in Antwerp, on\\nthe Territorial road, and Reason Holmes, who was the first\\nincumbent of the oflSee, kept it at his tavern. Philip Wil-\\nliams was the next postmaster, and upon the completion of\\nthe Michigan Central Railroad to Mattawan the office was\\nremoved thither, and the name changed to Mattawan.\\nEARLY ROADS.\\nThe commissioners of highways met in Antwerp, April\\n11, 1837, and divided the township into road districts as\\nfollows", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0513.jp2"}, "514": {"fulltext": "380\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nNo. 1.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16, 17, 18 Philip\\nMoon, Overseer.\\nNo. 2.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sections 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15; John\\nA. Lyon, Overseer.\\nNo. 3.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sections 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 34, 35, 36\\nJoel TouilinsoD, Overseer.\\nNo. 4.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sections 19, 20, 21, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33;\\nAndrew Longstreet, Overseer.\\nThe Paw Paw road was surveyed April 13, 1837 the\\nBangs road April 14th the Longstreet road April 11th\\nthe Centre road April 12th and Cooper s road April 13th\\nH. P. Barnum being the surveyor.\\nWAYSIDE TAVERNS.\\nThe Territorial road, which passed between Detroit and\\nSt. Joseph, was constructed in 1835, and the considerable\\ntraffic upon that highway gave occasion, of course, for the\\ncreation of numerous roadside taverns, many of which, in\\nthe prosperous coaching days, were places of some note.\\nThat portion of the road passing through Antwerp town-\\nship in a straight line east and west was laid out and con-\\nstructed by Cyren Burdick, of Kalamazoo, who owned also\\nland on section 1, in Antwerp. On the Antwerp road\\nJesse Abbe was the first to open a tavern. His place was\\non section 2, and consisted simply of a log cabin, with a\\ncouple of sleeping-rooms in the second story and below a\\nkitchen and eating-room. The chief element in his enter-\\ntainment was a bottle of whisky, and a much-prized ele-\\nment it was, too, for, as a rule, stage-coach passengers became\\nthirsty every time they reached a stopping-place, and the\\nwhisky-bottle came in for a large amount of attention. Mr.\\nAbbe kept his tavern until the stage-route was abandoned,\\nand lived there afterwards as a farmer until his death.\\nA story still current is, that a traveler stopping one even-\\ning at Abbe s tavern told the landlord that he wanted to\\nremain all night but had no money. He would promise,\\nhowever, that if he were kept he would return some day\\nand pay. Stay exclaimed Mr. Abbe, of course you\\ncan stay, and pay me when you can. I ve had lots of cus-\\ntomers, but I ve never turned one away yet. The stranger\\nstopped, and some days afterwards, passing again that way,\\ncalled at Abbe s and said to the old man, Do you re-\\nmember that you kept me one night, and I didn t pay\\nyou? I don t remember, returned Abbe, but lots of\\nfolks have done that thing here; maybe you did stop.\\nHe told the man to pay him what he pleased, and upon re-\\nceiving his money grew suddenly animated with joy, ex-\\nclaiming, Hurrah for an honest man Such a thing has\\nnever happened since I ve kept this tavern, and I ve trusted\\nhundreds of people. If there was a paper anywhere near\\nhere, I d put it in, sure.\\nMr. Abbe was a man much given to eccentricity, al-\\nthough a man of piety, and a citizen whom his fellow-\\ntownsmen highly respected. Of the many stories yet told\\nof Mr. Abbe, the following will show how devotedly at-\\ntached he was to prayer and religious demonstrations.\\nOne day while riding with John Hunt, the latter said to\\nhim, Uncle Abbe, I II be glad when I can get a com-\\nfortable place to sleep and six weeks provisions ahead.\\nNeighbor Hunt, responded Mr. Abbe, with much .seri-\\nous earnestness, if you don t pray more you ll never have\\nanything of the sort. On another occasion a neighbor\\ncame to borrow Abbe s oxen. Haven t any oxen, said\\nMr. Abbe, in reply to the application. Haven t any oxen\\nWhy, there they stand. Oh exclaimed the old man,\\nthose are not my oxen, they belong to the Lord but I\\nsuppose if you want to borrow them the Lord will have no\\nobjection. Calling once upon Mr. Hunt, and seeing him\\nat work in a field of fine corn, he cried out, Neighbor\\nHunt, this is a fine field of corn, but you don t deserve it,\\nfor you don t pray enough. Very well, replied Hunt,\\nyou pray and I ll hoe, and we ll see who will raise the\\nbest corn. He once called upon Jonathan Woodman, and\\nafter a brief conversation patted Woodman upon the shoul-\\nder, saying, Jonathan, you are altogether too fine a fellow\\nfor the devil to have.\\nThe old gentleman had in his employ a lad who pre-\\nferred resting to working, and frequently, when he wearied\\nof labor, he would say to Mr. Abbe, Shan t we go into the\\ngrove for a season of prayer? and old Uncle Abbe, pleased\\nbeyond measure to note the pious growth of the youth s\\nmind, would leave off work and pray an hour or so with\\nthe boy in the grove. The old man, thoroughly honest\\nand trusting, never dreamed that the young sinner .simply\\nimposed upon him, so that he might indulge his lazy dis-\\nposition. So strong was this desire for prayer upon him,\\nthat Mr. Abbe has often been seen by travelers praying\\nupon the open highway, while his horse stood patiently by,\\nwaiting his master s readiness to go forward. Wherever\\nhe might be going, he would stop his horse when the\\nprayerful spirit overtook him, dismount and pray zealously\\nfor half an hour or more. At a revival meeting a girl,\\nhappening to be moved by the spirit, arose and cried out,\\nOh I feel as if I were in the devil s iron chest, and that\\nit was locked. Yes, yes, shouted old Uncle Abbe,\\njumping suddenly up and gesticulating vigorously yes,\\nbrethren, she s in the devil s iron chest, and we ve all got\\nkeys to it. He was devotedly sincere, and was esteemed\\na truly good man. Late in life he became a confirmed\\nSpiritualist, and died a believer in that doctrine.\\nOne of Mr. Abbe s sons was a settler upon section 12,\\nwhere he died in 1858. His widow still lives there. Elisha\\nAbbe, another son, lives near the place his father occupied.\\nReason Holmes opened a frame tavern on the Territorial\\nroad, in section 1, during 1836. He had been living on\\nGenesee Prairie, and buying a piece of land in Antwerp of\\nCyren Burdick, built a frame house which he called a\\ntavern, and as such kept it a half-dozen years or more.\\nAfter discontinuing his tavern-stand, Holmes devoted his\\nattention to farming, and lived on his farm in section 1,\\nuntil he died. His tavern building was the first frame\\ndwelling put up in Antwerp.\\nAs Samuel Millard kept tavern on the same road, just\\nover the line in Kalamazoo County, there were within a\\nstretch of less than three miles three taverns between Abbe s\\nand Dodge s at Paw Paw there was none.\\nMILLS AND MILLERS.\\nThe pioneer miller of Antwerp was Samuel 0. Mills,\\nwho in 1836 put up a saw-mill on section 26, through", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0514.jp2"}, "515": {"fulltext": "-^t^ f ,4\\nJ. R. BANGS.\\nMRS.J.R.BANQS.\\nResidence oi- J ft. nANGS,AN-:i. n I/,-. 3u3[. m c .fch", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0515.jp2"}, "516": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0516.jp2"}, "517": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF ANTWERP.\\n381\\nwhich flows a tributary of the Paw Paw River. In 1849\\nWells sold the mill to Charles Whalley and D. Lonscoy,\\nwho in 1852 transferred their interest to Ira Carpenter.\\nIn 1855, however, Carpenter was compelled to relinquish\\nthe property, under an unsatisfied mort^iage, to the Samuel\\nWells estate, represented by Ilezekiah Wells. In the same\\nyear the Cowgill Brothers bought the mill, and operated it\\nuntil 1856, when J. S. Cowgill became sole proprietor. In\\n1865 he tore it down, and in that year, upon about the same\\nsite, Cowgill, McKeyes Co. put up a fine flouring-mill,\\nat a cost of about $15,000. In 1866 they built near there\\na saw-mill, which was destroyed by fire. The grist-mill is\\nnow carried on by C. D. Lawton.\\nJohn Bingham built in 1838, on section 21, the second\\nsaw-mill in the township. The site and power are now oc-\\ncupied by George H. Rix s fine grist-mill, containing three\\nrun of stones.\\nIn 1858, Solomon and Benjamin Phillips built on the\\nsame stream the pioneer grist-mill. Their successors in the\\nownership of the property have been J. P. Hutton, Josiah\\nHopkins, and D. C. Coleman, the latter being the present\\nowner.\\nPowell Houck built a steam grist- and saw-mill at\\nLawton. In 1873 both mills were burned. Powell Co.\\nrebuilt the saw-mill, and are now engaged in the restoration\\nof the grist-mill. A steam saw-mill, built by Dr. John\\nShanklin and Peter Mott at Lawton in 1853, blew up in\\n1856. It was rebuilt at once by Dr. Shanklin and N. H.\\nBitely, and in 1861) was destroyed by fire.\\nThe fine grist-mill near the Paw Paw line, owned by E.\\n0. Briggs and operated by A. Sherman and Briggs, was built\\nby Asa Lamphear in 1869, and in 1872 sold to E. 0. Briggs.\\nTOWNSHIP ORGANIZATIOX.\\nAntwerp is one of the seven townships of Van Buren\\norganized under act of the Legislature approved March 11,\\n1837, and was named by Harmon Van Antwerp (then the\\nmost aged inhabitant of the township) after Antwerp in\\nEurope. It contained then an area of six miles square,\\nand has since then had no change in its territory. At the\\nfirst township-meeting, held on the first Monday of April,\\n1837, at the house of Philip Williams, Joseph Woodman was\\nchosen Moderator, Samuel 0. Wells, John A. Lyon, and\\nJohn K. Bingham, Inspectors, and Philip Williams, Clerk\\nof the Election. The oflBcers chosen were: Supervisor,\\nAndrew Longstreet; Clerk, John K. Bingham; Assessors,\\nTheophilus Bangs, Reason Holmes, Joel Tomlinson Com-\\nmissioners of Highways, Joshua Bangs, Jesse Abbe, Joel\\nTomlinson Constable and Collector, John Hill Directors\\nof the Poor, Jesse Abbe, Patrick Johnson. At a special\\nmeeting held May 4, 1837, John Cooper, Reason Holmes,\\nJoseph Woodman, and Philip Williams were chosen Justices\\nof the Peace, and John Cooper, Samuel 0. Wells, and John\\nA. Lyon, School Inspectors.\\nThe names of those who have been elected annually\\nfrom 1838 to 1880 to the ofiices of supervisor, clerk, treas-\\nurer, school inspector, and justice of the peace are given\\nhere:\\n1S38.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, M. h. Fitch Clerli, J. K. Bingham Treasurer,\\nJohn Hill; School Inspectors, M. L. Fitch, John Hunt, B.\\nH. Niles; Justice of the Peace, Jos, Woodman.\\nI. Supervisor, T. Bangs Clerk, J. K. Bingham Treasurer, Ly-\\nman Taylor; School Inspectors, L. A. Fitch. John Hunt,\\nReason Holmes Justice of the Peace, John Cooper.\\nI. Supervisor, T. Bangs; Clerk, E. B. Dyckman Treasurer, J.\\nTomlinson School Inspectors, E. B. Dyckman, Joseph Gil-\\nman, L. A. Fitch.\\nSupervisor, T. Bangs; Clerk, E. B. Dyckman; Treasurer,\\nJoshua Bangs; School Inspectors, M. L. Fitch, John Hunt,\\nL. A. Fitch.\\nSupervisor, Joshua Bangs; Clerk, Silas Breed; Treasurer, I.\\nS. Borden School Inspectors, Silas Breed, John Hunt, L.\\nA. Fitch Justice of the Peace, Joseph Gilman.\\n1.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sujiervisor, T. Bangs; Clerk, Silas Breed: Treasurer, I. S.\\nBorden; School Inspectors, John Hunt, M. L. Fitch Justice\\nof the Peace. William Spencer.\\nSupervisor, I. S. Borden Clerk, P. Harwick Treasurer, Th,\\nBangs School Inspectors, John Hunt, M, L. Fitch Justice\\nof the Peace, L. A. Fitch.\\nI. Supervisor, P. Harwick: Clerk, P. Williams; Treasurer, L.\\nLawrence; School Inspector, M. L. Fitch; Justice of the\\nPeace, C. M. Morrell.\\ni. Supervisor, Joshua Bangs; Clerk, P. Williams; Treasurer,\\nL. Lawrence School Inspector, .Tames Murray Justice of\\nthe Peace, M. L. Fitch.\\nSupervisor, John Hunt; Clerk, Silas Breed; Treasurer, L.\\nLawrence: School Inspector, Jos. Gilman; .Tustice of the\\nPeace, W. B. Spencer.\\nSupervisor, John Hunt: Clerk, J. A. Sheldon; Treasurer,\\nHiram Green; School Inspector, L. A. Fitch; Justice of\\nthe Peace. A, Longstreet.\\nSupervisor, P. Harwick; Clerk, J. A. Sheldon; Treasurer,\\nHiram Green; School Inspector, J. Gilman; Justices of the\\nPeace, S. Breed, H. Lincoln.\\nSupervisor, L. A. Fitch Clerk, J. A. Sheldon Treasurer, A.\\nF. Moore School Inspector, W. B. Mack Justice of the\\nPeace, J. (xilman.\\nSupervisor, H. Harwick; Clerk, J. A. Sheldon; Treasurer, A.\\nF. Moore School Inspector, J. J. Woodman Justice of\\nthe Peace, H. Green.\\nSupervisor, D. Van Antwerp Clerk, W. B. Spencer Treas-\\nurer, A. F. Moore School Inspector, Morgan Fitch Jus-\\ntice of the Pence, A. Longstreet.\\nSupervisor, P. Harwick; Clerk, W. B. Spencer; Treasurer,\\nA. Thompson; School Inspector, 0. H. P. Sheldon; Justice\\nof the Peace, S. Longstreet.\\nSupervisor, John Hunt: Clerk, J. J. Woodman; Treasurer,\\nA. Thompson; Scliool Inspector, M. L. Fitch; Justice of the\\nPeace, W. Fox.\\nSupervisor, John Smith Clerk, J. J. Woodman Treasurer,\\nA. Thompson; School Inspector, 0. H. P. Sheldon; Justice\\nof the Peace, H. Green.\\nSupervisor, .John Hunt; Clerk, A. H. Thompson; Treasurer,\\nN. B. McKinney .School Inspector, J. E. Sweet; Justice\\nof the Peace, H. Lincoln.\\nSupervisor, .John Hunt Clerk, J. J. Woodman Treasurer,\\nN. B. McKinney School Inspector, James Murray Justice\\nof the Peace, S. Longstreet.\\nSupervisor, N. H. Bitely Clerk, J. J. Woodman Treasurer,\\nA. R. Wood School Inspector, J. E. Sweet Justice of the\\nPeace, G. P. Smith.\\nSupervisor, L. A. Fitch Clerk, J. J. Woodman Treasurer,\\nH. Cross, Jr.; School Inspector, A. C. Glidden Justice of\\nthe Peace, P. H. Varney.\\nSupervisor, John Hunt Clerk, J. J. Woodman Treasurer,\\nR. S. GrifBn School Inspector, N. H. Bitely: Justice of\\nthe Peace, G. R. Chapin.\\nSupervisor, Henry Fitch; Clerk, A. Flummerfelt; Treasurer,\\nC. G. Harrington; School Inspector, H. H. Miller; Justice\\nof the Peace, S. Longstreet.\\nSupervisor, L. A. Fitch; Clerk, G. W. Lawton Treasurer, E.\\nP. Mills School Inspector, A. C. Glidden Justice of the\\nPeace, R. S. Armstrong.\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u0094Supervisor, 0. H. P. Sheldon Clerk, W. 0. Fitch Treasurer,\\nN. B. McKinney; School Inspector, E. P. Mills: Justice of\\nthe Peace, N. B. Howell.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0517.jp2"}, "518": {"fulltext": "382\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\n1864.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, L. A. Fitch; Clerk, W. 0. Fitch; Treasurer, N.\\nB. McKinney; School Inspector, A. 0. Glidden Justice of\\nthe Peace, 0. H. P. Sheldon.\\n1865. Supervisor, Orrin Buck; Clerk, B. S. Dunham; Treasurer, P.\\nI. Bragg; School Inspector, C. D. Van Vechten Justice of\\nthe Peace, S. Longstreet.\\n18G6. Supervisor, J. J. Woodman; Clerk, L. E. Fitch; Treasurer,\\nN. B. Kowe; School Inspector, I. M. Ilaydcn Justice of\\nthe Peace, C. Durkee.\\n1867. Supervisor, A. C. Glidden; Clerk, Charles Kelsey Treasurer,\\nN. B. Rowe; School Inspector, J. H. Breed; Justice of the\\nPeace, N. B. Howell.\\n1868. Supervisor, N, B. McKinney; Clerk, Charles Hunger; Treas-\\nurer, L. C. Fitch School Inspector, W. B. Gorhara Justice\\nof the Peace, 0. H. P. Sheldon.\\n1869. Supervisor, John Ihling Clerk, Charles Munger Treasurer,\\nCharles Kelsey School Inspector, E. S. Dunham Justice\\nof the Peace, J. L. Parker.\\n1870. Supervisor, John Ihling; Clerk, Charles Munger Treasurer,\\nJ. Sniolk; School Inspector, J. Kellard Justice of the\\nPeace, C. M. Morrill.\\n1871. Supervisor, N. B. McKinney; Clerk, Charles Munger; Treas-\\nurer, J. Smolk School Inspector, F. J. Cowgill; Justice of\\nthe Peace, L. 6. Hunt.\\n1872. Supervisor, J. McKeyes; Clerk, C. L. Eaton; Treasurer, N. H.\\nBangs; School Inspector, C. H. Fisher; Justice of the\\nPeace, A. C. Glidden.\\n1873.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, L. A. Fitch; Clerk, M. C. Joiner; Treasurer, F.\\nL. Churchill School Inspector, W. B. Gorham; Justice of\\nthe Peace, A. C. Glidden.\\n1874.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, John Smith; Clerk, L. C. Fitch; Treasurer, F. L.\\nChurchill School Inspector, M. H. Cross Justice of the\\nPeace, C. M. Morrill.\\n1875. Supervisor, F. B. Adams; Clerk, C. S. Adams; Treasurer, E.\\nDurkee; School Inspector, B. V. Love; Justice of the Peace,\\nN. B. Howell.\\n1876. Supervisor, J. McKeyes; Clerk, J. A. Gates; Treasurer, J.\\nW. Johnson; School Inspector, F. Rice; Justice of the\\nPeace, L. Bathrick.\\n1877. Supervisor, J. McKeyes; Clerk, J. A. Gates; Treasurer, F. B.\\nAdams; School Inspector, 0. J. Graves; .lustice of the\\nPeace, I. M. Hayden.\\n1878. Supervisor, J. McKeyes; Clerk, J. A. Gates; Treasurer, J. S.\\nBuck; School Inspector, 0. J. Graves; Justice of the Peace,\\nC. M. Morrill.\\n1879. Supervisor, J. McKeyes; Clerk, C. S. Adams; Treasurer, D.\\nD. Nobles School Inspector, E. W. Green Justice of the\\nPeace, L. C. Fitch.\\nThe township board for 1879 was composed of Juan\\nMcKeyes, C. S. Adams, I. M. Hayden, and Lysander\\nBathrick. The school inspectors were E. W. Green, C. H.\\nLawton, and C. S. Adams. The justices of the peace were\\nL. Bathrick, I. M. Hayden, C. M. Morrill, L. C. Fitch.\\nLAWTON VILLAGE.\\nIn 1849, Nathan Lawton, of Watertown, N. Y., owned\\nthe land upon which the business portion of Lawton is now\\nlocated, and when the place was selected for a station on\\nthe Michigan Central Railroad, Mr. Lawton laid out a town\\nthere. When in 1851 a post-office was about to be estab-\\nlished there, Col. Andrew Longstreet, upon an application\\nto that end, christened it Lawton, in honor of its proprietor.\\nMr. Lawton had previously donated ten acres of land for\\nrailway-depot buildings, which were erected in 1848. The\\nstation was known as Paw Paw, and sometimes called South\\nPaw Paw, but after the creation of the post-office, Lawton\\nwas Hub.stituted, for station and town. Mr. Lawton, for\\nwhom the place was named, was at no time a resident of\\nMichigan, although two of his sons George W. and\\nCharles D. have been citizens of Lawton village for many\\nyears.\\nWhen the Michigan Central Railroad was being con-\\nstructed at the point now called Lawton, then a wilderness\\nof bramble-bu.?hes, Henry McNeil opened a store in a log\\ncabin on the west side of what is now Main Street, near\\nthe line of the road. McNeil supplied the railway laborers\\nwith store goods, but dealt chiefly in whisky, of which\\nthe railroad hands consumed large quantities. He made\\nconsiderable money at keeping store in Lawton, and re-\\nmoved to Minnesota. Andrew Longstreet, who had been\\nliving near the village on a farm, moved into it shortly\\nafter McNeil opened his store, and took possession of an\\nunoccupied railroad laborer s shanty that stood on the cor-\\nner now occupied by Ford Dalton s store. Mr. Long-\\nstreet also started a shoe-shop on the west side of the\\nstreet, opposite his house. While McNeil was keeping\\nstore there, Gilbert Johnson, of Paw Paw, opened a store\\nnear McNeil s, and called it The Farmers Headquarters.\\nFrom that out the village began to grow.\\nHorace Sebring put up a hotel where the Robinson\\nHouse now stands, but soon sold out to R. S. Armstrong,\\nwho died in the hotel in 1863. Hight Smith succeeded\\nas landlords, and sold out in 1866 to George W. Robin-\\nson Brother, who in two weeks after coming into posses-\\nsion were burned out. They at once rebuilt the present\\nRobinson House, of which George W. Robinson is landlord.\\nNext to Johnson in the order of succession as to store-\\nkeepers were John McKinney, William Selleck, Livingston\\nMcNeil, Leonard, Fairbanks S. Kiver, W. H.\\nSmith, George P. Smith, Smith Ligalls, Dr. Root, Wil-\\nliam Charles Munger, N. B. McKinney, and others.\\nAlthough it grew, Lawton grew slowly in its infancy, and\\nin 1854, when Mr. Nathan Bitely located in the village, it\\ncontained Sebring s Hotel, two stores, a saw-mill, two or\\nthree frame residences, and a half-dozen log cabins. After\\nthat, however, its progress was more rapid.\\nWith the establishment of the works of the Michigan\\nCentral Iron Company, in 1867, Lawton took a decided\\nstep forward in respect to both business and population,\\nand during the iron company s existence the town reached\\na population of 2000. When the company ceased opera-\\ntions at Lawton, in 1875, the village lost many of its in-\\nhabitants, and numbers now about 800. A union school\\nhouse erected at this place in 1867, at a cost of $10,000, is\\na feature of considerable local pride. It is a handsome and\\ncommodious brick structure, contains four departments, in-\\ncluding a high school, and has an average attendance of\\n219 pupils.\\nThe mercantile trade of the town is represented by Ford\\nDalton s genenil store, B. J. Desenburg and J. S. Cow-\\ngill s grocery-stores, Kinney, Adams Co. and C. S. Adams\\nhardware-.stores, Juan McKeyes ;tnd J. R. Doolittle s drug-\\nstores, and L. Stern Co. s dry-goods store. The village\\nmanufactories are noticed elsewhere.\\nThe Lawton post-office was established in 1851, and\\nAndrew Longstreet appointed postmaster. His successors\\nin the office were Henry McNeil, Livingston McNeil, A.\\nH. Thompson, Richard Finley, and N. B. McKinney.\\nCol. Longstreet, who had been absent from Lawton .some", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0518.jp2"}, "519": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0519.jp2"}, "520": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0520.jp2"}, "521": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF ANTWERP.\\n383\\nyears, was reappointed shortly after his return, and suc-\\nceeded Mr. McKinney. Longstreet continued in the office\\nuntil his death, in 1871, when he was succeeded by Wil-\\nHam H. Smith, who was succeeded, in 1879, by Otis Rider,\\nthe present incumbent.\\nLawton Village Incorporation. Oct. 15, 1858, the\\nBoard of Supervisors of Van Buren County passed a resolu-\\ntion incorporating the village of Lawton, and included\\nwithin the village limits the following territory the north\\nhalf of the southeast quarter and the northeast quarter of\\nsection 32, together with the following-described parcels of\\nland, to wit commencing on the south side of the Michigan\\nCentral Railroad, where the quarter-line running north and\\nsouth through section 32 crosses said railroad, and running\\nsouth on said quarter-line twenty rods thence west thirty-\\nsix rods and nine feet to the south line of the Michigan\\nCentral Railroad thence in a northeasterly direction along\\nthe south line of said road to the place of beginning. Also\\nall that part of tlie southwest quarter of the sfiutheast\\nquarter of section 29 known as Baker s and Thompson s\\naddition, and the west half of the west half of the north-\\nwest quarter of section 33. Also a piece of land thirty\\nrods in width, taken from the east side of the northwest\\nquarter of section 32, extending from the Michigan Cen-\\ntral to the north line of said section, and a piece thirty rods\\nwide east and west and fifty rods long north and south, in\\nthe southeast corner of the southeast quarter of the south-\\nwest quarter of section 29.\\nThe first election was ordered to be held in the village\\nschool-house on the first Saturday in December, and George\\nP. Smith, John McKinney, and Calvin Durkee were ap-\\npointed inspectors of said election.\\nAt the first election, held Dec. 4, 1858, the aggregate\\nnumber of votes cast reached 75. A full list of the per-\\nsons annually chosen since 1858 to be president, clerk,\\ntreasurer, and trustees is given below, viz.\\n1858.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 President, Calvin Durkee; Clerk, N. B. McKinney; Treasurer,\\nA. H. Thompson Trustees, N. H. Bitely, Henry D. Lesure,\\nSamuel Longstreet, John Munson, Piatt Nims, James W.\\n1863-\\n1865.\\nPresident, Calvin Durkee Clerk, N. B. McKinney; Treasurer,\\nM. H. Smith; Trustees, James W. Wager, Jesse S. Smith,\\nJohn Munson, N. H. Bitely, Samuel Longstreet, Thomas D.\\nWard.\\nPresident, Samuel Longstreet; Clerk, N. B. McKinney Treas-\\nurer, G. D. Johnson Trustees, N. H. Bitely, G. P. McNeil,\\nJesse S. Smith, C. P. Harrington, C. H. Maxwell, George P.\\nSmith.\\nPresident, Andrew Longstreet; Clerk, R. H. Finley Treas-\\nurer, J. S. Smith Trustees, William Fairbanks, James W.\\nWager, M. H. Smith, E. B. Aldrich, H. V. Harwick, N. H.\\nBitely.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094President, J. S. Smith Clerk, R. H. Finley Treasurer, B. F.\\nEngle; Trustees, Thomas Scott, George W. Lawton, H. D.\\nLesure, George H. Schriver, Harlow Robinson, George W.\\nDye.\\n-64. No record.\\nPresident, N. B. McKinney Clerk, George P. Smith Treas-\\nurer, Edward Root; Trustees, Andrew Longstreet, William\\nH. Smith, N. B. Rowe, Charles D. Lawton, H. V. Harwick,\\nLucius K. Robinson.\\nPresident, William H. Smith Clerk, Edwin S. Dunham Treas-\\nurer, William J. McKinney; Trustees, H. V. Harwick, N.\\nB. Rowe, C. D. Lawton, Edward Root, E. D. Simmons, A. W.\\nTownsend.\\n1867.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 President, William H. Smith Clerk, E. S. Dunham Treas-\\nurer, N. B. McKinney Trustees, C. B. Lawton, N. B. Rowe,\\nWilliam Munger, J. L. Parker, M. H. Smith, S. C. Day.\\n1868.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 President. Henry Ford; Clerk, William J. McKinney Treas-\\nurer. Andrew Longstreet: Trustees, F. B. Adams. Calvin\\nDurkee, L. T. Moore, Edwin A. Smith, Leonard Waldron,\\nCharles M. Morrill.\\n1869. President, Henry Ford; Recorder, James Atwell Treasurer,\\nAndrew Longstreet; Trustees (for one year), Stephen Jones,\\nOrrin Robinson, James H. Conklin (for two years), David\\nW. Powell, John W. Morrill, G. D. Johnson.\\n1870. N. B. McKinney; Recorder, James L. Parker; Treasurer,\\nA. L. MeElheney; Trustees, George W. Robinson, Robert\\nLamoreaux, and Orrin Robinson.\\n1871. President, D. W. Powell Recorder, J. D. Monroe Treasurer,\\nL. G., Halsted; Trustees, F. B. Adams, G. B. Hill, T. J.\\nMcKinney.\\n1872. President, Robert Lamoreaux Recorder, Charles M. Morrill\\nTreasurer, R. S. Griffin Trustees, Dudley Thornton, L. L.\\nHalsted, Lucius Baker.\\n1873. President, N. H. Bitely; Recorder, Charles M. Morrill; Treas-\\nurer, James S. Cowgill; Trustees, M. H. Smith, L. L. Hal-\\nsted, Charles D. Lawton.\\n1874,. President, N.H. Bitely; Recorder, George P.Smith; Treas-\\nurer, James S. Cowgill; Trustees, John Jefferson, John\\nPelton, George W. Robinson.\\n1875. President, L. L. Halsted; Recorder, C. S. Adams; Treasurer,\\nN. B. McKinney; Trustees, Henry Stearns, N. B. Rowe, C.\\nD. Lawton.\\n1876. President, Joseph C. Ford; Recorder, C. S. Adams Treasurer,\\nB. J. Dusenbury Trustees, Robert Lamoreaux, Juan Me-\\nKeyes, J. W. Johnson.\\n1877. President, J. C. Ford; Recorder, C. S. Adams; Treasurer,\\nHenry Stearns; Trustees, W. W. Robbins, C. D. Lawton,\\nG. W. Robinson.\\n1878. President, J. C. Ford; Recorder, C. S. Adams; Treasurer, M.\\nH. Smith Trustees, H. C. Watson, C. G. Harrington, Lucius\\nBaker.\\n1879. President, Henry Ford Recorder, J. W. Johnson Treasurer,\\nMyron H. Smith Trustees, Henry Stearns, A. B. Jones,\\nLouis Waldorff.\\nLawton Manufactures. Besides the mill interest at\\nLawton, there is the extensive cooper-shop of John May-\\nhard, in which 10 men are employed in making barrels; a\\nplow-point factory, carried on by J. L. Wilcox and the\\nfanuing-mill works of Smith Walker. This latter estab-\\nlishment was founded in 1861, at Lawton, by Bonsteed\\nSmith, and in 1862 that firm was succeeded by W. H.\\nSmith, who in 1870 took in Mr. Walker as a partner.\\nProm 10 to 15 men are employed, and from 500 to 700\\nfanning-mills are manufactured annually, beside a consider-\\nable number of fruit-boxes and meat-safes.\\nLedyard Aldrich were engaged at Lawton from 1856\\nto 1873 in the manufacture of fanning-mills, of which they\\nproduced about 300 yearly.\\nMichigan Central Iron Company. The works of the\\nMichigan Central Iron Company at Lawton, although tem-\\nporarily abandoned, resounded a few years ago with the\\nhum of busy industry, and entered con.spicuously into the\\nelements of Lawton s then prosperous progress. During\\nthe nearly eight years continuous existence of its active\\nhistory the company contributed largely to the business\\nand population of Lawton, and the discontinuance of its\\nworks was a severe check to the prosperity of the village.\\nAs to the origin of the enterprise, the following narration\\nwill be found of interest. Early in the year 1867, Maj.\\nJoseph Walker while passing westward, stopped at Lawton\\nto visit C. D. and George W. Lawton, and incidentally", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0521.jp2"}, "522": {"fulltext": "384\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nthere arose a discussion touching tlie fact that Lawton\\nought, by reason of the presence near there of excellent\\ntimber-land, to be a good manufacturing point, and beyond\\nthat a peat-bed on the McKinney farm promised to prolong\\nthe supply of fuel even when the timber should be ex-\\nhausted. This peat-bed had been purchased by Gen. Q. A.\\nGillmore, of the United States army, with a view doubtless\\nto probabilities similar to those contemplated by Walker\\nand the Lawtons.\\nThe discussion referred to, speedily developed into an\\nearnest interest in the subject, and when Walker left, it\\nwas with the understanding that the matter would not be\\nallowed to rest there. Walker happening soon to call on\\nMaj. T. D. Brooks, engaged in mining iron in the Lake\\nSuperior country, mentioned the Lawton subject to him,\\nand was told that the most profitable project to be suggested\\nin that connection was the manufacture of iron. Not only\\nthat, but he promised to take an interest in the business,\\nand the result of the matter was that Walker, Brooks,\\nand the Lawtons decided to undertake the organization of\\na company to make iron at Lawton. Walker accordingly\\nproceeded eastward and interested Gen. Gillmore and other\\narmy oiEcers so far that in the same year (1867) the\\nMichigan Central Iron Company was organized, with a\\ncapital of $150,000. Gen. Gillmore was chosen president,\\nand Samuel Cantrell treasurer, while among the stock-\\nholders were Gens. Grant, Barnard, Porter, and others iu\\nthe military service, Gen. Grant being still one of the\\nstockholders to the extent of $5000. About 1500 acres of\\ntimber-land besides Gillmore s peat-bed were bought by the\\ncompany, works were erected at Lawton, extensive docks\\nconstructed at Michigan City, and the business so pushed\\nforward that on Dec. 24, 1867, the works were started,\\nunder the management of Henry Ford, a practical iron\\nmanufacturer. The ore, obtained at Lake Superior region,\\nwas landed on the company s docks at Michigan City, and\\ntransported over the Michigan Central Railroad to the\\nworks. About 150 hands were employed at the works and\\nin clearing land, and for nearly eight years the enterprise\\nwas industriously and profitably maintained.\\nIn April, 1875, however, depression in the iron trade led\\nto what was intended to be only a temporary cessation of\\nmanufacture, but which has proved to be a suspension to\\nthis time. The company is, however, intact as an organi-\\nzation, and latterly there has been earnest talk among the\\ndirectors looking to an early resumption of the business.\\nGen. Gillmore is still the president, and D. Van Nostrand\\nsecretary of the company. The property owned by the\\ncorporation is a valuable one, and includes the Lawton\\nworks, 2500 acres of land, and 600 feet of dock at Michi-\\ngan City.\\nThe Lawton Fanndry. Messrs. Wright Agnew put\\nup at Lawton in 1870 a foundry of considerable size, and\\nin that year began the manuftcture of castings, school\\nfurniture, etc., and employed from 10 to 15 men. They\\nsold out in 1872 to Hill, Elmore Co., who ceased opera-\\ntions in 1875. Since that time the foundry has been idle,\\nexcept upon periodical occasions of no particular business\\nmoment.\\nLawton Railroad Station. The following table shows\\nthe shipments (by car-loads) at Lawton Station, of flour,\\ngrain, lumber, and live-stock for the six months ending\\nDec. 1,1879:\\nMonth. Flour. Grain. Lumber. Live-Stock.\\nJune 1!) .S 14 1\\nJuly 11 5 r 1\\nAugu.st 9 44 2 10\\nSeptember 2iJ 48 5 25\\nOctober 22 41 6\\nNovember 9 14 2 8\\nTotal 9y 160 35 51\\nLaioton Lodge, No. 216, F. and A. M., was organized\\nJan. 10, 1867, with Grove C. Love as Master, H. F.\\nRobinson as Senior Warden, and John Ihling as Junior\\nWarden.\\nThe Masters since the organization have been G. C. Love,\\nH. Jackson, Charles Munger, John Ihling, George D. Boies,\\nFrank B. Adams, Henry Ford, and H. C. Watson.\\nThe officers Jan. 1, 1880, were H. C. Watson, W. M.\\nHenry Ford, S. W. Elijah Warner, J. W. J. W. John-\\nson, Sec. M. H. Smith, Treas. C. S. Adams, S. D. Or-\\nrin D. White, J. D. James Baboock, Tiler. The lodge\\nhas now a membership of 60, and is in a flourishing condi-\\ntion. Regular sessions are held in Masonic Hall, Lawton.\\nLaivton Lodye, No. 83, L 0. 0. F was organized in\\n1861, and has now a membership of 28, although it had in\\n1870 100 members. The officers are W. D. Kinney, N. G.\\nC. G. Harrington, V. G D. W. Powell, Sec. J. L. Wil-\\nson, Treas. Ses.sions are held in the I. 0. 0. F. building,\\nLawton.\\nMonitor Encampment, No. 16, 0. 0. F., domiciled in\\nthe I. 0. 0. F. building at Lawton, was organized in 1864.\\nThe present membership is 16, and the list of officers as\\nfollows T. D. Ward, C. P. W. D. Kinney, S. W. C. G.\\nHarrington, J. W. R. N. Still, H. P. D. W. Powell,\\nScribe N. V. Finch, Treas.\\nCourt Van Buren, No. 6, Ancient Order of Foresters,\\nwas organized Nov. 3, 1878, with a membership of 19.\\nD. W. Powell was chosen C. R. Juan McKeyes, V. C. R.\\nand- J. W. Johnson, Rec. Sec. The court has now a mem-\\nbership of 26, and is officered as follows J. Gillespie, C. R.\\nN. V. Finch, V. C. R. J. W. Johnson, Rec. Sec. M. H.\\nSmith, Treas. H. B. Janes, S. W. J. D. Tillou, J. W.\\nRobert Janes, S. B. B. J. Desenberg, J. B. The regular\\nmeetings are held in Masonic Hall every Tuesday evening.\\niMATTAWAN VILLAGE.\\nWhile the Michigan Central Railway was in course of\\nconstruction, Nathaniel Cheseboro, the attorney for the rail-\\nway company, bought 40 acres of land on a portion of the\\nsite of the village of Mattawan, laid out a town, and called\\nit Mattawan, after a village on the Hudson River iu New\\nYork.\\nIn 1848, Charles W. Scott made material additions to\\nthe plat, and really did all the work towards pushing the\\ntown to the front. He donated land to the railway com-\\npany for depot purposes, conditioned that Mattawan should\\nbe made a regular stopping-place, but as the company ig-\\nnored that condition subsequently, he sought to recover pay\\nfor the laud, but without success. Klias Kinney and D.\\nB. Webster made additions to Mattawan, and the march of\\nenterprise set in as if fruitful results were destined to follow.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0522.jp2"}, "523": {"fulltext": "MR. JASON A. SHELDON.\\nMRS. JASON A. SHELDON.\\nJASON A. SHELDON.\\nThe gentleman whose name heads this sketch is\\nwortiiy of conspicuous mention. He was born April\\n15, 1799, in Stephentown, Rensselaer Co., N. Y.,\\nand is one of a family of ten children. His father,\\nBenjamin, was born in Dutchess Co., N. Y. his\\nmother, Elizabeth Gardner, was born in Newport,\\nK. I., and both were of English descent. Jason s\\nfather was a Baptist minister. His grandfather was\\none of the first settlers of Stephentown township.\\nBenjamin remained thereuntil 1816, when the family\\nmoved to Western New York, and settled in what\\nwas called tlie Genesee Country, latterly known as\\nOrleans County, where Benjamin died in August,\\n1832. When about fifteen years of age Jason com-\\nmenced assisting on the farm, and working at any-\\nthing else he could find to do, until 1820, when he\\nhired out on the Erie Canal, under the supervision of\\nMajor Adams, discharging each and every duty faith-\\nfully. He soon became foreman, which position he\\nheld three years. June 1, 1823, being tlien twenty-\\nfour years of age, he married Miss Sabrina M. Glid-\\nden, in the town of Clarendon, Orleans Co., N. Y.\\nHer parents were natives of the Green Mountain\\nState, where she was i)orn June 4, 1799. To this\\nmarriage were born six children, five sons and one\\ndaughter, viz. Oliver Hazard Perry Sheldon, born\\nDec. 12, 1824, now married and living in Paw Paw;\\nEllen Adelia, born Oct. 10, 1826, died when two\\nyears of age; Asa Glidden, born Sept. 15, 1828,\\ndied June 15, 1857, in his twenty-ninth year;\\nWilliam S., born Nov. 22, 1830, now living in Ant-\\nwerp township; Job G., born May 1, 1833, lives\\nin Prairie Ronde, Kalamazoo Co. Benjamin Clark,\\nborn Sept. 7, 1835, lives on part of the old home-\\nstead.\\nAfter leaving the canal Mr. Sheldon chose farming\\nas his vocation, improving some wild land which he\\nhad previously purchased. In 1845 he sold his\\nfarm, and with his family came to Michigan, set-\\ntling in Antwerp township, on section 7, which is\\none mile east of Paw Paw village. His farm at\\nfirst only contained one hundred and twenty acres,\\nto which he afterwards added one hundred and\\nseventy-five acres, improving his farm until 1854,\\nwhen he sold a part of it to Mr. Chapin, divid-\\ning the remainder between his children. Since\\nthen he has lived on the interest of his money.\\nThere was no sudden accession of wealth, but slowly\\nthe work was carried forward year l)y year amid\\nthe severest hardships, until, in the lapse of time,\\nease and comfort have been i-eached. In January,\\n1879, Mr. Sheldon was bereft of his loving and\\nfaithful companion, who is kindly remembered by\\nmany friends.\\nIn jjolitics he is a Republican, though in early\\ndays a Democrat, representing his party in New\\nYork as supervisor for several years, also as justice\\nof the peace. He represented his party in Micliigan\\nas judge of the County Court for one term, wheu the\\nCourt was changed to Circuit Court. He has also\\nbeen town clerk and justice in Antwerp four years.\\nHe had only ordinary educational advantages, never\\nattending any but a common school yet, by making\\ngood use of the advantages within his reach, he has ac-\\nquired a practical knowledge sufficient to enable him\\nto do any ordinary business. Himself and wife were\\nboth members of theFree-Wiil Baptist Church since\\n1833, both joining at the same time.\\nMr. Sheldon and his brother, William, who\\nresides with him, are the only ones left of their\\nfather s once unbroken and happy family. Mr.\\nSheldon s mother died at her old home in New\\nYork, March, 1845, at the good old age of eighty-\\nfour and when the lamp went out, they laid her in\\na sunny nook, where the marble marks her quiet\\nresting-place.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0523.jp2"}, "524": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0524.jp2"}, "525": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF ANTWEKP.\\n385\\nThe first house of any importance built on the village-\\nsite was a grocery-store, put up in 1850 by one John\\nCronkhite. He sold the place to Rev. J. J. Bliss, a Cana-\\ndian, who came along that year, and making his residence\\non the ground-floor, opened a store in the second story.\\nThis building occupied the corner upon which the Front\\nStreet brick block stands. It is now standing upon the\\nsame lot as Charity Hall. Bliss built also the warehouse\\nnear the railway, now owned by Morgan L. Fitch. He was\\na railway switch-man and preacher, as well as a trader, and\\ndivided his time between selling goods and preaching, first\\nthe Protestant Methodist and afterwards the Free-Will\\nBaptist doctrine. Bliss sold his business to Henry Fitch,\\nwhose successors were Morgan L. Fitch and C. D. Van\\nVechten.\\nThere was no hotel in the village until 1855, when J. F.\\nParmenter built the Antwerp House, on Front Street.\\nGeorge Conklin put in a new front and called it the Willard\\nHouse. He was the landlord when the building was burned,\\nin 1873. Henry Durkee built a hotel on the corner, near\\nthe present post-office, and called it the Union Hou.se. It\\nwas burned in 1866, and then Durkee put up the hotel now\\nkept by Chauncey Bonfoey, the only one in the village at\\npresent.\\nA post-oflice was established at Mattawan in 1850, when\\nRev. J. J. Bliss was appointed postmaster. Postmaster\\nBliss duties were not very heavy, nor was his mail volu-\\nminous, since he found that a cigar-box was quite large\\nenough to serve him as a receptacle for all the letters sent\\nto the office. Mr. Bliss successors in the office to the\\npresent have been John Sraolk, James Murray, Raper\\nWard, Abel Brown, L. C. Fitch, S. S. Rascoe, and Isaac\\nStewart.\\nAbout 1809, Mattawan enjoyed an era of considerable\\nprosperity and carried on an extensive business as a ship-\\nping-point for great quantities of lumber, which were sent in\\nfrom mills north of the place. The population numbered\\nat that time about 800, and the little town was flushed with\\nsigns of material prosperity. The completion of the Chicago\\nand West Michigan Railroad, however, soon diverted the\\nlumber shipments elsewhere, and Mattawan sufiered a reac-\\ntion. The village population is now (Jan. 1, 1880) about\\n400. The chief business interests are represented by Mor-\\ngan L. Fitch (warehouse), E. Moore (general store), George\\nH. Goodrich (hardware), and the grocery-stores of Stewart\\nCo. and L. C. Fitch.\\nMattawan Lodge, No. 268, F. and A. M., was organized\\nJan. 13, 1870, with Thomas H. Briggs as W. M., C. D.\\nVan Vechten as S. W., and Clinton Fitch as J. W. The\\nlodge has now a membership of 50, and is officered as\\nfollows James McCarter, W. M. D. W. Miller, S. W. C.\\nBonfoi, J. W. Isaac Birdsall, Treas. C. 0. Nash, Sec.\\nJohn Eves, S. D. George Tillou, J. D. James Day, Tiler.\\nSCHOOLS OF THE TOWNSHIP.\\nThe first school-teacher in Antwerp was Ann, daughter\\nof Daniel Van Antwerp, and the first school-house llie log\\ncabin of Joshua Bangs, on section 7, in the second story of\\nwhich, in 1837, Miss Van Antwerp taught a subscription\\n49\\nschool one term, and had perhaps a dozen scholars. Miss\\nVan Antwerp married P. N. Smith, and now lives in the\\ntownship, on .section 9. After that first season a slab school-\\nhouse was built, and did duty for some time near where the\\nfine school-hou.se on section 7 now stands. Lawton and\\nMattawan have each an excellent graded school and a hand-\\nsome brick school-house, the one at Lawton being one of the\\nbest in the county.\\nFollowing is a statement of the condition of the .schools\\nof Antwerp, as per school report for the year 1879 Whole\\nnumber of districts, 9 (of which 2 are fractional) total en-\\nrollment of children, 618; total average attendance, 374;\\nwhole number of teachers employed, 20 amount paid for\\nteachers wages, $2331 value of school property, $16,600.\\n(District No. 4 is not included, because not reported.)\\nThe school directors of the several districts at the date of\\nthe report were as follows: District No. 1, E. C. Towers;\\nNo. 2, Daniel Morrison No. 3, Charles Race No. 4,\\nReuben Clum No. 5, J. Sheldon No. 6, A. Harwick\\nNo. 7, C. R. Williams No. 8, M. H. Smith No. 9, R.\\nW. Brown.\\nThe township was divided into four school districts\\nMay 4, 1837, and on July 25th of the same year two ad-\\nditional districts were formed. Feb. 26, 1839, primary-\\nschool money to the amount of $14.08 was received from\\nthe Van Buren County treasurer and apportioned $8.32\\nto District No. 5, and $5.76 to District No. 6.\\nThe annual report of the board of school inspectors,\\nmade March 11, 1839, showed that there were six dis-\\ntricts, that only two reported, and that the books in use\\nwere Cobb s Elementary Spelling-Book, First-Class\\nBook, Smith s Grammar, Adams Arithmetic, Eng-\\nlish Reader, and Olney s Geography. The first record\\nof the selection of the school-teachers appears under date\\nDec. 5, 1843, when James Duncan, W. B. Mack, and Joseph\\nGilman were examined and approved as teachers.\\nAnnual reports of the schools were made to the school\\ninspectors regularly, but from 1838 to 1844 no complete\\nreport from all the school districts was received in any\\nyear, and the actual condition of the schools during that\\nperiod cannot, therefore, be ascertained.\\nCHURCHES.\\nThe First Methodist Episcopal Church of Lawton is the\\npioneer religious organization of the town, and dates the\\nperiod of the formation of its first class back to 1855. There\\nwere but 8 members in that class, but it grew rapidly,\\nhowever, and flourished as the years passed on until in\\n1869 the church membership numbered 215. The first\\npastor was Rev. S. Simmons, and the first class-leader Har-\\nvey Barker, of Porter, who was al.so a local preacher, and\\nexceedingly zealous in behalf of the church. In 1860 the\\nchurch was in charge of Rev. T. T. George, and included\\nthe classes of Lawton, Porter, Centre, the Valley class,\\nand those of Marcellus and South Porter. Mattawan was\\nafterwards included and set ofi in 1867. In 1860, Andrew\\nLongstreet was leader of the Lawton cla.ss, which then in-\\ncluded among its members Jason Atwell, William Powell,\\nCalvin Durkee, William L. Barker, and Chauncey Hol-\\nlister.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0525.jp2"}, "526": {"fulltext": "386\\nHISTOKY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nThe church worshiped in the Lawton school-house until\\n1862, when the church edifice now in use was erected. It\\nis a commodious frame structure, with seating capacity for\\n300 people. The present pastor is Rev. T. T. George. The\\nleaders of the Lawton class to the present time have been\\nHarvey Barker, Andrew Longstreet, William Barker,\\nHenry Ford, James Wager, T. D. Ward, James Drowley,\\nWilliam Powell, William Harper, Walter Fredenburg. The\\nofficers of the church at present are Trustees, W. S. Har-\\nper, T. D. Ward, Jason Atwell, Henry Ford, James\\nDrowley, George Worden, and Harvey Harper. The\\nstewards are T. D. Ward, W. S. Harper, Jason Atwell,\\nand James Drowley. The class-leaders are William S.\\nHarper and Walter Fredenburg. The recording steward\\nis T. D. Ward. The Sabbath-school numbers about 100\\npupils, and is in charge of Nathaniel Atwood (superintend-\\nent) and 10 teachers.\\nThe First Baptist Church of Laiclon was organized\\nNov. 11, 1865, in the Lawton school-house, by Rev. E. S.\\nDunham. Twelve members were on that occasion received\\ninto the church, to wit E. S. Dunham and wife, Thomas\\nBarker and wife, M. D. Williams and wife, John Stearns\\nand wife, Jonathan Baughman and wife, Cynthia Smith,\\nHelen M. Williams. Upon being organized, the church\\nwas attached to the Kalamazoo River Association. Rev.\\nMr. Dunham preached about a year, and was succeeded by\\nRev. Hezekiah West. Since Mr. West s time the churuh\\nhas been compelled to depend upon supplies. The Rev.\\nMr. Dunham, now living in Lawton, has been connected\\nwith the church since its organization, and has from time\\nto time occupied the pulpit, serving altogether about five\\nyears. Mr. Dunham has been an active minister in the\\nBaptist Church in Michigan since 1849, and has only lat-\\nterly retired from the calling. The church membership is\\nnow about 60, and although dependence has long been\\nupon supplies, preaching has always been enjoyed at least\\nonee each Sabbath. The Sabbath-school is in a flourishing\\ncondition, with an average attendance of 70, 6. N- Birdsall\\nbeing the superintendent. The church edifice now used\\nwas built in 1867. The officers of the church are Thomas\\nBarker, Deacon G. N. Birdsall, Clerk. Mr. Barker has\\nbeen a deacon since the date of organization.\\nFirst Presbyterian Church. Dec. 15, 18G8, Rev. Calvin\\nClark, a Presbyterian missionary, assisted by Revs. E. F.\\nToof and William Fuller, organized the First Presbyterian\\nChurch of Lawton, at a meeting held in the Methodist\\nEpiscopal church of that village. Their first meeting was\\nheld in the morning, when 12 members were enrolled, to\\nwit: Daniel Van Antwerp and wife, Harriet Van Antwerp,\\nW. A. Twichell and wife, Theodore Perry and wife, R.\\nS. Griffin and wife, 0. G. Badlan and wife, and Mrs. Solo-\\nmon Phillips. At an evening meeting on the same day\\nMrs. Jeannette Morrill, Mrs. Mary Abbott, James M.\\nWells, and Geo. W. Lawton and wife were added to the\\nmembership. The ceremony of organization closed with\\nthe sacrament of the Lord s Supper, administered by Rev.\\nCalvin Clark. Rev. John Kelland was called to be the\\nfirst minister, and for some time thereafter the congregation\\ngrew in strength, but when the Iron Company s works\\ndiscontinued operations many of the members (who were\\nemployees of the company) moved from the village, and of\\ncourse their withdrawal checked the church s progress.\\nThe organization has, however, prospered fairly, and in-\\ncludes at present a membership of 30. During Mr. Kel-\\nland s time services were held twice each Sunday, while the\\nsessions of the Sabbath-school were held each Sabbath.\\nPreaching is now enjoyed, however, but once a month,\\nRev. Theodore Marsh, of Paw Paw, supplying the pulpit.\\nThe society has never owned a church edifice. A public\\nhall served at first, and later a building purchased by a few\\nmembers of the society and converted into a chapel was\\nand is still used, in common with members of the Protest-\\nant Episcopal faith. The church trustees are Freeman\\nRice and C. M. Morrill.\\nA Frotestant Episcopal Church was organized several\\nyears ago in Lawton, but the membership was small, and\\nthe organization was discontinued after a brief season.\\nEpiscopalians in Lawton have, however, had periodical\\nreligious meetings in the village, and have managed to\\nhave occasional preaching. Rev. George P. Shetky, of\\nPaw Paw, supplies them with preaching at present, and\\nholds services once every three weeks in the Presbyterian\\nchapel at Lawton.\\nFirst Methodist Episcopal Church of Mattawan. In\\nthe absence of the early records of this church the date of\\nthe organization of the Mattawan class can only be vaguely\\ngiven as about 1854. The place of the organization can,\\nhowever, be stated as the Fitch school-hou.se, north of Mat-\\ntawan, and the name of the first pastor as Rev. Mr. Jones.\\nWorship was held at the Fitch school-house two years, when\\nthe place of meetings was transferred to Mattawan. At that\\ntime the class was attached to the Lawton Church, and\\namong its members were Lyman Lawrence and wife, Charles\\nScott and wife, Jacob Ward and wife, Cobb, James\\nMurray and wife, Raper Ward and wife, Mrs. Merritt Gates,\\nand Green. In 1866 the present church edifice was\\nerected, and in 1867 the class was set off from the Lawton\\ncircuit. The charge of which Mattawan is a part includes,\\nbesides that class, the classes of Almeua and West Oshtemo,\\nand has a membership of 117. The class-leader at Matta-\\nwan is Elbridge Reed the pastor is Rev. S. C. Woodward\\nthe trustees, Bryan Stainton, E. B. Wright, David Brown,\\nPhilo Reed, Joseph B. Ford, Truman Bailey, and S. C.\\nHiscock the stewards are W. S. Plumb, Elbridge Reed,\\nand Bryan Stanton. Church services, as well as Sabbath-\\nschool sessions, are held every Sunday.\\nFirst Congregational Church of Mattaican. At a\\nchurch council held July 2, 1867, at the house of J. J.\\nJohnson, for the purpose of organizing a Congregational\\nChurch in Mattawan, there were present Rev. Anderson, of\\nAugusta Rev. E. Strickland, of Dowagiac Rev. E. Cleve-\\nland, of Lawrence; Rev. E. Hastings, of Paw Paw; and\\nRev. W. H. Hubbard, of Schoolcraft. The church was\\norganized, and the following members received: J. J. John-\\nson and wife, W. O. Elmore and wife, Charles Kelsey and\\nwife, Josiah Hopkins and wife, Luther J. Hopkins, Wm.\\nWard and wife, Milo Ward, Samuel Ward, 0. P. Morton\\nand wife, S. N. Mygatt, Louis Hitchcock, A. Kellogg,\\nMary A. Van Winkle, and Stephen Morton. Josiah Hop-\\nkins and Charles Kelsey were chosen deacons, and the", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0526.jp2"}, "527": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF ANTWERP.\\n387\\nmanual of the Kalamazoo Congregational Association was\\nadopted, witli a few alterations. The pastors of the church\\nin their order of service are given as follows Revs. Q. A.\\nMcFarland, Thomas Jones, Jonathan Grain, G. Dangra-\\nmond, J. II. Williams, D. W. Comstock, and I. N. Tomes.\\nUpon the organization of the church a Sabbath-school was\\nalso formed, and in 1869 a house of worship was built.\\nThe church membership, which is now 25, was at one time\\nupwards of 80. Rev. I. N. Tomes, the present pastor,\\npreaches every Sunday. The deacons are W. B. Gorham\\nand W. B. Ward the trustees, Peter Harwick, W. B.\\nWard, and Scott Glidden and the clerk, W. B. Gorham.\\nA Clijse Communion Baptist Church was organized in\\nMattawan, at the house of N. B. Howell, in 1867, with 18\\nmembers. Up to the close of 1878 preaching was supplied\\nfrom Kalamazoo as often as once every fortnight, and ser-\\nvices were held in the Methodist church, a public hall, the\\nschool house, and other convenient places. The member-\\nship is now but 10, and since the close of 1878 the mem-\\nbers have not met for public worship.\\nA Uiiit ersalisI Church was organized in 1873, with 16\\nmembers, by Rev. Asa Countryman, a Michigan missionary,\\nat the house of C. D. Van Vechten. Mr. Countryman\\npreached for the church a year, and during the ensuing two\\nyears Revs. Jacob Straub and Mason preached once\\na month. After that the membership became reduced, and\\nsince 1876 no public services have been held.\\nFRUIT CULTURE.\\nFour years ago Antwerp township was not esteemed a\\nregion peculiarly adapted to the cultivation of such fruits\\nas the peach and grape, and what was done in those depart-\\nments was upon a very limited scale. At this time, how-\\never, the peach and grape culture is one of the important\\nfeatures of the township s industries, and promises more-\\nover to expand in a very important way in the near future.\\nIndeed, this valuable interest seems to be just developing,\\nand among those who are urging it forward the opinion\\nholds, and with much sanguine faith, that the fruit trade\\nof Antwerp and the neighboring country will soon be far\\ngreater than at present.\\nThe oldest peach orchard in the township is that of\\nNathan H. Biteiy, who has been marketing the fruit for\\nabout twenty years, or since 1860. Mr. Biteley has also\\none of the largest vineyards in Antwerp. Messrs. L. L.\\nHalstead and L. Baxter have old orchards, but a large ma-\\njority of those now cultivated are but four years old.\\nEarly in 1878 the fruit-growers in the neighborhood of\\nLawton moved for the organization of a society which\\nshould be devoted to the encouragement of their interests,\\nand in April of that year, accordingly, the Lawton Pomo-\\nlogical Society was formed, with N. H. Biteiy as President.\\nC. D. Lawton, Secretary, and A. B. Jones, Treasurer. The\\noriginal membership of 40 has swelled to 50, and, according\\nto the first defined purpose, includes fruit-growers of the\\ntownships of Paw Paw, Antwerp, and Porter, although\\nthere are also a few members from Decatur. It is estimated\\nthat fully 50,000 bearing peach-trees are owned by mem-\\nbers of the society, while their vineyards and beds of small\\nfruits are constantly expanding in area.\\nLawton is the shipping-point whence in 1878 between\\n50,000 and 60,000 baskets of peaches and 30 tons of\\ngrapes, besides much other small fruit, were forwarded,\\nMr. C. Engle, a fruit-grower, of Paw Paw, himself shipping\\n7000 baskets of peaches. Antwerp is likewise a strong\\napple-producing region, and in the light of late important\\nprogress as a fruit-belt may confidently count upon a valu-\\nable commercial future.\\nRAILWAYS IN ANTWERP.\\nThe Michigan Central Railway, passing through the\\ntownship between the east and southwest, was completed in\\n1848, and created the two flourishing villages of Lawton\\nand Mattawan. The Paw Paw Railroad, connecting the\\nvillages of Lawton and Paw Paw, was chartered April 25,\\n1857, but the company seeking to ignore Lawton by inter-\\nsecting the Michigan Central Railroad between Lawton and\\nMattawan, were by the latter corporation denied the privi-\\nlege, and having thus uselessly expended their capital the\\ncompany abandoned the undertaking. In November, 1866,\\nthere was a reorganization, with an increased capital, and\\nthen the line was completed as it now exists.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0527.jp2"}, "528": {"fulltext": "388\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nMRS. LTSANDER BATHEICK.\\nLYSANDER BATHRICK.\\nLYSANDER BATHRICK\\nwas born May 18, 1812, in the town of Scipio, Cayuga\\nCo., N. Y., and was the seventh in a family of nine chil-\\ndren, five sons and four daughters. His father, Stephen\\nBathrick, was born in Massachusetts, May 25, 1778. His\\nmother, Catharine (Bachelor) Bathrick, was also a native\\nof that State, her birth occurring Aug. 28, 1776, and her\\nmarriage with Stephen Batlirick being celebrated Dec. 25,\\n1799. Mr. Bathrick and his wife both died in the State\\nof New York, the former Dec. 24, 1854, and the latter\\nJune 29, 1839. Of their family, six members are now\\nliving.\\nLysander Bathrick passed his youth on his father s farm,\\nafter the manner of farmers sons in those days, attending\\nthe winter terms in the district school, and assisting on the\\nhomestead through the summer months. After he became\\nof age he hired his services at monthly wages, and with the\\nmoney thus earned paid for one winter s tuition at Brock-\\nport College. Feb. 20, 1838, he was married to Miss\\nPhebe Salisbury, whose parents, Joseph and Phebe (West-\\nbrook) Salisbury, were born in Pennsylvania. She was a\\nnative of Monroe Co., N. Y., in which her birth occurred,\\nJuly 28, 1819. The fruit of this union was four children,\\nRosina A., born March 9, 1839 Miranda A., born June\\n19, 1842; Pratt L., born May 15, 1848; Burt D., born\\nMarch 23, 1862. These are all living. In 1841, Mr.\\nBathrick settled on a farm in Orleans Co., N. Y., and in\\n1866 sold it and came to Michigan, locating at Battle\\nCreek, Calhoun Co. In 1869 he removed to Antwerp\\ntownship. Van Bureu Co., where his wife died, August\\n13th, in the same year. His present home consists of one\\nhundred and nineteen acres on section 24, which, with the\\nassistance of his youngest son, he manages. His oldest\\nchild, Rosina, is still in New York, and the others are\\nmarried and settled near him. March 16, 1870, he was\\nunited in marriage with Mrs. M. Ro.se, a native of New\\nYork, in which State she was born Feb. 24, 1818. She\\nis a sister of J. R. Bangs, of Paw Paw. Mrs. Bathrick\\n(first) early became a convert to the Christian religion, and\\nat her death was a member of the Congregational Church.\\nThe present Mrs. Bathrick also united with this church\\nabout 1870. Mr. Bathrick was formerly connected with\\nthe Methodist Episcopal Church, but is at present a mem-\\nber of none. His first wife was an advocate of all reforms,\\nand with him was an earnest worker in the anti-slavery\\ncause, rising from her bed on many occasions to assist some\\nlonely refugee. Mr. Bathrick s house was the haven which\\nsuch wanderers sought for temporary shelter and assistance,\\nand they were ever welcomed, and, after rest and refresh-\\nment, were sent on their way rejoicing. Mr. Bathrick s\\nfather was a participant in the second struggle with Great\\nBritain (1812-15), and an early settler of Monroe Co.,\\nN. Y. His house, erected in 1811, was the fifth in the\\ntownship in which he settled, and was covered with bark,\\nas no lumber could be procured nearer than Rochester.\\nHis road was cut six miles through a dense forest. He\\ndid not locate with his family until Feb. 22, 1814, having\\nlived previously in Cayuga County. Lysander Bathrick\\nhas been a life-long Republican, his principles being taught\\nhim by his mother. He has served as a justice of the\\npeace in the township where he lives.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0528.jp2"}, "529": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF ANTWERP.\\n389\\nJONATHAN J. WOODMAN,\\nso well known to very many, not only of the citizens of\\nVan Buren County, but of the whole country, was born in\\nSutton, Caledonia Co., Vt., May 25, 1825.\\nHe was the youngest son of Joseph and Tryphena Wood-\\nman, whose portraits appear upon another page in this\\nwork, and was nearly ten years of age when his father set-\\ntled in Antwerp, early in May, 1835.\\nWestern Michigan, except its few prairies, was then an\\nalmost unbroken wilderness. A few families arrived and\\nsettled in the neighborhood in the summer of 1835, and\\nnot unmindful of the fact that schools were an essential\\npart of the civilization they had left behind them, they\\nopened up in a primitive way the chances for an educa-\\ntion in a slab shanty in Paw Paw village, to which the\\nfew children of the early settlers too young for work were\\nsent.\\nAbout this time the flood-tide of emigration to Southern\\nMichigan commenced, and the sturdy settlers engaged at\\nonce in opening up farms, building villages, and providing\\neducational advantages for their children.\\nThese were enjoyed by young Woodman to the extent\\nof devoting the winter season to the village school, and the\\nsummer to labor on his father s farm, completing his school\\neducation at a private academy, under the tuition of the\\nlate Professor Vose, before he was twenty-one years of age.\\nHis time in the village school and his academic course\\nof a few terms had been so well improved, and had kindled\\nin him such a desire to explore the fields of learning, the\\nportals of which he had just passed, that to go to college\\nwas then his highest ambition. But a new country with\\nits demands for improvement, a new farm with its demands\\nfor labor, and a large family with its demands for a living,\\nleft few dollars to devote to the less necessary collegiate\\neducation which his ambition coveted. His father could\\nnot help him, and he was compelled to abandon this cher-\\nished purpose.\\nHe determined to enter a law-office and study law, and\\nwent to Kalamazoo, making his first application for a place\\nin the ofllice of Stuart Miller.\\nMr. Stuart was not in when the farmer-boy called to ar-\\nrange for his future course in life. Mr. Miller, a few years\\nhis senior, raised on a farm, with a few years legal practice,\\nwas well qualified to give good advice.\\nHe said to young Woodman, The profession is over-\\ncrowded, and the chances for a competence and future dis-\\ntinction are better and more certain for a young man intent\\non doing what he undertakes well, if he sticks to farming\\nin this new and undeveloped country than at the bar.\\nThis opinion from an eminent lawyer cooled his ardor for\\nprofessional life, and he returned home resolved to comply\\nwith the wishes of his father, and heed this friendly advice\\nwhich had come to him unsought.\\nFrom henceforth he was ultimately to be a farmer, and\\nhe soon purchased forty acres of land adjoining his father s\\nfarm, incurring a debt of four hundred dollars, which was\\npaid in installments with money earned by teaching. As\\nhe was well qualified, and it was more remunerative, he de-\\nvoted six successive winters to that work, finding employ-\\nment on his father s farm through the summer seasons. A\\nforty-acre farm was too restricted for his ambition, and in\\nthe newly-discovered gold-fields of California he fancied\\nhe saw a prospect to secure means to enlarge his little farm,\\nand enable him to prosecute his chosen vocation and secure\\nthe objects which attend success.\\nResigning the position of principal of the Paw Paw\\nunion school in the spring of 1852, he joined the throng\\nand crossed the Plains to meet and overcome, as best he\\nmight, the hardships of the venture and adventure of a\\ntwo years life in California.\\nThough he found no bonanza, he saved enough in two\\nyears of California life, by mining and other business in\\nwhich he was engaged, to enlarge his farm, and soon made\\nsuch valuable improvements as gave him the coveted stand-\\ning which he has since so fully enjoyed, an independent,\\nenterprising Michigan farmer.\\nHis services as teacher were in demand, and the two\\nwinters succeeding his return from California he spent in\\nteaching. We conclude that his time during the winter\\nof 1856 was not wholly devoted to teaching school, as we\\nfind on inquiry that on the 30th day of March following\\nhe married Mi.ss Harty H. Hunt, daughter of John and\\nEliza Hunt, pioneer settlers in the township, of whom men-\\ntion is made in this work. Mrs. Woodman was born in\\nTunbridge, Orange Co., Vt., Oct. 20, 1834, and was but\\ntwo and a half years old when her parents emigrated from\\nVermont and settled in Antwerp. Her educational advan-\\ntages were very similar to those of her husband. In the\\ncommon school, with a few terms at the Kalamazoo Female\\nSeminary, under the tuition of that most excellent instruc-\\ntress, Mrs. Stone, she qualified herself for teaching school,\\nand for several years previous to her marriage was success-\\nfully engaged in teaching. A small frame hou,se was soon\\nerected upon their one-hundred-and-twenty-acre farm, in\\nwhich they commenced housekeeping and lived until their\\npresent residence was built, in 1868. They have but one\\nchild, Lucius Woodman, a promising lad of seventeen years\\nof age.\\nIn 1860, Mr. Woodman was chosen to represent Van\\nBuren County in the Michigan Legislature, a position to\\nwhich he was re-elected successively five times, to represent\\nthe eastern district, making twelve years of continuous ser-\\nvice, during three terms having the additional honor of\\nbeing selected by that body to serve as presiding officer\\n(one term as Speaker pro tern, and two terms as Speaker),\\na distinction never accorded to any member of ordinary\\nability, nor given a second time to any person lacking in\\nexecutive talent. In the late Centennial Exposition he was\\none of the board\u00c2\u00bb of managers representing the State of\\nMichigan, his especial duty being to take charge of the\\nagricultural exhibition of his State.\\nIn 1878 he received from President Hayes the appoint-\\nment of commissioner to the Paris Exposition, being one\\nof the four to represent American agriculture. It is worthy\\nof note that this appointment was made on the united so-\\nlicitation of the entire Congressional delegation from his\\nState, Mr. Woodman himself having no part in its pro-\\ncurement, nor even the knowledge that the position would\\nbe tendered him. The duties of the office took him abroad", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0529.jp2"}, "530": {"fulltext": "3ao\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nearly in May, 1878. During the summer montlis lie was\\nclosely engaged in Paris most of the time. He found time,\\nhowever, to make occasional excursions into the agricultural\\ndistricts of France, and traveled extensively through several\\nother countries in Europe, where, with the fondness of an\\nenthusiast, he sought out everything new, if it seemed to\\nhave bearing upon the business in hand, the development\\nof truth in agriculture. These trips were delineated in\\nletters to the Grange Visitor and Post, and IVibune, and\\nfreely copied by the agricultural press throughout the\\nUnion.\\nVery soon after the grange movement became in Michi-\\ngan a moving impulse Mr. Woodman identified himself\\nwith it, notwithstanding the opprobrium that thoughtless\\nscribblers and senile orators had endeavored to cast upon it.\\nHe saw in the order a precious boon to American farmers,\\nconditioned only upon their cordial support of an institution\\ndevised in their interest, and therefore dependent upon them\\nfor whatever power or force it might have in shaping\\naffairs. Being thoroughly identified in the new work, it\\nwas soon apparent to his fellow-laborers that his abilities\\nindicated a wider field than could be afforded by his local\\ngrange as the measure of his usefulness, and he was there-\\nfore elected, in 1874, Master of the Michigan State Grange,\\na position which he still holds, having twice been re-elected\\nby a nearly unanimous vote. In 1875, at the ninth annual\\nsession of the National Grange, in Louisville, Ky., he was\\nelected Overseer, the second office in the body, the term ex-\\npiring in 1877. At the eleventh annual session, in Cincin-\\nnati, he was re-elected, and served with much ability at the\\nsessions of the National Grange at Richmond and at Can-\\nandaigua, often occupying the chair of the Master, where\\nhis familiarity with parliamentary law and usage, and his\\nnatural tact as a presiding officer, brought to him the high-\\nest office in the gift of that body that of Master at its\\nlate session, in November, 1879.\\nMr. Woodman has many qualities that have given him\\nadmirable fitness for the various official positions to which\\nhe has been called but it is not the purpose of this sketch\\nto make a careful analysis of character. It may be said,\\nho.wever, that as a presiding officer in a deliberative body\\nhe has, combined with the utmost readiness of decision,\\nrare tact, that gives adverse ruling the character of grace-\\nful and courteous denial, soothing to those who seek the\\nfavors firmly refused. Intrenched in the most profound\\nparliamentary lore, he occupies the chair as the embodiment\\nof law, whose executive he becomes, with no favor nor harsh\\nruling to bestow, the plain purpose being to guide the pro-\\nceedings of the body over which he presides by the rules\\nit has itself established. As a speaker, he is entirely free\\nfrom ostentatious display, although earnest and forcible,\\ntru.sting rather to close argument and the logic of facts\\nthan to the arts of oratory.\\nAs a farmer, entire system marks every department of\\nhis work. Except when official duties have made demands\\nupon his time, he has not only given personal attention to\\nthe business of his farm, but has always taken hold of its\\nmanual labor with the come boys activity that usually\\nmakes success certain.\\nIn 18()0 he purchased one hundred acres ol his father s\\nfarm, this time incurring a debt of four thousand dollars.\\nOther additions have been made until he now owns over\\nfive hundred acres of land, with three hundred and seventy-\\nfive acres under cultivation.\\nIn practical farming he holds tenaciously to the idea that\\na mixed husbandry, thorough cultivation, with a liberal\\nsupply of fertilizers, and a sy.stematic rotation of crops is\\nessential to success.\\nHis motto is system, economy, and punctuality in all\\nfarm operations, as well as other business, and an intelli-\\ngent calculation on probabilities.\\nHis farm lies ju.st outside the village of Paw Paw, the\\ncounty-seat of Van Buren County. His residence, within\\nhalf a mile of the post-office, gives him all the society ad-\\nvantages which village life affords. He has a fine residence\\nand other farm-buildings sufficient for the needs of a large\\nfarm, but exhibits no lavish expenditure. With but one\\nchild, his family is always reinforced with the hired help\\nnecessary to run a large farm, and his considerate treatment\\nof all his employees when at home makes them careful of\\nbis interests, and there is little of that change from year\\nto year which is so common among farmers.\\nMr. Woodman has been successful in his own business\\naffairs, successful in official life, and honored for the faith-\\nfulness with which he has discharged every duty imposed\\nupon him, and now, at the age of fifty-four, we find him\\nsurrounded with every comfort and convenience found in a\\nwell-ordered home.\\nThe fortuitous circumstances of life that seem to attend\\nsome men more than others have fallen to his lot.\\nWith a wife familiar with farm-life from childhood, and\\neminently qualified to adapt herself to every situation, her\\npractical good sense and sound judgment have contributed\\nin no small degree to their financial prosperity, while her\\nfine social and intellectual qualities have made their home\\nan attractive centre of a large circle of friends who are\\nalways welcome at their hospitable board.\\nShe is an earnest worker in the grange, as well as in\\nother social and benevolent enterprises; and, with her hus-\\nband, has been honored with high positions in both the\\nState and National Granges. She was elected Flora of the\\nState Grange in 1875, a position which she still holds and\\nfills with grace and dignity. In 1877 she was elected\\nPomona of the National Grange, and promoted to the office\\nof Ceres in 1879, being the highest office held by a lady in\\nthat body.\\nHENRY WAITE\\nwas born in Washington Co., N. Y., Sept. 10, 1825, and\\nwas the ninth in a family of fifteen children, five sons and\\nten daughters. His father. Green Waite, was also a native\\nof Washington County, as was also his mother, Lida\\n(Moon) Waite. Mr. and Mrs. Waite, Sr., were married\\nabout 1808-9, and when Henry was five years of age the\\nfamily removed to Livingston Co., N. Y., where the son\\nworked on his father s farm summers, and attended school\\nwinters. When seventeen years of age, Henry Waite, at\\nthe request of his parents, started for Michigan to join his\\nbrother in Hillsdale Co., Mich., and learn the carpenter s", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0530.jp2"}, "531": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OP ANTWERP.\\n391\\ntrade. With ten dollars in his pocket, and his clothing I\\nrolled up in a pack, he left home and proceeded on foot to\\nRochester. Arriving finally at Adrian, Mich., he walked\\nfrom there to his brother s, having two dollars and a half\\nleft on his arrival. He remained most of the time with\\nhis brother for two and a half years, and experienced\\nhomesickness almost constantly. He returned to New York\\nand stayed two years, at the expiration of which time he\\ncame again to Hillsdale, and subsequently to Van Buren\\nCounty, where he stayed but a short time, returning to Hills-\\ndale, and thence to New York, walking as far as Niagara\\nFalls. March 26, 1850, he was married to Miss Caroline\\nMcCrossen, whose father was a native of Ireland, and\\nmother of New York. In the latter State Mrs. Waite was\\nborn, Dec. 9, 1831. Mr. and Mrs. Waite have no children\\nof their own, but have an adopted daughter, Leonora, now\\nthirteen years of age. After their marriage, Mr. Waite\\nrented a farm for two years, after which lie purchased fifty\\nacres of land in Ontario Co., N. Y., and removed to it.\\nHe sold his place in the fall of 1855, and returned to Mich-\\nigan, purchasing seventy acres in Almena township, Van\\nBuren Co., Mich., obtaining credit for most of it. For\\nabout ten years he remained on this farm, clearing and im-\\nproving it, and finding employment at sheep-shearing, well-\\ndigging, and teaming, and says he made his money not on\\nthe farm, but off from it. He sold his place in 1865, and\\nworked land on shares for two years, then purchasing his\\npresent home, on section 5, in Antwerp township. He also\\nowns land in Almena, upon which he pastures sheep. He\\nis considerably interested in sheep-raising, and has a flock\\nnumbering one hundred and tweniy-six. Mr. Waito s farm\\nhad very little improvement upon it when he purchased it,\\nbut he has persevered in his efforts to transform it into a\\npleasant home, and witii what success may be judged by a\\nglance at the view which appears in this work. Mr. Waite\\nhas ever been an industrious, hard-working man. For seven\\nyears he was engaged in thrashing grain, and followed well-\\ndigging until within recent years. His mother died m\\n1867, and his father, who for two years had lived with him,\\ndied in 1869. Mrs. Waite s father died March 9, 1865. Iler\\nmother is living with her, having nearly reached the age of\\neighty-seven years. Mr. Waite is a Republican in politics,\\nand both he and his wife have been members of the Chris-\\ntian Church for twenty years.\\nJAMES M. LULL\\nwas born in Broome Co., N. Y., June 9, 1830, and was\\none of a family of eleven children. In the spring of 1839\\nhe came to Michigan with his father, Samuel Lull, who\\nsettled first in Kalamazoo County, and in 1844 removed to\\nthe township of Antwerp, Van Buren Co., and located on\\nsection 36. His parents were both natives of New York,\\nin which State his father died Aug. 12, 1874, at the age\\nof eighty years. The latter s widow is now living with\\nher daughter in Kalamazoo County, at the age of eighty-\\ntwo years.\\nWhen James M. Lull arrived at the age of twenty-one\\nyears he removed to Ohio, and during his residence in that\\nState was married to Miss Emily Crane, a native of Massa-\\nchusetts, who had come to Ohio with her parents when\\nbut two years of age. About two years after his marriage,\\nMr. Lull removed to Michigan, locating with his family on\\ntheir present home of one hundred and sixty acres, in the\\ntown.ship of Antwerp, Van Buren Co., clearing and im-\\nproving it in the succeeding years. Mrs. Lull s mother\\ndied in Ohio, April 15, 1855; her father is still living.\\nMr. and Mrs. Lull are the parents of three children, as\\nfollows Clarence A., born in Ohio, March 9, 1852 Emma\\nF., born Feb. 25, 1857, in Michigan Juliette, born Sept.\\n25, 1866. Mr. Lull, aside from his regular business as a\\nfarmer, has devoted considerable attention to raising fine\\nstock, and is at present the owner of ten blooded cattle\\nand several Percheron horses. He has every reason to be\\npleased with his success in life, and enjoys the rei)utation\\nof being an excellent farmer. His educational advantages\\nwere somewhat limited, but his knowledge is of that prac-\\ntical character which enables its possessor to achieve success\\nin the business walks of life.\\nPETER HARWICK.\\nThis gentleman s parents, Elias and Cynthia (Ryan)\\nHarwick, were natives of Montgomery Co., N. Y. Elias\\nHarwick was born Sept. 29, 1789, and died June 14, 1871.\\nHis wife, Cynthia (Ryan) Harwick, was born Nov. 7,\\n1792. They were married Oct. 30, 1813. Soon after\\ntheir marriage they removed to Monroe County, and\\nnot long afterwards to Livingston County. From the\\nlatter they came to Michigan in 1841, and located in the\\ntownship of Antwerp, Van Buren Co., where Mr. Harwick\\npurchased and occupied a farm on section IG. About\\ntwenty-six years later, his health being broken down, he\\nremoved to Paw Paw village, where he died, and where\\nhis widow is now living.\\nPeter Harwick, the oldest child of the above, and one\\nof a family of eight, all sons but two, was born Oct.\\n19, 1814, in the town of Mendou, Monroe Co., N. Y. He\\nlived with his parents until 1837, in which year he was\\nmarried to Miss Belva Root, who was born at Fort Ann,\\nWashington Co., N. Y., May 28,- 1813, and married Mr.\\nHarwick in Erie County, where she was then living with\\nher parents. After his marriage Mr. Harwick began\\nfarming independently in Caledonia, Livingston Co., N. Y.\\nIn October, 1842, he removed to Michigan, with his wife\\nand child, and settled on section 16, Antwerp township.\\nVan Buren Co. His possessions upon his arrival here were\\na small team of horses and fourteen dollars in money. He\\npurchased eighty acres of land on section 16, and borrowed\\nforty dollars of his sister in older to make the first pay-\\nment upon it. The place was entirely unimproved, and\\nalmost by his individual efforts has it reached its present\\ncondition of thrift. To his original purchase he has since\\nadded a like amount, and is now the owner of the south-\\neast quarter of section 16, one hundred and sixty acres.\\nHe lived during the first few months with his father, in\\nthe meanwhile erecting a log house un his own place. In\\norder to get lumber to finish it with he went to Breeds-\\nville, cut timber, hauled it to a saw-mill and had it sawed,", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0531.jp2"}, "532": {"fulltext": "392\\nHISTOEY OP VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nand then drew it to his home. The house was fini.shed\\nand occupied in April, 18-13. A .severe and protracted\\nstruggle for a livelihood then began, and diflSculties of man-\\nifold nature were constantly arising. But the energy and\\nperseverance of the young pioneer triumphed in the end,\\nand prosperity and plenty were showered upon him by\\nfavoring fortune. Judge Bazel Harrison, the well-known\\npioneer of Prairie Ronde, Kalamazoo Co., furnished him\\nwith wheat at one time when his store of money was en-\\ntirely exhausted, and thus made one more in his long list\\nof friends. The judge lived to be one hundred and three\\nyears of age, and went down to his grave with the consola-\\ntion of having never known an enemy, and it was such deeds\\nas this that won him the confidence and esteem of all. Mr.\\nHarwick gratefully remembers the favor, and scarcely knows\\nwhat he should have done but for the judge s kindness.*\\nMr. Harwick s education was acquired in the common\\nschools of his boyhood, generally two miles from home,\\nwhose advantages were scarcely equal to those of the schools\\nof the present day. He has lived sixty-six years and won\\nthe esteem of his acquaintances, and been elected to several\\noffices by his townsmen, supervisor, town clerk, etc. In\\npolitics he is a Democrat his occupation has always been\\nthat of a general farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Harwick have\\nhad but one child, Allen Harwick, who is now married,\\nand residing on the farm with his fiither. Mrs. Harwick\\nis a member of the Congregational Church.\\nJ. R. BANGS.\\nThe ancestors of this gentleman, upon the side of his\\nfather, were Scotch, and those of the name in America are\\ndescendants of three brothers, who emigrated previous to\\nthe Revolution. Mr. Bangs grandfather, Joshua Bangs,\\nwas born in Ingham, Mass., Feb. 26, 1764, and served in\\nthe war as a cabin-boy on board an American privateer.\\nHe was captured by the British, taken to England, and\\nheld a prisoner until the war was over, when he returned\\nto Boston, Mass. He died in the town of Sweden, Monroe\\nCo., N. Y., July 13, 1837. His wife, Anna (Foleon)\\nBangs, was born in Massachusetts, Nov. 17, 1766, and\\ndied in Sweden, N. Y., Jan. 4, 1844. Nathaniel Bangs,\\nthe father of J. R., was born in Massachusetts, March 4,\\n1789, and removed to Wheelock, Vt., where, on the 6th of\\nOctober, 1809, he was married to Mary Woodman after-\\nwards removing to Sweden, N. Y., purcha.sed one hundred\\nand thirty acres of land, on which he lived until his death,\\nAug. 13, 1835; his wife is siill living. Miss Woodman s\\nfather, John Woodman, was born March 30, 1763, and\\nmarried Sarah Foy, Dec. 17, 1787. Both were of English\\ndescent.\\nJ. R. Bangs, the sixth in a family of nine children, was\\nborn in the town of Sweden, Monroe Co., N. Y., Feb. 6,\\n1824. Until he was seventeen, his time was passed on the\\nfarm of his father, except during the winters, which were de-\\nvoted to study in the district schools. At the age men-\\ntioned he was employed at monthly wages, still continuing\\nJohn Hunt, of Antwerp, also went his security for hardware to\\nfinish his log house with, whom he al.TO reinembers with gratitude.\\nhis winter schooling. March 10, 1844, he was married to\\nMiss Lucy M., daughter of Mills and Catharine Davis, in\\nOgden, .Monroe Co., N. Y. Mrs. Bangs parents were of\\nEnglish descent and natives of Livingston Co., N. Y. She\\nwas born in Livonia, April 14, 1828 her mother s maiden\\nname was Adams. Her father died when she was but a year\\nold, and a year later she was taken into the family of her\\nuncle, Samuel Brigham, who resided in Ogden, Monroe\\nCo., and with him she was living when married. After\\ntheir marriage, Mr. Bangs rented a farm for three years,\\nafterwards purchasing eighty acres of land in the town of\\nOgden, Monroe Co., for which the sum demanded was two\\nthousand eight hundred dollars. One hundred dollars only\\nwere paid down, and the place was occupied five years, at\\nthe end of which time he sold it for three thousand two\\nhundred dollars, and removed with his family, in the fall\\nof 1854, to Michigan. He had visited the State the pre-\\nvious spring and invested in lands situated north of Grand\\nRapids. Not being satisfied with the location, he exchanged\\nthe land for what is better known as the Elder Oilman\\nfarm, in Antwerp township. Van Buren Co., on section 5.\\nUpon this he located and remained about fifteen years,\\nmaking extensive improvements. In 1870 he disposed of\\nhis place and removed to the one he now occupies, one-half\\nmile east of the village of Paw Paw. Here he has built\\na neat residence (a view of which is seen in this work),\\nand made many and valuable improvements. He has also\\ntaken an active interest in the propagation of improved\\nstock, especially horses, and has introduced several fine\\nanimals of the Percheron Norman breed, which he secured\\nin Illinois. In company with Mr. C. Bilsborough he is\\nthe owner of six, one of which is in Albion, Mich. In\\npolitics, Mr. Bangs is a Republican though often solicited\\nto allow his name to be used as a candidate for township\\noffices, he has never sought them. Mr. and Mrs. Bangs\\nwere members of the Christian Church in New York and\\nbrought letters with them to Michigan, but have not united\\nwith any church in the latter State. Although they have\\na pleasant and thrifty home, it has never been made merry\\nby the voices of children of their own.\\nORANGE STEPHENS.\\nThis gentleman was born April 11, 1822, in Chittenden\\nCo., Vt., and was the second child and oldest son in a family\\nof seven. His fiither. Royal Stephens, was born also in A^\\nChittenden County, on the same farm upon which the son\\nwas born. Mr. Stephens mother, Sally (Richardson) Ste-\\nphens, was born in Addison Co., Vt., and married his father\\nabout 1818. In 1832 the family removed to Niagara Co.,\\nN. Y., and located on a farm. His father sold out in May,\\n1836, and came to Michigan, and purchased two hundred\\nand eighty acres in Ingham County. At the age of twenty\\nyears Orange Stephens left home, and found employment\\nfor about five years by the month, after which he was mar-\\nried to Miss Mary A., daughter of R. S. and Esther Arm-\\nstrong, who was born in Addison Co., Vt., Sept. 2, 1823,\\nbeing the second in a family of five children. Mrs. Ste-\\nphens came to Michigan in the spring of 1844, and engaged\\nin teaching school, making her home with her sister. Her", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0532.jp2"}, "533": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0533.jp2"}, "534": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0534.jp2"}, "535": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF ANTWERP.\\n393\\nmother died in Vermont, Oct. 12, 1841. Her father CHme\\nto Michigan about 1854, settled in Lawton, Van Buren\\nCo., and kept hotel until his death, in 1863.\\nAfter Mr. and Mrs. Stephens were married they consol-\\nidated their earnings and purchased one hundred and twelve\\nacres of land in Sandstone township, Jackson Co., Mich.,\\nupon which they resided until 1853, when Mr. Stephens\\nwent to California. In July, 1855, he returned to his\\nfamily, who in the mean time had sold the farm, and coming\\nto Van Buren County purchased one hundred and twenty\\nacres of land in the township of Antwerp, to which he has\\nsince added a like amount. Mr. and Mrs. Stephens are the\\nparents of two children, as follows R. E. Stephens, born\\nMay 16, 1848, married and living in La Crosse, Ind., and\\nbeing employed on the railroad; Frank E., born July 10,\\n1857, married. Dec. 3, 1878, to Miss A. A. Beardslee, a\\nnative of Pennsylvania. Her parents came to Michigan\\nin 1866, and are now residing in Mattawan. Frank E.\\nStephens and his wife live on the farm with his parents.\\nDuring his stay in California Mr. Stephens engaged in\\nmining, with fair success. His father died April 17, 1867;\\nhis mother is now living on the old homestead in Ingham\\nCo., Mich. Mr. Stephens is a Republican in politics, as is\\nalso his son, and has held the office of higiiway commis-\\nsioner, but has never been a seeker for office. In his re-\\nligious views he is liberal, and has been a member of the\\nMasonic order since 1864. His advantages for obtaining\\nan education were limited.\\nN. L. SURDAM.\\nAmong the early pioneers who migrated from the far\\nEast to build up a home and fortune in the then almost\\npathless wilds of Western Michigan came Nathaniel L.\\nSurdam, who in September, 1835, located a farm his\\npresent home in Antwerp township, Van Buren Co.\\nOf his ancestors, his paternal grandparents resided in\\nSalisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn., where they followed the\\noccupation of farming. Among their three sons was Chris-\\ntopher, the father of Nathaniel, who was born in Salisbury,\\nin October, 1773 learned the mill-wright and ship-carpen-\\nter s trades, working at these principally through life was\\nmarried, about 1794, to Miss Elizabeth Lockwood, who was\\nborn at Sharon, Litchfield Co., Conn., May 20, 1775,\\nwhere her parents, in affluent circumstances, had lived as\\nfarmers for many years. Christopher S., while yet a young\\nman, moved with his family to New York City. As fore-\\nman in the navy-yard, he worked at ship-building for sev-\\neral years but disliking the many evils, restrictions, and\\ncontagious diseases of the city, his wife having nearly died\\nwith both smallpox and yellow fever, they returned to\\nSharon, Conn., which was ever afterwards their home.\\nHis subsequent life was principally devoted to mill-wright\\nwork, building foundries, forges, mills, etc. He died in\\n1825, at the age of fifty-two, his wife surviving him many\\nyears. They had five sons and three daugliters William,\\nborn at Sharon, Conn., Sept. 17, 1795, where he still lives;\\nBetsey, born Nov. 16, 1797, at Sharon, where she died;\\nEunice, born in New York, died when a child Trowbridge\\n50\\nL., born at Sharon, June 8, 1806, moved from Broome Co.,\\nN. Y., to Washtenaw Co., Mich., in 1833, and died in\\n1876 Lewis L., born at Sharon, June 25, 1808, moved\\nto Illinois, purchased three farms, and died in Michigan\\nin 1878, when on a return trip from Connecticut; Eunice,\\nthe second, born at Sharon, March 31, 1813, lived and\\ndied on a farm in Illinois; John W., born in Sharon, Sept.\\n2, 1815, located at Manchester, Mich., and died in 1865.\\nAll the brothers were carpenters and joiners, excepting\\nWilliam, who was a master-millwright.\\nNathaniel L. was born in New York City, Jan. 26,\\n1803. He spent his early life in Western Connecticut,\\nreceived a common-school education, and worked five years\\nas an apprentice to Daniel St. John, a master-builder. He\\ncontinued at the business there five years longer, erecting\\nsome of the finest dwellings, school-buildings, and churches\\nin that country. He went to Broome Co., N. Y., in 1830,\\nworked at his trade, and was married, Sept. 16, 1832, to\\nMiss Caroline Fuller. He bought a farm near the Pitcher\\nmineral springs, Chenango County, and resided there two\\nyears, carrying on his farm and trade, until the death of\\nhis wife, in April, 1835, when he sold out and returned to\\nBroome County. In the following September he came to\\nMichigan, and located his present farm in Van Buren\\nCounty.\\nMr. Surdam married. May 4, 1836, as his second wife.\\nMiss Nancy Dickinson, of Broome County, whose paternal\\ngrandparents resided in East Windsor, Conn., where her\\nfather, Seth, was born in 1772. He emigrated to Broome\\nCounty in 1800, where he carried on a farm, tannery, and\\nshoemaker s shop, and where he resided until his death.\\nHimself and family, and his brothers and sisters families\\naround him, were peaceable, industrious, moral people,\\nmostly Baptists, and himself a deacon of that church.\\nThe ancestors of his wife, Rhoda Elton, came, generations\\nback, from Switzerland to Connecticut, where she was born\\nin 1773 she died in Broome County in 1820. They\\nhad three sons and two daughters, Rockwell, born March\\n5, 1798, deceased; Horace, born in November, 1800, de-\\nceased; Linus, born May 14, 1812 (settled near them as\\nfarmers, tanners, and shoemakers) Pamelia, born in 1796,\\nmoved on a farm in Hillsdale, Mich., and died there in\\n1838 and Nancy, born June 8, 1809.\\nShipping their goods by water to Detroit, Nathaniel Sur-\\ndam and wife started Oct. 11, 1836, in a top-buggy, with\\none horse, for Western Michigan, more than six hundred\\nmiles distant after a weary journey through the almost im-\\npassable swamps of Canada they reached Genesee Prairie,\\nKalamazoo Co., November 16th, where they stayed through\\nthe winter. They built a small frame house and moved on\\ntheir farm the next spring.\\nThere, far from childhood s home and friends, among\\nIndians, wild beasts, and an occasional white settler, they\\nendured the hardships of pioneer life, felling trees and\\nclearing land, going to Little and Big Prairie Ronde,\\nEgypt, for grain, and to Kalamazoo and Portage to get\\nit ground experiencing many privations and a thorough\\nseasoning with ague and malarial fevers; laboring hard\\non the farm, mostly unaided for many years, beside build-\\ning barns, dwellings, and doing much shop-work for others.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0535.jp2"}, "536": {"fulltext": "394\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nLooking back over the forty-four years that have passed,\\nthey can now see the vast change which time and labor\\nhave wrought. Kalamazoo had then but three frame\\nhouses, Paw Paw a few more, the forests of Mattawan\\nand Lawton had barely heard the echo of a pioneer s axe,\\nand a steam-whistle was unheard for many years. Although\\nage has crept over the pair, having lived in the spirit of\\nthe motto, pay as you go and live within your means,\\nthe slow accumulations of years of hone.st toil have gath-\\nered round them, and they are no longer poor.\\nThey have traveled but little since coming to Michigan,\\nand have joined no secret societies or church organizations\\nhere, although members in good standing of Methodist\\nPjpiscopal and Baptist Churches in the East. Mr. Surdani\\nnever was an aspirant for political honors. They have had\\ntwo children, both born in Michigan,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Julia Ann, Sept. 21,\\n1837, died Nov. 17, 1855 Frederick W., youngest of the\\nfamily and writer of this sketch, lias spent his life thus\\nfar upon the old place, in educating himself and helping\\nto improve the homestead farm.\\nCHAPTER LI I.\\nARLINGTON TOAVNSHIP.*\\nLocation and Topography Settlements and Settlers -Early Roads\\nCivil and Political First Township-Meeting Township Officers,\\n1843 to 1880.\\nThe township of Arlington, otherwise designated as\\ntownship No. 2 south, of range No. 15 west, is an interior\\ndivision, and situated near the centre of Van Buren County.\\nIt was formerly part of the old township of Lawrence, and\\nbecame a separate organization in 1842, the name of Ar-\\nlington having been suggested by one of its earliest resi-\\ndents, a Revolutionary veteran named James Stevens, to\\nwhom it brought pleasing recollections of his native town\\nin the Green Mountain State.\\nContiguous township organizations are Columbia on the\\nnorth, Waverly on the east, Lawrence on the south, and\\nBangor on the west.\\nThe most important water-courses are the Black and Paw\\nPaw Rivers. The former, in its flow to the southwest,\\ncrosses section 6 while the latter, flowing in the same direc-\\ntion, cuts ofi a large portion of section 36, the same being\\nattached to Lawrence township. Several small creeks also\\ntraverse the township, Elizabeth Creek being the largest of\\nthese. A number of lakes are observed, the largest, Scott s\\nLake, being situated mainly upon section 1.\\nThe soil of Arlington has by the indu.stry of its inhab-\\nitants been brought to a high degree of cultivation. It is\\nnaturally of great productiveness, being compo.sed of a rich\\nsand and clay loam, admirably well adapted to the growth\\nof corn, fruit, wheat, and other cereals.\\nThe last census (1874) reported 1604 acres of wheat and\\n1529 acres of corn harvested in 1873, of which the products\\nwere 24,794 bushels of the former, and 54,070 bushels of\\nthe latter grain.\\nBy Edgar 0. Wagner.\\nThe surface is undulating, and in .some localities these\\nelevations and depressions are marked. The township was\\nespecially rich in timbered land, and from that fact the\\nlabor of the early pioneers was more arduous than in many\\nother portions of Michigan, where the prairies and oak\\nopenings greatly modified their toil. Trees of black walnut,\\nash, whitewood, and oak grew to enormous proportions, one\\nof the former, it is said, having measured at a point 3 feet\\nabove the earth 35 feet and 8 inches in circumference.\\nLimestone, utilized to a considerable extent, has been\\nfound in the eastern part of the township. The census of\\n1874 returned a total of 1362 inhabitants.\\nSETTLEMENTS AND SETTLERS.\\nThe first settler within the limits of the present town-\\nship of Arlington, William N. Taylor, when twenty-two\\nyears of age, joined his fortunes with the party composing\\nthe Breedsville pioneers (see history of Columbia township)\\nand came to Michigan first in the fall of 1835. His remi-\\nniscences regarding the journey from Detroit to Breedsville\\nare most amusing. The oxen purchased in Detroit were\\nboth off steers, and he as their driver, had a most diflS-\\ncult time guiding them around stumps, over logs, etc. The\\nmen, women, and children of the party, except Wells G.\\nBrown, walked the entire distance, and following directly\\nbehind the other, or after the manner of Indians. The\\nwomen and smaller children, however, generally mounted\\nthe wagon when fording streams. In crossing Elizabeth\\nCreek, the young wife of Jonathan N. Howard, Elizabeth,\\nwas by a sudden lurch of the vehicle thrown from her seat\\ninto the creek. From this incident the stream derived the\\nname it bears to-day.\\nSoon after their arrival in Breedsville, Mr. Taylor pur-\\nchased 120 acres of land, situated on section 8, in town-\\nship 2 south, of range 15 west. He remained with his\\nfriends in Breedsville nineteen days, assisting them to, erect\\nhouses, etc. Then, as they could afford to pay him but\\n50 cents a day for his labor, and their food consisted almost\\nwholly of potatoes roasted, frequently eaten without salt,\\nhe turned his footsteps to Kalamazoo, where he worked for\\nsome time in the old Kalamazoo House. A few weeks\\nlater he went to Conistock, Kalamazoo Co., where he\\ntended tavern. Afterwards he worked in the Comstock\\ngrist-mill, and upon Caldwell s fiirm. In the winter of\\n1836-37 he returned to Hinckleyville, Monroe Co., N. Y.,\\nwhere he married Miss Philinda Kelsey, of Skaneateles,\\nOnondaga Co., N. Y who was then visiting friends in\\nHinckleyville.\\nWith his wife, he came back to Michigan in the spring\\nof 1837, arriving at Comstock in May. Here his wife re-\\nmained until he went forward and built a small bark-roofed\\nshanty upon his land-purchase. Upon its completion it\\nwas occupied by himself and wife. He cleared several\\nacres the same summer, but the season was so far advanced\\nthat he was only able to raise a small crop of turnips, and\\nthe major portion of that crop was destroyed by his neigh-\\nbor s cattle, the off steers owned in the Breedsville set-\\ntlement. Charles U. Cross, living one mile west of him,\\nand where, Mr. Taylor thinks, he settled in the fitll of 1836.\\nwas his nearest neighbor.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0536.jp2"}, "537": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0537.jp2"}, "538": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0538.jp2"}, "539": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF ARLINGTON.\\n395\\nIllustrative of life in the backwoods at an early day, Mr.\\nTaylor relates that a few months after his settlement he was\\nable to cover his cabin with a shingle roof. The blazing logs\\nin the huge corner fireplace would so heat the cabin s interior\\nin midwinter that the water from the melted snow ran down\\nthe outside of the logs, and again freezing formed icicles.\\nThe one-legged bedstead occupied by the pioneer couple was\\nfastened to the cabin walls, into and through the chinks and\\ncrevices of which the water made its way, and coming in con-\\ntact with that portion of the bedding next the walls, would\\nso freeze them together that for days Mrs. Taylor, in the\\nperformance of her household duties, was unable to take\\noff the sheets and spreads while making the bed. In-\\ndeed, Mr. Taylor says that on awakening one morning the\\ndire necessity awaited him, in his attempt to arise, of either\\ntearing loose from his sole undergarment, or of being thawed\\nout with a kettle of hot water\\nThe house of Uncle Bill, as he was familiarly called,\\nwas noted among the youth of pioneer days as a jolly place\\nfor dances, fun, and conviviality. In the mean time he de-\\nvoted all his energies to the clearing and improvement of\\nhis lands. By persevering eiforts he overcame all obstacles,\\nand eventually converted a fair portion of Arlington s for-\\nests into a productive farm. He built the first framed barn,\\nmany who assisted in the raising coming from distant\\nsettlements. In 1868 he removed to his present place of\\nresidence, in the village of Lawrence.\\nThe next settler in this township was James T. Hard, a\\nson-in-law of Elder Hinckley. He, too, came from Hinck-\\nleyville, Monroe Co., N. Y., and settled upon a portion of\\nsection 5 in the fall of 1837. Afterwards he removed to\\nthe farm now occupied by A. Heath, and ultimately migrated\\nto the State of California.\\nOne of the most active spirits in the early pioneer ex-\\nperiences of Arlington was Major Heath, who removed from\\nJefi erson Co., N. Y., in 1837, to Jackson Co., Mich., and\\ntwo years later, being much impressed with the quality of\\nthe land and the fine timber, entered a farm on sections 19\\nand 30, choosing the latter as a point upon which to erect\\na log house. The country was still in a very primitive\\ncondition when Mr. Heath arrived. No roads led to his\\npossessions, and they were accessible only after he had, with\\nhis axe, made a highway through the forest. His house of\\nlogs was roofed with troughs after the fashion of those early\\ntimes. He de.sired, however, to have some reminder of\\ncivilization in its construction, and secured, after a walk of\\nsix miles, a board with which to construct a door, thus\\nrendering his home more pretentious in its appointments\\nthan tho. ie of his neighbors.\\nWhile building this house he remained with Mansel M.\\nBriggs, who located in the township of Bangor adjoining.\\nMr. Heath took an active interest in public affairs. He\\nwas chosen the first supervisor, and filled other offices of\\nimportance. His judgment and experience made him a\\nperson of influence in the neighborhood and a useful citizen.\\nHe subsequently removed to Iowa, but returned again to\\nVan Buren County, and purchased land in the extreme\\nsoutheast corner of Bangor, where he resided until his\\ndeath. His son, Charles E. Heath, now lives on section\\n25 of the latter township.\\nThe little circle of pioneers was not broken by the death\\nof one of its members until the winter of 1841. The\\nfamily of Major Heath was first invaded, and Mrs. A. H.\\nHeath, the partner of his early toil, was the chosen one.\\nHer remains were buried in the cemetery on section 30,\\nand the funeral services were the earliest held in the town-\\nship.\\nAmong other pioneers who were here prior to making\\nthe assessment of Lawrence in 1839, and who were desig-\\nnated on that roll as resident tax-payers of township No. 2\\nsouth, of range No. 15 west, were R. Gillman on section 5,\\nRansom Kellogg on section 5, S. M. N. Brooks on section\\n29, and Robert Christie, an inn-keeper, and the owner of\\n22 village lots.\\nThe following statistics show the total number of tax-\\npaying inhabitants in the township in 1839, also the loca-\\ntion of their lands, value, etc.\\nReal and Per- Taxes to be\\nNames. Section. Acres. SQjial Estate. paid.\\nJames T. Hard 5 lU $344 $2.75\\nR. Gillman 5 112 388 2.70\\nWilliam N. Tavlor 8 1211 360 2.88\\nRansom Kellogg 5 160 480 3.84\\nMajor Heath 30 136 420 3.75\\nS. M. N. Brooks 29 40 120 96\\nRobert Christie village lots 110 1.60\\nAllen Briggs was a native of Bennington, Vt from\\nwhich point his parents removed to Oneida Co., N. Y.,and\\nsubsequently to Lewis County. After again changing his\\nNew York residence, he, in 1838, visited Ohio, Indiana,\\nand Michigan, and devoted some time to prospecting in the\\nlatter State. He entered, in company with his two sons,\\nthe following summer (1839) 40 acres on section 19, and\\nbegan the arduous task of hewing out a home in the dense\\nforest with which the township was then covered. In the\\nsummer of 1840, after having in the mean time constructed\\na house of logs and otherwise arranged for the comfort of\\nhis family, he sent for them. After a long and tedious\\njourney by canal to Buffalo from Orleans Co., N. Y., and\\nthence by lake to Detroit, and the remaining distance of\\none hundred and eighty miles by wagon, they reached their\\nwilderness home. Mr. Briggs from his first settlement in\\nthe township took an active and leading interest in all\\npublic enterprises. His education was superior to that of\\nmost of the early pioneers, and he was thus enabled to be of\\nsignal service to them in the transaction of matters of busi-\\nness. He also held many offices of importance in the town-\\nship, which he filled with ability. Mr. Briggs death oc-\\ncurred at his home in Arlington in the year 1868 he\\nhaving reached the advanced age of eighty years.\\nHis son, Emory 0. Briggs, preceded his father to the\\ntownship by a few months. Together with his brother, in\\nFebruary, 1839, he left the paternal roof, and, with many\\nblessings besought for them and their undertaking, started\\nfor Michigan. One horse carried their luggage and pro-\\nvisions for the journey, while the would-be pioneers, aged\\nrespectively seventeen and nineteen, wended their way on\\nfoot. Their route lay, first, from their starting-point to the\\nNiagara River at Lewiston, where the stream was to be\\ncrossed, and thence through Canada to Detroit, whence\\nthey were to proceed to Van Buren County. On landing\\nin Canada, these two beardless youths, with no arms save\\npocket-knives, and with their solitary steed, were, on pre-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0539.jp2"}, "540": {"fulltext": "396\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\ntense of being recognized as rebels in tile so-called Patriot\\nwar, tiien hardly closed, arrested by a squad of Her Bri-\\ntannic Majesty s soldiers, armed with loaded muskets and\\nfixed bayonets, and triumphantly marched through the\\nstreets of Queenstown to the headquarters of the command-\\ning officer, by whom they were ordered to the guard-house.\\nThis last order was, however, countermanded before their\\narrival at the guard-house, and they were returned to the\\naugust presence of the commander, by whom they were\\nquestioned and searched. The ferryman who brought them\\nwas also closely interrogated. After much more delay in\\nexaminations and other formal proceedings, they were suf-\\nfered to depart, the sage verdict having been rendered that\\nthey were not regarded as dangerous or hostile to her Ma-\\njesty s interests. After ten days of tedious travel through\\nslush and mud, snow and frost, they reached Detroit, and\\nultimately. Van Buren County. They were at first em-\\nployed in cutting a highway through the dense wilderness\\nof the county, and receiving for this labor the sum of $50,\\nexpended it in the purchase of 40 acres of land, on which\\ntheir parents subsequently settled, and which was entered\\nin the name of Allen Briggs.\\nWilliam N. Taylor and James T. Hard were their nearest\\nneighbors in Arlington. With the exception of a very\\ncircuitous road, which followed an Indian trail, and ad-\\nmitted the passage of but one vehicle at a time, there was\\nno highway.\\nEmory 0. Briggs employed his winters as a teacher, and\\nfound plenty of labor to occupy his hands during the sum-\\nmer months. His skill as an engineer was early called into\\nrequisition, and many of the first roads of the townships\\nwere surveyed by him. To the land originally purchased\\nMr. Briggs has added from time to time until he has be-\\ncome one of the largest land-holders in the township. He\\nhas also filled many official positions, both in the township\\nand county. His present residence is Paw Paw, where he\\nis largely engaged in commercial pursuits.\\nThe same year (1840) came Alvinzy Harris, who located\\nupon 53 acres on section 19, having come from St. Law-\\nrence Co., N. Y., and become a resident of the State two\\nyears previously. He was a man of much force of char-\\nacter and good judgment, and was the recipient of many\\nlocal offices within the gift of his fellow-townsmen. Mr.\\nHarris found his land entirely uncleared, and depended\\nupon his own sturdy arm for the improvements that were\\nmade. His son, Jefferson D. Harris, now lives upon the\\nhomestead, having added to it by a purchase of 80 acres.\\nWith Mr. Harris came Morrison Heath (also a native\\nof St. Lawrence Co., N. Y.), who settled upon 40 acres\\non section 30, which he improved. He was one of the\\nsmall band of early voters when Arlington became an inde-\\npendent organization, and on that occasion was appointed\\ninspector of elections.\\nThe year 1840 brought with it other accessions to the little\\ncolony of settlers. William Bridges came from Livingston\\nCo., N. Y., to Breedsville in 1837, and in the spring of\\n1840 he entered 40 acres on section 8. The land was en-\\ntirely uncleared, and, like many pioneers who had preceded\\nhim, he erected his shanty in the midst of the forest. Deer\\nwere abundant, and the wolves were nightly prowlers about\\nhis humble habitation. Mr. Bridges was, however, unde-\\nterred by difficulties or discouragements, and very soon after\\nhis settlement had many acres cleared and under cultivation.\\nHe was a man of quiet, unobtrusive habits and unfailing\\nindustry, and was much respected by his neighbors.\\nJames Stevens was one of the pioneers of 1840, having\\nemigrated in that year with his wife from Livingston Co.,\\nN. Y., and made his home with Allen Briggs, whose step-\\nfather he was. He was an octogenarian, and was accorded\\nthe privilege of naming the township.\\nMr. Stevens possessed a prouder claim to the regard of\\nhis friends in that he was one of the bravest soldiers of the\\nRevolution, having served for six years and seven months\\nunder Washington s immediate command. Nor did he lay\\ndown his musket until the last gun was fired and the sur-\\nrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown insured not only victory\\nbut peace to the infant republic. With the entertaining\\nreminiscences of the conflict fresh in his recollection, it may\\nbe imagined that Mr. Stevens was always a central figure\\nin the family group during the long winter evenings de-\\nvoted to social intercourse. He died in 1847, much es-\\nteemed by all.\\nJoseph Ives was another of the New York State pioneers\\nwho arrived in 1840, and located on section 29, where he\\nimproved a farm. He was one of the earliest voters and\\nan office-holder the first year of the township s existence.\\nSoon after came a settler named James M. Bierce, who lo-\\ncated upon the same section, where he cleared land and\\nbuilt a log house.\\nIn 1842 the township was organized, and the few settlers\\nthat had become residents assembled to choose officers for\\nthe ensuing year. The accessions to the population had\\nbeen so small that but 14 electors were present on this\\noccasion. They were William N. Taylor, James G. Coch-\\nran, Emory 0. Briggs, Joseph Ives, Morrison Heath, Major\\nHeath, James Stevens, Allen Briggs, William Bridges,\\nWilliam Dyckman, William H. McGeorge, James T. Hard,\\nAlvinzy Harris, \u00c2\u00bbnd Conrad Hogmire. Of this number\\nbut three survive, William N. Taylor, who resides at Law-\\nrence Emory 0. Briggs, living at Paw Paw and James\\nG. Cochran, who is still a resident of the township. The\\nlatter gentleman had become a resident of Arlington the\\nyear previous, having removed from Livingston Co., N. Y.,\\nin 1838, and settled at Breedsville, from which place he\\nremoved two years later, and purchased 40 acres on section\\n29 from Martin Brooks, and afterwards located upon sec-\\ntion 9, where he now resides. Mr. Cochran retains a vivid\\nrecollection of the hardships he endured as a pioneer. On\\nhis arrival in the county there were no mills in Van Buren\\nCounty, and a journey in search of provisions involved a\\npilgrimage of forty-two miles, and consumed seven days in\\ngoing and returning. Afterwards a mill was built at Paw\\nPaw, which diminished the distance.\\nA melancholy event caused much grief to Mr. Cochran s\\nfamily soon after their settlement. Samuel Watson, the\\nfather of Mrs. Cochran, while on his return home from Paw\\nPaw lost his way and died in the woods, in the north por-\\ntion of the township, before succor could reach him. In\\nthe family of Mr. Cochran occurred the earliest birth in\\nArlinsfton, that of his son, Andrew M., in 1844.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0540.jp2"}, "541": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF ARLINGTON.\\n397\\nWilliam Dyckman, another of the early pioneers, settled\\nin 1S4() upon section 24, where he cleared and cultivated\\na lartre farm, upon which he lived until his death. He was\\nactive in promoting the interests of Arlington, and held\\nimportant township offices. To quote the language of one\\nof the old residents, he was justice of the peace since\\nhe could remember. Adjoining, and upon the same sec-\\ntion, was the farm of an early pioneer named Belong. Mr.\\nBelong was .somewhat distinguished as a man of means who\\nhad money to loan, a fact which was so uncommon as to\\nmake him a central figure in financial transactions. His\\nsons now occupy the land he improved.\\nAt very nearly the same time came E. B. B. Hicks, who\\nlocated upon section 25, where he still owns a large and\\nproductive farm and enjoys the reputation of being one of\\nthe most successful tillers of the soil.\\nThe family of Hogmire, from their early settlement and\\nthe large share they have had in the growth and develop-\\nment of the township, may b^regarded as worthy of dis-\\ntinguished mention. Baniel Hogmire left the attractive\\nland of Western New York for a home in the wilds of Van\\nBuren County in 1842, and selecting Arlington as a favor-\\nable point of location, entered 40 acres on section 9. Wil-\\nliam Bridges was a near neighbor, with whom he enjoyed a\\ntemporary shelter until he had erected a log house on his\\nland. For a while he followed his trade of carpenter, re-\\nturning to the East during the interval to bring his family\\nto their primitive home. In the breaking up of the land,\\noxen were in general use, as being better adapted to the\\nwork than horses, but one of the latter being in use in the\\nneighborhood.\\nMr. Hogmire purchased an interest in the pineries of\\nColumbia township, and engaged in the manufacture of\\nshingles, for which as the country became populated there\\nwas a considerable demand. Later he purchased 80 acres\\non section 21, where he built a fine brick residence and\\nwhere he now resides.\\nConrad Hogmire left Livingston Co., N. Y., in 1842,\\nand located with William Bridges, on section 8. He pur-\\nchased 40 acres of land, but died soon afterwards.\\nHenry Hogmire purchased 80 acres on section 8, cleared\\nand built upon it a frame house. Later he removed to\\nPaw Paw, where he died.\\nJohn Hogmire settled in 1850. He bought 80 acres\\nupon section 20. This he soon rendered productive, and\\ncontinues to re.side upon it.\\nThe name of Bigelow is also a prominent one in the\\nannals of the township, and Livingston Co., N. Y., the\\nformer home of so large a proportion of the early pioneers,\\nincluded this family in the number it sent to cultivate the\\nforests and prairies of the West.\\nRufus Bigelow came to the township during the severe\\nwinter of 1843, and purchased from a settler who had pre-\\nceded him, 80 acres on section 17. Some slight improve-\\nments were made, but no habitation had been built by the\\nformer owner. He remained two years in the family of\\nBaniel Hogmire, meanwhile building a comfortable log\\nhouse. Allen Briggs and Baniel Hogmire were his nearest\\nneighbors. The lands around him were mostly uncleared,\\nand no roads near him were yet improved.\\nThe tax-paying residents of the township in 1844 were\\nJames T. Hard, William Bridges, William N. Taylor, James\\nM. Bierce, Joseph Ives, Charles Hall, William Byckman,\\nSamuel Goodenough, Morrison Heath, Alvinzy Harris, Allen\\nBriggs, Emory 0. Briggs, Robert McClintock, James G.\\nCochran, Major Heath, Amos R. Kellogg, Henry Belong,\\nWilliam Belong, Baniel Hogmire, Isaiah T. Hunt, E. B. B.\\nHicks, Elisha W. and Melancthon Gage.\\nAdditional residents mentioned in 1845 were William\\nByckman (3d), Calvin Goodenough, Rufus Bigelow, Isaac\\nBrake, Conrad Hogmire, and Timothy Bewley.\\nIn 1845, Calvin J. and Samuel Bigelow arrived, the latter\\nof whom purchased 80 acres of J. R. Monroe, on section\\n21. Calvin J. bought 80 acres on section 20, and later, 40\\nadditional on section 21, and 160 on section 17, a part of\\n-the latter being afterwards disposed of to J. Bridges and\\nBavid Massey. Samuel lived for some years with his\\nbrother Rufus, and ultimately erected the frame house he at\\npresent occupies.\\nA school was early held in the Bigelow neighborhood, at\\nthe houses of the residents. Miss Ann Eliza Fisk being the\\npresiding genius of the school-room. The first school is,\\nhowever, conceded to have been in the Heath neighborhood,\\nwith Miss Mehitablo Northrop as the earliest teacher. The\\nlog school-house was located upon the southeast corner of\\nsection 25, of Bangor, portions of the two townships form-\\ning a fractional school district. Early religious services\\nwere held at the houses of Mr. Bigelow and other settlers.\\nElder Knapp being the expounder of sacred truths to the\\nlittle band of worshipers. With his sacred calling he com-\\nbined the versatile gifts of an itinerant tradesman (he was\\nsometimes familiarly spoken of as a peddler), and the excel-\\nlence of his pots and kettles inspired much praise from the\\ngood housewives of his parish.\\nGeorge Meabon removed from Livingston County in\\n1845, and remained with Baniel Hogmire while he built\\na log house upon 40 acres he had purchased. The industry\\nwith which he persevered in his pioneer labors has been re-\\nwarded, and his farm now embraces 200 acres of well-tilled\\nland.\\nHomer Adams came from New York State in 1845, and\\nlocated on section 20. He was active in the public interests\\nof the township, and held many offices of trust. Though\\nnow a resident of Breedsville, he still owns his farm.\\nIra Orton claimed Orleans County as his former home,\\nfrom which he emigrated in 1845, and exchanged with\\nA. S. Barnum land in New York State for 40 acres on\\n.section 20. With Mr. Adams, his brother-in-law, he oc-\\ncupied a log house that had been built and vacated by\\nEaton Branch, on section 29, until he could erect one on\\nhis land. Not a tree had been chopped on his purchase,\\nexcepting those felled by the Indians in search for honey.\\nHis neighbors were Melancthon and Elisha Gage, who\\nwere located on section 29, but have since removed to\\nLawrence. Beer were abundant, and seemed to have no\\nsense of fear. They would frequently be seen feeding with\\nthe cattle.\\nHenry Earl came from New York State, and purchased\\non section 24, where he resided until his removal to South\\nHaven.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0541.jp2"}, "542": {"fulltext": "398\\nHISTORY OF VAN BURBN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nSamuel Hoppin early purchased 80 acres on section 5 of\\nRansom Kellogg, a portion of which had been improved.\\nHe has rendered it very productive, and has erected upon\\nit a fine brick residence, which he at present occupies.\\nAmos Hamliu located upon 80 acres on section 36, and\\nstill resides upon this farm, which has been perceptibly\\nimproved by his labor.\\nJ. F. Kidder, formerly of Orleans Co., N. Y., purchased\\nof the Ostrom Company 80 acres on section 27. An aban-\\ndoned blacksmith-shop, not far away, afforded shelter for\\nhis family until more comfortable quarters were secured.\\nHe followed his trade of carpenter, and found ready em-\\nployment in the erection of houses and barns for the later\\nsettlers. He was followed soon after by a pioneer named\\nMagoon, who very speedily became weary of the privations\\nexperienced in the wilds of Michigan and departed.\\nEARLY ROADS.\\nDuring the early settlement of the township of Arling-\\nton highways were not abundant, and pioneers were occa-\\nsioned much inconvenience by the obstacles that met their\\nprogress in traversing the country. The earliest surveyed\\nhighway was known as the Monroe road, whi(-h followed a\\ndiagonal course through Arlington, and connected Paw Paw\\nwith South Haven. This was followed by the Bridges\\nroad, described as commencing at the quarter stake on the\\neast line of section 8, township 2 .south, of range 15 west;\\nthence running north five degrees, thirty-eight chains, and\\neighty-five links thence north eighty-five and a half de-\\ngrees, seventy-nine chains, and fifty links to the northeast\\ncorner of said section. Surveyed July 20, 1842, by\\nCharles U. Cross. Recorded Sept. 25, 1842, by E. 0.\\nBriggs, township clerk.\\nAnother early road between Arlington and the town-\\nship of South Haven was surveyed Oct. 10, 1843, by A.\\nCrane Co. A road designated as the Brown and Taylor\\nroad began at the quarter post on the east side of section\\n7, running thence south eighty-five and a half degrees west,\\nseventy-two and twenty-five one-hundredths chains, on the\\nquarter line through the centre of section 7, and ending at\\nthe quarter post on the west side of said section 7. Sur-\\nveyed Oct. 12, 1843, by A. Crane Co. Other roads\\nfollowed these as the presence of settlers made them in-\\ndispensable.\\nCIVIL AND POLITICAL.\\nTownship number 2 south, of range number 15 west,\\nby an act of the State Legislature, approved March 11,\\n1837, became part of Lawrence township, and continued\\nas such until 1842, when by an act of the Legislature, ap-\\nproved February 16th of the latter year, it was erected as\\na separate township under the name of Arlington.\\nFIRST TOWNSHIP-MEETING.\\nThe first meeting of the electors of the township of Ar-\\nlington was held at the house of Allen Briggs, on the 5th\\nof April, 1842. James T. Hard, Allen Briggs, Morrison\\nHeath, and Alvinzy Harris served as inspectors of election.\\nThe officers elected were Major Heath, Supervisor; Emory\\n0. Briggs, Township Clerk Allen iJriggs, Treasurer Al-\\nvinzy Harris, William N. Taylor, Assessors Major Heath,\\nJames T. Hard, Emory 0. Briggs, School Inspectors\\nWilliam Bridges, James T. Hard, Directors of the Poor\\nJo.seph Ives, Alvinzy Harris, James T. Hard, Highway\\nCommissioners William Dyekman, Allen Briggs, James\\nT. Hard, Major Heath, Justices of the Peace; James G.\\nCochran, William N. Taylor, Constables.\\nTOWNSHIP OFFICERS, 1843 TO 1880.\\nSPPEItVISORS.\\nI8ia-45, Major Heath; 1846-47, Isaiah F. Hunt; 1848, Abram\\nLewis; 1849, Major Heath; 1850-51, Homer Adams; 1852, Al-\\nvinzy Harris; 1853-55, Homer Adams; 1856, Sidney Fuller;\\n1857-60, Emory 0. Briggs; 1861, Marquis Woodward; 1862-65,\\nEmory 0. Briggs; 1866, Homer Adams; 1867, Arvin Heath;\\n1868-69, J. D. Harris; 1870-76, Arvin Heath; 1877-78, J. D.\\nHarri.s 187H, Orton Sohermerhorn.\\n.TOWNSHIP CLERKS.\\n184.3, Alvinzy Harris; 1844, Emory 0. Briggs; 1845, Alvinzy Harris\\n1846, Homer Adams; 1847-54, Calvin J. Bigelow 1855-56, M.\\nWoodward; 1857-59, Calvin J. Bigelovf 1860-61, James B.\\nCushman; 1862, Calvin J. Bigelow; 1863, John Stanley; 1864,\\nCalvin J. Bigelow; 1865, J. W. Gray; 1866, Calvin J. Bigelow;\\n1867, W. A. Burlingame; 1868-70, C. J. Bigelow; 1871-76, G.\\nW. Monroe; 1877, Levi De Haven; 1878-79, M. D. Trimm.\\nTREASURERS.\\n1843-45, Allen Briggs 1846-47, Homer Adams; 1848, Clark Lewis\\n1849, Homer Adams; 1850-51, Alvinzy Harris; 1852, Homer\\nAdams; 1853-56, N. D. Richardson; 1857-59, Homer Adams\\nI860, Marquis Woodward 1861, Homer Adams; 1862, William\\nA. Burlingame; 1863, J. D. H.irris 1864-66, John Stanley;\\n1867-76, Mitchell H. Hogmire; 1877-78, Miles Monroe; 1879, 6.\\nW. Monroe.\\nSCHOOL INSrEC TORS.\\n1843, Amos R. Kellogg, Major Heath; 1844, Emory 0. Briggs; 1845,\\nAmos R. Kellogg, Duane D. Briggs 1846, Hezekiah More 1847,\\nAmos R. Kellogg; 1848, Ira Briggs; 1849, Simeon M. Heath;\\n1850, Enoch White, Henry Earl; 1851, Marquis Woodward, Du-\\nane D. Briggs; 1852, Marquis Woodward; 1853, William A.\\nBurlingame; 1854, S. M. Heath; 1855, Gideon Hall; 1856, Levi\\nW. Heath; 1857, Emory 0. Briggs; 1858, Levi W. Heath 1859,\\nJ. D. Harris; 1860, Emory 0. Briggs: 1861, Homer Adams;\\n1862, Levi W. Heath, Emory 0. Briggs 1863, J. D. Harris\\n1864, Emory 0. Briggs; 1865, Jumes Washburn; 1866, J. D.\\nHarris; 1867, Alfred B. Palmer; 1868, James Buckley; 1869,\\nWilliam A. Burlingame; 1870, James Buckley; 1871, A. B.\\nPalmer 1872, B. F. Bwing 1873, John B. AViloox 1874-75,\\nWilliam A. Burlingame; 1876, John B.Wilcox; 1877, John E.\\nDe Haveu; 1878, M. Hogmire; 1879, John E. De Haven.\\nASSESSORS.\\n1843, W. N. Taylor, Daniel Hogmire; 1844, William Dyekman, Dan-\\niel Hogmire; 1845, Hezekiah More; 1847, Benjamin Herring-\\nton, James M. Bieroe 1848, A. M. Hamlin, Benjamin Herrington.\\nJUSTICES OF THE PEACE.\\n1843, William H. MoGeorge, James T. Hard; 1844, William Dyek-\\nman, Isaiah F. Hunt; 1845, Duane D. Briggs; 1846, Major\\nHeath 1847, James T. Hard 1848, Allen Briggs 1849, Daniel\\nHogmire, Samuel Hoppin; 1850, Henry Earl; 1851, Isaiah F.\\nHunt; 1852, L. II. Bailey, Allen Briggs; 1853, Daniel Hogmire;\\n1854, Henry Earl 1855, Allen Briggs, William Dyekman 1856,\\nCharles llurbert, Abram Lewis; 1857, Mitchell S. Smiley; 1858,\\nWilliam Dyekman, E. 0. Briggs; 1859, Robert C. Smith; I860,\\nHomer Adams, 0. E. Barnum; 1861, Henry Earl; 1862, Arvin\\nHeath, Marquis Woodward; 1863, R. C. Smith, A. M. Hamlin;\\n1864, Duane D. Briggs; 1866, D. Van Antwerp, W. N. Taylor;\\n1866, Moses L. Kidder, Erastus Cutler; 1867, A. G. Russell,\\nMoses L. Kidder; 1868, Duane D. Briggs; 1869, John B. Wilcox;\\n1870, J. N. Pritchard, Jeremiah Bridges; 1871, A. G. Russell;\\n1872, Joseph W. Gray; 1873, A. W. Serimger 1874, Joseph W.\\nGray; IS75, Arvin Chapman; 1876, Joseph W. Gray 1877, E.\\nB. D. Uioks, James Wright; 1878, C. J. Bigelow; 1879, Andrew\\nWhitman, Joseph Dago.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0542.jp2"}, "543": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF ALMENA.\\n399\\nHIGHWAr COMMISSIONERS.\\n1843, J. T. Hard, Joseph Ives; 1844, William Bridges, Daniel Hog-\\nmire, Joseph Ives; 1846, E. W. Gage, J. M. Bierce, A. R. Kel-\\nlogg 1846, John P. Fisk, William N. Taylor, Elisha W. Gage;\\n1847, H. F. Bewin, Abram Lewis, R. M. Bigelo^y 1848, William\\nDyokman, Joseph Ives; 1849, William Dyokman 1850, L. H.\\nBailey; 1851, Marquis Woodward: 1852, William Dyckman;\\n1853, John Simmons; 1854, Robert Smith, Arvin Heath; 1855,\\nHenry Earl: 1856, Arvin Heath, Samuel Hoppin 1857, E. M.\\nPreston, A. A. Holly; 1858, A. A. Holly, J. D. Harris; 1859,\\nDuane D. Briggs 1860, G. W. Monroe; 1861, Joseph W. Gray;\\n1862, A. A. Holly, Samuel Smiley; 1863, Samuel Monroe; 1864,\\nA. A. Holly; 1865, J. H. Nichols; 1866, Samuel Monroe; 1867,\\nHenry F. Northam 1868, Philip Eckler; 1869, A. B. Palmer;\\n1870, Charles E. Monroe 1871, Alanson Ives 1872, S. S. Fuller\\n1873, C. E. Monroe; 1874-76, Alanson Ives; 1877, John Stanley;\\n1878, C. E. Monroe; 1879, Judson J. Moses.\\nDIRECTORS OP THE POOR.\\n1843, Allen Briggs, Joseph Ives; 1844, Isaiah F. Hunt, Alvinzy Harris;\\n1845, J. T. Hard, Isaiah F. Hunt; 1846-47, William Bridges,\\nSamuel Goodenough 1848-50, Morrison Heath, William N. Tay-\\nlor; 1851, Joseph Ives, E. Eaton.\\nDRAIN COMMISSIO.VERS.\\n1875, George Pryne; 1878, S. P. Johnston.\\nSUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS.\\n1875-76, William A. Burlingame; 1877, A. B. Palmer; 1878, M.\\nHogmire; 1879, A. B. Palmer.\\nCONSTABLES.\\n1843, Conrad Hogmire, Henry Delong, William N. Taylor, Rufus\\nBigelow; 1844, J. G. Hamilton, W. N. Taylor, J. M. Bierce,\\nConrad Hogmire; 1845, William N. Taylor, Duane D. Briggs;\\n1846, E. B. D. Hicks, D. D. Briggs, B. F. Stafford; 1847, Theo-\\ndore Hunt, E. B. D. Hicks, Calvin Goodenough 1848, B. F. Staf-\\nford, Thomas F. Gray, Emerson Magoon, Watson Durand; 1849,\\nBenjamin Herrington, Duane D. Briggs; 1850, George W. Heath,\\nTitus Kellogg, Clark Lewis, Isaac P. Ives; 1851, Samuel Bigelow,\\nIsaac P. Ives, W. N. Taylor, D. D. Hathaway; 1852, Rufus M.\\nBigelow, E. M. Preston, Clark Vandcrvort, William Washburn\\n1853, E. M. Preston, Emerson Magoon, Samuel Smiley, William\\nWashburn; 1854, E. M. Preston, J. P. Ives, William N. Taylor,\\nSamuel Smiley; 1855, J. P. Ives, William Delong, Asa Durin,\\nSamuel Smiley; 1856, Asa Durin, Warren Babcock, James Kid-\\nder, J. P. Ives; 1857, Samuel Smiley, Ignatius Denoon, L. W.\\nHeath, T. M. Hamlin: 1858, Henry Howe, A. M. Hamlin, Reu-\\nben Putney, Samuel Smiley; 1859, 0. E. Barnum, A. E. Hamlin,\\nR. M. Bigelow, Isaac Shaver; 18B0, H. K. Nichols, Michael\\nDyckman, Nathan Whitney, John Stanley; 1861, E. C. Hazard,\\nJames Gilbert, M. T. Kidder, C. M. Bridges; 1862, 0. A. Church,\\nC. B. Babcock, David Massey, James Gilbert; 186.3, Michael\\nDyckman, J. F. Bridges, J. E. Drake, Miles Monroe; 1864, L.\\nA. Orton, Miles Monroe, Michael Dyckman, Theodore G. Hunt\\n1865, 0. A. Church, Theodore G. Hunt, E. P. Orton, E. C.\\nHazard; 1866, C. B. Babcock, E. S. Delong, G. E. Brainard\\n1867, E. 0. Hazard, Sherburn Kidder, G. E. Brainard, T. G.\\nThomson; 1868, Dighton Eckler, Philetus Hathaway, Charles\\nC. Monroe, David Hogmire; 1869. C. E. Monroe, Sherburne\\nKidder, E. C. Hazard; 1870, E. C. Hazard, Russell Chubback,\\nAbraham Helms, G. W. Monroe; 1871, E. C. Hazard, H. K.\\nWells, S. B. Crawford, C. I. Wright; 1872, Jasper Burrell, E. C.\\nHazard, Wilbur Drake, C. I.Wright; 1873, C. I. Wright, Wilbur\\nDrake, Jasper Burrell, Abraham Helms; 1874, Russell Herring-\\nton, James Gilbert, Wilbur Drake, Myron Sanborn; 1875, A. W.\\nWilcox, Edward Crannell, W. W. Gurnsey, E. 0. Hazard; 1876,\\nRussell Herrington, James N. Drake, A. W. Wilcox, G. R.\\nHeath 1877, George Bronner, B. D. Hicks, Gabriel Dage, Perry\\nJohnson; 1878, Frank Burrell, James Washburn, M. Thompson,\\nSylvester Meacham 1879, Julian Harris, Andrew Cochran,\\nBarney Hicks, Milon Thompson.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.\\nALVIN CHAPMAN\\nis descended in a direct line from Robert Chapman, the\\nfirst settler, who came from Hull, in England, to Bcston,\\nin August, 1635. He removed in the following November\\nto Saybrook, where some of his descendants still remain.\\nAlvin Chapman was born in the town of Westbrook,\\nMay 26, 1827, and on the 22d of October, 1848, he mar-\\nried Laura Wright, also a native of Westbrook, where\\nthey continued to reside until 1855. In the year last\\nnamed they removed (o their present home, in Arlington,\\nVan Buren Co., where they have since made their residence.\\nMr. Chapman has been a very successful farmer pos-\\nsessing a farm of great fertility, he has, by industry and\\ngood management, brought it into a high state of cultiva-\\ntion, with fine improvements, a better estimation of which\\ncan be obtained from a view of them, which we give on\\nanother page.\\nCHAPTER LIII.\\nALMENA TOWNSHIP.\\nDescription of the Town and its Early Settlements ^Early Mills and\\nMill-Owners Township Organization and Civil List Churches in\\nAlmena Schools Almena and Paw Paw Telegraph Company.\\nDESCRIPTION OF THE TOWNSHIP AND ITS EARLY\\nSETTLEMENT.\\nAlmena, originally a portion of Clinch, lies upon the\\neastern border of Van Buren, and is known as town 2\\nsouth, range 13 west. Its boundaries are Pine Grove on\\nthe north, Antwerp on the south, Kalamazoo County on\\nthe east, and Waverly on the west.\\nAt least one-third of the township is covered by a great\\nswamp which extends in a northeast and southwest direc-\\ntion. The earliest settlements were made in the territory\\nlying south of the swamp, although pioneers penetrated\\nsoon afterwards into the northern and western sections.\\nGood water-power, which attracted the attention of the first\\nwhite settler, is found on a fork of the Paw Paw flowing\\nthrough the town towards the west, and suflSces now to\\nsupply two mills.\\nAlthough the town has two post-offices, it has no village,\\nthe nearest approach to a hamlet being at Almena Mills,\\nwhere there is a grist-mill and store. In the south the soil\\nis sandy and productive. In the north there is much heavy\\ntimber and a clayey soil, although one may find in that\\nportion also many excellent farms.\\nAlmena s population in 1874 was 1009. Its assessed\\nvalue in 1879 was $324,000.\\nTradition has erroneously referred to one Joseph Dero-\\nsier, a Canadian Frenchman (probably a half-breed), as the\\nfirst white settler in Almena. Derosier was doubtless the\\nfirst white man who came to the township, but he was\\nscarcely a settler. He had an Ottawa squaw for a wife\\nBy David Schwartz.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0543.jp2"}, "544": {"fulltext": "400\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nand squatted in 1833 upon section 23, near tlie swamp,\\nwhere he put up a cabin, but his business was simply that\\nof an Indian trader, guide, rover, trapper, and interpreter,\\nbut not a settler in the full meaning of the term.\\nThere was another French Canadian (with a deaf-mute\\nsquaw for a wife), called Mousseau, who was a companion\\nof Derosier, but, like the latter, he was nothing above an\\nIndian hunter. Derosier was known in the town until\\n1854, when he died in Waverly. Mousseau died in South\\nHaven.\\nThe great Indian trail from Chicago to Grand Rapids\\npassed through Almena. It was on this trail that Derosier\\nlived, and in the vicinity of his place, until 1845, numer-\\nous Indians of the Pottawattamie and Ottawa tribes en-\\ncamped from time to time. They were chiefly hunters,\\nfishermen, and beggars, but never occasioned the whites\\nany trouble or even concern. Two of them tried their\\nhands at farming, but made failures of course. Finally\\nthe red men left the region and were seen no more. The\\nfirst road of any consequence laid out was the Kalamazoo\\nand Paw Paw road, which was in its time a thoroughfare\\nof considerable trafiic. It is yet the mainly traveled high-\\nway running east and west through the southern portion\\nof the town.\\nThe first actual settler in Almena was Jonas Barber,\\nof Prairie Ronde, who came hither in the spring of 1835,\\nand built a saw-mill on the stream flowing through section\\n28. Barber had land near the present grist-mill, and lived\\nthere in a shanty. He intended to build a grist-mill at\\nthat point, but abandoned the idea.\\nBefore Barber s advent, however, Junia Warner, Jr.,\\nHorace Bonfoey, and one Potter came from New York to\\nAlmena, in the spring of 1834, in search of land. Warner\\nentered 240 acres, lying in both Almena and Antwerp\\nBonfoey located a tract on section 29, in Almena Potter\\ndeclined to make a location, and with Warner and Bonfoey\\nreturned to New York.\\nIn the spring of the following year (1835) Warner, his\\nfather (also named Junia), and Horace Bonfoey came\\nagain to Almena, for the purpose of preparing their land\\nfor permanent settlement. Warner and his father bought\\na few boards at Jonas Barber s mill, and putting up a\\ncabin on section 31 began at once to clear some land, and\\nhaving put in a crop and built a double log house, Junia,\\nJr., went back to New York for his family, while the elder\\nWarner concluded to remain at Kalamazoo, where he\\nlabored at his trade as mason until September of the same\\nyear, when Junia, Jr., reaching Kalamazoo with his fam-\\nily, on his way to Almena, the old gentleman joined them,\\nand all were soon installed upon the Almena farm, where\\nthey found a fairly comfortable home in the log house built\\nby father and son the previous summer. The widow of\\nJunia Warner, Jr., lives now in Paw Paw, and in describ-\\ning their trip from Detroit to Almena says, We traveled\\nin a wagon drawn by three oxen, and although we made\\nbut fifteen miles a day, we were kept mighty busy at that.\\nJunia Warner, Jr., who had been a Methodist circuit\\npreacher in New York, continued to preach more or less in\\nthe West from the time of his settlement in Almena until\\nhis death there, in 1847. He was known far and wide as\\nElder Warner, and although averse to preaching, because\\nof ill health, he was so persistently called, from here and\\nthere, to preach a funeral sermon or organize a church,\\nthat he could not well avoid ministerial labor, and, as a con-\\nsequence, he was almost as busy as a preacher as he was as\\na farmer. His widow now lives in Paw Paw, hale and vig-\\norous, at the age of seventy-four. His father died in Al-\\nmena in 1841. His mother died in Paw Paw, January,\\n1880, at the advanced age of ninety-six.\\nHorace Bonfoey, who came with the Warners in the\\nspring of 1835, was from Otsego Co., N. Y., and made a\\nsettlement in Almena, upon section 29, where he lived\\nuntil his death, Jan. 11, 1873. At the time of his loca-\\ntion he, the Warners, Jonas Barber, and Derosier were\\nthe only white inhabitants of Almena. Of Mr. Bonfoey s\\nchildren, those now living in Almena are Russell W. Bon-\\nfoey and Cyrena Hall.\\nIn the fall of 1834, William Ranney, and John, his son,\\nCampbell Waldo, Frederick KruU, Alvin Hall, Russell\\nPalmer, and Freeman Hall came to Almena in company on\\na land-hunting expedition. Ranney bought land on sec-\\ntions 14, 23, 25, and 26 Palmer and Krull on section\\n24 Freeman Hall on section 26 and Alvin Hall on the\\nsame section, adjoining Freeman s place. Of the seven, how-\\never, John Ranney and Freeman Hall were the only ones\\nwho became actual settlers. Returning East with the rest\\nof the company after the lands were located, John Ranney\\ncame West again alone in 1835, and made a settlement on\\nsection 25, upon land his father had located. Ranney was\\na bachelor, and the story goes that when he left his New\\nYork home for the West he was engaged to be married to\\na charming girl, and the understanding was that he was\\nsoon to return for the wedding. The girl, however, speed-\\nily proved false to her vows, and not long after John s de-\\nparture married an idle, brainless fellow. Ranney took the\\nmatter so much to heart that he forswore womankind and\\nresolved to die a bachelor. Meanwhile, the girl who had\\njilted him led a sorry life with her worthless husband, who,\\nfortunately for her, died before many years. She wrote to\\nRanney informing him of the event, thinking, it might be,\\nthat his heart still warmed towards her, and that she might\\nwin him back but Ranney paid no heed to her communi-\\ncation, and she died not long after in an insane asylum.\\nTrue to his resolve, Ranney lived a bachelor, and died on\\nhis Almena ftirm in 1863.\\nWillard Newcomb, who bought of Potter (he who came\\nwest with the Warners in 1834) land entered by the latter\\nin Almena, settled in the town in 1835, and put up a\\nblacksmith-shop on section 29. Freeman Hall, who came\\nto Almena in 18.34 with the land-looking party of seven,\\nreturned hither in 1836, and eSected a permanent settle-\\nment on section 26, which has since been his home. When\\nhe settled, there were in the town only the Warners, the\\nNewcombs, the Bonfocys, John Ranney, and Mears the\\nmiller.\\nSamuel C. Annable, now a resident of Almena, came to\\nthe town with his family in November, 1835, and settled\\nupon a farm in sections 23 and 26, previously located by", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0544.jp2"}, "545": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0545.jp2"}, "546": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0546.jp2"}, "547": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF ALMENA.\\n4Q1\\nhis father-in-law, William Ranney. He found a temporary\\nhome for his family in John Ranney s log cabin, and in\\nthe spring of 1836 built a comfortable house on his own\\nplace.\\nAsahel S. Downing, a resident of Cayuga Co., N. Y.,\\nmigrated to Almena in the spring of 183ti, with his family\\nand his father-in-law, Isaac Barnum. They went first to\\nPaw Paw, and stopped six weeks with Edwin Barnum.\\nDowning and the elder Barnum then went into Almena\\nand bought land on sections 29, 32, and 33 of Willard\\nNewcomb and Horace Bonfoey. The mill-site now occu-\\npied by Brewer s mill was on the property, and there Bar-\\nnum intended to erect a grist-mill, but before the under-\\ntaking was commenced he was stricken with apoplexy,\\nand died the year following his settlement in the town.\\nDowning assisted Mr. Barnum to put in a crop of wheat,\\nand then moved to a place of his own on section 28, where\\nhe put up a frame liouse in 1837, and in that house since\\nthen enlarged and improved he still lives. Mr. Downing s\\nresidence was the first framed house of any consequence\\nerected in town. Downing opened also a blacksmith-.shop\\non his place, and carried it on for more than twenty years.\\nHenry, son of Isaac Barnum, lived with his father until\\nthe latter s death, and then settled upon section 29, re\\nmaining there until his death, in 1856.\\nIsaac Barnum had come West in 1835, and determining\\nthen to be a settler when he should come again the follow-\\ning year, he resolved to provide a supply of wheat before-\\nhand, and so purchased a quantity of Dr. Brown, of Prairie\\nRonde. When Mr. Barnum came out in 1836 he sent\\nMr. Downing over to Brown s to get the wheat, with in-\\nstructions also to take it to mill. When Downing reached\\nBrown s he learned that the latter had gone to Virginia on\\na visit, carrying the key of the barn with him. Downing\\nreturned home without the wheat, but on a second trip se-\\ncured it and carried it to Redmond s mill in Prairie Ronde.\\nThe miller being unable to grind the grist then, Downing\\nwent home empty-handed a second time.\\nTwo days afterwards he went to Redmond s for his flour,\\nand he was told that the people of the neighborhood\\nhaving voted Redmond s mill-pond a pestilence-breeding\\nnuisance, had torn the dam away, and so there was Bar-\\nnum s grist yet ungrouud, and the family at home waiting\\nfor the bread which came not. Downing was much dis-\\ncouraged, but he loaded up the wheat once more and car-\\nried it to Comstock s mill, four miles east of Kalamazoo.\\nThere he left it, and returning in two days, eventually se-\\ncured his flour, greatly to his joy no doubt, for in the work\\nof securing it he had made four trips to mill, traveled about\\none hundred and forty miles, and consumed ten days of his\\ntime.\\nBetween 1836 and 1840 the settlements were quite nu-\\nmerous, and included those of John Campbell, Albert Fos-\\ndick, Bridget Finley and her five sons, Nahum Eager,\\nChauncey Abbott, Asa Crofoot, Blakelee Burns, Abel\\nBurns, Jacob Plank, T. C. Benton, Samuel Turner,\\nLibby, and others.\\nAsa Crofoot visited Almena in 1835, and entered 160\\nacres on sections 25 and 26. He made a small clearing,\\n51\\nand then went to Schoolcraft, where he obtained employ-\\nment, and from time to time, as he could, he improved his\\nAlmena farm. In 1844 he married, and in that year lo-\\ncated permanently in Almena, and still lives on the place\\nhe entered in 1835.\\nChauncey Abbott, living on section 23, settled there in\\n1840, after a two years residence in Oshtemo. Bridget\\nFinley settled on section 12 in 1839, with six children, of\\nwhom Michael and James had farms of their own. Mrs.\\nFinley died in 1864, on the place now occupied by her son\\nJames. About the time of the advent of the Finleys,\\nHarvey Fosdick and John Campbell settled in that neigh-\\nborhood. Amasa Tenney, now on section 28, came to\\nMichigan in 1838, and to Almena in 1840, where he bought\\na farm of Asahel S. Downing. John Maxfield and wife,\\nparents of Mr. Tenney s wife, came out at the same time,\\nbut did not like the country and went back to New York.\\nSamuel B. Fisk, a mill-wright and house-carpenter, lo-\\ncated in Lawrence in 1844, and in the fall of that year\\nsettled in Almena, which has since been his home. Samuel\\nMills bought land on section 34 in 1843, and lived there\\nuntil his death, in 1860. His son, E. P., now resides on the\\nfarm. Allen McPherson settled on section 36 in 1845,\\nand in 184G Samuel Hayden on section 34, Jacob Erken-\\nbaek on section 36, and W. F. French on section 23.\\nAlva T. Stevens was a settler in Almena in 1837, He\\nlived afterwards in Kalamazoo, but finally returned to Ant-\\nwerp, where he located permanently on land he entered (in\\nAlmena and Antwerp) in 1837, and where he died in\\n1865. His son, A. W., resides now in Almena,\\nL. A. Brown, now a resident of Almena, came hither\\nwith his uncle, Julius Wilson, in 1856. Foster Johnson\\nand N. W. Waite, although settlers in Michigan in\\n1837, did not come to Almena until 1861. 0. H. P.\\nSheldon, who settled in Antwerp in 1846, did not become\\na resident of Almena until 1871.\\nThe pioneers of Almena were not called upon to endure\\nthe average hardships experienced by settlers in many parts\\nof Van Buren County, for to those in the south especially\\nPaw Paw was close at hand, with its conveniences of civili-\\nzation, while the country itself, composed of fine oak open-\\nings, was easily penetrated, and had accessible roadways\\neverywhere. The year 1838 was the sickly year, and many\\npeople died of fever and ague. So prevalent was the dis-\\nease that there were at one time but three well persons in\\nthe entire town, -Mrs. Isaac Barnum, Horace Bonfoey, and\\na colored farm-hand named Henderson. These three looked\\nafter the sick ones, and certamly had their hands full.\\nExciting adventures with wolves were not infrequent\\namong the settlers. Mr. F. C. Annable relates how he\\nwas coming home one night from an Indian camp, with two\\nvenison hams strung across his shoulder, and how the\\nwolves chased him. He ran for life, and made up his\\nmind to sacrifice the hams to his hungry pursuers but for-\\ntune favored him, so that he reached home in safety, hams\\nand all.^ But bless you, says he, I was the worst\\nscared young man you ever heard of. The big swamp\\nwas a dreaded place, and nearly every pioneer of Almena\\nwas lost in its mazes at one time or another, until they\\nbegan to find out that to follow the streams up would be", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0547.jp2"}, "548": {"fulltext": "402\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nsure to lead to an opening. After that the dansier of being\\nlost in the swamp frightened no one.\\nOn the north .side of the swamp the first settlement was\\nmade by Nathan Williams and his son-in-law, John Con-\\ndon, who came to Almena in the summer of 1836, and\\nmade a clearing on section 12. In the following year they\\ncrossed the swamp, and making a location on section 4,\\nlived there until 1865, when they, with their families,\\nmoved to Iowa. Condon was equally noted as a farmer,\\nfiddler, hunter, and trapper. He owned an exceedingly\\nwell-trained wolf dog, and the State, county, and town bounty\\naggregating $30 on each wolf-scalp, Condon gathered first\\nand last a bountiful harvest of dollars from that source.\\nNext in order of settlement in the region north of the\\nswamp came Jacob Currier and David Showerman. The\\nlatter had been at work in Gremps saw-mill at Paw Paw\\ntwo years, when, in 1838, he settled on section 7, in Almena,\\non the Allegan road, and there, after a while, opened a tav-\\nern. He died in Almena in 1863.\\nCurrier, who had been engaged in milling, with Morrill\\nand others, in the southern portion of the town, made a\\nsettlement on section 7, and being by trade a machinist,\\nset up a small shop on his place, which fronted the Allegan\\nroad. He died there in 1844. His widow married Wil-\\nliam Markillie, who came to Waverly in 1843, and to Al-\\nmena in 1845, since when he has occupied the old Currier\\nfarm. William H. Stephens, now living on section 4, was\\na bachelor when he made a settlement there, about 1840,\\nand he has lived there ever since.\\nJames Ketchum, who lives on section 9, says that when\\nhe came there, in 1843, with his father Elibu, the settlers\\non the south side of the swamp included Newton Canady,\\nNathan and Joseph Williams, John Condon, Henry Van\\nTassell, Jerome Thrasher, Daniel Frary, and William H.\\nStevens.\\nHenry Campbell, a New Yorker, came to Almena in\\n1838, and worked at the company s saw-mill until 1839,\\nwhen he married a daughter of Willard Newcomb and\\nmade a settlement in Waverly. Leaving there in 1844, he\\nlocated in Almena, upon section 8, where he died in 1872,\\nleaving a widow who still survives him.\\nThomas Clark, from New York, lived in Almena a year\\nbefore locating, in 1847, upon a farm in section 18, where\\nAlvin Crowell had preceded him as a settler. Mr. Clark\\nstill lives on the place, and his sons, James, Robert, and\\nWilliam, are living in the town. Silas Breed, the founder\\nof Breedisville, in 1835, moved from there to Antwerp, and\\nafterwards, in 1851, to section 7, in Almena, having bought\\nthe place of John Crowell, a previous settler thereon. Mr.\\nBreed died in 1878. His widow and her son Silas now\\noccupy the farm.\\nJ. W. Stoughton, who came to Michigan with his father\\nin 1824, became himself a settler in Oakland County in\\n1844, and in 1856 removing to a place in Almena pre-\\nviously occupied by Jo.siah Hopkins, has lived there to the\\npresent day.\\nThe first birth among the settlers in the township was\\nthat of a child of Elder Warner. The same child was also\\nthe first to die in the new settlement, the year of its birth\\nand death being 1836. Isaac Barnum, whose death oc-\\ncurred in 1837, was probably the first adult person who\\ndied in Almena. Interments were made upon the Warner\\nplace until 1840, when the Almena cemetery was laid out.\\nAt that time seven bodies were transferred from other\\nplaces and interred in the public burial-ground. The sec-\\nond child born was a son to Jacob Currier, Dec. 9, 1838.\\nHis name is George S. Currier, and from his birth to the\\npresent day he has been a resident of Almena. The first\\nmarriage was that of Alonzo Cobb, a school-teacher, to a\\ndaughter of Willard Newcomb, Charles M. Morrill, jus-\\ntice of the peace, performing the ceremony.\\nThe jury list of the township in 1842 was as follows:\\nJacob S. Currier, Roswell Cook, Jacob H. Van Antwerp,\\nAmasa Tenney, Willard Newcomb, Benjamin Eager, C.\\nH. Abbott, Nathan Eager, David Showerman, J. H. Rock-\\nwell.\\nThe voters in the town in 1843 numbered 18; in 1844\\nthey were 34; in 1845 there was an increase of 54 in\\n1857 to 137; in 1861 to 144; and in 1874 to 224.\\nEARLY MILLS AND MILL-OWNERS.\\nAs already chronicled, Jonas Barber built a saw-mill on\\nsection 28 in 1835, and after operating it a short time, dis-\\nposed of it to Maj. Edwin Mears, of Paw Paw. In 1836\\nfie sold it to a company composed of Charles M. Morrill,\\nNathaniel Livermore, Jacob Currier, and Thomas Brown\\nwho came there from Lowell, Mass., in the year named.\\nThey pursued the business on a large scale, and did also\\n.something in the way of farming upon adjacent land. The\\ncompany gave up the business after carrying it on a few years,\\nLivermore removing to Paw Paw in 1847, and then re-\\nturning to Massachusetts. Jacob Currier bought a farm\\non section 7, and lived there until his death, in 1844.\\nMorrill farmed afterwards on the Territorial road in Ant-\\nwerp he engaged later in milling in Pine Grove, and re-\\nmoved ultimately to Lawton, where he now lives. Thomas\\nBrown went back to Massachusetts after closing out his\\ninterest in the Almena mill. The mill property passed to\\nthe possession of Daniel 0. Dodge, and was best known as\\nthe Dodge mill. Walter Wise endeavored at a later date to\\nutilize the power in the manufacture of heavy paper, but\\nthe scheme proved unsuccessful. The only saw-mill in the\\ntown now is the one on section 28, known as Brewer s\\nmill.\\nPrior to 1838 the nearest grist-mill was at Kalamazoo,\\nbut in that year Gremps Willard s mill at Paw Paw\\nfurnished more accessible facilities. The first grist-mill\\nerected in Almena was put up in 1859 by S. W. Fisk.\\nThat mill-site was originally owned by Jonas Barber, who\\ncontemplated the erection there of a grist-mill, but recon-\\nsidering his determination sold the property to Stout Co.,\\nof Kalamazoo, from whom Horace Bonfoey purchased it,\\nand put up on it a saw-mill and earding-machine.\\nMAIL SERVICE.\\nThe southern portion of the town was for years supplied\\nwith mail facilities only at Paw Paw, until the creation in\\n1856 of an oiEce called Brewerville, at Brewer s mill, where", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0548.jp2"}, "549": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF ALMENA.\\n403\\nBrewer also opened a store. Lawrence Brewer was ap-\\npointed the first postmaster, and when the office was re-\\nmoved to the neighborhood of Fisk s grist-mill, and the\\nname changed to Almena, Samuel B. Fisk was appointed.\\nHis successors in the office to the present time have been\\nSimeon Brown, Ira Johnson, William R. Cotter, Russell\\nW. Bonfoey, and Hubbard H. Hill.\\nWaverly post-office, now in Almena north of the swamp,\\nwas originally established in Waverly township. Dr. Bab-\\nbitt, who was instrumental in having the office established,\\nwas the first postmaster. Orlando H. Newcomb was Bab-\\nbitt s successor, and upon Newcomb s death, the present\\nincumbent, Hiram Goble, was appointed. In 1874 the\\noffice was removed from Waverly to Almena township.\\nTOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION AND CIVIL LIST.\\nOne of the seven towns created in 1837, when Van\\nBureu was divided, was the town of Clinch, which embraced\\nwhat are now the townships of Waverly, Almena, Bloom-\\ningdale, and Pine Grove. There was considerable discus-\\nsion in reference to the name to be given the original\\ntown, and without coming to any agreement the inhabitants\\nsent their petition to the Legislature with the various pro-\\nposed names attached, and suggested that a choice might\\nbe made from the list. When they learned how the town\\nwas named the impression was that the name of Clinch had\\nbeen given as an intimation to the citizens that instead of\\ndiffering so widely in the matter of christening they ought\\nto have been more harmoniously clinched. It proved, how-\\never, that I. W. Clary, member of the Legislature, had\\nchosen the name in honor of Judge Clinch, of Georgia,\\nwhom he greatly admired. When, in 1842, the town of\\nClinch was divided, F. C. Annable, then in the Legislature,\\npresented the petition for a division, and named both new\\ntowns, the western half Waverly and the eastern half\\nAlmena. At that time Indian names were in favor for new\\ntowns, and Mr. Annable, recollecting something about an\\nIndian princess known as* Almena, bestowed that name upon\\nhis own town. In 1848 the northern half of Almena was\\nset off and organized as a township with the name of Pine\\nGrove.\\nAppended will be found a full list of those who have been\\nelected since 1842 to the offices of supervisor, clerk, treas-\\nurer, and justice of the peace.\\n1842. Supervisor, Charles M. Morrill; Clerk, Junia Warner: Treas-\\nurer, H. Barnum Justice of the Peace, J. S. Currier.\\nISW. Supervisor, Samuel Turner; Clerk, G. H. Brown; Treasurer,\\nJunia Warner; Justice of the Peace, A. Tenney.\\n1844. Supervisor, J. A. Ranney; Clerk, G. H. Brown; Treasurer,\\nF. C. Annable; Justice of the Peace, A. S. Downing.\\n1845. Supervisor, J. A. Ranney; Clerk, G. H. Brown; Treasurer,\\nF. C. Annable Justice of the Peace, Samuel Mills.\\n1846.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, G. H. Brown; Clerk, Samuel Turner; Treasurer,\\nJ. B. Hudson Justice of the Peace, D. Showerman.\\n1847. Supervisor, Henry Barnum Clerk, G. H. Brown Treasurer,\\nJ. B. Hudson Justice of the Peace, Samuel Turner.\\n1848. Supervisor, Ileury Barnum Clerk, 0. J. Heusted Treasurer,\\nFreeman Hall; Justice of the Peace. J. A. Chase.\\n1849.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, J. B. Hudson Clerk, W. F. French: Treasurer,\\nFreeman Hall Justice of the Peace, Samuel Mills.\\n1850.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, F. C. Annable: Clerk, W. F. French; Treasurer,\\nElam Warner; Justice of the Peace, David Showerman.\\n1851.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, F. C. Annable Clerk, W. F. French: Treasurer,\\nF. Hall Justice of the Peace, Amasa Tenney.\\n1852.-\\n1853.-\\n1854.-\\n1855.-\\n1856.-\\n1857.-\\n1858.-\\n1S59.-\\n1860.-\\n1861.-\\n1S62.-\\n186.3.-\\n1864.-\\n1865.-\\n1866.-\\n1867.-\\n1868.-\\n1869.-\\n1870.-\\n1S71.-\\n1872.-\\n1873.-\\n1874.\\n1875,\\n1876,\\n1877\\n1878.\\n1879.-\\nSupervisor, Silas Breed; Clerk, W. F. French; Treasurer,\\nF. Hall; Justice of the Peace, A. S. Downing.\\nSupervisor, J. A. Ranney; Clerk, J. G. Brown; Treasurer,\\nAsa Hoyt; Justice of the Peace, B. F. Stevens.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Supervisor, Silas Breed Clerk, W. F. French Treasurer,\\nAsa Hoyt Justice of the Peace, Josiah Hopkins.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Supervisor, Silas Breed Clerk, W. F. French Treasurer, Asa\\nHoyt Justice of the Peace, A. S. Downing.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Supervisor, Silas Breed Clerk, W. F. French Treasurer, Asa\\nHoyt; Justice of the Peace, N. H. Soule.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Supervisor, Silas Breed; Clerk, Abner Soule; Treasurer, Asa\\nHoyt; Justice of the Peace, D. Showerman.\\n-Supervisor, Silas Bree(i; Clerk, Asa Hoyt; Treasurer, Chaun-\\ncey Palmer Justice of the Peace, Samuel Mills.\\n-Supervisor, Silas Breed Clerk, Asa Hoyt Treasurer, Chaun-\\ncey Palmer; Justice of the Peace, Chauncey Abbott.\\n-Supervisor, Silas Breed; Clerk. E. L. Warner; Treasurer,\\nChauncey Palmer: Justice of the Peace, Asa Crofoot.\\n-Supervisor, C. B. Palmer; Clerk, E. L. Warner: Treasurer,\\nA. Bonfoey Justice of the Peace, A. Herron.\\n-Supervisor, Silas Breed; Clerk, E. L.Warner; Treasurer, C.\\nB. Palmer Justice of the Peace, Jesse Wilson.\\n-Supervisor, Silas Breed; Clerk, E. L. Warner; Treasurer, C.\\nB. Palmer; Justice of the Peace, C. H. Abbott.\\n-Supervisor, Silas Breed; Clerk, E. L. Warner; Treasurer, C.\\nB. Palmer Justice of the Peace, James Stoughton.\\n-Supervisor, Silas Breed Clerk, W. F. French Treasurer, R.\\nW. Bonfoey Justice of the Peace, Charles Dean.\\n-Supervisor, Silas Breed; Clerk, E. D.Whitney; Treasurer,\\nJesse Wilson Justice of the Peace, Allen Watson.\\n-Supervisor, Silas Breed Clerk, E. D. Whitney Treasurer,\\nJesse Wilson Justice of the Peace, C. H. Abbott.\\n-Supervisor, .Silas Breed Clerk, E. D. Whitney Treasurer,\\nJesse Wilson Justice of the Peace, George W. Myers.\\n-Supervisor, Silas Breed Clerk, E. D. Whitney Treasurer,\\nJesse Wilson; Justice of the Peace, C. B. Palmer.\\n-Supervisor, Silas Breed Clerk, I. H. Johnson Treasurer, Jesse\\nWilson Justice of the Peace, Asa Crofoot.\\n-Supervisor, S. W. Fisk Clerk, W. F. French Treasurer, L.\\nA. Brown Justice of the Peace, C. H. Abbott.\\n-Supervisor, S. W. Fisk; Clerk, W. F. French: Treasurer, L.\\nA. Brown Justice of the Peace, C. W. Brown.\\n-Supervisor, W. F. French Clerk, A. D. Stocking; Treasurer,\\nL. A. Brown; Justice of the Peace, W. H. Stevens.\\n-Supervisor, W. F. French Clerk, A. D. Stocking Treasurer,\\nL. A. Brown; Justice of the Peace, A. H. Lockwood.\\nSupervisor, W. F. French; Clerk, A. D. Stocking; Treasurer,\\nP. N. Teed; Justice of the Peace, C. Goodwin.\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u0094Supervisor, J. H. Darling: Clerk, A. D. Stocking; Treasurer,\\nP. N. Teed Justice of the Peace, C. H. Abbott.\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u0094Supervisor, J. H. Darling; Clerk, C. B. Palmer; Treasurer, P.\\nN. Teed; Justice of the Peace, J. D. Abbott.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Supervisor, W. H. Stevens; Clerk, Frank Cure; Treasurer,\\nSamuel Hayden; Justice of the Peace, N. Lillibrldge.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Supervisor, C. B. Palmer Clerk, S. A. Breed Treasurer, P.\\nN. Teed Justice of the Peace, C. Goodwin.\\nCHURCHES IN ALMENA.\\nIn the southern portion of the town Elder Warner used\\nto preach the Methodist doctrine to the pioneers, and north\\nof the swamp the settlers enjoyed the benefits of religion\\nthrough Baptist and Methodist societies organized in Wa-\\nverly shortly after 1840.\\nThe Free- Will Baptist Church of Waverly, although\\norganized in the latter town and still retaining the old\\nname, has its church edifice in Almena, a short distance\\nacross the line, on Covey Hill. The organization was ef-\\nfected in 1843, at the house of Isaac Brown, in Waverly,\\nwith 13 members, whose names were Harvilaud Thayer and\\nwife, Jonah Austin and wife, Isaac Brown and wife, Jephtha\\nWaterman, Lucy Herron, Luciuda Aldrich, Peter Haines", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0549.jp2"}, "550": {"fulltext": "404\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nand wife, Polly Marble, and Elizabeth Brown. Rev. Peter\\nHaines, who organized the church, lived in Cooper, Kala-\\nmazoo Co., and for a year or more came over to preach\\nin Waverly once a month. Services were held in private\\nhouses until 1844, when the Bell school-house being built,\\nthat was occupied as a house of worship. Until 1866,\\nvarious school-houses in Waverly and Almena were u.sed,\\nbut in that year the present church edifice in Almena was\\nerected. The first deacons were Harvilaud Thayer and Isaac\\nBrown. The pastor to succeed Mr. Haines was Rev. W.\\nH. H. Myers, of Bloomingdale, who filled the pastorate\\nabout twelve years. After him came Elders Darling, Stan-\\nford, Whittaker, Keyser, Pre.scott, and Mrs. Annie Barton,\\nthe latter now occupying the pulpit. The church mem-\\nbership is about 75, and that of the Sabbath-school (of\\nwhich Silas A. Breed is superintendent) is 100. The dea-\\ncons of the church are C. M. Brown and David Loveland.\\nThe First Methodist Episcopal Church of Almena was\\norganized in 1853, and attached to the Oshtemo circuit,\\nwith Mattawan, Genesee Prairie, and the Hurd district.\\nThe members of the first class were five in number, Philip\\nTeed and wife, James North and wife, and Ann Smith.\\nPhilip Teed, who was chosen class-leader at the outset, has\\nserved in that capacity uninterruptedly until the present\\ntime. Among the early pastors were Revs. Wilson, Wil-\\nliams (under whose ministry many members were added\\nto the church), Watson, Beach, Hendrickson, Haviland,\\nand Hoag.\\nThe Almena school-house was used as a place of worship\\nuntil 1869, when the church now in use was occupied. It\\nwas dedicated in December of that year, the dedication\\nsermon being preached by Dr. Joslyn, of Grand Rapids.\\nThe church is now in the Mattawan circuit, and has a\\nmembership of 14. The pastor is Rev. S. C. Woodman,\\nand the trustees P. N. Teed, Hubbard Hill, and Abel\\nBurns.\\nThe Free- Will Baptist Church of Almena was organized\\nin May, 1877, at the Methodist Episcopal church, with a\\nmembership of 40. The deacons then appointed were G.\\nW. Failing and Martin Erkenbeck, who still serve. Elder\\nDarling, who organized the church, was the first pastor.\\nElder Roberts preaches now once in two weeks in a public\\nhall at Almena Mills. The church has now a membership\\nof 30, and the Sunday-school an attendance of 50.\\nSCHOOLS.\\nThe first school taught in the town was held in the War-\\nner settlement in a log cabin. The first teacher was Eliz-\\nabeth Merry, a sister of the wife of Elder Junia Warner,\\nand after her the teachers were Miss Myers and a Mrs.\\nPalmer. East of that a log school-house was put up near\\nwhere the grist-mill stands, and in that a Mr. Hurd, first,\\nand then F. C. Annable taught a subscription school.\\nStatistics of the public schools of Almena are given\\nbelow, as found in the school report of 1879, viz. Num-\\nber of children of school age, 303 average attendance,\\n262; value of school property, $3110; amount paid for\\nteachers wages, $849. List of school directors at date of\\nreport: District No. 2, G. W. Failing; No. 3 (fractional),\\nG. W. Van Dorn No. 4, D. C. Lockmau No. 5, C. B.\\nPalmer; No. 7, W. Roland; No 8 (fractional), P. Cure;\\nNo. 9 (fractional), G. R. Palmer; No. 10, George Lemon.\\nALMENA AND PAW PAW TELEORAPH COMPANY.\\nThis company was organized in 1876, by Edward Anna-\\nble and others, and duly incorporated under the laws of\\nthe State, for tlie pui-pose of providing telegraphic commu-\\nnication between Almena and Paw Paw, as well as to afford\\nsimilar conveniences to persons living on the route.\\nThe company has now seven miles of wire in operation,\\nand is doing excellent service, not only in the way of\\nconvenience of communication, but in the matter of fur-\\nnishing practical experience in telegraphy to each of its\\npatrons, all of whom have the privilege of direct communi-\\ncation from their homes with any point on the line. Ed-\\nward Annable, chosen the first president, still serves in that\\ncapacity.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nEDWARD P. MILLS.\\nPhilo Mills, the grandfather of the above-named gentle-\\nman, was born in Connecticut, about 1770, and not long\\nafter 1800 removed to Livingston Co., N. Y. He had a\\nfamily of fourteen children, of whom Samuel Mills, the\\nfather of Edward, was the oldest, his birth occurring in\\n1803 in Connecticut. He was, like his father, a farmer by\\noccupation. In 1843, Samuel Mills settled in Almena town-\\nship. Van Buren Co., Mich., on the farm now owned by\\nhis son, E. P. Mills. He was a very ambitious, enterprising\\ncitizen, and did his duty as a pioneer, and no doubt his\\nstruggles incident to the improvement of a large farm,\\nhastened his death. He was the father of nine children,\\nwho are all living but one, and six of whom came to Michi-\\ngan with him. They were named as follows\\nHenry, the oldest, is now in the mercantile business at\\nHowell, Livingston Co., Mich., where he married the eldest\\ndaughter of William McPherson, an old settler and promi-\\nnent citizen of the place.\\nLyman, who married a daughter of William Sprague, of\\nOshtemo, Kalamazoo Co., is now living the greater portion\\nof the time in Howell. His wife is deceased, and his\\ndaughter is the wife of Mr. Badger, of the Burdick\\nHouse at Kalamazoo.\\nJulia, married to Owen P. Morton, of Texas township,\\nKalamazoo Co., where she resides with her husband.\\nEdward P., is now living in Almena.\\nLucius W., a teacher by profession, a graduate of the\\nnormal school at Ypsilanti, taught three years in the upper\\npeninsula of Michigan, and in 1879 at Plainwell, Allegan\\nCo. Married Laura, daughter of Dr. Kinney, of Ypsilanti,\\nand is now teaching at Lawrence, Van Buren Co.\\nMary E. died in infancy.\\nHarriet E. married Dr. J. P. Stoddard, of Albion, Cal-\\nhoun Co., his father being also a physician, and recently re-\\nmoved from Albion to Muskegon, Mich.\\nEugene W. married Nellie Hubbard, of Paw Paw, Van\\nBuren Co., and is now carrying on a farm in California.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0550.jp2"}, "551": {"fulltext": "f E^lDEf^cFOF ASA CROFOOT Almena Mchigau\\n^^J^ fitir\\nfl\u00c2\u00a3S/D\u00c2\u00a3iNCE OF EDIA ARO P MILLS, AlmenaTp, \\\\/anBurenCo,Mich.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0551.jp2"}, "552": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0552.jp2"}, "553": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF ALMENA.\\n405\\nFrances A. taught ia various high schools at Albion\\nand elsewhere, and was iiiariied to F. A. Wheelock, a dry-\\ngoods merchant of that place.\\nThese children were all teachers, except Eugene, and\\nwere engaged in numerous district and public schools.\\nMaria Warner, the wife of Samuel Mills, was also a native\\nof Connecticut, and the daughter of David Warner. She\\nwas one of a large family of children, and when very young-\\nremoved with her parents to Livingston Co., N. Y., where\\nshe was married to Mr. Mills. Samuel Mills died in 1860,\\non the farm now owned by his son, where by industry\\nand economy he acquired a competency, and was respected\\nby all who knew him. His widow is living with their\\nyoungest daughter, Frances, at Albion, Mich.\\nAfter the death of his father Edward P. Mills purchased\\nthe interest of the other heirs, and owns and occupies the\\nold homestead. Aside from his attendance at the district\\nschools, he spent about a year at school in Paw Paw. His\\nlife as a teacher lasted through six terms of district school.\\nAt the age of twenty-two, until which time he had re-\\nmained on his father s farm, he took a farm on shares,\\nworking upon it summers and teaching school in winters.\\nHe was born Aug. 11, 1834, in Livingston Co., N. Y.,\\nand was therefore but a youth when he came to Michigan.\\nJuly 3, 1859, he was married to Miss Phoebe A. Winslow,\\ndaughter of Samuel and Eunice Winslow, of Antwerp, Van\\nBuren Co., Mich. Until 1867 he lived in different parts\\nof the county, but in the latter year purchased the old farm\\nof his father, and has since resided upon it. Mr. Mills\\nand his wife are both members of the Presbyterian Church\\nat Paw Paw. Politically, Mr. Mills is a Republican, and\\nhas held several offices of trust and responsibility in town,\\ncounty, and in the church. Whenever improvements have\\nbeen discussed in his township or county, Mr. Mills has\\nbeen among the foremo.st to proffer aid and to urge on tlie\\nwork to completion. As a man and a citizen he stands very\\nhigh in the estimation of all who know him. He is, with-\\nout ostentation, a true gentleman, and his wife is a most\\nestimable lady, and with such attributes as they possess the\\nhome of Mr. and Mrs. Mills cannot fail to be a happy one,\\nalthough no children have added their sunshine to it. The\\nstranger at their door feels a genial presence, and adds his\\ntestimony to that of others as to the excellence of this\\nworthy couple. May the hand of Time rest lightly upon,\\nand Providence continue to give them prosperity.\\nASA CROFOOT.\\nMr. Crofoot s ancestors were from Massachusetts. His\\nfather, Joseph Crofoot, was a native of that State, and a\\nfarmer by occupation the latter s wife was also born in the\\nOld Bay State. This couple moved to Cayuga Co., N. Y.,\\nand lived in the township of Aurelius, near the city of\\nAuburn, where they both died, the husband about 1870-71,\\nand the wife some years previous.\\nAsa Crofoot was born in the township named on the 8th\\nof June, 1814. His parents means were limited, and the\\nboy earned most of the money to pay for his schooling.\\nattending the district schools of the day. When nine or\\nten years old he left home and went to Ontario Co., N. Y.,\\nwhere be lived about four years with an uncle near Can-\\nandaigua. Returning to Aurelius, he found employment\\nat farming, and continued until his removal West. On the\\n3d of March, 1836, he left Auburn and started for Michi-\\ngan, arriving in what is now Almena township. Van Buren\\nCo., about the middle of the month. The trip was made\\nwith a horse and cutter through Canada. He had placed\\na saddle in the sleigh before starting, to be used in case\\nthe sleighing was not good, but did not find it necessary to\\ntake it out, as the snow was unusually deep for the season.\\nThat winter is recollected as having been especially severe,\\nand the snow remained on the ground until quite late in\\nthe spring. Mr. Crofoot purchased two eighty-acre lots\\nfrom the government, the deed being signed by President\\nVan Buren. His means were then exhausted, and he\\nat once sought for employment. Proceeding to School-\\ncraft, Kalamazoo Co., he found an old friend in the person\\nof Ira Lyon, uncle of Lucius Lyon, the surveyor. He\\nhired out to him, and continued in his employ about nine\\nyears, in the meanwhile hiring some clearing and breaking\\ndone on his farm in Almena. Dec. 8, 1814, he married\\nIra Lyon s daughter, Charlotte Augusta, and early in\\nMarch, 1845, located with his wife on the farm,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the same\\nhe now occupies, moving into the frame house which had\\nbeen erected by his orders. When Mr. Crofoot first came\\nto the township, in 1836, it contained but two or three\\nsettlers, and the Indians many times outnumbered the\\nwhite inhabitants. Mrs. Crofoot gave birth to a daughter\\nCharlotte A. Crofoot on the 14th of April, 1847, and\\non the same day her soul went to join the innumerable\\nthrong waiting the judgment day. The daughter was\\nmarried, April 22, 1865, to Henry French, of Almena town-\\nship, and is now living in Montcalm Co., Mich. On the\\n26th of January, 1856, Mr. Crofoot was married to Eleanor\\nErkenbeck, daughter of Jacob and Helen Erkenbeck, of\\nAlmena township. She was born in Johnstown, Mont-\\ngomery Co., N. Y., Nov. 17, 1829, and came with her\\nparents to Almena in the fall of 1846, settling on the farm\\nwhere her widowed mother now resides, her father having\\ndied Nov. 8, 1877. Mr. and Mrs. Crofoot are the parents\\nof the following children, viz. Euphemia, Frank, Fred\\n(who died at the age of three), Eva M., Asa E., all of\\nwhom are living at home. Mr. Crofoot has increased his\\nhome-farm to two hundred and twenty-five acres, and is the\\nowner of several others. He belongs to no religious or-\\nganization his wife is a member of the Dunkard Church.\\nMr. Crofoot was a Democrat until, as he says, the scales\\nfell from his eyes, under the administration of President\\nBuchanan, since which time he has been a Republican.\\nAlthough not an active worker in the political field, he has\\nheld a few township offices, and was commissioner of\\nhighways for twenty-one years. He was one of the early\\nmembers of the grange, and has long been a director in\\nboth the County Agricultural Society and the Van Buren\\nCounty Mutual Fire Insurance Company. After working\\nfor others at stipulated wages for twenty years, he has\\namassed a comfortable amount of this world s goods, and\\nundoubtedly enjoys their possession.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0553.jp2"}, "554": {"fulltext": "406\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nJACOB ERKENBECK.\\nMRS. JACOB ERKENBECK.\\nJACOB ERKENBECK.\\nThis gentleman s life has been comparatively uneventful,\\nso far as concerns the public, or society in general, and yet\\nhe has taken his full share of life s burdens and duties, and\\nperformed them faithfully, although unostentatiously. As\\none of the early settlers of this portion of Van Buren County,\\nhe is entitled to honorable mention. He was a native of\\nthe State of New York, and was born March 18, 1801.\\nDec. 19, 1824, he was married to Helen Cole, who sur-\\nvives him. Mr. and Mrs. Erkenbeck were the parents of\\neight children, as follows: Cornelius, born Oct. 18, 1825;\\nMaria, born June 25, 1827, died Aug. 22, 1866; Eleanor,\\nborn Nov. 17, 1829 Catharine, born Nov. 25, 1831 Wil-\\nliam, born Feb. 10, 1834 Nicholas, born Feb. 25, 1836,\\ndied May 23, 1866; Martin, born Sept. 14, 1838; John,\\nborn June 1, 1845.\\nIn the fall of 1846, Mr. Erkenbeck removed to Michi-\\ngan witli his family, and settled on the farm now occupied\\nby his widow. He purchased eighty acres of land, and\\npaid for it by trading off his team and wagon. It was very\\nmuch of a struggle for him to take care of his family, but\\nhe finally triumphed over hardships and difficulties, and at\\nhis death, which occurred Nov. 8, 1877, he left them in\\ngood circumstances. His occupation was that of a farmer,\\nand in it he was ultimately successful. Both he and his\\nwife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nALONZO W. STEVENS.\\nSilas Stevens, the great-grandfather of Alonzo, was a\\nsoldier in the war of the Revolution, and the worn old pow-\\nder-horn which he carried is now in the possession of Jared\\nA. Stevens, of Florence, Ala. He was born May 20, 1755,\\nin Southwick, Mass., and married Lucy Simons, who was\\nborn Aug. 30, 1752; moved to Herkimer Co., N. Y.,\\n1796. Their children were seven in number, three sons\\nand four daughters. Their son, Jared Stevens (grandfather\\nof Alonzo W. Stevens), was born May 3, 1782, and mar-\\nried Mary Brown, who was born Jan. 10, 1785. They\\nbecame the parents of eight children, five sons and three\\ndaughters.\\nAlvah T. Stevens, the father of Alonzo, was the oldest\\nin the family of Jared and Mary Stevens, and was born\\nNov. 16, 1806. On the 21st of June, 1832, he was mar-\\nried to Lucy Hubbard, and by her was the father of six\\nchildren, four sons and two daughters. His wife died in\\n1852, and he afterwards married Mrs. Laura Love, a widow\\nresiding in Cass Co., Mich. By her he had four children,\\ntwo sons and two daughters. Of the ten children, all are\\nliving but two. One son, George E. Stevens, who was a\\nmember of the 6th Michigan Volunteer Infantry, died at\\nNew Orleans during the war of the Rebellion. Almeda,\\nthe oldest daughter, and wife of G. W. Lewis, of Allegan\\nCounty, died in the fall of 1879. Another .son, Jared A.\\nStevens, was a member of the 25th Michigan Infantry, and\\nis now residing, with his family, near Florence, Ala. Mr.\\nStevens was a native of Herkimer Co., N. Y., in which his\\nfather owned a farm. When the son was small the family\\nremoved to Jefferson Co., N. Y.,and settled in the town of\\nEllisburg, near the village of Belleville, where the young\\nman assisted on his father s fi\u00c2\u00bbrm as soon as his age and\\nstrength would permit. Miss Hubbard, to whom he was\\nmarried at Belleville, was the daughter of an early settler\\nin the vicinity. In the summer of 1837, Alvah T. Stevens\\nleft the old home in New York and proceeded to Michigan\\nvia the Erie Canal and the great lakes, and finally arrived\\nat St. Joseph. He had traded his farm in New York for\\ntwo hundred and forty acres in Van Buren Co., Mich., lying\\npartly in Alniena township and partly in Antwerp. He at\\nfirst located, however, south of Mattawan, in the township", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0554.jp2"}, "555": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0555.jp2"}, "556": {"fulltext": "MRS. CHARLES U. CROSS.\\nMR. CHARLES U. CROSS.\\nCHARLES U. CROSS.\\nUriah Cross, the great-grandfather of Charles U. Gross,\\nthe subject of this sketch, was a native of Covington, Conn.,\\nand was born about the year 1774. His ancestors were Eng-\\nlish on the father s and of Scotch on the mother s side. He\\nhad ten children, Monlton, Calvin, Abrara, William, Lucy,\\nElecta, Anna, Rebecca, Orrill,and VYesHhy. He participated\\nin the Revolutionary war as an orderly sergeant, in the regi-\\nment commanded by Ethan Allen was present at the capture\\nof Fort Ticonderoga, and was in active service till near the\\nclose of the war, when he was severely wounded. He re-\\nmoved to Bennington, Vt where several of his children were\\nborn. From thence he removed to East Hamilton, Madison\\nCo., N. Y., about the year 1790. He afterwards removed to\\nGeorgetown, N. Y.\\nCalvin Cro.ss was born in Bennington, Vt., in 1762, and\\ncame with his father s family to New York. He married\\nPolly Osmer, and had ten children, Ashbel, Lydia, Mary,\\nAmbrose, Orrin, Amanda, Edmund, Charles U., Calvin,\\nand Fanny.\\nCharles U. Cross was born in Georgetown, Madison Co.,\\nDec. 25, 1814. When about three years of age he was adopted\\nby his uncle, Samuel Payne, a wealthy farmer of Hamilton.\\nHe received a thorough mathematical and classical education\\nat Hamilton Academy. His life while at his uncle s was that\\nof a student, athletic in mind as well as in person, but was not\\nmarked by striking events. As the intended heir of his cliild-\\nless unci he looked forward to a career in which earning\\nhis own livelihood did not appear as one of the factors. In a\\nspirit of adventure he came to Michigan in the .summer of\\n1834, in company with J. li. Monroe, and located in his\\nuncle s name what is now a part of the village of Bangor.\\nSoon after his uncle died intestate, and left Mr. Cross to\\ndepend entirely upon his forest tract of Michigan land and\\nhis own resources. In the spring and summer of 1835 Messrs.\\nCross and Monroe opened a road from Paw Paw to South\\nHaven. In the winter of 183-5-36 he taught school on Big\\nPrairie Ronde. He was married to Mary S. West at Hamil-\\nton, N Y., Sept. 6, 1836. Mrs. Cross was the daughter of\\nOrrin and Mary (Hubbard) West, who were born respectively\\nin 1789 and 1791, and were married March 26, 1816. They\\nhad four children, Evelyn; Mary S., born Feb. 6, 1818;\\nSarah M. and Abijah H.\\nMary S. resided with her parents until she came West with\\nher husband immediately after their marriage. They made\\ntheir home with John Inslie on Big Prairie Ronde until\\ntheir log cabin was completed at Bangor, into which they\\nmoved March 8, 1837, becoming the first family that settled\\nin what is now Bangor township. Then commenced that\\nhard struggle for existence, which was the lot of all or nearly\\nall of the early settlers and the family of Mr. Cross prob-\\nably were not exceptions to the general rule. Although the\\neducation of Mr. Cross had apparently unfitted him to endure\\nthe privations of a pioneer life, yet the frequent calls for his\\nservices as a surveyor and counselor gave him more lucrative\\nemployment than was found by some of his more muscular\\nneighbors.\\nMrs. Cross was well qualified for the wife of a pioneer,\\nbeing of a genial and fearless disposition. And the white\\nsquaw, as the Indians called her, had much need of her\\ncourage when, alono by the fireside at night, the sound of the\\nwind moaning and sobbing among the tall pines was only\\nvaried by the long drawling howl of the wolf They had\\nseven children, viz. Samuel P., born April 14, 1838; Orrin\\nW., Feb. 21, 1841; Sarah M., Jan. 0, 1843; Herberts.,\\nApril 1, 1845; John S., May 4, 1849; Charles U., Jr., Dec.\\n25, 1853 and Albert C, Nov. 1, 1855. Of these but four are\\nnow living, Samuel P., Sarah M., John S., and Albert C.\\nHerbert S. was killed by a railroad accident at Lawton, Sept.\\n21, 1863 Charles U., Jr., died when an infant; Orrin W.\\nserved with distinction through the war, was promoted to\\nlieutenant, and died within a few days after reaching home\\nafter his discharge, in September, 1865.\\nIn 1846, Mr Cross, in company with his brother, Calvin\\nCross, erected a saw-mill on the site now occupied by J. H.\\nNyman. This was conveyed wholly to Calvin Cross in the\\nspring of 1850. July 11, 1867, he platted Cross addition\\nto the village of Bangor, and watched with pride and pleasure\\nthe rapid growth of the village. He was largely instrumental\\nin securing the location of the railroad to this point, and\\ngave liberally of his means towards this enterprise, as well\\nas to induce the Bangor Furnace Company to establish their\\nworks at Bangor.\\nHe lived only to see the dawn of that prosperity which he\\nhad so materially assisted to promote, and which has been so\\nabundantly sustained since his death. He died where he had\\nfought the battle of life. May 9, 1872, on the same spot where\\nthirty-five years before his log cabin was built. His wife\\nsurvived him two vears, and died at the old homestead, Nov.\\n17, 1874.\\nCharles U. Cross was a man of extended influence and the\\nstrictest integrity; one who will long bo remembered by the\\npeople of Van Buren County for his genial manner and wise\\ncounsels, hi.s sterling honest} and his munificent jiatriotism.\\nRequiescat in pace.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0556.jp2"}, "557": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OP BANGOR.\\n407\\nof Antwerp, where he had purchased forty acres, and lived\\non that and on a rented farm in Texas township, Kalamazoo\\nCo., for twelve or thirteen years. The farm for which he\\nhad traded his New York homestead was in a state of na-\\nture when he moved upon it, no improvements of any kind\\nhaving been made. A board shanty was erected and occu-\\npied by the family, and subsequently an unfinished frame\\nwas purchased, moved to the place, and completed. This\\nwas used for some time. Another house was bought and\\nmoved on, and occupied until three or four years before\\nMr. Stevens death, when he erected a fine frame residence.\\nHe was always a farmer was a Whig, and afterwards a\\nRepublican in politics. He held several township ofiSces,\\nalthough he was never an active politician. His death oc-\\ncurred Aug. 12, 186.5, in Antwerp township. Van Buren\\nCo., Mich. His brother, Horace Stevens, who came with\\nhim from New York, stayed but five or six years, living with\\nhim part of the time, and finally returned to New York, in\\nwhich State he now resides.\\nAlonzo W. Stevens, the oldest of his father s children,\\nwas born near Belleville, Jefferson Co., N. Y., Aug. 18,\\n1833, and was consequently but four years of age when he\\ncame with his father to Michigan. Until he was twenty-\\nsix years old he remained with his father on the home-farm.\\nFinally, in company with his father, he purchased the place\\nhe now occupies, on section 25, Almena township, on which\\nno improvements had been made. They cleared forty acres\\ntogether, and the balance of the one hundred and sixty was\\ncleared by Alonzo himself. He has since sold twenty acres,\\nthe farm now containing one hundred and forty. For a\\nyear after buying this place he boarded with his father.\\nHe was married, Feb. 25, 1860, to Miss Hortense Phillips,\\nand soon after occupied the farm, living for several years in\\na board shanty. Mrs. Stevens traces her ancestry back to\\nthe Pilgrim Fathers of Plymouth, Mass., but is herself a\\nnative of the township of Freedom, Wood Co., Ohio,\\nwhere she was born Feb. 24, 1840. Her mother was a\\ndaughter of Joseph Fuller, who had come to Wood County,\\nwith his family, in 1835. Mrs. Fuller s parents were from\\nBristol Co., Mass. Jacob Phillips, the father of Mrs.\\nStevens, was also an early settler of Wood Co., Ohio.\\nHis father was a native of Germany.\\nMr. Stevens is a Republican in politics, but is not an\\nactive politician. He has held a few of the minor offices\\nin his town. He is a member of the Masonic order, and\\nis prominent in connection with the township grange, to\\nwhich latter Mrs. Stevens also belongs. She is an Episco-\\npalian in religion, and evinces taste in literary matters, hav-\\ning furnished numerous articles for publication. Mr. and\\nMrs. Stevens are the parents of two children, sons, who\\nboth died in infancy. Had they lived they would now\\nbe, respectively, fifteen and ten years of age.\\nCHAPTER LIV.\\nBANGOK TO WISrSHIP.*\\nBoundaries, Soil, and Streams First and Early Settlements and Set-\\ntlers Resident Tax-Payers in 1856 Civil History Village of\\nBangor Incorporation and Village Officers Hotels Manufactu-\\nring Enterprises Bank Societies and Orders Religious Societies\\nPublic Schools.\\nBOUNDARIES, SOIL, AND STREAMS.\\nThe township of Bangor is one of the interior divisions\\nof Van Buren County, and situated northwest of its geo-\\ngraphical centre. In the United States survey it was des-\\nignated as township No. 2 south, of range No. 16 west.\\nAdjoining township organizations are Geneva on the\\nnorth, Arlington on the east, Hartford on the south, and\\nCovert on the west and being but a few miles distant from\\nLake Michigan, it enjoys many commercial advantages\\nfrom its location.\\nIt is well watered, the most important stream being the\\nBlack River, which in its flow towards Lake Michigan\\ncrosses the northeast corner, and at the village of Bangor\\naffords good water-power privileges, which have been util-\\nized for many years. Smaller streams tributary to it flow\\nthrough the centre and northwest portions, and numbers of\\nsmall lakes also dot its surface.\\nVan Auken Lake, embracing portions of sections 28, 32,\\nand 33, is the largest of these. In the centre of the town-\\nship is School Section Lake, and north of it Pleasant Lake,\\nwhile Duck Lake is located on section 26, and southeast of\\nit a number of smaller lakes. A portion of Rush Lake\\nlies in the southwest corner of Bangor, and Mud Lake, a\\nbody of water insignificant in size and of little importance,\\nlies on sections 26 and 27. The soil of the township varies\\nin different localities. There is to be found in some places\\na gravelly loam, in others an admixture of sand, but the\\nprevailing soil is a heavy clay loam. This enables Bangor\\nto produce excellent crops of corn and wheat, and places it\\nin the front rank among the townships of the county in its\\nagricultural products.\\nThe census of 1874 gives 992 acres of wheat and 944\\nof corn, which produced 13,237 bushels of the former and\\n37,957 bushels of the latter grain.\\nThe surface of Bangor is gently undulating, presenting\\nfew sudden or abrupt declivities, and smooth and easily-\\ntilled land prevails. This was originally covered with a\\nheavy growth of timber, embracing beech, maple, whitewood,\\nwalnut, elm, pine, and hemlock. Good timber still abounds,\\nbut the clearing of the lands of the township has materi-\\nally depleted the forests.\\nFIRST AND EARLY SETTLEMENTS AND SETTLERS.\\nIn the year 1837 the newly-organized township of\\nSouth Haven, which then embraced the present township\\nof Bangor, boasted but a sparse number of inhabitants, and\\nthey, with two or three exceptions, were all living near the\\npresent village of Breedsville. (See history of Columbia\\ntownship.)\\nCharles U. Cross, the first settler in this township, and\\nthe founder of the present village of Bangor, was then the\\nBy E. 0. Wagner.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0557.jp2"}, "558": {"fulltext": "408\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nsole representative in surveyed township No. 2 south, of\\nrange No. 16 west. He first settled upon the east half of\\nthe northeast quarter of section 12, and soon after erected\\nthereon a habitation for himself and family. Although\\nseparated from his Breedsville neighbors by several miles of\\ntimbered lands, he found constant society in the presence\\nof land lookers, who daily claimed his hospitality. He\\ndevoted himself with much vigor to the development of the\\nresources of the country, did much toward the growth of\\nthe village, and remained one of its residents until his\\ndeath in 1872.\\nThe settlement of Mr. Cross occurred in March, 1837,\\nand in June, 1837, came John Smith, from Orange Co.,\\nN. Y., who located upon section 11. He had been appren-\\nticed in early boyhood, and finding the confinement irksome\\nhad taken unceremonious leave of his employer and departed\\nfor a seafaring life. Following this pursuit for many years,\\nand visiting almost every port on the face of the earth, he\\ndetermined to devote his declining years to the rough ex-\\nperiences of a pioneer life. While clearing his land Mr.\\nCross opened the door of his cheerful but not very elegant\\nhome to him, and he remained there until the completion\\nof his own house, when, with his wife and son, who had\\nmeanwhile arrived, he removed to it.\\nThe next pioneer to the wilds of Bangor was John\\nSouthard, who came from Cayuga Co., N. Y., in Novem-\\nber, 1837, and entered 480 acres on section 25, and imme-\\ndiately began the erection of a cabin, which was constructed\\nin a very simple manner, troughs forming the roof of the\\nbuilding. After doing some labor in the way of clearing,\\nMr. Southard returned to the East and the following spring\\nbrought his family to their Western home. His presence\\nduring the winteY enabled them at once to locate comforta-\\nbly in quarters of their own, with no delays to inconvenience\\nthem. Mr, Southard s attention was at first devoted to\\nclearing a spot on which to raise supplies for the subsist-\\nence of his family. During the interval he repaired to\\nLittle Prairie Ronde, a journey of thirty miles, for supplies,\\nand to Kalamazoo for milling purposes, there being no grist-\\nmill at a nearer point at that early day. The following\\nsummer a mill was built at Paw Paw, which materially\\nlessened the distance. The year after Mr. Southard s ar-\\nrival, 1838, the first school district was organized, and em-\\nbraced nine square miles of territory. In that area were\\nbut three families and four children, the youngest, Samuel\\nP. Cross, but an infant. A school was not opened, however,\\nuntil 1845, under the teaching of Miss Mehitable North-\\nrop. It will be readily determined that the lady was quite\\nbeyond any sordid motives in the pursuit of her profession\\nwhen it is stated that for her weekly labor she received the\\nmunificent sum of 8.s., with the privilege of enjoying the\\nhospitality of her patrons in turn. On the authority of Mr.\\nO. M. Southard, who resides on the land entered by his\\nfather, John Southard, it may be stated that a school-house\\nwas built as early as 1840, in the southeast portion of the\\ntownship. The earliest teacher was Miss Delia Rice, who\\nenjoyed the hospitality of Mansel M. Briggs while in\\ncharge of the scliool.\\nAmong the scholars were four children from the family\\nof John Southard and two from the family of Caleb Nor-\\nthrop. The building was constructed entirely of logs, with\\nplanks resting upon stakes for seats, and a writing-desk\\ncomposed of a plank smoothed on one side. Since that\\ntime the educational interests of Bangor have steadily pro-\\ngressed. It now embraces five whole and four fractional\\ndistricts, over whom preside, as directors, James A. Wil-\\nliams, C. C. Phillips, Chapin Reynolds, D. Chidester, Wil-\\nliam S. Charles, John Watkins, Benjamin Heist, 0. G.\\nReynolds, Polk A. Wood. The number of children re-\\nceiving instruction is 644, over whom are placed 7 male\\nand 15 female teachers, whose aggregate salaries amount to\\n$3028.00. The total educational resources of the town-\\nship amount to $3488.83, $342.38 of which is derived\\nfrom the primary-school fund. The value of school prop-\\nerty is $11,300.\\nCaleb Northrop came the latter part of the year 1837,\\nwith his two sons, from Cayuga County, and entered 160\\nacres on section 36. Leaving his family in Lawrence,\\nat the house of J. R. Monroe, he began the erection of a\\ncabin for their occupation, to which they repaired on its\\ncompletion. He then devoted himself to improving his\\nland, and made much progress in his pioneer labor. On\\nthis farm he resided until his death, and by his industry\\nand good judgment established a reputation as a successful\\nfarmer. The sons of Mr. Northrop manifested a keen in-\\nterest in public affairs connected with the township, and\\nheld many offices of trust. One of them still resides in\\nBangor.\\nMansel M. Briggs came as a pioneer to the State in 1836,\\nand selected Bangor as a home in 1838. He first resided\\nupon the farm of John Southard, taking a contract to clear\\na tract of land for him, and meanwhile erecting a small\\nhouse, which he covered with bark, for the occupation of\\nhis family. On the completion of his contract he removed\\nto section 24, where he purchased a farm and erected upon\\nit a comfortable log house. In 1854 he changed his loca-\\ntion and removed to his present house, where he has since\\nresided.\\nAt the time of Mr. Briggs settlement, and for many\\nyears after, Indians comprised a large proportion of the\\npopulation of the township. Their constant intercourse\\nwith the whites aided much in civilizing them, so that ulti-\\nmately but a trace of their former aboriginal life was per-\\nceptible, and some of them became possessors of comfortable\\nhomes.\\nDaniel Taylor came from Monroe Co., N. Y., in the latter\\npart of 1837, and entered 160 acres on section 14. His\\nson Charles had the year previous entered half a section,\\nand retained 120 acres for himself, disposing of the re-\\nmainder.\\nAnother son, William M., had located in Arlington, and\\nwith him Mr. Taylor and his sou Charles remained while\\nbuilding a house on their land. Mr. Taylor brought with\\nhim a horse and a yoke of oxen, and with these aids he\\nspeedily cleared five acres. He was obliged to go to School-\\ncraft, a distance of thirty-six miles, for grain, and then to\\nKalamazoo to get it ground.\\nMr. Taylor built his log house. entirely alone, no neigh-\\nborly assistance being at hand. He walked daily to Breeds-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0558.jp2"}, "559": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0559.jp2"}, "560": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0560.jp2"}, "561": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF BANGOR.\\n409\\nville, a distance of seven miles, performed a day s labor, and\\nreturned at night. Of such sturdy material were the pio-\\nneers of Bangor made. To him may be accredited the\\nraising of the first orchard, the seed for which was brought\\nin his pocket from New York State. Perrin M. Northrop\\nwas also another settler prior to 1838, and located 140\\nacres upon section 36. He was a prominent pioneer.\\nThere seem to have been no other settlers locating here\\nduring the years 1838-39, as is shown by the following\\ncopy of the assessment- roll of South Haven, made Nov. 13,\\n1839, and which includes the names of all designated as\\nresident tax-payers in township 2 south, of range 16 west,\\nviz.\\nNames. Section. Acres. Tax Paid.\\nCharles U. Cross 12 80 \u00c2\u00a51.35\\nDaniel Tavlor 14 160 3.59\\nCharles A. Taylor 14 IfiO 3.20\\nJohn Smith 11 ill 65\\nJohn Southard 26 467 10.02\\nP.M. Northrop 36 141 2.83\\nCaleb Northrop 36 40 78\\nMansel M. Briggs, personal estate 20\\nCaleb Northrop was assessed for real estate only. Mansel\\nM. Briggs for personal estate only. All others were taxed\\nfor both real and personal estate.\\nThomas Kemp was one of the Cayuga County pioneers\\nwho came early. He entered 80 acres on section 34, and\\ndevoted his time for three years to the manufacture of\\nmaple-sugar, for which there was at that time a consider-\\nable demand. For this purpose he erected two shanties,\\nand with the proceeds of this labor he was enabled to pay\\nfor his land. Returning to the East, he remained two years,\\nand then became a permanent settler upon his purchase.\\nHe found much labor necessary in the preparation of his\\nland for future crops, and was subjected to many depriva-\\ntions. A journey to the nearest mill required a week, and\\nmany expedients were resorted to during the interval when\\nbad roads or other obstacles made it necessary to postpone\\nthe journey. For many days the settlers lived on green\\ncorn grated and made into cakes, and regarded them as\\nvery palatable. It was not only impracticable but impos-\\nsible to keep horses, as there was no fodder for them. Wil-\\nliam E. Kemp, brother of Thomas, came four years later\\nand located upon 80 acres, which he purchased of his\\nbrother, on section 27, upon which he still resides. This\\nland he improved and converted into a fine farm, though\\nin a very primitive condition when he first secured it. Wild\\nanimals were abundant, and deer would frequently be seen\\nfeeding with the cattle within a short distance of the door.\\nMason Wood emigrated from Jefferson County in 1838,\\nand for a while followed the occupation of a peddler. He\\nfinally settled upon section 8, where he entered 240 acres\\nof land and became the first settler in the northwest por-\\ntion of the township. He immediately erected a log house,\\nat the raising of which all the residents of the township\\nwere congregated. Mr. Wood was a man of much intelli-\\ngence. He served acceptably as justice of the peace, and\\nin his business transactions displayed a characteristic energy.\\nHe left to his sons, Polk, and Dallas Wood, a highly-im-\\nproved farm, upon which they still reside.\\nOther settlers of 1840 were S. W. Bancroft, on section\\n35, Orlando S. Brown, on section 14, and William Jones,\\non section 24.\\n52\\nThe 22 tax-paying residents in 1845 were Thomas Kemp,\\nsection 34 William E. Kemp, .section 27 S. W. Bancroft,\\nsection 35 H. Potter, section 35 J. L. Northrop, section\\n36 P. M. Northrop, section 36 Mansel M. Briggs, sec-\\ntion 36 J. Ball, section 36 John Southard, section 25\\nWilliam Jones, section 24; Charles A. Taylor, section 14;\\nDaniel Taylor, section 14; John Smith, section 11 Wil-\\nliam S. Camp, section 12 Mason Wood, section 8 Wil-\\nliam Henry, section 8; Charles TJ. Cross, section 12; R.\\nHoppin, section 12 Calvin Cross, section 12; Orlando S.\\nBrown, section 12; William H. Hurlbut, section 13; and\\nHial Swan, section 13.\\nDaniel Van Auken removed to the township from Wayne\\nCo., N. Y., in 1846, exchanging Eastern property for the\\nland upon which he settled, on section 34, embracing 110\\nacres. He brought his family soon after, and enjoyed the\\nhospitality of Thomas Kemp, who assisted him in building\\nhis house and removing to it. Aaron Van Auken came to\\nBangor the same year, and made his son s house his home.\\nIn April, 1850, he became lost in the woods, and for two\\nweeks no tidings of the wanderer were received. An or-\\nganized band of 100 men from the adjacent country con-\\ntinued the search for days without avail. The following\\nsummer his remains were found at the outlet of Mud Lake,\\nto which place he had wandered and was drowned. This\\nmelancholy event for months cast its dark shadow over the\\ncommunity. John Van Auken, brother of Daniel, resides\\nupon an adjoining farm.\\nHiram Dean, who was a son-in-law of Aaron Van Auken,\\nsettled on land entered by the latter on section 33, upon\\nwhich he still resides. He followed the trade of a carpen-\\nter, and erected a large number of the buildings in adjacent\\nportions of the township. He is also known as a .successful\\nfarmer.\\nSterne D. Ripley s settlement occurred soon after that of\\nthe Van Auken family. He was a former resident of\\nWestern New York, and on his arrival in this township se-\\nlected 118 acres on section 28, which he entered, and on\\nwhich he built a log house. Mr. Ripley subsequently\\nentered the army, and died in the service.\\nCharles D. Craft came early, and with his father settled\\nupon section 13, where he soon established a reputation as\\na disciple of Nimrod. Later he removed to land on sec-\\ntions 15 and 16, where he now resides.\\nJ. D. Kingston was a former resident of Jefferson Co.,\\nN. Y. In 1843 he came with his step-father, Hial Swan,\\nto Van Buren County, the latter gentleman having entered\\n320 acres, embraced in the present townships of Bangor\\nand Geneva. Mr. Kingston located upon section 13, and\\nremained with Maj. Heath while building a log shanty and\\npreparing a comfortable resting-place for his family. The\\nnearest neighbor at this time was David Taylor, who had\\nlocated upon the adjoining section. Mr. Kingston cut 20\\nacres of timber the first season, and cleared a sufficient tract\\non which to raise supplies for domestic use. The country\\nwas for the most part unsettled, Indians and wolves were\\nplentiful, and occasionally a panther was to be seen, which\\ncaused no little consternation in the immediate vicinity.\\nMr. Kingston brought with him a team of horses, which\\nso captivated the eye of a settler whom they mei on the", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0561.jp2"}, "562": {"fulltext": "410\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nroute that 40 acres of land with a house upon it was offered\\nfor them and refused. On his arrival he found the use of\\nhorses impracticable, and was glad to exchange them for a\\nyoke of oxen. A grist-mill had been built at Paw Paw to\\nwhich the settlers repaired for flour, though at an earlier\\nperiod they were obliged to go as far as Kalamazoo with\\ntheir grists.\\nElder Gage was an early preacher, services being held in\\nthe Southard school-house. Elder Hinckley, of Breedsville,\\nalso officiated at the first religious services held in the town-\\nship.\\nJohn Watkins, an Ohio pioneer, removed to .section 3 of\\nBangor in 1855, where he purchased, in connection with\\nE. P. Harvey, 105 acres. The land had been somewhat\\nimproved, and a log house built upon it, having originally\\nbeen entered by the Ostrom Company. He followed, in\\nconnection with farming pursuits, the trade of carpenter,\\nand, in company with John MeNitt, was employed in the\\nerection of the woolen-mills in Bangor. Mr. Watkins has\\nnever altogether relinquished the labors of his farm, and\\nresides upon it still.\\nW. L. Thomas came from Otsego Co., N. in 1856,\\nand purchased 100 acres on section 17, remaining with\\none of the early settlers on section 12 while erecting a\\nhouse and barn. With the aid of an ox-team which he\\nbrought, he improved four acres, and sowed it with wheat,\\nwhich afforded them subsistence the following year. Mr.\\nThomas ultimately cleared and converted his land into a\\nproductive farm.\\nWilliam S. Charles was a pioneer to the county in 1855,\\nand three years later made the township his home. He at\\nfirst worked a farm on shares, but by energy and judgment\\nbecame the owner of 480 acres, a portion of which is\\nhighly cultivated, and on which he has built a fine brick\\nresidence. Mr. Charles, though in debt when he arrived,\\nis now one of the most substantial residents of Bangor.\\nRESIDENT TAX-PATERS IN 1856.\\nThe resident tax-payers in the township of Bangor in the\\nyear 1856 were as follows Thomas Curtis, N. Travis, Wil-\\nliam S. Travis, M. P. Watson, John Watkins, John Funk,\\nNorman Brown, A. C. Earl, Francis Burger, Erasmus Bur-\\nger, 0. Goss, Daniel Wainwright, S. V. Arnold, A. Brown,\\nC. B. Gross, Benjamin F. Hamin, Charles Quigley, M. C.\\nLacock, W. A. Burlingame, Eliza Winters, A. P. Hunt,\\nD. T. Fox, E. P. Harvey, Rossiter Hoppin, John Smith,\\nWilliam Kinney, Fred Taylor, William S. Camp, Charles\\nU. Cross, B. F. Ewing, 0. S. Brown, William H. Hurl-\\nbut, Alonzo Shepard, Willard Kingston, Solomon Ellis,\\nCharles Ellis, Lafayette Kingston, J. D. Kingston, George\\nHalleck, C. A. Taylor, Daniel Taylor, Noble S. Taylor,\\nCarlton Coon, Charles D. Croft, Harvey Overton, 0. M.\\nTrudi, D. T. Taylor, Calvin Haner, Mamqua, Daniel\\nDisbrow, Philo Cook, Fletcher Harris, William Jones,\\nA. M. Graves, J. S. Waterhouse, William Moon, James\\nSouthard, David Southard, Charles Southard, A. Updike,\\nHenry Goss, John Clark, W. E. Kemp, John Spurbeck,\\nElijah Crow, Charles Gates, Harlow Dean, S. Reynolds,\\nSterne L. Ripley, Alexander Haner, Lorenzo Haner, A.\\nH. Kemp, Alonzo Haner, L. Disbrow, L. S. Branch, Daniel\\nDean, Joseph Caughey, John Van Auken, Amos Thompson,\\nHiram Dean, Daniel Van Auken, Comatea, J. B.\\nSheldon, P. Pecnuidder, Benoni Lawson, Harvey Potter,\\nPatrick Finley, William Webster, J. L. Northrop, Thomas\\nKemp, M. M. Briggs, Emory 0. Briggs, P. M. Northrop\\nand the total amount of tax levied during the same year\\nwas $1044.99.\\nCIVIL HISTORY.\\nBy an act of the State Legislature approved March 11,\\n1837, surveyed township No. 2 south, of range No. 16 west,\\nbecame part of the old township of South Haven. This\\nrelation, as regards this township, was continued until Oct.\\n11, 1853, when the Van Buren County Board of Super-\\nvisors, acting under the authority vested in them, erected\\nas Marion the territory described as township No. 2 south,\\nof range No. 16 west. Five days later, or Oct. 14, 1853,\\nthe supervisors amended their action to the extent of\\nchanging the name to Bangor.\\nThe act as amended then read as follows\\nNotice is hereby given that the Board of Supervisors\\nof Van Buren County, at the annual session holden at the\\ncourt-house in said county, October, 1853, have .set off and\\norganized into a new township by the name of Bangor all\\nthat portion of the township of South Haven comprised in\\nand known as township 2 south, of range 16 west, according\\nto the United States survey, and have ordered that the first\\ntownship-meeting be held on the first Monday of April,\\n1854, at the school-house in District No. 1, of the township\\nof South Haven, situated on section 12, town.ship 2 south,\\nof range 16 west, and that Charles U. Cross, Perrin M.\\nNorthrop, and Mansel M. Briggs are appointed to act as a\\nboard of inspectors of said election.\\nAnd that the next annual township-meeting in the\\ntownship of South Haven be held at the school-house in\\nDistrict No. 4, of the township of South Haven.\\nDated at Paw Paw, Jan. 6, 1854.\\nJohn Andrews,\\nChairman Board of Supervisors.\\nFirst Township Election. In accordance with the above\\nnotice, a meeting of the electors of the township was held\\nApril 3, 1854, and organized, with Charles U. Cross, Perrin\\nM. Northrop, and Mansel M. Briggs as inspectors of the\\nelection. As a result of this meeting the following men\\nwere chosen township officers for 1854 Supervisor, Man-\\nsel M. Briggs; Township Clerk, Charles U. Cross; Treas-\\nurer, Perrin M. Northrop; Highv^ay Commissioners, John\\nSmith, David Van Auken School Inspector, Charles B.\\nHurlbut; Justices of the Peace, M. M. Briggs, W. H.\\nHurlbut Constables, David I. Taylor, Henry Goss, John\\nL. Northrop, Francis Burger.\\nList of Township Officers. The following list embraces\\nthe various township officers from 1855 to 1879, inclusive:\\nSUPERVISORS.\\n1855, William H. Burlingarao 1856, Charles U. Cross; 1857-58,\\nWilliam H. Hurlbut; 1859, Moses S. Hawley; 1860-61, Daniel\\nVan Auken; 1862, Samuel A. Tripp; 186.3, Daniel Van Auken;\\n1804-65, E. P. Ilarvcy; 1866, Joel Camp; 1867, Ephraim Har-\\nvey; 186S-6 C. E. Heath; 1870, Daniel Van Auken; 1871-79,\\nCharles E. Heath.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0562.jp2"}, "563": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0563.jp2"}, "564": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0564.jp2"}, "565": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF BANGOR.\\n411\\nTOWNSHIP CLERKS.\\n1855, A. P. Hunt; 1S56, \\\\V. H. Ilurlbut 1857-58, E. P. Harvey;\\n1859, Harrison Balfour; 1860, Alonzo Shepard 1861, 11. x\\\\l.\\nOverton; 1862, Noble S. Taylor; 1863, E. P. Harvey; 186i-65,\\nAlonzo Shepard; 1866, Dennis Chidester; 1867, A. J. Nyman\\n1868, Fred. N. Overton 1869-70, D. K. Charles; 1871, Alonzo\\nShepard: 1872-71, Josiah G.Miller; 1875, Willifim B. Edmonds;\\n1876, Charles Southard; 1877, Charles W. Peters; 1878, Frank\\nLombard; 1879, Charles W. Peters.\\nTREASUREKS.\\n1865-56, Daniel Van Auken 1857-58, H. M. Overton; 1859, Perrin\\nM. Northrop; 1860, H. M. Overton; 1861, John Watkins; 1862,\\nIsaac Gate; 1863, John Watkins; 1864, Richard Owens; 1865,\\nPaul S. Reynolds: 1866, Asel A. Hough; 1867-68, W. S. Charles;\\n1869-71, Samuel P. Harvey; 1872-74, Horace Sebring; 1875,\\nJ. E. Sebring; 1876-77, R. C. Nyman 1878-79, E. S. Harvey.\\nSCHOOL INSPEUTORS.\\n1855, William A. Burlingame; 1856, Charles U. Cross; 1857, W. H.\\nHurlbut; 1858, William A. Burlingame; 1859, Adolphus Brown;\\n1860, William Burlingame: 1861, Harrison Balfour, M. S. Hawley\\n1862, Samuel A. Tripp, Henry Goss; 1863, N.S. Marshall, Daniel\\nVan Auken; 1S64, Harrison Balfour; 1865, Charles U. Cross;\\n1866, Moses S. Hawley; 1867, Orson M.Baker; 1868, C. E. Heath\\n1869, Orson M. Baker; 1870, F. N. Overton 1871, D. K. Charles;\\n1872, Moses S. Hawley; 1873, D. K. Charles; 1874, Charles E.\\nHeath; 1875-76, F. N. Overton; 1877, Daniel Van Auken; 1878,\\nThomas Cross; 1879, Oscar G. Reynolds.\\nJUSTICES OF THE PEACE.\\n1856, Daniel T. Fox, Rossiter Hoppin, Daniel Van Auken 1857,\\nDavid T. Taylor; 1858, M. M. Briggs; 1859, Joseph H. Nyman;\\n1860, Daniel Van Auken; 1861, H. M. Overton; 1862, William\\nWebster; 1863, John Watkins; 1864, Butler M. Smith, Harlow\\nJ. Dean, H. S. Worrallo; 1865, William Webster, Daniel Van\\nAuken, B. M. Smith, D. T. Taylor: 1866, M. S. Hawley, Harrison\\nBalfour; 1867, James E. Ferguson, Dallas Wood; 1868, John\\nMiller, Daniel Van Auken, 0. M. Baker; 1869, W. S. Charles,\\nN. S. Taylor; 1870, N. S. Taylor, W. N. Gilbert; 1871, Orson\\nM. Baker, Daniel Van Auken; 1872, John Miller, M. M. Briggs;\\n1873, E. M. Hipp; 1874, 0. Herrington, W. B. Tripp; 1875,\\nHarrison Balfour; 1876, John S. Brown, E. G. Russell; 1877,\\nDaniel Van Auken; 1878, H. M. Overton, D. W. Sias; 1879,\\nJohn B. Royce.\\nHIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS.\\n1855, W. H Hurlbut; 1856, H. M. Overton; 1857, Henry Goss; 1858,\\nWilliam Webster; 1859, Joseph H. Nyman; 1860, Stephen Rus-\\nsell; 1861, Harlow Dean; 1862, William Cook; 1863, Alanson\\nP. Hunt; 1864, Harrison Balfour; 1865, C. A. Taylor, Lewellyn\\nDlsbrow 1866, James Stewart, John Watkins 1867, H. M. Over-\\nton; 1868, E. P. Harvey, L. H. Perkins; 1869, W. M. Gilbert,\\nThomas Horton 1870, Asel A. Hough; 1871, John Goss, Dallas\\nWood; 1872, W. N. Gilbert; 1873, Oliver Herrington; 1874, Ed-\\nwin Ruthruff; 1875, W. N. Gilbert; 1876-77, Edwin Ruthruff;\\n1878, William Cook; 1879, Warren N. Gilbert.\\nDRAIN COMMISSIONERS.\\n1872, J. G. Miller 1873, Thomas Cross 1874, William Kinney 1875,\\nJohn P. Goss; 1876, Thomas Cross; 1877, record not found;\\n1878, J. D. Kingston.\\nSUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS.\\n1875, Moses S. Hallevy; 1876, Adelbert Mortian 1877, Frank E.\\nWithey; 1878, John H. Reese; 1879, John L. Cross.\\nCONSTABLES.\\n1855, John L. Northrop, Henry Goss, Francis Burger, Harvey Over-\\nton; 1856, D. T. Taylor, M. S. Laycock, H. M. Overton, Henry\\nGoss; 1857, William S. Camp, 0. M. Trude, Henry Goss, J. L.\\nNorthrop 1858, J. D. Kingston, J. L. Northrop, Charles Kelly,\\nJ. J. Clark; 1859, James Southard, Andrew Goss, Alvin P. Earl,\\nMichael Yeider 1860, Erastus Hazard, 0. M. Trude, H. D. Smith,\\nJ. L. Northrop; 1861, James B. Travis, J. L. Northrop, 0. M.\\nTrude, J. G. Miller 1862, H. S. Warallo, 0. M. Trude, J. J. Clark,\\nFletcher Harris; 1863, J. L. Northrop, Harlow iMerriman, 0. G.\\nReynolds, J. W. Whitney; 1864, Benjamin Reist, F. S. Taylor,\\nJacob K. Gring, Erastus Hazard 1865, J. A. Hewitt, L. J. Raven,\\nThomas Cross, J. W. Cross; 1866, R. A. Earl, Henry Goss, Sam-\\nuel P. Cross, Alonzo Palmer; 1867, James Gilbert, Thomas Hor-\\nton, James J. Clark, William H. Willis; 1868, A. S. Palmer, C.\\nG. Russell, J. J. Clark, F. Harris 1869, J. F. Lee, J. J. Clark,\\nHarlow Merriman, A. P. Hunt; 1870, R. A. Taylor, J. J. Clark,\\nC. G. Russell, William Cook; 1871, J. B. Hopkins, Philander\\nHunt, J. J. Clark, Harlow Merriman; 1872, George M. Wilson,\\nJames E. Stewart, John Goss, Hezekiah Ditts; 1873, William G.\\nRussell, John B. Hopkins, Alanson P. Hunt, J. J. Clark; 1874,\\nG. W.Wilson, H. K. Nichols, Edwin Ruthrufr, J. J. Clark; 1875,\\nH. K. Nichols, G. W. Wilson, Walter Ruble, Henry Goss: 1876,\\nThomas Horton, E. L.Gilbert, A. P. Hunt, Solomon Jennings;\\n1877, John L. Van Auken, Lewis Wood, George W. Wilson, A. J.\\nMcLaughlin 1878, G. W. Wilson, A. D. Hale, E. F. Ruble, H.\\nK. Nichols 1879, Charles Ford, James Gilbert, Chapin Reynolds,\\nHarvey J. Cooper.\\nVILLAGE OF BANGOR.\\nThe village of Bangor is situated near the northeast\\ncorner of the township, a portion of its site extending into\\nArlington.\\nGood water-power privileges are here afibrded by the\\nBlack River, and the village is also a station on the line of\\nthe Chicago and West Michigan Railroad.\\nThe lauds embraced within the corporate limits were\\npurchased from the general government by the following-\\nnamed parties The east half of the southwest quarter of\\nsection 1 Bangor township, by J. R. Monroe the south-\\neast quarter of section 1, by Ostrom, Walker Co.; the\\neast half of the northeast quarter of section 12, by Samuel\\nPayue the west half of the northeast quarter of section\\n12, by T. S. Camp; the east half of the northwest quarter\\nof section 12, by T. S. Camp; the northeast quarter of the\\nsouthwest quarter, and the north half of the southeast\\nquarter of section 12, by Tomllnson Co.\\nIn Arlington, the southwest quarter of section 6, by\\nPeter Schermerhorn the west half of the northwest frac-\\ntional quarter of section 7, by John Allen the east half\\nof the northwest quarter of section 7, by J. R. Monroe,\\nand the north half of the southwest quarter of the same\\nsection, by Horace Butler.\\nFirst and Other Early Settlements. To Charles U. Cross,\\nthe first settler in the township, may be accorded the honor\\nof being the first settler upon the village-site of Bangor.\\nMr. Cross came to the State of Michigan from Madison\\nCo., N. Y., in 1834. Having come into the possession of\\nlands entered by him in 1834, in the name of his uncle,\\nSamuel Payne, he, about the 1st of March, 1837, began\\nthe construction of a log house upon the same, and in this\\ndwelling his family (consisting of only his newly-married\\nwife) was installed upon its completion, on the 8th of the\\nsame month. His attention was not wholly devoted to\\nfarming pursuits, however, for he depended much upon his\\nprofession as a civil engineer and surveyor. The country\\nwas meagerly supplied with roads and bridges, and an al-\\nmost constant demand was made upon his skill for years\\nto aid in their construction.\\nDuring the following spring (April 14, 1838) a son was\\nbora to Mr. and Mrs. Cross, who enjoyed the distinction of\\nbeing the first white child born in the township.\\nThe second settler in the village was Orlando S. Brown,\\nwho removed to the State from Monroe Co., N. Y., in", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0565.jp2"}, "566": {"fulltext": "412\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\n1837, and to Bangor in 1839. Mr. Brown had already\\nentered 80 acres on section 1-1, in the township, on which\\nhe liad made a slight improvement, when an opportunity\\nwas afforded him to effect an exchange for 80 acres on sec-\\ntion 12, entered by Wm. L. Booth. One half of this land\\nis now embraced within the village limits. On this ground\\nbut a single tree had been felled, probably by the Indians\\nin search for honey. Its owner at once began a vigorous\\nsystem of improvements. After the erection of a log house\\nof sufficient dimensions to contain his family he cleared six\\nacres and planted it with corn. The timber which at this\\ntime covered the present village limits was of the most\\ngigantic proportions, some of the trees of black walnut and\\nwhitewood reaching six feet in diameter. For these splen-\\ndid monarchs of the forest no market could be found, as the\\nwant of roads made their transportation in the form of\\nlumber impossible. Later, the opening of highways cre-\\nated a demand, and ultimately made the timber of the set-\\ntler one of his most profitable sources of revenue. Many\\nIndians were to be found following the streams for fish or\\npursuing the hunt, those in the immediate vicinity being\\nunder the direction and control of a chief of the Pottawat-\\ntamies named Pi-pa-wa. They were on amicable terms\\nwith the settlers, often exchanging supplies of game for\\nbread, and were frequent visitors to the cabin of Mr.\\nBrown. When overtaken by the approaching night, they\\nfound a cordial welcome and as comfortable a lodging-place\\nas they desired upon the floor, where, wrapped in their\\nblankets beside a blazing fire of logs, they slumbered,\\noblivious of care.\\nThe early pioneers were for a time profitably employed\\nby the highway commissioners in making roads, for which\\nthey were paid in orders. These orders, which were the\\nnearest approach to currency obtainable, were exchanged in\\nPaw Paw for supplies at a discount of twenty-five per cent.\\nMr. Brown while engaged in this lucrative pursuit was\\naccustomed, when at a distance from his home, to build a\\nhut of brush for shelter at night. A cluster of boughs\\nanswered as a bed, and a fire of logs modified in some\\ndegree the severity of the frost. Frequently the morning\\nwould find him almost enveloped in snow, and on many oc-\\ncasions the dinner was so frozen that his axe was called into\\nrequisition to cut it in pieces.\\nA schooner laden with apples and shipwrecked on Lake\\nMichigan afforded an opportunity for raising an orchard.\\nThe seeds of the apples washed ashore were planted in 1841,\\nand produced the earliest fruit raised in the township. Mr.\\nBrown still resides within the village limits, on the land of\\nwhich he became an early possessor.\\nCalvin Cross, a brother of the earliest pioneer in Bangor,\\ncame in May of 1844, and pursued his calling of a mill-\\nwright. Discerning the advantages to be derived from the\\nfine water-power, in connection with Charles U. Cross he\\nerected in 1846 a saw-mill on the Black River, being\\nassisted in its construction by William Rea, Orlando S.\\nBrown, David Taylor, Christian B. Gross, and William H.\\nHurlbut. An examination of the records establishes the\\nfact that this property was conveyed by Charles IJ. Cross\\nand wife to Calvin Cross, May 3, 1850. Mr. Cross man-\\naged it for a period of six years, and then sold to Marcello\\nP. Watson, who conveyed in 1856 to Joseph H. Nyman,\\nwho subsequently erected upon the .same site a sash- and\\nblind-factory. Mr. Cross then removed to Paw Paw and\\nerected a mill, and later another mill in Hartford, on the\\nPaw Paw River, which was sold two years later. After\\nfollowing agricultural pursuits during the interval, he re-\\nmoved again to Bangor in 1873, where he now resides.\\nWilliam Rea purchased in 1846 a fractional quarter\\nlying in the township of Arlington, a portion of whicli is\\nnow embraced in the village. He improved this land,\\nerected upon it a small dwelling, and removed his family\\nthere tlie following year.\\nWilliam S. Camp settled upon 160 acres of land on sec\\ntion 12 in 1846, and became a resident of the hamlet.\\nHe took immediate mea.sures to clear and cultivate his\\nland, and resided upon it until his death, in 1870. The\\nland was entered by his father, Thomas S. Camp. Rossiter\\nHoppin and Christian B. Gross soon after located within\\nthe village limits.\\nMarcello P. Watson was the earliest settler who em-\\nbarked in commercial pursuits. In 1852, in connection\\nwith Albert Comstock, he purchased a stock of goods and\\nopened a general store. The demand for their wares was\\nnot large, and the ambitious merchants found it expedient\\nto reduce their stock, and finally to close it out, Mr. Wat-\\nson soon after becoming the owner of the saw-mill.\\nA very marked impetus was given to the growth of\\nBangor and its business interests by the settlement of\\nJoseph H. Nyman, who came from Niles, Mich., in 1856,\\nand purchased the saw-mill and water-privilege. He re-\\nplaced the old mill by a new and larger one, and the year\\nfollowing his arrival built a grist-mill. In 1865 he erected\\nan extensive woolen-mill, having meanwhile much improved\\nthe water-power. Through his influence a post-office was\\nestablished, of which he was postmaster, the mail having\\nbeen carried at first from Arlington. Later, a tri-weekly\\nstage conveyed it from Paw Paw and South Haven to\\nBangor.\\nThe store erected by Watson was in 1862 purchased by\\nJ. D. Kingston, and in response to the urgent demand of\\ntravelers in search of shelter and good cheer, he converted\\nit into a hotel and became the first landlord of the place.\\nL. S. Russell became his successor, who added considerably\\nto its dimensions and sold to L. H. Perkins, who in turn\\nsold to its present proprietors, when it was christened the\\nSebring House.\\nIn 1864, A. B. Taft came from New York State and\\nopened what was at the time the only general merchandise\\nstore in the place, in a building standing just north of the\\npresent site of the depot. The room was not only very\\nlimited in proportions but exceedingly dilapidated in Con-\\ndition, and the citizens did Mr. Taft the justice not to\\njudge the quality of his stock by the uninviting aspect of the\\nstore. The same building did good service in the celebra-\\ntion of the opening of the railroad, in 1870. Mr. Taft was\\nfollowed by the Ferguson brothers, who embarked in busi-\\nness on the north side in the spring of 1866, and the same\\nsummer Silas Do Long opened a stock of goods, which the\\nfollowing year was sold to D. K. Charles.\\nThe village was already assuming importance as a busi-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0566.jp2"}, "567": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0567.jp2"}, "568": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0568.jp2"}, "569": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF BANGOR.\\n413\\nness centre, and attractin r enterprising settlers from adja-\\ncent parts of the State, when the question of building a\\nrailroad within its boundaries was agitated. The agent of\\nthe Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad, now called\\nthe Chicago and West Michigan Railroad, visited the\\ncounty and secured from the inhabitants of the township\\na pledge of $80,000 to aid in its construction. This was v\\nby a subsequent decree of the State Supreme Court reduced\\nto one-half that amount,* and $15,000 was raised by the\\ncitizens and paid towards the completion of the project.\\nThis railroad opened a means of transportation for the\\nproducts of the adjoining country, and made Bangor a\\ncentral point of shipment, very materially advancing the\\nvalue of property and insuring for the little village a future\\ncareer of prosperity.\\nThe most powerful lever to the advancement of Bangor\\nsince the opening of the railroad has been the Bangor Blast\\nFurnace. The company was organized in 1872, with a\\ncapital of $100,000, and was influenced by the ample\\nsupply of hard timber and the inducements offered by lead-\\ning residents of the township to locate in the village. Its\\nextensive demand for material and its immense shipping\\ninterests have greatly advanced the business activity of the\\nplace.\\nThe Bangor Chemical Works were .next established, and\\nthey add materially to the industries of the village.\\nThese interests, supplemented by the prosperity of its\\nbusiness men and the ambition of its citizens, will event-\\nually place Bangor among the most advanced villages of\\nthe State.\\nVillage Plats. The first plat of the village was made\\nby Joseph H. Nyman, and recorded Nov. 12, 1860. It\\nembraced 55 acres on the north side of the river, and was\\nknown as the village of Bangor. The year following Mr.\\nNyman built on one of the lots of this plat his present\\nresidence, which was the first dwelling erected on the north\\nside of the river. The second plat was made by Charles\\nU. Cross, July 11, 1867, and included about 63 acres, em-\\nbracing the east half of the northeast quarter of section\\n12. North of this plat Mr. Cross owned 17 acres, which\\nhe disposed of in parcels, giving five acres to the Blast\\nFurnace Company as a site for their works.\\nIn 1872, Alexander H. Morrison platted the west half\\nof the ea.st half of the northeast quarter of section 12.\\nIn 1874 he also platted 80 acres in addition, embracing\\nthe east half of the northwest quarter of section 12, and\\nlater sold it. The latter plat is now cultivated as a farm.\\nIncorporation, Village Officers. The act to incorporate\\nthe village of Bangor bears date March 21, 1877, and reads\\nas follows\\nAn Act to incorporate the village of Bangor.\\nSection One. The people of the State of Michi-\\ngan enact that all the tracts of land situated in the town-\\nships of Bangor and Arlington, in the county of Van Buren,.\\nand State of Michigan, which are known and described as\\nfollows, to wit the southeast quarter and the east half of\\nthe southwest quarter of section one (1), the northeast\\nThe township voted a tax of $30,000, which was declared uncon-\\nstitutional and void; the $15,000 was raised and paid by private\\nsubscription.\\nquarter and east half of the northwest quarter, the north-\\neast quarter of the southwest quarter, and the north half\\nof the southeast quarter of section twelve (12), township\\ntwo south, of range sixteen west, the southwest fractional\\nquarter of section six (6), the northwest fractional quarter\\nand the north half of the southwest fractional quarter\\nof section seven (7), township two south, of range fifteen\\nwest, be and the same are hereby made and constituted\\na village corporate by the name of the village of Ban-\\ngor, by virtue of and under the provisions of Act Num-\\nber Sixty-Two of the Session laws of Eighteen Hundred\\nand Seventy-Five, entitled An act granting and defining\\nthe Powers and duties of incorporated villages, approved\\nApril 1, 1875, and such amendments as made thereto.\\nSection Two. The first election for ofBcers of said\\nvillage shall be held on the third Monday of April, Eighteen\\nHundred and Seventy-Seven (1877), at the oflSce of Se-\\nbring s warehouse, in said village, notice of which shall be\\nposted in three public places of said village by the board\\nof registration hereinafter appointed, at least ten days\\nprevious thereto.\\nThe first election was held at the office of Sebring s ware-\\nhouse, April 16, 1877. The ofScers of the village elected\\nat that time and at subsequent elections have been as\\nfollows\\n1S77. President, Ephraim Harvey j Trustees (two years), R. C. Ny-\\nman, John Desmond, Judson B. Hall, (one year) William H.\\nReynolds, James Salisbury, Mark Remington Clerk, Wil-\\nliam H. Reynolds; Treasurer, John E. Sebring; Assessor,\\nJames E. Ferguson Street Commissioner, Edwin Ruthruff;\\nConstable. Thaddeus McNitt.\\n1878. President, James E. Ferguson; Trustees (two years), Mark\\nRemington, .James Slinger, Josiah G. Miller Clerk, AYilliam\\nH. Davis; Treasurer, Nathan W.Deak; Assessor, Enoch S.\\nHarvey Street Commissioner, James Livermore Constable,\\nWilliam Ford.\\n1879.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 President, N. W. Drake; Trustees (two years), J. G. Todd, W.\\nH. Davis, A. J. McLaughlin; Clerk, William H. Reynolds;\\nTreasurer, H. D. Harvey Assessor, E. S. Harvey Street\\nCommissioner, Edwin Ruthrufi Constable, W. Q. Russell.\\nHOTELS.\\nSebring House.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Y\\\\\\\\\\\\s hotel building had its origin as\\nearly as 1852, when the portion now in use as a kitchen\\nwas erected by M. P. Watson as a dwelling. Ten years\\nlater I. D. Kingston purchased the building, and opened the\\nearliest house of entertainment in the village. Later it be-\\ncame the property of various parties, until its purchase by\\nHorace Sebring in 1869. It had previously been greatly\\nincreased in capacity, and Mr. Sebring added other apart-\\nments after his purchase of the building. He established\\nits reputation as a well-kept house, and drew by his uniform\\ncourtesy and attention a large patronage. In 1878 the\\nbuilding was still further enlarged. The proprietor died\\nthe same year, since which time it has been managed by\\nhis son, John E. Sebring.\\nRussell House. This hotel is among Bangor s recent\\nacquisitions, having been built in 1879 by C. G. Russell,\\nwho is also proprietor. It is conveniently located, and is\\nobtaining a good patronage from travelers.\\nMANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES.\\nThe Bangor Blast Furnace. This is an establishment for\\nthe smelting of iron ore and the manufacture of pig iron.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0569.jp2"}, "570": {"fulltext": "414\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nIt is under the direction of a stock company, the officers of\\nwhich are A. B. Hough, President, Cleveland, Ohio; J.\\nD. Bradley, Vice-President, Chicago, 111.; C. T Rhodes,\\nTreasurer, Chicago, III. H. S. Pickands, Secretary aud\\nGeneral Superintendent. The furnace was built in 1872,\\nand began operation in November of the same year, the\\ncompany having been led to choose Bangor as a location\\nfrom the abundant supply of wood which the adjacent\\ncountry affords, as well as for its convenience as a shipping-\\npoint.\\nThe furnace has run steadily until the present time, with\\nthe exception of four weeks of each year, when it goes out\\nof blast to permit repairs, which usually require that length\\nof time for completion. The furnace, including the works,\\nkilns, and wood-yards, occupies 10 acres of ground, and\\ngives employment in all its branches to more than 400\\nmen. The best single day s product of the furnace is 45\\ngross tons of pig iron, and tlie average day s results 36\\ntons. The month of March, 1879, indicated a yield of\\n1181 tons. There is daily consumed nearly 125 cords of\\nwood, and the timber from a square mile of forest is con-\\nsumed annually. The immense resources of the country in\\nthis particular are fully equal to the demand, which is sup-\\nplied either by wagon or rail. These figures afford an idea\\nof the magnitude of the business and the extensive employ-\\nment given to the population of Bangor and vicinity. The\\nenterprise is under the general direction of Maj. H. S.\\nPickands, and the furnace department is under the imme-\\ndiate supervision of Maurice Ring.\\nThe Bangor Cheynical Works. These works, which\\nare probably the largest of the kind in the world, are\\nlocated in Bangor, adjacent to the blast furnace. They\\nwere built by Ira B. Lyon, of Flint, Mich., from plans and\\nspecifications furnished by H. M. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y.,\\nthe products of the works being acetate of lime, from which\\nacetic acid is produced, and wood alcohol. Of acetate of\\nlime, 35,000 pounds, or 2 car-loads, is produced per week,\\nwhile the yield of alcohol is 50 barrels per month. The\\npyroligneous acid, from which these products are reduced,\\nis obtained by condensing the gases thrown off in the car-\\nbonization of wood in charcoal-kilns belonging to the Ban-\\ngor blast furnace. In these kilns about 70 cords of wood\\nare daily reduced to charcoal. Each cord will yield about\\n180 gallons of acid liquor, the entire 70 tons yielding about\\n60 tons of liquor, which must be daily handled in these\\nchemical-works.\\nTo give some idea of the magnitude of the work, a few\\nfigures are appended. There are six buildings of the fol-\\ning dimensions engine-house, 22 by 30 feet oflice, 14\\nby 22 feet; still-house, 16 by 30 feet; neutralizing-house,\\n24 by 56 feet alcohol department, 30 by 50 feet acetate\\ndepartment, 56 by 100 feet. The daily yield of liquid from\\nthe kilns is about 13,000 gallons. The tanks and stills\\nhold in the aggregate about 50,000 gallons. There are 9\\nevaporating-pans with a capacity of 1356 cubic feet, and 2\\ndrying surfaces of 1600 feet.\\nMr. Pierce has recently greatly enhanced his reputation\\nas a scientist by the discovery of a process of utilizing\\nsmoke for purposes of fuel.\\nThe Bangor Mills. The sawmill, as has been previously\\nstated, was built by Charles U. and Calvin Cross in 1846,\\nthe latter gentleman havin r disposed of it to M. P. Watson,\\nfrom whom it was purchased by Joseph H. Nyman in\\n1856. The next year he demolished the old mill and\\nerected a new one in its place, with a capacity of 12,000\\nfeet per day. In connection with it is a planing-mill and a\\nsash door-, and blind-factory. Mouldings and scroll work\\nare manufactured to order, and lumber and lath are em-\\nbraced in the stock for sale. The mills are managed by R.\\nC. Nyman, a son of the proprietor.\\nThe flouring-mill was built by Mr. Nyman in 1857, and\\nwas in active operation in 1870, when it was destroyed by\\nfire. The present structure at once replaced it, which has\\nfour run of stones and a capacity for 125 barrels of flour\\nper day. It is a substantial three-story building, and fitted\\nwith all the machinery for making flour by the latest and\\nmost approved methods. The products of the mill formerly\\nfound a distant market, but more recently have been devoted\\nto supplying the home demand.\\nThe Woolen-Mills. The woolen-mills were built by Mr.\\nNyman in 1860, and manufactured flannels, cloths, and\\nyarn. They arc substantially built, conveniently located,\\nand have a capacity for a considerable business. They have\\nnot lately, however, been run to their fullest capacity. The\\nmills are operated by John Crow, a son-in-law of the pro-\\nprietor. All these mills are run by water power supplied\\nby the Black River, and rank among the most advantageous\\nin the State for location and capacity.\\nWagon- Manufactory. The wagon- and sleigh-manufac-\\ntory of Stephen McMillan is one of the most important\\nenterprises in the village of Bangor. He has twice been\\ncompelled to rebuild, owing to the demands upon his skill.\\nIn 1875 he erected the spacious brick building at present\\noccupied, in which are manufactured wagons, carriages,\\nsleighs, and a general custom work is also done. Seven\\nmen are constantly employed, and the shop has a capacity\\nequal to the production of 100 wagons per year, exclusive\\nof the manufacture and repair of sleighs. Four furnaces\\nare constructed in the shop, each provided with Root s\\npatent blower, which greatly facilitates the labor. Con-\\nnected with the establishment is an extensive blacksmithing\\ndepartment.\\nMONROE S BANK.\\nThis bank was first established by E. M. Hipp, of St.\\nJoseph, Mich., in 1872, as a bank of deposit aud exchange.\\nIt was managed by its founder until 1874, when it was\\npurchased by Messrs. J. E. Sebring Co., and by them\\nowned and conducted for three years, during which time\\nthe bank did a prosperous business. In 1877 it again\\nchanged proprietors, N. S. Taylor becoming the purcliaser,\\nwho employed J. E. Sebring as cashier and general mana-\\nger. The bank building later became the property of\\nMessrs. Charles Chapman, who rent it with the fixtures\\nto the present banking company. It is now known as\\nMonroe s Bank, and is still a bank of deposit, exchange,\\nand collection, and under the same management as the First\\nNational Bank of South Haven. The officers are C. J.\\nMonroe, President, South Haven, Mich. S. R. Boardman,\\nVice-President, Chicago, 111. A. B. Chase, Cashier, Ban-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ror, Mich.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0570.jp2"}, "571": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0571.jp2"}, "572": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0572.jp2"}, "573": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OP BANGOR.\\n415\\nSOCIETIES AND ORDERS.\\nCoffinhury Lodge, No. 204, F. and A. i)/.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thi.s lodge,\\nwhich is one of the most flourishing in the county, obtained\\nits charter Jan. 10, 1867, and began work with the follow-\\ning ofiBcers Emory 0. Briggs, W. M. Dennis Chidester,\\nS. W. Charles U. Cross, J. W. It has since that time\\nenjoyed a steady growth and^ great degree of prosperity.\\nIts meetings are held in a well-appointed hall in the Nyman\\nblock, which was designed, when the building was erected,\\nfor the use of the lodge, and has by them been neatly fur-\\nni.shed. The present officers are A. J. Nyman, W. M.\\nJohn B. Hopkins, S. W. Thaddeus T. McNitt, J. W.\\nGeorge H. Remington, Sec. Edwin RuthrufF, Treas.\\nTillotson Lodge, No. 165, 0. 0. F.\u00e2\u0080\u0094T\\\\ns lodge was\\ninstituted June 26, 1871, and worked under a dispensation\\nuntil Jan. 8, 1872, when a charter was granted by the\\nGrand Lodge of the State. The charter members were\\nJames H. Besore. Joseph M. Coffelt, William H. Reynolds,\\nJames Slinger, Samuel Hoppin, W. H Davis, Joseph H.\\nNyman.\\nThe charter officers were J. H. Besore, N. G J. M.\\nCoffelt, V. G. William H. Reynolds, R. S. James Slinger,\\nP. S. James E. Ferguson, Treas. The lodge meets Mon-\\nday night of each week in a neatly-appointed lodge-room\\nin the Reynolds block. The present officers are James\\nSlinger, N. G. A. B. Taft, V, G. L. S. Russell, R. S.\\nWilliam H. Reynolds, P. S. M. Hammond, Treas. The\\nlodge embraces GO active members.\\nBangor Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star. This\\nchapter was organized April 12, 1876, under a dispensation,\\nits first officers having been the following Mrs. Alice M.\\nCross, W. P. John M. Burch, Vice P. Mrs. A. M. Taft,\\nTreas. Mrs. J. A. Harvey, Sec. Mrs. P. J. Cross, 1st\\nPatron Mrs. E. J. Ruthruif, 2d Patron Mrs. M. Rem-\\nington, 3d Patron Mrs. S. M. Nyman, 4th Patron Mrs.\\nE. A. Hopkins, 5th Patron Mrs. J. M. Burch, Conductor\\nMrs. A. Chidester, Guard A. B. Taft, Sentinel J. S.\\nBrown, Chaplain. The present officers are Mrs. S. M. Ny-\\nman, W. M. A. J. Nyman, W. P. Mrs. A. C. Cross, A.\\nM. Mrs. J. M. Burch, Sec. Mrs. J. S Cross, Treas.\\nMrs. Phoebe Cross, Conductress; Mrs. G. H. Remington,\\nAssociate Conductress Mrs. N. W. Drake, Chaplain Mrs.\\nM. McGrath, Adah Mrs. Edwin Ruthruff Ruth Mrs. J.\\nB. Hopkins, Esther Mrs. George F. Foster, Martha Mrs.\\nJ. Jeff erson, Electa; Mrs. C. H. Dowland, Warder; C. H.\\nDovvland, Sentinel.\\nRELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.\\nMethodist Episcopal Church. In the fall of 1865, Rev.\\nWilliam Paddock held a series of meetings in what was\\nknown as the old red school-house, located southwest of the\\nvillage. x\\\\s the result of these meetings a class was organ-\\nized embracing 45 members and probationers, who soon\\nafter took the preliminary steps towards the building of a\\nchurch. Very strong inducements having been offered to\\nbuild on the north side of the river, then the business\\ncentre of the liftle village, ground was broken and the edi-\\nfice begun, under the direction of the building committee,\\nconsisting of Messrs. J. 11. Nyman, N. S. Taylor, and John\\nMiller. Rev. E. L. Kellogg, the next preacher in charge.\\ncontinued the work of building, and at the Annual Confer-\\nence of 1868 succeeded in effecting a division of the South\\nHaven circuit, by which Bangor and Geneva were embraced\\nin the Bangor circuit. Rev. Irvin Skinner, a young\\npreacher, next presided over the Bangor charge, receiving a\\nsalary of $575. The Stewards at this time were P. Hoag,\\nJ. Crakes, N. S. Taylor, A. B. Taft, H. Willis, T. Emer-\\nson, and E. L. Tucker; District Steward, A. B. Taft; Trus-\\ntees, N. S. Taylor, A. B. Taft, E. L. Tucker, William Rey-\\nnolds, J. H. Nyman, and D. K. Charles. In 1869, Rev.\\nD. C. Woodard was appointed preacher in charge, with a\\nsalary of f 800, his field of labor being at Bangor and the\\nWood school-house. Under his ministry the church was\\ncompleted and dedicated, but was unfortunately not free\\nfrom debt. Rev. William McKnight was placed in charge\\nin 1870, at a salary of $700. Illness compelled him to re-\\ntire from labor before liis term had expired, and Rev.\\nBacon filled the vacancy. In December, 1870, the society\\nnot being able to liquidate the indebtedness on the church\\nbuilding, it was sold under mortgage. The ladies of the\\ncongregation, however, with their accustomed zeal, soon\\nraised a sufficient sum with which to purchase a lot for the\\nerection of a new building. In 1871, Breedsville was an-\\nnexed to the circuit, and Rev. G. W. Patterson became the\\npastor, with a salary of $600, and later $700. In 1872\\nthe board of trustees was reorganized, and the church then\\nbecame known as the Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church\\nof Bangor. N. S. Taylor, A. B. Taft, D. K. Charles, and\\nC. F. Ford were appointed a building committee, to super-\\nintend the erection of the new edifice. It was completed\\nin 1873, at a cost of $12,000, N. S. Taylor being the effi-\\ncient chairman of the building committee. Rev. J. R.\\nOdin was the pastor in 1873, with a salary of $600, and\\nwas succeeded in 1874 by Rev. T. Clark, who received a\\nsalary of $676. Rev. William Harper became preacher in\\ncharge in 1875, at a salary of $895, with assistants at the\\nvarious fields of labor under his charge. Rev. C. W. Pear-\\nson came in 1876, receiving $600 as salary, but in conse-\\nquence of failing health left the charge in care of Rev.\\nWilliam Jakeway in 1877. In 1877-78, Rev. E. H. Spar-\\nling filled the pulpit, at a salary of $700 and $600, respec-\\ntively, Bangor having been set apart as a separate circuit.\\nRev. J. T. Iddings became pastor in 1879, with a salary of\\n$700.\\nThe present officers are Stewards, N. Drake, A. J.\\nLewis, A. B. Taft, S. McMellen, E. A. Withey, and J. L.\\nCross Recording Steward, A. B. Taft District Steward,\\nJ. L. Cross Class-Leader, 0. S. Brown Trustees, D. K.\\nCharles, C. C. Phillips, N. Drake, 0. S. Brown, and A. J.\\nLewis.\\nThere is connected with the church a flourishing Sunday-\\nschool of 100 scholars, the superintendent being C. C. Phil-\\nlips and the librarian F. W. Bidwell.\\nChurch of Christ. Through the influence of several\\nmembers of this church, who were residents of the village\\nof Bangor and deemed it essential to carry out the prin-\\nciples which they had imbibed elsewhere. Elder William M.\\nRoe, then pastor of the (Uiurch of Christ at Paw Paw, held\\na series of union services, with the pastor of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church of this place, in February, 1876. The", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0573.jp2"}, "574": {"fulltext": "416\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\ninterest awakened in those services induced them to call to\\ntheir aid Eider J. H. Reese, pastor of the church at Mill-\\nburg, Berrien Co., who responded to their call on the 18th\\nof March following, and organized them, according to New\\nTestament usage, on the 22d of the same month, in Ny-\\nman s church building, on the north side of the village,\\nwith 13 members. J. L. Cutting and C. L. Brown were\\nappointed overseers, and H. H. Williamson and J. A. Sher-\\nrod deacons. The record now shows 127 names, but death\\nand emigration have lessened that number to 88. J. H.\\nReese and Ira B. Winch were added to the overseers on\\naccepting the resignation of J. L. Cutting. A. Miiliken,\\nA. Whiteman, and J. B. Roys were added to the list of\\ndeacons on dismissing H. H. Williamson. Owing to an\\nincrease in membership and a desire to hold services every\\nLord s day, it became absolutely necessary to change the\\nplace of meeting, which was accomplished in October, 1878,\\nby removing to Ransom s Hall, on the south side. The\\nSunday-school, under the wise management of Mr. C. L.\\nBrown as superintendent, has been quite successful from the\\nbeginning. Its financial condition is good, and its average\\nattendance is about 60 scholars at present.\\nElder J. H. Reese has had the pastoral care since the\\norganization of the church. The society is free from debt,\\nand under an act of incorporation has secured a lot and\\npledges to the amount of $700 for the erection of a place\\nof worship.\\nChurch, of God. This society was organized in the year\\n1867, by Elders R. H. Bolton and William Reading. Since\\nthat time the following ministers have had charge of the\\nchurch J. H. Besore, J. C. Drake, A. J. Hull, B. D.\\nBright, J. Selkirk, R. Robbinson, J. E. Moffit, J. B. White,\\nand W. Seifried, and 65 members have been received into\\nchurch fellowship. The congregation worships in an edifice\\non the north side of the river.\\nA fine church edifice has recently been erected on sec-\\ntion 8 by the United Brethren Society, but the writer has\\nbeen unable to obtain a history of the organization.\\nPUBLIC SCHOOLS.\\nThe first school district was organized July 25, 1838,\\nand comprised the northeast quarter of the township, em-\\nbracing nine square miles, and numbering but three fami-\\nlies and four children.\\nThe first school building erected within the limits of the\\npresent village was built by Calvin Cross iu 1845, and lo-\\ncated southwest of the centre of the village. It was for\\nyears known as the red school-house, and the school was\\npresided over by Miss Mehitable Northrop, who may be\\nregarded as the pioneer teacher of the village. Other\\nteachers followed, most of whom enjoyed the hospitalities\\nof the district patrons and boarded round. It being\\ndeemed advisable to change the site of the school building\\nand afford more spacious quarters, on account of the in-\\ncreasing list of scholars, the building at present occupied\\nwas erected. There was, however, no change in the method\\nof conducting the school until the coming of A. C. Martin\\nas principal, in 1872. With his presence was manifested\\nan increasing interest in education on the part of the citi-\\nzens, which resulted, the second year of his engagement, in\\nthe organization of a graded school. The building, which\\nhad not been wholly occupied, was finished, and with two\\ncompetent assistants Mr. Martin inaugurated a course of\\nstudy similar to that of other graded schools in the State.\\nIn 1879 the increase of pupils was so manifest as to require\\nadditional assistance, and the principal was allowed in all\\nfour assistants. The school, with its large number of pupils\\nand its able corps of teachers, felt greatly the need of a spa-\\ncious and comfortable building. The immediate demand for\\nmore space was met by removing the staircase and hall of the\\npresent building, all available space being thus utilized; a\\nrecitation-room of limited dimensions was provided for the\\nhigh school. It is thought that a new school building will\\nultimately replace the one in present use. The instruction\\nin all the departments of the Bangor Graded School has\\nbeen so thorough that its pupils find themselves fully\\nprepared for admission to the most advanced institutions\\nof learning in the State.\\nThe corps of teachers at present engaged are A. C.\\nMartin, Principal Mrs. A. C. Martin, Assistant F. W.\\nBidwell, Grammar School Miss Emma Cross, Intermediate\\nDepartment; Miss Hattie Alvord, Primary Department.\\nThe members of the school board are C. C. Phillips,\\nDirector; George Remington, Moderator; W. B. Tripp,\\nTreasurer W. W. Davis, J. E. Ferguson, William Kinney,\\nTrustees.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nWILLIAM W. KINNEY.\\nThis gentleman s parents were married in 1821. His\\nfather, Buell Kinney, was a native of Connecticut, and his\\nmother of New York. Buell Kinney, a clothier by occu-\\npation, worked at his trade in New York until 1837, when\\nhe removed with his family to Monroe Co., Mich., where\\nhe had purchased a farm. William W. Kinney was born\\nin Cayuga Co., N. Y., Aug. 1, 1823, and remained with his\\nparents until 1848. On the 22d of February in that year\\nhe was married to Miss Amanda Clark, who was one of a\\nfamily of five daughters. Her father was born in Con-\\nnecticut and her mother in Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs.\\nKinney became the parents of nine children, of whom\\nseven arc living. After marriage they settled on a farm\\nin La Salle, Monroe Co., Mich., where they remained until\\n1855. In that year Mr. Kinney purchased the farm he\\nnow occupies (sixty acres) in Bangor township. Van Buren\\nCo. At that time it was unimproved, but the result of\\nMr. Kinney s labors upon it for twenty-five years will\\nbecome apparent when the reader glances at the accom-\\npanying view. Mr. Kinney s mother died in Monroe\\nCounty in 1853, and his father in Eaton County, where\\nhe was living with a daughter, in 1868. Mrs. Kinney s\\nfiither died in Monroe County in 1850, and her mother in\\nBangor in 1872. Mr. Kinney is in politics a Republican,\\nand in religion liberal. Although his own advantages in an\\neducational line were not the best, he takes great interest\\nin all affairs relating to schools, and has ever been among", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0574.jp2"}, "575": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0575.jp2"}, "576": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0576.jp2"}, "577": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF BANGOR.\\n417\\nthe foremost to improve the tone and character of the\\nvarious institutions of learning in his locality. He has\\nheld a school office for seventeen years, and is a staunch\\nsupporter of the cause of education.\\nJOHN M. VANAUKEN.\\nThis L entleman, the son of Aaron Vanauken, and one of\\na family of nine children, was born in Knox, Albany Co.,\\nN. Y., March 3, 1816. His parents were both natives of\\nNew York, although his mother was of German descent.\\nWhen seventeen years of age, John Vanauken began to do\\nbattle with the world on his own account. In the sjiring\\ncomparatively poor circumstances to an enviable position as\\nregards true worth and prosperity, and his own labors have\\naccomplislied this end.\\nriioto. by Nurthrup, Baugor.\\n.JOHN M. VANAUKEN.\\nof 184(5 lie purchased the land which he now occupies,\\nincluding one hundred and fifty-five acres on section 33,\\nBangor township. Van Buren Co., Mich. It was entirely\\nunimproved, but in the lapse of years a wonderful change\\nhas been wrought, and\\nWhere once frowned a forest a garden is smiling.\\nAt the age of twenty-five, Mr. Vanauken was married\\nto Miss Phebe A. Dawlcy in the town of Lyons, Wayne\\nCo., N. Y., of which State her parents were natives.\\nNine children blessed this union, of whom but three are\\nliving, a son and two daughters. Mrs. Vanauken died\\nin November, 1857, and in 1860 Mr. Vanauken was mar-\\nried to Mrs. D. J. Northrop, a member of the Kingston\\nflimily, of Jefferson Co., N. Y. She had come very early\\nto Michigan. Her death occurred April 22, 1869, and\\nMr. Vanauken s household is now presided over by his\\nyoungest daughter, Mrs. Stowe. Mr. Vanauken has about\\nseventy acres under cultivation, and is in every respect a\\nthorough and enterprising farmer. He has dealt to some\\nextent in fine stock, and takes much jiride in having the best\\nvarieties. He at one time sold a pair of .steers, two years\\nold. whose combined weight was three thousand and twelve\\npounds. In politics he is a Republican, and in religion\\nliberal. One of his sons served three years in the war of\\nthe Rebellion. Believing that whatever is worth doing\\nat all is worth doing well, Mr. Vanauken has risen from\\n53\\nTHOMAS CROSS.\\nJohn Cross was born in Columbiana Co., Ohio, in 1810,\\nmarried Miss Martha Sterling, and in 1840 removed to\\nHancock Co., Ohio, where he remained twenty-three years.\\nIn 1863 came to Bangor, where he purchased a farm, upon\\nwhich he still resides. In Columbiana County three chil-\\ndren, viz., James, Mary, and Margaret Jane, were born to\\nthem, and in Hancock County six more, named as follows:\\nThomas, Wilson, Cornelius, Jacob Sampson, Clarissa, and\\nNancy. Jacob Sampson and Clarissa died in Hancock\\nCounty, and Wilson and Nancy in Bangor. Also Mrs.\\nCross died in Bangor, Jan. 27, 1877.\\nThomas Cross was born in 1841, and when sixteen years\\nof age, his father having only fifty acres of land and a large\\nfamily, he started in the world for himself; worked for\\nThomas Morgan three seasons, going home to attend school\\nduring three winters; the fourth year worked for a Mr.\\nSampson then moved to Bangor, where he arrived Oct.\\n16, 1861. Necessity compelled him to commence work at\\nonce, and in eighteen days he had earned as many dollars\\nthen contracted with Daniel Taylor for one year s labor, re-\\nceiving therefor one hundred and sixty dollars second year\\nreceived one hundred and eighty, and the third two hun-\\ndred and twenty dollars. With this money, in 1863, he\\npurchased his first farm of eighty acres, a view of his resi-\\ndence on which appears in this work. In November, 1864,\\nhe married Mary J. Bennett, a native of Cleveland, Whitley\\nCo., Ind., who was born in 1844. Her father, Hiram Ben-\\nnett, was born in Brooklyn, Madison Co., N. Y., in 1806\\nremoved to Pennsylvania in 1824, to Indiana in 1834, and\\nto Geneva in 18.55, and since the marriage of Mr. and\\nMrs. Cross has resided with them. They removed to their\\nfarm in 1865. Their first child, Amanda J., was born in\\nJuly of that year, died in July, 1876 Linford T., in Sep-\\ntember, 1867, died in July, 1870; Carrie L., in May,\\n1869 Gertrude M., in October, 1871 Irving J., in May,\\n1873 and Emma E., in September, 1875. In 1871, pre-\\nvious to the construction of the railroad, anticipating it\\nand realizing its tendency to advance the interests of his\\nsection, he purchased three hundred and twenty acres,\\nincurring a debt of five thousand dollars, necessitating the\\nmortgaging of his original farm for full value. In 1872\\nthe road was built, making a market for lumber. Then\\ncame the Chicago fire, to which point he made profitable\\nshipments, and by disposing of one hundred acres to the\\nBangor Furnace Company he was enabled to remove all\\nincumbrances. The reader will perceive from the foregoing\\nthat Mr. Cross has carved out his own fortune, with the\\nassistance only of Mrs. Cross, who has contributed her\\nshare towards his success. His farm is highly cultivated,\\nwith fifty acres of timber, good improvements, and he\\nclaims the best barn in Van Buren County. His children\\nare educated at home, employing a teacher in the house. A\\nRepublican since the organization of the party. Independ-\\nent in circum.stances, he enjoys all the comforts it affords.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0577.jp2"}, "578": {"fulltext": "418\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nPhotos, by Northrup, Bangor.\\nJOHN SOUTHARD.\\nMRS. JOHN SOUTHARD.\\nJOHN SOUTHARD\\nwas born ia Albany Co., N. Y., Feb. 4, 1795, and was the\\nfifth in a family of eleven children. His parents were both\\nnatives of the State of New York. His grandfather, Thomas\\nSouthard, was born in Rhode Island, and served seven years\\nin the American army during the war of the Revolution.\\nJohn Southard was married, Feb. 16, 1823, in the town\\nof Windham, Greene Co., N. Y., to Miss Harriet A. Haight.\\nHer parents were natives of that State, and raised a family\\nof eight children. In 1837, Mr. Southard emigrated with\\nhis family to Michigan, and located in Washtenaw County,\\nremoving a year later to Bangor town.ship. Van Buren Co.,\\nand settling on the farm which Mrs. Southard and her son\\nnow occupy on section 25. Mr. and Mrs. Southard raised\\na family of seven children, five of whom are now living.\\nMr. Southard received his education in the district schools\\nof his day. His death occurred Oct. 30, 1864, after a\\nwedded life of forty-one years, and when his existence had\\nnearly reached the lengthened period of threescore years\\nand ten.\\nDAVID K. CHARLES.\\nThe ancestors of Mr. Charles, as far as they can be\\ntraced, were originally from Scotland. His parents, how-\\never, were natives of Ireland and in County Londonderry,\\nof the Emerald Isle, Mr. Charles himself was born,\\nMarch 25, 1829, being the second in a family of twelve\\nchildren. When he was twelve years old he came to Amer-\\nica, in company with his uncle, Andrew Charles, who had\\nlived in America several years, but was back visiting his\\nold home they arrived in New York in April, 1841. His\\nfather and the rest of the family emigrated ten years later.\\nAndrew Charles was a harness-maker by trade, and had car-\\nried on the business in Angelica, Allegany Co., N. Y., for\\nseveral years. David K. lived with him two years, learning\\nthe trade. At the expiration of two years, he worked in the\\nsame town one year at the tanner s trade. He then learned\\nthe art of St. Crispin, shoemaking, and worked at the\\nlatter until 1849, when he established a business of his own\\nat Angelica. On the 8th of April, 1851, he was married,\\nat that place, to Miss Caroline Barnum, daughter of David\\nand Elizabeth Barnum, who was a native of Angelica, and\\nwhose parents were both born in New York. She is one\\nof a family of seven children. To Mr. and Mrs. Charles\\nhave been born four children, as follows Amelia C., born\\nFeb. 13, 1852, died March 30, 1853; Emma C, born\\nJuly 20, 1854; Clifton B., born June 21, 1857; Hattie\\nE., born Dec. 22, 1858.\\nIn July, 1858, Mr. Charles property at Wellsville,\\nN. Y., was destroyed by fire, after which he commenced\\nbusiness in Olean, where a like disaster occurred in 1866.\\nThis somewhat disheartened him, but he was not of the\\nnature to be totally despondent, and removed with his fam-\\nily to Illinois. In 1867 he came to Michigan and located\\nat the village of Bangor, where he opened an establishment\\nfor the sale of general merchandise, and continued in busi-\\nness five years. In 1872 he moved upon the farm he now\\noccupies, on which is one of the finest residences in the\\ntownship, a sketch of which is inserted in this volume.\\nThe farm contains four hundred acres, and is well adapted\\nto both grain and stock-raising. Mr. Charles makes a\\nspecialty of hay, cutting about one hundred tons annually.\\nHis early schooling was in the district educational institu-\\ntions where he lived, his attendance being principally dur-\\ning winters. At the age of twenty he entered Richburgh\\nAcademy, New York, and remained one term. In poli-\\ntics Mr. Charles is a Republican, but is in no sense of the\\nterm an ofiice-seeker. Both he and his wife are members\\nof the Episcopal Church, but as there is no society of that\\ndenomination in Bangor they have worked with the Meth-\\nodist Episcopal Church. Their children, except the one\\nwho died in infancy, have all grown to maturity. The\\noldest daughter is married Clifton, who has recently com-\\npleted a foui- years course at the Agricultural College, is\\nworking his father s farm. Mr. Charles, since his arrival", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0578.jp2"}, "579": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0579.jp2"}, "580": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0580.jp2"}, "581": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF BANGOR.\\n419\\nin the township, has erected seven dwellings and five barns,\\nand aside from his farm owns a hotel and other property\\nin Bangor village. His start in life was humble, but his\\nventures have been eminently successful, and great credit\\nis due him for his achievements.\\nWILLIAM S. CHARLES.\\nThis gentleman was born in County Derry, Ireland, June\\n28, 1839, and was the seventh in a family of twelve chil-\\ndren. In the spring of 1851 he accompanied his parents\\nto America, settling in Angelica, N. Y. When sixteen\\nyears of age he left home and came to Michigan, arriving\\nat Detroit with but twenty-five cents in money remaining.\\nHis subsequent experience was for a time varied and\\nsomewhat exciting. He was for two weeks in the em-\\nploy of Dr. Sweeney, at Dearborn, and subsequently\\nfound employment in Van Buren County as a wood-chop-\\nper until 1856. He then went to Allegan County, re-\\nmaining until June of the latter year, and from thence to\\nPaw Paw, where he lived three years, finally coming to\\nBangor, where, in 1860, he purchased forty acres of land,\\non which he still resides, and to which he has added numer-\\nous purchases, having at the present tiuie a total of five\\nhundred acres in the home-farm, besides lands in other\\nportions of the county. Oct. 14, 1861, Mr. Charles en-\\nlisted as a private in Battery B, First Michigan Artillery,\\nand was in the service of the nation three years and eight\\nmonths. He was promoted, step by step, and on the 14th\\nof November, 1864, received a commission as second lieu-\\ntenant. He was an exemplary soldier, and was never ab-\\nsent from duty. His command formed a part of the\\nWestern army. He participated in the memorable battle\\nof Pittsburg Landing, and took part in various engagements\\nin Georgia and the Carolinas, having a varied experience,\\nuntil the 21st and 22d of March, 1865. Oct. 31, 1865,\\nhe was married to Mary Jane Cramer, at Hudson, Mich.\\nShe was the only daughter of Abraham and Sarah (Ster-\\nling) Cramer, and was born in Medina, Lenawee Co., Mich.,\\nNov. 29, 1840. Her parents were natives of New York,\\nand came to Michigan not long before their daughter was\\nborn, settling in Lenawee County, where Mr. Cramer still\\nresides. Four of his sons are now living. Mr. and Mrs.\\nCharles are the parents of the following children, viz.,\\nFrank L., born Aug. 24, 1866 Carrie B., born Oct. 14,\\n1868 and two others, who died young. In politics Mr.\\nCharles is a Republican has for two years held the po-\\nsition of township treasurer, besides having held minor\\noffices. In religious matters his views are liberal. His\\nadvantages for obtaining an education were of an ordinary\\nnature.\\nANSON GOSS.\\nThe subject of the following sketch is a native of Shalers-\\nville township. Portage Co., Ohio, where he was born, July\\n29, 1834. His paternal ancestors boasted of a Scotch ex-\\ntraction, and were descended from the rugged character of\\nthe Highlanders. His grandfather, John Goss, and his\\ngrandmother, Polly Davidson Goss, reared a family of three\\nsons and five daughters. Ormond, the third of the family,\\nand Anson s father, was born June 29, 1802. On the\\nmaternal side Anson is descended from pure English stock\\nhis mother s father, Elisha Haven, was born at Montpelier,\\nVt., Jan. 28, 1772, and married a widow, Mollie Streator,\\nwhose maiden name was Goodell, Jan. 22, 1790. By this\\nalliance there were five sons and four daughters. Roby,\\nthe sixth child, and mother of Anson, was born at Mont-\\npelier, the home of her parents, Aug. 22, 1804. They\\nremoved to the Western Reserve, Portage Co., Ohio, in\\n1819. There three of the family still reside.\\nOrmond Goss, in occupation a stone-cutter, emigrated to\\nOhio, where the matrimonial alliance with Roby Haven\\nwas contracted, March 12, 1829. They reared a family of\\nfour sons and two daughters, viz., Henry, Ruth, Anson,\\nFred, Polly, and John P.\\nHenry, having purchased a soldier s claim, came to Ban-\\ngor township in 1853, and laid his claim on government\\nland. A severe drought occurring on the Reserve, many,\\nhis father among the number, disposed of their dairy cows,\\nand sought a climate less subject to such changes. Henry s\\nparents were attracted by him to Bangor, and came on a\\ntour of inspection, little expecting to be satisfied with its\\nsoil, timber, or climate, but were .so happily disappointed\\nthat they secured one hundred and twenty acres of land on\\nsection 22, made arrangements for some clearing and the\\nbuilding of a log house, and returned to Ohio.\\nIn the spring of 1854 the parents and remainder of the\\nchildren, except Anson, removed to this claim in Bangor.\\nIn the following autumn he also came and located his first\\npiece of land, the east half of the northeast quarter of\\nsection 22, which cost him the small sum of sixty dollars,\\nthree shillings an acre.\\nDec. 31, 1859, he married Mary Jane Vanauken,\\ndaughter of John Vanauken, of Bangor. He keeps his\\nold log house, which is incorporated with the view of his\\npresent residence, to remind him of their beginning in life.\\nThey struggled together during the twenty years which\\nhave elapsed night and day, and by their industry, economy,\\nand skillful management have amassed a snug little fortune,\\nowning now seven hundred and twenty acres of land, a\\nlarge amount of which is under cultivation and with good\\nfarm buildings being a skillful mechanic, these he has\\nsuperintended in construction. Mr. Goss is a man who\\nnever allows pleasure to interfere with his business, it\\nseemingly being his greatest pleasure to push his business\\ninterests, and in this he certainly commands the admiration\\nof all whose notice he attracts.\\nTHOMAS KEMP.\\nThis gentleman was born in Burwash, Sussex County,\\nEngland, Nov. 15, 1813, and was the oldest in a family of\\nthirteen children. His father, Thomas Kemp, Sr., and\\nmother, Eleanor (Kirkland) Kemp, were both natives of\\nEngland, although the latter was of Scotch descent. Thomas\\nKemp, Sr., emigrated to America in 1829, sailing from\\nLondon the 9th of May, arriving at New York City on the\\n3d of July, and proceeding thence to Cayuga County, in", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0581.jp2"}, "582": {"fulltext": "420\\nHISTORY OF VANfBUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nthe same State, where they settled and remained until\\ndeath. Mrs. Kemp died when her .son Thomas was seven-\\nteen years of age, and her husband survived her until 1863.\\nThomas Kemp, Jr., commenced to earn his own living\\nwhen eighteen years old, finding employment near home\\nuntil 1835. In that year he hired to Isaac Barnum, at\\ntwelve dollars per month, came to Michigan, and purchased\\nhis present farm, on section 3-t, Bangor township, Van\\nin Lawrence township. Van Buren Co., Mr. Kemp was\\nmarried to Miss Julia Raven, who has borne him eight\\nchildren, all but one of wKom are living, the deceased\\nmember being Thomas Francis, who was drowned July 15,\\n1877, aged sixteen. The father of the present Mrs. Kemp\\nwas a native of New Jersey, and her mother of New York,\\nMrs. Kemp being one of a family of six children. Her\\nparents came to Van Buren County in 1840, and settled in\\nPhntoH. by Northrup, Bangol.\\nTHOMAS KEMP.\\nMRS. THOMAS KEMP.\\nBuren Co. Mr. Kemp has been three times married, his\\nmarriage with Miss Cone, in Hartford township, being the\\nfirst wedding celebrated among the settlers thereof Mrs.\\nKemp died July 6, 1846. After her death Mr. Kemp\\nvisited Ohio, and before returning was married to Miss\\nMary Cone, a sister of his first wife. Less than a year\\nafterwards his fireside was again left desolate, but the de-\\nparting left, as did her predecessor, a child to take her\\nplace. Both these children are now living. Dec. 5, 1847,\\nthe township of Lawrence, where her father died in July,\\n1843, and her mother in 1846. Mr. Kemp s educational\\nadvantages were not the best, and his attendance at public\\nschool aggregated but about five months. Both he and his\\nwife have been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church\\nsince 1858, and have never shrunk from what appeared to\\nbe their duty. In politics Mr. Kemp votes with the Re-\\npublican party on general issues, and in local matters for\\nwhom he considers most fit for the position in question.\\nORLANDO S. BROWN\\nwas born Sept. 29, 1816, in Monroe Co., N. Y. His father,\\nOrlando Brown, was a farmer and a native of one of the\\nEastern States, and married a Miss Gould, of the same na-\\ntivity. Mr. Brown, Sr., died when his son was but seven\\nyears of age. His widow married again, and in 1837 came\\nwith her husband to Michigan, settling in Monroe County.\\nIn 1839 they removed from the latter to Van Buren County,\\nlocating on section 13, in the township of Bangor, but a few\\nmonths later trading for Mr. Brown s present place on sec-\\ntion 12, consisting of eighty acres. Orlando S. Brown was\\nmarried, Sept. 17, 1836, to Miss Polly Ann Taylor, in\\nMonroe Co., N. Y. Her parents were natives of Connec-\\nticut, in which State she also was born. Their present\\nhome in Bangor was in the midst of a forest when they\\nfirst occupied it, and the village of Bangor had scarcely\\nbeen dreamed of Mr. and Mrs. Brown became the parents\\nof two children, a son and a daughter the latter is now\\ndeceased. Mrs. Brown died March 2, 1871, and on the\\n14th of August, 1872, Mr. Brown was married to Mrs.\\nMcCrary, a native of Indiana. Her parents were born in\\nthe State of New York. In politics, Mr. Brown was a\\nRepublican, and, with his wife, belonged to the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church. His mother died in Bangor, Feb. 1,\\n1872. By his integrity as a man and his habits of in-\\ndustry and economy, Mr. Brown achieved his success in\\nlife. He held several of the offices in his township, and\\ndeparted this life Feb. 2, 1880.\\nJ. G. MILLER.\\nJohn and Fannie Miller were among the pioneers of the\\nState of Michigan, having settled here before it was ad-\\nmitted as a State. They were natives of New York, were\\nmarried there, and made a permanent settlement in Monroe\\nCo., Mich., in 1831. Their children were as follows:\\nL. B., born in New York J. G., Cynthia S., L. C, John", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0582.jp2"}, "583": {"fulltext": "0. S. BROWN.\\nMRS. O.S. BROWN.\\nResidence OF ORLANDO S. B ROWN ,8ANGORyANBuR^HGo.Micn", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0583.jp2"}, "584": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0584.jp2"}, "585": {"fulltext": "TUWNSHIP OF BLOOMINGDALE.\\n421\\nF., Fannie, and Sophia J., born in Michigan. The chil-\\ndren are all living but two, Cynthia S. and Sophia J.\\nL. B., John F., and Fannie are still residents of Monroe\\nCounty L. C. has made his home in Bangor.\\nJ. G. Miller was born in 1833, and was reared sur-\\nrounded by the impediments and difEeulties usually at-\\ntending the settlement of a new country. Losing his\\nmother when only thirteen years of age, necessity compelled\\nhim to depend upon his own efforts for a livelihood, and\\nhe began his career under adverse circumstances. Real-\\nizing the advantages even of a limited education, he made\\na manly effort to secure one, and engaged for two winters\\nin sawing wood, this affording him the opportunity of\\nattending school. He afterwards worked two years, re-\\nceiving as compensation three dollars per month, which\\nenabled him to clothe himself and also to render assistance\\nto his sisters. The following year his salary was doubled,\\nand he then passed seven summers as an employee on the\\nWabash and Miami Canal, where he made his first one\\nhundred dollars. Finding employment during a portion only\\nof the last three years, he invested his money in a thrash-\\ning-machine and a horse, Esquire Thomas McManus, of\\nMonroe County, becoming bis indorser, as Mr. Miller was\\ncompelled to incur some indebtedness. In this business he\\nremained until 1856, when he leased an uncle s farm.\\nCynthia and Lovisa superintended the internal arrange-\\nments of the household, Cynthia teaching a portion of the\\ntime, and here several members of the family were able to\\nattend school. In 1858 he arrived with a team and wagon\\nin Bangor, which he exchanged for forty acres of land.\\nHe immediately returned, securing a siiuation in a brick-\\nyard. In the fall he purchased a hor.se and buggy and\\ndrove to Bangor, where he purchased the ftirm now owned\\nby him, and of which a view appears in this work, giving\\nin payment one hundred dollars, his first purchase of forty\\nacres, and his horse and buggy. In 18G0 he followed his\\ntrade, that of carpenter and joiner, and worked in a saw-\\nmill as an employee of J. H. Nyuian. In the spring of\\n1861 he returned to his trade, working at it until Sept. 25,\\n1861, when he united in marriage with Miss Eveline Wat-\\nkins. They began their married life with a farm paid for\\nand thirty dollars in cash.\\nThomas Watkins, the father of Mrs. Miller, was born near\\nPittsburgh, Pa., in 1802. He married there, and moved to\\nMount Vernon, Ohio, where John and William were born.\\nHe lost his first wife in Mount Vernon, and afterwards\\nmarried Miss Katie Spaughn. Mrs. Miller was born at\\nMount Vernon, Ohio, in 1836. James and Levi were also\\nborn there. Katie, Mrs. Miller s mother, died in Hancock\\nCo., Ohio, to which place they removed in 1857. Mr.\\nWatkins then married Melvina Litrick. The names of\\nhis last children are Henry, Martin, Francis, Martha Jane,\\nCharles, and Jackson, who, with the exception of one who\\ndied in Ohio, are still living.\\nAfter Mr. and Mrs. Miller s marriage they passed eleven\\nyears on the farm, where three children were born, viz.,\\nIda, July 10, 1862, died in 1872 Omar, Sept. 6, 1865\\nJohn J., Dec. 26, 1869.\\nMr. Miller having achieved .success in farming, and\\nhaving acquired the necessary means, engaged in business\\nin the village of Bangor in 1872, having built a store in\\n1871. He commenced with a partner, whose interest he\\npurchased in February, 1875. The village had been con-\\ntinually increasing in population, and the surrounding\\ncountry been rapidly developed. Mr. Miller recognized the\\nimportance of having a public hall. The Opera House, of\\nwhich a view is given, is the result. It is a building forty-\\nfour by ninety-four feet, with a seating capacity of five\\nhundred. The hall is on the second floor, and Mr. Miller\\noccupies a portion of the first floor as a hardware-store,\\nrenting the remainder.\\nMr. Miller s career was begun as a poor boy. By energy\\nand perseverance, united with economy and good business\\nqualifications, he has secured a competency, and is now liv-\\ning in the enjoyment of the comforts and luxuries wealth\\naffords. The records show him to be one of the heaviest\\ntax-payers in his school district and township. Politically,\\nhe is a Democrat.\\nCHAPTER LV.\\nBLOOMINGDALE TO^\u00c2\u00a5NSHIP.*\\nBoundaries, Soil, anil Waters First and other Early .Settlements\\nCivil History Blooiniagdale Village Gobleville Berlamont\\nAnderson s Mills Township Public Schools.\\nBOUNDARIEt;, SOIL, AND WATERS.\\nUpon the northern border of the county of Van Buren,\\nwith Pine Grove on the east, Waverly ou the south, Colum-\\nbia on the west, and Allegan County on the north, is situ-\\nated the township of Bloomingdale.\\nIt comprises the territory designated in the United States\\nsurvey as township No. 1 south, of range No. 14 west,\\nwhich, with the present township of Pine Grove, was organ-\\nized as Bloomingdale in 1845. The surface is rolling, and\\noriginally was heavily timbered with pine, hemlock, and\\nthe many varieties of deciduous forest-trees indigenous to\\nthis latitude. Pine largely predominated in the northern\\npart, yet it was found to a considerable extent in many\\nother portions.\\nThe soil is a sandy and clay loam, fertile and well adapted\\nto the culture of fruits and the cereals. In the quality and\\nextent of its productions Bloomingdale takes a front rank\\namong the northern tier of townships.\\nSome twenty-two small lakes dot its surface, embracing\\na total area of about 1000 acres. Those dignified with\\nnames on the map are Great Bear (which also extends into\\nColumbia township), Muskrat, Sweet, Twin, Three-Legged,\\nMud, Lake-Mill, Max, Little Brandywine, Thayer, and\\nSmith s.\\nAs forming outlets and inlets to the lakes mentioned\\nnumerous unimportant streams are observed.\\nThe people are chiefly devoted to the pursuits of agri-\\nculture, and the State census of 1874 returned a total\\nof 1690 inhabitants.\\nFIRST AND OTHER EARLY SETTLEMENTS.\\nDuring the bleak, cold days of December, 1837, the first\\nsettlement was made in this township by the brothers Mal-\\nBy John S. Schenck.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0585.jp2"}, "586": {"fulltext": "422\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nlory H., William H. H., Reuben J., and Merlin M. Myers,\\naccompanieJ by their mother and sisters, Sarah O. and\\nRuth Ann.\\nThe Myers were natives of Oneida Co., N. Y., where\\ntheir father died in 1826. In later years they removed to\\nthe town of Bergen, Genesee Co., N. Y. Here the widow s\\nchildren had nearly all reached the estate of manhood and\\nwomanhood ere a removal was contemplated to the new\\nState of Michigan.\\nIn the spring of 1836 the brothers Mallory H. and\\nWilliam H. H. started out on foot and walked the entire\\ndistance from Genesee Co., N. Y., via Canada to this State.\\nFor six months Mallory worked in Monroe County, and\\nduring the same time William in White Pigeon. The\\nlatter then returned to the State of New York, and brought\\nout with him the remainder of the family, all being estab-\\nlished at White Pigeon in the fall of 1836.\\nOne year later they decided to settle permanently upon\\nsection 36, in this township, and here, as previously men-\\ntioned, they arrived amid the snows and wintry blasts of\\nDecember 22d, with no shelter awaiting them other than\\nthat aflfordcd by the tall monarchs of the forest.\\nThe frozen earth after snow one foot in depth had been\\nmelted away by a rousing fire afforded them a resting-\\nplace the first night. The next day a rude cabin was built,\\nwhich was followed soon after by a substantial log house,\\n14 by 33 feet in dimensions, which, with no floors, was\\nroofed after the primitive manner, with wooden troughs.\\nThus situated, their nearest neighbors seven miles distant,\\nat Breedsville and Paw Paw, this family passed their\\nfirst winter. Yet they were not idle. Slashings were made\\npreparatory for crops the coming spring season, and con-\\nsiderable quantities of shingles were manufactured for the\\nPaw Paw and White Pigeon markets. This latter branch\\nof industry added materially to the exchequer of this family,\\nas well as of all other settlers, during the first and second\\ndecades of their residence.\\nMallory H. Myers, the eldest of this family of brothers,\\nwas twenty-three years old at the time of his settlement in\\nthis township. He was one of the first officers in the old\\ntownship of Clinch, also of Waverly, and in 1845 was the\\nfirst supervisor chosen in Bloomingdale. He now resides\\nin the small village of Berlamont.\\nWilliam H. H. Myers taught the first school, in the win-\\nter of 1838 and 1839. In later years he became a minister\\nof the Free- Will Baptist Church. He died in 1865.\\nIn the spring of 1838, Ashbel Herron, from Cayuga Co.,\\nN. Y., and Daniel G. Robinson, from Ohio, settled near the\\nMyers while Joseph S. Peck located in the extreme north-\\nwest corner of the township, on section 6. Mr. Peck s\\nlocality was for years known as Pecktown, his early\\nneighbors being Melvin Hogmire, Horace Humphrey, and\\nPeter Smith.\\nJoseph Brotherton, from Cayuga Co., N.Y., settled upon\\nsection 34 in the fall of 1838.\\nDuring this year a school-house was built upon section\\n36, and the first marriage took place. The contracting\\nparties James Scott, of Decatur, and Miss Ruth Ann\\nMyers, of the Myers settlement in Clinch were married\\nat the house of M. H. Myers, by Elder Warner.\\nOrlando H. Newcomb, who had previously lived in Al-\\nmena, settled on section 36 in 1 839.\\nAmong other events of this year was the preaching of\\nthe first sermon, by Noah D. Sweet, Sunday, Aug. 11, 1839\\n(the services were held in the school-house) the burial of\\nWilliam Brownell, a young shingle-maker, who was the\\nfirst person to depart this life in the new settlement. In\\nDecember occurred the first birth. The child enjoying this\\ndistinction is now known as John Wesley Herron, of the\\nvillage of Gobleville. Elder Warner also preached in the\\nschool-house during the fall of 1839. The same year two\\nof the settlers houses took fire in a mysterious manner and\\nwere burned with all their contents. Suspicion rested\\nupon the Indians, who still frequented the country in con-\\nsiderable numbers but they were finally dispelled by the\\nuniformly friendly manner and general good conduct of the\\naborigines.\\nThe following list of resident tax-payers of the old town-\\nship of Clinch, made in the summer of 1839, will be of\\ninterest to early settlers, as well as to the general reader, for\\nit proves conclusively just who the residents were at that\\ntime in the present townships of Almena, Waverly, Bloom-\\ningdale, and Pine Grove John A. Ranney, Joseph Dero-\\nsier, Asa Crofoot, Luther Howe, F. C. Annable, Blakely\\nBarnes, Horace Boufoey, A. S. Downing, Samuel Turner,\\nRuhama Barnum, Henry Barnum, Freeman Hall, Bolivar\\nBarnum, H. P. Barnum, C. D. Grimes, S. Grimes, Junia\\nWarner, Jr., Willard Newcomb, Amon Covey, D. Critten\\nden, Benjamin Fink, W. Hurlbut, Morrill, Brown k Co.,\\nLevi Libbey, R. Bell, Nathaniel Livermore, Ashbel Herron,\\nMallory H. Myers, Reuben J. Myers, William H. H. Myers,\\nJoseph Brotherton, Daniel G. Robinson, Joseph Peck,\\nJoseph Williams, and John Condron. These residents then\\npaid taxes to the amount of $185.97.\\nHarviland Thayer, a native of New Hampshire, who\\nafterwards became one of the prominent men in this town-\\nship, came here first in the fall of 1839, and purchasing\\nlands situated on section 34, partly completed a dwelling-\\nhouse thereon. He was then residing in White Pigeon,\\nwhither he had removed from Cayuga Co., N. Y., in 1836.\\nOn the 3d of March, 1840, his family arrived here in the\\nwoods and began improvements, in the near vicinity of\\nwhich many descendants still live.\\nOther settlers of 1840 were Alanson Todd, on section\\n24 Ira S. Frary, on section 25 and N. Kennedy, on section\\n15. Dennis E. Whelan settled in 1842.\\nHenryMower, who was born in the town of Woodstock,\\nWindsor Co., Vt., removed from the latter State to Herki-\\nmer Co., N. Y., in 1829, from thence to St. Lawrence Co.,\\nN. Y., in 1830, and to Kalamazoo, Mich., in 1832. In\\nKalamazoo he entered the lands where are now situated the\\nfair-grounds. From 1832 to 1843 he traversed on foot\\nover the greater portion of Southern Michigan, while acting\\nas guide to land-lookers and in the employ of Theodore\\nSheldon. He finally, in 1843, purchased land and settled\\nwhere he now resides in this township.\\nHe was present at the first township election, in 1845,\\nand was elected township clerk in 1846, an office which he\\ncontinued to hold during the succeeding nine years. Iq\\n1849 he served as supervisor. Though chilled by the snows", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0586.jp2"}, "587": {"fulltext": "m", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0587.jp2"}, "588": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0588.jp2"}, "589": {"fulltext": "TOWiNSHIP OF BLOOMINGDALE.\\n423\\nof nearly eighty winters, Mr. Mower is still the possessor\\nof good mental faculties and much physical vigor, and to\\nhim are we indebted for many facts concerning the early\\nhistory of this and neighboring townships.\\nThomas Hodgson, another active pioneer, settled on sec-\\ntion 30 in 1844.\\nThe township of Bloomingdale was formed in 1845.\\nThe 22 persons returned upon the assessment-roll of that\\nyear as resident tax-payers were\\nSec. Sec.\\nAshhel Henon 36 Daniel G. Kobinson 25\\nWillinm H^ H. Myers 35 Peter T. Valleau 13, 24\\nJoseph Brotherton 34 Alanison Todd 24\\nHarviland Thayer 34 Ira S. Frary 25\\nThomas Hodgson 30 Eobert Moon 24\\nDennis E. Whehvn 25 Henry Mower 23\\nMallory H. Myers 36 Elisha C. Co.^ 5\\nLevi W.Thayer 35 L. Jackson Lacy 4, S\\nDavid Loveland 35 Melvin Hogmire 6\\nH.T.Houghton Personal Joseph Peck 6\\nBurroughs Abbott 25 Daniel G. Robinson A Co 16\\nOrlando H. Newcomb 36\\nAdditional tax-paying residents in 1846 were Reuben H.\\nWard, Jonathan Goodell, William L. Houghton, William\\nH. Story, Alson A. Greaves, township treasurer, John Wait,\\nJosiah Sweet, Daniel Jewell, and Henry Whelpley. The\\nlatter, as a boy, was one of the first settlers, coming here\\nand working in the Myers settlement in 1838.\\nAn early saw-mill (water-power) was erected by Daniel\\nG. Robinson Co., upon section 16, in 1848. Messrs.\\nMyers Newcomb built the first steam-mill, about three\\nyears later. John Hudson built the first grist-mill, in 1866.\\nIt was burned two or three years afterwards.\\nHere, as in other newly-settled regions, all the early\\nsettlers kept open house for the entertainment of weary\\nand belated travelers. When ill, and previous to the\\ncoming of Dr. Barber, they were attended by Dr. Andrews,\\nof Paw Paw.\\nSamuel Lane, at present a prominent resident of the vil-\\nlage of Bloomingdale, removed from Monroe Co., N. Y., to\\nCheshire, then Trowbridge, Allegan Co., Mich., in the\\nspring of 1845. He purchased 80 acres of land from the\\ngovernment, built a log dwelling, and became the third\\nsettler in that township. In 1848 he settled upon the Cox\\nfarm, section 5. About the year 1866 he sold the farm,\\nand removing to the village of Bloomingdale, became one of\\nits early merchants, also the first hotel proprietor. Among\\nother quite early settlers were Harrison Cooley, Isaac L.\\nKnapp, John Barnard, Truman B. Dougal, Henry W. Du-\\nrand, Zenas L. Chase, Chester Barber, William J. Merwin,\\n0. M. Bessey, Rufus M. Brown, Arch. W. Bishop, Alex-\\nander Miller, Christian Spicher, Shadrach S. Austin, Harvey\\nH. Howard, Matthew Munn, E. Baughman, the Haven\\nbrothers, and Henry Killefer.\\nAugustus Haven, from Portage Co., Ohio, in the spring\\nof 1854 settled one mile west of the present village of\\nBloomingdale. There were then about 40 voters in the\\ntownship, and Paw Paw was the nearest post-oflBce station.\\nThe only framed dwellings were in the Myers and Herron\\nsettlement, and the Methodists the only religious organi-\\nzation held meetings in Joseph Peck s barn. Since his\\nsettlement here, as a farmer, merchant, and township official,\\nMr. Haven has been prominently identified with the varied\\ninterests of the township. In 1860, with a herd of 20\\ncows, he first began the manufacture of cheese. His cows\\nwere gradually increased to 40 in number. In 1870 he be-\\ngan using the milk of his neighbors cows, and in 1873\\ncheese was made from the milk of 200 cows. Since 1877\\nhis brother Warren has continued the business with success,\\nyet Mr. A. Haven still manufactures individually from a\\nherd of 30 cows.\\nIn wealth, numerical strength, and the embellishment of\\ntheir homes, great strides have been taken by the people of\\nBloomingdale since the completion of the railroad, in 1870.\\nIn its course through the township the line of the Kalama-\\nzoo and South Haven Railroad traverses sections 15, 16,\\n17, 18, 22, 23, 24, and 25, and from the stations of Goble-\\nville (on the east border), Bloomingdale (near the centre),\\nand Berlamont (on the west border), the residents are\\nafforded ample fiicilities for travel and the shipment of\\nfreight.\\nCIVIL HISTORY.\\nThe territory embraced within the limits of this town-\\nship, with Almena, Waverly, and Pine Grove, formed the\\nold township of Clinch. It became Waverly in 1842,\\nBloomingdale in 1845, and by the erection of Pine Grove,\\nin 1849, assumed its present proportions.\\nDuring a fire which occurred in the village of Blooming-\\ndale, Aug. 23, 1878, the township records were completely\\ndestroyed, and it is now a matter of impossibility to ever\\ncompile a complete list of the township officers.\\nWe learn from early residents, however, that the first\\ntownship election was held at the house of L. Jackson\\nLacy, in April, 1845, and 17 votes were polled.\\nFrom records on file in the county clerk s office we find\\nthat the first officers elected were as follows Mallory H.\\nMyers, Supervisor; H. T. Houghton, Township Clerk;\\nAshbel Herron, Treasurer; Harviland Thayer, Orlando H.\\nNewcomb, Assessors Mallory H. Myers, Joseph Brother-\\nton, Orlando H. Newcomb, Highway Commissioners; Wil-\\nliam H. H. Myers, Dennis E. Whelan, School Inspectors;\\nAshbel Herron, L. Jackson Lacy, Overseers of the Poor;\\nIra S. Frary, William H. H. Myers, Justices of the Peace.\\nSubsequent supervisors and justices of the peace elected,\\nas shown by the same source of information, i.e., county\\nrecords, were as follows\\nSOPERVISOKS.\\n1846, Elisha C. Cox; 1S47, L. Jackson Laey 1848, Harviland\\nThayer; 184U, Henry Mower; 1850-5.3, Ashbel Herron; 1854-\\n55. Harrison Cooley; 1856, Isaac L. Knapp; 1857, Harrison\\nCooley; 1858, Ashbel Herron 1859-60, Harrison Cooley; 1861-\\n62, Harvey H. Howard; 1863-66, Henry Killefer; 1867-68, Tim-\\nothy Cooley; 1869, Pliny Wait; 1870-71, Augustus Haven;\\n1872-77, Harvey H. Howard; 1878-79, James M. Robertson.\\nJUSTICES or THE PEACE.\\n1846, L.Jackson Lacy, Ashbel Herron; 1847, John Barnard; 1848,\\nL. Jackson Lacy, Harviland Thayer; 1849, Daniel G. Robinson,\\nReuben Ward, Truman B. Dougal 1850, Ashbel Herron, John\\nWait; 1851, Henry W. Durand 1852, Zenas L. Chase; 1853,\\nChester Barber, Zenas L. Chase; 1854, Harvey H. Howard, Wm.\\nJ. Merwin, 0. W. Bessey; 1855, Rufus M. Brown; 1856, John\\nWait; 1857, Archibald W. Bishop, Alexander Miller, Christian\\nSpicher; 1858, Zenas L. Chase, Shadrach S. Austin; 1859, Rufus\\nM. Brown: 1860, Thomas Hodgson, Henry A. Effner; 1861,\\nArchibald W. Bishop; 1862, Ingraham Eaton; 1863, Rufus M.\\nBrown; 1864, Thomas Hodgson, Casper Dunham; 1865, Archi-\\nbald W. Bishop; 1866, Egbert Cooley, 1867-72, no record; 1873,", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0589.jp2"}, "590": {"fulltext": "424\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nJ. G. Lockard, James L. Clement; 1874, Marshall Ferguson,\\nDavid H. Smith; 1875, Warren Haven, Egbert Cooley, H. H.\\nHoward; 1876, Hiram E. Goble 1877, Philiman Bush, John N.\\nHerron 1878, Oscar L. Millspaugh, Calvin J. Baughman 1879,\\nHyman H. Shaw.\\nThe total number of votes polled in 1878 was 384.\\nIn 1879, 345 votes were cast, and the following (present)\\ntownship officers elected, viz. James M. Robertson, Super-\\nvisor; William Killefer, Township Clerk; Fitz E. Adams,\\nTreasurer; Horace M. Stout, Township Superintendent of\\nSchools John M. Baxter, Highway Commissioner Hyman\\nH. Shaw, Justice of the Peace Samuel Lane, Lewis W.\\nVaughn, Benjamin C. Stout, John W. Gilson, Constables.\\nBLOOMINGDALE VILLAGE.\\nThe village of Bloomingdale, situated west of the geo-\\ngraphical centre of the township, is a station on the line of\\nthe Kalamazoo and South Haven branch of the Michigan\\nCentral Railroad.\\nIt was platted by William Killefer and Lucius B. Ken-\\ndall, May 23, 1870, the original plat embracing portions of\\nsections 16 and 17.\\nAn addition was made by George W. Haven, Sept. 15,\\n1870.\\nAs a commercial centre it is the most important point\\nbetween Kalamazoo and South Haven.\\nIt contains three stores of general merchandise, two hard-\\nware-stores, one drug- and grocery-store, two church edifices\\n(Baptist and Christian), Masonic and Odd-Fellows lodges,\\none hotel, one graded school, two medical offices, several\\nsmall mechanical shops, and about 300 inhabitants.\\nThe first settler upon its site was Henry Killefer. About\\n1854, Davis Haven, of Portage Co., Ohio, purchased 160\\nacres in the vicinity of the present village, and soon after\\nthe entire north half of section 17. As an inducement for\\nMr. Killefer to settle here, he Mr. Haven gave him\\none acre of land, now embraced within the depot grounds.\\nIn the fall of 1857, Mr. Killefer came on from Putnam\\nCo., Ohio, and erecting a .small building, now a portion of\\nthe hotel, established his fiimily in the second story, while\\nhe opened a small stock of boots, shoes, and groceries in the\\nfirst. This was the first house erected on the village-site,\\nalthough William J. Merwin and Rufus M. Brown were\\nthen living on the hill, about eighty rods east of the same.\\nShortly after his settlement Mr. Killefer received the\\nappointment of postmaster, and held the office until 1862.\\nJ. P. Howard was then appointed, and continued as post-\\nmaster to 1866. He was succeeded by William Killefer,\\nwho held it two years. In 1868, J. E. Rankin received\\nthe appointment, and in 1871 was succeeded by John Kil-\\nlefer, the present incumbent.\\nAfter occupying his first building three years, Mr. Kil-\\nlefer erected the building now owned by his son John.\\nSome two or three years later he sold it to Barber Lane,\\nand built the store which, in December, 1868, with J. P.\\nHoward s store and Barber Brothers drug-store, was burned.\\nThe building now owned by Augustus Haven was erected\\nby Mr. Killefer in 1869.\\nAbout 1860, Messrs. Merwin Brown opened a store\\nnear their residence on the hill, previously mentioned.\\nPrior to 1869, Messrs. Barber Lane established a mer-\\ncantile business, which, until the near completion of the\\nrailroad, comprised, with those already named, the business\\nmen of the village.\\nThe first passenger train on the Kalamazoo and South\\nHaven Railroad arrived at the village July 4, 1870.\\nAugustus Haven then owned the one acre first settled\\nupon by Mr. Killefer, having paid therefor $800. Samuel\\nLane became owner of the original Killefer building, and\\nremoved it to the present hotel site. He built an addition\\nto it, and first opened the present hotel.\\nA. W. Torrey set up the first steam saw-mill a portable\\none in the fall of 1870. It was removed to Bangor in\\n1878. Mr. Killefer built the present saw-mill in 1871.\\nDr. L. A. Barber was the first physician. He had prac-\\nticed previously while residing one mile west of the village.\\nDrs. C. W. Morse and H. R. Bulson have also lived and\\npracticed here. The present physicians are Drs. Barber\\nand William B. Anderson.\\nVILLAGE CHURCHES.\\nThe First Methodist Episcopal Society* in Bloomingdale\\nwas organized in the winter of 1856, by Rev. Mr. Corey,\\nassisted by Rev. H. Caldwell, a junior preacher with him on\\nthe circuit, the society being in the Black River charge of\\nthe Kalamazoo district. Rev. I. Cogshall, presiding elder.\\nThe names of the original members were A. Miller, Class-\\nLeader W. C. Wait, Steward F. Miller, J. A. Wait, H.\\nE. Miller, E. Caughey, William J. Merwin, T. Merwin, L.\\nCook, M. Cook, and M. S. Miller.\\nThey belonged to various charges, and part of the time\\nwere in the Niles district. In 1874, when Rev. Mr. Van\\nFossen was sent to them, they became a separate charge\\nand head of a circuit, and have since built a parsonage\\nvalued at $600.\\nThe following pastors have officiated here since 1856.\\nTheir names may not be arranged correctly in the order of\\ntheir succession, but are nearly so, viz. Revs. Mr. Penland,\\nT. T. George, W. I. Blowers, J. Hoyt, G. W. Tuthill, C.\\nH. Fisher, J. R. Berry, D. C. Woodard, W. C. Mafi att,\\nG. W. Goslin, J. S. Valentine, A. W. Torrey, Van\\nFossen, J. F. Orwick, G. Daniels, A. E. Tanner, F. N.\\nJaynes, and C. H. Fisher again in 1879.\\nThe society now numbers 75 members. They are in a\\nprosperous condition, and hope in the near future to erect\\na church edifice.\\nThe Christian or Disciple Church-f of Bloomingdale was\\norganized April 5, 1858, and held their early meetings in\\nthe school-house on section 15.\\nThe 25 original members were Harrison Cooley, Austin\\nMelvin, Frederick Melvin, Eli Bell, Margaret Bell, Russell\\nLoomis, Rebecca Loomis, M. L. Healey, Maria Healey, R.\\nF. Loomis, Mary P. Loomis, W. D. Ensminger, Polly\\nEnsminger, George Pierce, Henrietta Pierce, Augustus\\nHaven, William Armstrong, Abby Killefer, Azubah Cooley,\\nCorintha Strong, Lucretia Brown, Julia M. Paxon, Marinda\\nLoomis, Louisa Loomis, and Margaret Corning.\\nFor some seven years they were without the services of\\nFrom information kindly furnished by the pastor.\\nt Inforiuation furnished by George W. Haven, Esq., church olerk.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0590.jp2"}, "591": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0591.jp2"}, "592": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0592.jp2"}, "593": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF BLOOMINGDALE.\\n425\\na resident pastor. Since then they have had here with\\nthem Revs. p]dwin Barnuni, J. W. James, Elias Sias, and\\nE. C. Faunce.\\nA house of worship was erected in the village of Bloom-\\ningdale in 1871, at a cost of $3500, and has a .seating\\ncapacity for 300 persons.\\nThe Baptist Church of Bloomiiigdale. The Baptist\\nChurch of Allegan, on the 8th day of July, 1853, granted\\nto A. B. Eaton, Maria Eaton, Ann B. Palmer, M. E.\\nEaton, and L. J. Kannon, members of its body, the privi-\\nlege of associating together as a branch church. This privi-\\nlege they exercised as best they could in their scattered con-\\ndition. They met in their log dwellings for prayer and the\\nstudy of God s word, and were occasionally favored with the\\nprivilege of hearing from ministers who might happen\\namong them. Elder H. Munger had purchased a farm on\\nEagle Lake, and was laboring to make it a home. Being\\nin their midst, he held his membership with them, and his\\nname frequently appears upon the record in connection with\\ntheir meetings. Elder Case s name also appears on the\\nrecord. The first baptism was administered by Elder Mun-\\nger. Orrit Lane and Harvey Munger, son of Elder Mun-\\nger, were by him baptized in Eagle Lake, April 9, 1854.\\nFrom this small beginning the work went on, additions being\\nmade by letter, experience, and baptism, until March 2,\\n1859, when 32 had been added to the original number,\\n16 by baptism.\\nIn the winter of 1858-59, Elder Burk, of the Protestant\\nMethodist persuasion, held meetings at the Base Line\\nschool-house, which resulted in the conversion of a large\\nnumber, among them many prominent heads of families.\\nFinally, believing that there was an inconsistency between\\nElder Burk s teachings and church associations, they were\\nbaptized into the fellowship of the branch church.\\nOn the 1st of March, 1859, two only of the original five\\nwere members of the branch. Two had been dismissed by\\nletter and one had died, but with the additions that had\\nbeen made to them they felt that the time had come when\\nthey should receive an independent organization, and take\\ntheir place in the family of churches in defense of the\\ntruth.\\nAccordingly, on the (ith of March, 1859, a council con-\\nvened at the call of the branch, composed of delegates from\\nthe churches in Paw Paw, Keeler, Hartford, Watervliet,\\nand Allegan. After hearing the Declaration of Faith pre\\nsented by the brethren, it was unanimously resolved to\\nadmit them into the denominational family, to be known as\\nthe Base Line Church. Rev. A. J. Bingham, of Allegan,\\npreached Rev. H. Munger, then pastor at Keeler, gave\\nthe hand of fellowship and Rev. Daniel Piatt, of Allegan,\\ngave the charge to the church.\\nMarch 12th the church met for the first time, as an inde-\\npendent organization at which time they elected M. Lane\\nand Egbert Cooley deacons, and S. Strong church clerk.\\nTwo were received at this meeting, one by experience, one\\nby letter; and on the following day five were baptized by\\nElder Munger and the Lord s Supper was administered, this\\nbeing the first mention of its celebration.\\nOn the 3d of March, 1860, the church voted to extend\\na call to Elder Munger to continue his labors another year,\\n54\\none-half the time for which they voted to raise $150 by\\nsubscription. They also voted to ask the State Convention\\nfor aid, but no mention is made of their receiving any.\\nMarch 2, 1861, Elder Munger tendered his resignation,\\nwhich was accepted by the church, on the ground that they\\nwere not able to pay him as much as he could get in other\\nplaces.\\nIt seems from these records that Elder Munger served\\nthe church from its organization up to this time, and meet-\\nings were held in the Base Line .school-house.\\nIn November, 1861, Rev. W. H. Prentiss became pastor,\\nand continued until January, 1863. There appears on the\\nrecord during this period some evidence of church trouble\\nand several exclusions.\\nApril 1, 1864, the church voted to hire Elder 0. C.\\nDickinson for one year, one sermon each Sunday. It appears\\nfrom the mention previously made that Elder Dickin.son\\nhad been laboring with the church two months prior to this\\nvote. Elder Dickinson tendered his resignation, Oct. 1,\\n1864, which was accepted. During his term of service the\\nfirst record of any talk about securing a parsonage is re-\\ncorded.\\nOn the 1st of April, 1866, Elder J. H. Ra.sco became\\npastor of the church, and continued as such till Septem-\\nber, 1868. On the 2d of January, 1869, the church\\nelected I. P]. Eaton clerk, S Strong having resigned, and\\nwho died in November following. During the administra-\\ntion of Elder Rasco, Deacon Cooley resigned, and Timothy\\nChurch was elected deacon. There was also a committee\\nappointed to select a site for a meeting-house, but it does\\nnot appear that they ever made a report. At that time\\nthere was a disagreement in regard to location.s, which de-\\nfeated all action.\\nIn January, 1869, the church voted to request Elder\\nPierce to preach for them, and in March following. Elder\\nMcCarthy was mentioned as leading a covenant meeting,\\nand subsequently referred to as pastor. April 10, 1869,\\nthe following resolution was adopted That Elder Rasco\\nand Elder McCarthy be dropped, and no more considered\\nas candidates for pastor of this church. This was to com-\\npromise difl erences of opinion in regard to pastor. In May\\nfollowing Elder Webb was hired to serve the church for one\\nyear. William Munger was invited, September 12, 1870,\\nto preach for them as long as it should be thought best.\\nOn the 5th of November Elder Pierce conducted meet-\\nings, and on the 13th, same month, the church voted to\\nmake an efi ort to secure his services.\\nA meeting was called March 4, 1871, to take into con-\\nsideration the hiring of a pastor and building of a meeting-\\nhouse and parsonage, but nothing came of it. Elder 0.\\nC. Dickinson was recalled to the pastorate of the church,\\ncommencing in June or July, 1871, and closing in Feb-\\nruary, 1873.\\nBy this time the village of Bloomingdale, having become\\na railroad town, began to assume importance, and suggest\\nto some that it was the proper place for the church to locate\\nher buildings and centralize her labors.\\nDuring a portion of Elder Dickinson s time he j)rcached\\nevery other Sunday morning in the Disciples House in\\nBloomingdale, and the alternate Sunday morning at Base", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0593.jp2"}, "594": {"fulltext": "426\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nLine. The church had already bought a house and lot in\\nBloomingdale for a parsonage. This had the effect to in-\\ntensify preferences, and to render the canvass sharp for the\\nascendency in locality of buildings and the place of meet-\\nings. The brethren finally compromised the matter of\\nwhere the meetings should be held by agreeing to be united\\nin the decision of the man who should be employed as\\nminister. Rev. R. S. Dean commenced his labors as pastor\\nin May, 1873, which still continue. For the first sixteen\\nmonths he held meetings at the Base Line every Sunday\\nmorning. All the covenant meetings and the Sunday-\\nschool were held there. He established an evening ap-\\npointment in Bloomingdale, and a Union Sunday-school\\nwas organized, in which the Methodist class were partici-\\npators, they, at the time, holding meetings in the .school-\\nhouse every other Sunday morning. During this time the\\ninterest in the preaching and Sunday-school on the Base\\nLine decreased, and that in Bloomingdale increased.\\nThis had the effect to prepare the way for a change in\\nthe place of holding meetings, and in August, 1875, the\\nchurch voted to abandon Base Line and make their head-\\nquarters in Bloomingdale. Notwithstanding Providence\\nseemed to point so clearly to the wisdom of making the\\nchange, quite a number demurred, and some felt that it\\nwould result in loss to the church and the cause. In\\nMarch following the Lord opened the windows of heaven\\nand showered a gracious blessing upon the community, es-\\npecially upon the Sunday-school, through the prayers of the\\nfaithful few who had asked in faith. This had its effect in\\nuniting the church as to the wisdom of the removal. The\\nstill further divine blessing enjoyed through the visit of\\nElder A. P. Graves took away the last feeling that it was\\na mistake to transfer their interests to Bloomingdale.\\nDuring the year 1873 and the spring of 187-1 the par-\\nsonage was enlarged and painted, and its surroundings\\ngreatly improved. In the spring of 1875 the church\\nbought lots for a meeting- house, for which they paid $200.\\nHaving no legal record in the county of Van Bureu, meas-\\nures were taken to effect the change of the name of the\\nchurch from Base Line to Bloomingdale, and secure cor-\\nporate powers and privileges, which were successful, and\\nthe title to the property was made to correspond therewith.\\nOn the 23d of August, 1876, the corner-stone for a\\nmeeting-house was laid with appropriate services. Dr. Hodge,\\nof Kalamazoo, making the address. The trustees of the\\nchurch, to whom was committed the whole work of build-\\ning, both in planning and securing the funds, worked with\\na will, and in spite of discouragements, which thickened as\\nthey advanced, gave a finished structure into the hands of\\nthe church, which was dedicated to the service of Almighty\\nGod on the 7th day of February, 1878, Dr. Hodge preach-\\ning the dedicatory sermon.\\nThus the church, after long years of wilderness life,\\nare settled in the possession of a comfortable parsonage, a\\nvery neat and pleasant meeting-house, with good shelter\\nfor their faithful beasts, for all of which they have reason\\nto praise their heavenly Father, as they endeavor to do.\\nSince the commencement of the pre.sent pastorate there\\nhave been added to the church by letter, 1(J by experience,\\n18 and by baptism, 74. The total additions to the church.\\nin all ways, commencing with the five, have been 227. The\\ntotal decrease, in all ways, has been 100, which would give\\na present membership of 132. This we find by actual\\ncount to be six less than the number on the records.\\nI. E. Eaton was succeeded as clerk by Charles H. Miller,\\nin 1875, and he by E. M. Eaton, in 1877, who now holds\\nthat ofiice. George Hopkins was elected deacon in 1877,\\nand J. A. Leavitt in 1879.\\nDuring the entire history of the church there has been\\na good working band heartily engaged in the Sunday-school\\nwork. With very little interruption Deacon Lane has\\nbeen the superintendent, and a large portion of the church\\ntake interest in the school. It has been the nursery of the\\nchurch, very many having been transplanted from it into\\nthe more advanced position of burden -bearers in the church.\\nThe above sketch has been compiled from the minutes\\nof a meeting of the Kalamazoo River Baptist Association,\\nheld in Bloomingdale, Mich., Aug. 13 and 14, 1879.\\nVILLAGE .SKCRET ASSOCIATIONS.\\nBloomingdale Lodge, No. 221, i^. and A. M. The first\\nmeeting of this lodge was held May 5, 1866, and they be-\\ngan work under dispensation. The following were the first\\nboard of ofiicers: Samuel Holmes, W. M. A. D. Muuger,\\nS. W. H. H. Shaw, J. W. Henry Killefer, Treas. S.\\nL. Barber, Sec. L. K. Holmes, S. D. E. A. Colwell,\\nJ. D. Homer Shepard, Tiler.\\nA charter was granted Jan. 12, 1867, and the first ofii-\\ncers elected thereafter were Samuel Holmes, W. M. E. A.\\nColwell, S. W. H. H. Shaw, J. W. Henry Killefer,\\nTreas. M. A. Barber, Sec. J. E. Rankin, S. D. L. K.\\nHolmes, J. D. C. N. Remington, Tiler.\\nSamuel Holmes was reelected Worshipful Master each\\nsuccessive year until January, 1873; then H. H. Shaw\\nfrom 1873 to 1876, inclusive; Warren Haven served dur-\\ning the year 1877, and William Killefer in 1878 and 1879.\\nOther ofiicers of the present year are H. H. Shaw, S. W.\\nWarren Haven, J. W. J. E. Rankin, Sec. H. H. How-\\nard, Treas. C. E. McArthur, S. D. Philemon Bush, J. D.\\nAlbert Taylor, Tiler.\\nThe first meetings were held over Henry Killefer s store.\\nAfter the store was burned but one meeting was held until\\nKillefer s new store was erected. The lodge-rooms were\\nthen continued there till June, 1877, when they removed\\nto their present quarters. For furnishing, fixtures, etc., the\\nlodge has expended about $5U0. Present membership, 55.\\nRegular communications are held Saturday evenings on\\nor before the full moon, in the village of Bloomingdale.\\nBloomingdale Lodge, No. 161, 0. of 0. F., was in-\\nstituted May 16, 1871, by Grand Treasurer A. H. Mor-\\nrison.\\nThe officers first installed were Stephen Baker, N. G.\\nEugene Cooley, V. G. C. H. Miller, Recording Sec; J.\\nM. Howard, Treas. Stark Lampman, Warden J. P.\\nHoward, Conductor.\\nThe first and all subsequent meetings have been held in\\nMasonic Hall, both lodges renting in conjunction.\\nThe presiding officers since first installation are named as\\nfollows: 1871 (last half), Eugene Cooley; 1872, J. P.\\nHoward, C. H. Miller; 1873, Stephen Baker, L. A. Bar-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0594.jp2"}, "595": {"fulltext": "3)\\n5/", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0595.jp2"}, "596": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0596.jp2"}, "597": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF BLOOMINGDALB.\\n427\\nber; 1874, H. S. Groves, H. H. Howard; 1875, D. P.\\nGilbert, H. A. Starkweather; 187(i, C. S. Brewster, C. H.\\nMiller; 1877, R. S, Babcock, George Post; 1878, B. M.\\nEaton, William Killefer 1879, C. V. Nash, J. M. How-\\nard. Present membership, 45.\\nRegular meetings are held every Thursday evening.\\nGOBLEVILLE.\\nThe village of Gobleville derives its name from the fam-\\nily named Goble, who were quite early settlers in its vicin-\\nity and proprietors of the village plat.\\nIt is a station of some importance on the line of the\\nKalamazoo and South Haven Railroad, or branch of the\\nMichigan Central Railroad, and includes territory lying in\\nboth Blooniingdale and Pine Grove townships. The orig-\\ninal plat was made by Hiram E. Goble, April 16, 1870,\\nbeing part of section 25, township 1 south, of range num-\\nber 14 west.\\nWarren Goble s addition was platted March 12, 1872,\\nand included lands situated on section 30, of township\\nnumber 1 south, of range number 13 west. The village\\nnow contains one church edifice (Free-Wiil Baptist), one\\nhotel, two stores of general raerchandi.se, one drug- and gro-\\ncery-store, one harness-shop, one shoe-shop, one barber-\\nshop, two blacksmith-shops; one cooper-shop, one meat-\\nmarket, one grist-mill, one saw-, slave-, and shingle-mill,\\none cider- and lath-mill, a graded school, and a population\\nof about 250 inhabitants.\\nThe hotel seems to have been the first building erected\\nhere. It was built by John Goble, in 1SG4 or 1865, front-\\ning the highway then known as the Allegan State road. In\\n1867, Hiram E. Goble built a store near the hotel, and Fes-\\nsenden Hayes established their blacksmith-shop. Dr.\\nA. E. Bulson came in 1869, and during the ten years of\\nhis residence was very successful both in his practice and\\npecuniarily.\\nJames G. Clark, from Monroe Co., N. Y., first settled\\ntwo miles south of the village. After a few years residence\\nthere he removed to Geneva township, in 1868. He came\\nto the new village of Gobleville in 1870, and his recollec-\\ntions of those who had preceded him are already mentioned.\\nDuring the same year in which he built his store, John\\nFessenden erected the building now occupied as a harness-\\nshop, and the railroad was completed to this point, Hiram\\nE. Goble donating the depot grounds.\\nIn 1871 the school-house was built, at a cost of $2500.\\nDr. Bulson s store and J. L. Clement s steam saw-mill were\\nerected in 1873. Mr. Clement afterwards added buildings\\nand machinery for the manufacture of lath, wood-turnings,\\nshingles, and staves. Hiram E. Goble s saw-mill was built\\nin 1874. The following year G. B. Boughton built his\\ndrug-store.\\nIn 1877 the church edifice of the Free-Will Baptist\\nSociety was completed.\\nJ. L. Clement s mills were burned in April, 1878. Dur-\\ning thersame fall he rebuilt stave- and shingle-mills. The\\nPost Brothers then built their grist-mill, obtaining power\\nfrom Clement s engine. The grist-mill is now separate\\nand complete in all its appointments, and the Messrs. Post\\nhave since erected a saw-mill.\\nPost- Office. The post-office was first established at\\nLake Mills, Arch. W. Bishop, postmaster. In 1867\\nthe office was removed to the village, Hiram E. Goble be-\\ncoming postmaster, and the name of the office changed to\\nGobleville. Mr. Goble was succeeded by G. B. Boughton,\\nwho continued until the spring of 1878, when the present\\nincumbent, Sldward Keeler, received the appointment.\\nThe Free- Will Baptist Church of Gobleville* was organ-\\nized April 23, 1872, the ministers present being Revs.\\nJ. H. Darling and A. H. Whitaker.\\nHiram E. Goble, S. A. Goble, A. E. Bulson, S. A. Bul-\\nson, James G. Clark, Mary Morris, and Delia Richardson\\ncomposed the original members.\\nTheir meetings were held in the school-house until 1877,\\nwhen a house of worship was completed, at a cost of $3300.\\nIt has sittings for 400 persons.\\nThe building committee consisted of Messrs. J. G. Clark,\\nA. E. Bulson, and J. L. Clement. Messrs. Ames, of\\nBlooniingdale, and Roberts, of Kalamazoo, performed the\\nwork.\\nThe church was dedicated June 2, 1878. Prof R.\\nDunn, of Hillsdale, preached the dedicatory sermon.\\nIn 1877 also a parsonage was erected, and the property\\nof the society is now valued at $4200.\\nRev. J. H. Darling was the first pastor, and began his\\nwork in August, 1872.\\nRev. J. M. Kaiser was here during the years 1873 and\\n1874, his successor being the present pastor, Rev. B. L.\\nPrescott, who came in April, 1876.\\nA Sabbath-school was first organized in the summer of\\n1871, and has been very successfully continued to the\\npresent time.\\nJames G. Clark was superintendent until the spring of\\n1874. Then Dr. A. E. Bulson held the office until his re-\\nmoval to Wisconsin, in October, 1879. Rev. B. L. Prescott\\nsucceeded him. The school numbers 120 pupils.\\nBERLAMONT.\\nThe small village of Berlamont, formerly known as\\nBear Lake Mills, is a station on the railroad between\\nBloomingdale and Grand Junction. The first settlers in\\nits vicinity were William St. Clair, Stephen Baker, Anson\\nStafibrd, John Barnard, Russell Johnson, and Boyer.\\nIt now contains a hotel, store, post-office, the extensive\\nmills of S. B. Anderson, and a population of about 100\\ninhabitants.\\nANDERSON S MILLS.\\nDr. H. Anderson, from Genesee Co., N. Y., settled in\\nBreedsville in 1855. Two years later he, together with\\nAmos S. Brown, built a saw-mill at Bear Lake. In 1862\\nthey purchased Heath s grist-mill, situated on the outlet of\\nthe same lake. Brown sold out his interests to his partner\\nin 1868. In 1869, Col. David Anderson became a partner.\\nDuring the year 1871 the Anderson Brothers built the grist-\\nmill in Berlamont and removed the machinery from the old\\nmill to it. The saw-mill and complete sets of wood-work-\\ning machinery were added in 1874. The mills are nojv\\ncontrolled by S. B. Anderson (son of David). His engine\\nis of 100 horse-power, and from 10 to 25 men are employed.\\nFrom information kindly furnished by James Q. Clark, Esq.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0597.jp2"}, "598": {"fulltext": "428\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nCol. David Anderson gained distinction during the war\\nof the Rebellion as lieutenant, captain, major, and colonel\\nof the 19th Michigan Infantry. Dr. H Anderson has\\nbeen supervisor, and an otherwise prominent citizen of the\\ntownship of Columbia.\\nTOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOLS.\\nDuring the year 1838 a school-house was built in the\\nMyers settlement, on the extreme southwest corner of sec-\\ntion 36. The finst school was taught the following winter\\nby William H. H. Myers, and his pupils, seven in number,\\nrepresented the families of Ashbel Herron, Daniel G. Rob-\\ninson, Mrs. Myers, and Joseph Brotherton.\\nMr. Myers taught this school several terms. Mr. Charles\\nA. Thayer, who, with his father s family, settled in the same\\nneighborhood in the spring of 1840, recollects that he at-\\ntended school the following winter. Mr. Myers was the\\nteacher, and the pupils were Andrew, Mary, Nancy, Jane,\\nand Harrison Herron, Henry Whelpley, Merlin M. Myers,\\nElisha, Elizabeth, Jared, and John Brotherton, Joseph\\nRobinson, Levi W., Luciuda, Abigail, Charles A., and\\nJane Thayer.\\nAn early school-house was erected in Pecktown, yet\\nnot earlier, we believe, than 1844 or 1845. The people in\\nthe latter neighborhood were included in fractional district\\nNo. 2, which embraced portions of Bloomingdale, Columbia,\\nand Trowbridge townships. (See Columbia township his-\\ntory.)\\nBy the loss of township records we are unable to trace\\nfarther, with any degree of correctness, the development of\\nschools and school districts in Bloomingdale.\\nProm an incomplete report of the township board of ed-\\nucation for the year ending Sept. 1, 1879, and now on file\\nin the township clerk s office, we take the following statistics:\\nNumber of districts (whole, 7; fractional, 2) 9\\nChildren of school age residing in the township.... 547\\nChildren attending school during the year 528\\nNon-resident children attending schools 32\\nNumber of frame school-houses 9\\nSeating capacity of houses 795\\nTotal resources during the year for school purposes $.3994.44\\nThe schools of fractional district No. 5 (village of Goble-\\nville) and District No. 10 (village of Bloomingdale) are\\ngraded.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nJOHN SEBRING.\\nThis gentleman was born Aug. 4, 1818. His ancestors\\nemigrated early from Germany, and settled in the State of\\nNew Jersey. The tide of emigration which swept west-\\nward to Central and Western New York carried them as far\\nas the Holland Purchase, in that State, and they chose a\\nlocation in the county of Genesee. John Sebring, at the\\nage of sixteen, after the death of his father, began life for\\nhimself as a journeyman cooper, and at nineteen was mar-\\nried to Betsey A. We.st, of Oneida Co., N. Y. In 1853,\\nMr. Sebring entered the mercantile business at Walworth,\\nWayne Co., N. Y., continuing until 1857, when be removed\\nto Kalamazoo, Mich., and established a business locally.\\nand on the road in company with his son, J. L. Seb-\\nring, now a prominent citizen and produce merchant at that\\nplace. Mr. Sebring s wife died July 23, 1864, leaving\\neight children, who are all, except one, now living in Van\\nBureu and Kalamazoo Counties. In 1865, Mr. Sebring\\nwas married to Clarissa S. Hall, and in 1866 retired from\\nbusiness and located upon a farm in the township of Porter,\\nVan Buren Co. In the spring of 1867 he removed to\\nBloomingdale township, in the same county, where he now\\nresides, an engraving of his home appearing in this work.\\nAARON K. TEDROW.\\nThis gentleman, who was another of those who stood\\nbravely up to do battle with the wilderness of Blooming-\\ndale, and carve therefrom a home, deserves honorable\\nmention. He was born in Somerset Co Pa., Dec. 3,\\n1827, and was the third in a family of seven children. At\\nan early age he was deprived of his mother, and was thrown\\nupon his resources at a time when many, in like circum-\\nstances, would have despaired. He learned the trade of a\\nstone-mason, and worked at that and on the farm until he\\nwas twenty-seven years of age. In 1855 he married Catha-\\nrine Koover, also a resident of Somerset Co., Pa., and\\nhaving accumulated a few hundred dollars, he determined\\nto emigrate, with his wife, to the West, settling finally on\\nan eighty-acre tract which he purchased in Bloomingdale\\ntownship. Van Buren Co., Mich. A log hou,se was first\\nerected, and the work of clearing and improving was com-\\nmenced and life was begun in earnest by thi.s pioneer\\ncouple. To his first purchase Mr. Tedrow afterwards added\\nthree hundred and sixty acres, and resided upon the farm\\nuntil his death, which occurred March 12, 1876. Although\\nhe held some local offices, he preferred to devote most of\\nhis time to his own business. Although he did not live to\\nenjoy fully the results of his labors, he left a competence\\nfor his family, a blessing not always bequeathed by a de-\\nparting husband and father. To Mr. and Mrs. Tedrow\\nwere born the following children, viz.: Amanda, May 10,\\n1857 Elerann, Marchl, 1860 Charles A., Nov. 5, 1862\\nJohn F., April 7, 1865 Sarah A., June 28, 1868 Flor-\\nence, Nov. 5, 1871. All are living at or near home. Mr.\\nTedrow died comparatively young, but his memory will\\nlong be cherished by the relatives and friends who survive\\nhim.\\nJ. G. CLARK.\\nMr. Clark was born in the town of Clarkson, Monroe\\nCo., N. Y., in the year 1846, and was the eighth in a\\nfamily of eleven children. His parents, Benjamin and\\nElizabeth Clark, came from Lincolnshire, England, in 1830,\\nsettling in the town where the son was born, and in which\\nthe father died, in 1854. In 1857, Mrs. Clark removed,\\nwith her large fiimily of children, to Bloomingdale, Van\\nBuren Co., Mich., where she purchased a small farm. J.\\nG. Clark, who remained at home until he became of age,\\nentered then into the mercantile business at Geneva, in\\ncompany with his brother. Upon the completion of the\\nKalamazoo and South Haven Railway, he withdrew from", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0598.jp2"}, "599": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0599.jp2"}, "600": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0600.jp2"}, "601": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF COLUMBIA.\\n429\\nthe partnership with his brother and opened an establish-\\nment at Gobleville. This venture proved a success, and in\\nconnection with it, during the past two years (1878-79), he\\nhas engaged quite extensively in bee culture. May 8, 1875,\\nhe was married to Hattie A. Goble, who has borne him one\\nchild, Pearl J. Clark, born July 25, 1876. Mrs. Clark s\\nparents, Warren and C. M. Goble, came from Monroe Co.,\\nN. Y., and settled at Gobleville. Mr. and Mrs. Clark are\\nmembers of the Free- Will Baptist Church at the village, to\\nwhich they have contributed largely in both time and money,\\nthe church and parsonage having been erected mainly\\nthrough their efforts. This church was organized in 1871,\\nand a view of the church property may be seen in this\\nwork, in connection with that of the home of Mr. Clark.\\nH. H. HOWARD\\nwas born in Monroe Co., N. Y., on the farm of his parents,\\nB. M. and Nancy (Hinkley) Howard, in the year 1825.\\nThe family was in prosperous circumstances. After the\\ndays of his infancy had passed Mr. Howard continued\\nupon the firm until 1850, in which year he was married to\\nSarah, daughter of James B. and Adaline Cooley, also a\\nnative of Monroe County. With the characteristic energy\\nof newly-wedded people, they sought for a suitable location\\nin which to build up a home of their own, and turning\\ntheir faces and footsteps westward, were soon among those\\nwho wore striving for mastery with the mighty forests which\\ncovered the township of Bloomiugdale, Van Buren Co.,\\nMich. Each succeeding year witnessed the growth of their\\nclearing, and new fields of plenty smiled amain, and\\nat present Mr. and Mrs. Howard are the occupants of one\\nof the best-improved farms in the township. Mr. Howard\\nhas been chosen to the most responsible positions in the gift\\nof his fellow-townsmen. In 1861, when public interest\\ndemanded that the best and most patriotic citizens should be\\nat the helm, he was elected supervisor, and re-elected the fol-\\nlowing year. From 1872 to 1878 he held the same position,\\nand was only retired later by a change in the Greenback\\nparty majority. Without ostentation it may be affirmed\\nthat should a .smilar emergency to that of 1861 arise, Mr.\\nHoward would undoubtedly be found an unswerving sup-\\nporter of justice and equity and the principles of freedom.\\nSuch traits are doubtless owing, in the lives of many indi-\\nviduals, to the influences of home, and this not taking\\ninto consideration his natural character is the case with\\nMr. Howard. His estimable wife has been a consistent\\nmember of the Regular Baptist Church of Bloomingdale\\nsince its organization, and has always exerted what influence\\nshe possessed towards the elevation and refinement of her\\nfamily, and mankind in general. To Mr. and Mrs. Howard\\nhave been born two children, ^Clara A., Jan. 3, 1859, and\\nEdward M., April 26, 1865. A glance at the accompany-\\ning views of the present and former residences of Mr.\\nHoward reminds the observer of Carleton s famous poem,\\nOut of the Old Home into the New.\\nCHAPTER LVI.\\nCOLUMBIA TO^WBrSHIP.*\\nLocation and Description of Township E.arl.v .Settlements and\\nSettlers Civil History Villages Breedsville Columbia Grand\\nJunction Secret Associations Educational.\\nLOCATION AND DESCRIPTION OF TOWNSHIP.\\nOccupying a central position on the northern border of\\nVan Buren County lies the township of Columbia.\\nIt was formed from South Haven in 1845, and embraces\\nthe territory designated in the field-notes of the United\\nStates as township number one south of the base line, of\\nrange number fifteen west of the principal meridian.\\nThe general surface is rolling, diversified by irregular\\nranges of low hills and numerous lakes. Heavy forests of\\npine, hemlock, oak, beech, and maple covered it originally.\\nPine and hemlock predominated, however, in the northern\\npart.\\nThe lakes, some 13 in number, cover an expanse of about\\n1300 acres, Saddle Lake being the largest. Other lakes\\nare known as Mud, Deer, Little Bear, Base Line, Cofiee,\\nDollar, Eleven, Fourteen, North, Monson, Jephtha s, part of\\nGreat Bear, and a portion of Scott s.\\nThe outlet of Great Bear Lake, or the south fork of\\nBlack River, is the most important water-course, and affords\\ngood water-power privileges, which are utilized in the vil-\\nlage of Breedsville.\\nThe soil of the township is generally a sandy loam, inter-\\nmixed here and there with clay. It yields abundantly of\\nwheat, fruit, and all other products common to this portion\\nof Michigan.\\nFor many years lumbering was the principal occupation\\nof the people but with the disappearance of the monarchs\\nof the forest agriculture is slowly assuming its due impor-\\ntance.\\nAmple railroad facilities are afforded by the Kalamazoo\\nand South Haven branch of the Michigan Central Rail-\\nroad and the Chicago and Michigan Lake-Shore Railroad.\\nThe former, running in a northwest course, intersects sec-\\ntions 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13, its stations being Ber-\\nlamont, Columbia, Grand Junction, and Brown s. The\\nlatter passes from north to south through the western half\\nof the township, intersecting in its course sections 5, 8, 17,\\n20, 29, 31, and 32, Grand Junction and Breedsville being\\nstations. Both roads were completed in 1870.\\nAlthough settlements and their consequent development\\nof the country did not commence in the northern half of\\nthe township until about 1868, the State census of 1874\\nreturned a total population of 1736 inhabitants.\\nEARLY SETTLEMENTS AND SETTLERS.\\nIn May, 1835, Rev. Jonathan N. Hinckley and Barnard\\nM. Howard, both from Monroe Co., N. Y., visited the re-\\ngion now known as Columbia township, then unorganized\\nterritory attached to Cass County, and purchased several\\ntracts of land in the immediate vicinity of the present vil-\\nlage of Breedsville.\\nUpon the south side of the creek, and east of the present\\nBy John S. Sohenoli.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0601.jp2"}, "602": {"fulltext": "430\\nHISTORY OF VAN BTJREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nmill-yard, they erected the walls of a log house, and after\\ncovering; them with a bark roof they returned to their\\nhomes in the State of New York.\\nEarly in the fall of the same year a party of about 25\\npersons, all from Monroe Co., N. Y., started out for the\\npurpose of making a settlement on the new purchase. They\\njourneyed via the Erie Canal to Buffiilo, thence by Lake\\nErie to Detroit. In the latter city they bought an ox-team\\nand wagon. Upon their wagon they loaded their household\\ngoods and the small children, and then, with the major por-\\ntion of their number on foot, set out via the Territorial\\nroad for Paw Paw. It occupied two days to cut out roads\\nand make their way from the last-mentioned settlement to\\nthe cabin awaiting them on the banks of the outlet. Here\\nall arrived safely, however, Oct. 1, 1835, and here began\\nthe first settlement of any importance in the northern half\\nof Van Buren County.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0This party of emigrants was composed of the following-\\nnamed persons Rev. Jonathan N. Hinckley, William N.\\nTaylor, Silas Breed, his wife and children, Stillman, Phoebe\\nAnn, Hinckley, Joshua, and an adopted daughter named\\nSarah Taylor Samuel Watson, his wife and children,\\nLeonard, Lyman, Sarah, and a grandson, whose name is un-\\nknown, all from the town of Parma Jonathan N. How-\\nard and his wife, Elizabeth, from the town of Sweden\\nAmos S. Brown, his wife, and children, Elizabeth, Amos\\nS., Jr., Wells G., Minerva, and Jesse R., from the town\\nof Ogden.\\nThe unfinished cabin was soon made in a habitable con-\\ndition. The next house built was for Mr. Brown s family,\\nwhich was followed soon after by the one erected for Mr.\\nWatson s occupancy. These three houses sheltered the col-\\nonists during the first winter. Prior to that time, however,\\nWilliam A. Babbitt joined them. Elder Hinckley re-\\nturned to New York in January, 1836, and did not again\\nmake this locality his residence until several years later.\\nThe first death occurred during the winter of 1835-36,\\nin the person of Sarah Taylor.\\nDuring the year 1836, Jonathan N. Howard and others\\nerected houses for themselves, and Silas Breed built his\\nsaw-mill, which was then valued at $700.\\nThe events of the year 1837 were the organization of\\nSouth Haven township, of which the residents were nearly\\nall members of the Breedsville settlement the arrival\\nand settlement of Elijah Knowles, William Bridges, and\\nGeorge Cochrane, from Livingston Co., N. Y. Dr. Hervey\\nManley, from Ashtabula Co., Ohio; and Myron Hoskins,\\nfrom Paw Paw. Mr. Hoskins settled in Paw Paw in 1835,\\nand it is believed erected the first framed house in this\\ntownship.\\nThe first child Nancy was born to Jonathan N. How-\\nard and wife in 1837, and during the fall of the same year\\nthe second death took place. Samuel Watson, then about\\nsixty years of age, had gone on foot to Paw Paw in quest\\nof medicine for some member of his family. Upon his\\nreturn he died alone in the woods, where his body was\\nfound upon a seardi being instituted. The parties named\\nin the first marriage contract were George Cochrane and\\nMiss Sarah Watson. By whom they were married, or the\\nprecise date of the wedding, is unknown.\\nIn 1838 the first tannery was commenced by Elijah\\nKnowles and John Barrows, the first school-house in\\nwhich Lorenzo D. Cate taught the first school was built,\\nand the settlement was still further increased in numbers\\nby the arrival of Jephtha Waterman, Horace Humphrey,\\nJohn Barrows, and probably a few others.\\nFor several years the early residents procured their mail-\\nmatter at Paw Paw. Upon the establishment of the\\nBreedsville office, Amos S. Brown became the first post-\\nmaster, and Jesse R. Brown carried the first mall between\\nBreedsville and Paw Paw. The assessment-roll of the\\ntownships of South Haven for the year 1839 shows that\\nthe resident tax-payers in township No. 1 south, of range\\nNo. 15 west, their location of lands, number of acres\\nowned, and value of real and personal estate were as fol-\\nlows\\nSilas Breed, section 33, 80 acres aggregate of real and\\npersonal estate, $1020; saw-mill, $700.\\nElijah Knowles, section 32, 160 acres aggregate of real\\nand personal estate, $720.\\nHervey Manley, section 29, 240 acres aggregate of real\\nand personal estate, $770.\\nJonathan N. Howard, sections 19, 28, 240 acres; aggre-\\ngate of real and per.soual estate, $705.\\nJ. M. Babbitt, sections 1, 33, 160 acres; aggregate of\\nreal and personal estate, $515.\\nMyron Hoskins, sections 26, 32, 33, 880 acres aggre-\\ngate of real and personal estate, $880.\\nLeonard Watson, section 33, 40 acres aggregate of real\\nand personal estate, $140.\\nAmos S. Brown, section 32, 160 acres aggregate of\\nreal and personal estate, $765.\\nLuman Brown, section 32, 80 acres; aggregate of real\\nand personal estate, $240.\\nJephtha Waterman, section 35, 69 acres aggregate of\\nreal and personal estate, $162.\\nHorace Humphrey, section 1, 40 acres aggregate of\\nreal and personal estate, $120.\\nJoseph Peck,* section 1, 80 acres; aggregate of real and\\npersonal estate, $240.\\nD. C. Ackley, section 29, 80 acres aggregate of real\\nand personal estate, $240.\\nOther names added to the rolls in 1840 were those of\\nWilliam A. Babbitt, Henry Babbitt, and Dustin Murch,\\nand the total amount of taxes paid by the residents in that\\nyear was $30.23.\\nThomas P. Page settled in the village of Breedsville in\\n1841. He, with many others, kept an open house for the\\naccommodation of travelers. About 1848, when the stages\\nbegan running between Paw Paw and South Haven, he\\nopened a regularly licensed hostelry.\\nCharles W. Luce, a present prominent resident of the\\ntownship, settled on section 23 the same year.\\nAlexander Lytic, township treasurer for a long period of\\nJcseph Peck, of Pecktown, wa\u00c2\u00ab a resident of the present town-\\nship uf Bloomiugdalo, section 6, but owned land on section 1, in this\\ntownship. Messrs. Breed, Knowles, Manley, Howard, Babbitt, Wat-\\nson, and Amos S. lirown were tlie only ones assessed for personal es-\\ntate, and, e.tcept three, the foregoing twelve men comprised nil the\\nresident tax-payers of the then township of South Haven in 1839,", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0602.jp2"}, "603": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0603.jp2"}, "604": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0604.jp2"}, "605": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF COLUMBIA.\\n431\\nyears, early purchased lands situated upon sections 28 and\\n34, and settled here in 1842.\\nOther early settlers, who were here prior to 1845, were\\nPeter Smith, Lyman Loomis (the first supervisor of Co-\\nlumbia), Jethro Barber (one of the earliest pioneers in the\\ncounty), Amos E. Barber, Edmond Sawtell, David Barker,\\nHirim Chappell, James Richards, S. N. Pike, A. Bugsbee,\\nand James Moore.\\nJonathan N. Hinckley, a grandson of Elder J. N. Hinck-\\nley, came from Barry, Orleans Co., N. Y., in the fall of\\n1845, and settled where he now resides, having purchased\\nan improvement made by Jephtha Waterman. Mr. Hinck-\\nley drove out his team of horses, coming by the route south\\nof the lakes. In the spring of 1846 his family, accompanied\\nby his brother Marenus, joined him here. Henry Mower\\nwas his nearest neighbor on the east, and Paw Paw the\\nnearest post-oiEce station.\\nAmong other quite early settlers in this township were\\nE. L. Bushnell, who first came to Van Buren County in\\n1833 John King and his brother, 1845 Eli Bell, 1849\\nA. H. L. Teal, 1851 the Laoells, 1852; E. T. Pepper,\\n1854; Dr. H. Anderson, 1855; R Jones, 1856; and\\nJames Thompson, 1857.\\nIn 1858 the first grist-mill was erected by Heath, on the\\noutlet of Great Bear Lake.\\nNo improvements of any importance, except in the vicin-\\nity of Pecktown, were made in the northern part of the\\ntownship until 1868 to 1870, when they were hastened by\\nthe contemplated building of the railroads.\\nCIVIL HISTORY.\\nUpon the organization of the county, in 1837, South\\nHaven was one of the seven townships then formed, and\\nthe inhabitants of the territory now known as the township\\nof Columbia comprised nearly all the residents of South\\nHaven. This geographical condition of atfairs, as regards\\nthis township, was continued until 1845, when, by an act of\\nthe State Legislature, townships 1 south, of ranges 15 and\\n16 west, were set oft as the township of Columbia. Geneva\\nbecame a separate organization in 1854.\\nCompilations from Township Records. It was proposed\\nunder this head to give in full the proceedings of the first\\ntownship elections, other early items of interest, and com-\\nplete lists of township officers elected annually from 1845\\nto 1879, inclusive but, in consequence of the unaccountable\\ndisappearance of records to 1858, they can only be given\\nfrom the last-named year to 1879, inclusive, as follows\\nSUPERVISOES.\\n1858-59, Amos S. Brown; 1860, Doctor H. Anderson; 1861, Jona-\\nthan N. Howard; 1862-64, Amos S. Brown; 1865, Doctor H. An-\\nderson: 1866-67, William U. Knowles; 1868, V. F. Randall;\\n1869-70, Norman H. Adams; 1871, Jonathan N. Howard; 1872,\\nWilliam H. Knowles; 1873, Amasa M. Brown; 1874, Duane D.\\nBriggs; 1875-79, Amasa M. Brown.\\nTOWNSHIP CLEEKS.\\n1858, Enoch White, Jr.; 1859, Thomas P. Page: 1860, Lemuel C.\\nClow; 1861, James M. Gray 1862-79, Abner D. Enos.\\nTREASURERS.\\n1858, Jonathan N. Howard; 1859-64, Alexander Lytle; 1865, Jona-\\nthan N. Hinckley; 1866-69, Alexander Lytle; 1870, James M.\\nGray; 1871, William H. Knowles; 1872-78, Alexander Lytle:\\n1879, William H. Knowles.\\nJUSTICES OF THE PEACE.\\n1S6S, William W. Smith, Richard Bessey 1869, Doctor II. Anderson,\\nThomas P. Page, C. La Rue; 1860, Charles B. Hurlbut 1861,\\nJonathan N. Howard, Sumner Bisbee 1862, Charles B. Hurlbut;\\n1803, C. Lane, Chester C. Leathers; 1864, Chester C. Leathers;\\n1865, Eleazer C. Vincent; 1866, Charles B. Hurlbut; 1867, Joel\\nC. Sayre, Richard B. Cooper; 1868, Chester C. Leathers, A. G.\\nEastman, William R. Fox; 1869, Richard B. Cooper; 1870,\\nAugustus D. Munger; 1871, A. G. Eastman; 1872, George M.\\nOsman, D. S. Headley 1873, Richard B. Cooper, J. D. Seringer,\\nGeorge W. Chrouch 1874, Stephen Baker, George M. Osman;\\n1875, A. G. Eastman, H. W. Burkholder, Charles S. Sharon 1876,\\nNorman H. Adams, A. T. Anderson, James Smith; 1877, C. J.\\nSlafter; 1878, Eri Summay 1879, Charles B. Hurlbut.\\nHIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS.\\n1858, Uriah H. Chapman 1859, Jonathan N. Hinckley 1860, Obed\\nW. Quint; 1861, A. E. Barber; 1862, 0. Hoag, Albert B. Bessey i\\n1863, Doctor H. Anderson, Jesse R. Brown, Timothy P. Bewley,\\nHiram B. Hayes; 1864, Richard B. Cooper; 1865, Joseph Bo-\\ngardus; 1866, Amos E. Barber; 1867, Jonathan N. Hinckley,\\nJesse R. Brown; 1868, Wells G. Brown; 1869, Amos E. Barber;\\n1870, Chester C. Leathers; 1871, William Rodenbough 1872,\\nEdwin T. Pepper; 1873, Amos E. Barber; 1874, AVilliam Red-\\nding; 1875, Edwin T. Pepper 1876-77, Wells G. Brown; 1878-\\n79, John A. Wright.\\nDRAIN COMMISSIONERS.\\n1S70, Asahcl A. Hough; 1877, Henry Hioe; 1878, Benjamin Smith.\\nTOWNSHIP SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS.\\n1875-76, Seneca Anderson; George R. Baker, appointed October, 1876\\n1877-79, Levi Ackley.\\nSCHOOL INSPECTORS.\\n1858, Francis M. Jones; 1859, Doctor H. Anderson, Samuel Clow;\\n1860, Abner D. Enos; 1861, William H. Knowles, Doctor H. An-\\nderson; 1862, Norman H. Adams; 1863, Charles B. Hurlbut;\\n1864, Valentine Bennett; 1865, William W. Smith; 1866, Robert\\nBaker; 1867, William W. Smith; 1868, Jonathan N. Hinckley;\\n1869, William H. Knowles; 1870, Wells G. Brown; 1871, N. J.\\nCranmer; 1872, George W. Chrouch; 1873, Seneca Anderson,\\nChester C. Leathers 1874, William H. Knowles 1875, Seneca\\nAnderson; 1876-77, Charles B. Hurlbut; 1878, N. R.Baldwin;\\n1879, A. Throop Anderson.\\nCONSTABLES.\\n1858, Uriah H. Chapman, James M. Moore; 1859, James Gilbert,\\nJames Crocker, Amos B. Barber, George M. D. Tucker; 1860,\\nWilliam H. Knowles, 0. Gcsler, Joseph Allen, Amos E. Barber;\\n1861, Uriah H. Chapman, Marenus Hinckley, Thomas P. Page,\\nJohn Barnard; 1862, Amos E. Barber, Truman Fletcher, Au-\\ngustus D. Munger, Jeiferson Ostrander 863, John W. Fisk,\\nAmos E. Barber, D. D. Root, Charles Leathers; 1864, Hiram B.\\nHayes, Amos B. Barber, Uriah H. Chapman, John W. Fisk\\n1865, William Lafferty, Uriah H. Chapman, Amos E. Barber,\\nJohn W. Fisk; 1866, William Lafferty, A. G. Eastman, Charles\\nLeathers, Jerome Rockwell 1867, William Lafferty, Stephen\\nBaker, Uriah H. Chapman, 0. Gesler 1868, George Rossman,\\nThomas P. Page, DanaD. Root, John Starbuck 1869, Millard J.\\nSmith, Charles Leathers, E. AVood, G. Reynolds; 1870, Benjamin\\nBrown, Millard J. Smith, A. G. Eastman, George W. Cheesebro\\n1871, William Rhodes, George W. Cheesebro, J. M. Gray, Benja-\\nmin F. Woodruff; 1872, Solomon Cox, William Peck, Arthur W.\\nBarber, Gilbert W. Hudson 1873, William Curtis, Willard J.\\nSmith, E. V. Allen, H. P. Siboll 1874, H. P. Siboll, A. Root,\\nMillard J. Smith, George Bidwcll 1875, Amos E. Barber, George\\nS. Bidwell, Henry P. Siboll, Fred. H. Brown 1876, Amos E.\\nBarber, Edward Fox, William Lafferty, Daniel Ramsay; 1877,\\nElijah E. Brown, Edward Fox, William Lafferty, Amos E. Barber;\\n1878, William Lafferty, 0. H. Barker. Orlando C. Fox, Stephen\\nStafford 1879, William Lafferty, Charles F. Peck, 0. J. Barker,\\nL. D. Townsend.\\nRESIDENTS IN 1845.\\nTax-paying residents in 1845, and the sections upon\\nwhich their lands were situated, were as follows", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0605.jp2"}, "606": {"fulltext": "432\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nSec. 1\\nPeter Smith 1 Hiram Chappell\\nHorace Humphrey ;i Jiimes Richards A\\nLyman I.oomis 1, 33 Elijah Knowles\\nAmos iS. Brown 32 Knowles Barrows 4,\\nWeils G. Brown 28 S. N. Pike\\nThomas P. Page 33 A. Bugsbee\\nJethro Barber 33 Rev. Jonathan N. Hinckley\\nAmos E. Barber 32 18, 20, 28, 29, 33,\\nDustin March 33 Jephtha Waterman\\nEdmond Sawtell 32 Charles W. Luce\\nJonathan N. Howard 19, 28 Alexander Lytle 28,\\nHervey iVIanley 29 James Moore\\nDavid Barker 29\\nBreedsv dle. The village of Breedsville, which enjoys\\nthe distinction of being the oldest settlement m the north-\\nern part of the county, is situated in the southern part of\\nthe township, on the outlet of Great Bear Lake. It is\\nalso a station on the line of the Chicago and Michigan\\nLake Shore Railroad.\\nIt contains one church edifice (Methodist Episcopal),\\nMasonic, Knights of Pythias, and Odd-Fellow s lodges, one\\ncommodious hotel, three stores of general merchandise, one\\ngrist-mill, one saw-mill, one extensive tannery, several small\\nmechanical shops, and about 350 inhabitants.\\nThe original owners of its site were Barnard M. Howard,\\nMiss Laura White, Amos S. Brown, Sr., Rev. Jonathan\\nN. Hinckley, and Samuel Watson. Although quite regu-\\nlarly laid out. no survey and plat has ever been placed on\\nrecord.\\nThomas P. Page kept the first tavern, and Lorenzo Pain-\\nter, Woodson Co. opened the first store. Previous to\\ntheir establishment of a store here they had brought in\\ngoods and exchanged with the early settlers for shingles,\\nproduce, etc. The grist-mill was built by Wells G. Brown\\nin 1873.\\nColumbia. A village-site of this name was platted by\\nMarvin Hannahs, William P. Dickinson, and Samuel\\nRogers, Feb. 20, 187L It is merely a station on the line\\nof the Kalamazoo and South Haven branch of the Michi-\\ngan Central Railroad.\\nGrand Jimction. This village, as its name implies, is\\nsituated at the junction of the two railroads which intersect\\nthe township. It was platted by Samuel Rogers, Marvin\\nHannahs, Conrad Crouse, and George W. Chrouch, Dec.\\n8, 1871. It contains three stores of general merchandise,\\ntwo hotels, one restaurant, black.smith-, wagon-, and shoe-\\nshops, and about 200 inhabitants.\\nSettlements were first made here in the ftUl of 1869 by\\nDavid Young, a native of England. Mr. Young emigrated\\nto America in 1848. In 1855 he settled in the township\\nof Geneva, which was then a comparatively wild region.\\nHis nearest neighbor, Jesse Lane, was three miles distant,\\nand many Indians frequented the vicinity.\\nIn 1869 he purchased six lots in the prospective village\\nof Grand Junction, and during the fall of the same year\\nbecame its first settler. The two railroads were then in\\nprocess of construction, and his nearest neighbors were in\\nBreedsville. Soon afterwards he began the erection of the\\nbuilding known when completed as Young s Hotel, and\\nopened the same in 1871.\\nThe next settler was a colored man named Hungerford,\\nwho kept boarders.\\nConrad Crouse, a German, and one of the village pro-\\nprietors, sold the first goods, about 1874, in the building\\nnow occupied by himself and others as a dwelling.\\nMerchandising has since been carried on here by John\\nCollins, Harvey Munger, Henry P. S. Voll, William H.\\nKnowles, and others.\\nJohn Collins was the first postmaster. The office has\\nsince been held by Harvey Munger and W. A. Teazell, the\\npresent incumbent.\\nPatrick Mead opened the first smithy in 1872, and\\nduring the same year the first physician, Dr. Delaplaine,\\nlocated. He has been succeeded by Drs. Webster, Andrews,\\nand Cornell.\\nThe school-house was built in 1871. John A. Wright\\nbuilt his .saw-mill in 1874.\\nGeorge W. Chrouch, another of the village proprietors,\\nwas the first station-agent and an energetic citizen.\\nThe country immediately surrounding the village was\\noriginally heavily timbered with pine and hemlock. During\\nthe burning of Chicago, forest fires, wide-spread and very\\ndestructive to life and property, raged with great violence\\nin many portions of the Western States. Such an one\\nswept around and over the little hamlet of Grand Junction.\\nAfter destroying thousands of acres of valuable timber, the\\nfiery element spent its force in Allegan and Ottawa Counties,\\nyet not before the village of Holland was laid in ashes.\\nHere the depot and every other building was destroyed,\\nexcept Young s Hotel and a portion of the Temperance\\nHouse.\\nThe small village of Berlamont, lying partly in the town-\\nship of Bloomingdale, and the site of Anderson s extensive\\nmills, is mentioned more particularly in the history of the\\nlatter town,ship.\\nSECRET ASSOCIATIONS.\\nHeadley Lodge, No. 163,/. 0. 0. i^., was instituted, under\\na dispensation, May 31, 1871, the first members being A.\\nG. Eastman, Abner D. Enos, Chester C. Leathers, H. C.\\nKelley, Samuel Hoppin, and T. P. Bewley. They met in\\nMasonic Hall. The first board of ofiicers installed were A.\\nG. Eastman, N. G. Chester C. Leathers, V. G. Abner\\nD. Enos, Sec. T. P. Bewley, Treas. A charter was\\ngranted Jan. 18, 1872. The Noble Grands during suc-\\nceeding terms to present are shown as follows 1872, Ches-\\nter C. Leathers, Abner D. Enos; 1873, C. Herold, A. G.\\nEastman; 1874, John Swan, Henry Hice 1875, Chester\\nC. Leathers, S. Snell 1876, O. Hoag, A. E. Barber 1877,\\nL. D. Townsend, S. Snell 1878, H. J. Scrimger, George\\nR. Heath; 1879, Abner D. Enos, S. Snell.\\nThe present officers (January, 1880) are L. D. Town-\\nsend, N. G. George Rossman, V. G. George R. Heathe,\\nSec. Abner D. Enos, Permanent Sec. James M. Gray,\\nTreas. Regular meetings are held Saturday evenings of\\neach week, in their lodge-rooms opposite Snell s hotel.\\nBailey Lodge, No. 287, F. and A. M., was chartered\\nJan. 13, 1871. The first officers were Duane D. Briggs,\\nW. M. P. C. Hathaway, S. W. and P. A. Dulerrow, J. W.\\nDamascus Lodge, No. Q,K. of P., v/ as chartered March\\n21, 1873.\\nThese lodges all have their lodge-rooms in the villaije of\\nBreedsville. Further data concerning the Maisonic and", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0606.jp2"}, "607": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0607.jp2"}, "608": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0608.jp2"}, "609": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF COLUMBIA.\\n433\\nPythian lodges, and also of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch, were earnestly solicited, and promised by official\\nmembers, but we failed to obtain the desired information.\\nEDUCATIONAL.\\nAs previously mentioned, the first school-house was built\\nin the Breedsville settlement in 1838, and Lorenzo D.\\nCate taught the first school.\\nFrom the township records we learn that School District\\nNo. 1, comprising sections 19, 20, 21, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32,\\nand 33, was formed Jan. 31, 1845. Fractional District\\nNo. 2, including sections 1 and 12 in this township, and\\nportions of Trowbridge and Bloomingdale, was organized\\nDec. 26, 1845, by Jonathan N. Howard, Hervey Manley,\\nDaniel Foster, Sidney Smith, William H. H. Myers, and\\nHenry T. Houghton, school inspectors of said townships.\\nThis meeting was held at the house of Horace Humphrey.\\nLewis Van Vliet was granted a certificate to teach the\\nschool in District No. 1, Nov. 29, 1845, and one year later,\\nDec. 16, 1846, John Roby was licensed to teach the same\\nschool.\\nThe sum of $7.36 was received from the county treas-\\nurer in July, 1847, which was apportioned to District No.\\n1, it having 23 children of school age. Also during the\\nsame year Miss Adelia Sexton received a teacher s certificate.\\nThe teachers licensed in 1848 were Miss Minerva Brown,\\nMiss Mary R. Piatt, Miss L. L. Gray, and Joel Camp.\\nThe apportionment of school moneys received in March,\\n1848, was as follows: total received, $42 paid to District\\nNo. 1, having 25 scholars, $42. In July of the same year\\n$19 was received. The apportionment gave to District No.\\n1, $14.41 to Fractional District No. 2, $4.59.\\nMi.ss Harriet Brown received a certificate in 1849, and\\nthe following was the July apportionment same year Dis-\\ntrict No. 1, 25 scholars, $8.25; Fractional District No. 2,\\n22 scholars, $7.21. Other early teachers, from 1850 to\\n1853, were Miss Sarah A. Peacock, Miss H. D. Peacock,\\nWilliam B. Hathaway, Miss Minerva Brown, and Miss\\nHarriet N. Ladd.\\nSCHOOL STATISTICS OF 1879.\\nNumber of districts (whole, 7; fractional, 2) it\\nChildren of school age residing in the township.... 432\\nattending school during the year 354\\nFrame school-houses 9\\nSeating capacity 528\\nValue of school property $5360\\nNumber of teachers employed (male, 3; female, II) 14\\nPaid male teachers $601.00\\nfemale $979.25\\nTotal expenditures during the year $2172.90\\nCash on hand, ^ept. 1, 1879 ;679.86\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nA. S. BROWN.\\nOne of the first four families that located in the town-\\nship of Columbia was that of A. S. Brown, Sr. this oc-\\ncurred in the fall of 1835. Mr. Brown^came from the\\ntown of Essex, Chittenden Co., Vt., where the subject of\\nour sketch, A. S. Brown, was born in the year 1819. The\\nmembers of Mr. Brown, Sr. s family who came to Van\\n55\\nBuren County with him, besides A. S. Brown, Jr., were\\nhis wife, Mrs. Eliza (Bullock) Brown, Welles G., Jesse R.,\\nMinerva, and Sarah, the latter remaining in Paw Paw,\\nwhere she still resides. Besides these who came with him,\\nthere were Amasa M. and Luman (who remained in Ver-\\nmont). Amasa is a practicing physician there. Luman, at\\na later period, followed the family to Michigan, entered the\\narmy, was wounded at the battle of Pittsburg Landing,\\nand died from its effects. Sarah, Minerva, and Amasa M.\\nare the only surviving children.\\nA. S. Brown, Sr., purchased upon his arrival a farm of\\neighty acres, and with the three younger boys, A. S., W.\\nG., and J. R., continued the working of this farm until his\\ndeath, which occurred in 1842, at which time the boys\\nformed a copartnership, and remained with interests united\\nuntil the beginning of the Rebellion, when W. G. with-\\ndrew. Previous to this, in 1860, A. S. had married Miss\\nSarah Deming, daughter of Roswell and Mariana U.\\n(Boughton) Deming, who were married in Avon, Livings-\\nton Co., N. Y., where Philena C., Amos, William, Sarah,\\nAlmena, Martha, and Catharine were born, the last named\\ndying in infancy. The others are still living, the first four\\nin Michigan, Almena in Livingston Co., N. Y., and Martha\\nin Minnesota. Mrs. Brown s mother had died in Livings-\\nton County, March 3, 1841, Mr. Deming removing with\\ntwo of the children to Arlington, Van Buren Co., where he\\nremained until Sarah s marriage to Mr. Brown, after which\\nhe made his home with them. The two brothers finally\\ndissolved partnership, and in the division of property A. S.\\nbecame owner of the homestead, a view of which appears\\nin this work, and where the four children of Mr. and Mrs.\\nBrown were born, the dates and names as follows Sarah\\nE., born April 3, 1862; Henry A., born Aug. 8, 1863;\\nElla C, born April 28, 1865, died July 30, 1867 Amos\\nS., born May 3, 1867, died Aug. 8, 1869.\\nMr. Brown, from time to time, added to the original pur-\\nchase until his farm contained over two hundred acres.\\nHis health failing him, he proceeded to Minnesota, hoping\\nthe change would be beneficial, but such was not the case,\\nand on the 4th of September, 1872, he died. By his pre-\\neminent abilities he arose from comparative obscurity, and\\nhas bequeathed to his family a handsome fortune. The\\nsoundness of his judgment and sterling integrity had se-\\ncured for him a high place in the estimation of his fellow-\\ncitizens, whose voluntary suffrages had for nearly thirty\\nyears retained him almost constantly in some official posi-\\ntion. During the years 1867-68 he represented his dis-\\ntrict in the State Legislature on the Republican side with\\nfidelity and ability. Public enterprises and improvements\\nalways found in him a liberal and efficient patron. Mrs.\\nBrown resides at the old home, using the means her hus-\\nband provided for her in the education of their children.\\nJ. N. HINCKLEY.\\nDexter and Elizabeth (Dotyj Hinckley were natives of\\nNew York, and were married in Monroe County, where J.\\nN., Levilla, Marenus, Nancy, and Betsey Jane were born.\\nJ. N. was born in 1819, received a limited education, and\\nat the early age of fifteen was compelled, of necessity, to", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0609.jp2"}, "610": {"fulltext": "434\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nbecome the support and mainstay of the family. He\\nworked upon the Erie Canal six seasons, and then removed\\nto Columbia township, Van Buren Co., Mich., his mother,\\nMarenus, Levilla, and Jane accompanying him. Nancy\\nhad previously married and settled in Columbia, and Mr.\\nHinckley bought an adjoining farm of forty acres, for\\nliving. Charlotte married B. W. Cornwall, and lives on the\\nhome-farm. Flora married R. Holland, and lives in Charle-\\nvoix Co., Mich. Ella married Joseph Baxter, and lives in\\nBloomiiigdale township. The others are living at home.\\nMrs. Hinckley died May 2, 1873 she was a devoted\\nwife, a faithful mother, ;ind loved and respected by all who\\nJ. N. HINCKLEY.\\nPliotos. by L. L, Northrup, Bangor.\\nMRS. .J. N. HINCKLEY.\\nwhich he paid one hundred dollar.^. Several years later he\\nbought forty more, and has continued adding to the orig-\\ninal forty until now he is the owner of one hundred and\\neighty acres.\\nHe married Mi.ss Harriet L. Bcssey and settled upou the\\nplace now occupied by him. Of this union seven children\\nwere born, viz., Charlotte A., Flora E., Orrin N., Ella J.,\\nMay E., Perry N., and Harriet A., all of whom are still\\nknew her. Mr. Hinckley afterwards married Mrs. Eliza-\\nbeth Leathers.\\nWhen Mr. Hinckley first came to Michigan he had four\\nhundred dollars, and by good management, economy, and\\nindustry has secured a competency, and now, in the after-\\nnoon of life, takes the world easy. He is a Republican in\\npolitics, and much interested in the grange, of which he is\\na member.\\nCHAPTER LVII.\\nCOVEBT TOWNSHIP.*\\nDeerfield changed to Covert Description of the Township Pioneer\\nSettlers in Deerfield The Village of Covert Resident Tax-payers\\nin lS56^Civil History The Congregational Church.\\nDEERFIELD CHANGED TO COVERT\u00e2\u0080\u0094 DESCRIPTION OF\\nTHE TOWNSHIP.\\nThe town.ship of Covert was for many years after its\\norganization known as the township of Deerfield. This\\nname proving inconvenient, from the fact that there were\\nother towns and villages of the same name in the State, a\\nbill was introduced into the Legislature in 1876, by W. 0.\\nPackard, Esq., praying that it be changed to Covert, which\\nwas accordingly done. It is designated as township 2 south,\\nrange 17 west, and is located on the western side of Van\\nBuren County, its western border being washed by the\\nwaters of Lake Michigan. On its northern side lies South\\nHaven, on the east Bangor, while Berrien County joins it\\non the south.\\nBy Edgar 0. fragner.\\nIts name was suggestive of the early pioneer days, when\\nthe deer roamed unharmed through its forests and when\\ncircumstances rendered a change in its cognomen necessary\\nthese reminiscences were not ignored in its subsequent\\nchristening. The soil of Covert presents a very attractive\\nfield of labor to the agriculturist, and is especially well\\nadapted to the growth of fruit. It is a mixture of sand\\nand clay, which is very productive, and yields abundant\\ncrops of corn and wheat. Notwithstanding this fact settlers\\nwere tardy in availing themselves of its advantages, and it\\nwas not until 1 844 that the first settler broke the soil and\\nbegan clearing the forests. The surface is gently undulat-\\ning until the lake-shore is approached, when it becomes\\nbroken and uneven, abrupt and often picturesque hills adorn-\\ning the land.scape. One or two of these have from their\\nheight and striking appearance something of the dignity of\\nmountains, and are objects of some interest to the traveler.\\nFrom their summits is aSbrded a view of the lake, which\\nis at once commanding and expansive. Covert is well\\nwatered by numerous streams which meander through its\\nlimits, principal among which is Brandywine Creek, a con-\\nsiderable stream, which flows west of the centre of the town-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0610.jp2"}, "611": {"fulltext": "WM. PACKARD.\\nW. O. PACKARD.\\nWILLIAM PACKARD.\\nThe grandfather of this gentleman was born in Bridge-\\nwater, Mass., and at the age of fourteen years entered the\\nRevolutionary army. At twenty-four he was married to\\nMiss Edson, and by her became the father of eight children,\\nfive sons and three daughters. His occupation was that\\nof a farmer. Among his children was Amasa Packard\\n(father of William), who, at the age of eighteen years,\\nmarried Lucinda, daughter of John Ford, her parents bein\\nalso natives of Bridgewater, where Amasa Packard was\\nborn, Jan. 6, 1788. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs.\\nPackard occupied a tract of wild land, which they improved\\nand resided upon until 1832, when they removed to Ohio.\\nWilliam, son of Amasa and Lucinda Packard, was born\\nin Plainfield, Mass., July 23, 1808, and was the first in a\\nfamily of eight children, five sons and three daughters.\\nUntil he had reached his majority he assisted his father on\\nthe home farm, and for two years subsequently hired by\\nthe month. May 19, 1831, he married Mary F., daughter\\nof Thaddeus and Mary Rude, a native of Massachusetts.\\nThe wedded pair removed to Ren.sselaer Co., N. Y., and\\noccupied a farm which Mr. Packard had previously pur-\\nchased. In 183G they changed their residence to Chatham\\ntownship, Medina Co., Ohio, where Mr. Packard bought\\nand cleared a farm, and remained upon it until 1859. In\\nthe latter year he removed to Allegan Co., Mich., and in\\n1870, to the place he now occupies in Covert township.\\nVan Buren Co.\\nMr. and Mrs. Packard are the parents of the following\\nchildren William 0., born Sept. 14, 1832 Alfred S., born\\nSept. 22, 1834 Mary P., born August 18, 1836 Helen\\nCelestia, born Oct. 28, 1842, died at the age of six months.\\nJuly 14, 1863, Mr. Packard was called upon to mourn the\\nloss of his wife, who died and was buried in Allegan Co.\\nSept. 5, 1864, Mr. Packard was married to Mrs. Mary F.\\nRood, widow of Marshall Rood. Her death occurred in\\nCovert township August 25, 1875; and on the 19th of\\nSeptember, 1876, Mr. Packard was married to Josephine\\nL. Seymour, daughter of William H. and Ruth Seymour.\\nThis union has been blessed with one child,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ruth Celestia,\\nborn Oct. 5, 1879. Mr. Packard united with the Congre-\\ngational Church in 1844. He is a .staunch Republican in\\npolitics, and has been the recipient of numerous favors from\\nhis fellow-citizens, in the shape of offices of greater or less\\nimportance. While a resident of Ohio he occupied all the\\nofficial positions in his township, and was twice chosen to\\nthe Legislature from Allegan Co., Mich. Since he settled\\nin Michigan, Mr. Packard has, in company with his sons,\\nbeen extensively engaged in the lumber business, their pos-\\nsessions at one time including upwards of four thousand\\nfive hundred acres of timber, with four saw-mills in full\\noperation. In 1877, Alfred S. Packard withdrew from the\\nfirm, and is now individually engaged in business. William\\nPackard and his son, William 0. Packard, are yet asso-\\nciated, and own and operate the .saw-mills at Covert, one\\nsaw- and planing-mill having a run of stone attached for\\nthe purpose of grinding feed. Mr. Packard s brother,\\nJosiah Packard, with his son-in-law, belonged to the firm\\nof Packard, Sons Co. for eight years. William 0. Pack-\\nard was elected to the State Senate in 1876, from Van\\nBuren County, serving one term.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0611.jp2"}, "612": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0612.jp2"}, "613": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF COVERT.\\n435\\nship, and finds an outlet in Lake Michigan at the northwest\\ncorner of section 8.\\nOn section 30 is Mud Lake, which, though not of large\\nsize, is the only lake of consequence, and aflfords attractions\\nto the lover of piscatorial sports. Covert, however, derives\\nits importance from the fact that it lies adjacent to Lake\\nMichigan, and is thus afforded commercial facilities which\\nare denied its inland neighbors. The last census, 1874,\\ndoes not indicate a flattering yield of grain, but since that\\ntime much additional land has been cultivated and its pro-\\nductiveness greatly increased.\\nPIONEER SETTLERS IN DEERFIELD.\\nThe township is a comparatively new one, and very little\\nprogress was made in its development until after 1860. Its\\ntimbered lands, until the enterprise of later residents made\\nthem the chief sources of its revenue, offered many obsta-\\ncles to the pioneer, and retarded rather than promoted its\\nadvancement. It contained no rich prairie land, and every\\nacre of tillable soil was obtained at a cost of much labor in\\nclearing. The coming of the earliest settler occurred in\\n1845. In that year Benoni Young migrated from the dis-\\ntant State of Maine and located upon section 13, where he\\nentered 160 acres. Here, with his family, in the midst of\\nthe forest, he lived for seven years an isolated life, with no\\nother settler in the township, and for a long period no in-\\ndication of an increa.se in its population. His nearest\\nneighbor. Mason Wood, resided in the township of Bangor,\\nand became a resident after Mr. Young s arrival. Isaac\\nSwain, another neighbor, lived in the township of Water-\\nvliet. Mr. Young was obliged to depend chiefly upon his\\nown exertions for the improvement of his i arni, and realiz-\\ning this fact, he began with a will the preliminary work of\\nchopping and erecting the necessary buildings for the com-\\nfort of his family. By industry he soon rendered a portion\\nof this land productive, and proved the fine quality of the\\nsoil in the abundant crops which he produced. Mr. Young,\\nhowever, seems not to have been strongly attached to the\\nscene of his early pioneer experiences, for in 1861 he made\\nthe township of Hartford his home, and still resides there.\\nIn his family occurred the earliest birth in Covert, that of\\nhis daughter, Marietta Young. His home was the scene\\nduring the year 1859 of a very merry gathering, which\\ncelebrated the earliest marriage in the township, that of\\nMiss Jane Young, his daughter, to Mr. Allen Fish. They\\nstill reside in Covert.\\nThe next settler was John Peters, who purchased a farm\\nand located upon section 32, the land having been previously\\nowned by one Ingraham. He did not, however, remain long\\nto improve his purchase, but removed to Berrien County.\\nHe afterwards entered the United States army and died in\\nthe service.\\nMatthias Farnum s settlement soon followed that of Mr.\\nPeters. He chose section 7 as a location, and built upon\\nit a saw-mill, the first in the township, in which for a\\nperiod of years much of the lumber was sawed which was\\nused in the construction of the frame houses and barns of\\nthe township. Mr. Farnum later removed to Benton Har-\\nbor, where he now resides.\\nOn the site of this early mill was built in 1857 a saw-\\nmill, which formed the nucleus of an extensive enterprise\\nunder the direction of a settler named Paul. The scheme\\nof this ambitious company seemed to have been one of no\\nsmall magnitude, contemplating the running of 60 saws\\nwhich were to be propelled by steam furnished by three\\nhuge boilers. The .settlement was christened Paulville, and\\nboarding-houses were erected for the numerous choppers.\\nThe enterprise, however, proved a failure, and the decline\\nof the little village of Paulville on the shore of Lake\\nMichigan was scarcely le.ss rapid than its mushroom growth.\\nNo vestige of its former importance remains, and other mills\\nhave performed the labor that was intended by its projectors\\nto have been accomplished by this.\\nCanada sent a pioneer to the township in the person of\\nJames Dobbyn, who arrived in 1854 and entered 280 acres\\non section 32. John Peters and family extended to the\\nCanadian settlers a cordial welcome, and offered them such\\nshelter and hospitality as was possible in their limited quar-\\nters. This was gladly accepted during the interval of six\\nweeks in which Mr. Dobbyn was engaged in constructing a\\ncabin for his household, and sixteen souls at this time com-\\nposed the family circle.\\nMr. Dobbyn at once began the work of clearing and\\nimproving his land, and with the aid of the axe and the\\nfire about five acres were soon cleared. During this period\\nhe suffered much from illness, which seriously impeded his\\nprogress, but a sufiBcient tract had been improved to render\\nthe family a modest subsistence. Arriving without a team\\ntheir early labors were made the more arduous, and indeed\\nthis fact was the more apparent in their progress towards\\ntheir new home, when all the household goods they possessed\\nwere borne upon their backs. Very great aid was afforded\\nMr. Dobbyn in his early struggles as a pioneer by the\\nabundance of game to be found. Not only did this supply\\ntheir larder with fresh and dried meats, but much of it was\\nshipped to Chicago, where good prices were realized.\\nThe earliest school-house was built in the neighborhood\\nof Mr. Dobbyn s farm, by the side of the highway, on sec-\\ntion 33. The young lady who guided the youthful minds\\nof Covert at this early day was Miss Geraldine Taft, who\\nhad just attained the age of fourteen summers, maturity of\\nyears not being deemed an essential element in the qualifi-\\ncations of a district school-teacher. The years of her oldest\\npupil fully equaled her own, while the youngest had seen\\nbut four summers.\\nThe pupils at this early school were Josephine Lee,\\nHenry Wygent, Violetta Wygent, John Dobbyn, Jane\\nDobbyn, Emma Dell, Isabella Dobbyn, William Lee, David\\nLee, William Wygent, Richard Dobbyn, Lita Fish, Mary\\nDell, Sarah J. Dobbyn, and Solon Ingraham.\\nIn connection with this it may be stated that the town-\\nship is now divided into five whole and one fractional dis-\\ntricts, the directors of which are William Y. Trafford, Henry\\nCurtis, Franklin Ganson, David Leslie, D. Ballen, and\\nBryan Everhan.\\nThe number of children receiving instruction is 287, who\\nare taught by 1 male and 9 female teachers, to whom in\\nsalaries the sum of $1366 is paid. The value of school\\nproperty is $4375, and the total resources are $2065.67, of\\nwhich $172.12 is derived from the school fund.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0613.jp2"}, "614": {"fulltext": "436\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nJohn Wygent arrived during the winter of 1854, with\\nhis family, and settled upon section 32, in the house vacated\\nby John Peters. He cultivated and improved his land,\\nconverting it into a valuable property, but finally was at-\\ntracted by the flattering prospects held out to the emigrants\\nwho were fast populating Nebraska, and became a resident\\nof that Territory. Archibald Wygent arrived soon after,\\nbut ultimately made Watervliet his home, where he still\\nresides.\\nHiram Fish was another of the New York State pioneers\\nwho came in 1854. He selected section 21 as a home,\\nwhere he became a considerable land-owner, having entered\\n360 acres. This he began early to improve, his first effcirts\\nbeing devoted to the building of a log house. During the\\ninterval he remained at Watervliet. Mr. Fish was among\\nthe most active of the early pioneers, and manifested a\\ndeep interest in affairs pertaining to the welfare of the\\ntownship. This, however, did not conflict with the more\\npressing business of cultivating his farm, to which he de-\\nvoted himself with an energy which was afterwards amply\\nrewarded. His three sons Allen, Miram, and Draper\\nstill reside in the township.\\nFrank Beal entered, in 1855, 80 acres under the gradu-\\nation act. He found his land entirely uncultivated, and\\nbegan at once the work of chopping a suflScient space on\\nwhich to erect a house, meanwhile remaining in Berrien\\nCounty. His land lay upon sections 34 and 35. With\\nhim came William Kelley and W. W. Lampson, who en-\\ntered 160 acres on section 35. William and J. McConnell\\ntook up their abode on section 36, where they still reside.\\nThe settlers were principally occupied at this time in lay-\\ning out and improving highways. For this service fair\\nwages were paid by the commissioners, wliioh greatly aided\\nthem in living, and afl orded them means to carry on the\\nwork of clearing and improving their lands. Often while\\nengaged in this labor at a remote distance from their home\\nnight overtook them, and such shelter as the woods afforded\\nwas gladly accepted. With a log for a pillow and a cluster\\nof boughs for a couch, they would enjoy the rest which toil\\nhad made sweet, regardless of the howling of the wolves\\naround them. The first highway cut through the forests\\nof the township was probably the one leading to the saw-\\nmill of Matthias Farnum. James Dobbyu and his neigh-\\nbors also cut an early road in the immediate vicinity of\\ntheir own homes.\\nWilliam A. Dell, who enjoyed the distinction of having\\nbeen chosen as the first supervisor, was a former resident of\\nNew York State, from which he emigrated in the summer\\nof 1855 and purchased 80 acres in Covert, on section 29.\\nMr. Dobbyn s log house afl orded him a temporary abode,\\nwhile the neighbors made a bee for the purpose of build-\\ning a cabin for his family. His experiences were not un-\\nlike those of other pioneers, but Covert seems not to have\\noffered permanent attractions, as later years found him a\\nresident of Watervliet, where he died.\\nThe same year came Reuben Lee, who settled upon sec-\\ntion 33, where he purchased and improved 60 acres. He\\nseems to have found the township a more congenial abode\\nthan his neighbor, Mr. Dell, as he is still a resident upon\\nthe farm he purchased.\\nOhio sent to Deerfield a pioneer in the person of J.\\nEnlow, who purchased of John House, in 1857, a farm on\\nsection 12. This land was entirely uncultivated, and no\\nsettlers had located in the immediate vicinity, the nearest\\nneighbors being Mason Wood, in Bangor, and a settler\\nupon section 11. His family were left in Lawrence while\\nhe engaged in the construction of a log house, he himself\\nmaking Bangor his temporary abode during its progress.\\nAfter the house was completed Mr. Enlow removed his\\nfamily, and at once found an extended field of labor in the\\nclearing of his land. The southern portion of the township\\nhaving been earliest settled, the centre and northern sec-\\ntions were at this time almost in their primitive condition.\\nNo roads were visible, those originally .surveyed having\\nbeen covered by a heavy growth of brush, which, from\\nwant of travel, made them almost impassable. The Indian\\ntrail was the highway most used until late emigration made\\ngood roads a necessity. Mr. Enlow succeeded in improving\\nthis land and developing its resources, and ultimately cleared\\na fine farm, upon which he now resides.\\nDawson Pompey came from Indiana in 1866, and pur-\\nchased of William Sherburne 160 acres on section 13.\\nThis farm had previously been owned by Benonl Young,\\nand was the first land cleared in the township. Mr. Pom-\\npey had, therefore, to undergo none of the severe experi-\\nences of his pioneer neighbors in its early improvement.\\nHe has by his industry added greatly to its productiveness,\\nand is esteemed as one of the most successful farmers in\\nCovert.\\nThe township has in later years had many accessions to\\nthe ranks of its agricultural population, but none of them\\ncan properly be included among its pioneers.\\nTHE VILLAfiE OF COVERT.\\nThe hamlet of Covert which by courtesy is termed a\\nvillage, though not incorporated is located principally on\\nsection 14, though a portion of it crosses the section line\\nand covers a part of section 1 3. Its growth may be re-\\ngarded in some respects not only as rapid but remarkable,\\nthe year 1866 having witnessed the earliest effort which\\nlater resulted in a promising settlement. Messrs. Hawks\\nLambert, of Niles, Mich., being attracted by the very luxu-\\nriant growth of timber in the township, purchased timber-\\nlands in the vicinity, and immediately began the erection\\nof mills, locating them where the grist-mill of Packard\\nSons now stands. They carried on a lumbering business\\nfor three years, when their interest was purchased by\\nPackard Co.\\nTo these gentlemen may be ascribed the credit of\\nhaving promoted the growth of the village, and placed the\\ntownship on a business equality with the most enterprising\\ntownships of the county. Alfred H. Packard, Jr., had\\npreviously established himself upon section 2, where he\\nhad in 1868 erected saw-mills and made large purchases\\nof land. Messrs. Packard Co had added much to\\ntheir timbered lands purchased of Messrs. Hawks Lam-\\nbert, and finding the capacity of the mill already built in-\\nsufiiciont, erected in 1872 a mill of larger dimensions,\\nwhich was operated by steam. One of these mills was\\nlater devoted to .sawing and planing, and a grist-mill was", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0614.jp2"}, "615": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0615.jp2"}, "616": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0616.jp2"}, "617": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF COVEKT.\\n437\\nbuilt for the purpose of doing custom work. In this mill\\ncorn, and feed of various kinds are ground, but no flour.\\nThe saw-mills have a capacity of 4,000,000 fett a year,\\nand the firm also deal largely in bark and wood. They\\nemploy in the various departments of labor about 40 men,\\nmost of those being engaged in chopping. A horse-railroad\\nhas been built from the mills to the lake, which affords\\nthem superior advantages of shipping. For this purpose\\nsubstantial piers have been built on the lake-shore at the\\nterminus of the horse-railroad.\\nThe mills of Alfred H. Packard, Jr., saw nearly 6,000,000\\nfeet of lumber annually. They also have a horse-railroad,\\nwhich conveys lumber directly to the lake. The market\\nfor this lumber is found in Milwaukee. Chicago, Racine,\\nand other lake-ports. The store was formerly connected\\nwith the business, but is now owned by Josiah Packard,\\nwho removed from Ohio, and was previously a member of\\nthe firm of Packard Co.\\nThere is much business activity manifested in Covert\\naside from the lumber interest. Josiah Packard conducts\\na general merchandi.se store, in which an extended trade is\\nhad. E. G. Allen Co. deal in drugs and medicines,\\nwith which they combine groceries, and E. A. Rood is a\\nheavy dealer in hardware. In addition there are two black-\\nsmith-shops, kept by 0. B. Shine and Mark Peters one\\nwatch- and clock-shop, kept by J. R. Shine one livery-\\nstable, owned by S. D. Kenney one market, kept by G. H.\\nMichaels; one shoe-shop, the proprietor of which is\\nColvin and a master-builder, G. R. Ross, who has shown\\nmuch skill in the construction of the new church at Covert.\\nDr. G. D. Carnes, the only allopathic physician, enjoys\\nan extensive practice.\\nThe public school is under the superintendence of De\\nForest Ross, with Miss Ellen Shaw as a.ssistant.\\nRESIDENT TAX-PAYERS IN 1856.\\nThe following list embraces the resident tax-payers in\\nDeerfield (now Covert) for the year 1856 Matthias Far-\\nnum, Benoni Young, Charles Phillips, Allen Fi.sh, Draper\\nFish, Miram Fish, John Burnham, Ira H. Derby, William\\nA. Dell, James Dobbyn, John Wygent, A. G. Wygent,\\nReuben Lee, F. Real, W. W. Lampson, William Kelley,\\nNelson Kelley, George Sinkler, J. Packard, R. Parker.\\nCIVIL HISTORY.\\nThis township, originally forming part of the old town-\\nship of Lafayette, was included within the boundaries of\\nSouth Haven by an act of the State Legislature erecting\\nthe latter township, bearing date March 11, 1837. It con-\\ntinued as South Haven until Oct. 8, 1855, when, by the\\naction of the Board of Supervisors of Van Buren County,\\nsurveyed township No. 2 south, of range No. 17 west, was\\norganized as Deerfield. Its name was changed to Covert\\nby the State Legislative body, then in session, March 29,\\n1877.\\nFirst Township Election. Pursuant to the act of organ-\\nization, the electors assembled at the house of Hiram Fish\\non the first Monday in April, 1856, and organized by\\nchoosing William A. Dell chairman, Miram Fish and John\\nE. Wygent inspectors of election, A. G. Wygent and Miram\\nFish clerks. As the final result of this meeting the follow-\\ning-named ofBcers wore declared elected, viz. William A.\\nDell, Supervisor Miram Fish, Township Clerk Draper\\nFish, Treasurer; Hiram Fish, J. E. Wygent, Franklin\\nBeal, Highway Commissioners Benoni Young, A. G. Wy-\\ngent, John A. Hunt, Reuben Lee, Justices of the Peace\\nA. G. Wygent, William A. Dell, School Inspectors R.\\nPacker, Allen Fish, A. E. Wygent, George Sinkler, Con-\\nstables Hiram Fish, Wallace Lawson, Directors of the\\nPoor.\\nTownship Civil List. The township officers elected at\\nsubsequent annual town-meetings (from 1857 to 1879, in-\\nclusive) have been as follows\\nSUPEEVISORS.\\n1857, Willi.am A. Dell; 1858-59, Miram Fish; 1860-61, George H.\\nEarlier; 1S62-6.S, Miram Fish 1864-67, George H. Barker 1868,\\nWilliam F. Trafford; 1869, Miram Fish; 1870-74, George H.\\nBarker; 1875-76, George Grant; 1877-78, 0. S. Shaw; 1879,\\nGeorge Grant.\\nTOWNSHIP CLERKS.\\n1857, James Dohbyn 1858, A\u00c2\u00bb Cress; 1859, William A. Dell; 1860,\\nJames Dobbyn; 1861, Miram Fish; 1862, R. R. Randall; 1863-\\n64, William A. Dell; 1865, R. R. Randall; 1866, J. S. Packard;\\n1867, William F. Trafford 1868, W. M. Simpson 1869-70, Jere-\\nmiah Hartman 1871-74, J.S.Bunnell; 1875, George H. Bar-\\nker 1876, 0. S. Shaw; 1877-79, E. G. Allen.\\nTREASURERS.\\n1857-59, John A.Hunt; 1860, A. G. Wygent 1861-63, Allen Fish\\n1864-65, James Dobbyn; 1866-67, Miram Fish; 186S, Robert\\nBartley; 1869, George H. Barker 1870-75, William F. Trafford\\n1876, James Dobbyn; 1877-78, Robert Hartley: 1879, William\\nJ. Shattuck.\\nSCHOOL INSPECTORS.\\n1857, William Willcorab; 1858, A. G. Wygent; 1859, Charles Phil-\\nlips, J. S. Packard; 1860, 0. F. Ingersoll 1861, George H. Par-\\nker 1862, 0. F. Ingersoll, J. S. Packard 1863, C. H. Sherborne\\n1864, G. H. Parker, 0. F. Ingersoll 186.5, J. S. Packard; 1866,\\nG.II. Barker; 1867, Charles Lookwood 1868, George H. Barker\\n1869, Miram Fish; 1870, D. B. Allen 1871, Thaddeus Rood 1872,\\nD. B. Allen, Miram Fish 1873, D. B. Allen 1874, Miram Fish;\\n1875, James 0. Keith; 1876, A. B. Sherborne; 1877, D. B. Allen\\n1878-79, George H. Barker.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2TDSTIOES OF THE PEACE.\\n1857. James Dobbyn, J. S. Packard, Benoni Young; 1858, William\\nWilloomb, Miram Fish 1859, C. C. Leathers, J. S. Packard 1860,\\nWilliam Sherborne; 1861, Miram Fish, G. H. Barker; 1862, Wil-\\nliam Sherborne; 1863, John A. Hunt: 1864, William Willey;\\n1865, J. S. Packard, R. R. Randall; 1866, W. F. Trafford, Miram\\nFish; 1867, W. F. Trafford; 1868, Bryant MiUiman, G. H.\\nBarker; 1869, William Kenney, A. R. Sherborne; 1870, Miram\\nFi,sh; 1871, J. S. Packard; 1872, Daniel Lutz; 1873, A. B. Sher-\\nboine, William II. Wynn; 1874, Miram Fish; 1875, William F.\\nConner; 1876, J. S. Packard; 1877, Thaddeus Rood; 1878, E.\\nG. Allen. Gordon Sinclair; 1879, J. 0. Keith, E. 0. Rood, Miram\\nFish.\\nHIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS.\\n1857, Franklin Real; 1858, H. F. Wing, S. C. Paul; 1859, Franklin\\nBeal, Draper Fi.sh 1860, Charles Phillips; 1861, W. W. Lamson;\\n1862, Draper Fish, George Andrews; 1863, C. U. Sherborne, W.\\nPatterson: 1864, J. W. Tripp, George F. Mast; 1865, J. S. Pack-\\nard, C. W. Darling, Allen Fish; 1866, J. W. Tripp, Draper Fish;\\n1867, Charles Lockwood, Draper Fish; 1868, C. W. Bunnell;\\n1869, Stephen Reed, Bryant Hilliman 1870, I. S. Bunnell 1871,\\nJ. S. P.ackard; 1872, Draper Fish; 1873, I. S. Bunnell; 1874, R.\\nR. Randall; 1875, C. E. Lockwood; 1876-78, W. J. Shattuck\\n1879, Robert Bartley.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0617.jp2"}, "618": {"fulltext": "438\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nDEAIN COMMISSIONERS.\\n1872, Charles Phillips; 187:i, Stephen Reed; 1874, R. R. Randall;\\n1875, William E. Knapp; 1876, C. 0. Frazier 1877, F. W. Conner;\\n1878, John A. Hart; 1879, Jacob Gunsaul.\\nSUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS.\\n1875, Biainard Allen; 1876-78, D. B. Allen; 1879, A. N. Ballen.\\nCONSTABLES.\\n1857, George Sinkler, J. B. Greenlee, S. B. Greenlee, Ernest Lepolt;\\n1858, C. M. Blom, George Sinkler, A. G. Wygent; 1859, R. B.\\nCooper, Allen Fish, William A. Dell, George Sinkler; 1860, W.\\nH. Sherborne, Ira A. Derby, William A. Dell, George F. Mast;\\n1861, George F, Mast, George Andrews, W. W. Lamson, William\\nA. Dell; 1862, George Andrews, George Sinkler, Charles H. Sher-\\nborne, C. T. Tilton 1863, Reuben Lee, Charles H. Sherborne, II.\\nP. Sinkler, John Burnham 1864, William A. Dell, T. H. Hum-\\nphrey, W. MoConnell, B. F. Jenkins 1865, R. R. Randall, George\\nSinkler, B. F. Jenkins, C. W. Darling; 1866, B. R. Randall,\\nGeorge Sinkler, J. A. Derby, J. W. Tripp 1867, Charles Phillips,\\nLyman Ingram; 1868, Thomas Anderson, R. R. Randall, W.\\nS. Lambert, Charles Stoddard, Sr. 1869, John Lilly, JeH rios\\nReed, John Carpenter, A. Lilly; 1870, Thomas Wynn, G. P.\\nWilliams, S. G. Jameson; 1871, I. S. Bunnell, D. W. Wesnall, R.\\nR. Randall, Thomas Anderson; 1872, Orin Hill, C. 0. Frazier,\\nCharles Burton, John West; 1873, T. B. Wynn, 0, Shine, N.\\nKelley, C. E. Lockwood; 1874, H. L. Dobbyn, E. M. Symonds,\\nWilliam Chapin, N. Bartes; 1875, Thomas J. ChafTee, Ezekiel\\nMilliman, B. F. Wynn, Alfred Packard; 1876, George Michaels,\\nWilliam Tripp, A. Lovelace, Thomas J. Chafl ee; 1877, J. Dalson,\\nH. Curtis, T. B. Wynn, J. Hartman 1878, John Dalson, George\\nMichaels, Jeremiah Hartman, Frank Stewart; 1879, B. Milliman,\\nF. B. Harris, C. 0. Frazier, George Michaels.\\nTHE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.\\nThe Congregational Church at Covert was organized Sept.\\n27, 1870, Rev. D. F. Peet and Kev. Ander.son offi-\\nciating at the services held on the occasion. Its early\\nmembership embraced the following names: Josiah Pack-\\nard, Elizabeth Packard, Perlia Packard, Margaret Smith,\\nEdward Rood, Pamelia Packard, Alfred Packard, Flora\\nRood, Mary Packard, William Packard, E. P. Shaw, Mrs.\\nE. P. Shaw, Milan Packard, W. F. Traiford, Martha\\nTrafford, Gordon Sinclair, Thaddeus Rood, Martha Rood,\\nFlora A. Allen, and D. B. Allen. The early services were\\nheld in a barn fitted for the purpose, and soon after the\\nmembers convened in a new school-house that had mean-\\nwhile been built. The congregation, however, increased so\\nrapidly that these quarters were too limited, and Packard s\\nHall was opened for the use of the congregation.\\nFor a period of more than five years this spacious apart-\\nment was occupied as a place of worship without expense\\nto the society. The first regular pastor, Rev. F. W. Bush,\\nbegan his ministry in January, 1873, and a parsonage\\ncosting $1500 was ready for his occupancy and paid for on\\nhis arrival.\\nIn 1878 the congregation determined to erect a house of\\nworship, and in August of that year began the work. The\\nbuilding is of wood, with stone foundations, and having a\\nside-tower from which entrance is effected into both audi-\\nence- and lecture-rooms. These rooms open into each other\\nthrough doors mounted on rollers and running into the\\nwalls. The edifice is well built, neatly finished, and will\\nseat comfortably 400 people, having cost, completely fur-\\nnished, more than $4000. The building was finished in\\nOctober, 1879, and the dedicatory services were hold on the\\n5th day of November, 187U. These exercises, which were\\nconducted by the former pastor. Rev. F. W. Bush, Revs.\\nE. A. Paddock, and N. D. Lamphear, were of a very inter-\\nesting character. The church roll embraces a membership\\nof 90, the present pastor being Rev. Levi Parsons Spell-\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nEDWARD A. ROOD.\\nThis gentleman traces his ancestry back to days of Puri-\\ntanism in New England, his mother, whose maiden name\\nwas Abigail Hawes, being a direct descendant from a mem-\\nber of the colony which crossed the Atlantic in the May-\\nflower, and settled at Plymouth, Mass. His father, Josiah\\nEDWARD A. ROOD.\\nF. Rood, was born in Buckiand, Franklin Co., Mass., and was\\nmarried to Mi.ss Hawes, June 13, 1815. Their children\\nwere as follows: Abigail G., born April 16, 1816 David,\\nborn April 25, 1818; Marshall, born May 26, 1820, died\\nApril 12, 1854 Aurelia, born Sept. 16, 1822, died June 19,\\n1860 Josiah, born June 30, 1824, died July 10, 1863, in\\nthe army; Henry F., born March 1, 1828, died March 13,\\n1852 Susan A., born March 21, 1831, died Feb. 15, 1864\\nThaddeus, born June 8, 1833 Edward A., born May 18,\\n1840. Of these the oldest son now living is a missionary\\nin South Africa. Josiah F. Rood died Aug. 19, 1864, his\\nwife s death having occurred July 28, 1863.\\nEdward A. Rood came from Massachusetts to Michigan\\nin 1861, and settled in the township of Ganges, Allegan Co.\\nAfter one year he returned to his old home, and on the\\n25th of October, 1863, he was married to Miss Flora M.\\nWarner, daughter of William and Annis Warner. She\\nwas born Oct. 24, 1843, and was the third in a family\\nof four children. Her brother, Edwards W. Warner, died\\nin the army F]liza A., her oldest sister, was married to W.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0618.jp2"}, "619": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF DECATUR.\\n439\\nJ. Sliattuck, and is now living with her husband in the\\ntownship of Covert. The youngest sister is now the wife\\nof George Campbell, residing at Florence, Mass.\\nMr. Rood and his wife are the parents of two children,\\nFrank E., born Oct. 27, 18G4, and Lillian A., born Oct. 7,\\n1868. Mr. Rood came to Michigan for the purpose of en-\\ntering the employ of Messrs. Packard Sons, and remained\\nwith them about eleven years. In 1863 he purchased land\\nin Allegan Co., Mich., and at present is the owner of two\\nhundred acres in the township of Covert, Van Buren Co.\\nIn 1873 he established a hardware store, which he still con-\\ntinues to operate, handling agricultural implements and a\\ngeneral line of hardware. Mr. Rood and his wife are mem-\\nbers of the Covert Congregational Church, having united\\nwith it at its organization. Politically, Mr. Rood is a Re-\\npublican, but he has not aspired to oflSce.\\nALFRED S. PACKARD,\\nson of William and Mary (Rude) Packard, was born in\\nRensselaer Co., N. Y., Sept. 22, 1834, and was the second\\nin a family of four children. His father was a native of\\nMassachusetts. In 1836 the family removed to Ohio, where\\nAlfred S. Packard remained with his father, working on the\\nfarm and lumbering, until he became of age. On the 1st\\nof May, 1859, he married Laura A., daughter of Irani and\\nCynthia Packard, she being a native of Plainfield, Mass.\\nTo this couple was born one son, Ernest H., his birth oc-\\ncurring April 2, 1870, and his death five months later.\\nMrs. Packard died April 10, 1870, and on the 22d of June,\\n1871, Mr. Packard was married to Mary E., daughter of\\nNelson T. and Emily C. Burnham, who was born in Mid-\\ndletown. Conn., April 28, 1846, and moved, with her father,\\nto Ohio, in which State she resided until her marriage. Mr.\\nPackard came from Ohio in 1859, and settled in the town-\\nship of Ganges, Allegan Co., Mich. removed from Ganges\\nto Deerfield (now Covert) in 1867. Until 1877 he was in\\nbusiness with his father and brother, but in the fall of that\\nyear a division was made, Mr. Packard taking what is known\\nas the upper mill property. He now owns and operates\\nthat, also one at South Haven, and has a horse-railway from\\nthe former to a pier on the lake-shore, four miles distant.\\nHe is at present the owner of two thousand five hundred\\nacres of land, from which he is clearing the timber, and his\\nhome is situated on two hundred acres already cleared and\\nwell improved. Mr. Packard is a Republican in politics,\\nand both himself and wife are members of the Congrega-\\ntional Church.\\nCHAPTER LVIII.\\nDECATUR TOWNSHIP.*\\nThe Pioneer Township and its Early Settlers The Swamp Road\\nTownship Organization and Civil List Decatur Village Churches\\nSchools Incidents.\\nTHE PIONEER TOWNSHIP AND ITS EARLY SETTLERS.\\nDecatur, known as town 4 south, range 14 west, lies in\\nthe southern tier of townships bordering upon Cass County,\\nand enjoys the distinction of being the township that re-\\nBy David Schwartz.\\nceived the first white settler in Van Buren County. Its\\nboundaries are Paw Paw on the north, the Cass County line\\non the south. Porter on the east, and Hamilton on the west.\\nOriginally covering a territory six miles in width by twelve\\nin length, half of its area was set oif to Porter in 1845, so\\nthat it remains to-day six miles square.\\nDecatur is a fine wheat-growing township, and as to gen-\\neral agriculture will compare favorably with any township\\nin the county. The wheat shipped at Decatur station for\\nthe six months ending Dec. 1, 1879, aggregated 84,000\\nbushels. The business of sheep-raising is likewise an im-\\nportant and profitable feature of farming industry. Far-\\nmers who pay especial attention to sheep-raising own flocks\\nnumbering from 500 to 1000.\\nDecatur bears the palm as the pioneer township of Van\\nBuren County in point of early settlement, and until 1831\\ncontained within its limits only the family of the man who\\nled the way into Van Buren County as its first white set-\\ntler, Dolphin Morris, a resident of Deer Creek, Scioto\\nCo., Ohio, who, accompanied by his father, Henry D. Swift,\\nand Jacob Morlan, came to Decatur, and on the 27th of\\nMarch, 1829, began to cut logs for a cabin, which he built\\nupon section 35, near the centre of its southeast quarter.\\nDuring the first week in April he moved his family into the\\ncabin, and from that time forward remained a settler in the\\ntown.ship. Morlan settled in Cass County, while Swift, al-\\nthough he worked for Mr. Morris, did not become an actual\\nsettler until 1831. For two years, therefore, Mr. Morris\\nwas the only settler in Van Buren County, although he\\nwas not without neighbors in Ca,ss County.\\nDolphin Morris log cabin was a historical structure, and\\ndeserved preservation among the pioneer relics of Van\\nBuren. It not only sheltered the first family of white set-\\ntlers in the county, but beneath its roof occurred the first\\nbirth and first death. Within its walls the first sermon\\nwas preached and the first school taught, while it enjoyed\\nlikewise the minor distinction of being the first hotel in the\\ncounty. The material structure has passed away, but the\\nspot upon which it stood is well remembered.\\nDolphin Morris continued to be a resident in Decatur\\nuntil his death, in January, 1870. His son Henry lived\\non the old place until Sept. 28, 1879, when he and his wife\\nwere murdered in a mysterious manner. Dolphin Morris\\nsplit with his own hands the first rail, and turned the first\\nfurrow in Van Buren County. Mr. Morris sons now\\nliving are Samuel, Elias, and Amos, the latter residing in\\nLawton and the two former in Cass County. Elias Morris\\nis now the oldest person living of those born in Van Buren\\nCounty.\\nH. D. Swift, who came to Michigan with Dolphin Morris,\\nlocated a piece of land on section 36, and being without\\nfunds to purcha.se it, held it as a claim, and selling the\\nclaim to Le Grand Anderson in 1831, was enabled with the\\nmoney thus obtained to buy a tract near at hand, and upon\\nthat place he lived until his death.\\nGeorge Tittle, a brother-in-law to Dolphin Morris, came\\nfrom Ohio in 1831, and settled upon 80 acres on section 35,\\nwhere his son Dolphin now resides. George Tittle died on\\nthe old farm in 1866.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0619.jp2"}, "620": {"fulltext": "440\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nSamuel, a brother of Dolphin Morris, came to Cass\\nCounty in the spring of 1S29, and after a residence there\\nof two years settled in Decatur, in 1831, upon section 36,\\nwhere he lived until his death.\\nLe Grand Anderson came from Ohio to Michigan in the\\nspring of 1831, and bought 434 acres of land in Decatur\\ntownship, on sections 26 and 36, there being in the tract 80\\nacres of prairie land. Instead of working his own lands, he\\nrented 40 acres in Cass County, on Young s Prairie, and\\nbroke it. He returned to Ohio in the summer, and in Oc-\\ntober of the same year came back to Michigan to close his land\\npurchases. Journeying once moi-e to Ohio, he came back in\\nthe spring of 1832 to Michigan, bringing with him on this\\noccasion men and teams, with which he worked his land and\\nput in crops. In the summer of 1832 he brought his family\\nfrom Ohio, and in November of that year they became per-\\nmanent members of the infant settlement. Mr. Anderson\\nlived on section 36 which was his home, until his death, in\\n1869, and which is now the home of his son, L. 11. Ander-\\nson. His other children living in the township are William\\nand Jane. The only settlers in November, 1832, in what\\nis now Decatur were Le Grand Anderson, Dolphin and\\nSamuel Morris (brothers), George Tittle, their brother-in-\\nlaw, H. D. Swift, and David Curry.\\nDavid Curry, one of Decatur s foremost pioneers, was a\\nyoung unmarried man when, in 1830, he migrated from\\nIndiana to Volinia township, Cass Co., Mich., in search of\\na new home. He lived in Cass County two years, and\\nmarrying, determined to settle in Decatur, where, upon\\nsection 34, he entered 160 acres adjoining Dolphin Morris\\nfarm, and whither he removed with his wife in 1832. At\\nthat time there were already on the ground Dolphin and\\nSamuel Morris, George Tittle, John Eekenberger, Le Grand\\nAnderson, and H. D. Swift. Mr. Curry s cabin measured\\n18 by 20, but had neither floor, window, nor door. Pun-\\ncheon floors were common enough, but Mrs. Curry pre-\\nferred to have no floor until she could have a better one,\\nand accordingly in the January following their settlement\\nMr. Curry hauled from Whitmanville, twelve miles distant,\\nsome rough lumber with which a floor was laid. Mrs.\\nCurry then enjoyed the satisfaction of knowing that her\\nfloor, even if rough, was the only sawed floor in the\\ntownship, and that she lived also in what was then conceded\\nto be the best house not only in Decatur, but on the\\nPrairie. Mr. Curry lived until 1846, when he was\\nkilled by a fall from a wagon. Five of his children still\\noccupy the old homestead, to wit Jonathan, Joseph Q,\\nJuliette, David Q., and Elizabeth. David Q. served through\\nthe war of 1861-65 as a member of the 4th Michigan\\nCavalry, and participated in the capture of Jefferson Davis,\\nhis souvenir of that incident being a pair of saddle-bags\\ntaken from Gen. Reagan, of Davis cabinet. David Curry s\\nold log cabin, which stood near the present Curry home, has\\npassed from view, but the old lean-to is yet preserved\\nalthough in a state of decay.\\nJo.seph Van Hise, a resident of Butler Co., Ohio, came\\nto Decatur in 1835, located 80 acres on section J 3, and\\nthen hired out to work a year for John Eekenberger, a set-\\ntler then in Decatur. After serving his year Van Hise\\nwent back to Ohio, and in the fall of 1836 brought his\\nfamily out, put up a log cabin on his 80-acre farm, and\\nlived on the place until his death, in February, 1873. His\\nwidow and son Jared are now living on the farm. Another\\nson, William K., lives on a place adjoining it on the west.\\nWith Joseph Van Hise came also to Decatur in 1836 his\\nbrother, William 0. Van Hise, and his father (Oakey) and\\nmother, the parents living with William 0., on section 24.\\nThe latter subsequently removed to Cass County, where he\\nnow resides.\\nJohn Eekenberger, of whom mention has been made,\\nlived two miles south of Joseph Van Hise. He .sold his\\nfarm to Jacob Charles, of Cass County, and moved farther\\nwest, but returning again to Decatur, died in the township,\\nas did Mr. Charles.\\nA Mr. Lautrekin, who lived with his fiunily on section\\n23 in 1836, moved away soon afterwards and was heard\\nof no more. Thomas Scott and family lived in that year\\non section 13, in a cabin put up by one Johannet. Scott\\nwent to Schoolcraft, and becoming afterwards a resident of\\nAntwerp and later of Illinois, died in that State. John\\nW., a nephew of Thomas Scott, came from Ohio to Deca-\\ntur in the spring of 1837, and worked as a farm laborer\\nuntil 1842, when he returned to Ohio, married, and in\\n1844 came back to Decatur and located upon the farm he\\nnow occupies.\\nIn the northern part of the township settlements were\\nnot made until a comparatively late date, and until even\\nthe beginning of the history of Decatur village that section\\nwas sparsely peopled. Joseph Van Hise used to say that\\nwhen he was town treasurer, in 1848, there were but three\\ntax-payers north of Lake of Woods, and to reach them re-\\nquired from him a day s journey, which in the end gave\\nhim cash collections to the amount of fifty cents.\\nThe first white child born in Van Buren County first\\nsaw the light in Dolphin Morris rude log cabin, Aug. 4,\\n1830. The child was Lewis Creighton, a son of Dolphin\\nMorris, and the little fellow gave up his young life, under\\nthe same roof, December 20th of the same year, this being\\nthe first death in the county. In that cabin, too. May 11,\\n1832, was born Elias Morris, now living in Cass County the\\nsecond white child born in Van Buren, and now the oldest\\nof all natives of the county. The first marriage in the\\ncounty was that of Elijah Goble, of Cass County, to Eliza\\nTittle, of Van Buren. John Shaw was the justice who per-\\nformed the ceremony, and Sept. 28, 1833, was the date on\\nwhich the knot was tied. Daniel Alexander and Margaret\\nTittle were the second couple married in the county, and set\\nup housekeeping in the old Morris cabin.\\nAmong the trials of the settlers in 1831 was the failure of\\nseed-corn, which threatened much distress, but Dolphin\\nMorris was equal to the occasion. He dispatched one Kir-\\nkendall and John Tittle, a lad of fifteen, to Fort Defiance,\\non the Maumee River, one hundred miles distant, for a\\nfresh supply. They made the distance with a pack-horse,\\nreturned one Saturday night with two bushels of seed-corn,\\nand on Sunday morning the settlers turned out and ])lanted\\nit. The crop rai.sed from that planting was about all the\\ncorn they had that year. June 20, 1835, was memorable", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0620.jp2"}, "621": {"fulltext": "Pholu. by C. F. rjitchiiid, Dt Ciitur\\nALEXANDER B. COPLEY.\\nAlexander B. Copley is of Euglish descent; his\\nancestor on the paternal side, four generations back,\\nhaving emigrated from England to Boston in the be-\\nginning of the eighteenth century, and settled in Suf-\\nfield, Hartford Co., Conn. He was born in Champion,\\nJeflerson Co., N. Y., March 11, 1822. He subse-\\nquently resided with his parents at the manufacturing\\nvillages of Whitesboro New York Mills, Walden,\\nand Mattawan, in that State, until Sept. 12, 1829,\\nwhen he removed to Dayton, Ohio, from which place\\nthe family emigrated to Michigan Territory, arriving\\nat Little Prairie Ronde July 1, 1833. His education\\nwas limited to the meagre facilities afforded at that\\nearly day by the common schools of the Territory,\\nhaving been a pupil in the first school taught in\\nVan Buren County, in the winter of 1834\u00e2\u0080\u009435.\\nLeft at the age of twenty with a widowed mother,\\nand one brother and five sisters younger than him-\\nself, to help care for, added to the^ illness of his\\nfather several years ])revious to his death, there was\\nnot much time to cultivate the intellect, had there\\nbeen opportunity to do so.\\nBy occupation he is a farmer, taking a just pride\\nin agricultural experiments and improvements. He\\nhas on his farm over a mile of the finest Osage\\nhedge in Western Michigan.\\nIn 1850 he married Jane H. Hathaway, sister of\\nB. Hathaway, Esq., the Farmer Poet of Michigan\\nhis family at the present time consists of himself,\\nwife, and two sons, the elder of whom is married\\nand manages the farm.\\nIn 1874 he moved to the village of Decatur,\\nwhere he now resides. He is president of the First\\nNational Bank of Decatur, of which institution he\\nwas one of the original stockholders. Mr. Copley\\nhas frequently been honored by his fellow-citizens\\nwith places of trust and responsibility, having served\\nas supervisor of Volinia township, Cass Co., for six\\nyears, and rejiresenting the northern district of that\\ncounty in the Michigan Legislature for the sessions\\nof 1865-72, and the eastern district of Van Buren\\nCounty for the session of 1875.\\nThe magnificent road built across the swamp south-\\neast from Decatur was projected and brought into\\nsuccessful operation largely through his individual\\nefforts.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0621.jp2"}, "622": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0622.jp2"}, "623": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF DECATUK.\\n441\\nbecause of a severe frost, that destroyed almost all the crops\\nexcept those near the small lakes.\\nIt is told of Dolphin Morris that in 1882 he started for\\nNiles to mill, and encountering a terrible snow-storm as well\\nas very bad roads, he was fourteen days making the trip, and\\nwhen he got home it was with but the fore-wheels of his\\nwagon, his team, and a bag of flour.\\nA stage-route was opened through Decatur between Cass-\\nopolis and Paw Paw in 1838, and was for some years\\nthereafter a much-traveled thoroughfare. Along that line,\\nnow covered in part by the valley road, was erected the\\nfirst telegraph road put up in the State. In Decatur there\\nwere on the road no wayside inns, although Jacob Charles,\\nwho lived near The Spring, kept at times a house of\\npublic entertainment.\\nTHE SWAMP ROAD.\\nIn the year 1848, when the growth of Decatur village was\\nsluggish, the subject of a road through the great swamp was\\nagitated, and in a little while it became apparent that such\\na road was a vital necessity, since without it there could be\\nno communication with the district on the south and south-\\neast. Beers Sherwood undertook the construction of the\\nroad, which was estimated to cost $2000, the railroad com-\\npany giving $500 and the villagers $300 towards it. Ex-\\ncept for one-fifth the distance, which was planked, the road\\nwas built of split puncheons about ten feet in length, laid\\non pole stringers, and being but a single track, had turn-\\nouts at intervals. It was a rough thoroughfare, but a\\ngreat convenience. The first person to cross it towards\\nthe south was Miss Hathaway (now Mrs. A. B. Copley),\\nwho, arriving at Decatur Nov. 6, 1849, was conveyed by\\nMr. Goddard, station-agent, over the road to her home,\\nthe roadway having been completed three days before. A\\nnew road, west of the old one, was built in 1856, and in\\n1865 material improvements were put upon it, the total\\nexpenditures upon the road then amounting to $15,000.\\nTOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION AND CIVIL LIST.\\nUnder the act of Legislature, approved March 11, 1837,\\ndividing Van Buren County into seven townships, Decatur\\nembraced the territory now occupied by Decatur and Porter,\\nand received its name in honor of Commodore Stephen\\nDecatur, a naval hero of the war of 1812. In 1845 the\\ntownship of Porter was organized from the eastern half of\\nDecatur, each afterwards having a territory six miles square,\\nas at present.\\nThe records of the township dating from 1837 to 1844 are\\nnot to be found, and the civil list for that period is, therefore,\\nunobtainable. From 1844 to 1880, however, the records\\nare perfect, and the names of those who have been chosen\\nannually between those years as supervisor, clerk, treasurer,\\nand justice of the peace are given below\\n1844. Supervisor, Stephen Kinney; Clerk, G. S. Freese; Treasurer,\\nNathan Cook Justice of the Peace, V. C. Smith.\\n1845. Supervisor, Lyman Sanford Clerk, Joseph Van Hise; Treas-\\nurer, Thomas Scott Justice of the Peace, Thomas Scott.\\n1846. Supervisor, Lyman Sanford Clerk, James Boyd; Treasurer,\\nThomas Scott; Justice of the Peace, W. C. Van Hise.\\n1847. Supervisor, Lyman Sanford Clerk, James Boyd Treasurer,\\nThomas Scott; Justice of the Peace, W. C. Van Hise.\\n56\\n1848. Supervisor, Lyman Sanford; Clerk, W. 0. Van Hise; Treas-\\nurer, Jamea Van Hise; Justice of the Peace, Ralph Mason.\\n1849. Supervisor, Lyman Sanford; Clerk, W. 0. Van Hise; Treas-\\nurer, James Boyd Justice of the Pt^ace, George B. Sher-\\nwood.\\n1850. Supervisor, N. Lefever Clerk, W. N. Pardee; Treasurer,\\nJames Boyd Justice of the Peace, W. N. Pardee.\\n1S51.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, W. 0. Van Hise; Clerk, Henry Canoll Treas-\\nurer, James Boyd; Justice of the Peace, W. 0. Van Hise.\\n1852. Supervisor, Lj man Sanford; Clerk, H. Canoll; Treasurer,\\nHiram Potts; Justice of the Peace, William Campbell.\\n1853. Supervisor, Lyman Sanford; Clerk, R. Barden Treasurer,\\nJ T. Keables Justice of the Peace, M. F. Merrill.\\n1854. Supervisor, Jeremiah Teed; Clerk, E. M. Pool Treasurer,\\nJ. T. Keables Justice of the Peace, N. Jaquish.\\n1855. Supervisor, Jeremiah Teed Clerk, E. M. Pool Treasurer, J.\\nE. Hollister; Justice of the Peace, John C. White.\\n1856.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, George Bennett; Cl%rk, E. M. Pool; Treasurer,\\nW. E. Trowbridge; Justice of the Peace, George Bennett.\\n1857. Supervisor, George Bennett; Clerk, J. A. Stafford; Treasurer,\\nH. Chamberlain Justice of the Peace, H. C. Millard.\\n1858.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, J. Teed Clerk, J. A. Stafford Treasurer, H. Cham-\\nberlain; Justice of the Peace, 0. T. Welch.\\n1859.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, 0. T. Welch; Clerk, J. A. Stafford; Treasurer,\\nW. E. Trowbridge Justice of the Peace, E. S. Parker.\\nI860.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, 0. T. Welch; Clerk, W. K. Van Hise; Treasurer,\\nCharles H. Keyes Justice of the Peace, I. W. Powers.\\n1861.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, 0. T. Welch; Clerk, W. K. Van Hise; Treasurer,\\nD. C. Brown; Justice of the Peace, H. C. Millard.\\n1862.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, E. P. Hill; Clerk, Chiirles Shier, Jr.; Treasurer,\\nM. Hinckley; Justice of the Peace, 0. T. Welch.\\n1863.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, E. P. Hill; Clerk, Charles Shier, Jr.; Treasurer,\\nM. Hinckley; Justice of the Peace, W. K. Van Hise.\\n1864.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, E. P. Hill Clerk, W. T. Gerow Treasurer, G. W.\\nGeer; Justice of the Peace, George Bennett.\\n1865.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, E. P. Hill; Clerk, W. T. Gerow; Treasurer, H. A.\\nNorthrop Justice of the Peace, H. C. Millard.\\n1866.- Supervisor, E. P. Hill; Clerk, W. T. Gerow; Treasurer, George\\nBennett Justice of the Peace, C. Hollister.\\n1867.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, C. Hollister; Clerk, W. T. Gerow; Treasurer,\\nGeorge Bennett; Justice of the Peace, W. K. Van Hise.\\n1868. Supervisor, Eri Beebe Clerk, L. D. Roberts Treasurer, C.\\nHollister; Justice of the Peace, J. Richards.\\n1869.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, Eri Beebe; Clerk, N. Foster; Treasurer, C. Hol-\\nlister; Justice of the Peace, H. C. Millard.\\n1870. Supervisor, R. Nutting; Clerk, N. Clark; Treasurer, W. E.\\nTrowbridge Justice of the Peace, C. H. Haskins.\\n1871.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, R. Nutting; Clerk, N.Clark; Treasurer, W. E.\\nTrowbridge; Justice of the Peace, William Hall.\\n1872. Supervisor, R. Nutting; Clerk, J. G. Haynes Treasurer D.\\nSquier; Justice of the Peace, 0. W. Field.\\n1873. Supervisor, E. Nutting; Clerk, J. G. Haynes; Treasurer, D-\\nSquier; Justice of the Peace, J. W. Lewis.\\n1874. Supervisor, R. Nutting; Clerk, Samuel Ellis; Treasurer, A. N.\\nChamberlain Justice of the Peace, George Bennett.\\n1875. Supervisor, R. Nutting; Clerk, Samuel Ellis; Treasurer, A. N.\\nChamberlaiu Justice of the Peace, J. Ransford.\\n1876.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, R. Nutting; Clerk, Samuel Ellis; Treasurer, A. N.\\nChamberlain Justice of the Peace, J. G. Haynes.\\n1877. Supervisor, R. Nutting; Clerk, J. G. Haynes; Treasurer, A.\\nN. Chamberlain Justice of the Peace, W. Pritchard.\\n1878. Supervisor, R. Nutting; Clerk, J. G. Haynes; Treasurer, A.\\nN. Chamberlain Justice of the Peace, N. S. Rathbun.\\n1879. Supervisor, R. Nutting; Clerk, J. I. Sherman; Treasurer, A.\\nN. Chamberlain Justice of the Peace, W. K. Van Hise.\\nDecatur had in 1874 a population of 2306, and in 1879\\nan assessed valuation of $523,300.\\nDECATUR VILLAGE.\\nUntil 1847 the present site of the village of Decatur was\\nsimply a hunting-ground, and a favorite place of resort it\\nwas for the Nimrods of the time as far back as 1834, while\\nnear at hand, on the banks of Pickerel Lake, anglers o-ath-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0623.jp2"}, "624": {"fulltext": "442\\nHISTORY OP VAN BURBN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nered from far and near, for the waters of that lake were in\\nthe olden time very abundantly supplied with fish.\\nIn 1847, Beers Sherwood, of New York City, had\\nacquired government grants for 5000 acres of land, in which\\nwas included the site of the present village of Decatur, and\\nwhen the Michigan Central Railway began to push its way\\nwestward from Kalamazoo they determined to lay out a\\nvillage on the line and call it Decatur. They donated\\nland for depot buildings, which were put up in 1848, in\\nwhich year also the railway was completed from Detroit to\\nNiles. October 7th of that year an excursion-train from\\nDetroit to Niles, in celebration of the opening of the road,\\npassed through Decatur.\\nThe village did not, however, begin its growth until 1849,\\nwhen it was platted according to the original design, and\\nchristened Decatur. C. S. Tucker, who had been boarding\\nrailroad hands in a shanty south of the depot, opened a\\nboarding-house in a building previously used by Beers\\nSherwood as an oflfiee, which stood upon the place now oc-\\ncupied by the Duncouibe House. In the same year a num-\\nber of village lots were occupied, and stores were opened\\nby A. H. Dixon, Goss Dixon, and T. E. Phelps, in the\\norder named. Hiram Lee, now living in the village and\\nresident longest therein, bought the first village lot, in 1848,\\nbefore the village was platted. It was designated as the\\nthird lot west of the public square. The completion of the\\nswamp road, in November, 1849, opened communication\\nwith a hitherto unapproachable tract of country, and gave\\nto the new village a decided impetus. The first village\\nschool-house was built in 1848, and school was taught in it\\nduring the winter of 1848-49 by Miss Sarah Cook, whose\\npupils numbered 20.\\nTrade, Past and Present. In 1854 the present business\\ncentre of the village was occupied by a drug-store, two\\ngeneral stores, and one dry-goods store. Jan. 1, 1880, the\\nvillage population was closely estimated at 2000, and, in\\nthe matter of mercantile trade, there were five general stores,\\ntwo hardware-stores, two drug-stores, five grocery -stores, one\\nfurniture-store, one shoe-store, and various small business\\nstands. Ten brick store buildings of some pretensions em-\\nbellish the main street, and bestow upon the town an air of\\nsubstantial thrift. Decatur is famous as a great trading\\ntown, and is likewise an important grain-purchasing point,\\nand makes large annual shipments by railway, as will be seen\\nin a table of statistics printed elsewhere.\\nIn the earlier history of the village, when no man dared\\nventure upon opening a store, trading was done at Kala-\\nmazoo or Paw Paw. Dixon s store, which stood where\\nHathaway s store now is, was esteemed a fine establish-\\nment for that day, indeed, some thought it rather finer\\nthan was needed. Theodore Phelps store stood on Chad-\\nwick s Corner, and was ultimately converted into a hotel,\\nknown as the Downs House. lu 1851 the main street of\\nthe village boasted the stores of A. II. Dixon, Theodore\\nPhelps, and E. Ingalls, and a bar-room, kept by Robert\\nWillis. Willis was then known as the wealthiest man in\\nDecatur, but subsequently his prosperity declined and he\\nsunk to poverty.\\nHenry CanoU was keeping a drug-store in the building\\nput up by Dr. Bartholomew, and on the corner now occu-\\npied by the Duncombe House L. R. Barker was keeping\\nthe Decatur House. Barker had taken the place originally\\nset up by Charles Tucker as a railroad boarding-liouse,\\nadded a front, named it the Decatur House and made it a\\nreputable hotel.\\nAt that time the spot now occupied by the thriving vil-\\nlage of Decatur was literally in the woods, and the sight of\\ndeer and wolves in the very heart of the village is said to\\nhave been no uncommon one.\\nGeorge Sherwood, an employee of Beers Sherwood,\\nwas one of the first justices of the peace in the village, and\\nwith William N. Pardee practiced law whenever occasion\\nrequired, but occasions of that sort were not plentiful\\nenough to call for extraordinary exertions on their part.\\nIn 1850, Beers Sherwood engaged Nathan Wilcox to\\nput up a steam saw-mill near the village. A whisky-dis-\\ntillery subsequently took the place of the mill, although its\\ncareer was brief\\nThe first carpenter and joiner to locate in Decatur village\\nwas L. T. Olds, who came July, 1849, and who was for five\\nyears one of the only two mechanics plying their trades in\\nthe village. In July, 1819, the railway-depot, the kitchen\\nof what was afterwards Barker s Hotel, and three dwellings\\ncomprised all there was of Decatur village. During the\\nfirst five years of its existence the village was increased by\\nabout 75 new buildings, 12 of which were erected by\\nRobert Willis as tenements. L. T. Olds (above men-\\ntioned) and Mary Elliott, who were married by Squire\\nGeorge Sherwood, May 18, 18^0, were the first couple\\nmarried in the village.\\nVillage Physicians. Decatur s first physician was Dr.\\nBartholomew, who put up in 1848 a small office and\\ndrug-shop on Railroad Street, the building now doing\\nduty as Shelter s Hotel. Dr. Bartholomew remained but a\\nshort time before taking the California fever, and went\\naway to the Pacific slope. He now resides in Keeler. Dur-\\ning Dr. Bartholomew s time, and subsequent thereto. Dr.\\nWells, of Little Prairie, visited Decatur frequently to teach\\na singing-school, and occasionally practiced also the healing\\nart in the town. In 1851, Dr. J. T. Keables opened an\\noffice in Decatur, and since that time has practiced medi-\\ncine in the village continuously. Dr. Foster, of Climax\\nPrairie, made a location in Decatur about 1855, but made\\nhis stay a short one. For some years Dr. Keables had the\\nfield to himself, and, like all physicians of the day, practiced\\nover a wide extent of territory. The physicians of Decatur\\nnow number six, Drs. Baker, Broderiek, Dillon, Keables,\\nRogers, and Rose.\\nToron Hall. One of the most imposing architectural\\nfeatures in the village is the town hall, in which the post-\\noffice has roomy quarters, and where the township and\\nvillage authorities have their offices. A commodious pub-\\nlic hall gives accommodation for public entertainments, as\\nwell as town-meetings. The structure is of brick, measures\\n37 feet front by 72 deep, was erected in 1870, and cost\\nupwards of $11,000.\\nThe Union School. The school in School District No.\\n4 (embracing Decatur village) was organized in 1862 as a\\ngraded school. In 1868 work on a new school building\\nwas begun, and in September, 1864, sessions were held in", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0624.jp2"}, "625": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0625.jp2"}, "626": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0626.jp2"}, "627": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF DECATUR.\\n443\\nthe edifice. It is of brick, of handsome and substantial\\nappearance, cost 812,000, employs 7 teachers, has an aver-\\nage attendance of about 400, and requires for its annual\\nsupport about $4300.\\nPost-Office. A post-office was established about 1852,\\nand George Sherwood appointed postmaster. W. N. Pardee\\nsucceeded Sherwood, and Charles N. Poor in turn followed\\nMr. Pardee. After him Theodore Phelps was the incum-\\nbent. Upon his death his widow was appointed his suc-\\ncessor, and following her Eri Beebe filled the place, which\\nhe relinquished to J. W. Rogers, the present occupant.\\nThe office receives and delivers four daily mails, and twice\\na week receives and delivers a stage mail. The sale of\\nstamps, envelopes, etc., average about $600 each quarter,\\nmoney-orders issued average $1300 each month, and money-\\norders paid about $000 during a like period.\\nTlw Village Press. Decatur s earliest newspaper was\\ncalled the Van Buren County Tnbune, and its earliest\\npublisher T. 0. Sweet. The Decatur Clarion, edited by\\nMoses Hull, was the successor of the Tribune. These and\\nother newspapers will be found mentioned more fully in the\\ngeneral county history.\\nVillage Incorporation. The village of Decatur was in-\\ncorporated by the board of supervisors Oct. 11, 1859, and\\nreincorporated by Legislative act approved March 16, 1861.\\nThe first president of the village was E. P. Hill, and the\\nfirst recorder Orrin S. Welch, both of whom were elected\\nin 1859. The earlier records of the village are somewhat\\nimperfect, and the list of those who have been chosen\\npresidents, recorders, treasurers, and trustees each year can\\nbe given only from 1862 to 1880\\n1862.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 President, E. P. Hill; Recorder, Charles Shier; Trustees,\\nHiram Cole, Myron Hinkley, J. H. Wallace, Carlton\\nWheeler, Charles N. Poor, John Tarbell.\\n1863.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 President, J. Teed; Recorder, C. J. Poor.\\n1864.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 President, C. Wheeler; Recorder, L. C. Noble.\\n1865.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 President, C. Wheeler; Recorder, W. T. Gerow.\\n1866.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 President, E. P. Hill; Recorder, W. T. Gerow; Treasurer,\\nWilliam Hodges; Trustees, E. L. Hawkes, R. Nutting, J.\\nli. Higgins.\\n1867. President, J. M. Moore; Recorder, W. T. Gerow; Treasurer,\\nE. D. Clark; Trustees, 0. S. Abbott, H. A. Northrop, D. C.\\nRogers.\\n1868. President, J. M. Moore; Recorder, W. T. Gerow Treasurer,\\nE. D. Clark; Trustees, J. B. Higgins, R. Nutting, E. L.\\nHawkes.\\n1869.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 President, E. P. Hill; Recorder, W. T. Gerow; Treasurer,\\nE. D. Clark Trustees, 0. S. Abbott, M. Hinckley, J. S.\\nDowd.\\nIS70. President, James Haynes Recorder, David Squires; Treas-\\nurer, J. P. Warner; Trustees, W. Tuttle, Jr., D. W. Stevens,\\nJacob Kissell.\\n1871.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 President, Eri Beebe; Recorder, H. C. Church; Treasurer,\\nW. E. Trowbridge; Trustees, R. Nutting, A. A. Abbott, D.\\nC. Rogers.\\n1872.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 President, E. Beebe; Recorder, A. A. Abbott Treasurer, W.\\nE. Trowbridge; Trustees, Thomas Browning, William Tuttle,\\nW. Russell.\\n1873. President, H. J. Hendryx Recorder, E. A. Blaokman Trus-\\ntees, R. E. Nicholson, F. N. Chadwiok, R. Nutting.\\n1874. President, H.J. Hendryx; Recorder, E. A. Blackman Treas-\\nurer, S. N. Thomas; Trustees, Thomas Browning, E. P. Hill,\\nWalter Russell.\\n1875, President, Eri Beebe; Recorder, Jerome Coleman; Treasurer,\\nS. N. Thomas Trustees, L. F. Rawson, David A. Squier,\\nJohn L. Harrison.\\n1876. President, H. A. Northrop; Recorder, Samuel Ellis; Treas-\\nurer, S. N. Thomas; Trustees, A. N. Chamberlain, L. D.\\nRoberts, Henry Bull.\\n1877. President, Lucius Nutting; Recorder, R. E. Nicholson; Treas-\\nurer, S. N. Thomas Trustees, M. Hinckley, George Bennett,\\nE. F. Ruggles.\\n1878. President, Lucius Nutting; Recorder, Charles W. Barrett;\\nTreasurer, S. N. Thomas Trustees, L. D. Roberts, Dennis\\nJordan, William Pritchard.\\n1879.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 President, E. P. Hill; Recorder, A. B. Johnson: Treasurer,\\nS. N. Thomas; Trustees, A. B. Copley, William Tuttle, L.\\nF. Rawson.\\nRailway Sliipments. Decatur is an important wheat and\\nlumber shipping-point, and as a matter of interest a table\\nis presented showing the shipments at the station of the\\nthree leading articles of grain, lumber, and stock for the\\nsix months ending Dec. 1, 1879, the figures in each case\\nrepresenting car-loads.\\nMonth. Gniiu. Lumber. Stock.\\nJune 31 23 2\\nJuly lU 22\\nAugust 70 15 9\\nSeptember 58 22 12\\nOctober 08 19 17\\nNovember 3 13 13\\nTotals 240 114 53\\nDuring the year 1878 the shipments of apples at Decatur\\nstation aggregated 10,000 barrels.\\nManufactures. There is at the village of Decatur a\\nmanufacturing interest of considerable importance, which\\ncontributes in no slight degree to the prosperity of the\\ntown.\\nM. Hinckley Co occupy about two acres of ground for\\na barrel and stave manufactory, and employ from 25 to 40\\nmen. They turn out about 3,000,000 staves yearly, and\\nan equal proportion of barrel-heading, besides making\\nabout 10,000 apple-barrels and 5000 packing-barrels. The\\nworks were established in 1858 by Jones Chapin, and\\nsince 1871, Mr. Hinckley, of the present firm (which was\\norganized in 1876), has been interested as a partner.\\nDaggett Percy, of Chicago, are doing a very flourish-\\ning business at Decatur in the manufacture of wooden butter-\\nplates, fruit-packages, fruit-baskets, etc. They occupy a\\nbuilding formerly used by R. Hoppin Son as a tannery,\\nand have been engaged since January, 1879, in the present\\nenterprise. About 20 men are employed. The manufac-\\ntory is in charge of Mr. Charles King, who is the repre-\\nsentative at Decatur of the owners.\\nJohn M. Conkling Brother carry on a foundry, which\\nwas built in 1870 by Mason Herring. The present firm\\ntook possession in 1876, and since then have been steadily\\nemployed in the manufacture of plows and iron castings of\\nall kinds.\\nThe other manufacturing industries are Charles Dun-\\ncombe Co. s grist-mill (with five run of stones), built in\\n1867 by Abbott Matthews; J. J. Balcomb s custom\\ngrist-mill, with two run of stones H, B. Babcock s plan-\\ning-mill, and the saw-mills of Bull Ackley and Enoch\\nHopkins.\\nBank. Previous to Oct. 15, 1870, Decatur village had\\nenjoyed only such limited banking facilities as wore fur-\\nnished by the private banks of John Tarbell and Joseph\\nRogers. On the date above noted the First National Bank", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0627.jp2"}, "628": {"fulltext": "444\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nof Decatur was chartered, with a capital of $75,000, the\\nfirst directors being Messrs. Charles Duncombe, C. W. Fisk,\\nA. B. Copley, Levi B. Lawrence, E. P. Hill, 0. S. Abbott,\\nand A. S. Hathaway. A. B. Copley was chosen president\\nand E. P. Hill cashier. The capital of the bank is now\\n$50,000 its circulation, 145,000 deposits, $45,000 loans\\nand discounts, $55,000. In 1873, Mr. Charles Duncombe\\nput up a fine brick building for the use of the bank, which\\nthe institution subsequently bought. The president of the\\nbank is A. B. Copley and the cashier L. D. Hill.\\nSOCIETIES AND ORDERS^\\nDecatur Lodge, No. 99, F. and A. 31., was organized\\nJan. 14, 1858, with 23 members, after having worked\\nunder dispensation a year. Under the charter H. CanoU\\nwas Master M. Winner, S. W. and J. E. Hollister,\\nJ. W. Of the 9 members of the lodge when it was consti-\\ntuted 8 of them were Hubbell Warner, Loomis Warner,\\nJames F. Avery, M. Winner, Barney, Sloan,\\nH. Canoll, and Edward Harris. The membership is now\\n30, and the oflBcers as follows: Enoch Hopkins, M\\nGeorge Pollard, S. W. Charles Schuster, J. W. William\\nMeade, Sec. H. A. Northrop, Treas. Marvin Hinckley,\\nS. D. Warren Botsford, J. D. M. Winner, Tiler.\\nDecatur Chapter, No. 75, R. A. M., was organized\\nJan. 10, 1871, with 10 members, of whom Horace Arnold\\nwas H. P. James Haynes, K. and E. R. Parmer, Scribe.\\nThe membership is now 16, and the ofiicers: H. A. Nor-\\nthrop, K. and Acting H. P. Enoch Hopkins, Scribe\\nHenry Bull, Acting Sec. S. N. Thomas, Treas. L. D.\\nRoberts, 3d V. Orrin Hodges, 2d V. Loomis Warner,\\n1st V. The lodge and chapter occupy a handsomely ap-\\npointed room in Chadwick s block, Decatur village.\\nSprague Lodge, No. 113, 0. 0. F., was organized\\nOct. 28, 1867, with 5 members. The membership in\\nJanuary, 1880, was 50, when the officers were Norman S.\\nHammond, N. G. Peter Pardonnet, V. G. George W.\\nWait, R. S. Johnson Parsons, P. S. Benjamin Adams,\\nTreas. Regular sessions are held every Tuesday night at\\nDecatur village.\\nDecatur Grange, No. 346, was organized in June, 1875,\\nwith 60 members. L. R. Anderson was the first Master,\\nThomas the first Secretary, and Jonathan Curry the\\nfirst Treasurer. The officers Jan. 1, 1880, were Oscar Cad-\\nwell, M. S. Roberts, Overseer James Cadwell, Steward\\nJohn Lewis, Assistant Steward C. A. Moulton, Sec. Mary\\nPowers, Chaplain Julia White, Sec. William Powers,\\nTreas.; Mrs. Blades, Ceres; Mrs. Lurkins, Pomona Mrs.\\nKidder, Flora Mrs. Lewis, Lady Assistant Steward. The\\nmembership is now 54. Regular sessions are held once in\\ntwo weeks in Trowbridge s hall, Decatur village.\\nThe Decatur Reform Club. A strong temperance move-\\nment was inaugurated in Decatur in the spring of 1877,\\nby 0. D. Beebe, of Kalamazoo, and H. C. Rogers, of Do-\\nwagiac, and so popular did the new departure become that\\nwhen the Rogers Reform Club was organized in Decatur\\nvillage, April 15, 1877, upwards of 800 persons were en-\\nrolled as members. A reading-room was opened in the\\nvillage, and subsequently the name of the club was changed\\nto the one it now bears. The reading-room, which is still\\nmaintained, is free to all, and is a place of pleasant and\\nprofitable resort. The club membership numbers now\\nabout 300, and includes many prominent people. The\\nofficers for 1879 are Charles Labardy, President; J. H.\\nTuttle, Secretary A. C. Copley, Treasurer.\\nCHURCHES.\\nIn 1831 public religious worship was held occasionally in\\nDolphin Morri.s log cabin, and after that there was preach-\\ning in George Tittle s house and Le Grand Anderson s barn.\\nMethodist preachers were itinerating through Michigan in\\nthose early days, and they stopped here, there, and at all\\nplaces where the presence of new settlements promised a\\nfield for labor. Among the earliest Methodist preachers\\nwho held services in Decatur were the Revs. Felton, McCool,\\nCobb, and Elder Meek, an exhorter. There happened along\\nalso, once in a while. Baptist preachers and those of other\\ndenominations, but the names of these latter have not been\\npreserved. A Methodist Episcopal organization was eifected\\nin 1834, and July 27th of that year a first quarterly meeting\\nwas held at George Tittle s.\\nBeyond the limits of Decatur village there is but one\\nchurch building in the township, that of the colored\\nBaptists, in the northwest. Although small, this church\\ncongregation supports preaching once a week. There are\\nin the south part of the township two church organizations,\\nDisciple and Methodist Protestant (worshiping in school-\\nhouses), which are in a flourishing condition.\\nThe First Presbyterian Church of Decatur village was\\norganized by Rev. Marcus Harrison, an evangelist, Feb. 1,\\n1852, with the following members: Lydia Harrison, Mrs.\\nEli Rich, and Joseph MeClintock, three in all. Mr. Mc-\\nClintock, who was chosen ruling elder, is still living near\\nthe town. Mr. Harrison concluded to make Decatur his\\nhome after organizing the church, and continued to preach\\nfor the little band during the ensuing three years. Jan. 4,\\n1853, the church was attached to the Kalamazoo Presby-\\ntery. During Mr. Harrison s ministry he bought a village\\nlot and erected upon it the frame for a school-house and\\nmeeting-house. The lot and building frame he set apart to\\nbe donated to the First Presbyterian Church Society when\\nit should be formed, and the society being organized during\\nthe pastorate of Rev. Samuel Fleming, who succeeded Mr.\\nHarrison ,in August, 1855, the building of the church\\nedifice was pushed forward, and Sept. 18, 1856, the house\\nof worship, the first one in the village, was dedicated, the\\ndedication sermon being preached by Rev. A. C. Tuttle, of\\nPaw Paw.\\nThe succession of pastors following Mr. Fleming includes\\nRevs. T. C. Hill, S. R. Bissell, W. T. Bartle, J. J. Ward,\\nE. M. Toof, B. P. Goodrich, Henry Hoyt, and C. W.\\nWallace. The elders are Joseph MeClintock (who has\\nserved as deacon and elder since the organization of the\\nchurch), W. E. Trowbridge, E. P. Hill, D. Hodges, and\\nJerome Coleman. The deacons are Joseph MeClintock,\\nW. E. Trowbridge, and D. Hodges.\\nThe original church building was sold in 1869 to the\\nUniversalist Society, which, dissolving in 1877, disposed of\\nthe structure to the Catholic congregation, by whom it is\\nnow used. The Presbyterians replaced their old house of", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0628.jp2"}, "629": {"fulltext": "^^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2WW^^F*W*WWWWW*WW^^^^WW*WWW^\\\\\\nC. T. BAKER, M,D,\\nResidence of C.T. BAKER, M.D.. Decatur, Mich.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0629.jp2"}, "630": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0630.jp2"}, "631": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF DECATUR.\\n445\\nworship witli the fine hirge church now in use, and expended\\nupon it upwards of $6000. The church has now a member-\\nship of 102, and in the Sabbath-school, of which Jerome\\nColeman is superintendent, the average attendance is 150.\\nThe number of members received into the church since its\\norganization is 219. The church trustees are J. M. Conk-\\nling, Henry Upton, and John Pollock. D. Hodges, the\\nclerk, has occupied that place since 1864.\\nThe Church of the Holy Family [Roman Catholic).\\nAbout 1855, Rev. Mr. Koopman,a Catholic priest of Mar-\\nshall, visited Decatur village, and arranged with the few\\nfamilies there and in the vicinity professing the Roman\\nCatholic faith to hold religious services there once in three\\nmonths. The first meeting was held in the house of Henry\\nBrown, where Father Koopman preached four or five times,\\nand after that, when Mr. La Belle, of Kalamazoo, took\\ncharge, the place of worship was transferred to the house\\nof Mr. Dennis Jordan, which remained the church for ten\\nyears afterwards, or until the congregation gaining strength\\nmore commodious quarters were necessary, and so public\\nhalls were used. In 1877 the church edifice formerly used\\nby the Universalists, and before that by the Presbyterians,\\nwas purchased. Father La Belle preached once in three\\nmonths for about twelve years, and was succeeded by Fathers\\nSweeney, Herbert, and Roper, from Silver Creek. Father\\nWernert, of Paw Paw, has been in charge about a year, and\\nholds services once a month. The attendance includes about\\nthirty families. The church trustees are Daniel Kearney,\\nJames Howland, and James Cregan.\\nFirst Methodist Episcopal Church of Decatur. The\\nearly records of this church having been lost, the date of\\nits organization cannot be positively fixed, although it is\\ngenerally believed that the class was first formed in 1856\\nat all events, it is known that in 1857 it contained but 7\\nmembers. Of those who joined the first class none now\\nlive in the village, and personal recollection even of early\\nevents cannot therefore be utilized. In 1860, howevei the\\nchurch had grown considerably in strength, and in that\\nyear a commodious church edifice was erected. The church\\nembraces now three points, to wit: Decatur, East Decatur,\\nand South Hamilton, of which the combined membership\\nis 200. Rev. Mr. Carlisle, the present pastor, preaches at\\nDecatur twice each Sunday.\\nThe present ofiicers of the church are as follows Class-\\nLeaders, E. F. Ruggles, W. C. Acton Trustees, Thomas\\nBrowning, William Blowers, William Powers, J. Gr. Park-\\nhurst, H. B. Clapp, W. H. Clark, J. F. Barry, E. F. Rug-\\ngles, William C. Acton Stewards, J. N. Peters, W. M.\\nBlowers, W. H. Clark, Thomas Browning, T. Threadgold,\\nWilliam Powers, J. M. Lombard, 0. Beach.\\nThe Sabbath-school, which has on its rolls the names of\\n170 scholars and an average attendance of 120, is in charge\\nof E. F. Ruggles, the superintendent, assisted by 18 teach-\\ners. The volumes in the library number 220.\\nA Protestant Episcopal Mission, attached to St. Mark s\\nChurch of Paw Paw, has existed in Decatur since 1877.\\nServices have been held in Trowbridge Hall once in four\\nweeks, the average attendance being about 30.\\nSCHOOLS.\\nThe first school taught in Decatur was opened in 1835\\nin the house of Dolphin Morris. The teacher was William\\nAlexander, and of his 20 pupils, several were from Cass\\nCounty. Anderson was a relative of Le Grand Anderson,\\nand coming from Virginia to visit Anderson, was persuaded\\nto stop that winter and teach school. After a winter s\\nterm he went back to Virginia. John McKinney, of\\nPorter, was a teacher in Decatur in 1837. Jonathan\\nCurry, now living in Decatur, was one of McKinney s\\npupils.\\nAppended is a table of statistics relating to the schools of\\nDecatur, from a report for the year ending Sept. 1, 1879\\nNumber of district? (whole, 6; fraclional, 1) 7\\nchildren of school ivge 753\\nAverage attendance 651\\nNumber of school-houses (brick, 2 frame, 5) 7\\nValue of school properly S19,900\\nNumber of teachers employed 22\\nAmount paid teachers wages .?;^H78.63\\nTotal expenditures $5412\\nThe school directors in 1879 were L. R. Anderson, W.\\nK. Van Hise, E. F. Chappell, I. L. Harrison, F. Carpenter,\\nA. M. Lyie, and Wm. Cole.\\nINCIDENTS.\\nThe Morris Murder Mystery. One of the remarkable\\ntragic sensations of the West during 1879 was the mys-\\nterious murder of Henry Morris and his wife at their resi-\\ndence on section 35, in Decatur township. On the morning\\nof Monday, September 29th, the dead bodies of Mr. and\\nMrs. Morris were found lying in tiieir home, where they\\nhad been shot down the previous night by an unknown\\nassassin, whose identity has to this time remained hidden\\ndespite the most earnest efforts towards his discovery and\\nthe offering of large rewards to stimulate his pursuers. The\\nmystery surrounding the tragedy was deepened by the evi-\\ndence that a desire for plunder had nothing to do with the\\nmurder, since nothing of value was carried away, although\\nvaluable property was within easy reach. Van Buren\\nCounty offered a reward of $2000 for the capture of the\\nmurderer, but the constant exercise of the powers of the\\ncountry s most skillful detectives has thus far brought\\nnothing to light.\\nThe Meteor Commotion. The meteor of 1861 is well\\nremembered on the south side of the swamp in Decatur,\\nand the excitement it occasioned for a time is an almost\\nfresh incident in the minds of many. Indeed, one valiant\\nhouseholder, with the knowledge of the newly-fledged\\nSouthern Rebellion keen upon him, made sure that the\\nmeteoric explosion was simply a rebel advance upon De-\\ncatur households, and rushing into his home with the cry,\\nThe rebels are shelling us! he proceeded to barricade\\ndoors and windows, put his family under arms, and, with\\nmusket in hand, declared that he was not only ready for\\nthem, but that he would pledge himself to whip a dozen\\nrebels single-handed. After a while he found out the true\\ncause of his alarm, just as people in the neighborhood found\\nout how he had laid himself out for war. It was a rich\\nincident, and furnished food for merriment long afterwards.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0631.jp2"}, "632": {"fulltext": "446\\nHISTORY OP VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nDOLPHIN MORRIS.\\nDOLPHIN MORRIS\\nwas the oldest son of Samuel and Rebecca Morris, and was\\nborn in Loudoun Co., Va., Aug. 16, 1798. When but a\\nsmall boy his parents moved to Ross Co., Ohio. His edu-\\ntion was confined to what a youth could learn in about four\\nor six weeks. He learned the alphabet and to write his\\nsignature, though not a very legible hand. However, in\\nafter-years he learned to read, and took great comfort in\\nreading his Bible and the newspapers. When he was\\ntwenty-one years old, in company with a number of other\\nyoung men, he started on a voyage down the Mississippi\\nRiver, on a boat laden with corn and bacon, bound for New\\nOrleans, then a small town. Before reaching their destina-\\ntion the boat grounded, and remained so for several days.\\nThe company becoming impatient, decided to undertake\\nthe journey on foot, so they (fourteen in number) provided\\nthemselves with cooking utensils, blankets, and a limited\\nsupply of provisions, thinking to accomplish the journey in\\na few days. But after several days hard travel through\\nforests, marshes, and streams, they began to get discouraged.\\nAs their supply of provisions ^as growing less every day,\\nand no means of replenishing, they abandoned the idea of\\nreaching the city, and concluded to turn their steps homeward\\nas best they could, with but a small amount of money and\\nno guide. The undertaking was a perilous one. Their supply\\nwas soon exhausted, or supposed to be. It turned out that\\nMorris and two of his companions had each a biscuit, which\\nthey cut into fourteen pieces and distributed equally. These\\nprecious morsels sufficed to appease the gnawings of hunger,\\nwhich were becoming almost unbearable.\\nThe party still pursued their journey three days passed\\nand they had not tasted another morsel of food, their situ-\\nation was becoming desperate. Death by starvation, or how\\nto avert it, were thoughts that occupied their attention.\\nWould they resort to cannibalism or would they starve?\\nThe former was fiually decided upon, and it was privately\\nunderstood that the cook, an Irishman, who was one of\\nMRS. NANCY MORRIS.\\ntheir party who proposed it, should be the first victim. But\\nProvidence interfered and sent relief by way of a large ter-\\nrapin, which the party succeeded in capturing. It was\\nmade into soup, which all partook of with a greedy relish, and\\nthe small fragments of meat distributed. Young Morris\\nreceived the tail for his portion, and as he often remarked,\\nThat was the sweetest morsel I ever tasted. The next\\nday the party came upon an Indian village or encampment.\\nThe Indians being friendly, supplied the party with dried\\nvenison and such other provisions as they had.\\nThe party being in a strange country and not ^knowing\\nwhich way to go, tried to hire a young brave to pilot them\\nto the settlement, but he would not go for any price, but\\nkindly gave directions as best he could. The next day they\\nreached a rude habitation, where they rested and were fur-\\nnished with a supply of boiled cider, which, for the time\\nbeing, revived their drooping spirits. Here they laid in\\na fresh supply of provisions, which lasted till they reached\\nthe settlement, whore they were safe.\\nThough uneducated, he was a man of good ideas and\\nsound judgment, an excellent calculator, and free from most\\nof the vices which beset young men. His father being\\npoor, he was early in life thrown on his own resources, and\\nyoung Morris turned his attention to agriculture. He being\\nsober and industrious, had no trouble in leasing land on\\nshares and furnished. He thus worked for several years,\\nuntil he had the nucleus of a small fortune formed. He\\nthen conceived the not uncommon idea that it was not\\ngood for man to be alone, and sought the hand and\\nheart of Nancy Beaver, then a young girl of about eighteen\\nyears of age. They were married March 27, a.d. 1823.\\nAfter the birth of three children Samuel, Zarilda (now\\ndeceased), and Amos Mr. Morris concluded to seek his\\nfortune in the wilds of Michigan. In July, 1828, he,\\nin company with his ftither, came to Michigan to see the\\ncountry, and before he returned to Ohio made a claim on\\nLa Grange Prairie, now known as the Ritter farm. Im-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0632.jp2"}, "633": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF DECATUR.\\n447\\nmediately on his return home he was taken ill, which pre-\\nvented his moving until the 1st day of November, 1828,\\nwhen he and his brothers, Samuel, John, and James,\\nwith his family and eiFects, and his father and family,\\nall started for their future home. They arrived at Joseph\\nGardner s (a relative), at Pokagon, on the 1st day of\\nDecember. Here they remained for the winter. During\\nthe winter he visited Little Prairie Ronde, and made his\\nlocation on the south half of section 35, township of Deca-\\ntur, on the north side of Little Prairie Ronde (having\\nabandoned his former claim). In February, about the\\n15th, he came to Little Prairie and cut the logs for a cabin\\nwhich he laised. A severe snow-storm precluded further\\noperations, so he returned to his family. About the 1st of\\nMarch he returned and completed his cabin, and moved his\\nf\\\\iniily into the same about the 20th of March, 1829.\\nThis cabin was the first built in Van Buren County, and\\nwas known far and near, and many a weary traveler reposed\\nbeneath its rude roof and was warmed by its cheerful fire.\\nFor nearly two years Mr. Morris was the only settler in this\\ncounty. His rude cabin not only sheltered the first white\\nfamily resident in this now prosperous county, but under its\\nroof the first school was taught by William Alexander, in\\nthe winter of 1833-34. Here was born the first white\\nchild in the county, Lewis Creighton Morris, Aug. 4,\\n1830, and here the little fellow left for his angel home, De-\\ncember 20th of the same year. Here was born. May 11,\\n1832, Elias Morris, the oldest living white person born in\\nthe county, now living in Cass County. Here it was\\nthat Daniel Alexander and Margaret Tittle (Peggy she\\nwas then called), the second couple married in the county,\\nspent their honeymoon. A building that served to shelter\\nthe first family, was the first hotel, church, school-house,\\nwhere the first birth and death occurred, where the first\\ndomestic altar in the county was set up, d serves more\\nthan a passing tribute, and its site should be marked, as a\\nreminder of our early history.\\nMr. Morris was a noble-hearted man, assisting all who\\ncame within his reach. Many of the early settlers bear\\ntestimony to his kindness. The family now living re-\\nmember distinctly very many of the hardships incident to\\npioneer life, through which they, with their parents, passed.\\nMany of these incidents are detailed in the township history.\\nHere, amid these hardships, Mr. Morris remained, and\\nmade for himself and family a home, to which by prudence\\nand economy he was enabled to add, until at one time he was\\nthe owner of over eleven hundred acres of good farming-\\nlands. Subsequently he gave to each of his children a fine\\nfarm all located in the immediate vicinity of his home.\\nIn 1865 the First National Bank of Paw Paw was or-\\nganized, and Mr. Morris was one of the stockholders, and\\nfor about three years prior to his death he was one of the\\ndirectors of the same. For twenty-five years prior to his\\ndeath he was a very consistent member of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church, and many a weary circuit-rider sought\\nhis home and shared his hospitalities.\\nIn October, 1869, he was taken ill, grew gradually worse\\nfinally, after an illne.ss of nearly three months, surrounded\\nby his sorrowing family and friends, he quietly passed away,\\ngathered in as a sheaf ripened and ready for the Reaper.\\nNANCY (BEAVER) MORRIS\\nwas born in the State of Kentucky, Feb. 12, 1805, and\\nwhen a small child moved with her parents to Ross Co.,\\nOhio, and settled on a farm on Deer Creek, near Chilli-\\ncothe. Her education was limited to a few months at the\\ndistrict school, where she learned to read and write. When\\nabout eighteen years old she was united in marriage to\\nDolphin Morris, and immediately began housekeeping in\\nher father s log cabin on the farm, which he had vacated\\nfor one more modern. In 1826 she, with her husband,\\nmoved to another farm, which he rented, near London,\\nsame State, but owing to milk-sickness, which was very\\nprevalent in that locality (the family being sick much of\\nthe time), it was decided to seek some healthier locality.\\nSo, on the first day of November, 1828, she, with her hus-\\nband and three small children, started for Michigan, her\\nfuture home, where she shared with her husband the hard-\\nships incident to pioneer life. Many times her courage\\nwas put to a severe test by some Indian tramp. Yet\\nthese red men, or rather their squaws, were often of real\\nservice, being friendly. They \\\\vould often come to Mrs.\\nMorris house, help her wash, and do other work, and\\nwere extremely glad to be .shown how to make bread, which\\nshe always took pleasure in showing them. Many times she\\nwas left entirely alone, with her children, to care for all\\nthe stock, etc., while her husband was absent on business.\\nShe should be entitled to full credit for her share in the\\nsuccess in business affairs, which, in after-years, brought\\ncomfort and happiness to her husband and family.\\nMrs. Morris was the mother of seven sons and four\\ndaughterSjOf whom only three (sons) are now living. She\\nwas a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for\\nmore than thirty years prior to her death, which occurred\\nOct. 14, 1877, in the seventy-second year of her age.\\nCHARLES HENRY MORRIS,\\nyoungest son of Dolphin and Nancy Morris, was born May\\n9, 1847. He married, Dec. 24, 1869, Esther A., daughter\\nof Asa Jones, of Edwardsburg, Cass Co., Mich. After the\\ndeath of his fiither and mother Charles H. became the pos-\\nsessor of the old homestead, where his father located in\\n1829. While in the midst of a useful and happy life, sur-\\nrounded by a host of friends, with bright hopes of the fu-\\nture, he was on the night of the 28th of September, 1879,\\nshortly after retiring, called to the door, and there shot\\ntwice through the heart by a cowardly assassin.\\nThe fiend, not satisfied with the blood of one victim, en-\\ntered the house, and immediately opened fire upon Mrs.\\nMorris, whom he met coming, with a small revolver in hand,\\nto her husband s rescue. She retreated to her bedroom,\\npursued by the fiend, who shot her twice through the body\\nshe then entered a closet adjoining, where she fell and was\\nshot twice more. Thus ended one of the most horrible\\ntragedies ever perpetrated in any civilized community.\\nWe also give a cut of the horse which carried the assassin\\nfrom this frightful scene. He was ridden to South Bend,\\nInd., about forty miles distant, where he was found early\\nthe next morning in a very jaded condition.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0633.jp2"}, "634": {"fulltext": "448\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nPhotos, by Pritchard, Decatur,\\nl^k^\\nSAMUEL MORRIS.\\nO 7 S^H^\\nELI AS MORRIS,\\nfourth son of Dolphin and Nancy Morris, was born in De-\\ncatur township, Van Buren Co., Mich., May 11, 1832, and\\nis the oldest living white person born in the county. His\\neducation was obtained principally at the district schools in\\nthe vicinity, with the exception of three terms at the Wes-\\nleyan Seminary (now Albion College), at Albion, Calhoun\\nCo., Mich. He married, March 12, 1857, Charlotte,\\ndaughter of Allen Dunning, of Edwardsburg, Cass Co.,\\nMich.\\nFive children have been born to them three only are\\nnow living. By occupation he is a farmer he is now the\\nowner of a fine farm, where he resides, just in the edge of\\nCass County, near his father s old home.\\nWe present the readers of this work the portraits of\\nDolphin Morris and wife, Charles H. Morris and wife\\n(brother of Elias), and a sketch of their house these, to-\\ngether with his own portrait, are all inserted by Elias\\nMorris as a tribute of love and respect to his deceased\\nfather, brother, and sister.\\nSAMUEL MORRIS,\\neldest son of Dolphin and Nancy Morris, was born in Ross\\nCo., Ohio, Aug. 17, 1824, and when a lad four years old,\\nwith his parents, moved to Michigan. His education\\nwas obtained at the district school in the vicinity of his\\nfather s, on the north side of Little Prairie Ronde, with the\\nexception of four months at a select school at Paw Paw,\\ntaught by Professor Jesse Vose, now deceased. lie being\\nthe oldest child of his father s family, was, at an early age,\\ntaught to assist in all the different departments on the farm\\nas occasion seemed to demand. One of his duties was to\\nwatch his father s sheep during the daytime to prevent the\\nwolves from depredations on the young lambs but despite\\nhis efforts, sometimes the hungry beasts would ignore his\\npresence, seize upon a lamb, and run off with it. On one\\noccasion seven wolves made their appearance at the same\\ntime, but owing to his courage and skill were prevented\\nfrom doing serious damage.\\nIndians were frequently his playfellows, with whom he\\noften joined in their sports. So familiar did he become\\nwith them that he learned to speak their language, and\\noften joined them in target-shooting with bow and arrow,\\nwith which he became an expert, many times vanquishing\\nhis opponents, to their great chagrin. Indeed, so great\\nwas his skill, that he could shoot a bird at a distance of\\nfifteen rods with great precision. He also became skilled\\nin the use of the rifle, with which he took delight in hunt-\\ning deer and other game. In fact, he furnished the family\\nwith meat a great portion of the time. Married, Oct. 3,\\n1852, Harriet C, daughter of Thomas Simpson, of Cass\\nCo., Mich., and immediately commenced housekeeping on\\nhis farm on Little Prairie Ronde, Cass Co. He has always\\nbeen engaged in farming, in which he has been very suc-\\ncessful. Has also been one of the stockholders in the\\nFirst National Bank of Decatur since its organization, and\\nfor a period of seven years has been a director of the same.\\nHe is a living witness to the growth and prosperity of\\nWestern Michigan, having shared in many of the hardships\\nincident to pioneer life.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0634.jp2"}, "635": {"fulltext": "CHAS. H.MORRIS.\\nMRS.CHAS.H MORRIS.\\nOld Homestead of DOLPHIN MORRlS.AMaLtTi Rlsiolnce of CHAS. H MORRIS, Decajur, Mich", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0635.jp2"}, "636": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0636.jp2"}, "637": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF GENEVA.\\n449\\nDR. C. T. BAKER\\nwas born in Howard village, Steuben Co., N. Y., Jan. 2,\\n1829, and was the youngest of a family of twelve chil-\\ndren, two having died previous to his birth. When but\\nfour years old his father, Andrew Baker, with his family,\\nthen consisting of a wife and six children (the rest having\\nmarried and left home), moved to Allegany Co., N. Y.\\nThere he lived with his father, attending school and work-\\ning on the farm, until after the death of his mother, which\\noccurred March 25, 1844, aged fifty-nine years. After his\\nmother s death he made his home with a brother-in-law,\\nWilliam H. Gordon, a mercliant and lumberman living in\\nWellsville, in the same county. There he attended school\\nand assisted as clerk and book-keeper until a short time\\nbefore he commenced the study of medicine with his oldest\\nbrother. Dr. Andrew Baker, .Jr., of Norwicli, N. Y., where\\nhe also attended the academy for about two years.\\nIn 1852-53 and 1853-54 he attended the medical de-\\npartment of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor,\\nfrom which he graduated March 30, 1854. December 4th\\nof the same year he located in Decatur, Mich., and com-\\nmenced the practice of medicine. He has since resided at\\nthat place, with the exception of the time spent in the army\\nduring the war of the Rebellion, when he served as con-\\ntract surgeon, and was assigned to duty at post hospital,\\nCity Point, Va., General Grant s headquarters. He was\\non duty at that place when Petersburg and Richmond\\nwere evacuated by the rebels, and also when General Lee\\nsurrendered his army to General Grant, and returned to\\nWashington on the memorable 14th of April, 1865, the\\nday of President Lincoln s assassination.\\nHe has been president, vice-president, and censor of the\\nVan Buren County Medical Society, and has served as\\nhealth-officer of the village and township of Decatur ever\\nsince the law establishing that office has been enforced.\\nHe is now surgeon to the Michigan Central Railroad at\\nthat place. In politics he is a Republican.\\nHis father and two brothers, Hiram and John, with their\\nfamilies, came to Michigan in 1855, locating in Keeler\\ntownship, where the father died July 10, 1856, aged\\nseventy-seven years. The brothers are farmers in the lat-\\nter township at this time. Three sisters are still living,\\nviz., Mrs. Nancy Naramor, in Macomb Co., Mich. Mrs.\\nFanny Dolbee, and Mrs. Elizabeth Gordon, both in Penn-\\nsylvania.\\nDec. 31, 1857, Dr. Baker was married to Adelia M.\\nNutting, daughter of Lucius and Eliza B. Nutting.\\nCHAPTER LVIX.\\nGEBTEVA TOWNSHIP.*\\nBoundaries and Topography Settlement of the Township Organi-\\nzation and List of Officers\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Early Roads Irvington Schools\\nReligious Societies.\\nBOUNDARIES AND TOPOGRAPHY.\\nThe township of Geneva contains 36 full sections, and\\nis the first full township from the lake in the north tier of\\ntownships. It is bounded on the north by Allegan County,\\nBy A. N. Hungerford.\\n57\\non the east by Columbia, on the south by Bangor, and on\\nthe west by South Haven. Its soil is varied and well\\nadapted for fruit- and grain-raising.\\nThe surface is somewhat broken in the central part, but\\nis in the other portions generally level or slightly un-\\ndulating. Like all the territory in Southwestern Michigan,\\nit was originally heavily timbered with whitewood, bass-\\nwood, beech, maple, and ash, and in parts pine and hem-\\nlock.\\nIt is well watered by the south branch of the South\\nBlack River and its branches. It enters the township on\\nsection 34, flows northwesterly, and passes out at the north-\\nwestern corner of the town.\\nSETTLEMENT OF THE TOWNSHIP.\\nThe territory that now comprises Geneva was a wilder-\\nness after other townships east and north had become the\\nhomes of a few emigrants. The year that South Haven,\\nthen embracing several townships, was set off (1837) Clark\\nPierce, a native of Marlborough, Vt., bought of J. H.\\nMonroe 160 acres of land, it being the southeast quarter of\\nsection 32, lying on the Monroe road, laid out two years\\nbefore. He emigrated to Michigan in 1833, and lived at\\nSt. Clair for a time. After locating this land he built a log\\ncabin, and lived alone about two years, his nearest neigh-\\nbors being settlers at Breedsville and his brother Daniel,\\nwho was occasionally at South Haven, where he had bought\\nland and put up a cabin. In the summer of 1839, Daniel\\nand Clark Pierce rented 90 acres of land of Stephen Wil-\\nbur and Elias Rawson at Schoolcraft, and sowed it to winter\\nwheat. They retained the farm together till the fall of\\n1841, when in October of that year Clark Pierce married\\nMiss Royce, and remained on the farm till the flill of 1842,\\nwhen he, with his wife and one son (A. J. Pierce, of South\\nHaven), with their household goods, and a few young cattle,\\ncame back to the humble log cabin, and there passed two\\nyears of hermit life, being the only family in the town-\\nship till 1845. The lands at South Haven had passed into\\nthe hands of a New York company, of which William A.\\nand William L. Booth and Dr Abbott were partners. Lewis\\nA. Booth, a brother of William A., was the agent. In the\\nspring of 1845 this company proposed to build a mill at\\nthat place and other improvements. Clark Pierce was hired\\nto move there, erect a boarding-house and take charge\\nof the property. His family moved there in 1845, having\\nat that time two sons (Irving, the youngest, being the first\\nwhite child born in Geneva township), and they remained\\nat that place till June, 1846, when they returned to the\\nfiirm, and from 1837 to February, 1846, no one had set-\\ntled in the town. At that time Eri Eaton and Andrew\\nMiner came in and settled near the centre of the town. In\\n1845, Mr. Pierce moved to Illinois, and in the spring of\\n1858 came back on the farm where he has since lived.\\nConsiderable land had been bought by speculators, and\\nemigrants were slow in coming in and paying their prices for\\nland. In the latter part of the fall and winter of 1845-46,\\nEri Eaton and Leander J. Eastman came through this sec-\\ntion of country to seek locations. On their return home, at\\nAdrian, they purchased land of Cornelius B. Bogart, of\\nthat place, Mr. Eaton 40 acres, Eastman 20 acres, and", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0637.jp2"}, "638": {"fulltext": "450\\nHISTOKY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nAndrew Minor, a son-in-law of Mr. Eaton, 20 acres, on sec-\\ntion 15. In the February following, 1846, Eri Eaton and\\nAndrew Miner, with their families, came in and stopped a\\nfew days with Hiram Chappell, until they finished their own\\ncabins. At that time Clark Pierce, on section 32, was the\\nonly man living in the township. Mr. Miner afterwards\\nsold and bought of government 90 acres on the northeast\\nquarter of section 3, where he still resides. Mr. Eaton is\\nliving with his daughter, Mrs. Wm. Beebe, at the centre\\nof the township.\\nPhilip Hoag, a native of Cuyahoga Co., owned a farm\\nnear Kalamazoo, and traded for land in this township, getting\\ntherefor 80 acres on the east half of northeast quarter and\\n80 acres on east half of southwest quarter. In 1848 he\\nbuilt a log house on the northeast quarter, where he lived\\nuntil 1878, and moved to the southwest quarter, where he\\nnow lives. He was instrumental in getting the town set\\noff from Columbia.\\nIn 1847, Marvin Hannahs, of Albion, commenced a\\nsettlement on section 18, where he built a saw-mill (the first\\nin the township) on the Black River. Tiie lumber for the\\nconstruction of the mill and the boarding-house in connection\\nwith it, was hauled from Breedsville. The first family who\\nkept the boarding-house was that of Henry Hogmire. In\\nthe following year a large tannery was built by him at the\\nsame place, and he also erected a school-house, and made\\nseveral other improvements as an inducement for settlers\\nto locate in the neighborhood. Eri Bennett came to the\\nplace as foreman for Mr. Hannahs. He was elected justice\\nof the peace in 1855-56, and supervisor in 1859. The de-\\nmands of the tannery for bark gave employment to many at\\nthat time, and the settlers in the vicinity employed their\\ntime when not engaged in their own clearings in working\\nfor Mr. Hannahs.\\nThe place was nicknamed Jericho by the workmen in\\nthe mill and tannery, but Mr. Hannahs named it Hunter.\\nIt was from this place that Joseph Sturgis and his as-\\nsistants went down the river to commence the settlement\\nthat became South Haven. After the latter place became\\nestablished, the Jericho or Hunter settlement lost its\\nimportance, but the nickname given it by the employees of\\nMr. Hannahs outlived both the tannery and the name be-\\nstowed by its proprietor.\\nNathan Tubbs came from Grand Rapids to this town in\\n1849, and bought land in the southeast quarter of section\\n2, and remained here several years. He sold to John Chris-\\nman, who in 1859 sold lo Jerome B. Watson, a native of\\nMonroe County, who moved on the farm with his family,\\nwhere they still live. Mr. Tubbs was the first supervisor\\nof the town.\\nCharles N. Hoag, brother of Philip, in the fall of 1851\\nleft Ohio and emigrated to this town, purchasing on the\\nsouthwest quarter of section 1, where he lived till 1858,\\nand removed to Lawrence, purchasing a farm there. He re-\\nturned again to Geneva in 1865, and bought 120 acres on the\\nsouth half of section 3, where he now lives. Charles Davy\\nin the winter of 1851-52 purchased 80 acres on west half\\nof the southeast quarter of section 3. James Bates came\\nin 1851 and settled on 40 acres on the northeast quarter of\\nsection 14, where his son Edwin lives.\\nMoses Welch, a native of Madison Co., N. Y., emigrated\\nto Prairie Ronde, with his wife and three children, in the\\nfall of 1847, and in the winter of 1850 bought of James\\nJones 80 acres of land on the southeast quarter of section\\n3, and moved upon it with his family Jan. 15, 1852. Mr.\\nWelch was one of the first members of the Methodist class\\nin the township, and was instrumental in getting the first\\nroad through to South Haven, in 1852, and in 1853 had the\\ncontract for building the east end of the causeway of logs\\nalong the section line between sections 4 and 9, Jesse\\nLane having the contract for the other part. Mr. Welch\\nlives on the place where he settled in 1852. His present\\nwife is a sister of Andrew Miner.\\nJesse Lane in 1852 bought of William Knowles (a\\nbrother of Elisha, who settled at Breedsville in 1837) 160\\nacres, the northeast quarter of section 10. He afterwards\\ntraded with W. D. Metcalf, of Kalamazoo, and moved to\\nMissouri.\\nJames Kelly also in this year located land on the south-\\neast quarter of section 4. Orrin G. Hoag, a brother, came\\nin the fall of 1852, and settled near Charles and Philip,\\nhis brothers. Orrin and Charles married Laura and Har-\\nriet, sisters of Charles Brott. Philip Brooks, a native of\\nGenesee Co., N. Y., came to this township in the fall of\\n1853, and settled on the southwest quarter of section 12.\\nHis widow and two sons are still on the farm.\\nBenjamin Knowles, from Livingston Co., N. Y., emigrated\\nwith his father, Elisha Knowles, to Breedsville in 1837.\\nHe went through to the mouth of the Black River with\\nClark Shaffer in 1849, when nothing was there except the\\nsingle house built in 1845, and the ruin of the Monroe\\nhouse. In 1852 he first located at Geneva, on the north-\\neast quarter of section 10, where he still resides.\\nCharles Brott emigrated from Ohio to this township in\\n1855, purchasing the year before the south half of the\\nnortheast quarter of section 1, and has lived there to the\\npresent time. He married a daughter of Mr. Chappell, an\\nearly settler.\\nSamuel Lull, from Broome Co., N. Y., emigrated to Kala-\\nmazoo County in 1840, and to Geneva township in the\\nspring of 1 854. He bought his farm of John Glover, on\\nthe west half of the northwest quarter of section 11.\\nWith the exception of the little clearings of Nathan Tubbs,\\nMoses Welch, and Charles Day, that neighborhood was then\\na wilderness. Mr. Lull is now largely engaged in the culture\\nof peaches and apples.\\nAbout 1856, Daniel and Mahlon Funk settled on the\\nsouthwest quarter of section 34. About the same time\\nWilliam Miller purchased 80 acres on section 33, and the\\nsame on section 34. George McKenzie was the first set-\\ntler in the southeast quarter of the town, on section 36.\\nBetween this time and 1862-63, Peter Chambers .settled\\non the northeast quarter of section 8, where he still resides.\\nPerry Kidney settled on the .same section, where Mr. Cobb\\nnow lives. S. M. Trowbridge bought land on sections 6\\nand 7, on Black River, and erected a mill there known as\\nGeneva Mills. He is now engaged in a flour- and feed-store\\nin South Haven. Yettcr settled on the Sand Hill cast of\\nTrowbridge s mill. James Peters, about 1862, lived on the\\nsouthwest quarter of section 10. Anson Warner, a native", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0638.jp2"}, "639": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0639.jp2"}, "640": {"fulltext": "^mmii^-:i", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0640.jp2"}, "641": {"fulltext": "--^1\\na\\nc^i\\nM\\n4\\np\\nfe\\nM\\n1", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0641.jp2"}, "642": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0642.jp2"}, "643": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF GENEVA.\\n451\\nof New York, came in 1863, and purchased on the southeast\\nquarter of section 9. He was the first to settle on that\\nsection. Soon after, Lucius Mead and Sjlvanus Cubb settled\\nnear him. Benjamin Westcott, a native of Wayne Co.,\\nN. Y., emigrated to Bangor in 1848, and in December, ISG-t,\\nlocated on the southwest quarter of section 8, purchasing\\nof Perry Kidney, where he still lives. William W. Worth-\\nington settled on section 18, near Mr. Westcott, in August\\nof the same year.\\nGeorge H. Reeves, from Connecticut, moved to Suffolk\\nCo., N. Y., and emigrated to Geneva in 1864, settling\\nwhere he still lives, on section 22.\\nMany others came in from 1858-64, among whom were\\nHubbard C. Pond, Abel Edgerton, Daniel D. Hathaway,\\nF. M. Jones, J. G. Lafler, Henry Pease, Lewis B. Trues-\\ndell, and Daniel Booker.\\nORGANrZATION AND LIST OF OFFICERS.\\nThis township, originally a part of Lafayette township, in\\nthe division in 1837 was made a part of South Haven.\\nAgain in 1845 it was set off from that township as a part\\nof Columbia, then organized, and Jan. 5, 1854, it became\\na separate township by action of Board of Supervisors, by\\nwhich body it was then\\nBesolved, thiit township 1 south, range 16 west, situated at present\\nin and belonging to the township of Columbia be, and the same is\\nhereby set off from said township and organized into a new township\\nby the name of the township of Geneva, and that the time and place\\nfor holding the first annual township-meeting in said township of\\nGeneva shall be on the tirst Monday of April ne.xt, 1854, at the dwell-\\ning-house of Nathan Tubbs, on section 2, in said township, number 1\\nsouth, range 16 west, and that Nathan Tubbs, Clark Pierce, and\\nCharles N. Hoag be and are hereby appointed to act as the Board of\\nInspectors of election to preside at said meeting.\\nElection was held accordingly on the 3d of April, 1854,\\nwhen twenty-two votes were cast and the following officers\\nelected Supervisor, Nathan Tubbs Township Treasurer,\\nPhilip M. Brooks; Township Clerk, Charles N. Hoag;\\nJustices of the Peace, Kri Bennett, Leander J. Eastman,\\nJesse L. Lane, Philip Hoag; School Inspectors, Hiram\\nSimmons, Francis M. Jones Commissioners of Highways,\\nClark Pierce, Leander J. Eastman, Jesse L. Lane; Direc-\\ntors of the Poor, Eri Eaton, Clark Pierce.\\nThe principal township ofiicers from that time until the\\npresent have been those named in the following list\\nSUPERVISORS.\\n1855-56, 0. H. Burrows; 1857-58, Nathan Tubbs; 1859, Eri Ben-\\nnett; 1860-61, Jerome B. Watson; 1862, Hubbard C. Pond;\\n1863, Jerome B. Watson; 1864, Abel Edgerton; 1865, V. D.\\nDille; 1866, Gideon Hall; 1867-68, Jerome B. Watson; 1869,\\nS. M. Trowbridge; 1870-72, William R. Tolles; 1873-77, Jerome\\nB. Watson; 1878-79, Goodwin S. Tolles.\\nTOWNSHIP CLERKS.\\n1855, Charles N. Hoag; 1856-57, Daniel D. Hathaway; 1858-60,\\nPomeroy Prince; 1861, F. M.Jones; 1862, J. G. Lafler 1863,\\n0. S. Hoag; 1864, J. G. Lafler; 1865-66, Samuel B. Phelps;\\n1867-68, Benson Paddock; 1869, J. G. Clark; 1870-71, James\\nMartin; 1872-77, George H. Reeves; 1878, William A. Burlin-\\ngame; 1879, George H. Reeves.\\nTREASURERS.\\n1855-60, Philip M. Brooks; 1861, Benjamin Clark; 1862, Philip M.\\nBrooks; 1863, Henry Pease; 1864, James W.Peters; 1865-69,\\nH. Wenban; 1870-72, Goodwin S. Tolles; 1873-78, James Mar-\\ntin 1879, Gilbert Mitchell.\\nJUSTICES OF THE PEACE.\\n1855-56, Eri Bennett; 1857, Daniel D. Hathaway; 1868, Clark\\nPierce; 1859, Lewis B. Truesdell 1860, Daniel Rooker; 1861,\\nWilliam Miller, Philip Hoag; 1862, Pierce M. Funk; 1863,\\nLewis B. Truesdell; 1864, Truman Fletcher, C. C. Terrill 1865,\\nF. Reeve, George McKenzie; 1866, Clark Pierce, Benjamin\\nKnowles; 1867, Philip Hoag; 1868, J. N. Osborn 1869, Jona-\\nthan T. Elliot, John N. Osborn; 1870, George McKenzie,\\nClark Pierce; 1871, John B. Hicks; 1872, Benjamin B. Clark;\\n1873, Clark Pierce, Edward S. Jelly; 1874, A. J. Wyman, Clark\\nPierce; 1875, John N. Osborn, John S. Hicks 1876, Lucian F.\\nMace, George McKenzie; 1877, Philip Hoag, George McKenzie;\\n1878, George McKenzie; 1879, Edward S. Jelly.\\nSCHOOL INSPECTORS.\\n1855-56, Clark Pierce; 1857, Charles N. Hoag; 1858, A. Edgerton;\\n1859, Lewis B. Truesdell; 1860, George McKenzie; 1861, Philip\\nHoag; 1862, H. A. Pond; 1863, Francis M. Jones; 1864, Man-\\nley B. Peters; 1865, C. H. Emerson, F. M. Schurz; 1866, Charles\\nN. Hoag; 1867, Allen W. Davis; 1868, James Abbott; 1869,\\nJohn N. Osborn; 1870, Benjamin F. Chapman; 1871, John N.\\nOsborn; 1872, Francis R. Cady 1873, Edward B. Jelly; 1874,\\nFrancis R. Cady; 1875, Aaron B. Gates; 1876, Irving W.Pierce;\\n1877-78, Charles U. Mace; 1879, James Martin.\\nSCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS.\\n1875-76, John B. Hicks 1877-79, John H. Tripp.\\nEARLY ROADS.\\nThe first road laid out in the township was the road that\\ncrosses .sections 32 and 30 diagonally, running in a north-\\nwardly direction. It was laid out by Charles U. Cross and\\nJudge Monroe, from Paw Paw to South Haven, in 1835,\\nand was a continuation of the road from Prairie Ronde,\\nlaid out earlier. When the township was laid out the\\nrecords of previous roads were transcribed from the Colum-\\nbia records, March 30, 1853, as follows Murch road,\\nsurveyed by Charles U. Cross, June 29, 1839 Stearling\\nroad, surveyed June 22, 1846 Eaton s road, surveyed\\nJune 25, 1846; Pierce s road, surveyed Dec. 14, 1846;\\nTubb s road, surveyed Oct. 5, 1852.\\nIRVINGTON.\\nIrvington is a hamlet on the line of the Kalamazoo and\\nSouth Haven division of the Michigan Central Railroad,\\nand lies in the northeast part of the township, in the centre\\nof section 1. It was platted by Enoch Pease in July, 1871.\\nIt received its name from Irving Pierce, son of Clark\\nPierce, who was the first white child born in the township.\\nIt contains a Methodist church, depot, about thirty dwell-\\nings, three stores, steam-mill, coal-kiln, blacksmith- and\\nwagon-shop.\\nSCHOOLS.\\nThe first school taught in the township was by Mrs.\\nCaroline Miner, wife of Andrew Miner, about 1848, at her\\nhouse. The pupils were the Eaton, Eastman, and Miner\\nchildren. In the winter of 1849-50 a school was taught\\nin the log house of Clark Pierce, by Laura Rogers, who\\nwas succeeded by Fanny Kidder. A school-house was\\nbuilt at Jericho by Marvin Hannahs, to induce emigrants\\nto settle there, but some time elapsed before school was\\ntaught there. Ellen Fish was the first to teach in that\\nhouse.\\nIn the northeast quarter of the town Laura Pratt, now\\nMrs. Orrin S. Hoag, taught a school in 1853, in a rough\\nshanty near Eri Eaton s. Angeline Foster, in the summer", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0643.jp2"}, "644": {"fulltext": "452\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nof 1854, taught in a board cabin on Moses Welch s place.\\nschool-house was erected about 1855 where the present\\nschool-house stands, in what is known as the Lull district.\\nMrs. Harriet Hoag, wife of Charles N. Hoag, and Augusta\\nSmith, now Mrs. Benjamin Knowles, were both among the\\nfirst teachers there. Soon after the organization of the\\ntownship the taxable inhabitants met and petitioned the\\nschool inspectors to organize a school district. The peti-\\ntion was granted and signed by Francis M. Jones and\\nCharles N. Hoag, inspectors. The petition for the first\\ndistrict was signed by B. Knowles, J. L. Lane, P. M.\\nBrooks, 0. S. Hoag, James Bates, Nathan Tubbs, M.\\nWelch, and Henry Pease.\\nFeb. 24, 1855, a new district (No. 2) was formed by\\ndividing District No. 1.\\nJune 2, 1855, a school-house site was chosen on the\\nnortheast corner of the northwest quarter of section 11.\\nOct. 6, 1855, the inspectors reported, as from District No.\\n1, 20 scholars between four and eighteen years of age, and\\nvoted to raise f 1 by tax for each scholar.\\nDistrict No. 2 reported 17 scholars, and voted to raise\\n$180 for building a school-house, $15 for contingent ex-\\npenses, and $17 for tuition purposes.\\nDistrict No. 3 reported 6 scholars no report of date of\\norganization of this district.\\nAppropriation of school fund, 1857, $25.97, 53 cents\\nto each scholar, District No. 1, $10.60; District No. 2,\\n$12.19; District No. 3, $3.18.\\nMarch 6, 1858, District No. 4 was organized, and was\\nbounded by the base line on the north, town line on the\\nwest, sections 16, 17, 18 on the south, and sections 3 and\\n10 on the east.\\nThe appropriation for 1857, as per taxes of 1856, are as\\nfollows (mill tax, $81.07) District No. 1, $22.89 District\\nNo. 2, $26.31 District No. 3, $6.87.\\nThe township library was started while the township\\nwas a part of Columbia, and a subsequent division of books\\ngave the new town a nucleus. At the present time the\\nlibrary numbers 251 volumes, 80 being purchased in 1878.\\nA list of the teachers receiving certificates from the\\ninspectors from the organization of the town to 1868 is\\ngiven, as follows\\n1855. Fanny Kidder, Jan. 26; same date. Angeliiie Foster; June\\n11, Amvietta Blood; April 15, Helen M. Fish.\\n1856.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nov. 1, Wm. M. Welch; Nov. 7, Israel P. Boles.\\n1857.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 May i, Ruth Hunt; May 18, Mary E. Welch.\\n1858.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 April 24, Augusta Smith; May 15, Lucinda E. Youug.\\n1859.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 April 30, Evaline Fellows; May 2, Sarah Shaver; Nov. 26,\\nSarah Young.\\nI860.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nov. 5, Henry C. Rowman Nov. 22, Francis M. Jones Nov.\\n25, Olivia Kleckner.\\n1861.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 April 15, Mary H. Briggs; May 18, Sarah A. Peacock; June\\n1, Amanda Rawen June 7, Aldena Hoag; July 15, Aure-\\nlia Ellsworth; Nov. 2, Mary Lulte; Nov. 18, Helen Ails-\\nworth Dee. 9, James Southard.\\n1862.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 April 12, Eliza Clark; April 26, Adaline Doming; Nov. 1,\\nKate C. Peters, Martha E. Grovcr.\\n1863. May 25, Mary A. Rowland; Nov. 9, Rebecca A. Burlingaiue;\\nDec. 2, Emily A. Loomis Dec. 19, Helen M. Pool.\\n1864. May 24, Georgia Williams Nov. 5, Cordelia Worralon, Han-\\nnah Cross, Laura Pierce; Nov. 12, Aurelia Stillwell Dee.\\n17, Aristene E. Metoalf.\\n1865.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 April 8, Susan A. Cassidy May :i, Janet Ilurlbut; Nov. -1,\\nGideon Hall; Nov. 25, Carrie Longwcll, Marion Balluur.\\n1866. Jan. 6, Fanny Peacock March 31, Mary Penrod; April 28,\\nEllen Chapin; May 19, Hattie Shaw, Hattie Fuller; Nov.\\n3, Laura Mayberry, Emmeline Rowley.\\n1867.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jan. 12, Lettie Cornwall Feb. 9, Elsie A. Orowell March 16,\\nTheresa Dean.\\nThe following school statistics of the township are frofu\\nthe directors report for 1879\\nNumber of Number of\\nDis- Children be- Frame Sealing\\ntrict, tween 5 and Scliool- Capacity.\\n20 Years. Houses.\\nNo. 6..\\nNo. 7..\\nS400\\n3\\n$285\\n1000\\n3\\n152\\n350\\n1\\n150\\n1800\\n2\\n138\\n500\\n2\\n215\\n800\\n2\\n168\\n100\\n1\\n132\\nTotal. ..442\\n$4950\\nRECEIPTS.\\nj,j Moneys on r,j^,,.Aj:ii Primary- District Raised Total Re-\\nI hand Sept. m, School Taxes for from other sources for\\n1878. Fund, all purposes, sources, the Tear.\\nNo. 1 $59.00 $110.90 $158.24 $1.00 $328.14\\nNo. 2 103.32 51.84 $22.88 115.35 14.00 311.39\\nNo. 3.. 50.53 59.36 28.94 57.00 195.83\\nNo. 4 6.16 79.68 37.92 92.50 19.75 236.01\\nNo. 5 128.39 60.00 33.12 48.53 17.25 287.29\\nNo. 6 22.66 62.62 28.32 159.38 29.75 302.73\\nNo. 7 14.96 31.68 130.00 16.50 193.14\\nTotal..S385.02 $524.40 SI 82.86 $761.00 $97.35 $1854.53\\nEXPENDITURES.\\nPHidaUothnr Amount on Total Expendi-\\nDistrict. Paid Te.achei-s. band Sept. 1, ture during the\\npurposes. y^^^.\\nNo. 1 $285.00 $21.51 $21.63 $328.14\\nNo. 2 152.00 68.74 90.65 311.39\\nNo. 3 150.00 33.85 11.98 195.83\\nNo. 4 138.80 49.50 47.71 236.01\\nNo. 5 215.00 20.10 52.19 287.29\\nNo. 6 168.00 40.41 92.82 302.73\\nNo. 7 132.00 11.05 50.09 193.14\\nTotal $1240.80 $245.16 $367.07 $1854.53\\nThe school directors for 1879 were Jerome B. Watson,\\nSamuel Johnson, Isaac M. Saunders, W. W. Hodge, A. A.\\nHough, Lewis D. Port, Levi Ackley.\\nRELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.\\nMethodist Church. The first preacher in the township\\none of the Methodist denomination was the Rev. J. H.\\nRobinson, who formed a class at the log house of Nathan\\nTubbs at the same time, March, 1854. The constituent\\nmembers of that class were Nathan Tubbs and wife, Moses\\nWelch and wife, Mrs. Harriet Hoag, Mrs. Catharine Miner,\\nMrs. Charles Davy, and Philip Hoag.\\nThe circuit that included this territory embraced Breeds-\\nville, Bangor, Watervliet, Coloma, and St. Joseph. The\\nministers who succeeded Mr. Robinson on the circuit were\\nthe Revs. Thomas Clark, Hendrickson, Blowers, Rodgers,\\nE. L. Kellogg, I. Skinner, Paddock, Thomas Clark, J.\\nOdin, Harper, Van Fossen, Jaynes, and Law-\\nrence, the present pastor. The church has about 80 mem-\\nbers, with a Sunday-school containing 60 pupils, Adam\\nWhite, superintendent. The church was built at Irving-\\nton in the summer of 1876, at a cost of $800.\\nA Methodist class was started at Chambers school-house\\nin 1875, at the close of a revival, under the charge of the\\nRev. E. H. Mackinney. The class is under the charge of\\nthe South Haven Church, and has been supplied with", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0644.jp2"}, "645": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0645.jp2"}, "646": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0646.jp2"}, "647": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF GENEVA.\\n453\\npreaching; by the Revs. H. Parker, W. A. Huhnsber^ er,\\nand N. D. Carroll. It has at present 15 memhcrs.\\nEvaiiffelicdl Association. The society was organized\\nabout 1872, as a branch of the Bangor Mission. Clarkson\\nCone and his wife wei-e the only members. Additions\\nwere soon made to the number, and the Rev. David Rol-\\nland was the fifst pastor, succeeded by the Revs.\\nDewitt, Asel Russell, John Smaroz, George Provost, and\\nJohn Snyder, the present pastor. Meetings are held at\\nthe Lee school-hou.?e, and the society now numbers 33\\nmembers, who reside in the townships of Lee, Casco, and\\nGeneva.\\nA Free-Will Baptist Society was organized about 1855\\nor 1856, at what was early known as Eatonburg. The\\nRev. Mr. Burrows became their pastor. He was suc-\\nceeded by the Rev. Mr. Myers. The society continued\\nten or twelve years and then declined.\\nIn the fall of 1876 a Baptist Society was organized at\\nthe Geneva Centre school-house, with 9 members, by the\\nRev. George S. Martin. They now number 12 members,\\nand still hold their services at the school-house.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nGILMAN AND PHILENA WHITE.\\nPeregrine White was born on the Mayflower in\\n1620, before the landing at Plymouth Rock. Nicholas\\nWhite was a grandson of Peregrine White; married a Miss\\nGilman in 1725. Ebenezer White, second son of Nicholas,\\nwas born in Haverhill, Mass., in December, 1731. He\\nmarried Hannah Merrill, by whom he had seven children,\\nthree sons and four daughters. His wife dying, he married\\na second time, marrying for his second wife Ruth Emerson,\\nby whom he had eleven children, eight sons and three\\ndaughters. Gilman White, Sr., the ninth son of Ebenezer\\nWhite, was born in Newburg, Vt., June 21, 1783. Gil-\\nman White, Jr., was born in Topsham, Vt., Dec. 4, 1812,\\nand was the eldest in Gilman White, Sr. s family of five\\nsons and three daughters, of whom Adam White was the\\nyoungest. Adam, Gilman, and William B., another brother,\\nall married sisters, Adam marrying Ruth Eastman, Gil-\\nman, Nancy Eastman, and William B. marrying Philena\\nEastman, who, after the death of her husband, William B.\\nWhite, which occurred in Black Brook, Clinton Co., N. Y.,\\ncame to Irvington, where she has since resided. Aside\\nfrom John D. White, who resides in Kalamazoo, and a\\nsister, Mrs. Nathan Bigelow, who is also a resident in\\nKalamazoo, all of the other members of the family, except\\nthose named, have remained in the East.\\nWe give upon another page a view of the residences of\\nGilman and Mrs. Philena White, at Irvington a general\\nstore which is conducted by them also appears in the same\\nview, together with a view of the depot and church. Adam\\nWhite is prosecuting a large business in the manufacture\\nof charcoal at Irvington, which is the principal industry\\nthere.\\nAlthough only for about three years have the above\\nnamed resided at Irvington, yet they have become well\\nknown throughout that section of Van Buren County for\\nenterprise, energy, together with ability, uprightness, and\\npublic spirit.\\nN. S. TAYLOR\\nis the sou of Daniel and Phoebe (Churchill) Taylor, and\\nwas born in Litchfield Co., Conn., in 1829. When an in-\\nfant his parents removed to Brookport, Monroe Co., N. Y.,\\nwhere they lived eight years, removing to Bangor, Mich.,\\nDec. 25, 1837, being among the first that made a perma-\\nnent settlement there. As evidence of the unimproved\\ncondition of the country then, Mr. Taylor states that they\\nfrequently supplied their table with venison by shooting\\ndeer from the door, and often saw wolves near the house.\\nThe first winter was one of difiiculties, but having taken\\nup one hundred and forty acres of land, he (Daniel Taylor)\\nproceeded to improve it, and always took an active part in\\nall local improvements until his death, which occurred Jan.\\n9, 1865. His wife still survives, and has reached the age\\nof eighty-nine, residing with a daughter near Lawrence.\\nN. S. Taylor was the youngest of the sons, and after be-\\ncoming of age passed three years traveling in the West.\\nStarting from Galena, 111 went to California, where he ar-\\nrived in 1852; remained four years, which were profitable\\nones to him. Returning in 1856, purchased one hundred and\\ntwenty acres of land near the old homestead in Bangor, and\\nnot only made fine improvements upon his own property,\\nbut has taken a prominent part in the general advancement\\nof the township has acted as an ofiicial for the same in\\nseveral capacities, but has been much interested in its im-\\nprovements, particularly in the erection of a Methodist\\nchurch, contributing largely in that direction. Also con-\\ntributed to the erection of the Bangor furnace and the rail-\\nroad, and to the establishment of the press. Was a zealous\\nsupporter of whatever related to the Sunday-school interests,\\nin fact using the means he had acquired in promoting the\\ngeneral good as well as his own interests.\\nIn 1876 he wedded Mrs. Mary Smith, a very estimable\\nlady residing in Bangor, visiting on their wedding tour all\\nthe principal Eastern cities and public resorts, and on their\\nreturn purchased an elegant residence in the village of Ban-\\ngor. Also bought a banking institution, with its interests,\\nwhich he made a financial success. After two years an op-\\nportunity to dispose of this business was ofl ered, which he\\naccepted, and removed to his present residence in Geneva.\\nMrs. Taylor s parents, John and Eleanor (Parrish) Mc-\\nNett, were natives of New York, and moved to Monroe\\nCo., Mich., afterwards to Texas township, Kalamazoo Co.,\\nwhere Mrs. Taylor was born. When seventeen years of\\nage she was married to Butler M. Smith, of Prairie Ronde,\\nKalamazoo Co. moved to Kankakee, 111., where their first\\nson was born. After remaining there two years removed to\\nBangor, and purchased a farm of two hundred acres. Here\\nthree boys and one girl were born to them. They contin-\\nued to reside on their farm until the death of Mr. Smith,\\nwho was a man not only loved and revered by his family\\nand friends, but respected by all that knew him.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0647.jp2"}, "648": {"fulltext": "454\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nPhotos, by Northup, Bangoi\\nCLARK PIERCE.\\nCLARK PIERCE\\nMRS. CLARK PIERCE.\\nwas born in Marlborough, Vt., in 1814, and lived with his\\nparents, Joseph and Sally (Bartlett) Pierce, until his\\nmother s death, which occurred when he was ten years old.\\nIn 1832, Clark made his advent in the State of Michigan,\\nstopping first in St. Clair County, where he remained two\\nyears, removing thence to Prairie Ronde, Kalamazoo Co.,\\nand finally bought of J. R. Monroe a quarter-section of\\nland on section 32, in the present township of Geneva, Van\\nBuren Co., where he still resides. This purchase he made\\nduring the winter of 1837-38, paying twenty shillings\\nper acre, thereby incurring an indebtedness which required\\nsome time to remove. He married Mary S. Roys, of\\nBrady, Kalamazoo Co., Mrs. Pierce thereby acquiring the\\ndistinction of being the first resident white woman of\\nGeneva township, Mr. Pierce being the first settler. There\\nthey have remained, witnessing the growth and development\\nof the country about them, and have reared and educated\\ntheir children, of whom they had six, viz., Almon J.,\\nIrving, Laura, Quincy, Gertrude, and Etta. Quincy died\\nwhen twenty-three years of age. The rest are living in\\nthe vicinity of the old home, making the last years of their\\nparents their best years.\\nThe first school taught in Geneva was at their house,\\nthree terms having expired before a school-house was built.\\nHis place was twenty-three miles from Paw Paw, the lo-\\ncation of the nearest mill and post-office, and it required\\nabout three days to make the trip. He, as an employee,\\naided in building the first frame house in South Haven,\\nliving in it about eight months.\\nAlmon J. Pierce enlisted in Company G, 19th Michigan\\nInfantry, was taken sick, and re-enlisted, from convalescent\\ncamp, in Ellet s Marine Brigade of the Mississippi River,\\nwhere he participated in the siege of Vicksburg. On\\nreturning from the army, he entered the State Agricultural\\nCollege, remaining two years. His studies included the\\nrudiments of surveying and, leaving before completing the\\ncourse, he began the practice of land-surveying in Van Buren\\nand Allegan Counties. His success in this line gained him\\nthe election of county surveyor in 1869, which position\\nhe has .since filled, excepting one term.\\nIrving W. was a member of the 28th Illinois Infantry\\nwas at Mobile returning from the service, as did Almon\\nJ., uninjured.\\nMr. Pierce was first a Whig, then an Abolitionist, and\\nnow a Republican. The family attend the Congregational\\nChurch, and are firm advocates of the principles of temper-\\nance. Mr. Pierce is known as one of the landmarks of\\nVan Buren County. His name is familiar in every house-\\nhold, and he is eminently a self-made man.\\nCHAPTER LX.\\nHARTFORD TOWNSHIP.\\nBoundaries and General Description Indian Occupancy Early Set-\\ntlements and Settlers Organization and Township Officers Post-\\nOffices and Postmasters The Village of Hartford Societies and\\nOrders Schools Keligious Societies.\\nThe township, lying in the southwest part of the county,\\nis composed of 36 full sections, and is known as town 3\\nsouth, range 16 west. It is bounded on the north by the\\ntownship of Bangor, on the east by Lawrence, on the south\\nby Keeler, and on the west by the township of Watervliet,\\nin Berrien County.\\nThe surface is gently undulating, and originally was\\ncovered with a heavy growth of timber, consisting mostly\\nof black walnut, beech, maple, ash, white and basswood,\\ninterspersed with oak, elm, and a little pine.\\nThe soil through the centre from east to west along the\\nline of the old Watervliet road is quite sandy. The south\\npart of the town.ship and that part north of the Paw Paw\\nRiver is of a rich sandy loam, with a slight admixture of\\nclay, and is equal in productiveness to any soil in the State.\\nThe valley of the Paw Paw River is narrow, and is com-\\nposed of rich alluvium. The township is well watered by\\nBy A. N. Ilungerford.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0648.jp2"}, "649": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF HARTFORD.\\n455\\nthe Paw Paw River and its branches, and by Rush Lake,\\nwhich lies in this and the adjoining township of Bangor. The\\nPaw Paw River enters on the south part of section 1, and\\nflow.s southerly to the south line of section 11, then, in a\\nwinding course, westerly, and passes out of the township\\nin the middle of section 18. The two larger branches rise\\nin the southeast portion of the town, and flow in a north-\\nerly course, one making a junction on .section 14, the other\\non the southwest part of section 8. One also rises in\\nBangor, with two or three branches, and joins the river at\\nthe east line of section 9. The Paw Paw River is a mean-\\ndering stream as far as the forks below the village of Paw\\nPaw, and in an early day was much used for shipping\\nlumber and flour in flat-boats to St. Joseph. Mineral\\nsprings abound along the river, and on the farm of Fabius\\nMiles, near the west line of section 12, is a sulphur spring,\\nwhich issues from a mound about four feet above the level\\nof the surrounding land.\\nINDIAN OCCUPANCY.\\nWhen the first white settlers began to locate in this sec-\\ntion of country, bauds of Pottawattamies, Ottawas, and a\\nfew Chippewas were quite numerous, and were roving\\nover the country, settling (or rather camping) in difi^rent\\nparts in different seasons. In the spring of the year they\\ngathered near the large maple-groves to make sugar. The\\nsis-bah-quet (sugarj they would exchange with the che-mo-\\nke man (white manj for such articles as they wanted, which\\ngenerally was, first, whisky, next, whisky, then quash-que\\n(bread) and koo-koosh (pork). The largest of these sugar\\norchards was in the southeast part of the town, on sec-\\ntions 23 and 24, from the Brown and Dowd neighborhood\\neast to the Shafer and Johnson farms. Another was on the\\nnorth side of the river, below Fabius Miles on section 12,\\nextending west down the river to the De Long neighbor-\\nhood, and other smaller groves were in various parts of the\\ntown.\\nIn the summer season they moved their wigwams to the\\nborders of berry swamps and near good fishing. The largest\\nof these berry swamps was in the southeast part of the town,\\non the northeast quarter of section 35, near Orson Olds.\\nAnother was in the northwest part of the town, on the west\\nline and north of the river.\\nIn the fall season they gathered on the lowlands, and\\nselected a place for their wigwams in the heavy timber,\\nwhere they were protected from the wind. Tlie game was\\nprincipally deer, wild turkeys, and the fur-bearing animals.\\nThe most of the Indians were removed in 1838; a few\\nremained and some returned, and in 1842 were again re-\\nmoved. Remnants of these tribes now live near Rush\\nLake, and in the townships of Hartford, Bangor, Covert,\\nand Watervliet, at their intersection. They are mostly\\nCatholics, and have a church at the south end of Rush\\nLake, which is attended by, Father J. Roeper, of Silver\\nCreek. A cemetery is near the church. The first church\\nwas built of logs, and was for many years attended by\\nFather Barron, of Silver Creek. Within a few years a\\nnumber of white families in the adjacent townships have\\nbecome attached to the church. About ten families living\\nin this township are members.\\nEARLY SETTLEMENTS AND SETTLERS.\\nThe section of country embraced in this township was\\nnot surveyed until several years after its cession by the\\nChicago treaty of 1821. About 1829 the lands were first\\nopened for settlement, and emigrants from Ohio, Pennsyl-\\nvania, and the Eastern States began to flow in slowly\\nalong the St. TToseph River. Several years after, settlers\\nbegan to press back from the river, and locate and clear the\\nland. At that time the section of country all along the\\nwestern slope north of St. Joseph and Benton Harbor was\\nalmost a complete wilderness, and Hartford was the home\\nonly of Indians and wild animals.\\nNot far from 1835 a noted hunter and trapper by the\\nname of Harvey Saulsbury came first into what is now the\\ntownship of Hartford, and built a cabin of basswood logs,\\nwith roof of bark, on the bank of the creek on the south-\\nwest quarter of section 14, on the farm of John N. Travis.\\nThis cabin was occupied by him in his hunting trip.s, in\\nwhich he ranged the line of swamps from the Dowagiac to\\nthe Black River. There were no white settlers for a long\\ndistance, and this cabin was built as a half-way house between\\nthe northern and southern points of his range. His sum-\\nmers were mostly spent at Niles, and as the hunting and\\ntrapping season came on he started out, dre-ssed in deer-\\nskin trousers, blouse, and slouch hat, with his rifle on\\nhis shoulder and a load of traps on his back, would make\\nhis way to this place, and generally remain here till spring,\\noccasionally going to Paw Paw ,to exchange his furs for\\narticles to sell to the Indians. He continued his hunting\\nand trapping excursions till about 1844-45.\\nAs early as 1835 a man known as South Bend Taylor\\nwas in the habit of passing through this section of country\\nabout three times in the course of the winter, and gather-\\ning furs of hunters and Indians. He traveled generally\\non foot, and when his burdens were gathered they were\\neither packed on Indian ponies and sent out to the settle-\\nments, or down the river to St. Joseph. He now lives at\\nSouth Bend, Ind., and is over eighty years of age.\\nIt is said that two men named Duncan and Sumner\\nabout 1828, before any settlements were in this section,\\nfollowed up Paw Paw River as far as Watervliet, and built\\na saw-mill under the bluff, on the south side of the Paw\\nPaw River, using the water of Mill Creek. This was near\\nthe mill of the Watervliet Mill Company. At about the\\nsame time three brothers by the name of Stone bought\\na tract of land in the northwest part of this township, on\\nsections 5 and 8, for the timber. They cleared land for the\\nlogs, which were manufactured into lumber at the ihill\\nbelow. This continued for a short time, when a flood filled\\nthe raceway with sand then they all left here, and their\\nshanties became an Indian rendezvous. Sumner went to\\nCass County, where he was the founder of Sumnerville.\\nThe Stone brothers years afterwards .sold their lands to\\nAlvah De Long, for five shillings per acre, receiving their\\npay in lumber. It is now occupied by Asher and Allen\\nDe Long.\\nAbout Sept. 1, 1835, John Allen, a native of Vermont,\\nleft Ann Arbor for West Michigan, and located a number\\nof lots in Van Buren County, established stage-routes; built\\nmills, did business on the credit system, and failed. Mr.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0649.jp2"}, "650": {"fulltext": "456\\nHISTOKY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAIS.\\nAllen, Edwin Barnum, and Ephraim Palmer built a log\\nhouse on the bluflF bank of Brush Creek, about fiirty rods\\nnorth of the present union school-house of Lawrence.\\nMr. Allen, not being satisfied with moderate profits and\\nsteady business, was seized with the speculative mania, and\\nlocated a number of lots of land on what is now known as\\nHog Creek, about a mile east of Hartford village. He platted\\nthis land into lots and started an imaginary village, calling\\nit Middletown. A good story is told in connection with the\\nvillage, about as follows:* In 1836, Mr. Allen attempted\\nto establish a stage-route from Paw Paw to St. Joseph, via\\nBrush Creek, Middletown, and Waterford (Watervliet).\\nSome five or six families who had gathered at Brush Creek,\\nhaving heard of Middletown, supposed it to be quite a vil-\\nlage, and .some of the men of the settlement proposed to visit\\nit. The company consisted of about half a dozen ragged men\\nand as many barefooted boys but one of the company, John\\nMellen, a Mohawk Dutchman, being rather more destitute\\nof clothing than the rest, felt a little ashamed to go among\\nstrangers, when Humphrey Barnum offered to lend him a\\ncoat. Mellen accepted, and the company started out, pass-\\ning a little south of where Holland Clark now lives. They\\nsoon struck the hills, and after going up and down for about\\nhalf a mile, came to what seemed to be the last place in\\ncreation, being a deep hollow, about forty rods across and fifty\\nor sixty feet below the land around it and as much of the\\ntimber in and around it was pine, the name of Pine Hollow\\nwas given to it. Climbing out of this they soon came to\\nMud Lake, and a little farther west passed Sutton s Lake\\nand came to the great Indian trail which passed through\\nthe country north and south from Pokagon to Lake Mich-\\nigan, crossing the Paw Paw River at Sturgeon Ripple, and\\nthrough the Indian settlements in Bangor, striking the\\nlake at South Haven. A little west of this they crossed\\nthe town line, which brought the party into a town not yet\\nsettled by a white man. Working their way through brush,\\nover logs, and across small streams, they reached Middle-\\ntown Creek, and crcssing it, took a seat upon the bank\\nwhere the barn stands on the Bouvier place. There the\\nparty partook of their lunch, when Barnum told Mellen he\\nwould show him the village, and going a few rods he in-\\ntroduced him to the public square and other imaginary lo-\\ncalities and business places, and also to the leading .settlers,\\nwhich were none other than mosquitoes, and he thought\\nthey had made themselves acquainted at least with some of\\nthe family. The joke was relished by the whole company,\\nand was the source of considerable sport for years after-\\nwards. The party, after surveying the village and its sur-\\nroundings for a few hours, returned home tired and hungry,\\nbut entirely satisfied with their inspection trip to the new\\nvillage.\\nWith all the inducements offered, Middletown failed to\\nrealize the hopes of its projectors, and it was not even used\\nfor farm-lands for many years after.\\nUpon the failure of Mr. Allen a Mr. Grant, of Oswego,\\nN. Y., came into possession of it by foreclosure of the\\nmortgage, and long after Sylvanus Casselnian bought the\\nThis story and some of the incidents of the pioneers are gleaned\\nfrom articles contributed by Luther Sutton in the Daif Sprint/ as\\nhistorical notes, pioneer sketches, etc.\\nland. Mr. Allen was a pioneer in three States, Michigan,\\nIowa, and California. He was State senator from Washte-\\nnaw County in 18-1:7-48, and in 1850 went to California,\\nwhere he died.\\nThe first actual settlers in the township were Ferdino\\nOlds and family, consisting of his wife and daughter Julia\\n(now Mrs. Ansel E. Reynolds). Mr. Olds was a native of\\nCayuga Co., N. Y., emigrated to this place in December,\\n1836, and located land on the middle of the north half of\\nsection 29, where W. H. Haven now lives. On coming\\nthrough to the place the family stopped at the house of\\nLyman G. Hill (who was the nearest settler and lived in\\nthe northeast part of Keeler township) while he put up a\\nsmall log cabin, which was completed Jan. 25, 1837, on\\nwhich day the family moved into it. Here they lived a\\nshort time, but the family increased so rapidly that a larger\\nhouse had to be built, and a family of ten children were\\nraised, nine of whom are living. Mr. Olds died in October,\\n1856.\\nHis brothers, Hezekiah and John, came in soon after.\\nThe latter settled on the southwest quarter of section 29,\\nadjoining Ferdino; Hezekiah was (and is .still) a bachelor and\\nlived with John Orson settled south of John on the same\\nquarter-section, and lives now in the village. His farm\\nwas sold to Sylvester McNitt. Ira and Harry came in\\nlater. Ira settled on section 28, where William Day re-\\nsides, and now lives in Keeler, near the north line. Harry\\nwas a carpenter. He lived here a few years and returned\\nto New York. Edwin R. Olds, a son of Orson, married\\nHarriet, a daughter of Ferdino Olds, and in 1858 bought\\nthe farm now owned by A. N. Spaulding on the northeast\\nquarter of section 28, and was engaged in farming and lum-\\nbering for several years. He removed to the village and built\\nthe first hotel, known as the Olds House. He is now en-\\ngaged in buying stock, grain, and wool, and is one of the\\nforemost business men in the town. Ransom and Allen\\nOlds are sons of Orson, and are engaged in the manufac-\\nture of sash, doors, and blinds, and are also building con-\\ntractors.\\nHenry Hammond was the next settler, and located on\\nthe southeast quarter of section 34, where Mr. E. B. Green-\\nfield lived. He erected a cabin for temporary use in the\\nspring of 1837, where he lived till about the middle of\\nMay. Mr. and Mrs. Hammond unitedly worked together in\\nbuilding a log house 16 by 22, and moved into it as soon\\nas completed. In this house, Jan. 3, 1838, a daughter was\\nborn to them, who was the first child born in the town-\\nship. This was Catharine Hammond, afterwards the wife\\nof Hiram E. Stratton.\\nThomas Conklin, a native of Rutland, Jefferson Co.,\\nN. Y., came to Kalamazoo in 1834, but not liking the\\ncountry returned to New York. In November, 1836, in\\ncompany with his brother James and a Mr. Sellick, he\\ncame back to Kalamazoo. They had with them a yoke of\\noxen and a wagon. The first night in the wilderness was\\npassed under many difiiculties they felled a large beech-\\ntree, and building a fire against it cooked their food. They\\nslept on the ground with the wagon-box turned over them.\\nSnow fell during the night to the depth of two feet, and\\ncontinued the next day, and the weather getting colder", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0650.jp2"}, "651": {"fulltext": "THOMAS CONKLIN.\\nMRS. THOMAS CONKLIN.\\nhib u HuMAS CONt^LIN, HakuohoTp.,\\\\/anBuren Co ,MiuH.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0651.jp2"}, "652": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0652.jp2"}, "653": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF HARTFORD.\\n457\\nthey decided to go to Battle Creek. While at Kalamazoo,\\nin the fall of 1836, Thomas Conklin in behalf of himself,\\nJames his brother, Mr. Sellick, Burrell A. Olney, and\\nJames Spinnings, all schoolmates and associates, entered\\nabout 1000 acres of land and paid for it. The most of\\nthe members of this company were still in the East, and\\ndid not come out till the spring of 1837. In February of\\n1837, James Conklin and Mr. Selliek, with the assistance\\nof Thomas, put up their log houses on sections 5 and 6 in\\nKeeler township.\\nIn March, 1837, B. A. Olney and James Spinnings came\\nfrom the East, and they, together with Thomas Conklin,\\nerected on Mr. Conklin s land a log cabin, 12 feet by\\n12, in which they lived together six weeks, chopping and\\nclearing land, doing their own cooking. The furniture was\\nrude, as was usual in those days the only tool of the time\\nwas the axe. Marsh hay was gathered to fill an old tick\\nto make a bed, the three occupied the same bed, with two\\nblankets for covering. About the 1st of May the party\\nseparated. After getting the land cleared, corn and pota-\\ntoes planted, and a new log house built, Thomas Conklin\\nreturned to the East, married, and returned to the new\\nhome about the 1st of October, 1837. Mrs. Conklin was\\na teacher in the East, and here, in this new log house, the\\nfirst children of Hartford township were gathered together\\nand taught by her. Before the organization of this town-\\n.ship, Gen. Chadwick, Mr. Conklin, and Orrin Sykes were\\nthe first school inspectors.\\nIn 1839, Hezekiah Olds employed Thomas Conklin to\\nerect for him a log house, 18 by 24 feet, in consideration\\nfor which service he was to receive a cow. The work was\\ncompleted in thirteen days. Mr. Olds raked up the chips\\nthe same day and set them on fire, which not only burned\\nthe chips but the house also. Mr. Conklin lives near the\\nvillage, and his son Luke ou a farm adjoining. Luke was\\nthe first male child born in town, Dec. 3, 1838.\\nBurrell A. Olney, James Spinnings, and Thomas Conklin\\narrived in Hartford on the 14th of March, 1837, their land\\nhaving been selected previously on part of the southwest\\nquarter and west half of section 33. Mention is made of\\nthe selection of land and their first few weeks labor together\\non another page. After the separation on the 1st of May,\\neach commenced for himself Mr. Spinnings lived with Mr.\\nOlney, and died May 2, 1841, his being the first death in\\nthe township. By the 1st of June they had cleared six acres\\nof timber and planted it to corn and potatoes. Mr. Olney\\nreturned to Jefferson Co., N. Y., and in the September fol-\\nlowing returned to the farm with his family, and for about\\na year did the work of the farm without a team. In the\\nfall of 1838 he purchased a pair of oxen, which were used\\nabout ten years in the clearing up and logging incident to\\nall new land in a timber country. He is a man of great phys-\\nical energy and business ability, and has kept pace with\\nthe progress of the country. He left the farm about fifteen\\nyears ago and formed a partnership which became the f rm\\nof Swain, Olney Co., in the village of Watervliet, entered\\ninto a large lumbering business, and is to-day engaged in\\nbuying grain, wool, and other produce. He is connected\\nwith his son Horace and Edwin R. Olds.\\nIn 1837 or 38, George Washington Springer settled\\n58\\nnear the southwest quarter of the township. His occupa-\\ntion was hunting, trapping, and fishing. He was noted for\\nhis success as a hunter and for telling stories which had a\\nMunchausen flavor, and of which Springer was generally\\nthe hero. He moved away after about five years.\\nRufus Sayers, of Wayne Co., N. Y., was one of the .sur-\\nveying-party who surveyed this section of country, and in\\n1836 he located the northwest quarter of section 24 and\\nmade arrangements with Wetherby to clear 20 acres,\\nfor which he was to receive an eighty-acre lot. Wetherby\\nmade a clearing, built a log house, and lived there for a\\ntime, but soon left it. Sayers returned to New York, and\\nin 1843 exchanged the land in- Michigan with a neighbor,\\nHorace Dowd, for land there, placing the value of this land\\nat $5 per acre. Mr. Dowd, who was a native of Massa-\\nchusetts and had emigrated with his father s family to\\nWayne Co., N. Y., in :\\\\828, came in the spring of 1844 to\\nthe farm he had purchased, with his family, consisting of\\nhis wife and three children. The farm was in a neglected\\ncondition, and about the first thing done was to burn the\\nlog cabin, which was nearly rotted down. Saplings had\\ngrown up in the clearing, and the place was as rough as at\\nfirst. He was active in the organization of the Baptist\\nChurch in Hartford, and died July 4, 1870. His widow\\nand sons, Jefferson S., Henry H., and daughter, Mary L.\\n(now Mrs. A. H. Brown), all live on or near the first set-\\ntled farm.\\nRobert Wilcox and Henry jMiner, about 1837, settled\\non section 17, Wilcox, where Z. K. Stickney now lives,\\nand Miner across the road. They remained but a short\\ntime.\\nSmith Johnson settled on section 17, and in 1843 sold\\nto William Thomas, a native of Washington Co., N. Y.,\\nwho came to Hartford in 1843, and bought 50 acres on\\nsection 17, of Smith Johnson, where he still lives. He\\nmarried a daughter of Ira Allen. He was elected to the\\nLegislature ia 1875, to fill a vacancy caused by the death\\nof B. J. Geckley was supervisor in 1844, and has held\\nthe office of justice of the peace for many years.\\nCaleb Johnson, brother of Smith, lived adjoining, and\\nremoved to Illinois about 1844. One Snay, a French\\nCanadian, lived near the Johnsons for a few years. In the\\nfall of 1837 William Everett and his son Richard B. came\\nin and settled on section 26, in the southwest quarter, and\\nPeter Williamson lived adjoining the latter still lives on\\nthe place, Everett in Keeler. Alexander Newton settled on\\nsection 13. In March, 1839, Joseph Ruggles, with his\\nfamily, emigrated from Huron Co., Ohio, in a wagon drawn\\nby a yoke of oxen, and settled on the southeast quarter of\\nsection 31, where H. S. Jennings now lives.\\nIn 1839, Alvah De Long, a native of St. Lawrence Co\\nN. Y., settled 40 acres in the northeast quarter of section\\n29, purchased of Ferdino Olds, where J. D. Robinson now\\nlives later, he bought the pine woods on the school section,\\nand commenced the manufiicture of shingles. Afterwards,\\nin 1846, he bought the Stow property, and in 1850 he\\nmoved to California, where he died. His brothers, Asher\\nand Allen De Long, own the property, the latter living on\\nthe farm, the former in the village of Hartford. Francis\\nDe Long, the father of the above, came to this town and", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0653.jp2"}, "654": {"fulltext": "458\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nlived with his sons. He was a Revolutionary soldier, and\\ndied in the one hundred and third year of his age.\\nIra Allen, a native of Vermont, emigrated to near Buffiilo\\nbefore the war of 1812, and was a soldier in the army at\\nthe time the British crossed to burn Buffalo, where he was\\nwounded. He afterwards moved to Michigan, settling on\\nthe river Raisin, where he remained two years, then return-\\ning to New York. In 1835 he removed to Ann Arbor; to\\nLawrence in 1837, and to Hartford in 1839, locating on\\nthe north half of section 21, where James Beny now\\nlives. He died about 1875, and was buried in the village\\ncemetery. Four children are living, Ira W., who opened\\na store at the village in 1855, and has been in business\\nfrom that time to the present Mary, the wife of William\\nThomas; Lucy, the widow of James Griffin and William,\\nwho lives in California.\\nJosiah Hill settled on the east part of section 13. He\\nwas also from St. Lawrence County, and with Cornelius\\nWilliams bought out Alexander Newton.\\nCharles P. Sheldon, a native of Watertown, Jefferson\\nCo., N. Y., came to this township in the fall of 1841 he\\nwas the first settler north of the Paw Paw River, and\\nlocated on section 2. At that time remnants of the Polta-\\nwattamies and of the Oltawas lived near him, including\\nCommodah,a war-chief of the Oltawas, with his sons, Pix-\\nwaxie, Paw Paw, and Nottawawas, also Watbimneto and\\nhis family, of the Pottawaltamies. Mr. Sheldon returned\\nto New York, and in the spring of 1842 brought on his\\nfamily. The following spring he was elected supervisor,\\nand during that year succeeded in getting a vote of the\\npeople to build a bridge across the Paw Paw River on sec-\\ntion 10. He filled the office of supervisor several terms,\\nand was justice of the peace eleven years consecutively.\\nIn 1852 he was elected from this county as representative\\nfor the session of 1853-54. He moved to Tipton, Cedar\\nCo., Iowa, in 1855, and has since served that State in the\\nLegislature.\\nThe only road cut through this township was the old\\nWatervliet road that ran from Paw Paw to St. Joseph, and\\nwas used as a mail-route. This was cut through in 1837\\nby the commissioners of Lawrence.\\nIn the fall of 183(i, 32 men, 28 of whom were Canadian\\nFrenchmen, came to Watervliet from Jefferson Co., N. Y.,\\nin the employ of Smith, Merrick Co., to work on the im-\\nprovements they were then making in the construction of\\nmills, digging a race, and clearing land, on the spot where,\\neight years before, Duncan Summer had their mill. The\\nold race was cleaned of sand and was enlarged. Of this\\nparty were Felix Rassett, Sircll Rassett, A. P. Pinney, and\\nEdward Eber. Soon after their coming in A. P. Pinney\\npurchased large tracts, among which wore section 13, and\\nfour eighties on section 17. In 1841, Felix Rassett pur-\\nchased of Mr. Pinney the northeast (juarter of section 17.\\nA short time after, Sirell Rassett bought where Z. K.\\nStickncy now owns, and Edward Eber on section 16 Eber\\nwent to California about 18G0, returned, and now lives in\\nthe village. Felix Rassett built a frame house on the\\nWatervliet road, in the fall of 1843. He now keeps the\\nRassett House in the village of Hartford.\\nThe next spring Bartholomew Shuwrie settled at what is\\nnow the village. He remained several years, and removed\\nto Kansas. In that year occurred the first wedding, and\\nit was quickly followed by two others. Thomas Kemp, of\\nBangor, was married to Mehitable Cone, a sister of Mrs.\\nFerdino Olds, on the 22d day of September, 1844, at the\\nhouse of Mr. Olds. About the same time James Griffin\\nand Lucy Allen, daughter of Ira Allen, and Edward Eber\\nand Abigail Mellon were married at the house of Ira\\nAllen, on the farm now occupied by James Beany. William\\nThomas and Thomas Conklin were present, and both being\\njustices of the peace, each married a couple. The bridal\\nparties went to Watervliet, joined Mr. and Mrs. Thomas\\nKemp, and held a wedding-feast together.\\nThe Allen lands, located by John Allen in 1835, passed\\nto a Mr. Grant, and subsequently became the property of\\nthe Ostrom Company, of which Courtlandt Palmer was the\\nprincipal and Bela Hubbard, of Detroit, agent. In 1852,\\nJob Dunham, and John and Lyman McNitt purchased of\\nthe Ostrom Company 240 acres on .section 15, the west half\\nof northeast quarter and northwest quarter. Mr. Dunham\\nsold the west half of the northwest quarter to Andrew\\nBartlett John McNitt sold the ca.st half of the northwest\\nquarter to one Percival Lyman McNitt sold to James\\nGriffin the south half of the west quarter of northwest\\nquarter, and to Griffin and Almon A. Olds the northwest\\nquarter of the northwest quarter.\\nIn 1854, Roswell Hart, a native of Connecticut, emi-\\ngrated to this place, having purchased of Courtlandt\\nPalmer, of New York, the northwest quarter of section 15\\nand the contract of James Griffin. A part of the Hart farm\\nis in the Olds addition. Mr. Hart was supervisor from\\n1871 to 1874, inclusive. In 1875, Mr. Hart moved to the\\nsoutheast quarter of section 14, where he still resides.\\nDuring the year 1844, Ralph Taylor and his sons, How-\\nland C. and Emory 0. Taylor, and three sisters, natives of\\nRutland, Jefferson Co., N. Y., settled on the south half of\\nsection 4, and Austin Beaman, of St. Lawrence Co., N. Y.,\\non land adjoining on the west. Howland C. Taylor lives\\nnow on the northeast quarter of section 20, and Emory 0.\\nTaylor in Wayne, Cass Co. Paul Weibar lived north of\\nthe river, also in the southwest quarter of section 11.\\nFabius Miles, a native of Watertown, Jefferson Co.,\\nN. Y., taught school in that place for twelve years, and\\nemigrated to this town in May, 1844, locating 300 acres on\\nthe west half of section 12, intersected by the river. On\\nthe northwest quarter of the section a water-power was\\nfitted up, and improved in the autumn of that year. The\\nfirst saw-mill in the township was built at this place, and\\ncompleted about April 10, 1847.\\nMr. Miles was supervisor in 1852, member of the Legis-\\nlature of 1859-60, and has filled other positions with credit.\\nHe still lives on the farm he first settled. Wright, a son,\\nis living in Colorado.\\nAbram Yates came with Roswell Hart from Monroe\\nCo., N. Y., at the same time, and settled on the cast half of\\nthe southwest quarter of section 15, where Clark Sampson\\nnow lives. He now resides in Watervliet.\\nMelville Hathaway in 1854 lived in the village, on the\\ncorner where now stands the Masonic block. He was lost\\non the steamer Hippocampus, in Lake Michigan.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0654.jp2"}, "655": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF HARTFORD.\\n459\\nHarlow GriflBn, a brother of James, lived on the site of\\nthe old Day Spring office.\\nHilliard in the fall of 1834 came to the village of Hart-\\nford, and settled on section 15. He was one of the party\\nthat formed the original plat of the village, in 1859. He\\nstill lives in the village.\\nTruman Stratton, a native of Vermont, emigrated from\\nChautauqua Co., N. Y., in the spring of 1858, and purchased\\non the west side of centre line of section 16.\\nORGANIZATION AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.\\nWhen this part of the Territory of Michigan was divided\\ninto counties, in 1829, the territory now called Van Buren\\nCounty was set off and attached to Cass County for judi-\\ncial purposes and the township of Lafayette was formed\\nMarch 25, 1835, comprising the territory of Van Buren\\nCounty.*\\nBy an act approved March 11, 1837, this township was\\ndivided into seven towns, of which Lawrence was one, and\\nincluded the present towns of Lawrence, Hartford, and\\nArlington. At the same time the town.ship of Covington\\nwas formed, and included Keeler and Hamilton. In\\n1838 these townships were organized from that town and\\nKeeler also embraced in its new organization town 3 south,\\nrange 16 west (now Hartford), but in the spring of 1840\\nthis was set off and made a separate township. It was\\nfirst intended to be called Hartland (after the town Mr.\\nOlds came from), but there being another of that name in\\nthe State, it was called Hartford, at the suggestion of Mr.\\nB. A. Olney. The township was organized by an election\\nof officers in April of that year, this first town-meeting\\nbeing held at the house of Smith Johnson, in section 17.\\nThe records of the township were destroyed by fire in\\nJune, 1877. The following list of officers is obtained\\nfrom the records of the Board of Supervisors for the years\\ngiven\\n1840. Supervisor, Joseph Ruggles; Town Clerk, Burrell A. Olney;\\nTreasurer, Joseph Ruggles; Justices of the Peace, Alexander\\nNewton, Richard B. Everett, Smith Johnson, Burrcll A.\\nOlney.\\nISII.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, .Joseph Ruggles; Town Clerk, Burrell A. Olney;\\nTreasurer, Joseph Ruggles Justices of the Peace, Richard\\nB. Everett, Smith Johnson, B. A. Olney, Josiah Hill.\\n1842.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, Burrell A. Olney; Town Clerk, Joseph Ruggles;\\nTreasurer, Richard B. Everett; Justice of the Peace, Ira\\nAllen.\\n1843.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, Charles P.Sheldon; Town Clerk, R. B. Everts;\\nTreasurer, B. A. Olney; School Inspectors, Freeman Rug-\\ngles, C. P. Sheldon, B. A. Olney; Justices of the Peace, R.\\nB. Everett, Joseph Reynolds.\\n1844.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor. Charles P.Sheldon; Town Clerk, William Thomas;\\nTreasurer, Thomas Conklin; Sehool Inspector, C.P.Shel-\\ndon; Justice of the Peace, William Thomas.\\n1845. Treasurer, Sylvester G. Easton; Justice of the Peace, B. A.\\nOlney.\\n184C. Supervisor, William Thomas; Town Clerk, William Thomas;\\nTreasurer, Sylvester G. Easton Justice of the Peace, C. P.\\nSheldon; School Inspector, Aaron P. Hammond.\\n1847.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, Burrell A. Olney; Town Clerk, William Thomas;\\nJustice of the Peace, R. B. Everett; Treasurer, S. G. Easton;\\nSchool Inspector, Fabius Miles.\\nPrior to the organization of Lafayettcf township the territory of\\nVan Buren County, part of Cass, and land still north was embraced\\nin Penn township, which was organized Nov. 5, 1829, and which ter-\\nritory was a part of St. Joseph township, organized April 12, 1827.\\n1848.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, B. A. Olney; Township Clerk, Martin Ruggles;\\nSchool Inspector, Howland C. Taylor; Treasurer, William\\nThomas; Justice of the Peace, Austin Beaman.\\n1871.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, RoswcU Hart; Town Clerk, N. Thomas.\\n1872-74. Supervisor, Roswell Hart.\\n1S7.3. Supervisor, R. Hart; Town Clerk, Nathan Thomas; Treas-\\nurer, H. M. Olney; Justice of the Peace, A. II. Chandler;\\nSchool Inspector, 0. D. Hadsell.\\n1878. Supervisor, Lyman Bridges; Town Clerk, Thomas J. Johns;\\nTreasurer, George H. Moore; Justices of the Peace, Albert\\nH. Tuttle, Livara MoNitt Superintendent of Schools, James\\nM. Lamb; School Inspector, William W. Shepherd.\\n1879. Supervisor, Lyman Bridges; Town Clerk, Henry Spaulding\\nTreasurer, Thomas J. Johns Justices of the Peace, J. E\\nPackard, Charles Mortimer Superintendent of Schools, J.\\nM. Rowe School Inspector, Luther Sutton.\\nPOST-OFFICES AND POSTMASTERS.\\nThe first mail-route through the township was established\\nin 1854, from St. Joseph to Paw Paw, and passed through\\nthe village, but no mail was delivered there, and the near-\\nest office was at Watervliet. The mail was carried on horse-\\nback for about a year. In 1855, one Dolph carried the\\nmail, and this year the office was established at Hartford\\nCentre, with James E. Griffin as the first postmaster. The\\nmail contract was successively taken, after Dolph, by Sam-\\nuel Wolcott, James Griffin, and Harvey Tamblin. At this\\ntime passengers began to be carried. William Thomas and\\nFairbanks also had the contract for a short time.\\nJacob Crager took the contract about 1864, and has held\\nit to the present. The route, which at first was from Paw\\nPaw to St. Joseph, has been shortened from time to time\\nuntil now it extends from Lawrence to Hartford. The\\npostmasters since the appointment of Mr. Griffin have been\\nM. F. Palmer, W. A. Engle, Nathan Thomas, and the\\npresent incumbent, J. W. Travis.\\nTHE VILLAGE OF HARTFORD.\\nAbout 1844, in the spring, one Bartholomew Showrie\\ncame to this place, purchased of A. P. Pinney a part of\\nwhere the village now stands, erected a small log cabin,\\nand cleared a small piece of land east of where the furni-\\nture-store of M. Boynton stands. He afterwards built a\\nframe house, and still later removed to Kansas.\\nThe only road was the road from Paw Paw to St. Joseph.\\nA few years after his arrival, Martin Ruggles entered land\\nfrom the State on section 16, and built the cabin afterwards\\noccupied by Truman Fowler, which was near the present\\nresidence of Dr. M. F. Palmer. About 1852, Francis\\nWilkes, a bachelor, came to the place, and with Fowler\\nerected a frame house on the south side of Main Street,\\ncorner of Centre, and put in a few goods and more whisky.\\nJames Griffin, with his wife, lived in the back part of the\\nstore. Thaddeus Drew was also here occasionally, but he\\nwas the traveling man of the party. At this time the\\nplace became somewhat notorious, and was known by the\\nname of Bloody Corners. The inhabitants, consisting\\nof Fowler, Wilkes, Drew, and a few others, were always\\nin active pursuit of horse-thieves, which were almost, but\\nnever quite, caught. About 1854-55 a better class of set-\\ntlers began to gather at the Centre, and Roswell Hart, a\\nnative of New York, and Ware Hilliard, a native of New\\nHampshire, settled here, followed soon by Truman Stratton,\\nJohn H. Van Ostrom, and James Wolcott.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0655.jp2"}, "656": {"fulltext": "400\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nIn 1855, Antoinette Stoughton (now Mrs. Hurlbut)\\ntaught the first school in the village the same year, Ira\\nW. Allen and Willard Stratton built a store where the\\nold Day Spring office stands, about 14 by 20, and one\\nstory high, and put in a small stock of goods. Dr. M. F.\\nPalmer, in June, 1857, opened an office and commenced\\nthe practice of his profession. Benjamin Randall opened\\na blacksmith-shop on South Centre Street, west side. 0.\\nH. P. Baker (better known as Alphabet Baker) is said to\\nhave kept the first tavern, in part of what is now the\\nRassett House.\\nCyrus Boynton, in the fall of 1858, opened a store in\\nthe Rassett House, and put in two cases of boots, several\\nsacks of coifee, and a few dry goods. His store was the\\ngeneral resort for the long winter evenings.\\nThe growth of the village was very slow until about\\n1870, when the building of the Chicago and West Michi-\\ngan Railroad was an incentive to a more rapid settlement,\\nand the village increased until at the present time it has a\\npopulation of about 800. The business part of the village\\nwas nearly destroyed by fire in June, 1877, thirteen busi-\\nness places being burned. But it has steadily and healthily\\ngrown since, and now contains two churches (Baptist and\\nMethodist), a brick school-house, the brick dwelling of\\nOrson Olds, a brick hotel, Odd-Fellows Hall, Masonic Hall,\\nReynolds block, and thirteen business places in other blocks\\nfive dry-goods stores, two groceries, two hardware-stores,\\ntwo drug-stores, five blacksmith-shops, two wagon-shops,\\npost-office, school-house, new.spaper-office, two cabinet-shops,\\nthree millinery-stores, harness-shop, and stave-factory, two\\ncider-mills, two saw-mills, two sash-, door-, and blind-\\nfactories, two markets, a lumber-yard, one flour- and feed-\\nstore, two livery-stables, one jewelry-store, two restaurants,\\none boot and shoe-store, three insurance-offices, one hair-\\nstore, two warehouses, depot, telegraph- and express-office,\\ntwo lawyers, and four physicians.\\nVillage Incorporation and Officers. Eflxtrts had been\\nmade for several years to perfect the incorporation, but were\\nnot successful until 1877 the charter being granted April\\n1st of that year. The territory comprised the east half of\\nsection 16 and the west half of section 15. The officers\\nwere to be a president, recorder, six trustees, and a treasurer.\\nThe first election was held at the office of C. H. Engle,\\nApril 10, 1877, and the officers elected for 1877, 78, and\\n79 are as follows\\n1877.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 President, John W. Hubbard; Trustees, Henry 1 Phelps,\\nEdwin R. Olds, Valentine I. Stratton, William Bennett,\\nGeorge H. Morse, Russell W. Stickney Recorder, Levi S.\\nWarren Treasurer, Volney E. Manley.\\n1878.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 President, George H. Morse; Trustees, Henry P. Phelps, Ed-\\nwin R. Olds, Valentine I. Stratton, William Bennett, Albert\\nH. Tuttle, Henry Spaulding; Recorder, Levi S. Warren;\\nTreasurer, Volney E. Manley.\\n1879. President, Marvin L. Edmonds; Trustees, William Bennett,\\nAlbert H. Tuttle, Henry Spaulding, Arthur H. Young,\\nThomas J, Johns, William L, Pierce; Recorder, Levi S.\\nWarren Treasurer, Volney E. Manley.\\nPlats and Additions. In the fall of 1854, Ware Hil-\\nliard, a native of New Hampshire, purchased a part of the\\nland on which the village of Hartford stands. At that time\\nRoswell Hart lived north of the village, on section 15, where\\nEber Hart, a nephew, now lives, Mr. Hart having settled\\nthere the spring previous. Bartholomew Showrie lived in\\na frame house on the southeast corner of Watervliet road\\nand Centre Streets, near the Rassett House he had lived\\nthere since about 1843 and 44. Fowler lived in a log\\nhouse near where M. F. Palmer now resides. Francis\\nWilkes lived in a frame house near the southwest corner of\\nWatervliet road and Centre Streets he afterwards sold to\\nTruman Stratton. In March, 1859, Truman Stratton,\\nWare Hilliard, John H. Van Ostrom, James Smith, W.\\nW. Shepherd, Roswell Hart, and M. F. Palmer laid out a\\nplat of land for a village, which was surveyed by Sylvester\\nMcNitt, and contained a total of 47y acres.\\nThe first addition is known as Van Ostrom s, and is de-\\nscribed as the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter\\nof section 15, containing about Sy acres; also a strip of\\nland adjoining, and on the east of original survey, 4 y^ir\\nchains wide, extending to Main Street and the south half\\nquarter-line running east and west through section 15, con-\\ntaining about 7 acres.\\nHilliard s addition is dated Dec. 15, 1870, and is the\\nsouthwest quarter of the southeast quarter of northeast\\nquarter of section 16, excepting the railroad grounds, and\\ncontains about 8 acres.\\nA. E. Reynolds addition bears date May 30, 1871 com-\\nprises the west half of the southwest quarter of the south-\\nwest quarter of section 15, and contains 20 acres.\\nTruman Stratton s addition is dated May 3, 1871, and\\ncomprises the west half of northeast quarter of southeast\\nquarter of section 16, lying south of Main Street, and 3J\\nline of said sections; it contains 14 acres.\\nAllen, Huntley, and Stickney s addition, which bears\\ndate of Feb. 2, 1872, lies south of the centre of Main\\nStreet and west of the east i line of section 16, is lOj\\nchains square, and contains 10 acres besides 6 rods wide\\nthrough the same, owned and occupied by the Chicago and\\nWest Michigan Railroad Company.\\nE. R. Olds addition is dated Jan. 4, 1875 it lies in the\\nnortheast part of the village, is a strip of land 4 chains\\nwide from the south .side of the southwest quarter of north-\\nwest quarter of section 15, except a piece of land on the\\nwest of same ^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0fi(j chains wide, and contains 6J^ acres.\\nFreeman Stowe s addition (dated Jan. 4, 1875) lies in the\\nsouthwest part of the village, and is a strip of land 4-^/,^\\nchains wide off the west side of northeast quarter of .south-\\neast quarter of section 15 it contains 10 acres.\\nHilliard s second addition, dated May, 1875, contains 10\\nacres.\\nThe Warren addition was made Feb. 23, 1876, and con-\\ntains 16y*j/ jj acres.\\nThe whole number of lots in 1875 was 383, embracing\\nan area of 134 acres.\\nA CTirion School was organized and commenced in the\\nvillage of Hartford about the year 1860, and the brick\\nschool building was erected in 1873.\\nSOCIETIES AND ORDER!?.\\nFloidn Lodge, JVo. 309, F. and A. .V.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 This lodge was\\ninstituted Jan. l7, 1873, with E. C. Hurd as Worshipful\\nMaster Thomas J. Johns, Senior Warden and James C.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0656.jp2"}, "657": {"fulltext": "jr i%^^\\nResio^NCE OF HENRY P PHELFS, Van Burln Co..Mich.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0657.jp2"}, "658": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0658.jp2"}, "659": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF HARTFORD.\\n461\\nCrandall, Junior Warden. They number at present 60\\nmembers. The present oflBcers are George Moore, Wor-\\nshipful Master John P. Van Ostrom, Senior Warden\\nVolney E. Manley, Junior Warden James Lamb, Sec.\\nThomas J. Johns, Treas.\\nBenevolence Eastern Star Lodge, No. 46. This iodge\\nwas instituted as Benevolence Lodge, No. 46, Oct. 3, 1877,\\nwith Mrs. Allie Manley as Worthy Patron. In October,\\n1878, it was changed to Benevolence Eastern Star Chapter;\\nand the number was changed to No. 19 in October, 1879.\\nThe present ofiBcers are Mrs. Allie Manley, W. President\\nJessie Thomas, Vice-President Mrs. Bertha Reinhard,\\nS ec. and Mrs. Ilortense Stickney, Treas.\\nCJiarter Oak Lodge, L 0. of 0. F., No. 231.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 This\\nlodge was instituted May 7, 1874. The charter members\\nwere R. W. Stickney, Morris Jacobson, Luther Sutton,\\nOscar Stickney, and Geo. Harley. The lodge has a present\\nmembership of 48. The present officers are John Righter,\\nNoble Grand A. P. Shaw, Vice-Grand H. E. Rich., Sec.\\nAllen Olds, Treas. Meetings are lieid in Odd-Fellows Hall.\\nHartford Encampment, I. 0. of 0. F., No. 73.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 This\\nencampment was organized Feb. 11, 1876, with the follow-\\ning cliarter members James E. Durdcn, Charles G. George,\\nMorris Jacobson, James H. Van Vrankin, Isaac S. Rose-\\nvelt, A. G. Eastman, 0. W. Oviatt, and H. E. Holland.\\nThe present number of members is 30, with the following\\nofficers Charles Hilliard, Chief Patriarch H. Braught,\\nSenior Warden; H. Spaulding, Junior Warden; C. Mor-\\ntimer, Scribe J. Jones, Treas.\\nHartford Rebekah Degree Lodge, No. 24. The lodge\\nwas instituted Feb. 22, 1879. The charter members were\\nHenry Spaulding, Charles Mortimer, Geo. P. Collett, R.\\nW. Stickney, John W. Hubbard, Luther Sutton, Chas.\\nHilliard, Mrs. Helen Spaulding, Elizabeth Mortimer, Addie\\nCollett, Hortense Stickney, Annie M. Hubbard, Priscilla\\nSutton, and Mary Hilliard. The number of members at\\npresent is 45. The officers are Mrs. Geo. F. Collett, Noble\\nGrand Mrs. R. W. Stickney, Vice-Grand Mrs. John W.\\nHubbard, Sec. Mrs. A. P. Shaw, Treas.\\nHartford Lodge, No. 862, L 0. of G. r.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 This society\\nof Good Templars was organized May 13, 1 875, with 20 con-\\nstituent members, and J. E. Sweet as Worthy Chief Tem-\\nplar Mrs. P. A. Travis, Worthy Vice-Templar; Rev. A.\\nG. Parish, Sec. The present membership is 20, and the\\nofficers at present are Luther Sutton, Worthy Chief Tem-\\nplar Miss Clara Thompson, Worthy Vice-Templar Mrs.\\nAlice Russell, Sec.\\nCharter Oak Lodge, No. 28, Knights of Ft/thias. This\\nlodge worked under a dispensation, granted Oct. 27, 1875,\\nuntil Jan. 25, 1875, when a charter was obtained. The\\ncharter members are as follows Milton L. Palmer, James\\nH. Curtiss, Wm. H. Lefler, Hugh W. Taplin, Aaron Wal-\\ndorif, Albert Hale, Richard Hale, Hiram P. Simmons,\\nCortez Hawkes, Benj. F. Sweet, and William Cook. The\\nlodge at present numbers 20 members. David C. Ray,\\nChancellor Commander; Ansel E. Reynolds, Vice-Com-\\nmander; John Rassett, Prelate M. F. Palmer, Keeper of\\nRecords and Seals.\\nHartford Grange, No. 89, F. of Tliis order worked\\nunder a dispensation, granted Oct. 7, 1873, and a ch.arter\\nwas granted March 21, 1874. The present officers are J.\\nD. Robinson, Master Miss Ida Irey, Sec. Geo. W. Shep-\\nherd, Treas. Membership of 50.\\nIn 1837 the first school in the township of Hartford was\\ntaught by Mrs. Martha Conklin, wife of Thomas Conklin,\\nin their house, while this territory was yet in the township\\nof Lawrence. The next year Abigail Mellen taught in a\\nlog bouse, near where William Thomas now resides, and\\nthe same summer one was taught in a cabin opposite Mrs.\\nRobert Olds.\\nThe first school-house was built in the spring of 1842,\\nand the first teacher therein was Olive Pool, with only five\\nscholars. She received $1.25 per week. District No. 5\\nin the village was organized in July, 1854, and Antoinette\\nStoughton taught in the house of Harvey Tamblin. The\\nfirst school-house in the village was built, about eighty rods\\nfrom the Rassett House, in the spring of 1856. In the fall\\nof 1871 the district was changed to a graded school, and the\\nbrick building was erected in the summer of 1873, at a\\ncost of $6000, including fixtures, and opened for services\\nOct. 31, 1873, with 140 pupils and A. L. Fox, principal.\\nThe principals since that time have been Horace B. Clapp,\\nJ. F. Smith, and J. M. Lamb, the present incumbent.\\nThe following statistics are taken from the school report\\nfor 1879\\nDistrict\\nNo. 1.\\nNunilierof Sclinol- Seating\\nfliililren. Houses. Capacity.\\n15 1* 40 $600 2 $90.00\\nNo. 2 .34 1\u00c2\u00bb 80 800 2 28.00\\nNo. 3 50 1\u00c2\u00bb fiO 700 2 113.60\\nNo. 4 42 1\u00c2\u00bb 42 600 2 112.00\\nNo. 5 fiO 1\u00c2\u00bb 60 1,000 2 71.10\\nNo. 6 54 1\u00c2\u00ab- 60 600 2 36.00\\nNo. 7 266 It 244 6,000 4 913.00\\nNo. 8 56 1\u00c2\u00bb 60 200 2 36.00\\nNo. 9 53 1-5 50 800 2 16.00\\nNo. 10 46 l-s 60 800 2 48.00\\nNo. 11 74 1\u00c2\u00ab 40 50 2\\nTotals..\\n750\\n11\\n769 $12,150 24 $1463.70\\nDist\\nNo.\\nNo\\nict.\\n1\\n2\\nMoneys on\\nIiand Sept.\\n1, 1S78.\\n$32.50\\n17.80\\nTwo-Mill\\nTax.\\n$26.00\\n60.00\\n80.58\\n45.80\\n89.20\\n116.55\\n326.30\\n78.70\\nPrimary-\\nSchool\\nFund.\\n$10.82\\n15.64\\n28.47\\n31.47\\n28.47\\n27.52\\n134.55\\n27.38\\n$100.00 $172.90\\n40.00 139.28\\nNo.\\nNo.\\nNo.\\nNn\\n3\\n4\\n5\\n6\\n7\\n8\\n9\\n10\\n11\\nutals\\nrict.\\n1\\n20.53\\n27.95\\n12.25\\n67.27\\n9.45\\n41.15\\n90.19\\n70.11\\n26.50\\n$115.74\\nExr\\n40.17 178.90\\n100.00 220.71\\n151.00 290.07\\n220.19\\nNo.\\nNo.\\nVn\\n1345.85 1930.71\\n100.00 256.35\\n90.19\\nX(i.\\nNo.\\n73.50\\n40.12\\n$936.76\\nENDITUEI\\nAmoun\\nTeac\\n$9(\\n21.82\\n41.40\\n$367.58\\n!S.\\nt Paid T\\n.00\\n.00\\n.60\\n.00\\n.10\\n.00\\n.00\\n.00\\n.00\\n.00\\n.00\\n.70\\n59.50 252.95\\n65.00 221.38\\nT\\nDist\\nNil\\n$2001.52 $3953.03\\nital Expendltnres, in-\\nluding Cash on hand.\\n$172.90\\nNo.\\nNn\\n2\\n3\\n98\\n113\\n139.28\\n178.90\\nNo\\n4\\n112\\n220.71\\nNn\\n5\\n191\\n290.07\\nNn\\n166\\n220.19\\nNo.\\nNo.\\nNo\\n8\\n1663\\n18b\\n76\\n1930.71\\n256.35\\n90.19\\nNn\\nII)\\n138\\n252.95\\nNn\\n11\\n160\\n221.38\\nT\\notals\\n.$2993\\n$3953.63\\nt Brick.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0659.jp2"}, "660": {"fulltext": "462\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nThe school directors for 1879 were Elias Whipple, Jerry\\nWilcox, Solon Root, J. S. Dowd, George W. Shepherd, J.\\nD. Robinson, Charles Mortimer, A. J. Traver, J. M. Potes,\\nDennis Hcaley.\\nRELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.\\nMethodist Episcopal Church. About the year 1859 a\\nclass was formed in the village of Hartford, in the old\\nschool-house, of which John and Maggie Van Ostrom.\\nCharles and Sarah Doty, and Fanny Goodenough were the\\nconstituent members. Charles Doty was the first class-\\nleader. The first pastors were the Revs. J. Hoyt and C. C.\\nKellogg. For several years the charge was supplied by\\ntwo ministers alternate. These were followed by Soule and\\nCol well, H. H. Joy and T. T. George, Hoag, G. A. Buell,\\nJohn W. Miller, F. I. Beard, Fowler, John Webster, J. P.\\nForce, E. A. Tanner, I. G. Parrish, C. Woodward, N. M.\\nSteele, F. I. Bell, and E. V. Boynton, the present pastor.\\nThe church numbers at present about 80 members.\\nAbout 1869 the church organized a Sunday-school, with\\nC. H. Engle superintendent, who still holds the position.\\nIt has an average attendance of 100. A church edifice\\nwas commenced in the summer of 1866, and finished in the\\nsummer of 1867, at a cost of about $5000. The society\\nat that time was in charge of the Rev. John W. Miller.\\nThe dedication sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Reed,\\nof New York.\\nFirst Baptist Church.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In 1858, Horace Dow and\\nfamily and others were dismissed from the church of Law-\\nrence, for the purpose of organizing a church in Hartford.\\nLetters missive were sent out to the churches at Law-\\nrence, Paw Paw, Dowagiac, Niles, and Watervliet. Dele-\\ngates were present from all the churches except Niles. The\\nRev. S. H. D. Vaughan, of Dowagiac, was chosen moder-\\nator, and the Rev. A. Handy, clerk. The meeting was held\\nin the school-house in Hartford village, in November, 1858.\\nAfter examination as to doctrine, etc., it was unanimously\\nvoted that the First Baptist Church of Hartford be recog-\\nnized and received with the following constituent members:\\nHorace Dowd, Mary Dowd, Sylvanus Reynolds, Emma Rey-\\nnolds, James Wolcott, Maria Wolcott, Alvah McNitt, Sylvia\\nMcNitt, Jane Disbrow, Elvira Hunt, Clarissa Craw, A. H.\\nBrown, Mary L. Brown, Chapin W. Reynolds, Ann Jane\\nCassellman. Horace Dowd and S. Reynolds were chosen\\ndeacons, and J. S. Dowd church clerk. The sermon was\\npreached by the Rev. S. H. D. Vaughan, and the right hand\\nof fellowship was given by the Rev. A. Handy, of Paw\\nPaw.\\nThe Rev. E. S. Dunham preached before the organization,\\nand the Rev. H. Munger was sent as a missionary upon the\\nestablishment of the church. He was succeeded by Albert\\nGore, William Simons, William Gates, E. A. McGregor,\\nR. S. Dean, M. Meacham, J. F. Ross, J. G. Portman,\\nSherman Hendricks, and S. A. Colo, the present pastor.\\nThe church edifice of the Universalists was purchased in\\n1873, and repaired in 1879. The church membership is\\n42.\\nAbout 1854 the Rev. Mr. Rowe, of Lawrence, gathered\\ntogether the Christian people of this place and formed a\\nsociety known as Congregational. The Rev. Mr. Stevenson,\\nalso of Lawrence, ministered to them a year or two. No\\npermanent society was organized.\\nAbout 1860 a number of the inhabitants of the village\\nof Hartford gathered together for the purpose of forming\\na Universalist society. Subscriptions were made for a\\nchurch, and during the next year a church was built, at a\\ncost of \u00c2\u00a73400. It was dedicated June 23, 1861. The Rev.\\nMr. Countryman preached the sermon, and remained here\\nduring that summer. The church was built almost entirely\\nby the energy and means of Thomas Conklin. A Sunday-\\nschool was organized with about 100 pupils, and was sus-\\ntained for some considerable time. The church was finally\\nsold to the Baptist society in the .summer of 1873, and the\\nsociety was abandoned.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nHON. FABIUS MILES.\\nJonathan Eastman Miles, the father of the above, was\\nborn June 2, 1782, in Hampden Co., Mass. was one of\\na family of six sons and one daughter. Mr. Miles followed\\nthe occupation of a farmer his life long was very successful\\nas such, and a man of great ability. When about four years\\nof age his parents removed with him to the State of New\\nHampshire located at a point nearly opposite St. Johns-\\nbury, Vt. At the age of sixteen he passed one year in\\nConnecticut, and in 1799 went to Whitesborough, N. Y.,\\nand attended a school taught by one Dr. Stedman, under\\nwhom he completed his education. In 1800, with a sack\\nof apple-seeds upon his back, he journeyed on foot to Water-\\ntown, N. Y., a distance of eighty-five miles. At that time\\nbut three fimilies resided in what is now the township of\\nWatertown, and but one. Hart Massey, on the site of the\\ncity. Johnson Howk, who lived about three miles from\\nMassey s, allowed Mr. Miles to sow his apple-seeds on his\\nplace and from this nursery sprang, and were transplanted,\\nmany of the best orchards in that region. He remained in\\nWatertown until 1807, and there became acquainted with\\nMiss Mary Sheldon, whom he afterwards married. She had\\ncome from Connecticut, about 1804, with her parents. In\\nthe fall of 1807 he took a prospecting trip through many\\nof the Southern States, purchasing a pony in Alabama,\\nwhich he brought to Watertown on his return, in the ftdl\\nof 1808. The same season he was married to Miss Shel-\\ndon, who died in 1809, after giving birth to a daughter,\\nCaroline May Miles, who is now living in Crete, Neb.\\nAfter his marriage Mr. Miles settled upon the farm he\\ncontinued to occupy until his death, which occurred in\\nFebruary, 1860. In 1810 he was married to Miss Lu-\\ncinda Sheldon, a younger sister of his first wife, she having\\nbeen born in 1791. By her he had seven sons and five\\ndaughters, all of whom reached maturity except one son,\\nwho died in infancy, and eight of the number are now\\nliving. One son, Pliny Miles, was for some time associated\\nwith his brother Fabius in the book business, in Water-\\ntown, afterwards becoming a noted newspaper correspond-\\nent, and wrote able articles upon various reforms in the gov-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0660.jp2"}, "661": {"fulltext": ",^^J:LU^ .^Oi^\\n2X:C^^^ C^Ccy^i^\\n^^2\\nResioenceof FA6/US MILES, Hertford Tp., 1/a\u00c2\u00bb Buren Co, Mich.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0661.jp2"}, "662": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0662.jp2"}, "663": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF HARTFORD.\\n463\\ncrnment service, especially Postal Department held situa-\\ntions with the New York Tribune, Hartford Courant, Bos-\\nton Post, and the New York Herald. For three and a half\\nyears he was a very successful lecturer on certain scientific\\nsubjects in Great Britain, finally locating in London as cor-\\nrespondent from that city for the New York Herald.\\nWhile on his way to witness and report the opening of the\\nSuez Canal, in 1865, died on the island of Malta, in the\\nMediterranean. A sister of the above, Mrs. Eloise M.\\nAbbott, well known in Van Buren County as a newspaper\\ncorrespondent, in which business she has for many years\\nbeen engaged, is now residing with her only child, a daugh-\\nter, at San Jos6, Cal. Emily, another sister, was a successful\\nteacher in a female seminary at Watortown, of which a\\nsister of Gen. Joseph Hooker was principal.\\nFabius Miles was born in the township of Watortown,\\nJefferson Co., N. Y., Dec. 31, 181-1. He received a good\\ncommon-school education in the district where he lived,\\nand in 1831-32 attended school in Buffalo; returning to\\nWatertowu in 1832, he continued his studies in the Water-\\ntown Academy, and for several years taught school during\\nthe winter months, and continued the prosecution of his\\nstudies, including that of the French language, which he\\nstudied under the instruction of a French professor, who\\nwas a lieutenant under Napoleon in his campaigns in Spain.\\nIn 1838, Mr. Miles established the Watertown Normal\\nSchool, which he continued with good success until 1844.\\nAmong die pupils was Dr. Bartholomew, of Keeler. Among\\nthe numerous patrons of his school was Madame De Lafola,\\nthe former wife of Count Joseph Bonaparte, an American-\\nborn lady, who, after her removal to Paris, became the witii\\nof a wealthy Paris silk merchant, named De Lafola, subse\\nquently returning to America. She was an accomplished\\nFrench scholar.\\nMay 1, 1844, Mr. Miles left Watertown, and came to\\nMichigan to visit his brother-in-law and cousin, Clias. P.\\nSheldon, then living on the north side of Paw Paw River,\\non section 2, Hartford township. Mr. Miles then had no\\nidea of locating here, but journeyed to Chicago, thence to\\nBeloit, Wis., back to Elgin, down the Fox, Illinois, and\\nMississippi Rivers to Island Number Ten, finally returning\\nto Michigan, locating where he now lives, on the north\\nbank of Paw Paw River, Hartford township. In the fall\\nof that year (1844) he commenced to build a saw-mill.\\nHe had brought with him to Michigan the sum of twelve\\nhundred dollars, his net earnings as a teacher in Watertown,\\nand had about one thousand dollars left when he began his\\nmill. The best mill-wright in that section agreed that a\\nmill on the plan he wished to follow would cost about three\\nthousand dollars but he expended his own capital and two\\nthousand dollars borrowed, and his mill was not then nearly\\ncompleted. Finding it impossible to obtain further credit,\\nhe took his valise on his back and started afoot towards his\\nnative town. He walked to Battle Creek, fifty-five miles,\\nand there met a friend who loaned him seven dollars. This,\\nin addition to the solitary English sovereign he had, made\\nhim feel more light-hearted, and he took the cars to Detroit,\\nand a boat from there to Buffalo, where he arrived with\\ntwenty-five cents left. He boarded a packet-boat on the\\ncanal at Buffalo, and, fortunately, found friends who aided\\nhim to get to Watertown. He succeeded in raising five\\nhundred dollars, and in the latter part of July, less than a\\nmonth after he left Michigan, he started back, and arrived\\nin due time at his mill, on which he resumed work. With\\nmoney sufficient to pay his men, it was again easy to obtain\\ncredit, and his mill was finally completed, and commenced\\noperations in April, 1847. The irons for the mill were\\nprocured at Mishawaka, Ind., forty miles away. In 1859\\nhe took a cargo of lumber to New York City via St. Joseph,\\nthe lakes, the Erie Canal, and the Hudson. He continued\\nin the lumbering business, exclusively, until 1860. His\\nfirst purchase of land was nine acres, including his mill-\\nsite to that he has added at different times until he now\\nhas six hundred acres, of which nearly two hundred are\\nimproved.\\nOn Christmas-eve, in Watertown, 1839, Mr. Miles mar-\\nried Miss Bethiah Mantle, a native of that place, born in\\nJuly, 1817. She was of New England parentage, her\\nmother being a daughter of Capt. Tilly Richard.son, of Mas-\\nsachusetts, a Revolutionary soldier, who settled at Water-\\ntown in 1804. He had a large and respectable family, his\\nchildren being mostly daughters, nearly all married, and con-\\ntinued to live near that place until their death.\\nIn September, 1844, Mrs. Miles came alone to Michigan,\\nand joined her husband, occupying, for a time, the house of\\nOhas. P. Sheldon, with him and his family. There, on the\\n16th of October, 1844, a daughter was born to Mr. and\\nMrs. Miles, and named Rebecca Jane. She became the wife\\nof Edward S. Jelley, and the mother of three children, and\\ndied in February, 1875. Her only living child, Isabel\\nB., is now living with Mr. Miles. When their child was\\nabout three weeks old Mr. and Mrs. Miles moved into a log\\ncabin, which had been erected on their own place. It was\\na characteristic structure of true backwoods style, with no\\nfloor, and a roof made of basswood troughs. While Mr.\\nMiles was absent on his several trips, in 1845, his wife re-\\nmained at home without fear of molestation, often for days\\nand weeks together. On one occasion when her health was\\ndelicate he carried her on his back to the house of a neigh-\\nbor, who had recently located, and lived about eighty rods\\ndistant, leaving her there during his absence. The trials\\nand experiences of those days are yet fresh in the n^emory\\nof Mr. and Mrs Miles, and bind them more closely together.\\nThey had lost an infant son before leaving Watertown, and\\nafter the birth of the daughter mentioned became the parents\\nof the following children Fiorine, born in November, 1846,\\ndied in April, 1847 Silas Wright, born Sept. 1, 1848, now\\nan invalid from consumpiion, sojourning at Colorado Springs,\\neducated at Hillsdale College, and was always an active, in-\\ndustrious young man, possessing noble qualities; Pitt, born\\nAug. 2, 185U, was possessed of fine business ability, but\\ndied in December, 1873 Fiorine L., born Oct. 3, 1853,\\nnow living with her parents Lydia May, born in May,\\n1859, married to Marsh Wurtliingtun, and now living at\\nSouth Haven, Mich.\\nPolitically, Mr. Miles was originally a Democrat, and\\nvoted three times for Martin Van Buren for President.\\nHe was au adherent to the school of Democrats in which\\nMartin Van Buren and Silas Wright were leaders, and was\\nthoroughly imbued with anti-slavery principles. He was", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0663.jp2"}, "664": {"fulltext": "464\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nan active worker in the Free-Soil movement of 1848, and\\none of tlie organizers of the Republican party in Michigan\\nin 1854. He was elected to the lower house of the Mich-\\nigan Legislature in 1858, has been supervisor of Hartford\\ntownship several times, and was for many years its principal\\nschool examiner. In 1872, Mr. Miles voted for Horace\\nGreeley for President, and for Peter Cooper in 1876.\\nOtherwise he has supported the Republican nominees.\\nHe has always been active in political affairs, and his voice\\nhas often been heard advocating the merits of his party\\ncandidates. In 1868 he was a delegate to the State Conven-\\ntion which nominated delegates to the National Convention.\\nTo the Greenback movement he now gives his support.\\nThe hand of fortune has not always been held out to him,\\nand he has undergone many trials yet the noble heart of\\nthe man .shows over all, and, with his excellent family to aid\\nhim, he, it is hoped, may triumph over all difficulties.\\nTHOMAS CONKLIN.\\nMr. Conklin s father, David Conklin, was born in the\\ntown of North Salem, ^Vestchester Co., N. Y., and was of\\nEnglish descent. He had a family of seventeen children,\\nof whom Thomas Conklin was the eighth.\\nThomas Conklin was born in Rutland, Jefferson Co.,\\nN. Y., Jan. 2, 1811, on a farm to which his father had\\nremoved from Westchester County, and upon which the\\nyoung man remained until he was of age, attending the\\ndistrict schools and assisting in the care of the place.\\nFrom his father he never received any money but when\\nhe became of age he was the possessor of ten dollars, which\\nhe had saved in small sums, from a cent to a shilling. With\\nthis amount of money he started for Rochester, paying eight\\ndollars of it for stage fare. With a portion of what he had\\nleft he purchased an axe, and went into the country for the\\nwinter. For four successive seasons thereafter he hired out\\nat the rate of one hundred dollars for eight months work.\\nIn the early fall of 1836 he emigrated to Michigan, and\\npurchased two hundred and twelve acres of government\\nland in the township of Hartford. The snow soon fell to\\nsuch a depth that he could not continue his improvements,\\nand he spent the winter in Allegan County. He had been\\naccompanied from Battle Creek to Hartford by his brother,\\nJames Conklin, and a cousin named Selleck, they having\\nlocated previously at Battle Creek. The first night in the\\nwoods of Hartford was passed in a shanty made of a few\\nboards and their wagon-bos placed against a tree they had\\ncut down. The forest resounded through the night with\\nthe howls of wolves. In March, 1837, Mr. Conklin re-\\nturned from Allegan County, and, in company with B. A.\\nOlney and James Spinnings, built a log cabin on his place,\\nand again began improvements. The three lived in the\\ncabin for some time, Messrs. Olney and Spinnings settling\\nin the neighborhood. When the weather moderated Mr.\\nConklin built a log house, covered it with boards, and lived\\nin it alone for six weeks, cooking his food beside a burning\\nstump. He cut the timber from six acres of his land,\\nplanted some corn and potatoes, and about July 1, 1837,\\nstarted on his return to New York. In August of the\\nsame year he was married, in Jefferson County, to Martha\\nJustina Ely, who was left an orphan when young. She\\nattended the female seminary at Watertown, and became\\nan excellent teacher. She was an estimable lady, and taught\\nfor the benefit of the children, although not always receiving\\nher pay. After coming to Hartford she taught the first\\nschool in the township. Mr. and Mrs. Conklin came to\\nMichigan soon after their marriage, and moved into the\\nlog hou.se on the first day of October, 1837. The building\\ncontained no bedstead, and had neither doors nor windows,\\nbut was well roofed. A pole bedstead was constructed, of\\nthe fa.shion well known to pioneers, and the ticks were\\nplaced upon it. Mrs. Conklin became the mother of two\\nchildren, one of whom, a daughter, died in infancy; Luke\\nE., the son, was the first white male child born in the\\ntownship, his birth occurring Dec. 3, 1838. He is mar-\\nried, has four children, and is a respected citizen of Hart-\\nford township. Mrs. Conklin died Dec. 6, 1843, and on\\nher death-bed expressed the wish that her husband should\\nmarry Fannie Davison, who had assisted in caring for her\\nduring her sickness, and this union was consummated on\\nthe 29th of February, 1844. Mrs. Fannie Conklin became\\nthe mother of eight children, five of whom died young, and\\none died when fourteen years old, from the effects of the\\nkick of a horse. Two of them are now living, Charles\\nRodolphus, nineteen years of age, and Miland Chester, in\\nhis eighteenth year. Mrs. Conklin was a woman of un-\\nusual financial ability, and Mr. Conklin attributes a large\\nmeasure of his success to her efforts during the twenty-\\nthree years they lived together. She was highly respected\\nby all. Her death occurred May 25, 1867. Her father,\\nGeorge Davison, settled early in Keeler township, and was\\nfrom near Angelica, Allegany Co., N. Y.\\nIn June, 1867, Mr. Conklin was married to Samantha\\nKennedy (from whom he was divorced), who bore him\\nthree children, T. J. Conklin, Odell Conklin, and Elon\\nConklin. All are living. May 26, 1879, he entered\\nmatrimony a fourth time, leading to the hymeneal altar\\nMrs. Nellie Poole Jones, divorced wife of Samuel Jones,\\nwho was living at Lawrence at the time of her marriage.\\nShe is the mother of a daughter, Blanche, by her first\\nhusband, and is an estimable lady. She was well and\\nfavorably known in former years as one of Van Buren\\nCounty s most successful teachers.\\nMr. Conklin aided in building the Methodist church at\\nHartford village (^although not a member), and paid one\\nthousand dollars towards the Chicago and West Michigan\\nRailway. He built a church in the village and sold it to\\nthe Baptist society, and has also erected a brick store\\nbuilding, beside aiding other religious societies. He is a\\nUniversalist in belief, and a Douglas Democrat in politics.\\nHis nephew, John Conklin, also a native of Jefferson Co.,\\nN. Y., who had been for several years a sailor, was chosen\\nas one of the first crew of the original Monitor during\\nthe war of the Rebellion. Mr. Conklin moved upon his\\npresent farm, on section 22, in 1868, and is the owner of\\nfive hundred acres of laud.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0664.jp2"}, "665": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0665.jp2"}, "666": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0666.jp2"}, "667": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF HAMILTON.\\n465\\nHENRY P. PHELPS.\\nThis gentleman is the sun of Alexander H. Phelps, who\\ncame from Parkmiin, Ohio, iu IS-tl, and settled, with his\\nfamily, in the village of Lawrence, Van Buren Co Mich.\\nHe built a saw-miii, and for a few years was engaged in the\\nmilling business with his brother. Nelson Phelps, and Har-\\nrison Balfour. He was also, in connection with the mill,\\nengaged in the mercantile business. Both he and his wife\\nwere natives of Ohio. Mr. Phelps lived in Lawrence until\\nhis death, which occurred March 1, 1878, and his wife is\\nnow living in that village. They were the parents of ten\\nchildren, six sons and four daughters, who are all living,\\nexcept two sons.\\nHenry P. Phelps, of Hartford, was born in Lawrence,\\nApril 7, 1842. At the age of twenty he left home, and\\nenlisted in a regiment of sharpshooters, the 66th Illinois\\nVolunteer Infantry, and was with Sherman in his various\\ncampaigns. He was taken prisoner near Dallas, Miss., and\\nabout three months afterwards was released on parole, but\\nwas not exchanged until about eight months from the time\\nhe was captured. At Peach Tree Creek, Ga., on the 22d\\nof July, 1864, he was wounded, the day being that on\\nwhich the gallant McPherson was killed. Mr. Phelps re-\\nmained in the service two years and eleven months, and in\\nthe winter of 1865-66, after his discharge, attended the\\nEastman Business College, at Chicago. In tlie spring of\\n1866 he entered the store of H. M. Marshall, at Lawrence,\\nand remained with him a year and a half, after which he\\nengaged in the mercantile business at Hartford, in partner-\\nship with his brother, William A. Phelps. The firm was\\ncontinued about two years, during which time a branch\\nstore was established at Keeler. H. P. Phelps finally pur-\\ncha.sed his brother s interest in the business, and continued\\nat Hartford, while the latter assumed entire charge of the\\nstore at Keeler. In September, 1879, Henry Phelps sold\\nhis establishment to Charles P. Young, who erected the\\nfine three-story brick store he now occupies.\\nSept. 29, 1869, Mr. Phelps was married to Jennie\\nSmiley, daughter of Mitchell S. Smiley, who was originally\\nfrom Maryland, and who settled in Arlington township. Van\\nBuren Co., in 1851. Mrs. Phelps was born in South Avon,\\nLivingston Co., N. Y., Sept. 25, 1849. Politically, Mr.\\nPhelps is a Republican, and has been assessor of his town-\\nship. He has also been interested to some extent in im-\\nprovements in the village of Hartford, and is now engaged\\nin the real estate and loan business at that place.\\nCHAPTER LXL\\nHAMILTON TO WNSHIP.\\nGeneral Description Pioneers of JIamilton A Winter Fright\\nWolf Stories Township Organization and Civil List Religious\\nSocieties Burial-Grounds Schools Hamilton Grange.\\nTownship 4 south, rauge 15 west, originally a portion\\nof Covington township, later known as Alpena, and now\\ncalled Hamilton, lies upon the southern border of Van\\nBuren County, and is bounded on the north by Lawrence,\\nBy David Schwartz.\\n59\\non the south by Cass County, on the east by Decatur, and\\non the west by Keeler. The surface is generally level, and\\nthe soil, varied in its character, is richly productive in all\\nclasses of agricultural commodities. The northern portion\\nwas originally heavily timbered with walnut, whitewood,\\nbeech, maple, basswood, ash, and elm, while near the centre\\nand in the south, oak openings prevailed. In the southeast\\nthere is considerable lowland, which is, however, being rap-\\nidly reclaimed to a valuable purpose.\\nIn the north the town is watered by a branch of the\\nPaw Paw, which aifords excellent mill-sites. In the .south-\\neast a branch of the Dowagiac Creek rises in the Lake of\\nthe Woods, a fine sheet of water lying partly in Hamilton\\nand partly in Decatur There are also numerous other pic-\\nturesque lakes, among the largest of which are School-Lot\\nLake, Pine Lake, Knickerbocker Lake, Johnson Lake, and\\nOsborn Lake.\\nThe Michigan Central Railroad line crosses the south-\\neastern corner of the town, but has no station there, Deca-\\ntur village being the nearest railway depot, as well as the\\ngeneral market-town.\\nHamilton has no village within its limits, neither has it\\na store or church building. As to manufactures it has\\nnever boasted more than one grist-mill and two saw-mills,\\nand the people of the town depend exclusively upon the in-\\nterests of agriculture. Hamilton s population in 1874 was\\n1074, and in 1879 its assessed valuation was $414,210.\\nPIONEERS OF HAMILTON.\\nThe first structure erected in Hamilton was a hunter s\\ncabin, put up in 1833 upon section 17, by Benjamin Rey-\\nnolds and Joel Clark, of Kalamazoo, who used to come over\\ninto what is now Hamilton on periodical hunting excur-\\nsions. In 1834, Reynolds brought his wife over with him\\nand occupied tlie hut, with the intention of remaining for\\na time at least, as a settler, although he had entered no land.\\nOne day, while Reynolds was away, his wife set out in\\nsearch of their cow, and searching fruitlessly for a while,\\nfound, upon wishing to return home, that she was lost in\\nthe woods. She cried out for help, but none appeared un-\\ntil the next morning, when there came to her assistance\\nJohn and James Nesbitt, settlers in Keeler, and then, to\\nher surprise, Mrs. Reynolds found that she had wandered\\ninto Keeler township, several miles from home. The Nes-\\nbitts conveyed her to her house, and straightway, arriving\\nthere, she told her husband that she was disgusted with a\\nlife in a country where she could not take a walk with-\\nout getting lost, adding, moreover, that she would not stop\\nanother hour. Despite her husband s protests against the\\nmove, she insisted upon going, and go she did. Reynolds\\nsettled shortly after in Porter, and there lived until his\\ndeath.\\nThe first land entry in Hamilton was made by Robert\\nNesbitt, who located a tract on section 4, April 15, 1835,\\nand at once settled there with a view to the erection of a\\nsaw-mill upon Brush Creek, which flowed through his land.\\nMr. Nesbitt, who with his brothers John and James had\\nbeen living in Kalamazoo, came with them farther West,\\nand decided to stop in Hamilton, while they chose their\\nhomes in Keeler. Robert Nesbitt had for years been con-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0667.jp2"}, "668": {"fulltext": "466\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\ncerned in the building of mills in Michigan, and, as already\\nobserved, he lost no time after locating in Hamilton in\\nerecting a saw-mill. In October, 1835, he hauled 19 loads\\nof lumber and supplies from Prairie Ronde, and pushed\\nthe mill-construction so rapidly that he began to saw lum-\\nber June 3, 1836. The same year he built a log house 20\\nby 30 feet, and by that time had the company in the town-\\nship of a number of settlers, to whom extended reference\\nwill be made. Mr. Nesbitt s saw-mill was for years the\\nonly one for miles around, and when the Michigan Central\\nRailroad line reached the vicinity of Decatur, it was run\\nnight and day in supplying the demand for lumber for the\\nrailway construction. So constant has been the work at\\nhis mill for upwards of forty years, that from 1836 to the\\npresent time (_1880) he has worn out five mills.\\nIn 1856 he built a grist-mill on the same site, and that\\nmill he has operated continuously ever since. He was thus\\nthe first to enter land in Hamilton, he built the first saw-\\nmill, as well as the first and only grist-mill, and to-day,\\nliving upon the place of his first settlement, he is the\\noldest settler in the township.\\nDuring his early days in Hamilton, Mr. Nesbitt added\\nto his other extensive business interests the business of\\nland-agent for A. P. Grant, of New York, and others, and\\nsold for them thousands of acres of land in Hamilton and\\nadjoining townships. He was himself the owner at one\\ntime of 2600 acres of land, and now, after fifty years of\\npioneer life in Michigan, he enjoys well-earned ease and\\ncomfort in the most elegant home in Van Buren County.\\nIn May, 1835, Zebina Stearns came into the township\\nand moved into the hunter s hut on section 17, earlier occu-\\npied by Reynolds and Clarke. Mr. Stearns afterwards\\nentered land on that section, and continued to reside in\\nthe township until his death, in 1846. He was joined in\\nthe spring of 1836 by his son Sidney, who had before that\\nbeen engaged in stage-driving between Detroit and Monroe.\\nSidney Stearns still lives in Hamilton, and ranks among\\nthe oldest settlers.\\nJames, brother to Robert Nesbitt, came in 1835 from\\nKeeler, and located four 80-acre lots on sections 13 and 14.\\nHe lived upon his Hamilton farm until 1849, when he was\\nfound one day, dead, in the bottom of his well. There\\nwere suspicions that his death was the result of foul play,\\nbut a searching investigation failed to establish any positive\\nevidence to that efi ect, and to this day the tragic event has\\nremained enveloped in mystery.\\nThe year 1835 brought also Lewis Johnson, who came\\nfrom New York to Jackson in 1834, and to Hamilton in\\nthe following year, with his father and Zebina Stearns.\\nThe younger Johnson entered land on section 18, and there\\nmade a settlement. His father remained with him three\\nyears, and then returned to New York. Lewis, the son, con-\\ntinued, however, a resident of Hamilton until his death, on\\nthe old place, in 1872. His son Andrew now occupies the\\nplace his father located.\\nAaron Barney, a New Yorker, was another settler in\\n1835, and located upon land on section 30. His wife died\\nin 1839, and he in 1858. His sou Austin resides in\\nHamilton upon section 31.\\nA Mr. Lyon, who came in during 1835, remained but a\\nshort time, and upon leaving sold his property to Philotus\\nHaydon. Mr. Haydon was a man of considerable note in\\nHamilton, and was well known and prominent in the county.\\nHe was withal a man of frank expression, bluff and hearty\\nin his manner, and much given to eccentric speech and\\naction. It is said that while hunting one Sunday he killed\\na deer near a school-house where a Methodist meeting was\\nin progress. Haydon cut the animal s throat, and upon at-\\ntempting to carry his prize away found his strength unequal\\nto the task, whereupon, as if struck with a sudden thought,\\nhe rushed into the meeting, and undeterred by the fact\\nthat the preacher was in the midst of his sermon, held up\\nhis bloody hands and cried out, with a loud voice, I ve\\nkilled a big buck, but he s too heavy for me. Come along\\nsome of you and give me a lift in getting him home. It\\nneeds no very vivid imagination to conceive that preacher\\nand congregation must have been somewhat taken by sur-\\nprise. Whether Haydon got his required help or not is not\\nrelated, but the story is vouched for as true, and a truthful\\nillustration of his independence and eccentricity. On\\nanother occasion, a minister coming to him for assistance\\non behalf of the church, he exclaimed, Well, I don t\\nbelieve a word you say in the pulpit, but here s ten dollars.\\nI ll help you along anyway. Mr. Haydon took an active\\npart in politics, and during the civil war of 1861-65 was\\namong the foremost in the county in the work of aiding\\nthe Union cause, towards which he gave liberally of his\\nmeans and time. He died in Hamilton in 1866, upon his\\nfarm in section 18, which was his home for thirty years.\\nHis sons, Mortimer and Arthur, are well-known citizens of\\nthe township.\\nJames M. Lumbard and his father, Ebciiezer, settled upon\\nsection 15 in 1836. James removed later to Decatur vil-\\nlage, where he now lives. In the same year Henry C. Mc-\\nClure and his son Henry came from New York to make a\\nsettlement. The elder McClure returned soon after to New\\nYork, and the son afterwards removed to Decatur village,\\nand died there.\\nJames and Reason Comley, now living in Hamilton, oc-\\ncupy the three 80-acre lots which their father, John Com-\\nley, located in 1836, and upon which he lived until his\\ndeath.\\nGeorge W. Geer and his brother Elisha came from Con-\\nnecticut to Michigan in June, 1836. George located 240\\nacres of land on section 32, and now lives on part of it with\\nhis son George N. In the days of 1836 roads were by no\\nmeans found ready made for the pioneers when they came\\nin. Indian trails were the best highways at hand, and over\\nsuch roads the Geers found their way to their new settle-\\nment, while the dense forest gave no sign of occupancy ex-\\ncept by the red man and wild beasts. Elisha Geer set up a\\ncooper s shop on section 28, where he resided until his death.\\nAmong the other immigrants in 1836 were S. T. Howell,\\nHale Wakefield, Caleb Bartlett, and Joseph McClintock.\\nHowell, who hailed from Ohio, lives now in Kan.sas.\\nBartlett lived on section 19, and went to California in\\n1850. Joseph McClintock still lives on the land which he\\nlocated in 1836, although he himself did not settle upon it\\nuntil 1838 (a family by name of Luke working it for him\\ntwo years).", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0668.jp2"}, "669": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0669.jp2"}, "670": {"fulltext": "This gentleman was born in Gorham, Ontario Co.,\\nN. Y., in 1831 consequently, at the time of his\\ndeath, which occurred on the 18th of March, 1875,\\nhe was just entering his forty-fifth year. At the\\nage of twenty-two years he located at Ypsilanti,\\nMich., where he resided until 1860, when he re-\\nmoved with his wife to Hamilton township. Van\\nBuren Co. He held the office of justice of the peace\\nin Ypsilanti for several terms, being re-elected on\\naccount of his known capacity and unbending integ-\\nrity. For the same reason he was chosen and re-\\nelected several terms supervisor of the township of\\nHamilton, and received the handsome compliment\\nof being elected chairman of the boai d of super-\\nvisors. In the fall of 1874 he was chosen to rep-\\nresent his district in the State Legislature, running\\nfar ahead of his ticket, his competitor being a fellow-\\ntownsman, and a very capable and deservedly popu-\\nlar man. If, to do his whole duty to himself, his\\nfamily, his neighbors, and the world ever mindful\\nof tlie Golden Rule, Do unto others as ye would\\nthey should do unto you constitutes the true man,\\nMr. Yeckley, when weighed in the balance, was not\\nfound wanting. No death which had occurred in\\nthe county for many years had caused more deep\\nregret in the public mind, or given rise to a greater\\nsense of public loss. His funeral was the most im-\\nposing ever witnessed in the county. It was under\\nthe direction of the grange of which he was an\\nhonored and useful member, the order of Odd-Fel-\\nlows also participating. Several members of the\\nLegislative body were in attendance. Mr. Yeckley\\nWiis a thrifty and enterprising farmer, and at his\\ndeath left an amiable and affectionate wife, whose\\nmaiden name was Eliza Reed, daughter of Samuel\\nReed. Six children were born to them, and five are\\nliving, all at home. Mrs. Yeckley was born Jan.\\n11, 1829, in Connecticut, and came to Michigan\\nwhen nine years old. She remains on the farm\\nwhich her husband improved and owned when he\\ndied. The death of Mr. Yeckley, cut down in the\\nmidst of usefulness, is one of the mysterious dis-\\npensations of Providence. He died regretted by a\\nhost of friends, and his memory and that of his good\\ndeeds will long remain green in the hearts of the\\nl)uople of Van Burcn County.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0670.jp2"}, "671": {"fulltext": "AARON BARNEY\\nwas born in the State of Massaclmsetts Oct. 11,\\n1785. In 1806 he removed to Jefferson Co., N. Y.,\\nand in 1821 to Michigan, landing at Detroit, where\\nhe remained one year. He then located at a point\\ntwenty miles west of that city, and three years\\nlater (1825) settled in Washtenaw County. In\\n1835 he came to Van Bnren County, entering four\\nhundred acres of land in Hamilton townshi]), and\\neighty in Keeler. The land located in Hamilton\\nwas on sections 14 and 30, and in Keeler on section\\n25. Previous to emigrating to Michigan Mr.\\nBarney was engaged in farming and milling, and\\nafter coming to Van Buren County was engaged\\nin agricultural pursuits until his death, which oc-\\ncurred August 27, 1858.\\nJune 10, 1804, he was married to Miss Cynthia\\nBarney, and they became the parents of twelve\\nchildren, of whom but three are living. Mrs.\\nBarney died April 15, 1839; and on the 24th of\\nMay, 1840, Mr. Barney was married to Mrs. Lucy\\nMillard, who died about 1872. During his life Mr.\\nBarney held several offices of trust in his township.\\nIn politics he was a Democrat, and in religious\\nmatters entertained liberal views. During his\\npioneer days in Michigan he experienced the various\\nhardships and privations incident to backwoods\\nC^ y/j^. ^oA/f^\\nlife, and at the end could contemplate a noble handi\\nwork all his own.\\nAUSTIN M. BARNEY.\\nThis gentleman was born in Jefferson Co., N. Y.,\\nFeb. 25, 1821, and was brought to Michigan at a\\nvery early age by his parents. As soon as his age\\nand strength were sufficient he worked on the farm\\nwith his father, assisting in clearing the land and\\npreparing it for cultivation. In 1840 he left the\\nfarm and found employment in a machine shop,\\nand, after completing his trade, engaged as\\\\an en-\\ngineer on the Mississippi River, which occupation he\\nfollowed for ten years. The age and failing strength\\nof his father rendered it necessary for the son to\\nreturn to the farm, which he did and he managed\\nhis father s business until the death of the latter, in\\n1858, when he assumed the entire control of the\\nplace, and continued to conduct the business thereof\\nuntil 1871. In that year he purchased forty acres\\nnear the old homestead, and in 1879 added forty\\nacres more. He has since become the owner of a\\nfarm of eighty acres in the township of Keeler.\\nNov. 4, 1861, he was married to Miss Caroline C.\\nBarney, daughter of J. A. and A. Barney.\\nIn political matters Mr. Barney has always voted\\nand acted with the Democratic party.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0671.jp2"}, "672": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0672.jp2"}, "673": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF HAMILTON.\\n467\\nIn 1837 the settlers included Henry Coleman, Samuel\\nBradt, Jackson Pratt, and his brother Caulkert, George S.\\nBishop, Marcus Merriraan, Calvin Field, and James Brooks.\\nBradt and Pratt have long since disappeared. Field and\\nMerriman, who came in company from New York and\\nlocated upon section 33, are both now out of the township.\\nField is in Kansas and Merriman in Paw Paw. Bishop\\nwent into the brick-making business, and put up a kiln on\\nJohn Comley s place. The venture turned out a complete\\nfailure, for when the bricks were burned they crumbled to\\npieces, and Bishop, disgusted with the business, left and\\nwas heard of no more.\\nJames Brooks bought land on section 33 of one Shepard,\\nand with his little family, consisting of his wife and two\\nchildren, set himself resolutely to the business of making a\\nhome in the forest wilds. That mission he bravely accom-\\nplished, and after a busy career of nearly forty years in\\nHamilton, he died in 1876, upon the place he first settled.\\nHe was one of the first members of the Methodist Episcopal\\nsociety organized in the Field school-house, and remained\\none of its staunchest members until his death. Mr. Brooks\\nwas once lost in the woods so effectually that he wandered for\\nfour days and four nights, unable to find his way either to his\\nhome or to any other human habitation. Upon the termi-\\nnation of the first forty-eight hours of his absence the dis-\\ntress of his family aroused the .settlers, and they organized\\nwith horns, guns, etc a systematic search for the lost one.\\nAt the close of another forty-eight hours they found him,\\nand a glad welcome they received. His children in Hamil-\\nton are Mrs. O. P. Maxon (whose husband came to the\\ntownship in 1850), John and James Brooks, Mrs. Cyrus\\nYouells, Mrs. Robert Sloan, and Mrs. George Sloan.\\nMarcus Merriman located land on section 33 in 1836, and\\nin 1837 made a .settlement. As neighbors he found Calvin\\nField, John Comley, Elisha Geer, George W. Geer, and\\nAaron Barney. Mr. Merriman, now living in Paw Paw vil-\\nlage, recollects that the country was rather inviting in its\\ncharacter, consisting of oak openings, through which the eye\\ncould penetrate a long distance. Brush-fires in the woods\\nused to occasion much alarm, and at times threatened settlers\\ndwellings when not carefully watched. Indeed, Mr. Merri-\\nman came very near losing his house by a fire of that kind,\\nfor returning home one evening he was just in season to see\\nhis fence ablaze, and threatening to sweep away his home, a\\ndisaster which his timely arrival happily averted. Although\\nnot a famous hunter, he was nevertheless the hero of a bear-\\nchase, in which he chased the bear, treed him, and event-\\nually killed him, and transported his carcass homeward\\nwith feelings of lively satisfaction.\\nOf the pioneers who have been named above as having\\ncome into Hamilton during the years 1835-37, those who\\nare known to be living now January, 1880 are J. M.\\nLumbard, in Decatur Sidney Stearns, G. W. Geer, Joseph\\nMcClintock, and Robert Nesbitt, in Hamilton Marcus\\nMerriman, in Paw Paw and Calvin Field in Kansas.\\nAmong other eaily settlers were Barker, Tiiompson, Rid-\\ndle, and several whose names cannot now be recalled but\\ntheir identification with the pioneer interest of Hamilton\\nwas a transitory one, and history can record their presence\\nonly as a passing incident. Leonard Tisdale, now residing\\non section 33, had a prominent place in the foremost ranks\\nof those who penetrated Hamilton as pioneers, as did Solo-\\nmon Hagar, who lives now on section 28 with his son,\\nS. B. Hagar, who has been supervisor of Hamilton since\\n1875.\\nGeorge A. Bentley, Alexander Sloan, Ralph Mason,\\nEben Smith, and Palmer Earl were among the settlers of\\n1838 and 1839. Sloan was an Ohio man, and located with\\nhis family of a wife and eight children upon section 16,\\nwhere he had a quarter-section of wild land, taken in ex-\\nchange for his Ohio farm. He died upon that place in\\n1865. Of his sons, Alexander, Robert, and George now\\nlive in Hamilton.\\nTruman Foster, school-teacher and farmer, located in\\nHamilton in 1840, and remained a resident until his death.\\nBefore 1840 Mr. Foster taught school in Lawrence, and\\nwas the second school-teacher in that town.\\nThomas Harris came from New York in 1842, with a\\nfamily of fourteen children, and worked a place then owned\\nby Henry McClure, and now by C. Duncombe, on section\\n17. He died in the township in 1863. His sons living in\\nHamilton are W. T., S. M., B. F., and S. R.\\nGeorge Bennett, an early settler in Hamilton, now lives\\nin Decatur village. His son John, residing in Hamilton,\\nserved during the civil war of 1861-65, as second lieuten-\\nant in the 4th Michigan Cavalry, and was a member of the\\ndetachment that effected the capture of Jefferson Davis.\\nIn 1843, Stephen Osborn and wife, with a family of ten\\nchildren, came from New York and settled in Hamilton,\\nupon a place north of Osborn Lake. Mr. Osborn died in\\nHamilton in 1853. His widow still lives in the township,\\nas do also his children, Benjamin, James, Erastus, Horace,\\nCharles, Harriet, and Mrs. Henry Geer.\\nThe first child born in Hamilton was Mason Wakefield,\\nwhose natal day was July 5, 1836. The second was Mary,\\ndaughter of Robert Nesbitt. She was born in September,\\n1837, and died in her twentieth year.\\nThe first marriage in the town was that of Robert\\nNesbitt and Maria, daughter of John Comley, all of Ham-\\nilton. The ceremony was performed at Mr. Comley s\\nhouse Dec. 1, 1836, by John D. Freeman, a justice of the\\npeace of Lawrence township, and although this was the\\npioneer wedding, it was a singularly quiet afiair. True,\\nthe neighbors (what few there were) were at hand to wish\\nthe bride and groom unmeasured joy, but the wedding\\nguests were few in number and composed of persons who,\\nwhile earnest in their friendship, were not given to hilarity,\\nfor, in the pioneer days, joyous demonstrations were not so\\neasily wrought out of the extremely matter-of-fact hard-\\nships and privations which intruded upon every hand.\\nThe first death in Hamilton was that of a Mr. Knicker-\\nbocker, who, in the fall of 1835, located, with his family\\nand his brother, upon the bank of the lake now bearing\\nhis name. Here he built a log shanty which, without floor,\\ndoor, roof, chinking, or chimney, served as the habitation of\\nthe Knickerbocker family, until Knickerbocker, worn out\\nby exhaustion and exposure, died in it of lung fever, only\\na few days after occupying the dwelling. Robert Nesbitt", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0673.jp2"}, "674": {"fulltext": "468\\nHISTOKY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nand Zebina Stearns hearing of the case, went over and\\nfound, indeed, a cheerless picture. The dead man lay in\\none corner of the roofless hut, and a fire smouldered in\\nanother corner, while the weeping widow and children filled\\nthe measure of wretchedness. Stearns set out at once for\\nPaw Paw for a cofiin, and in due time returned in a sleigh\\nwith Peter Gremps and Elder Warner, the former having\\nprovided the coffin. Elder Warner preached the funeral\\nsermon at the house, and, in accordance with Knicker-\\nbocker s dying wish, he was buried upon the island in the\\nlake, and there his bones still lie. In the procession which\\nfollowed him to the grave were the widow, Peter Gremps,\\nElder Warner, Robert Nesbitt, Zebina Stearns, William\\nKnickerbocker, James and John Nesbitt, and one Wheeler,\\nRobert Nesbitt s hired man. After her husband s death,\\nMrs. Knickerbocker returned to her friends in the East.\\nSidney Stearns recites the story of the entrance of Lewis\\nJohnson and his wife into Hamilton, as an illustration of\\nhow some pioneers began their arduous tasks in the West-\\nern wilds, literally with almost nothing save their hands as\\ncapital. He says that one day there came along the Ter-\\nritorial road to his father s door two foot-travelers, Lewis\\nJohnson and his wife he, with an axe over his shoulder and\\nleading a cow, was followed by Mrs. Johnson, plodding\\nwearily along under the weight of a bundle, which, with a\\nbundle carried by Johnson, represented, together with the\\ncow and axe, the sum of household effects possessed by the\\nworthy pair. It was a slight outfit, it is true, but Johnson\\nhad secured his land and did not mind a short allowance of\\nhousehold supplies, since he knew his axe would do him\\ngood service, and the cow would do her share towards sus-\\ntaining the family in one direction at least. The Johnsons\\nstopped with Zebina Stearns until they completed their own\\ncabin, and then, like their neighbors, struggled and fought\\nfor even the common necessities of life until persistence\\nwon success.\\nIn September, 1837, Henry D. Coleman built upon the\\nline of the Territorial road in Hamilton, on section 15, a\\ncommodious frame tavern, still standing and usually known\\nas the Brown Tavern. The Territorial road, passing\\nthrough Hamilton from the west to the northeast, had up\\nto that time no tavern upon it in that township but in\\nKeeler township there was a Territorial road stage-house,\\nknown as Keeler s. When Coleman completed his tavern,\\nhe set about providing business for it, and by shrewd tact\\nsucceeded in getting the stages to stop at his house instead\\nof at Keeler s. Staging, as well as other travel, was very\\nbrisk on that road for many years previous to the comple-\\ntion of the Michigan Central Railroad, and as Coleman\\nkept the stages at his house as long as the stage-route was\\nmaintained, he carried on a brisk and profitable business.\\nWhen Coleman got his tavern ready for trade he had\\njust twenty-five cents in money on hand, and having a\\nhotel, he wanted a store. Accordingly, he borrowed $700,\\nbought a small stock of goods, and opened business as a\\nmerchant in one corner of the tavern. Shortly after open-\\ning his house, Coleman succeeded in obtaining a post-office\\nfor Hamilton, and was himself appointed postmaster. He\\nkept the office, of course, at the tavern, where it remained\\nuntil shortly after the abandonment of the stage-route,\\nwhen the office was abolished, Coleman having been the\\npostmaster continuously. After that Coleman moved to a\\nfarm on section 4, and died in 18. i7.\\nThe pioneer blacksmith of Hamilton was Charles N.\\nPoor, who had a shop at Keeler s tavern in Keeler when\\nColeman built the Hamilton tavern but when the latter\\ntook the stage business from Keeler he followed with his\\nshop to Hamilton, and stuck to the bellows at Coleman s as\\nlong as the stages stuck to the Territorial road, after which\\nhe went to California.\\nThe first store in the township was opened, as has already\\nbeen told, by Henry Coleman, in his roadside tavern, but\\nas a place of trade it was rather insignificant. Aaron W.\\nBroughton, who came to Hamilton in 1839, brought with\\nhim a stock of goods valued at about $2000, and set up a\\nstore of some pretensions near Philotus Haydon s, and\\nthere transacted a flourishing business for some years. Mr.\\nBroughton moved to Paw Paw and died there.\\nA saw-mill was put up in 1842 by one Trader, near\\nRobert Nesbitt s, but it lasted only a brief period.\\nGrist-mills were not accessible to settlers of Hamilton in\\nthe early days, nearer than Flowerfield or Whitmanville,\\nand carrying grist to mill was no pleasant task, but it was\\nan important and necessary one, although there were times\\nwhen the home-made corn-mill of tree-stump or tin pan had\\nto suffice for temporarily supplying corn-meal, and deferred\\nfor a time the dreaded journey to mill. Hamilton was\\nsupplied by Robert Nesbitt with a grist-mill in 1856, and\\nthat, still doing good service, is the only grist-mill the town-\\nship has ever had.\\nA WINTER FRIGHT.\\nIt is told that during the hard winter of 1842-43\\nquite a number of the inhabitants became much exercised\\nover the belief current in some quarters that the extraordi-\\nnary snow-fall had been sent as an instrument for the ulti-\\nmate destruction of the earth, the theory being that the\\nsnow would, in melting, turn to oil. take fire, and so burn\\nthe world with everything upon it. Just how far that be-\\nlief extended cannot be stated, but it is certain that it occa-\\nsioned to some no little uneasiness, and somewhat disturbed\\nthe serenity of their existence until the advance of gentle\\nspring turned the snow to water and warmed the blood of\\nthe timid into healthful action.\\nWOLF STORIES.\\nOf course wolf stories in endless profusion range through\\nthe early history of Hamilton, just as they do through the\\nhistory of all early settlements in Michigan. Robert Nes-\\nbitt relates that while staining a coffin he had made for a\\nman named Fenton, killed in Keeler by the fall of a tree,\\na pack of wolves, attracted by the odor of the liquid\\ncoloring, surrounded him, and despite his effijrts to repel\\nthem they clung close to his cabin, and kept up a continu-\\nous howling the night through. The beasts frequently\\nattacked Mr. Nesbitt s large watch-dog and chased him to\\nthe very cabin door. Coming home on foot from Kala-\\nmazoo, Mr. Nesbitt was attacked at nightfiill by a pack of\\nravenous wolves, and he lost no time accordingly in climb-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0674.jp2"}, "675": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0675.jp2"}, "676": {"fulltext": ":^:^X^.^ 2^Z\\n^X.A_^\\nJC.^.\\nROBERT NESBITT.\\nThis gentleman, whose portrait appears above, was born\\nnear Belfast, Ireland, March 18, 1810, and emigrated to the\\nUnited States in the spring of 1826, arriving in Pliittsburgh,\\nN. Y., on the 4th of May, and remained there six months.\\nHe then proceeded to Ann Arbor, Mich., and settled near that\\nplace March 23, 1827, and began work at the mill-wright s\\ntrade. In the fall uf 1829 he removed to Kalamazoo County,\\nand while there assisted in building the first saw-mill in the\\ncounty. He took charge of the mill as sawyer, and prepared\\nand sent to Kalamazoo the first load of lumber ever received\\nthere. In the spring of 1835 he located the first land entered\\nin Hamilton township. Van Buren Co., settled upon it, and\\nhas since made it his home. His entry included three eighty-\\nacre lots in the midst of a dense forest, and this has been\\ntransformed into his present excellent and finely improved\\nfarm. In 1871 Mr. Nesbitt erected the residence he now oc-\\ncupies, one of the finest in the county. He has been the\\nowner of three thousand acres of land, his farm consisting at\\npresent of four hundred and sixty acres. Soon after his loca-\\ntion he began cutting the valuable timber on his place, manu-\\nfacturing it into lumber, and shipping it in various directions.\\nThe first cargo of walnut lumber ever shipped around Cape\\nHorn to California was furnished by Mr. Nesbitt, he being\\nsecured on it by real estate until returns were made. Five\\nsaw-mills were built and worn out by him in the manufacture\\nof lumber, aside from a steam saw-mill in Allegan County.\\nMr. Nesbitt has been twice married. His first wife was\\nMiss Masia Comley, daughter of John Comley to whom he\\nwas married Dec. 1, 1836, and who bore him four children,\\nMary, Elizabeth, George, and Masia of these but two are now\\nliving. Mrs. Nesbitt died October 0, 1857 and on the 18th\\nof September, 1858, he was married to Mrs. S. L. Griffin, by\\nwhom he has also had four children, -Robert, Minnie, Nellie,\\nand Dora; two of the number fell before the sickle of the\\ngreat reaper, Death. Mr. Nesbitt is a well-known advocate of\\nthe doctrine of Spiritualism, and has devoted more than thirty\\nyears of his life to an investigation of the subject. He is a\\nfirm believer in the ministrations and manifestations of de-\\nparted friends, and frequent meetings of those interested in\\nthe study of the doctrine are held at his house, and largely\\nattended prominent mediums from this and other States\\nbeing often present.\\nMr. Nesbitt, in summing up in December, 1879, said\\nAt this time I run one saw-mill and a grist-mill, beside a\\nlarge farm, well stocked; am now in my seventieth year. I\\nsuperintend all my own business, having but one son, who\\npaddles his own canoe. My health is good, my spirits light.\\nI walk several miles every day looking after my business.\\nMr. Nesbitt s qualities have made him a leader in many\\nthings, and his integrity, through his long business career, has\\nwon for him the confidence of those with whom he has asso-\\nciated. He has made many friends, and his home is a place\\nof hospitality and generous entertainment. His anecdotes of\\nthe days of pioneer life are ever interesting, and no man was\\nbetter fitted than he for the duties of such a life. He is one\\nof the few landmarks of a swiftly passing generation, and is\\n0nly waiting til! tlie Btiadows\\nAre a little longer grown,\\nwhen he will join the innumerable tliroug of those who have\\ngone before.\\nMr. Nesbitt s father, George Nesbitt, emigrated to the\\nUnited States in 1830, and purchased two thousand one\\nhundred acres of land in Kalamazoo Co., Mich. He was en-\\ngaged during his life in agricultural jiursuits, and died July\\n22, 1843. The parents of Mrs. Robert Nesbitt came to the\\nStates about 1851, from Durham Co., Ont., Canada (where\\nMrs. Nesbitt was born Oct. 23, 1825), and settled in Breeds-\\nville, Van Buren Co., Mich. Her mother died in 1865, and\\nher father in 1872.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0676.jp2"}, "677": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0677.jp2"}, "678": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0678.jp2"}, "679": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF HAMILTON.\\n469\\ning a tree. He was about a mile from his home, and from\\nthe tree-top he could see the fire-light at his cabin, but\\nthe wolves waited for him with savage bowlings at the\\nfoot of the tree, ready to pounce upon him as soon as he\\nshould descend. He was miserable enough indeed to be\\nthus imprisoned, and to add to his discomfort the weather\\nwas bitter cold. Half frozen after a time, he became des-\\nperate. Determined to fight his way out at all hazards, he\\ncut a heavy stick, and, descending rapidly to the ground,\\nmade such a fierce onslaught upon his foes that they fell\\nback. Taking advantage of the truce, he ran to the next\\ntree, and braced himself for another encounter just in time\\nto receive the hungry pack which had returned to the\\ncharge. In that fashion he was compelled to fight his way\\nhomeward, and although he reached his cabin in safety, he\\nwas wellnigh worn out by the excitement and violent ex-\\nertion.\\nThe taking of deer was an easy matter, and venison\\nbecame as an article of food so plentiful as to become dis-\\ntasteful. An old settler says that he once counted 27 deer\\nwithin sight of his doorstep, and from the top of a tree\\ncounted 52 feeding in his turnip-patch. James Brooks\\nused to tell how when he cut a tree ho found about 20\\ndeer browsing upon it as soon as it fell, and they were so\\ntame that they did not appear to mind his presence. When\\nthe woods resounded with the howls of wolves, the general\\nexpression among the settlers was that the beasts were\\nholding Mormon meetings, although xvlcy Mormon meet-\\nings no one stands ready to explain. On one occasion they\\nheld meeting to such good purpose as to cany off two stray\\ncalves belonging to Lewis Johnson. Caleb Bartlett and\\nthe Geers, then occupying neighboring cabins, set out with\\nguns in response to the cries of the calves, and for a time\\nthe sport of wolf-chasing was fast and furious.\\nTwo of Mr. Stearns daughters going out towards evening\\nin search of the cows, came suddenly upon the bovines just\\nas the latter were flying pell-mell before a pack of wolves.\\nThe cattle were greatly demoralized, and that example the\\ngirls were not slow in following. Strange to say, the sound\\nof human voices reassured the cows to that extent that they\\npresently halted in their flight, while the wolves, disconcerted\\nby the same agency, stopped short and vented their rage in\\nhowls. Each girl, crying loudly, and wofully frightened,\\nseized the tail of a cow, and thus protected moved away\\nfrom the threatening danger and reached home in .safety.\\nTOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION AND CIVIL LIST.\\nThe territory now occupied by the town.ships of Keeler\\nand Hamilton was set oif under legislative act of March\\n11, 1837, as the township of Covington, and included a\\ndistrict six miles in width by twelve in length. In 1839\\nCovington was divided into two townships, that on the west\\nbeing called Keeler, and that on the east Alpena. The\\nrecord of proceedings at the first town-meeting in Alpena\\nis given as follows\\nThe qualified electors of the township of Alpena met\\nat the house of Henry Coleman, April 1, 1839, for the\\npurpose of organizing said township. Appointed Philotus\\nHaydon Moderator and Ralph Mason Clerk Henry Cole-\\nman, Robert Nesbitt, and George A. Bentley, Inspectors.\\nWhereupon township officers were elected as follows\\nSupervisor, George A. Bentley Clerk, Henry Coleman\\nTreasurer, Marcus Merriman Assessors, Ralph Mason,\\nPhilotus Haydon, and Henry Coleman Constable and\\nCollector, Ebenezer Lumbard School Inspectors, Ralph\\nMason, Calvin Fields, Jr., and James Nesbitt Directors\\nof the Poor, John Comley and Aaron Barney Commis-\\nsioners of Highways, Jackson Pratt, Philotus Haydon,\\nZebina Stearns Justices of the Peace, Henry Coleman,\\nRobert Nesbitt, Calvin Fields, Jr., and Ralph Mason\\nOverseers of Highways, Joseph B. Bradt, Marcus Merri-\\nman, George A. Bentley, Robert Nesbitt, Henry C. Mc-\\nClure, and Elisha Geer.\\nThe name of Alpena did not suit the townspeople, and\\nso, upon discussion, it was decided in 1840 to exchange it\\nfor that of Hamilton, in honor of the American statesman\\nof that name, and Hamilton it has remained.\\nThe names of the persons chosen annually, from 1840\\nto 1880, to be supervisor, clerk, treasurer, and justice of\\nthe peace are given in the following list:\\n1840. Supervisor, G. A. Beutley Olerk, H. Coleman; Treasurer,\\nJames Nesbitt; Justice of the Peace, S. F. Howell.\\n1841. Supervisor, G. A. Bentley; Clerk, H. Coleman; Treasurer,\\nJames Nesbitt Justice of the Peace, John Comley.\\n1842. Supervisor, P. Haydon; Clerk, H. Coleman; Treasurer, James\\nNesbitt.\\n1843. Supervisor, P. Haydon; Clerk, H. C oleman; Treasurer, James\\nNesbitt Justice of the Peace, Robert Nesbitt.\\n1844. Supervisor, G. A. Bentley; Clerk, H. Coleman; Treasurer,\\nJames Nesbitt; Justice of the Peace, P. Haydon.\\n1845. Supervisor, P. Haydon; Clerk, H. Coleman; Treasurer, James\\nNesbitt; Justice of the Peace, Joseph McClintock.\\n1846. Supervisor, P. Haydon; Clerk, H. Coleman; Treasurer, James\\nNesbitt: Justice of the Peace, C. Fields, Jr.\\n1847. Supervisor, Palmer Earl: Clerk, S. R. Barker; Treasurer,\\nJames Nesbitt Justice of the Peace, Robert Nesbitt.\\n1848.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, Palmer Earl; Clerk, S. B. Barker; Treasurer,\\nH. Coleman Justice of the Peace, P. Haydon.\\n184 J.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, P. Haydon; Clerk, H. Coleman; Treasurer, H.\\nColeman Justice of the Peace, T. Foster.\\n1850.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, P. Haydon Clerk, Truman Foster Treasurer, H.\\nColeman Justice of the Peace, John Baxter.\\n1851. Supervisor, G. A. Bentley Clerk, Truman Foster; Treasurer,\\nCalvin Field; Justice of the Peace, R. Nesbitt.\\n1852. Supervisor, P. Haydon Clerk, Truman Foster Treasurer,\\nCalvin Field Justice of the Peace, Prentice Geer.\\n1853. Supervisor, P. Haydon; Clerk, Truman Foster; Treasurer,\\nCalvin Field; Justice of the Peace, George Bennett.\\n1854. Supervisor, P. Haydon Clerk, Truman Foster Treasurer,\\nCalvin Field Justice of the Pejice, F. K. Adams.\\n1855. Supervisor, P. Haydon Clerk, Truman Foster Treasurer,\\nCalvin Field; Justice of the Peace, T. Riddle.\\n1856. Supervisor, H. Coleman; Clerk, Truman Foster; Treasurer,\\nCalvin Field; Justice of the Peace, J. F. Tuttle.\\n1857. Supervisor, R. Nesbitt; Clerk, H. A. Bradley; Treasurer,\\nCharles Osborn; Justice of the Peace, 0. Atkins.\\n1858.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, T. Foster; Clerk, H. A.Bradley; Treasurer, G.\\nA. Bentley; Justice of the Peace, John Baxter.\\n1859. Supervisor, T. Foster; Clerk, H. A. Bradley; Treasurer, G.\\nA. Bentley Justice of the Peace, D. V. Sutfin.\\n1860. Supervisor, T. Foster Clerk, A. S. Wise Treasurer, G. A.\\nBentley Justice of the Peace, Palmer Earl.\\n1861. Supervisor, T. Foster; Clerk, A. S. Wise; Treasurer, Joseph\\nMcClintock; Justice of the Peace, William Bee.\\n1862. Supervisor, R. Nesbitt; Clerk, A. S. Wi.se; Treasurer, D. V.\\nSutfin; Justice of the Peace, J. Baxter.\\n1863. Supervisor, R. Nesbitt; Clerk, Irving Babcock Treasurer, D.\\nV. Sutfin; Justice of the Peace, M. D. Mapes.\\n1864. Supervisor, R. Nesbitt; Clerk, A. S. Wise; Treasurer, D. V.\\nSutfin; Justice of the Peace, Palmer Earl.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0679.jp2"}, "680": {"fulltext": "470\\nHISTOKY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\n1865.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, R. Nesbitt Clerk, A. S. Wise Treasurer, P. Earl\\nJustice of the Peace, D. V. Sutfin.\\n1866. No record.\\n1867.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, G. G. B. Yeckley Clerk, A. S. Wise; Treasurer,\\nA. H. Williams Justice of the Peace, R. Iloppin.\\n1868.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, 6. G. B. Yeckley; Clerk, A. S. Wise; Treasurer,\\nA. H. Williams Justice of the Peace, 0. W. Field.\\n1869.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, G. G. B. Yeckley Clerk, A. S. Wise; Treasurer,\\nJ. L. Harrison; Justice of the Peace, Oliver Geer.\\n1870.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, 6. G. B. Yeckley; Clerk, A. S. Wise; Treasurer,\\nJ. L. Harrison Justice of the Peace, S. P. Tuttle.\\n1871.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, G. G. B. Yeckley; Clerk, A. S, Wise; Treasurer,\\nJ. L. Harrison; Justice of the Peaee, A. W. Haydon.\\n1872.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, G. G. B. Yeckley; Clerk, A. S. Wise; Treasurer,\\nJ. L. Harrison Justice of the Pence, John Bennett.\\n1873.- Supervisor, G. G. B. Y eckley Clerk, A. S. Wise; Treasurer,\\nJ. H. Smith; Justice of the Peace, Jarvis Skinner.\\n1874.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, C. Field Clerk, D. J. Lee Treasurer, S. B. Ha-\\ngar; Justice of the Peace, J. R. Heudry.x.\\n1875. Supervisor, S. B. Hagar: Clerk, D. J. Lee; Treasurer, E. Os-\\nborn Justice of the Peace, Jacob High.\\n1876. Supervisor, S. B. Hagar; Clerk, D. .1. Lee: Treasurer, E. Os-\\nborn; Justice of the Peace, I V. Sutfin.\\n1877.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, S. B. Hagar; Clerk, D. J. Lee; Treasurer, E. Os-\\nborn Justice of the Peace, E. F. Ba.xter.\\n1878.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, S. B. Hagar; Clerk, D. J. Lee; Treasurer, E. Os-\\nborn Justice of the Peace, W. Horton.\\n1879.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, S. B. Hagar; Clerk, D. J. Lee; Treasurer, E. Os-\\nborn Justice of the Peace, Philo Selby.\\nRELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.\\nAlthough Hamilton has enjoyed from time to time the\\nbenefit of local religious organizations, there has never been\\nwithin its limits a church building, and town school-houses\\nhave therefore been called upon to do frequent duty as\\nhouses of worship.\\nElder Levi Dewey organized a Disciple Church in 1877,\\nand preached about a year at Grange Hall, but during the\\npast year public worship by the congregation has been\\nirregular. Methodist Episcopal preaching was occasionally\\nenjoyed by the early settlers, for preachers of that faith\\npaid close attention to the Michigan pioneers, and so public\\nworship was available many times even before public schools\\nbrightened the prospect. Hamilton has not bestirred itself\\nas briskly as some towns in the matter of religious worship,\\nalthough the fact that there are churches in neighboring\\ntownships of easy access accounts doubtless for the lack of\\nchurch organizations in this town at present. Thus there\\nare in Hamilton to-day but two Methodist clas.ses and the\\nDisciple Church above mentioned.\\nBURIAL-GROUND\\nThe first public burial-ground in Hamilton was laid out\\nabout 1840, on section 16, and in it the first person laid to\\nrest was a Mr. Searls. The ground is still used, and is the\\nonly public burial-place in Hamilton. It covers 2 J acres,\\nand is very handsomely laid out as well as embellished with\\nmany fine monuments.\\nSCHOOLS.\\nAbout 1837 or 1838 a Mrs. Millard, who lived with her\\ndaughter, Mrs. Bennett, taught a select school and Sunday-\\nschool at Mrs. Bennett s house. A Mi.ss Litchfield, living\\nin Pennsylvania, was brought to Hamilton by Robert Nes-\\nbitt, to teach his children, not long afterwards. The first\\ndistrict school in the township was taught in the Red\\nSchool-house, near Coleman s tavern, in 1837, and had\\nthen twenty pupils.\\nThe condition of the public schools of Hamilton, as\\nshown by an official report for the year 1879, is given as\\nfollows\\nNumber of districts (1 fractional), 8 number of chil-\\ndren of school age, 362 average attendance,. 334 value\\nof property, $3200; teachers wages, $1308; total year s\\nexpenses, $1574.\\nThe school directors for 1879 were H. B. Smith, James\\nNeville, Zebina Stearns, William Anson, John Reed, S. H.\\nMallory, M. C. Steele, J. B. Morehouse, R. H. Abbott.\\nHAMILTON GRANGE, No. 355,\\nwas organized in March, 1874, with 84 members, and\\nreached at one time as high as 100. Now, however, the\\nmembership is but 63. At the organization A. W. Hay-\\ndon was Master John Bennett, Overseer and J. R. Hen-\\ndryx, Lecturer. A. W. Haydon served three years as Mas-\\nter, and was succeeded by J. M. Weeks, whose term con-\\ntinued two years. The present officers are D. J. Lee,\\nMaster; John Read, Overseer; A. W. Haydon, Lecturer;\\nJ. Q. Adams, Steward Edward 0.sborn, Assistant Steward\\nJohn Bennett, Chaplain G. W. Wait, Treasurer A. S.\\nWise, Secretary S. H. Mallory, Gate-Keeper Mrs. J. M.\\nWeeks, Ceres Mrs. Eliza Yeckley, Pomona Mrs. J.\\nSkinner, Flora; Mrs. John Bennett, Lady Assistant\\nSteward.\\nThe Grange Hall, in which sessions are held, was built in\\n1875.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nCAPT. JOSIAH R. HENDRYX\\nX\\nwas born in the town of Fairfax, Franklin Co., Vt., March\\n4, 1807. His father was David Hendryx, his mother\\nFanny (Hunt) Hendryx. His grandfather, Isaiah Hen-\\ndryx, who settled in Bennington, Vt., in an early day, was a\\nsoldier in the Revolutionary war, and the subject of this\\nsketch often says, with pride, that he was one of the party\\nwho prevented Molly Stark from becoming a widow at the\\nmemorable battle of Bennington. His father enlisted in\\nthe war of 1812, leaving his mother to support four small\\nchildren. Josiah, the only son, being the second in age,\\nwith his sister, Almena, two years older, were put out at\\nsuch places as could be found for them from time to time\\nuntil Josiah was eleven years old, when he found a per-\\nmanent home in the family of Gov. Jonas Galusha, of\\nShaftsbury, where he was treated with the greatest kind-\\nness. Having set his heart on being the owner of a piece\\nof land, and hearing that a family in town (Stephen Stur-\\ndevon) were about to remove to what was then called the\\nGenesee country, the lad (then seventeen years old) got\\npermission to go and see him, when an entire day of per-\\nsistent entreaty resulted in gaining permission to accompany\\nhim to the then far West. His father, who had returned\\nfrom a five years service in the army and saved a little\\nmoney, with the balance of the family, accompanied the", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0680.jp2"}, "681": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0681.jp2"}, "682": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0682.jp2"}, "683": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF HAMILTON.\\n471\\nparty by canal to Rochester, and thence by team to Coving-\\nton, Genesee Co., N. Y. Josiah remained with Mr. Stur-\\ndevon until Oct. 1, 1826, appropriating all his wages for\\nthe benefit of his father s family, when, learning there was\\nwild land in Orleans Co., N. Y., the lad of nineteen started\\nout on foot to look out a home for the family. He went\\ninto the township of Yates, where he worked one month\\nfor ten dollars, then took a job of chopping six acres, for\\nwhich a portion of the pay was kindly advanced. He went\\nto Batavia on foot, entered fifty acres of land at five dollars\\nper acre, and returned to Covington. It required much\\npersuasion to induce the family to remove to the then\\nwilderness home, but Josiah returned and erected a log\\ncabin for the family, which was occupied late in the fall.\\nThe winter was spent in chopping. In the spring, after\\ngetting in four acres of corn, Josiah took a job of fourteen\\nacres to chop, in order to raise money to enter fifty acres\\nadjoining the first purchase. At the age of twenty-one he\\nand well-to-do farmer, sold out and moved to Calhoun Co.,\\nMich., where he bought several hundred acres of wild land.\\nHendryx remained with him twenty months, at the end of\\nwhich time he was employed by the Hon. J. D. Pierce,\\nthen .superintendent of public instruction, to take charge of\\na one-thousand acre farm. Here he remained two years,\\nthen spent one year as overseer, building two miles of the\\nMichigan Central Railroad near Albion, where he made the\\nacquaintance of Maivln Hannahs, who was largely interested\\nin tanning and lumbering in Van Buren County, and en-\\ndeavored to secure his services in that business, but having\\npurchased eighty acres of wild land three and a half miles\\nwest of Marshall, he commenced the improvement of it,\\nwhich, with the assistance of his eldest son, Horatio J., he\\ncompleted in two years. Then leaving it in charge of his\\nson, only fifteen years old, he accepted the oiFer of Mr.\\nHannahs and entered his service, remaining seven years,\\nduring which time Mr. Hannahs built two grist-mills and\\nMRS. JOSIAH R. HENDRYX.\\nCAPT. JOSIAH R. HENDRYX.\\nentered forty acres for himself, and commenced its improve-\\nment.\\nAt the age of twenty-three he married Evelyn Downs,\\nthen eighteen years old and eldest of a family of six,\\nthree sons and three daughters. This young couple com-\\nmenced the battle of life March 11, 1830. Seven years of\\nincessant toil had placed them in independent circumstances\\nwhen an unfortunate venture stripped them of everything\\nwhich the law did not allow them, even to household furni-\\nture. Other parties in this enterprise shifted their property,\\na thing Hendryx could not be persuaded to do, saying, I\\nhave decided to save this much out of the wreck, my good\\nname and my credit, which with my hands shall con.stitute\\nthe capital to commence life anew. He hired out to the\\nman who came in po.sses.sion of his farm for thirteen dollars\\nper month, his wife and two boys, Horatio and Lewis, going\\nhome to her father for the summer. During this time his\\nfather-in-law, Lemuel L. Downs, an intelligent, enterprising,\\ntwo saw-mills, Mr. Hendryx being the active man in all\\nthese enterprises. As remarked by a writer who a few\\nyears ago wrote up the various enterprises of the county,\\nCapt. Hendryx, mounted upon his faithful Crazy Jane,\\nwas the moving power that kept this harp of a thousand\\nstrings in constant tune.\\nIn 1853 the Michigan Central Railroad Company estab-\\nlished an office in New York City, and tendered Mr. Hen-\\ndryx a subordinate position in it. He accepted the position,\\nbut rapidly advanced until he was the contracting freight\\nagent of this great central route, the New York Central,\\nCanada and Michigan Central each sharing in the payment\\nof his salary, which had increased to three hundred dollars\\nper month and expenses. All of his salary not needed for\\nnecessary expen.ses was sent home and judiciously expended\\nby his son, until they jointly owned six hundred acres of\\nchoice land, with good buildings and fine stock. One inci-\\ndent will serve to show how well Horatio managed afiairs", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0683.jp2"}, "684": {"fulltext": "472\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nat home during his father s absence. The Agricultural\\nSociety ofiFered a premium for the best-kept farm in the\\ncounty, all farms entered were visited by a committee ap-\\npointed by the society. Young Hendryx, then twenty\\nyears old, was induced to enter their farm, and we see now\\na silver cup at their home bearing this inscription Cal-\\nhoun County Agricultural Society, Oct. 2, 1851. Pre-\\nsented to J. R. Hendryx, as a premium for the best farm.\\nIn 1861, Mr. Hendryx resigned his position in New York\\nand returned to enjoy the fruits of his fifteen years absence.\\nMrs. H. spent much of her time with her husband while\\nin the city, and accompanied him in many of his business\\ntrips in the West.\\nIn the fall of 1852, Horatio, being at his majority and\\nthe only living child, became joint owner of all real estate.\\nand in the fall of 18G7 they sold their farm, Horatio going\\nto Decatur and engaging in the tanning business, and J. R.\\nmoving with his wife to the city of Marshall, where they\\nremained until 1872. Becoming weary of separation from\\nhis only child, he removed with his wife to Decatur, and\\nassisted in the business there until the fall of 1874, when\\nthey traded the tannery for the two hundred acres where\\nthey now live. They commenced at once to make additions,\\nuntil they now have four hundred and sixty acres with good\\nbuildings and improvements.\\nIn politics Mr. Hendryx is a Democrat, but he never\\ngave much attention to parties until the outbreak of the\\nRebellion, from which time he has been prominent. When\\ncharged with disloyalty by the Republican press of his\\ncounty he proposed, through the Democratic paper, to place\\none hundred dollars by the side of the same amount of any\\nman in his county and compare war records, and the one\\nwho could show that he had given the most time and money\\nto the support of ,the government during the war could\\ntake up the two hundred dollars. It is needless to say\\nthat the challenge was not accepted.\\nJosiah R. and Evelyn Hendryx have had six children,\\nthree dying in infancy, one at the age of five years, and the\\nother in his ninth year. His only living child, Horatio J.,\\nmarried Ada Raven, Feb. 5, 1852. They have three living\\nchildren, viz. Lillian, now Mrs. C. T. Barter, of Chicago\\nAda, aged fifteen, and Louis, aged thirteen. Three died\\nyoung, Frankie being killed by the kick of a horse when\\nhe was four years old. Ten orphan children have been\\nreared in the Hendryx family, and no corporal punishment\\nhas been inflicted under any circumstances. Mr. Hendryx\\nonce remarked in a public lecture that he would be proud\\nto exhibit the whole party before that audience. He never\\nmade a public speech until lie was fifty-nine years old since\\nthat time he has become somewhat noted for that which has\\nbeen tersely termed sledge-hammer oratory. He has never\\nsought ofiice, never but twice been a candidate, and then much\\nagainst his wishes, but in both cases ran ahead of his ticket\\nyet on the stump and through the press he has been a zealous\\nadvocate of Democratic principles. His influence and aid has\\noften been sought and cheerfully given for the advancement\\nof all public enterprises. A railroad enterprise from Cold-\\nwater north through Marshall being about thirty-five thou-\\nsand dollars short on the subscriptions to its stock, and\\nlittle hope entertained of raising it, as a last resort called\\nMr. Hendryx from Decatur to take hold of the matter.\\nHe made public speeches, canvassed all along the line on\\nfoot, and finally succeeded in raising every dollar.\\nHe celebrated his seventy-third birthday March 4, 1880,\\nand with his faithful wife, who has shared with him in all\\nlife s battles, celebrated their golden wedding March 11,\\n1880. As to education, Mr. Hendryx has been often\\nheard to say that the outside world has been his school-\\nmaster all he knew of the world he had learned by mixing\\nwith it; all he knew of business he had learned by trans-\\nacting it, and if he ever had any poli.sh in liis manners, he\\nhad rubbed it off from some polished individual with whom\\nhe had come in contact.\\nMrs. Hendryx is a zealous member of the Baptist Church\\nin Marshall; she united with it by letter in 1840, when\\nthe first society was organized, and only two of the original\\nmembers now survive, Mrs. Hendryx and Mrs. Lusk.\\nMrs. Hendryx devotes much of her time in assisting mis-\\nsionary societies and other projects which are intended to\\npromote the spread of the gospel. Mr. Hendryx has always\\ngiven his support to this church. Although not a professor\\nof religion, he says he never could shut his eyes to the fact\\nthat church influences produce salutary results. And now\\nwe find this well-preserved old couple enjoying the respect\\nand esteem of the community in which they live surrounded\\nby many friends. They have given to their friends, in this\\nwork, a fine view of their home, and their portraits, which\\nwill remain as monuments to their memory. They have\\nwalked life s journey together for fifty years, years which\\nhave brought sunshine and sorrow to their home but to-\\nday they enjoy more than ever each other s society and the\\nvisits of their many friends, who are always welcome to their\\nhospitable home. Long may they yet live to enjoy the\\nfruits of their industrious youth.\\nPHILOTUS HAYDON.*\\nNo man who ever lived in Van Buren County was more uni-\\nversally honored and esteemed while living, and more sincerely\\nand generally mourned when dead, than Philotus Haydon,\\nwhose portrait appears in connection with this sketch. There\\nare many now in ea.sy circumstances living in this vicinity,\\nwhere Mr. Haydon lived from the year 1836 to the time of\\nhis death, who often refer with emotion to the timely assist-\\nance he rendered them when struggling for existence in the\\nearly settlement of the country. Never was he known to\\ntake advantage of a man s necessities, never taking more\\nthan simple interest and often none at all on even a note.\\nNo honest man, however poor, was ever turned away empty-\\nhanded when applying to him for assistance. If by mis-\\nfortune he lost a horse or an ox out of his team, he knew\\nright well where to go to supply its place. No one who\\never knew this large-hearted man, and reads the above, will\\nsay that it does him more than simple justice.\\nMr. Haydon was born in Montgomery Co., N. Y., in the\\nyear 1810. When quite a young man he went to Brandon,\\nVt., and engaged in the mercantile business there he mar-\\nried Mary A., daughter of Aaron W. Broughton of that\\nBy Capt. J. R. Hendryx.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0684.jp2"}, "685": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0685.jp2"}, "686": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0686.jp2"}, "687": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF HAMILTON.\\n473\\nplace, soon after removing to Hamilton, Van Buren Co.,\\nMich., where he located one thousand acres of land in the\\nyear 1836, and began at once to make extensive improve-\\nments, and soon had an abundance with which to supply\\nsettlers who came in after him. He sold a portion of his\\nlarge domain, but at the time of his death, which occurred\\nMarch 10, 1866, owned about seven hundred acres. The\\nPHILOTUS HAYDON.\\nfruits of his marriage with Miss Broughton were two sons,\\nCharles B., born in the year 1834, who enlisted as a private\\nin the 2d Michigan Infantry at the outbreak of our late\\ncivil war, and soon rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel,\\nand in 1864 died of wounds received at Jackson, Miss.\\nThe other son, Arthur W., was born April 22, 1844, and\\nabout the year 1870 married Miss Elizabeth Baker, daughter\\nof Hiram Baker, Esq., of Keeler township, and settled on a\\nportion of the old homestead set off to him by the administra-\\ntors, where he now lives in a neat and commodious dwelling\\non a well-cultivated farm, and ranks among the best citizens\\nof this township. Mrs. Broughton) Haydon died in 1848,\\nand Oct. 24, 1850, Mr. Haydon married Adelia E. Buck,\\nby whom he had three children, F. Mortimer, born Feb.\\n24, 1859; Mary A., born Aug. 19, 1861 Blanche, born\\nAug. 16, 1865. Mortimer is at present engaged in a store\\nin Decatur. Mary A. and Blanche are completing their\\neducation in the Ann Arbor University. The mother of\\nthese three children died very suddenly in Decatur, Jan. 24,\\n1877, while coming for her children in attendance at that\\nschool. She was a lady of rare accomplishments, loved\\nand esteemed by all who knew her, and, like her honored\\nhusband, was most heartily mourned at her death.\\nMr. Haydon never professed or talked religion, but would\\nevery day of his life do more real Christian acts than nine-\\ntenths of those who do profess and talk much.\\nIn politics he was a Republican, and was an able advo-\\ncate of his principles upon the stump. He served in the\\nSlate Legislature from 1844 to 1851, also in 1859. Was\\nelected supervisor of his township as long as he could be\\ninduced to serve.\\n60\\nJAMES M. OSBORN,\\nthe son of Stephen Osborn, who removed from Connecti-\\ncut to Vermont, and thence to New York, was born in East\\nWindsor, Conn., and engaged in farming with his father\\nuntil he was twenty-one years of age, when he rented a\\nfarm in Steuben Co., N. Y., and began work for himself\\nThree years later he caught the Western fever, and\\nemigrated to Michigan, with his wife and one child. The\\njourney was accomplished with a team and wagon, in which\\nlatter were stowed all his worldly goods. His capital was\\nin the form of health and unlimited energy, and possess-\\ning these he felt assured the labor of his hands would in\\ntime bring him prosperity. He and his brother Daniel\\npurchased a tract of ninety-three acres, and worked it in\\npartnership. At the end of four years he sold his interest\\nto his brother, and purchased eighty acres in Hamilton\\ntownship, to which four hundred acres have since been\\nadded. His father, Stephen Osborn, settled in the county\\nin the fall of 1844, after his sons had located, and pur-\\nchased forty acres of land, on which he lived until his\\ndeath. His family consisted of eighteen children, nine by\\neach of his wives, he being twice married. J. M. Osborn\\nmarried Miss Julia R. Allen, daughter of Samuel Allen,\\nand she has borne him the following children Gideon A.,\\nCatharine S., Edward A., and Eliza. Three of these are\\nnow living. Mrs. Osborn died Dec. 17, 1871, and on the\\n17th of March, 1872, Mr. Osborn married Martha J.\\nWarren, who was born in Ohio, June 17, 1834. Politi-\\ncally, Mr. Osborn is a Democrat, and is liberal in religious\\nmatters.\\nERASTUS OSBORN\\nis the oldest son of Stephen Osborn, by his second wife,\\nand was born March 24, 1838, in Ossian, Allegany (now\\nLivingston) Co., N. Y. The family was formerly from\\nVermont, and of Welsh descent. Mr. Osborn s mother\\nwas a daughter of Benjamin Hungerford, a well-known\\nwoolen-manufacturer in Allegany County, who moved to\\nMichigan in 1840, Stephen Osborn following in 1844, and\\nremaining at Mr. Hungerford s during the succeeding winter.\\nMarch 24, 1845, Stephen 0.sborn and family settled on\\nsection 20, in the township of Hamilton, Van Buren Co.\\nMr. Osborn s death occurred in March, 1853, and his widow,\\nhaving nearly completed her threescore and ten years,\\nresides on the old homestead.\\nErastus Osboru, during the year after his father s death,\\nworked with Mr. A. Barney, then for three years by the\\njob, and for fifteen years with a thrashing-machine. In\\nMarch, 1858, the rumors from the Pike s Peak mining re-\\ngion induced him to journey thither, but before the com-\\npany was quite ready to start he was disabled, by the kick\\nof a horse on his knee, and forced to remain at home until\\nsome time after the others had left, sending his teams and\\neffects along with them, however. He overtook them by\\nrail in Illinois. This company was one of the few that\\nmade the trip through to Denver, and stayed four weeks in\\nBoulder. Mr. Osborn, whose dreams of fortune vanished\\nwhen the stern realities of the position became apparent,\\nreturned to Iowa, where he remained two months, proceed-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0687.jp2"}, "688": {"fulltext": "474\\nHISTORY OP VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\ning from there homeward, reaching the farm in November,\\nwith one hundred dollars left. In company with his\\nbrothers, Benjamin and Horace, he commenced in earnest\\nto carve out a home. Hon. Philotus Haydon and Robert\\nNesbitt, two worthy pioneers of Hamilton town.ship, fur-\\nnished them respectively with land and money, on credit,\\nand gave them some good advice. The struggle to meet\\nthese obligations was a severe one with the brothers, but\\nthey finally triumphed, and had cause to keep in grateful\\nremembrance the men who had befriended them. In 1864\\na portion of their land was exchanged for what was known\\nas the Whitlock farm. In 1865, Erastus Osborn purchased\\nthe interest of his brothers, and now owns the entire farm.\\nMarch 24, 1864, he was married to Annette M. Lascelle,\\na native of Jefferson Co., N. Y. Miss Lascelle was a\\nteacher, and under her instruction Mr. Osborn passed a\\nwinter when in his twenty-fourth year. He yet insists that\\nshe was the best teacher he ever knew. Their children are two\\nin number, Mary E born in October, 1865, and Luona\\nA., born in October, 1866. They have both been educated\\nat home, yet Mr. Osborn has been much interested in the\\ncause of education, and has exerted his influence for good\\nschools in his own district. This is owing largely to the\\nfact that his own advantages in this respect were exceed-\\ningly limited. He has, however, a thoroughly practical\\nknowledge. With neither money nor material, he at one\\ntime contracted to build a school-house in sixty days, and\\nsuccessfully completed the work. He is a Democrat in\\npolitics, and in 1875 was elected township treasurer, hold-\\ning the office five successive terms, being elected the first\\ntime by twenty-two and the last time by fifty-six majority,\\nand this is an acknowledged Republican township. Mr.\\nOsborn aims to make his word as good as his bond, and\\nprofesses no other religion than the desire to do always as\\nhe agrees. His experience as a pioneer included such epi-\\nsodes as drawing corn and wheat twenty-five miles, with ox-\\nteams, to market, and .selling them respectively for fifteen\\nand forty cents per bushel. His wife has long been an in-\\nvalid, and his efforts have, consequently, been in a great\\ndegree single-handed; yet he has always maintained a large\\nhousehold, and was never known to turn a traveler from\\nhis door, whether rich or poor. Rastiis Osborn will keep\\nyou are words which have been spoken many times to\\ntired and dusty wayfarers, and the assertion was ever fully\\nrealized as true. Many families of emigrants have been\\nfed and sheltered by him, and if without food, furnished\\nwith sufficient for several meals, and sent on their way re-\\njoicing; and Mr. Osborn is confident that in the North and\\nWest are many warm friends who in such manner partook\\nof his bounty. He is a slave to no bad habits does not\\nuse tobacco in any form is a man of correct principles\\nis far-sighted in business affairs; possesses fine executive\\nability and unflagging energy is a kind husband and father,\\na true friend, and ever ready to forget differences which\\nmay arise with others. He, in a word, commands the\\nuniversal respect of his acquaintances.\\nJOHN BENNETT.\\nGeorge Bennett was born Sept. 16, 1811, and in 1824\\nremoved, with his parents, to Ann Arbor, Washtenaw Co.,\\nMich., fi-om the State of New York. Oct. 24, 1830, he\\nwas married to Jliss Eliza Barney, and moved to Una-\\ndilla, Livingston Co., in 1835, with his wife and two chil-\\ndren. Six children were born to them in the latter township,\\nand in 1849 they again directed their footsteps westward,\\nand located in Hamilton township. Van Buren Co. Here\\na ninth child was born, and here they resided until the\\nspring of 1855, when they left the farm and settled in the\\nvillage of Decatur, where they are still living. Mr. Ben-\\nnett has been engaged in various occupations, farming,\\ngrain-thrashing, railroading, lumbering, and stone and brick\\nmason-work.\\nJohn Bennett, the eldest son of George, was born at\\nAnn Arbor, Washtenaw Co., Mioh., Nov. 17, 1834, and\\non the 17th of November, 1855, was married to Lucy M.,\\nyoungest child of Calvin D. and Lucy Millard. She was\\nborn in Lyme, Conn., March 30, 1836. The newly-wedded\\npair settled the following spring in Decatur, which was\\ntheir home until August, 1865. When, in the summer of\\n1862, the President issued a call for troops to aid in\\nsuppressing the rebellion, Mr. Bennett enlisted in the 4th\\nMichigan Cavalry, and served under Gens. Rosecrans and\\nThomas. He was captured in the Atlanta campaign, and\\nwas in prison three months at Andersonville and two\\nmonths at Florence, S. C. After being exchanged he re-\\nturned to his regiment, and found a second lieutenant s com-\\nmission awaiting him. He took a prominent part in the\\ncapture of the petticoated and fugitive president of the\\nConfederacy, for which he was brevetted first lieutenant,\\nand received his share of the reward of one hundred thou-\\nsand dollars, which had been offered. He was honorably\\ndischarged after three years of active service, and purchased\\nand moved upon the farm he now occupies. It was then\\nin a sadly-neglected condition, but through the energy of\\nMr. Bennett and his wife has been brought to its present\\nstate of order and thrift.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0688.jp2"}, "689": {"fulltext": "JOHN BENNETT.\\nMRS. JOHN BENHETT.\\nResidence of JOHN BENN ETT, Hamilton TfiXan Buren Co., Mich.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0689.jp2"}, "690": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0690.jp2"}, "691": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OP HAMILTON.\\n475\\nMrs. Bennett s mother, Mrs. Millard, who came with her\\nhusband and family to Michigan in 1837, was called upon\\nto endure many hardships in the pioneer days of the settle-\\nment. Her husband died in 1838, leaving her and a young\\nfamily to be provided for. Mrs. Millard, who had been\\nreared in a city, was unaccustomed to the privations of\\nfrontier life, yet she fought with difficulties and overcame\\nthem, as only a pioneer mother in such a strait could. At\\none time the grist-mill was broken, there was no bread in\\nthe house, nor a .single ounce of flour in the neighborhood.\\nHer babe was crying for bread, and it seemed in vain.\\nFinally, however, she thought of the coffee-mill, and those\\nof the family old enough were set at work grinding, and at\\nlast meal sufficient for a loaf was prepared, sifted, and\\nbaked, and hunger was appeased, and the children s faces\\nwere once more wreathed in smiles. The first Sabbath-\\nschool and the first common-school in Hamilton township\\nwere taught by Mrs. Millard, in her own house, the pupils\\nbeing her own and the neighboring children. The nearest\\ntrading-post was many miles distant, and clothing and all\\narticles of food, except wild game, could be procured no\\nnearer. Game was furnished in abundance by a younger\\nbrother, Ralph Mason. Mrs. Millard was a professed Chris-\\ntian for more than forty years, and died at the residence of\\nher son-in-law, John Bennett, Feb. 19, 1872, in the seventy-\\neighth year of her age.\\nJOHN QUINCY ADAMS.\\nJOHN QUINCY ADAMS,\\nwhose portrait, together with that of his wife, appears on\\nthis page, was born in the town of Andover, Allegany Co.,\\nN. Y., Sept. 8, 1837. He lived there with his father\\nuntil Sept. 8, 1857, when, with the family, he removed to\\nMichigan, residing at home until he was twenty-five years\\nof age, and a.ssisted his father in clearing up and paying for\\ntwo hundred and seventy-eight acres of new land on the\\nwest line of the town of Hamilton. In April, 1862, he\\nbuilt a cabin on his father s farm, and on Dec. 25, 1862,\\nhe married Jane K. Jacobs, who was born in the town of\\nComstock, Kalamazoo Co., June 3, 1839. She lived with\\nher father until she was married went to housekeeping in\\nApril, 1863.\\nMr. Adams lived in the cabin on his lather s farm until\\nMay 1, 1865, and in that humble abode their first child\\nEmma Jane was born. In the month of January, 1865,\\nhe bought the farm where he now lives, containing one hun-\\ndred and sixty acres. The following April he cleared the\\nspot where his dwelling now stands, and on the 1st day of\\nMay moved into it. He at once commenced to improve\\nhis land. In the summer of 1866 he built on his place a\\ncommodious barn, and in June, 1879, bought fifty-three\\nacres adjoining his first purchase, making his present domain\\ntwo hundred and thirteen acres, with one hundred and\\nMILS. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.\\nsixty acres under improvement, including orchards and\\ncomfortable buildings.\\nThe fruit of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Adams has been\\nfour children,^ Emma Jane, born Sept. 17, 1864; B. E.,\\nborn Aug. 30, 1866; John Q., Jr., born Nov. 19, 1869;\\nGertie, born March 17, 1876, died Oct. 28, 1877.\\nIt will be seen that the subject of this notice gave the\\nfirst four years after arriving at his majority to the se-\\ncuring of a home for his parents and the younger members\\nof the family, where the father, with two younger brothers,\\nnow live, his mother having died Sept. 16, 1878. After\\nachieving this praiseworthy object, he unaided set out to\\nsecure the same comforts for himself, and with the hearty\\nco-operation of his frugal and faithful wife has within the\\nshort space of fifteen years made himself a comfortable home.\\nIn religious matters Mr. Adams holds liberal views. Po-\\nlitically, he is a staunch Democrat, although never taking\\nany active part in politics. He and his wife were charter\\nmembers of the Hamilton Grange, and have much of the\\ntime held office in it since it was organized, six years ago.\\nMr. Adams was the second in a family of ten children,\\nsix boys and four girls,^all now living but the oldest, who\\nwas a daughter, and all but the two youngest boys are\\nmarried and settled in life. Six of them live in the town\\nof Hamilton and vicinity.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0691.jp2"}, "692": {"fulltext": "476\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nWILLIAM HORTON.\\nPhotos, by Prichard, Decatur.\\nMRS. WILLIAM HORTON.\\nWILLIAM HORTON.\\nThis gentleman was born in Deerfleld, Portage Co., Ohio,\\nSept. 21, 1815. Mrs. William Horton was born in Pal-\\nmyra, Portage Co., Ohio, Feb. 1, 1817. Mr. William\\nHorton, Sr., father of the above, died in 1835. His wife\\ndied in 1875. The subject of this sketch lived in Ohio\\nuntil the year 1846, when he removed to Berrien Co.,\\nMich., and purchased eighty acres of land, and after clear-\\ning up a portion of it he traded it for one hundred and\\nsixty acres in Pipestone township, Berrien Co. He also\\ncleared the latter and improved it to some extent, tiien\\nsold and bought again in Silver Creek, Cass Co., Mich.\\nThe last farm consisted of one hundred and twenty acres.\\nHaving a desire to own a larger one, he again sold, and\\nmoved to Hamilton township, Van Buren Co., and pur-\\nchased two hundred and thirty-five acres, upon which he is\\nnow living. Mr. Horton married Miss Matilda, daughter\\nof Gibson and Mary McDaniel. This union has been\\nblessed with eleven children, of whom sis are living. The\\nnames are Worthing B., Emil} William, Isaac, Vincy,\\nGibson M., Dwight, Richmond P., Emeline, Asa, and\\nEliza. One of the sons is living in California and two are\\nin Missouri. Mr. Horton has always been interested in\\nthe advancement of his township, devoting a part of his\\ntime to its business. He was an assessor in Ohio, a com-\\nmissioner in Berrien County, and at present is a justice of\\nthe peace, which ofiice he has held about six years. He is\\na member of the Disciples Church. In politics is a Demo-\\ncrat. There were eight children in his father s family, of\\nwhom but three survive. Mr. Horton is in the sixty-fifth\\nyear of his age, and is considered one of the substantial\\nmen of his township. His house is always a home for his\\ngrandchildren, fourteen of whom are living, three being\\ndeceased five of these are at his home at this time.\\nA. S. WISE.\\nThis gentleman was born in Washington township, Morris\\nCo., N. J., June 14, 1830. In 1832 he removed with his\\nfather to Livingston Co., N. Y., the father, Andrew Wise,\\nlocating on a farm. In 1855 the son, who until that time\\nhad remained on the hoiue-farm, decided to search for a suit-\\nable location in the West for a future home for himself and\\nwife, he having, on the 22d of March, 1855, married Miss\\nHannah J. Read, daughter of Ezekiel S. and Delilah Read,\\nwho was born in Sparta, Livingston Co., N. Y., Jan. 12,\\n1832. Turning their faces westward, they began a long\\njourney, and in the same year they were married located\\nin Hamilton township, Van Buren Co., Mich., on one hun-\\ndred acres of land, which Mr. Wise purchased and which\\nis still their home to it sixty acres have since been added.\\nMr. and Mrs. Wise are the parents of two children, Eda\\nD., born Nov. 2, 1857, and H. Evelyn, born Nov. 15, 1863\\nboth are living at home with their parents. Mr. Wise is\\nalso the owner of one hundred and forty acres of land in\\nOakland Co., Mich. Politically he is a Republican, and\\nhas filled several township offices. In religious matters he\\nis liberal. He has been an active farmer through life, and\\nhas devoted much time to the improvement of his stock\\nsheep, of which he at present has a fine flock, and swine\\nbeing his specialties.\\nJOHN H. COLLINS.\\nProminent among the thrifty and prosperous farmers of\\nHamilton township. Van Buren Co., Mich., is John H.\\nCollins, who was born in Erie Co., N. Y., Nov. 6, 1846,\\nand came to Decatur, Mich., in 1859, with his father,\\nHenry Collins. He was engaged in farming until 1871,\\nwhen he entered business as a grocer at Grand Junction,", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0692.jp2"}, "693": {"fulltext": "J. H. COLLINS.\\nMRS. J. H.COLLINS.\\n^S\u00c2\u00ab^::XI^S\u00c2\u00bb*-\\nRes.or J. H. COLLINS, Hamilton.\\nMICH.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0693.jp2"}, "694": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0694.jp2"}, "695": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF KEELEK.\\n477\\nVan Buren Co. At the expiration of three years he rented\\na farm in Hamilton township, and occupied it three years.\\nIn 1878 he purchased the farm of one hundred acres, in\\nthe same township, on which he now resides. In 1873 he\\nwas married to Miss Ellen M. Beattie, daughter of Isaac\\nand Jane Beattie, who was born in Van Buren Co., Mich.,\\nNov. 20, 1845, and by her has two children, Fannie J.,\\nborn May 10, 1875, and John Guy, born Oct. 17, 1876.\\nMr. Collins acts with the Republican party in political\\naffairs, but is a quiet worker, and not a man who desires\\npublicity. In his religious views he is liberal. Mr. Col-\\nlins, who was but a small boy when he came to this State,\\nand began life without capital and is still a young man, has\\nbeen remarkably succe^ful in business, and is one of the\\nmost prosperous and enterprising farmers in the township.\\nEverything on his premises evinces taste and thrift.\\nCHAPTER LXII.\\nKEELER TOWNSHIP.*\\nLocation, Surface, anil W.iters Early .Settlements Territorial Roads\\nTownship Organization and List of Officers The Village So-\\ncieties and Orders Religious Societies Schools Forest Home\\nCamping Ground.\\nLOCATION, SURFACE, AND WATERS.\\nKeeler, the Southwestern corner township of Van\\nBuren County, is composed of 36 full sections, and is\\nknown and distinguished on the United States survey as\\ntownship 4 south, range 16 west. It is bounded on the\\nnorth by tiie township of Hartford, on the east by Ham-\\nilton, on the south by the township of Silver Creek, in\\nCass County, and on the west by Bainbridge township,\\nBerrien Co. The surface of the township is generally\\nlevel. Originally a large part of the township was burr-\\noak openings, but in some parts was covered with scrub-\\noak. For agricultural purposes the township is in advance\\nof any other in the county. Its soil is a fine sandy loam,\\nand is particularly adapted to the successful cultivation of\\nwheat, and is all in a high state of cultivation, having no\\nwa.ste lands. Steady, persistent industry and energy, with\\nthe richness of the soil, have brought to its fortunate owners\\nan abundance of this world s goods, as is shown by the ex-\\ncellence of their farm residences and buildings.\\nThe township is watered by small streams rising in the cen-\\ntral part and flowing west and joining branches that flow into\\nthe Paw Paw River, and one that rises in the east and flows\\neasterly through the south part of the township. There\\nare a number of lakes, among the largest being Round and\\nCrooked Lakes that lie near together in the southwest part,\\non sections 31 and 32 Magician Lake, in the south part of\\nsection 34 Keeler Lake, in the east part of section 23\\nBrown Lake, in the east part of sections 20 and 29 and\\ntwo in the west part of section 17.\\nEARLY SETTLEMENTS.\\nThe townships along the lake-coast having accessible har-\\nbors and landing-places were visited by persons in search of\\n*By A. N. Hungerford.\\nlumber and wood and eligible locations for mills, and whose\\nobject was not permanent settlement, but simply the cutting\\nand manufacture of lumber.\\nThe townships lying back from the coast were not even\\nsparsely settled till about 1833-34, when emigrants began\\nto come in from the East to look for lands and to locate\\nfarms Decatur leading the townships in the county and\\nhaving the first settlers in Dolphin Morris and Henry Swift,\\nwho remained two or three years before they were joined\\nby any others. The first to come in this township were\\nJohn and James Nesbitt, natives of Ireland, who bought\\n120 acres of government land, in the southeast quarter of\\nsection 14, in the summer of 1834. They built a tent of\\ntwo crotched sticks driven into the ground, a pole placed\\nacross the top and poles down the sides, all covered with\\nmarsh hay. Here they lived until the middle of the sum-\\nmer of 1835, when they sold to Wolcott H. Keeler. John\\nNesbitt is still living, and resides in Porter.\\nThe next to locate was Tobias Byers. He was a native of\\nPennsylvania, and when young went to Sparta, Livingston\\nCo., N. Y., with his parents. In February, 1835, he left\\nhome for Michigan, traveling by stage and private convey-\\nance through Buffalo, Cleveland, and Coldwater to Illinois,\\nwhere he remained four months, and came to what is now\\nthe township of Keeler, examined the country, and went to\\nthe land-ofiice at Bronson (now Kalamazoo) on foot, and\\nlocated 120 acres of land on the east half of section 19 and\\n240 acres on the east half of section 13. He cut logs for\\na house on section 19, then went back to New York, and\\nremained till about the last of October. Isaac De Long\\nand David Byers (his brother) came with him, and raised\\nthe log house for which he had made preparations in the\\nspring. David Byers soon returned to New York, but\\nafterwards settled in Bainbridge. Isaac De Long hired\\nout to W. H. Keeler to work by the month. Tobias Byers\\nworked one month for John B. Freeman, near Prospect\\nLake, and boarded most of the time with Mr. Keeler. His\\nearly life in the country was passed in locating land for\\nsettlers, and in clearing and breaking up land for others, a\\nbusiness which he followed for about fifteen years. In\\n1850 he built a frame house on section 13, in the east part\\nof the town, and carried on the farms in both places at\\nthe same time, living the most of the time on section 13\\nafter the house was built. In 1856 he married Jeannette\\nWilson, and they now live on the east farm. Mr. Byers\\nhas been elected justice of the peace several times, and has\\nheld other township offices.\\nWolcott H. Keeler was a native of Vermont, and on the\\nlast day of June, 1835, came into the township a week\\nafter Tobias Byers, and bought of Nesbitt the 40 acres in\\nthe southeast quarter of section 14, and 80 acres on the\\nsouthwest quarter of section 13, at five dollars per acre, and\\nthen went to Bronson and located the west half and north-\\nwest quarter of section 24 at 10s. per acre, this making a\\ntotal of 480 acres of government land. He returned to\\nVermont, but in the fall of that year came back with his\\nson Eleazer and his daughter Almina. They erected a log\\nhouse, afterwards building to it a frame addition. This\\nhouse was built where the brick dwelling of John Rose-\\nvelt stands. Mr. Keeler returned to Vermont after the", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0695.jp2"}, "696": {"fulltext": "478\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nhouse was built. His sou Simon, in the winter of 1835-\\n36, drove through from Vermont with a team and a load of\\nhousehold goods, and in the spring of 1836 Mr. Keeler\\nand his wife and daughter Ursula came round by the way\\nof the lakes to St. Joseph, and then came in on the newly-\\nsurveyed track of the Territorial road.\\nMr. Keeler laid out a village at the place where he built\\nhis house. The house was made a tavern. The stage-\\nroute passed through here, on the Territorial road, and for\\na time it bade fair to become a village but, like many\\nothers, it was simply on paper. The Keeler family remained\\nhere till in 1850 and sold 570 acres to John Rosevelt, who\\nnow lives on the place. Eleazer Keeler was the first town\\nclerk of Keeler, in 1839, and filled other positions of trust\\nin the township. A store was kept here also by the Keel-\\ners in 1836. Harlow Wright was a blacksmith in 1837.\\nJames Hill, a native of Vermont, emigrated to New\\nYork when twenty-one years old, and to this place in May,\\n1836, with his wife and his children, -Whiting S., Lyman\\nG., James A., Mary, and D. Clinton Hill. Mr. Hill bought\\nthe west half of the northwest quarter of section 11. Mr.\\nHill was supervisor in 1839 Lyman G., his son, was su-\\npervisor from 1848 to 1852, and from 1854 to 1856. At\\nthat time Tobias Byers was living on section 19, and Keeler\\nwas on section 14. His son, Justus Hill, came from Ver-\\nmont in 1840, and settled on part of his father s farm, in\\nthe east half of the northwest quarter of section 10. In\\n1865 he removed to the present village of Keeler, where\\nhe still lives. In 1840. when Justus Hill came in, the place\\nwas still a wilderness. In the north lived Henry Hammond,\\nPeter Williamson, R. B. Everett, these being in the town-\\nship of Hartford. Theodore Phelps lived south and east,\\non section 25. South and west was William Earle, on the\\nsoutheast quarter of section 28, where William Warren now\\nlives. On the south, beyond Keeler Centre and on to Cass\\nCounty, no one was then located.\\nWillard Dodge, a native of Jeflerson Co., N. Y., in the\\nwinter of 1835-36 located government land as follows: the\\nwest six lots of section 26 all of section 27 the east half\\nof southeast quarter of section 21 the north half of the\\nsouthwest quarter of section 2 and 160 acres of the south\\npart of the north half of section 3 and also lands in\\nHartford township. Ira Foster, a native of Madison Co.,\\nN. Y., with his wife and child and brother Truman, came\\ninto the township, bought land of Wolcott H. Keeler, on\\nthe northwest quarter of section 15, and, on the 7th day\\nof April, 1837, commenced to chop and to build a log\\ncabin. He worked alone for seven years with two yoke of\\noxen, breaking up land. He was one of the first to form\\na Methodist class, in 1840. His nearest neighbor was\\nJames Hill, on section 11, on the north on the south was\\nSamuel Treat, at Silver Creek, in Cass County Keeler on\\nthe oast; and Tobias Byers on the west. Mr. Foster lives on\\nsection 16, across the road from his first settlement. Benja-\\nmin Hungerford came from Livingston Co., N. Y., in 1837,\\nwith his wife and a large family of children, and moved\\nfirst into the house of Tobias Byers, on section 19. That\\nhouse was used by many of the early settlers till their own\\ncabins could be built. Mr. Hungerford bought of Henry\\nByers 640 acres of land on the Territorial road, the east\\nhalf of section 28, part of the northeast quarter of section\\n20, and the southeast quarter of section 17. On the place\\nwhere Mrs. Andrew Klett now lives he built his cabin, and\\noccupied it with his wife and thirteen children. They lived\\nhere for many years, and Benjamin and his son Stephen\\nfilled several town ofiices. The family have become scat-\\ntered, like many others, and none of them are now living\\nin the town.\\nZenas Sikes, a native of Westhampton, Mass., was a\\nstudent of the Thompsonian practice of medicine before he\\ncame here, in 1836. He located the south half of section\\n18, the northeast quarter of section 19, and northwest\\nquarter of section 20. On the 15th day of June, 1837, he\\narrived at the place, with his son Orendo M., and built a\\nframe house, buying the lumber of Robert Nesbitt, in Ham-\\nilton township, who had the only .saw-mill in a large section\\nof country, and supplied the early settlers with lumber. In\\nNovember of that year the wife of Dr. Zenas Sikes, with\\nseveral sons, came in. Orendo M., Samuel, and Pliny P.\\nare now living in the township. The children were Orendo\\nM., Lorin W., Lueina G., Pliny P., Samuel J., Zenas,\\nCharles L. W., and John F. Dr. Sikes practiced his pro-\\nfession until his death, in 1861. Orendo M. Sikes lives\\non the old homestead.\\nAdrian Manley came in 1836, about the same time with\\nThomas Conklin and Burrell Olney. and settled on the\\nnorthwest quarter of section 4. The family came on in\\n1837. Calvin Hathaway, of Oneida County, came in with\\nIra Foster in 1837, locating on the southeast quarter and\\nthe west half and southwest quarter of section 10, where\\nL. D. Robinson now resides. The family are now all gone.\\nJeremiah Johnson, a native of Ohio, in the winter of\\n1835-36 located in the southeast corner of the township, on\\nsection 36. His son Daniel now lives in Hamilton.\\nWhile the laborers were at work clearing and breaking\\nup the land along the line of the Territorial road, one of\\nthe men was taken sick and died. He was buried at St.\\nJoseph. In the winter of 1835-36 one Mathew Fenton,\\na cousin of W. H. Keeler, was killed by the falling of a\\ntree, and was the first person buried in the town.\\nSamuel Fletcher, from the eastern part of New York,\\ncame here in 1838, and located in the west part of section\\n19. His wife was a sister of Tobias Byers. With them\\ncame Mattie Byers, afterwards well known as Aunt Mattie,\\nwho settled in Bainbridge, on section 24, on the Territorial\\nroad. She had on her place a never-failing well, and the\\nstages all stopped there and made it a general watering-\\nplace. David Byers, a brother of Tobias, located in 1838\\nin Bainbridge, just west of Aunt Mattie s, on the Territorial\\nroad. Mr. Fletcher died in 1845. His daughter married\\nDr. J. Elliott Sweet, now of Hartford.\\nCapt. Marshall Lewis was a native of Southington, Conn.,\\nand a civil engineer by profession, which he followed in that\\nState and Pennsylvania. He came to New York, and was\\nemployed by De Witt Clinton as engineer and placed in\\ncharge of important work in the construction of the Erie\\nCanal. He designed the plans of the locks that were\\naccepted for the Welland Canal, for which a premium of\\n$1000 was offered, and was employed by William Hamil-\\nton Merritt, general manager of the project, to superintend", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0696.jp2"}, "697": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0697.jp2"}, "698": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0698.jp2"}, "699": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF KEELER.\\n479\\nthe coustruction of the locks and bridges. Later, he came\\nto Monroe, Mich., and superintended the construction of\\nthe Raisin Canal, under Gen. Henry Smith. In 1837 he\\ncame to Lawrence, with Gen. Chadwick, and in 1838 re-\\nmoved to Keeler.\\nGen. Benjamin F. Chadwick, who was a native of Mas-\\nsachusetts, moved to Cayufja Co., N. Y., with his parents,\\nwhen quite young, and remained till twenty-one years of\\nage, when he went to Canada, and built a furnace at Chip-\\npewa. Soon afterwards he erected a foundry at St. Catha-\\nrine s, in partnership with Capt. Lewis, whose daughter he\\nmarried. In 183G he came to Michigan, and located 320\\nacres of land, in two different sections, in what is now\\nLawrence township, and on the 13th day of April, 1837,\\nGen. Chadwick and his family, and Capt. Lewis, arrived at\\nJudge Keeler s, at Keelersville. They remained overnight,\\nand the next day went to the land they had bought, and\\npurchasing a few boards from Judge Haynes at Brush\\nCreek, erected a board shanty 12 feet by 12, cleared about\\nthree-fourths of an acre, and lived there until the fall of\\nthat year, and then sold to Judge Broughton. Gen. Chad-\\nwick then located and bought 160 acres on section 25, in\\nKeeler township, where S. M. Conklin now owns, in the\\nnortheast quarter. Jeremiah Johnson lived on the adjoin-\\ning quarter-section south Anson Barney was half a mile\\neast, in Hamilton township Philotus Haydon was also in\\nHamilton township, on the Territorial road.\\nCapt. Lewis and Gen. Chadwick were residents of Keeler\\ntownship about three years, when the property was ex-\\nchanged with Theodore Phelps, for mill property on section\\n22 and one-half of section 27, and they removed to that place.\\nCapt. Lewis died in 1844. Gen. Chadwick was appointed\\nin 1852, by President Pierce, superintendent of public\\nworks at St. Joseph, during the repairs and extension of\\nthe piers. He remained two years, and was appointed light-\\nhouse-keeper, a position which he occupied six years. He\\nis now living with his son-in-law, William Anderson, in\\nHartford.\\nPalmer and William Earle located in the township\\nabout 1839. Palmer settled on the southwest quarter of\\nsection 35, and William on the southeast quarter of section\\n28, when William Warren now lives. About 1842, Ira\\nGould, a native of Cherry Valley, N. Y., came from Cold-\\nwater, Mich., with an Englishman by the name of John\\nDuncombe, in 1842. Gould purchased the Palmer Earle\\nfarm at the east end of Lake Magician, on .section 35, and\\nDuncombe the west half of the northwest quarter of the\\nsame section, where Henry Keith now lives. The Goulds\\nstill occupy the farm. John Duncombe left here in 1846,\\nby overland route for California before the gold excitement.\\nHe bought 40 acres of land where San Francisco now\\nstands, and soon after died, leaving a wife and three little\\ngirls. A few years later the value of the land was enhanced\\nby the wonderful growth of the city, and the sale of it gave\\nthem an independence which tiiey are still living to enjoy.\\nDaniel J. Osborne came from Western New York about\\n1842, and settled on section 17, where he still lives. Marvin\\nPalmer settled on the southeast quarter of section 36, where\\nhe built a barn. He sold out and went to California, where\\nhe was successful, and returning to Michigan, bought a farm\\non McKinney s Prairie, Cass Co., but again sold out and\\nwent to California.\\nAbout 1840, Thomas Arner located on the north-and-\\nsouth Centre road, near Ira Foster, where P. D. Peters\\nnow lives.\\nLinus Warner located on section 31 Ebenezer Lyon, on\\nsection 29 and Samuel Robinson on section 5 William\\nand Thomas Green, on the same section James Lee, a son-\\nin-law of one of the Greens, on section 2, where Henry\\nShepherd lives.\\nIn 1844 not a road had been opened on a quarter-section\\nline in the township. The Territorial road was run from\\neast to west through the township in about 1835, and as\\nearly as 1838-40 a diagonal road ran from Sikes on sec-\\ntion 20, southeast to the east end of Lake Magician, and a\\nyear or two later, one about a mile from Hungerford s diag-\\nonally southeast. A mail-road also was opened from Keel-\\nerville to Cassopolis.\\nIn the ye;ir 1844 quite a number of emigrants came in,\\namong whom were Oruion Kosevelt, of Monroe Co., N. Y.\\nHe was a single man and lived at Linus Warner s, on sec-\\ntion 31. He bought the southwest quarter of that section.\\nAfterwards (in 1845 j bought the place now owned by George\\nI. Sherman, on sections 26 and 27.\\nJohn Buck and Lucius 0. Buck, from Livingston Co.,\\nN. Y., came in the spring of 1844, and settled on the north-\\neast quarter of section 15, where Lucius Buck now lives.\\nJohn S. Buck, their father, came in 1846 and settled on\\nthe southwest quarter of section 22, where W. Jolly now\\nowns. Samuel Gordon also settled on section 27.\\nHenry S. Keith, from Jefferson Co., N. Y., bought, in\\n1843, of Willard Dodge, of that county, the south half of\\nthe southeast quarter of section 27, in Keeler, this being\\npart of the lands Mr. Dodge purchased in 1835-36. In\\nJune, 1844, Mr. Keith arrived here with his wife and four\\nchildren. They lived a few days with John Duncombe, and\\nbuilt a small frame house on the farm where his son Fleury\\nnow resides. Mr. Keith now lives on section 35, where\\nMr. Duncombe lived.\\nDr. George Bartholomew, of Jefferson Co., N. Y., emi-\\ngrated to this township in 1846, bought the north half of\\nthe southwest quarter of section 26, remained there two\\nyears, and then went to Paw Paw, where he spent three\\nyears, then moved to Decatur, where he lived two years,\\nand from that time was in the employ of the Panama Rail-\\nroad Company for five years in Central America. He re-\\nturned from there and lived in Berrien eleven years, and\\nreturned to the village of Keeler, where he has been in\\npractice from that time to the present. At the time Dr.\\nBartholomew came in, the log cabin of Moses Duncombe\\nstood where the village of Keeler now is. Mr. Duncombe\\ncame from Canada in the spring of 1844 to Grand Rapids,\\nand located land which is a part of the village site. His\\ntwo daughters, Mary and Elizabeth, came with him, and\\nthey began housekeeping in a log cabin of James Hill, on\\nsection 11, and in the fall went into a house he built at the\\ncentre. Mrs. Duncombe, Charles, Caroline (now Mrs.\\nWheelerj, William, and S. W. Duncombe came in after-\\nwards. Charles and Mrs. Wheeler are still living at the", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0699.jp2"}, "700": {"fulltext": "480\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\ncentre. S. W. Duncombe resides at Paw Paw. Charles\\nBuncombe was a member of the Constitutional Convention\\nin May, 1867. John V. Rosevelt, from Monroe Co., N. Y.,\\npurcha.sed of Wolcott H. Keeler, the 27th of June, 1850,\\n547 acres, where he still lives. He has been for several\\nyears and is still supervisor of the town.\\nThe residents of Keeler township whose names appear\\nCD the tax-roll dated May 2.5, 1839, were the following:\\nH. Hammond, Peter Williamson, R. Everett, Ruel Wilcox,\\nA. Newton, F. Ruggles, J. Ruggles, Thomas Conklin, Rus-\\nsell A. Olney, Henry Miner, Alba De Long, Ferdino Olds,\\nSmith Johnson, Adrian Manley, John Palmenter, Thomas\\nH. Green, William Green, William B. Green, Benjamin\\nHungerford, Hiram Hungerford, Stephen Hungerford, Ze-\\nnas Sikes, Orendo M. Sikes, Tobias Byers, Samuel Fletcher,\\nWilliam Earle, Palmer Earle, Benjamin Chadwick, Wolcott\\nH. Keeler, Eleazer H. Keeler, W. H. and E. H. Keeler,\\nW. S. Hill, Coloni Hathaway, Ira Foster, Lyman G. Hill,\\nJames Hill, James Lee, James Spinnings, and Marshall\\nLewis. The assessors of the township were Benjamin F.\\nChadwick, Lyman G. Hill, and E. H. Keeler. Of those\\nincluded in the above list, only three are now living, viz.\\nTobias Byers, 0. M. Sikes, and Palmer Earle. The total\\nreal and personal assessment of residents of the township\\nin that year was about $15,000.\\nTo give an idea of the settlement of Keeler, the names\\nof the settlers are given as they were living on the differ-\\nent roads in the township in 1850. On the Territorial\\nroad, running from east to west, lived Tobias Byers, on the\\neast part of section 13 Wolcott H. Keeler, Simon Keeler,\\nand John Brown, at Keelersville, on the west part of the\\nsame section where J. V. Rosevelt resides Mrs. Rider,\\non section 14, where John Baker lives John S. Buck, on\\nsection 22, where Wilson Jolly lives Moses Duncombe, on\\nsection 15 D. M. Thomas and Lysander Bly, on section\\n21, at the village Benjamin Hungerford, on section 20,\\nwhere Widow Klett now lives Zenas and Orendo M.\\nSikes, on the same section John Campbell, on section 19.\\nOn the road running through the centre of the town north\\naud south, commencing at the north, was Truman Fowler,\\non the northeast quarter of section 9 Ira Foster, on section\\n15 aud Thomas Ames, on section 15. South of the centre\\nwere Mrs. Earle Benjamin and Daniel Sill, and Stephen\\nGregory.\\nOn the first east-and-west road south of Hartford, com-\\nmencing at the west end, were Ephraim Warren and Gilbert\\nLeach, on section 8 Justus Hill, on section 10 Elder\\nRowe, on section 11 and Ozam Abbott, on 12. On the\\nfirst north-and-south road east of the centre were James\\nand Adrian Manley, on section 2 Lyman G. and James\\nHill, on 11 John and Lucius E. Buck, on 15; John S.\\nBuck, on 22 Mrs. Farnham, Orman Rosevelt, Samuel\\nGordon, and H. S. Keith, on 27 and Ira Gould, on sec-\\ntion 35.\\nTERRITORIAL ROADS.\\nThe Congress of the United States passed an act to con-\\nstruct a road from Detroit to Chicago, in 1824, to pass\\nthrough the lower counties in the fcjlate. Alterwards\\nbrandies were surveyed and laid out. One of the branches\\ncame through the township ot Keeler to St. Joseph, aud\\nwas commenced about 1834. When the first settlers came,\\nin 1835, the workmen were still at work breaking up, clear-\\ning, and grading. The road ran in a straight course south-\\nwesterly, entering the town about the middle of the south-\\neast quarter-section of 13, passing through 14, intersecting\\nthe section line on 15 and 22, passing through 22 and 21\\nand 20, intersecting the quarter-section line at nearly the\\nwest end of it, and about half-way across section 19 de-\\nflecting northwesterly, passing into Bainbridge near the\\ncentre of the west line of the northwest quarter of sec-\\ntion 19.\\nIn 1835, John Allen, of Brwsh Creek, now Lawrence,\\ntook a contract for carrying the mails from Lawrence to St.\\nJoseph, and in January, 1836, he established a stage-route\\nfrom Lawrence to Keeler, where his route struck the Ter-\\nritorial road and passed on to St. Joseph. John Reynolds\\ncarried the mail through Dopp Settlement and Keeler before\\na post-oflice was established, which was, however, done in\\nthat year, at Keelerville. William Taylor afterwards drove\\nthe stage. About 1838 the first change was made in the\\nroute, and was from the intersection of the road with the\\nsouth line of section 15, following west along the section\\nline to what is now the centre of the village, thence south\\nabout sixty rods, striking the old line of road. This change\\nwas made by the commissioners of the township. Still\\nlater a change in the route was made in the line from the\\nintersection of the road on the south line of section 20,\\nnear where 0. M. Sikes now lives, and following the section\\nline west to the intersection of the deflecting line north-\\nwesterly. John Allen built a road from Reynolds tavern,\\non the east line of Lawrence township, near Lake George,\\nto Brush Creek, and from there to Keeler. The road was\\nlong a stage-route, and as many as ten coaches each way\\nwere run every day in the year. Upon the completion of\\nthe railroad from Kalamazoo to Niles the coaches were\\nmostly withdrawn.\\nTOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION AND LIST OF OFFICERS.\\nAn act of the Legislature was approved March 11, 1837,\\nto divide the township of Lafayette into seven towns. The\\ntownship of Covington was one of the seven towns, and\\ncomprised what is now Keeler and Hamilton. In 1839,\\nCovington was divided into separate townships, and in the\\ndivision, Keeler not only embraced the territory of town-\\nship 4 south, range 16 west, but township 3 south, same\\nrange (now Hartlbrd), that prior to that time belonged to\\nLawrence, being embraced in that township when the\\ntownship of Lafayette was divided into seven towns. At\\nthe first township- meeting 29 votes were cast and the fol-\\nlowing officers were elected: Supervisor, James Hill; Town\\nClerk, E. H. Keeler; Justices of the Peace, Lyman G.\\nHill, B. F. Chadwick, B. A. Olney, and R. B. Everett;\\nCollector, Thomas Conklin Highway Commissioners, W.\\nH. Keeler, R. B. Everett, and Tobias Byers.\\nPart of these first officers lived in Hartford and part in\\nKeeler, and in the spring of the next year Hartford was\\nset ofl as a separate town. No vote was cast in the town-\\nship limits while it was in the township of Lafayette, and\\nwhen Coviugtoii was termed, in 1837, the first election of\\nthat town was held at W. H. Keeler s tavern, in Keelers-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0700.jp2"}, "701": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0701.jp2"}, "702": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0702.jp2"}, "703": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF KEELER.\\n481\\nville, and later, when Keeler and Hamilton were formed\\nand Hartford was attached to Keeler, the elections still\\ncontinued to be held there until about 1847. Mr. Tobias\\nByers says that in 1843 the snow was so deep that men\\ncame on snow-shoes to the election.\\nThe township record^ from 1839 to 1846 are missing.\\nFrom the latter year until the present time, the principal\\noffices of the township have been held as follows\\nSUPERVISOnS.\\n1846, Theodore E. Phelps; 1847, George Bartholomew; 1848-52, Ly-\\nman G. Hill; 18.^3, James A. Lee; 1S54-56, Lyman G. Hill;\\n1857-59, Charles Buncombe; 1860, Charles G. George; 1861,\\nIsaac J. Cox; 1862-64, Charles Buncombe; 1865, Albert E.\\nGregory; 1866, Charles Dunoombe 1867, William Tuttle, Jr.;\\n1868, Charles Buncombe; 1869-70, Orendo M. Sikes 1871,\\nCharles Buncombe; 1872, John Baker; J373, Isaac J. Cox;\\n1874-75, John V. Roscvelt: 1S76, Henry S. Keith; 1877, Charles\\nBuncombe; 1878, Henry S. Keith; 1879, John V. Rosevelt.\\nTOWN CLERKS.\\n1846-47, Lucius E. Buck; 1848, John S. Buck; 1849-50, Lucius E.\\nBuck; 1851, C. A. Buck; 1852, Lucius E. Buck 185.3, Baniel\\nM.Thomas; 1854-55, Lucius E. Buck; 1856, Bavid A. Buck;\\n1857-58, Pliny P. Sikes; 1859, Andrew Armstrong; 1860-61,\\nStephen W. Buncombe; 18G2, Mursell M. Merritt; 1863, Joseph\\nE. Sweet; 1864-70, Mursell M. Merrilt; 1871, Willard S. Hill;\\n1872, J. Elliot Swett; 187.3, Charles G. George; 1874-77, Wil-\\nliam E. Braper; 1878, James W. Thomas; 1879, William E.\\nBraper.\\nTREASUREns.\\n1846, James A. Lee; 1847-54, Ira Gould; 1855, John F. Buck; 1856,\\nMarquis F. Buck; 1857, Albert E. Gregory; 1858-59, Benjamin\\nB. Sill; 1860-62, Merritt Haynes; 1863, Newton T. Foster 1864,\\nMerritt Haynes; 1865-67, James W. Thomas; 1868-69, Henry\\nB. Babcock; 1870-71, Lorenzo B. Robertson; 1872-77, John F.\\nTaylor; 1878, Amos Irish 1879, Franklin Hill.\\nJUSTICES OF THE PEACE.\\n1846, Henry S. Keith; 1847, Tobias Byers; 1849, Samuel Robertson\\n1850, Luther Chapin 1851, Tobias Byers; 1852, Ira Foster;\\n1853, Charles G. George; 1854, Charles N. Poor; 1855, James\\nG. Haynes; 1856, John Baker, 0. M. Sikes; 1857, Charles G.\\nGeorge; 1858, Ira Foster, William Tuttle; 1859, John G.\\nHaynes, Simeon P. Tuttle; 1860, Orendo M. Sikes, William J.\\nMerwin; 1861, Simeon P. Tuttle 1862, John L. Harrison; 1863,\\nRobert B. Thompson; 1864, Orendo M. Sikes; 1865, Simeon P.\\nTuttle, Ephraim AVarren, Stephen M. Miller; 1866, James H.\\nHaynes, Jacob I. Rosevelt; 1867, Ephraim Warren, Aaron M.\\nKnight, Isaac S. Ro.=evelt; 1868, Orendo M. Sikes, Edward M.\\nCook, James E. Burden; 1870, Charles G. George, John Baker;\\n1871, Samuel Robertson, Oscar Adams; 1872, Orendo M. Sikes,\\nHorace B. Clover; 1873, Horace B. Clover; 1874, Charles G.\\nGeorge; 1875, Isaac S. Rosevelt 1876, 0. M. Sikes; 1877, Horace\\nB. Clover, Charles W. Daily 1878, George G. Scott, Truman D.\\nPitcher; 1879, Charles Buncombe.\\nSCHOOL INSPECTORS.\\n1846, Eleazer H. Keeler, Linus Warner; 1847, Charles 0. Buck 1848,\\nCharles Buncombe, Loren W. Sikes 1849, Bavid Foster; 1850,\\nJohn H. Haynes; 1851, J. G. Haynes, Aaron Rowe; 1852, James\\nn. Haynes; 1853, M. Kimball; 1854, John G. Haynes; 1855,\\nHenry M. Farnham: 1856, Hiram Baker; 1857, Hamilton J.\\nWillmoth, Henry A. Starr; 1858, Henry M. Farnham; 1859,\\nJames H. Haynes 1860, Henry M. Farnham; ISfil, James H.\\nHaynes; 1862, Henry M. Farnham; 1863, James Thompson;\\n1864, James H. Haynes; 1865, William M. Campbell; 1866,\\nJames H. Haynes, Albert E. Gregory; 1867, Albert E. Gregory\\n1868, James II. Haynes; 1870, Alfred H. Cook, Henry B. Bab-\\ncock; 1871, J. Elliott Swelt, Seth Felt; 1872, William 0. Cook;\\n1873, Albert E. Gregory 1874, Albert C.Thompson, Horace B.\\nClover; 1875-77, William 0. Cook; 1878, Lucius E. Buck; 1879,\\nWilliam 0. Cook.\\n61\\nSUPKRINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS.\\n1875-76, John Baker; 1877-79, George W. Baker.\\nTHE VILLAGE.\\nThe fir.st store kept in the village was by Loren W.\\nSikes the first school was taught by Maria Head the\\nfirst church was built in 1860. Dr. J. Elliot Swett was\\nthe first resident phy.sician.\\nThe village contains about forty families, two churches\\n(Methodist and Congregational), one store, two groceries,\\npost-office, hotel, school-house, two blacksmith-shops, cooper-\\nshop, cabinet-shop, two wagon-shops, paint-shop, harness-\\nshop, and shoe-shop.\\nThe First Post-Office was established at Keelerville in\\n1836, on the opening of the stage-route by John Allen, of\\nLawrence. Wolcott H. Keeler was the postmaster. The\\noffice remained there until 1856, and was removed to Keeler\\nvillage. The postmasters who succeeded Mr. Keeler were\\nJohn Buck, S. W. Duncombe, Mrs. Caroline Wheeler, and\\nJohn F. Taylor, who now holds the office.\\nSOCIETIES ANB ORBERS.\\nSalatldel Lodge, No. 233, F. and A. M.\u00e2\u0080\u0094T\\\\\\\\is lodge\\nreceived its charter from the Grand Lodge of Michigan,\\nJan. 8, 1868, with the following-named persons as officers:\\nStephen W. Duncombe, Worshipful Master; Willard S.\\nHill, Senior Warden J. Elliot Swett, Junior Warden.\\nThe present number of members is 41, and the present\\nofficers are George E. Scott, Worshipful Master; William\\nE. Draper, Senior Warden G. E. Rider, Junior Warden\\n0. M. Sikes, Sec. Henry S. Keith, Treas.\\nKeeler Lodge, No. 204, 0. 0. i^.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 This lodge was\\nchartered March 27, 1873, with the following charter\\nmembers James E. Dusden, Rossiter Kappin, Jacob\\nHigh, James Shearer, Charles Lambert, Estel Smith, and\\nIsaac Cox. The present members are 41 in number, and\\nthe officers for 1879 are Alfred Lamont, Noble Grand; Al-\\nbert Brown, Vice-Grand John Nostrand, Rec. Sec.\\nChester Irish, Per. Sec. Franklin Hill, Treas.\\nCarmel Rehekah Lodge, No. 21, 0. 0. -F.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The\\nlodge was instituted Feb. 22, 1879, with the following as\\ncharter members Robert K. Evans, Alvah Tuttle, S.\\nZimmerman, Charles G. George, Franklin Hill, John S.\\nRosevelt, John Ashman, Alfred Lamont, James Shearer,\\nA. Campbell, J. M. Babcock, G. L. Rathbone, William\\nSikes, Justus Irish, Mrs. R. K. Evans, Emily Tuttle, Anna\\nZimmerman, Dolly George, Molly Hill, Harriet Ashman,\\nSarah Lamont, Polly Shearer, Mary Babcock, Jane Fowler.\\nThe present officers are William A. Sykes, Noble Grand\\nMrs. Jane Fowler, Vice-Grand Charles G. George, Rec.\\nSec. Alfred Lamont, Per. Sec. Mrs. Sarah Lamont,\\nTreas. The present membership is 23.\\nWomens Christian Temperance Union. This society\\nwas organized Nov. 14, 1879, with Mrs. Charles Duncombe,\\nPresident; Mrs. Lucius E. Buck, Vice-President; Mrs.\\nHenry Thomas, Second Vice-President; Mrs. Beulah Keith,\\nSec. Mrs. Isaac Cox, Treas.\\nPatrons of Husbandry. This grange was granted a dis-\\npensation, Dec. 24, 1873, as Keeler Grange, No. 139.\\nThe charter was granted, March 21, 1874, as Gilman of", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0703.jp2"}, "704": {"fulltext": "482\\nHISTOKY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nKeeler Grange, No. 159. The following are the con-\\nstituent members Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Cox, Mr. and Mrs.\\nTobias Byers, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Keith, Mr. and Mrs.\\nWilliam 0. Cook, Mr. and Mrs. John S. Rosevelt, Mr. and\\nMrs. John Baker, Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Sikes, Dr. George\\nBartholomew and Mrs. Bartholomew, Mr. and Mrs. K. B.\\nMartindale, J. I. Rosevelt, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac S. Rosevelt,\\nMr. and Mrs. P. Peters, Ira Foster, Mr. and Mrs. C. 0.\\nHills, Rev. J. Webster, Mrs. J. Webster, 0. Bartholomew,\\nMr. and Mrs. 0. M. Sikes.\\nThe officers for 1879 are William Warren, Worthy\\nMaster; John Baker, Overseer; De Witt C. Warren,\\nSteward G. A. Abbott, Asst. Steward Elmira Abbott,\\nLady Asst. Steward Franklin Conklin, Sec. Tobias Byers,\\nTreas.\\nThe society now numbers about 75 members.\\nRELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.\\nMefJwdist Episcopal Church.- -The first class of this\\ndenomination was formed at the house of Samuel Pleteher,\\nwho lived on the west part of section 19, near the town\\nline, in July, 1840. The members were Ira Foster and\\nCarolina Foster, Adrian Manley and wife, Thomas Conklin\\nand Martha Conklin, Griffin and wife, and Mrs. Fer-\\ndino Olds. Ira Foster was the class-leader.\\nThe first preacher on the circuit through that section was\\nHenry Worthington, who was followed by E. L. Kellogg,\\nVan Order, Knox, Granger, Shaw,\\nWhitlock, Jones, Thomas JIoCool, J. D. Robinson,\\nMile Corey. At this early time meetings were held at the\\nschool-houses in the Haynes and Hill neighborhoods. The\\nfirst meetings held at Keeler Centre were in the school-\\nhouse, and the Revs. John Hoyt, T. T. George, and Henry\\nM. Joy preached there. During the pastorate of the Rev.\\nMr. Colwell, in 1860, a church edifice was erected, and\\ndedicated in 1861. Mr. Colwell was succeeded by the Revs.\\nG. A. Buell, Hoag, E. Beard, John W. Miller,\\nFowler, Webster, Force, C. Woodward,\\nSparling, and George Elliot (the present pastor). The\\nchurch now numbers 40 members.\\nCongregational Church. This church was constituted\\nJuly 7, 1850, by the following persons, who brought letters\\nfrom different churches Joseph Haynes and Mrs. Mary\\nHaynes, James H. Haynes, Jonathan W. Haynes, Luther\\nChapin and Mrs. Louisa Chapin, Mrs. Mary Gregory, and\\nMrs. Harriet Pleteher. Joseph Haynes was chosen deacon,\\nJames H. Haynes clerk. The services were conducted by\\nthe Rev. Sidney S. Brown.\\nThe first pastor of the church was the Rev. E. Andrus,\\nwho was succeeded by the Revs. W. H. Osborne, William\\nCampbell, Charles E. Moon, and N. G. Lamphere (who is\\nthe present pastor). Services were held for the first few\\nyears at the Haynes school-house, afterwards in the school-\\nhouse at Keeler village. In 1865 the present church was\\nbuilt at a cost of $3500. and it was dedicated in 1866.\\nThe church at that time was under the charge of the Rev.\\nWilliam Campbell, and contained about 40 members. It\\nnow has a membership of 26. A union Sunday-.school of\\nthe Congregational and Baptist societies contains about 80\\npupils. William 0. Cook is the superintendent.\\nBaptist Church. In 1843, Justus Hill, Emily, his wife,\\nand William Everett and wife were dismissed from the\\nBaptist Church of Lawrence to form a church in Keeler.\\nThis handful of Baptists gathered a few around them, but\\ndid not become a regularly organized body, being simply a\\nbranch of the Lawrence Church. Preaching was held in\\nthe -school-house in the Hill neighborhood by the Rev.\\nMoses Clark, Wm. T. Dye, and others. At a later date a\\nchurch was organized, with about 15 constituent members.\\nThe Rev. Harvey Munger was the minister at the organi-\\nzation, and was pastor for a year or two afterwards. He\\nwas succeeded by the Rev. Albert Gore, who remained till\\n1861, Wm. Simons, J. B. Ross, and James G. Portman.\\nThe church has a membership of about 40. A Sunday-\\nschool, of which Wm. O. Cook is superintendent, is taught\\nin connection with this and the Congregational society.\\nServices are held in the Congregational church.\\nSCHOOLS.\\nThe first school was taught about 1839 by Miss Wood-\\nman on section 19, on the Territorial road between the\\nresidences of Tobias Byers and Zenas Sikes. The children\\nwho attended were of the families of Pleteher, Sikes, and\\nothers.\\nAs early as 1842, Mrs. Prudence Williamson, daughter\\nof William Everett, taught school on section 1 1 in a house\\nthat belonged to James Hill, and had been occupied by his\\nbrother, Lyman G. Hill. The pupils of that early school\\nnumbered but 12.\\nThe precise time when the township was formed into\\nschool districts cannot be accurately ascertained, but the\\ntownship records, commencing in 1845, contain this entry:\\nSchool Districts as recorded in Old Book.\\nDist. No. 1 contains Sections No. 1,2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 14, l. i, and 9;\\nDist. No. 2 contains Sections No. 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8; Dist. No. 3 con-\\ntains Sections No. 17, 18, 19, 20, 29, 30, and the west half of 21,-28;\\nDist. No. 4 contains Section No. 13 and east half of Sections 24, 25\\nDist. No. 5 contains Section Noa. 26, 27, 28, 33, 34, 35, and 21.\\nAn annual report of the school inspectors to the county\\nclerk, made Oct. 17, 1845, by David Foster and Orendo\\nM. Sikes, shows as follows\\nTotal number of districts 5\\nDistrict District District\\nNo. 1. No. 3. No. 5.\\nReports received from three districts 13 5\\nNumber of children of school age 27 29 18\\nattending in each dis-\\ntrict 30 40 9\\nqualiiied to:ichers 2 1\\nmonths school taught 8 8 3\\nvolumes in township library 129\\nAmount raised for library purposes $25\\nBooks used in school Elementary Spelling Book, Eng-\\nlish Reader, Hale s History of the United States, Olney s\\nGeography, Kirkham s Grammar, Daboll s and Adams\\nArithmetic.\\nThe following persons were granted certificates by the\\nschool inspectors, after passing examination Miss Mary A.\\nBragg and Miss Harriet McKcin, May 2, 1846; Martha\\nBaxter, Aug. 7, 1846 Charles A. Bush, Nov. 7, 1846, to\\nteach in District No. 1 Emily Gould, April 8, 1848, to\\nteach in District No. 5.\\nIn 1845, 187 volumes were purchased for a library.\\nAdditions were made fiom time to time, till in 1858 the", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0704.jp2"}, "705": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0705.jp2"}, "706": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0706.jp2"}, "707": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0707.jp2"}, "708": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0708.jp2"}, "709": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF KEELEE.\\n483\\nnumber had reached 521. For the past few years the\\ntownship has been without a library.\\nSCHOOL EEPOKT TOR 1879.\\nThe school directors in 1879 were John McAlpine, Sam-\\nuel Hammond, Alfred Lamont, Hiram Baker, M. B. Keith,\\nA. E. Gregory, John Baker, W. J. Britton, James Shearer,\\nH. B. Clover.\\nNuniler of Fra\\nCliildren of Scln\\nScboo] Age. Xlou\\nNo. 1..\\nNo. 2..\\nNo. 3..\\nNo. 4..\\nNo. 5..\\nNo. B..\\nNo. r..\\nNo. 8..\\nNo. 9..\\nNo. 10..\\nSeiUing\\nCapacity.\\n30\\n100\\n$400\\n300\\n.iO\\n500\\n500\\n250\\n3000\\n450\\nIflOO\\nCOO\\nS7050\\nNo.\\nNo.\\nNo.\\nNo.\\nNo. 5\\nNo. 6\\nNo. 7\\nNo. 8\\nNo. 9\\nNo. 10\\nMoney on\\nLrict. hand Sept.\\n1, 1878.\\n1 829.56\\n2 32.72\\n3. 128.59\\n4 252.72\\n5 4.G8\\nPrii\\niry-\\n34.34\\n69.90\\n36.4C\\n31.90\\n$91.31\\n99.30\\n65.01\\n140.59\\n20.90\\n124.90\\n171.20\\n85.40\\n79.25\\nScliool\\nFund.\\n$14.88\\n21.52\\n33.00\\n12.88\\n14.88\\n17.28\\n44.16\\nS65.00\\n105.00\\n79.00\\n238.70\\n10.00\\n2S5.80\\n25.00\\n59.43\\n100.00\\n$132.00\\n200.00\\n141.50\\n116.00\\n90.00\\n87.20\\n192.00\\n100.60\\n49.00\\n136.00\\nS20I.78\\n272.56\\n308.51\\n412.19\\n371.45\\n195.00\\n612.66\\n1.38.97\\n230.02\\n211.46\\nTotal 8649.50 $1030.22 $176.84 8967.93 $2954.(\\nEXPENDITURES.\\nNo.\\nNo.\\nNo.\\nNo.\\nNo\\n1\\n2\\n3\\n4\\n5\\n$132.00\\n200.00\\n141.00\\n116.00\\n90.00\\nNo.\\nNo\\n6\\n7\\n87.20\\n192.00\\nNo\\n8\\n80.00\\nNo.\\nNo\\n9\\n10\\n49.00\\n136.00\\nAmount\\non liand\\nSept. 1,\\n1S79.\\n$30.02\\n14.06\\n135.06\\n295.79\\n9.87\\n66.55\\n104.64\\n40.60\\n77.67\\n53.96\\nPaid for\\nlinilding\\nand Ite-\\n$35.00\\n26.33\\nAM other\\npurposes.\\n$39.76\\n23.50\\n6.12\\n40\\n30.95\\n41.25\\n108.12\\n18.37\\n23.35\\n21.60\\ning amount\\non band.\\n$201.78\\n272.66\\n308.51\\n412.19\\n371.45\\n195.00\\n612.66\\n138.97\\n230.112\\n211.46\\nTotal $1223.20 $828.22 8301.96 $313.32 $2954.00\\nFOREST HOME CAMPING-GROUNK.\\nOn the opposite page is given a view of Forest Home\\nCamping-Ground, the property of E. Pardee. The\\ngrounds are situated between the Sister Lakes, on section\\n31, Keeler township, Van Buren Co., and are about eleven\\nmiles northwest of Dowagiac, and the same distance south\\nof Hartford. As is shown in the engraving, this camp is\\nlocated on a narrow strip of land only about twenty-five\\nrods wide, yet it is high rolling ground, heavily timbered\\nwith forest-trees and some twenty -seven feet above the lakes,\\nwhose pure, limpid waters wash the beautiful gravel beach\\non either shore. The place was first used as a camping-\\nground by E. Pardee and A. Maykes in 1868, who camped\\nthere two weeks in a tent nine feet .square. The next year\\nC. L. Sherwood and Thomas Rix, with their families, joined\\nthe party, and in 1872 it was still further increased by the\\naccession of J. H. Smith, A. L. Rich, A. Jones, and B. L.\\nDewey, with their families.\\nIn 1876 the grounds were bought by E. Pardee from\\nB. D. Sill, for which ho paid SI 00 per acre. Mr. Pardee\\nat once proceeded to clear off the underbrush and fit up\\nthe place as a permanent summer resort, erecting substan-\\ntial buildings, improving its great natural advantages until\\nnow parties visiting these grounds find not only the pic-\\nturesque beauty with which it was endowed by nature, but\\nall the conveniences of our noted summer resorts, such as\\ncottages, tents, and boats, while excellent facilities for fish-\\ning are provided.\\nIn the foreground may be seen a large hall which is for\\nthe use of the occupants of the cottages and tents, which\\nform a circle across the grounds from lake to lake.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nDR. GEORGE BARTHOLOMEW*\\nwas born at Brownsville, Jefferson Co., N. Y., May 2, 1821\\nHe worked on a farm until he was seventeen years of age,\\nattending the district school about three months in each\\nyear. From the age of seventeen to twenty his time was\\noccupied in attending and teaching district and grammar\\nschools. At the age of twenty he commenced to read medi-\\ncine with Dr. Duncan, at Plessis, Jefferson Co., N. Y., with\\nwhom he remained one year, teaching school four months\\nof the time to raise means to meet his expenses. The two\\nsucceeding years he read medicine with Dr. Amasa Trow-\\nbridge, President and Professor of Surgery at Willoughby\\nUniversity, Lake Co., Ohio, where he attended two courses\\nof lectures, teaching four months in Watertown, Jefferson\\nCo., N. Y.\\nAfter his second course of lectures he commenced the\\n\u00c2\u00abBy Capt. .T. R. Hendryx.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0709.jp2"}, "710": {"fulltext": "484\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\npractice of medicine at Stone Mills, Jefferson Co., N. Y.,\\nunder the general supervision of Professor Ti owbridge, of\\nWatertown, N. Y. He remained there five months, and\\nmarried Minerva E. Keith, of Brownsville, N. Y., July 31,\\n18-t5. Immediately after he went to the Castleton, Vt.,\\nMedical College, where he received his third course of medi-\\ncal lectures, graduating at Willoughby University the follow-\\ning spring. He then, with his bride, removed to Keeler, Van\\nBuren Co., Mich., and commenced the practice of medicine\\nand surgery. He remained in Keeler one and a half years,\\nthen removed to Paw Paw, and formed a copartnership\\nwith Dr. Henry C. Clapp, which continued two years.\\nFrom Paw Paw he went to Decatur, and put up the third\\nbuilding erected in that place, on Front Street, for a drug-\\nstore, and also practiced medicine until late in the fell of\\n1849, when he accepted the position of surgeon, and took\\ncharge of the hospital at Panama, for the Panama Railroad\\nCompany, remaining until the road was completed across\\nthe Isthmus, when he returned to Michigan completely\\nbroken down in health and unable to follow his profession.\\nHe then moved on a wild farm in Berrien township, in\\nBerrien County, cleared it up, and planted the largest fruit\\nfarm in the township. After ten years of rusticating and\\ndigging in the earth he regained his health, sold the farm,\\nand returned to his old stamping-ground, in Keelerville, and\\nresumed his profession, where he still remains, and where\\nhe intends to spend the remainder of his days.\\nThe taste the doctor acquired for fruit culture when in\\nBerrien he did not convoy in the deed to the purchaser of\\nhis fruit farm. He, some four or five years ago, bought\\nforty acres on an elevated site, two miles north of Keeler-\\nville, improved it, and planted it all to fruit. This form is\\nmanaged by his sons, under his close inspection and man-\\nagement. The doctor s counsel is often sought by amateur\\nfruit-growers, as well as in public assemblies of pomolo-\\ngists.\\nHis skill in his profession, his devotion to his patients,\\nhis well-known integrity, large-heartedness, and his ev(r\\ngenial face, have given him an extensive practice, and made\\nhim a favorite wherever he is known. As a public speaker\\nhe is correct, logical, and often eloquent. In the summer of\\n1877 he built a fine residence in the village, where he and\\nhis amiable and accomplished wife, with their family of\\nthree boys, on a fair competency, live most happily. The\\ndoctor says he has no religion or politics, the religion he\\npractices is that of the golden rule. He votes for who he\\npleases and asks no favors. The doctor is of French de-\\nscent, his wife of Scotch. His grandfather and mother were\\nVermonters. INIrs. Bartholomew s father served three terras\\nin the New York Legislature. The doctor s grandfather\\nwas a soldier in the Revolution, and served all through the\\nwar. In the war of 1812 he, with three of his sons,\\nEbenezer, Augustine, and Oliver, Jr., the latter the father\\nof the subject of this notice, were the first mechanics\\nengaged in building fortifications at Sacket s Harbor.\\nOliver, Jr., was born March 18, 1793, and married Mary\\nEveretts in the year 1819. The fruit of this union was seven\\nchildren, four sons and three daughters, Dr. George being\\nthe oldest. His mother died in Hamilton township, Sept.\\n19, 1867, after which event his father came to live with\\nhim at Keelerville, Mrs. Bartholomew vying with her\\nhusband in kind care and attention to this venerable and\\nworthy sire, who passed to his reward calmly and peace-\\nfully on the Gth of March, 1877. The doctor s family at\\npresent consists of himself and noble wife and his sons,\\nGeorge, born Sept. 20, 1857 Flurey K., born Feb. 14,\\n1851 and Estes, born April 13, 1866.\\nORRENDO M. SIKES.\\nThis gentleman is a descendant of Richard Sikes, who\\nwas born about 1600, and emigrated to America from\\nLondon, England, in company, with Governor Winthrop\\nand William Pynchon, Esq., two of the noted pioneers of\\nMassachu.setts. He settled first at Roxbury, in that State,\\nand in 1641 removed to Springfield, five years after the latter\\ncolony was founded. He had two sons, Jonathan and\\nTitus. In 1660 a settlement was commenced at Suffield, to\\nwhich place Jonathan removed. His sons Jonathan, Sam-\\nuel, and Victory all settled in the same place. Jonathan\\nSikes, Sr., was a master carpenter, and built each of his\\nsons a house, that of Samuel being still in existence, and a\\nfine specimen of the architecture of that day. It is still in\\nthe possession of his descendants. Jonathan Sikes, Sr., was\\nborn about 1640; his son Samuel, in 1675; the hitter s\\nonly son. Victory, in 1710 and his son, Samuel, in 1752,\\nwho also had a son named Samuel, born in 1773. Victory\\nSikes (1st) had but one son, Titus, who sold his possessions\\nand removed to Bennington Co., Vt., becoming one of its\\nfirst settlers. His descendants are numerous and respect-\\nable. Jonathan Sikes (2d) was the fether of two sons,\\nJonathan and Posthumous, and lived to an extreme old\\nage. Jonathan (3d) had five .sons, Lot, Jonathan, Paul,\\nJohn, and David. Posthumous Sikes had four sons,\\nAmos, Stephen, Shadrach, and Gideon. Victory had two\\nsons and six daughters, viz., Samuel, Victory, Mehitable,\\nDemarius, Mary, Mercy, Lucy, and Eleanor. Samuel (2d)\\nhad eight sons and four daughters, viz., Samuel, Eunice,\\nChloe, Oliver, Martin, Luoinda, Uriel, Wealthy, Silas, Ezra,\\nOrrin, and Reuben. Victory (3d) had eight sons, -Alex-\\nander, George, Ambrose, Alfred, Jesse, Theodore, Frank-\\nlin, and James. Lot had three sons and three daughters,\\nJemima, Lot, Lovisa, Calvin, Ashbel, and Mehitable. Lot,\\nJr., had three sons and eight daughters, -A-shbcl, Fred-\\nerick, Julia, James, Calista, Maria, Arabel, Sarah, Emeline,\\nLovisa, and Cynthia.\\nBenjamin Sikes, the great-great-grandfather of Orrendo,\\ndied Aug. 2, 1781, aged seventy-seven years. His son\\nAbner, oneof afomily of nine children, three sons (Abner,\\nBenjamin, and John) and six daughters, was born Oct. 12,\\n1729. He was married, June 13, 1757, to Mercy Parson,\\nwho was born Feb. 20, 1733. They became the parents of\\nseven children, Mary, Abner, Experience, Increase, Pliny,\\nLois, and Zenas. Abner Sikes, Sr.,.died June 24, 1800,\\nand his wife, March 24, 1818. Increase Sikes had nine\\nchildren and Pliny four, those of the latter being Zenas,\\nOrrin, Arna, and Lucinda. Zenas was the father of eight\\nchildren, as follows: Orrendo, Loring, Lucina, Pliny,\\nSamuel, Zen.as, Charles, and John.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0710.jp2"}, "711": {"fulltext": "0. M SI l^\u00c2\u00a3S.\\n^N\\nTOS. ar CMAS.\\nMRS.O.M. S/KES.\\n[DiClASED\\nMRS. MS/KES.\\nF(\u00c2\u00a3 Of OW SIKES, Kef", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0711.jp2"}, "712": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0712.jp2"}, "713": {"fulltext": "TOAVNSHIP OF KEELER.\\n4S5\\nOrrendo Montague Sikes, the oldest son of Zenas and\\nNancy (Janes) Sikes, who were married in East Hampton,\\nMass., in 1813, was bora in West Hampton, in the same\\nState, in 1815. His brother John died in 1838, and his\\nsister Lucina in 1848. His brothers, Pliny and Samuel,\\nare living in Michigan, and Loring, Zenas, and Charles in\\nCalifornia. In 1837, 0. M. Sikes came with his father to\\nMichigan, and settled on the west half of the northwest\\nquarter of section 20, in the township of Keeler. On the\\n8th of January, 1846, he was married to Ann Elizabeth\\nGeorge, daughter of Woodbridge C. George, an early set-\\ntler of Berrien Co., Mich. She was born in Orleans, Jef-\\nferson Co., N. Y., Aug. 18, 1825. Mr. and Mrs. Sikes\\nlived until 1855 in Benton township, Berrien Co., on a farm,\\nbut in the latter year returned to Keeler, and Mr. Sikes\\nnow resides on the old homestead of the family. They be-\\ncame the parents of the following children William Arthur\\nSikes, born in Benton, Berrien Co., Mich., Oct. 10, 1847;\\nLucina Elizabeth Sikes, born at the same place. May 23,\\n1849, married, in December, 1870, to Albert F. Hurlbut,\\nand now living near Fort Worth, Tex. Kate Isabel Sikes,\\nborn in Benton, May 8, 1852, died March 14, 1860 Lelia\\nOrra Sikes, born in Keeler, Jan. 27, 1864.\\nMrs. Sikes died Dec. 0, 1867, and in 1871 Mr. Sikes\\nwas married to Mrs. Susan E. Parmelee, widow of Byron\\nL. Parmelee, of Benton, Berrien Co. By her he has had\\none child, Lyman Montague Sikes, born in Keeler, June\\n27, 1872. Mr. Sikes, who was a Democrat originally, be-\\ncame a Republican on the formation of the latter party.\\nHe has been a justice of the peace since 1856, and has\\nbeen chosen to other offices. He is at present secretary of\\nSalathiel Lodge, No. 233, F. and A. M., at Keeler, and\\noverseer of the county grange. He has always led the life\\nof a farmer. Mrs. Sikes is a member of the Methodist\\nChurch. The parents of Mr. Sikes were both members, of\\nthe Congregational Church, and he, although not a mem-\\nber, is a trustee of the Congregational Church at Keeler.\\nORMAN V. ROSEVELT.\\nJacob Rosevelt, the grandfather of Orman V., was a\\nnative of Germany, and came to America in company with\\nhis brother, settling quite early at Schenectady, N. Y. His\\nchildren numbered six, five sons and one daughter. His\\nyoungest child, Isaac Rosevelt (the father of Orman), was\\nborn at or near Schenectady. He was married, in Saratoga\\nCo., N. Y., to Maria Veeder, and removed with her to the\\ntown of Barre, Orleans Co. Mr. and Mrs. Rosevelt were\\nthe parents of three children. Orman, the oldest, was born\\nin Saratoga Co., Sept. 6, 1821 Jacob, in Onondaga Co.\\nand John, the youngest, in Orleans Co. Isaac Rosevelt\\ndied in Orleans Co., Aug. 20, 1828, and his widow moved\\nback to Saratoga County, where she died, June 24, 1832.\\nOrman V. Rosevelt was but seven years old when his\\nfather died, and when his mother returned to Saratoga\\nCounty he stopped with her brother, near the village of\\nSkaneateles, Onondaga Co., and lived with him at that\\nplace until he was fourteen, when he moved with him to\\nRochester, in the winter of 1835-36. He remained with\\nhis uncle until he was twenty-one years of age. In the\\nspring of 1814 he came to Michigan, and located in the\\ntownship of Keeler, Van Buren Co., whore he had pre-\\nviously purchased land. The township had at that time\\nbut few settlers, and Mr. Rosevelt s land was unimproved.\\nHis home has since been in this town, and he has not been\\nabsent from it three weeks at a time. Oct. 28, 1847, Mr.\\nRosevelt was married to Nancy Sloan, daughter of Alex-\\nander Sloan, an early settler in Hamilton township, having\\nmoved to Michigan from Ohio. Mrs. Rosevelt was born\\nin Pennsylvania, Nov. 25, 1825. In the spring of 1848,\\nMr. Rosevelt settled, with his wife, on section 27, in Kee-\\nler, and in 1855 located on the place he now occupies, the\\nsouth half of section 22. Mr. and Mrs. Rosevelt are the\\nparents of three children, George, Maria, and Frank.\\nThe latter is living at home, and the others are married\\nand reside in Keeler township. Mr. Rosevelt is a Demo-\\ncrat in politics. He has held several of the offices in his\\ntownship, pathmaster, commissioner of highways, assessor,\\netc. From his childhood his occupation has been that of a\\nfarmer. The first thrashing-machine which was brought\\ninto the township of Keeler was owned by him, and for\\neighteen years he operated it for the accommodation of\\nothers. He also owned a breaking-team, and aside from\\nbreaking up all of his own land, he did good service in\\nthat line for many of the settlers in the vicinity. He is\\nnow the possessor of a pleasant, comfortable home near\\nKeeler Centre.\\nCHARLES DUNCOMBB.\\nMr. Duncombe s father, Moses Duncombe, was a native\\nof Norwalk, Conn., and married Sarah Oliphant, who was\\nborn in Ballston, Saratoga Co., N. Y. To them were born\\neight children, three sons and five daughters. Soon after\\ntheir marriage (about 1816-17, in Saratoga Co., N. Y.),\\nthey removed to Ancaster, near Hamilton, Ontario. About\\n1824 they returned to Waterford, Saratoga Co., N. Y., and\\nin 1833 removed again to Canada, locating at Blenheim.\\nIn the fall of 1844 they came to Michigan, and located at\\nwhat is now Keeler Centre, on a place which Charles Dun-\\ncombe had purchased, and the same which he now occupies.\\nThe family was the first to settle at Keeler Centre. Mr.\\nDuncombe was a tanner, currier, and shoemaker by trade,\\nand after coming here worked at that business winters and\\nmade improvements on the farm during the summers. He\\nwas a very industrious man, an active politician, and a re-\\nspected citizen. He was a Whig until the formation of the\\nRepublican party, when he became a member of the latter.\\nHe was never an office-seeker. Mrs. Duncombe died in\\nKeeler in 1848 Mr. Duncombe s death occurred in Hart-\\nford (Van Buren Co.) in 1866.\\nCharles Duncombe, the third child in his father s family,\\nwas born Slay 30, 1822, at Ancaster, Canada, and until he\\nwas thirty- five years old aided greatly in supporting the\\nfamily. In 1849 he went to California and engaged as a\\ndealer in stock, dry goods, miners furnishings, etc., return-\\ning to Michigan in 1852. In October, 1855, he was mar-\\nried to Frances S. Knights, of Half Moon, Saratoga Co.,\\nN. Y., where she was born on the 30th of January, 1830.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0713.jp2"}, "714": {"fulltext": "486\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nHer father, Aaron N. Kniglits, came to Keeler a few years\\nlater, and is now living in Decatur, Van Buren Co. His\\nwife (Mrs. Buncombe s mother) died in Keeler township.\\nThe place on which Mr. Duncombe now resides has been\\nhis home since he came to Michigan. For several years he\\nwas cashier of the First National Bank at Decatur, but is\\nnot now connected with that institution. He is one of the\\nproprietors of the Decatur Mills, and owns a hotel and\\nseveral stores at that place. Decatur owes many of its\\nimprovements to him, he having taken great interest in\\ntheir projection. In the summer of 1879 he erected a\\nbrick-store building in that village. He at present operates\\nseveral fine farms. In 1867 he was a member of the State\\nConstitutional Convention, and has been active in political\\nmatters. He was supervisor of Keeler township for twelve\\nor fourteen years. Mr. and Mrs. Duncombe are the parents\\nof six children, three sons and three daughters. These\\nare all living except one son, who met a painful death from\\nscalding when quite young. The others reside with their\\nparents, except one daughter, Fannie E., who is now the\\nwife of Seth Taft, and living in the neighborhood.\\nALBERT E. GREGORY.\\nStephen Gregory, the father of the above, was born in\\nLivingston Co., N. Y., and married Mary Stevens, a native\\nof the .same county. They became the parents of nine\\nchildren, four sons and five daughters, of whom three\\nsons and one daughter are now living. In the fall of 1846,\\nMr. Gregory removed with his family to Michigan, and\\nsettled in Keeler township. Van Buren Co., on the farm\\nnow owned by his son, Albert E. Gregory, on section 34.\\nNo improvements whatever had been made on the place,\\nand it was as much of a task to make it habitable and a\\nsource of pro.sperity as if the surrounding region had not\\nbefore witnessed the arrival of a white settler. Mr. Greg-\\nory s occupation was always that of a farmer. His death\\noccurred in April, 1869, and that of his wife in May, 1873.\\nAlbert E. Gregory, who was born in Livingston Co.,\\nN. Y., was of very tender age when his father removed to\\nMichigan. With the exception of three years, his home\\nin Michigan has always been upon his present place. Mr.\\nGregory has been twice married, and has two children, a\\ndaughter, Bernice E., by his first wife, and a son, Donald\\nF., by his second. His last marriage was with Cora Force,\\nthe daughter of Rev. James P. Force, a Methodist clergy-\\nman this occurred Oct. 27, 1873. Mrs. Gregory was\\nborn at Winchester, Randolph Co., Ind., Nov. 27, 1853.\\nIn political matters Mr. Gregory is a Republican.\\nTOBIAS BYERS.\\nThe great-grandparents of this gentleman were from\\nGermany, and settled at an early day in the State of Penn-\\nsylvania (Lancaster County). Jacob Byers, the father of\\nTobias, was a young man at the time of the Revolutionary\\nwar. He was a wagon-maker by trade, and did work of\\nthat kind in the army. He was married in Lancaster\\nCounty to Fannie Zimmerman, and lived afterwards in\\nCentre County, removing finally to Livingston Co., N. Y.\\nHe was the father of twelve children, seven sons and\\nfive daughters. He and his wife both died in the county\\nlast mentioned.\\nTobias Byers, the youngest son of Jacob and Fannie\\nByers, was born Feb. 9, 1808, in Centre Co., Pa., and\\nwhen four years of age (1812) removed with his father to\\nLivingston Co., N. Y., where the family were among the\\nearlier settlers. Mr. Byers attended the district schools in\\nthe neighborhood of his home in New York, and does not\\nrecollect that he ever went to school in any but a log build-\\ning. When he became of sufBcient age he assisted his\\nfather on the farm, the latter working most of his time at\\nhis trade. After he became of -age, Tobias Byers worked\\nbis flither s farm on shares for two or three years, after-\\nwards teaming a portion of the time for four years to\\nRochester. In February, 1835, about four years after his\\nfather s death, he left home and started for Michigan, pro-\\nceeding by private team to Buifalo, thence by stage to\\nCleveland, and thence on by team through Michigan to\\nIllinois, extending his journey as far south as Peoria. In\\nJune, 1835, he returned to Michigan and purchased the\\nfarm on which he now lives, on section 13, Keeler town-\\nship. Van Buren Co., purchasing also on sections 15 and\\n19, the whole amounting to four hundred and forty acres,\\nall from government. He settled at once on section 19,\\nbuilt a log house, and lived in it several years. He had\\ncompany occasionally, when settlers, with their families,\\nwould stop with him for a few days. In March, 1856,\\nMr. Byers was married to Jeannette M. Wilson, who had\\ncome to the township the year previous, from Allegany\\nCo., N. Y., in company with her sister, Mrs. John Baker,\\nwho, with her husband, is still living in Keeler township.\\nMrs. Byers grandparents were from Massachusetts, her\\nparents from Wayne Co., N. Y. She was born Jan. 5, 1832,\\nin Independence, Allegany Co., N. Y., and taught school\\nfrom her fifteenth to her twenty-fourth year. Mr. Byers\\nat the time of his marriage was living on the place where\\nhe now resides, which has since been his home. His busi-\\nness has always been that of a farmer. Blr. and Mrs.\\nByers are the parents of five children, as follows Charles,\\nborn Aug. 2, 1857, died Nov. 26, 1857; Flora L, born\\nJune 24, 1858, died Feb. 28, 1865; Nellie L, born June\\n23, 1862, died Feb. 17, 1865; Birney F., born May 21,\\n1866; Eddie, born Nov. 29, 1871, died Jan. 28, 1872.\\nMr. Byers is a Democrat in politics, and has held several\\noflices in his township, among them that of justice of the\\npeace about fifteen years. Neither he nor his wife belong\\nto any religious society. He is a member of the sub-\\nordinate and county granges, as is also his wife. Mr.\\nByers was the first jyermauent settler in the township of\\nKeeler. His home-farm contains two hundred and thirty-\\nthree acres, and he is the owner, in the aggregate, of five\\nhundred and thirty-three acres, in various localities.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0714.jp2"}, "715": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0715.jp2"}, "716": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0716.jp2"}, "717": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF LAWKENCE.\\n487\\nCHAPTER LXIII.\\nLAWRENCE TOWNSHIP.*\\nBoundaries and General Description Indian Mounds Pioneers and\\nEarly Settlements\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Roads\u00e2\u0080\u0094 TSoating on the Paw Paw River- Van\\nBuren Centre Township Organization and Olficors Lawrence\\nVillage Religious Societies in Lawrence Schools.\\nTown 3 south, range 15 west, is the designation applied\\nin the original government survey to the township now\\nknown as Lawrence. It embraces thirty-six full sections\\nand a fractional section in the northeast corner, thus ap-\\nportioned, doubtless, so that the Paw Paw might be the\\nboundary line at that point between Lawrence and Arling-\\nton. On the north of the township is Arlington, on the\\nsouth Hamilton, on the east Paw Paw, and on the west\\nHartford.\\nThe country, originally heavily timbered with beech,\\nmaple, whitewood, basswood, elm, ash, black walnut, and\\nbutternut, covers a region of gently-rolling lands, whose\\nrich, sandy soil makes the township s agricultural interests\\nexceedingly profitable. Wheat averages from fifteen to\\ntwenty-five bushels per acre. Fruit grows in abundance,\\nespecially apples. Peaches were at one time cultivated ex-\\ntensively, but disease among the trees has cut the crop\\ndown to insignificant proportions. There are also at Law-\\nrence village milling interests which contribute not a little\\nto the sum of local prosperity. Excellent water-power is\\ngained from Brush Creek, the most important tributary of\\nthe Paw Paw in Lawrence. The river itself flows through\\nthe northern portion of the township, which is watered also\\nby numerous river tributaries, and a half-dozen or more\\nlakes, the largest of which are Taylor s Lake, Lake George,\\nand Prospect Lake. Prospect Lake, in sections 25, 26, 35,\\nand 36, is a mile and a half in length and half a mile\\nwide. It was earlier known as Crystal Lake, because of\\nthe clearness and purity of its waters, and is now a place\\nof popular resort for anglers and pleasure-seekers.\\nThe township contains but one village, Lawrence,\\nwhich is connected by railway with the Michigan Central\\nline at Lawton, and by a daily stage with Hartford, on the\\nChicago and West Michigan Railroad. The population in\\n1874 was 1726, and the assessed value in 1879 was\\n$531,100.\\nINDIAN MOUNDS.\\nSome traces of Indian mounds may still be seen in Law-\\nrence, on sections 7 and 18, and old settlers say that before\\nthe plow had disturbed these elevations they were in some\\ncases very clearly defined, and contained, moreover, numer-\\nous Indian relics. Just north of Sutton s Lake, on section\\n7, were three of these mounds, each about four feet high\\nand twenty feet in diameter, sloping gradually to the level.\\nThey were located about ten rods apart, and in combination\\nBy David Schwartz.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0f The village of Van Buren was laid out on the north side of Pros-\\npect Lake, in Lawrence, in the flush times of 1836-37, with plenty of\\nstreets and lots, but no houses. In 1839 it was owned by T. E. Phelps,\\nR. Christie, and Charles Chadwick, and assessed in the aggregate at\\n$1135, according to the county records. The streets were named\\nWater, Broad, Park, and Forest. The village failed to appear in any\\nlater documents.\\nformed a triangle. On the northeast quarter of section 18\\nwere three smaller mounds, but similar in location and\\nshape to the others. In 1840 one Wetlierby, a hunter,\\nopened these mounds, and found within them human bones\\nand flint arrow-heads. At that time beech-trees sixteen\\ninches in diameter were growing on some of the mounds.\\nBetween these two groups of mounds extended a ridge of\\nland about forty rods wide, and in this ridge of land the\\nplow has turned up from time to time considerable quanti-\\nties of flints. Many thoughtful observers declare that at\\nsome remote period a battle was fought there, but by what\\nrace of beings (if by any) conjecture even has not seen fit\\nto indicate, save in a general way that the race was savage.\\nPIONEERS AND EARLY SETTLEMENTS.\\nAlthough the early settlements in the township concen-\\ntrated upon the site of Lawrence village, thejirst settlement\\nin the township was made on the west shore of Prospect\\nLake, on section 26, by Stephen Fountain, a bachelor, in\\nJune, 1835. Very little can be said about Fountain s rep-\\nresentation as a Lawrence pioneer, for he tarried in his\\nnew quarters but a short time, and when he left, traces of\\nhis existence in Lawrence disappeared with him. It was\\nalso in June, 1835, that John Allen founded the village of\\nMason, now the village of Lawrence but as early settle-\\nments upon that spot receive mention elsewhere in this\\nchapter the recital that follows will deal with the pioneers\\nof the interior.\\nThe summer and fall of 1835 saw the arrival also of\\nJohn R. Haynes, Thomas S. Camp, George and John\\nReynolds, and others. Haynes located on section 10,\\nCamp on section 4, and the Reynolds family on section 13.\\nMr. Haynes became one of the most prominent men of the\\ntownship, and was for some time one of the associate\\njudges of the county court. He was postmaster at Law-\\nrence many years, the second coroner of Van Buren County,\\nalso a merchant and miller. He held many local ofiices of\\ntrust, and lived in the village until his death, in 1856.\\nSept. 1, 1835, James Gray, with his wife and six chil-\\ndren, started from Lenawee Co., Mich., for Lawrence, and\\nafter a tiresome journey of ten days, made in a lumber-\\nwagon drawn by two yokes of oxen, and over roads which\\nthe hardy Gray himself had ofttimes to make, they reached\\nsection 11, in Lawrence, where Mr. Gray had located a\\nfarm. Gray s cabin was in size 10 by 15 feet, roofed with\\ntree-boughs, boasting the country s soil for a floor, and\\nadorned witli a blanket, which served as a door, before the\\nonly opening the establishment had. The roof let in the\\nrain, and sometimes so freely that the tenants were actually\\nafloat within the domicile. Gray did odd jobs as a carpen-\\nter, and also farmed industriously, but bad luck overtook\\nhim, and, being forced to sell his farm, he moved to Breeds-\\nville, whence he returned to Lawrence village, and there\\ndied in 1873. Gray did something in the early days of his\\nsettlement in the way of flat-boating on the Paw Paw, and\\nit was owing in part to his poor success in that branch of\\ntraffic that he succumbed to financial misfortune.\\nEaton Branch, of Ann Arbor, came to Lawrence in\\n1835, with his wife, and worked for John Allen a year,\\nmaking roads, underbrushing at Mason village, and doing", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0717.jp2"}, "718": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF VAN BUKEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nwhat else came to his hand, living meanwhile in the house\\nvacated by Ephraim Palmer. In 1836 he entered IGO\\nacres of land on section 4, and rather than go around by\\nthe section line, he bought of Judge Haynes the right of\\nway through section 9, and cut a road to his farm. As\\nthis road happened to be chosen subsequently by the high-\\nway commissioners for a town road, Branch got his money\\nback. On the farm he then entered Mr. Branch has ever\\nsince lived. He was actively concerned in township affairs,\\nand, as highway commissioner for several years, laid out\\nmany of Lawrence s first roads. Israel Branch, brother to\\nEaton, came, in March, 1836, to Lawrence, with his wife\\nand three children, and, setting up a cooper-shop in the\\nvillage, worked at his trade several years. He then settled\\non section 4, where he died in 1873. Luther Branch, an-\\nother brother, came from Oakland County in 1837, worked\\na while as a cooper in the village, and eventually located\\nupon a farm in section 14. He moved to a place on sec-\\ntion 5, where he died in 1845. Vine Branch, the father,\\nbecame a resident of Lawrence in 1836, and with his wife\\nmade his home at the house of his .son Eaton, where he\\ndied in 1852.\\nOrrin Sutton was a settler upon the Holland Purchase,\\nN. Y., and in 1834, coming West with his family, located\\nfirst in Washtenaw Co., Mich., and in 1836 in Mason\\nvillage. He helped John Allen build the first saw-mill\\nat Mason, worked about the neighborhood a short time,\\nand then settled upon a farm in section 7, returning,\\nhowever, to the village, from which he migrated to Hart-\\nford, where he died in 1868, and where his son Luther\\n(editor of the Day Spring now resides. Orrin Sutton\\nwas the first township clerk of Lawrence, and during his\\nresidence therein served extended terms as justice of the\\npeace, town treasurer, and in other local ofiices.\\nHorace Stimson, who became distinguished as the first\\npostmaster at Lawrence, moved from Kalamazoo to section\\n1 in Lawrence, in 1836. Orrin Sutton built a double log\\nhouse for Stimson, and finished it just in time to be used\\nfor the first town-meeting, held April 3, 1837. Stimson\\nmoved out of the township soon after, selling his place to\\nDaniel Buckley, who died in Allegan County.\\nThomas S. Camp, hailing from Connecticut, came to Law-\\nrence in 1836 and made purchase of considerable land in\\nthe township, and lived upon a fiirm in section 4. July 12,\\n1861, while fi.shing with a Mr. Brown, in Monroe s Lake,\\nhe was drowned. One of his daughters, Mrs. Eliza West,\\nlives on section 4.\\nIn the Reynolds family were George, the father, and four\\nsons, John, George, William, and Burr. The elder Rey-\\nnolds put up a log tavern on the Territorial road in section\\n13 early in 1836, and there for many years kept the old\\nReynolds tavern. His sons lived with him a while, and then\\nall but John moved out of the township. John Reynolds,\\nwho had in early life been a boatman on the Ohio, renewed\\nthat occupation when he settled in Lawrence, and for some\\ntime was actively engaged in flat-boating on the Paw Paw\\nbetween Lawrence and St. Joseph. His river experience\\nelevated him to the dignity of flat-boat captain, and he\\nwas a man of some local river fame for that reason. He\\nwas by trade a baker, and when he left Lawrence he opened\\na bakery in Paw Paw. He now lives on a farm south of\\nthat village.\\nJ. R. Monroe, one of Lawrence s most eminent and\\nhonored citizens, was for forty years closely identified with\\nthe most progressive interests of not only Lawrence town-\\nship, but of Van Buren County. At the age of twenty (in\\n1826) he was engaged at Detroit with Gen. Cass and Cam-\\npau in locating Western lands. He went back to New York\\nin 1828, and in 1830, returning to the West, he undertook\\nan exploration of Michigan, making his home at Prairie\\nRonde. In 1833 he entered the land upon which the vil-\\nlage of South Haven now lies, and in 1835 laid out a\\nroad from Prairie Ronde to South Haven. That road\\npassed through Lawrence township in the northeast corner,\\nand crossed the Paw Paw on the west line of section 1.\\nHe built the first house ever put up in South Haven.\\nHis permanent settlement, however, in Michigan was\\nmade in Lawrence in 1837, upon land in section 2, through\\nwhich the road from Prairie Ronde to South Haven had\\nits cour.se. On that farm he lived until his death, in Oc-\\ntober, 1876. Mr. Monroe was a large land-holder, and a\\nman of mark in the community which was proud to claim\\nhim as a member. He was an earnest supporter and pro-\\nmoter of beneficent public enterprises, did much for the en-\\ncouragement of public education, assisted in the foundation\\nof both the State and Van Buren Agricultural Societies,\\noccupied the judicial bench (sitting as associate judge in\\nthe first court held in the county, June 6, 1837), filled\\nnumerous local public trusts (serving twenty-five years con-\\nsecutively as county commissioner of the poor), and stood\\nuntil his death at the head of the County Pioneer Associa-\\ntion, which he called into existence, and of which he was\\nthe only president during his life.\\nDuring Judge Monroe s extended service as poor com-\\nmissioner, he frequently provided at his own house for the\\nwants of indigent poor, and to such his residence came to\\nbe known as the poormaster s house. One day, while the\\njudge attired in shabby garments was at work in a ditch on\\nhis farm, he was accosted by an apparent traveling pauper\\nwith the inquiry, Where is the poormaster s house and\\nupon the judge pointing it out without revealing himself,\\ncontinued, with a look of curious examination, Do you\\nwork for him? Yes, replied the judge. And what\\ndoes he give you for working Oh, he gives me just\\nwhat he has himself, was the judge s answer; pork and\\nbeans, potatoes, johnny-cake, and old clothes. Well,\\nexclaimed the tramp, preparing to move off, if that s all a\\nfellow can expect, I ll be goll-darned if I stop with the old\\nhedge-hog. And away he went, determined that the county\\nshouldn t support him ou those terms.\\nIn 1838, Uriel T. Barnes left Calhoun Co., Mich.,\\nwhere he had been living four years, and with his f;\u00c2\u00bbmiiy\\nset out for Van Buren County, his chief reasons for mak-\\ning the move being that in Calhoun County there was not\\ntimber enough to suit him, while peaches, he was satisfied,\\nwould not grow there. Arriving at Paw Paw at the close\\nof a cold day, the family put up at Dodge s tavern, and there,\\nMrs. Barties being asked by some person where the family\\nwas bound, replied, For Brush Creek. Brush Creek\\nreplied her interrogator, why, you ll starve there. All the", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0718.jp2"}, "719": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0719.jp2"}, "720": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0720.jp2"}, "721": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF LAWRENCE.\\n489\\npiiople out there are starving. It .s in the woods, and you\\nwon t be able to raise a thing. Well, replied the lady,\\nI ve had a four years pioneer experience and haven t\\nstarved yet. I think, therefore, that I won t starve yet\\nawhile.\\nPushing on, Mr. Barnes soon reached the hospitable\\ncabin of Uncle Jimmy Gray, on section 11, in Lawrence,\\nand in a trice the strangers were made welcome and com-\\nfortable. The next day the Barnes family moved into an\\nabandoned log cabin on wliat is now the Baker Richards\\nfarm, in section 14 a few days thereafter, Mr. Barnes\\nbought 80 acres of land of Eaton Branch, on section 5, put\\nup a frame house, and transported his family thither as\\nsoon as possible. Euton Branch had cut out a road from\\nthe village to his place, and from Branch s to the farm on\\nsection 5, Mr. Barnes cut the road himself. Mr. Barnes\\nlived upon that farm until his death in July, 1853. His\\nson, A. U. Barnes, occupies the old place, and adjoining\\nhim lives his brother, H. G.\\nMrs. Allen Rice, a daughter of Uriel T. Barnes, says\\nthat when her father came to Lawrence there were but four\\nfamilies in the village, those of J. R. Hayncs, Dexter\\nGibbs, John Allen, and Israel Branch. She says further,\\nA saw-mill had been erected and a school-house built. I\\nwell remember the first time I went to school in that old\\nschool-house. I expected to see something like a village,\\nbut after walking what seemed a great distance through the\\ndense woods, I came to a house and inquired how far it\\nwas to the village. To the village, dear? returned the\\nwoman why, you are in the village now, only you can t\\nsee it for the trees. Well, said I, where is the school-\\nhouse Only a little way farther in the woods, was\\nher response and after walking what appeared to be half\\na mile, I found the school-house. There were about 30\\nscholars, and the teacher was Truman Foster, of Keeler.\\nThe widow McKnight, who came to Lawrence in 1838,\\nwas a sister of John and Joseph Haynes, and for some time\\nkept house for Joseph. She brought with her two daugh-\\nters and a son, and owned a little place in the village, now\\noccupied by her daughter, Mrs. A. F. Haskins. Mrs.\\nHenry Mayner, another daughter, lives in the township.\\nThe son removed to California some years ago.\\nEphraim Taylor, originally from New York, came to\\nLawrence in 1836 to work for John Allen, sold goods for\\nhim in Gibbs tavern, drove stage, and finally settled on a\\nfarm in section 30, whore he died in 1877.\\nA. H. Phelps, one of Lawrence s early settlers, lived in\\nthe village about 1840, and soon afterwards, with his brother\\nTheodore, built what is now called the Chadwiok mill,\\nsouth of Lawrence. Ho subsequently became interested\\nwith H. N. Phelps in milling and other business enter-\\nprises in the village, and for a long time was known as a\\nfur trader, while he also manufactured deer-skin gloves and\\nmittens. He dealt extensively with the Indians, and was\\nhimself esteemed during his early life in Lawrence as a\\ngreat hunter. He lived an honored citizen in the township\\nnearly forty years, and died in the village in 1877, only a\\nfew weeks after celebrating his golden wedding, leaving a\\nwidow who still survives him.\\nGeorge Parmelee, who came to the village in 1838, was\\n62\\na tinner. After working about in the vicinity some time,\\nhe married a daughter of T. S. Camp, and went to live\\nupon a farm on section 8, given him by Mr. Camp. He\\nmoved to Bainbridge a few years after, and subsequently to\\nSt. Joseph. He lives now at Old Mission, Grand Traverse\\nCo., Mich., and is president of the State Pomological\\nSociety.\\nH. P. Barnum, who was among the earliest and ablest\\nof the county surveyors, settled in the eastern part of Van\\nBuren in 1835, and in 1838 selected a permanent settle-\\nment upon section 11 in Lawrence township, where he\\nlived until his death in 1851. Mr. Barnum surveyed\\nnearly all the early roads in Lawrence, and devoted himself\\nalso assiduou.sly to his farming interests.\\nR. B. Banks came to Lawrence from Washtenaw County\\nin 1836, and worked a farm for John Allen on section 14.\\nSubsequently he bought a form on section 19, west of Tay-\\nlor s Lake, and moving thence to Hartford, died in the\\nlatter place. Banks was a firm believer in Spiritualism,\\nand in his strong devotion thereto he frequently exhibited\\napparent eccentricities which gave him a peculiar local\\ncelebrity. Among other stories related of him, one is told\\nof how when his horse fell sick he sought to cure him by\\nmesmeric influence, but the influence was not quite strong\\nenough to keep the animal alive.\\nIn 1838, Nelson S. Marshall, of Oakland Co., Mich.,\\nmoved with his family into Lawrence and sought quarters\\nin the Dexter Gibbs tavern, Marshall s wife being the\\ndaughter of Dexter Gibbs. The Marshall family lived in\\nthe Gibbs house a little more than a year, and then, Nel-\\nson s brother, Harvey, having joined him in the purchase\\nof a farm on section 17, formerly owned by Dexter Gibbs,\\nthe brothers moved to the place in 1840 and managed the\\nform jointly. Nelson Marshall moved to Watervliet in\\n1856, and died there in 1863. Harvey Marshall still lives\\non the form which he has occupied continuously since 1840.\\nH. M. Marshall, one of the leading merchants of Lawrence,\\nis one of Nelson s sons.\\nWhen Marshall entered the village there were there the\\nGibbs tavern and the houses of Orrin Tutton, Alex. New-\\nton, J. R. Haynes, and Watson Pool. When he moved to\\nhis farm on section 17, Peter Dopp was living on section\\n31, where Dopp s widow and her sou Amos now reside.\\nMrs. Dopp was a woman of determined energy, and more\\nthan once, when there was sickness in her household, used\\nto walk alone through the woods to the Marshall place,\\nnearly four miles distant, to ask Harvey Marshall to ride to\\nPaw Paw for a doctor. Harvey was then about the only\\none in the township boasting the possession of a horse, and\\nfor that reason was frequently called upon to perform the\\nkindly service of riding away after a physician when sudden\\nemergencies arose. The only other dwellers in the south-\\nwest corner in 1840 were David and James Dopp, Peter s\\nbrothers, Cyrus Bateman, Hosea Howard, and Roderick\\nIrish, living on section 32. All these settlers came to Law-\\nrence in 1836. Irish died in Keeler in 1878. Orrin Sut-\\nton, already mentioned, moved to a farm two miles and a\\nhalf west of the village, and subsequently to Lawrence,\\nwhere he died. Alexander Newton went to Kalamazoo\\nand remained. He lived in a log house that stood upon", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0721.jp2"}, "722": {"fulltext": "490\\nHISTORY OP VAN BUREN COUNTY MICHIGAN.\\nthe site now occupied by the village tavern. Newton was\\nnot the most industrious man in the community, and,\\napropos of his inordinate fondness for lingering within\\ngrateful shade on a summer day, it is related that H. P.\\nBarnum once said that he could always tell the time of day\\nby marking Newton s gradual march around a house in the\\nwake of the moving shadow of the building. Cyrus Bate-\\nmen, above mentioned, lived on the place of his first settle-\\nment until his death. He and Roderick Irish married\\nsisters of the Dopps.\\nSamuel Gunton, the first elected sheriflf of Van Buren\\nCounty, settled on the Territorial road, one mile south of\\nProspect Lake, in 1836. In 1839, nearly all the members\\nof his family being dead, he returned to New York State,\\nhis former home.\\nS. M. N. Brooks, a young man, lived with his brother-\\nin-law, John Reynolds, in 1838, roved about for a time,\\nand settled eventually in Keeler. In the same year John\\nAndrews located on section 14, east of Baker s Lake he\\nmoved afterwards to Hartford, where he now lives. Wil-\\nliam R. Williams, a New Yorker, settled upon section 20\\nin 1836, and at an early day, selling his place to John\\nRaven, moved to the eastern part of the State. Thomas\\nPrice and his widowed mother came from New York in\\n1836, in company with David Dopp, who had previously\\nmarried Mrs. Price s daughter. They all lived together at\\nthe village a short time, and settled in company upon a\\nfarm in section 29, where Mrs. Price died Her son\\nThomas lives now in the far West. In 1836, also, John\\nMellen, with his wife and ten children, journeyed from New\\nYork, and located on section 17, in Lawrence, where both\\nMellen and his wife died in 1843. All of their children\\nmoved out of the township. Mellen was at the time of his\\ndeath a black.smith in the village.\\nJoseph Haynes, a carpenter, located in Brush Creek in\\n1836, worked at his trade there some time, and settling\\nupon a farm in section 15, died there in 1858.\\nVolney A. Moore, a nephew of Harvey Marshall, came\\nto Lawrence in 1838, lived with the Marshalls for a time,\\nand marrying, bought a farm on section 30, where he died.\\nGeneral B. F. Chadwick, who bought the Phelps mill,\\nsouth of the village, owned also a small farm near there.\\nHe lives now in Hartford. The old mill is still known as\\nChadwick s mill. Mr. Chadwick says it used to be called\\nChad s old mill, and old Chad s mill, just as the pop-\\nular humor fancied. Leonard Watson, who settled in\\nBreedsville in 1835, and in Lawrence in 1838, married one\\nof Judge Haynes daughters, and died in Cass County.\\nIn 1838 also came Warren Van VIeet, who owned a farm\\non section 13, and who still lives in the township. Barney\\nand Daniel Evans came to Lawrence with their father in\\n1838, and located near Prospect Lake. They are all dead.\\nBarney s widow lives on section 16.\\nWatson Pool, a carpenter, became a resident of Mason\\nin 1837, and besides his work at the bench attended to the\\ncultivation of a few acres on what is now called St. Joseph\\nStreet. Ilis widow still lives in the village.\\nThe first birth in Lawrence was that of Sarah, daughter\\nof John and Jane Reynolds, her advent occurring March\\n21, 1836. She died in Lawrence in her youth.\\nWilliam R. Williams and Elizabeth Gibbs were the pio-\\nneer wedded couple of Lawrence, but as they mated before\\nLawrence had a squire they were compelled to go to\\nSchoolcraft to have the ceremony performed. The first\\nmarriage in the township was that of Ephraim Taylor and\\nEmeline Gibbs. They were joined in the autumn of 1836,\\nby Justice Jay R. Monroe, in Dexter Gibbs double log\\ntavern, which was, on that important occasion, alive with\\nmerry-making, and radiant with a joyous gathering, from\\nfar and near, of friends and fellow-settlers, Judge Monroe\\nwas on his way to Schoolcraft when he was overtaken by a\\nmessenger in hot haste, and told that he was wanted to\\nmarry a couple at Dexter Gibbs The judge turned about,\\ngot to Gibbs at nine o clock that night, married them, and\\nresumed his trip.\\nNo death occurred in the little settlement until 1838,\\nwhen, in the month of April, Dexter Gibbs wife was called\\nfrom her earthly cares, and three months later her daughter,\\nMrs. Ephraim Taylor, died. Dexter Gibbs himself did\\nnot remain long, for in October of the same year he fol-\\nlowed the others. Mother, father, and daughter were\\nburied upon the banks of Brush Creek, just outside the\\npresent eastern limits of the village. This place was after-\\nwards used as a public burial-ground until the present\\nvillage cemetery was laid out.\\nThe frequent necessity of sending a grist to mill was to\\nthe early pioneers of Lawrence a task of considerable mag-\\nnitude. For the first two or three years after its first set-\\ntlement, going to mill meant going to either Kalamazoo,\\nPrairie Ronde, Flowerficld, or Whitmanville, and some-\\ntimes even to Three Rivers, places from twenty-five to\\nthirty miles distant. A journey like that through a wild\\ncountry, and over rough roads, or no roads at all, was not a\\npleasant subject for contemplation, but the necessities of the\\nhour ofiered no loophole of escape, and the issue had to be\\nmet. The tree-stump corn-mill at home served many a\\ngood turn, and was a valued and useful coadjutor in the\\nbusiness of producing corn-cake. Of course the march of\\nimprovement soon relieved the settlers of the inconvenience\\nattendant upon reaching distant mills, but while the ex-\\nactions continued, they were distressing. Matters improved\\nsomewhat in that respect in 1838, when John R. Haynes\\nput a small run of .stones into his saw-mill at the village of\\nMason.\\nAs an illustration of the difficulties encountered by the\\nearly settlers in procuring the necessaries of life may be\\ncited an incident in the experience of Mr. Warren Van\\nVleet. He spent, on one occasion, several da3 s in a fruit-\\nless search through the country for some flour. Eventually,\\nhe discovered a man in Prairie Ronde who had eight bar-\\nrels, but who refused to sell less than a barrel, and that at\\nan extoi tionate price. Van Vleet was pretty nearly desper-\\nate at the dealer s obstinacy, and told him that he had\\nbetter lock his flour up somewhere, for the people might\\npresently be urged by hunger to deeds of violence, and\\nthen, said he, where would your fluur be Failing to\\nget flour Van Vleet bought a lot of rice at Paw Paw, but\\nwhen he got home he found that there were no edibles in\\nthe house but the rice. Thereupon he roamed the woods\\nin search of wild honoy, and finding some, he and his fam-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0722.jp2"}, "723": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF LAWRENCE.\\n4!)1\\nily subsisted several days on honey and rice. His next\\nsearch for flour resulted in his finding 80 pounds at Paw\\nPaw, which he lugged home on foot, a distance of nine\\nmiles.\\nWhen we bought a piece of pork, says he, it was\\ngenerally the thickness of a finger, with hair on it long\\nenough to lift it out of the pot with, and by the hair we,\\nindeed, used to lift it out and hold it, too, while we ate it.\\nWiien Ephi aim Palmer got fairly located in the house\\nhe put up on the site of Lawrence village, ho had as guests\\none day Edwin Barnum, the surveyor, John Alien, and\\nJames, his son. Supplies were all out, and Palmer started\\nfor Kalamazoo for a stock, but a fearful rainstorm coming\\non, the country was flooded, and he was six days making\\nthe trip. Meanwhile the Aliens, Barnum, and Mrs. Pal-\\nmer subsisted on cranberries and coffee. Allen caught a\\nwoodchuok, but there was no salt in the house, and the\\nproject of cooking it was about to be abandoned, when a\\nfew wild leeks being found, they were forced to do duty as\\nseasoning, although the disli was voted distasteful, despite\\nthe hunger of the party.\\nIn common with settlers in all parts of Michigan, the\\npioneers of Lawrence were annoyed by wolves and other\\nwild beasts, although no serious trouble was at any time\\noccasioned. Wolves used to howl about the cabins in an\\napparently very fierce manner, though really they were\\ncowardly curs unless running in packs. Still travelers\\nwere not without apprehensive fears when called abroad\\nafter dark, and usually took precautions to ward ofi the\\nattacks of beasts. Sheep, calves, and hogs were carried\\noif sometimes in broad day by the marauding creatures,\\ndespite the utmost vigilance of settlers.\\nThere was, however, some con.solation in the knowledge\\nthat game was plentiful, and that a day s hunting was sure\\nto produce a fruitful yield, especially of deer, which were\\nso numerous that they could be shot from doorsteps, while\\nthe organization of grand hunts in the winter .seasons pro-\\nvided fine sport for the inhabitants, and helped materially\\ntowards supplying the means of subsistence.\\nROAD.\u00c2\u00ab.\\nThe first township road was laid out in the summer of\\n1837, and was known as the Watervliet road, James Gray\\nand Eaton Branch being the highway commissioners, and\\nH. P. Barnum the surveyor. The highway commissioners\\nof Lawrence had no sinecure in their office. Their territory\\nof exploration covered the present townships of Hartford,\\nLawrence, and Arlington, and when the} entered upon\\ntheir task of providing roads for a new country where roads\\nhad not been, and where water-courses, marshes, and swamps\\nwere no inconsiderable obstacles, they needed indeed all\\nthe vigorous energy and persistent industry at their com-\\nmand.\\nA road from Mason village towards Keelorville, surveyed\\nin 1836 by Jesse L. Church, was laid out in 1837, and\\nabout then, also, another, called road No. 4, was laid out\\nfrom the southeast corner of section 32 to the northwest\\ncorner of section 16. The river road, the Paw Paw road,\\na road north from Mason, one from the south side of sec-\\ntion 4 to the Black River road, and one from the southwest\\ncorner of section 19 to the southwest corner of section 20,\\nwere laid out in 1837.\\nAmong the roads laid out in 1838 were the Breedsville\\nroad, Hand s road, Phelps road. Olds road, Hammond s\\nroad, Taylor s road, Barnes road, and Branch s road. In\\n1839 the roads included the town line road between Alpena\\n(now Hamilton) and Lawrence, Major Heath s road, the\\nBriggs road, Mellen s road, Peter Clark s road, and others.\\nUntil 1839, James Gray and Eaton Branch were the\\nhighway commissioners who performed the work set down\\nfor the board, and until 1841, Eaton Branch was more\\nactively engaged than any other citizen in the work of\\nlaying out roads. H. P. Barnum was the surveyor of\\nmany of the earliest roads in Lawrence, although Jesse L.\\nChurch and Pj. H. Keeler performed an important share of\\nthe business. The Territorial road, which reached from De-\\ntroit to St. Joseph, passed through the southeastern portion\\nof Lawrence. It was an important highway of travel from\\n1835 to 1848, and before the completion of the Michigan\\nCentral Railway resounded daily with the roll of many\\nwheels, and bore upon its surface great numbers of stage-\\ncoaches and freight-wagons, which in the early days plied\\nbetween the eastern and western boundaries of the State.\\nMAIL SERVICE.\\nIn 1836, John Allen, who opened the settlement of\\nLawrence, had the government contract for carrying the\\nmail between Kalamazoo and St. Joseph, and being desirous\\nof favoring Lawrence as much as he could, constructed a\\nroad from Mason village to Keeler, and changed the mail-\\nroute so much as to take Mason in on the journey between\\nKalamazoo and St. Joseph. The Lawrence post-oSiee\\nwas not established, however, until 1837, when Horace\\nStimson was appointed postmaster. John R. Haynes, who\\nsucceeded Mr. Stimson, held the office for many years, and\\nrelincjuished it only upon his death, in 1856. His successor\\nwas John B. Potter, who retired in 1865, in favor of B.\\nF. Chadwick, but returned to the office in 1867. In 1873\\nhe gave place to G. A. Cro.ss, the present incumbent. The\\noffice receives and forwards two mails daily. The receipts\\nof its money-order department average S413 weekly, and\\npayments $70.\\nProspect Lake Post-Office, on section 26, was established\\nin 1851, H. Jacobs being appointed the first postmaster.\\nHis successor, Dennis Cooper, now in charge of the office,\\nwas appointed in 1876. When Stimson was appointed post-\\nmaster, the mail for Lawrence was conveyed over the route\\nbetween Paw Paw and South Haven, Stimson s house being\\non that road, near the Paw Paw River. Allen s contract for\\ncarrying the mail between Kalamazoo and St. Joseph began\\nJan. 1, 1836. From that time to January 15th, the mail\\nwas carried from Kalamazoo to Lawrence by team and\\nwagon, and from Lawrence to St. Joseph on horseback,\\nJohn Reynolds being the mail-rider. From January 15th,\\nduring the winter, Ephraim Taylor carried the mail from\\nLawrence to St. Joseph in a sleigh, but when .spring set in\\nthe roads to and from Lawrence became so bad tluit the\\nmail-route via that point was abandoned in favor of the\\nTerritorial road.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0723.jp2"}, "724": {"fulltext": "492\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nBOATING ON PAW PAW RIVER.\\nThe Paw Paw River was, in the days of Lawrence s\\nearly settlement, an important highway for the transporta-\\ntion of freight from the Paw Paw Valley to St. Joseph, and\\nmany people were engaged in the business of boating flour\\non flat-boats. Above Brush Creek village, navigation was\\nexceedingly uncertain, and that point was therefore a place\\nof shipment for the neighboring country, flour being hauled\\noverland from Kalamazoo, and shipped to St. Joseph from\\nBrush Creek. John R. Haynes built a warehouse for the\\nreception of river-freiglit at that place, and forwarded as\\nwell as received great quantities of goods. Many people of\\nLawrence were employed now and then upon the river, and\\na fortunate thing it was for many of them, too, for in that\\nemployment they managed to obtain ready cash, a very\\nscarce article among the farmers. The trafiic on the Paw\\nPaw continued with more or less regularity until the com-\\npletion of the Michigan Central Railroad, in 1848. Chauu-\\ncey Willard, one of the early boatmen, met his death near\\nLawrence, where the overhanging branch of a tree swept\\nhim into the river. Ten days after, his body was found\\nseveral miles below the village.\\nTAVERNS.\\nDe.xter Gibbs old log tavern, already noticed, was prob-\\nably highly thought of, for it existed in the period and\\namid times when wayfarers were not inclined to be over-nice\\nas to the accommodations, and when a place of rest and\\nrefreshment was more of a luxury than it is to-day.\\nThe second hotel built in Lawrence village, and the only\\none, besides Gibbs which the town has ever had, was\\nerected in 1849 by H. N. Phelps. Slightly changed since\\nthen, the building still does duty in its original character,\\nand is now known as Blather s Hotel. Phelps kept the\\nhouse until 1853, and sold it to H. S. Dolph, who was\\nsucceeded as landlord and proprietor in 1855 by S. G. Ma-\\nther. Mather kept it until January, 1858, when he sold\\nit, but took it back again in the fall of 1860. In 18G6,\\nMather rented it to Capt. Whittaker, and in 1867 to E.\\nWaterman. In 1869, Mather was again the landlord, and\\nin 1876, A. G. Warren took it, only to relinquish it in\\n1878 to Mr. Mather, who is still its proprietor and occu-\\npant.\\nThere were two log taverns on the Territorial road within\\nLawrence, and, until the abandonment of the stage-route,\\nthey were features in current history. George Reynolds\\nopened the first one near Lake George (or Reynolds Lake),\\nand kept it upwards of ten years. South of him, on the\\nbanks of Prospect Lake, H. N. Phelps opened a stage-\\nhouse in 1837, and, as it was for some time a place where\\nthe stages changed horses, it was considered a place of some\\nconsequence. Phelps sold the tavern to Robert Christie,\\nwho was its last landlord.\\nThe place occupied by Phelps for his tavern he bought\\nfrom John D. Freeman, who had it from Stephen Fountain,\\nthe first white settler in Lawrence. Freeman is now\\nliving in St. Joseph County.\\nVAN BUREN CENTRE.\\nMention of Phelps tavern will recall to the minds of old\\nsettlers the history of John D. Freeman s paper town, on\\nthe shores of Prospect Lake, and the settlement of the\\nChristie family. Freeman entered an 80-acre lot on section\\n26 (where Moody Emerson had previously squatted), put\\nup a shanty against a side-hill, and contemplated the erec-\\ntion of a steam saw-mill. He abandoned his plans, how-\\never, before maturing them, and moved away. When\\nFreeman came in, he occupied Emerson s shanty as a stable.\\nHe conceived the idea that the shores of Prospect Lake\\npresented an attractive site for a town, and went so far in\\nhis imagination as to believe the place might, with proper\\nattention, be made the county-seat. In pursuance of that\\nidea, he interested Maj. Calvin Britain, of St. Joseph, in\\nthe project, laid out the 80 acres into village lots, staked\\na site for the court-house, published a map, upon which he\\nshowed a thriving village, with a steamboat proudly plow-\\ning the waters of the lake, and put his town on the\\nmarket. Wild-cat money was then plenty, and Freeman\\nsold a number of lots as high as $150 each to speculators,\\nH. N. Phelps buying 23 of them.\\nFreeman put up a small frame building, in which he pro-\\nposed to open a store, and matters began to look encour-\\naging for Van Buren Centre. Before any considerable\\nresult was reached, however, the wild-cat money of the day\\nbecame worthless paper. Freeman failed, and his ambitious\\nprojects went down with him. Phelps, having become in-\\nterested in the prospective village, put up a tavern opposite\\nFreeman s store building, and was the landlord when, in\\n1837, Robert Christie, of Washtenaw County, came along\\nwith his family en route to Hartford, where he had bought\\nconsiderable land. The ideal village of Van Buren Centre\\nconsisted then of Phelps tavern and Freeman s abandoned\\nstore building, into which latter Christie moved his family,\\nproposing to stop there until he could prepare his Hartford\\nplace for habitation.\\nHe and his two eldest sons went to Hartford, in July,\\nworked there until Saturday night, and returned to the\\nlake to spend Sunday. They were, however, stricken with\\nague, and from that time until the next January not only\\nthey, but the rest of the fiimily, lay helpless with fever and\\nague. During that time Christie exchanged his Hartford\\nland with Phelps, taking the latter s 23 village lots and\\ntavern stand therefor. Christie thereupon took possession\\nof the tavern, converted his village lots into a farm, and\\nwas a landlord until the stages were withdrawn from the\\nTerritorial road, when he closed the tavern, but continued\\nto reside there until his death, in April, 1865. Five of\\nMr. Christie s sons are now living, namely, Henry, Charles\\nE., and James E., in Lawrence; David, in Decatur; and\\nMcDaniel, in Hamilton.\\nJohn H. Stoddard, a son-in-law of Robert Christie, came\\nfrom Washtenaw County the year following Christie s set-\\ntlement, and located south of Prospect Lake, where he\\nlived a year, and then moved to Paw Paw. He remained\\nthere until 1863, returning in that year to the lake, where\\nhe now resides. When Mr. Christie came to Prospect\\nLake, Samuel Gunton was living on section 35, but two\\nyears later returned to New York, whence he had come.\\nNathaniel Starkweather was living in the southern portion\\nof section 36, but left about 1840 for other parts. In that\\nvicinity other early settlers were Oliver Witter, who.sc", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0724.jp2"}, "725": {"fulltext": "Photo, by Agrell, Allegan.\\nA. S. HASKIN, M.D.\\nThis gentleman was born in the town of Moriah,\\nEssex Co., N. Y., Sept. 15, 1827. In 1828 he\\nmoved with his parents to Bridport, Addison Co.,\\nVt., and in 1834, to Brockport, Monroe Co., N. Y.\\nIn 1840 he removed to La Grange Co., Indiana; in\\n1843 to Benton, Elkhart Co., Ind. in 1848, to Cass\\nCo., Mich.; and in 1857, to Lawrence, Van Buren\\nCo., Mich., where he at present resides, enjoying tiie\\ncomforts of a pleasant home. Until the year 1850\\nhe was engaged in agricultural pursuits; but at\\nthat time he decided to enter the professional field,\\nand chose the medical branch. He engaged as a\\nteacher until 1855, employing his spare time in\\nthe study of medicine. In the fall of 1855 he en-\\ntered the office of William E. Clark, and read for\\ntwo years, attending lectures during the time at Ann\\nArbor. In the fall of 1857 he began practice, and\\nthrough the succeeding years has been eminently\\nsuccessful. His father, Samuel R. Haskin, came to\\nLawrence about 1866-67, and died here in Novem-\\nber, 1868. His wife had died in 1866, on the old\\nhomestead in Vermont. Mr. Haskin, Sr., passed\\nhis days as a farmer, never desiring to engage in\\nany other jiursuit.\\nDr. Haskin was married, April 9, 1854, to Miss\\nOlive, daughter of Selah and Charity Pickett. Her\\ndeath occurred Nov. 10, 1855; and on tlie 17tl)\\nof December, 1860, the doctor was married to Miss\\nMartha J. McKnight.\\nDr. Haskin has filled, with satisfaction to all, sev-\\neral offices in the township and village, to which he\\nhas been elected. He is at present one of the coro-\\nners of the county of Van Buren. He is a member\\nof the Methodist Episcopal Clmrch, uniting with it\\nat the age of seventeen. In politics he has always\\nbeen and remains a staunch Republican.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0725.jp2"}, "726": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0726.jp2"}, "727": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF LAWRENCE.\\n493\\ntwo sons, O. J. and L. M. Witter, now live in the township,\\nRodolphus Howe, Cyrus Eathbone, and Leonard Watson.\\nHosea Howard, a Vermonter, came to Lawrence in 1839,\\nand settled in section 32, upon a farm purchased of William\\nM. Lee; Hector Yorke located the land in 1836, and sold\\nit to William Clark, who settled upon it, but remained a\\nshort time only.\\nTOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION AND OFFICERS.\\nLawrence township was organized in 1837, and included\\nat that time the territory now occupied by Lawrence, Ar-\\nlington, and Hartford. Hartford was set off in 1840 and\\nArlington in 1841.\\nThe records of the township furnish the following report\\ntouching the first township-meeting\\nAt the first township-meeting of the inhabitants of the\\ntown of Lawrence, held at the house of Horace Stimson, on\\nthe 3d day of April, 1837, John R. Haynes was called to\\nthe chair as moderator, and John Reynolds was appointed\\nclerk pro /em. Proclamation was made by tlie presiding\\nofficer of the days for opening of the polls for the election\\nof township officers. The following persons were duly\\nelected, to wit John R. Haynes, Supervisor Orrin Sut-\\nton, Township Clerk; Hiram Hilliard, Collector; Jo.seph\\nHaynes, John Reynolds, Horace Stimson, Assessors John\\nD. Freeman, James Gray, and Eaton Branch, Commis-\\nsioners of Highways; Hiram Hilliard, William R. Wil-\\nliams, Constables George S. Reynolds and Dexter Gibbs,\\nDirectors of the Poor.\\nResolutions were passed at this meeting as follows\\nlieMolveffy That there be a bounty of five dollars on each wolf-scalp\\ntaken in this town the present j car, and five dollars on each panther-\\nscalp caught in this town the present year.\\nJiesolved, That there be eight overseers of highways in this town\\nthe present year. The following persons were chosen overseers of\\nroads: For road district No. 1, Truman Gillman; No. 2, Eaton\\nBranch: No. 3, William M. Reynolds; No. 4, Orrin Sutton; No. i,\\nWilliam R. Williams; No. 6, Samuel Gimton No. 7, Peter Dopp.\\nAt a special meeting, on April 29th, in the same year,\\njustices of the peace and school inspectors were elected, as\\nfollows Justices, George S. Reynolds, Dexter Gibbs, Rich-\\nard B. Danks, Alvin Harris School Inspectors, Nathaniel\\nB. Starkweather, Hiram Hilliard, John Reynolds.\\nThe persons chosen annually, from 1838 to 1879, inclu-\\nsive, to serve as supervisors, clerks, treasurers, school inspec-\\ntors, and justices of the peace, are named in the following\\nlist, with years of their election, viz.\\n1838. Supervisor, John Reynolds; Clerk, Orrin Sutton; Treasurer,\\nJoseph Haynes; School Inspectors, L. Humphrey, H. Hill-\\niard, C. Bateman; Justices of the Peace, Henry Hammond,\\nH. N. Phelps.\\n1839.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, John Reynolds; Clerk, Orrin Sutton; Treasurer,\\n0. Sutton School Inspectors, C. Bateman, L. Humphrey,\\nJ. Reynolds; Justice of the Peace, 0. Sutton.\\n1840. Supervisor, J. R. Haynes Cleric, George Parmelee Treas-\\nurer, Joseph Haynes; School Inspectors, G. Parmelee, H.\\nHilliard, N. S. Marshall; Justice of the Peace, J.Reynolds.\\n1841.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, J. R. Haynes Clerk, A. H. Phelps Treasurer,\\nJoseph Haynes; School Inspectors, E. H. Kecler, J. Rey-\\nnolds, E. 0. Briggs; Justice of the Peace, Major Heath.\\n1842.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, B. F. Ch.adwick Clerk, A. H. Phelps; Treasurer,\\nAlexander Newton School Inspectors, H. P. Barnum, J.\\nAndrews, B. F. Chadwick Justice of the Peace, John\\nAndrews,\\n1843. Supervisor, John Andrews; Clerk, A. H. Phelps; Treasurer,\\nAlexander Newton; School Inspectors, J.Andrews, N. S.\\nMarshall, B. F. Chadwick; Justice of the Peace, B. F.\\nChadwick.\\n1844.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, H. P. Barnum; Clerk, A. II. Phelps; Treasurer,\\nAlexander Newton School Inspectors, J. Andrews, N. S.\\nMarshall; Justice of the Peace, J. R. Haynes.\\n1S45. Supervisor, H. P. Barnum; Clerk, A. H. Phelps; Treasurer,\\nJ. R. Haynes School Inspector, George Parmelee Justice\\nof the Peace, J. Andrews.\\n1846.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 No record.\\n1847. Supervisor, H. P. Barnum; Clerk, A. H. Phelps; Treasurer,\\nH.N. Phelps; School Inspector, T. B. Irwin; Justice of the\\nPeace, T. S. Camp.\\n1S48. Supervisor, H. P. Barnum; Clerk, A.H.Phelps; Treasurer,\\nH. N. Phelps; School Inspector, 0. M. Baker; Justices of\\nthe Peace, D. Hodges, T. B. Irwin.\\n1849.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, H. P. Barnum; Clerk, A. H. Phelps; Treasurer,\\nH. N. Phelps; School Inspector, W. M. Blowers; Justice of\\nthe Peace, Chauncey Potter.\\n1850. Supervisor, H. P. Barnum; Clerk, A. H. Phelps; Treasurer,\\nH. N. Phelps; School Inspector, 0. M. Baker; Justice of\\nthe Peace, John Andrews.\\n1851. Supervisor, John Andrews; Clerk, A. H. Phelps; Treasurer,\\nJ. G. Lammon; School Inspector, C. P. Prindle; Justice of\\nthe Peace, H. Balfour.\\n1852. Supervisor, John Andrews; Clerk, Richard Ferris; Treas-\\nurer, J. 6. Lammon; School Inspector, 0. M. Baker; Jus-\\ntice of the Peace, N. S. Marshall.\\n1853.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 No record.\\n1854.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, T. B. Irwin; Clerk, J. L. Phillips; Treasurer, J.\\nG. Lammon.\\n1855. Supervisor, T. B. Irwin; Clerk, J. L. Phillips; Treasurer, J.\\nG. Lammon; School Inspector, N. Rowe; Justice of the\\nPeace. .John .\\\\ndrews.\\n1856. Supervisor, John Andrews; Clerk, J. L. Phillips; Treasurer,\\nJ. G. Lammon; School Inspector, C. S. Dunham; Justice\\nof the Peace, J. H. White.\\n1857. Supervisor, E.Southwell; Clerk, William Hodges; Treasurer,\\nS. G. Mather; School Inspector, W. M. Blowers; Justice of\\nthe Peace, William Powers.\\n1858. Supervisor, Nelson Rowe; Clerk, William Hodges; Treasurer,\\nOrrin Sutton; School Inspector, A. S. Haskin; Justice of the\\nPeace, Chauncey Potter.\\n1859. Supervisor, Nelson Rowe; Clerk, N. Crisscy; Treasurer, Orrin\\nSutton; School Inspector, E. S. Dunham; Justice of the\\nPeace, George Bennett.\\n1S60.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, Nelson Rowe; Clerk, J. L. Phillips; Treasurer,\\nOrrin Sutton School Inspectors, 0. Rowland, T. Stow Jus-\\ntice of the Peace, J. H. White.\\n1861. Supervisor, Nelson Rowe Clerk, H. M. Marshall; Treasurer,\\nOrrin Sutton School Inspectors, 0. Rowland, J. B. Upton\\nJustice of the Peace, George Bennett.\\n1S62. Supervisor, Nelson Rowe; Clerk, H. M. Marshall; Treasurer,\\nOrrin Sutton: School Inspector, B. M.Williams; Justice of\\nthe Peace, D. C. Sweet.\\n1863.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, Nelson Rowe; Clerk, H. M. Marshall; Treasurer,\\nOrrin Sutton; School Inspector, H. L. Cornwell; Justice of\\nthe Peace, J. M. Blowers.\\n1864.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, J. B. Upton; Clerk, H. M. Marshall; Treasurer,\\nOrrin Sutton; School Inspector, C. C. Stutsman; Justice of\\nthe Peace, J. H. White.\\n1865.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, J. B. Putter Clerk, J. II. White Treasurer, Orrin\\nSutton; School Inspector, H.Jacobs; Justice of the Peace,\\nS. Ransom.\\n1866.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, J. B. Potter; Clerk, L. M. Hodges; Treasurer, H.\\nM. Marshall School Inspector, J. Scotsford Justice of the\\nPeace, E. Lanphear.\\n1867.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, J. B. Potter; Clerk, L. M. Hodges; Treasurer, H.\\nM. Marshall; School Inspector, A. G. Coney; Justice of the\\nPeace, J. M. Blowers.\\n1868.- Supervisor, J. B. Potter; Clerk, 0. W. Rowland; Treasurer,\\nW. W. Bass; School Inspector, H. L. Cornwell; Justice of\\nthe Peace, J. H. White.\\n1869.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, J. B. Potter; Clerk, G.A.Cross; Treasurer, A. U.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0727.jp2"}, "728": {"fulltext": "494\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nDraper; School Inspector, S. Plopper; Justice of the Peace,\\nE. Rowland.\\n1870.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, C. Richards; Clerk, G.A.Cross; Treasurer, A. H.\\nDraper; School Inspector, H. Jacobs; Justice of the Pe ice,\\nA. Sturtevant.\\n1871. Supervisor, W. W. Bass Clerk, George W. Rowe; Treasurer,\\nG. A. Cross; School Inspector, II. Donaldson; Justice of the\\nPeace, A. Rice,\\n1872.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, W. W. Bass Clerk, L. J. Dane; Treasurer, G. A.\\nCross; School Inspector, A. Rice; Justice of the Peace, C.\\nRockwell.\\n1873. Supervisor, C. Rockwell Clerk, J. F. Barrows; Treasurer, 6.\\nA. Cross; School Inspector, E. S. Cleveland; Justice of the\\nPeace, S. Cole.\\n1874. Supervisor, C. Rockwell; Clerk, J. F. Barrows; Treasurer, G.\\nA. Cross; School Inspector, II. Donaldson; Justice of the\\nPeace, C. Rockwell.\\n1875. Supervisor, C. Rockwell; Clerk, J. F. Barrows; Treasurer, G.\\nA. Cross; School Inspector, H. Donaldson; Justice of the\\nPeace, J. M. Blowers.\\n1876. Supervisor, C. Rockwell Clerk, J. F. Barrows Treasurer, G.\\nA. Cross; School Inspector, H. L. Cornwell; Justice of the\\nPeace, H. A. Donaldson.\\n1877.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, C. Rockwell; Clerk, J. B. Potter; Treasurer, G.\\nA. Cross School Inspector, B. M. Williams Justice of the\\nPeace, J. Burcham.\\n1878. Supervisor, C. Rockwell; Clerk, J. F. Barrows; Treasurer, G.\\nA. Cross; School Inspector, H. Donaldson; Justice of the\\nPeace, C. Rockwell.\\n1879.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, C. Rockwell Clerk, J. B. Potter; Treasurer, J. F.\\nBarrows; School Inspector, H. Donaldson; Justice of the\\nPeace, W. H. Page.\\nThe Township Board for 1879 comprised Charles Rock-\\nwell, J. B. Potter, Henry Donaldson, Jabez Burcham.\\nThe School Inspectors were Henry Donaldson and Rev. L.\\nA. Cole (School Superintendent). The Justices of the\\nPeace were H. A. Donaldson, J. Burcham, and W. H.\\nPage.\\nLAWRENCE VILLAGE.\\nIn June, 1835, John Allen, of Ann Arbor, entered 40\\nacres in the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of\\nsection 10, of the township now Lawrence. Here Mr. Al-\\nlen laid out a village and called it Mason, in honor of the\\n(then) Governor of Michigan. The new village was south\\nof the Paw Paw, and near a creek which possessed consid-\\nerable water-power and upon the manufacturing capacity\\nof these streams at that point Allen doubtless based his\\ntheory that the village would thrive. Having laid out his\\ntown on paper, Mr. Allen, who bad himself no intention of\\nactually settling, looked about him for some man whom he\\ncould induce to begin the improvement of the place. He\\ninterviewed Eaton Branch, of Ann Arbor, upon the matter;\\nbut Branch was not inclined towards the venture. Shortly\\nafterwards Allen met Branch, saying, I don t want you\\nI ve got a man and his wife to go out to Mason. Who s\\nthe man asked Branch. Ephraim Palmer. Ephiaim\\nPalmer? replied Branch well, all I have to say to you is,\\nwatcli him. Oh, returned Allen, you needn t attempt\\nto set me against Palmer I am a phrenologist, I tell you,\\nand I am thoroughly satisfied that the man is honest.\\nSo Palmer and his wife, fresh from Ohio, went to Ma.son,\\nand from a spot on the bank of Brush Creek, about thirty-\\nfive rods north of the Lawrence school-house, he cleared the\\nunderbrush preparatory to putting up a log cabin. It was\\nin August, 1835, that the Palmers reached the place, and\\nas before that time the only settlement in the township\\nwas that of Stephen Fountain, a bachelor, near Prospect\\nLake, theirs was the first family settlement in Lawrence.\\nPalmer cut logs of fourteen feet in length for his house,\\nand when he was ready to raise it he had the assistance of\\nAllen, Fountain, E. Barnum (who had just come in from\\nPaw Paw), and a man who happened to be there in search\\nof land. These five men raised the house seven logs high,\\nas the best their strength could reach. The cabin had a\\ndoor but no windows, and for a little while the Palmers\\nlived in it without floor or roof. The fireplace was against\\nthe logs of the side-wall, and a hole in the roof served in-\\nstead of a chimney.\\nAbout a month after Palmer s settlement he left the\\nplace suddenly and was heard of no more, except that he\\npassed through St. Joseph, with his wife, on their way\\nWest. It is said that his sudden departure caused Mr.\\nAllen to lose faith in the value of his phrenological knowl-\\nedge.\\nShortly after Palmer s departure his deserted cabin was\\noccupied by John Reynolds, who, with his brother George,\\nhad just previously located upon section 13. Nov. 15,\\n1835, Reynolds and his wife received into their cabin a dele-\\ngation of eleven people, ten of whom came to settle, and as\\nReynolds house was the only one at hand, they were forced\\nto crowd into it. These people were Eaton Branch and\\nwife, Dexter Gibbs and wife, with five children, John Allen,\\nand William Williams. There were thirteen, all told, who\\noccupied the house, and as the room in which they slept was\\nbut twelve feet square, they were really in close quarters.\\nAs a matter of convenience, the gentlemen selected for their\\ndressing-room an out-door spot behind a brush pile. They\\nwere, however, shortly in more expansive accommodations,\\nwhen Allen built a double log house, and called it a tavern.\\nIt had on the ground-floor two rooms each fourteen feet\\nsquare, with sleeping apartments above, and .stood just east\\nof where Mrs. Goodenough now lives. Dexter Gibbs was\\npromoted to be the landlord of the tavern, and maintained the\\ndignity of that position until his death, in October, 1838.\\nThe building of a saw-mill in 183(3 by John Allen and\\nJohn R. Haynes gave the village some impetus, but its\\ngrowth was exceedingly slow, and in 1843, eight years after\\nAllen laid it out, it contained but ten families, viz. Wat-\\nson Poole, a carpenter Alexander Newton, a farmer\\nNorman Birse, cabinet-maker John R. Haynes, miller\\nJoseph Haynes, farmer Israel Branch, farmer A. H.\\nPhelps, fur-trader and miller J. P. Fisk, blacksmith Ben-\\njamin Dunning, blacksmith and Rodolphus Howe, stock-\\ndealer. At that time the place had lost its original name of\\nMason and was known as Brush Creek, from the stream\\nflowing through it.\\nThe story is told of John R. Baker (living in Paw Paw\\nat that time, and the owner of considerable village prop-\\nerty in Brush Creek) that he rechristencd the place Law-\\nrence, after the name of the township, and that upon being\\nasked by a traveler for directions to find Brush Creek, sent\\nthe man to Chadwick s mill, on the creek, saying imme-\\ndiately afterwards, I ll teach him not to call my bright\\nlittle village by the ugly name of Brush Creek.\\nJohn Allen, who founded Lawrence village, was a resident", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0728.jp2"}, "729": {"fulltext": "j\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00bb\\nr^\\n^-m-\\n,yf q/ J^ t?r-^cL\\nREsiDtnCE or T, IV. HOU/ARD, Lawrence, MiCH", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0729.jp2"}, "730": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0730.jp2"}, "731": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF LAWRENCE.\\n495\\nof Ann Arbor, and a very enterprising man. He dealt\\nlargely in Western lands, confining his ventures chiefly to\\nMichigan. Unlike most Western land speculators, he sought\\nto improve his purchases by the practical method of fitting\\nthe territory for settlement and cultivation, and thus by\\nenergetic management realized a considerable profit in the\\nbusiness, while he pushed the development of the country\\nbriskly forward. He joined the tide of speculation as it\\nset in towards the Pacific coast, and died a resident of San\\nFrancisco, Cal.\\nIt may be mentioned that Allen mortgaged the Mason\\nvillage property to John R. Baker, and to satisfy that Baker\\nwas compelled to take the land, and thus, as has been noted,\\nbecame the village proprietor, and renamed it Lawrence.\\nLawrence Merchants. While Dexter Gibbs was keep-\\ning hotel in the old double log house, John Allen put a\\nsmall stock of goods into the bar-room, and engaged\\nEphraim Taylor to sell them. The assortment was doubt-\\nless meagre and the stock light, for there was scarcely a\\nfield at that time for the development of liberal enterprise\\nin the matter of trade. Not much of an improvement was\\nthe store opened by John R. Haynes, in the second story\\nof his saw-mill, some time in 1836. Half of his customers,\\nit is said, were Indians, and probably very few of his goods\\nwere sold for cash. Ca.sh was scarce, but dicker was\\nmore plentiful, and Haynes, of course, like a sensible trader,\\naccommodated his customers. He carried on the trade four\\nor five years, when he dispo.sed of his store and saw-mill\\ninterest to H. N. and A. H. Phelps. H. N. Phelps had\\ncome to Lawrence for the purpose of lumbering, and had\\nbrought a stock of goods with him. These goods he put\\ninto the Haynes store, and there he and his brother traded\\nuntil 1845, when they transferred the store business to a\\nlog house formerly occupied by Alexander Newton as a\\nresidence, upon the site now covered by the Chadwick block.\\nIn 1847 they built a short distance south of the log struc-\\nture a story and a half frame dwelling, and moved their\\ngoods into it. That store was in that day considered a\\nremarkably fine one, and awakened great admiration. The\\nPhelps brothers continued in their new store until 1849,\\nwhen they retired and lea.scd the building to John R.\\nHaynes, who resumed business and stocked the store with\\ngoods bought from Albion by Marvin Hannahs, the latter\\nhaving come to Lawrence to put up a grist-mill.\\nHaynes traded at that location two years, and in 1851\\nhaving put up a fine building at what is known now as\\nCrissey Corners, opened it as a drug- and grocery-store.\\nUpon his retirement from the Phelps store it was reopened\\nby Thomas De Wolf, who had been the representative at\\nLawrence of James E. Bishop, of Chicago, who was\\nlargely concerned in lumbering. In 1853, H. N. Phelps\\nbecame De Wolfs partner, and retiring in 1854, was suc-\\nceeded by the firm of Phelps, Balfour (James) Haynes.\\nThat firm wound up business in 1855. Haynes closed his\\ngrocery- and drugstore in 1854, and was succeeded there\\nby Thomas De Wolf and Sylvanus Rowe. De Wolf removed\\nto Chicago in 1855, and Rowe continued on liis own account\\nuntil 1856, when he moved to a place previously occupied\\nby Uri Utley, took in Mr. Lockwood as a partner, and\\nclosed January, 1858. Rowe went to Decatur, came back\\nto Lawrence and opened a store, in which he was burned\\nout, and after that he confined himself to the practice of\\nmedicine.\\nReturning to 1850, one Mitchell opened a store that year\\non the site of Dexter Gibbs log tavern. He soon moved\\nacross the river, where he traded a year, and in 1851, Wil-\\nliam Hodges opened a store adjoining Mitchell s place, and\\ncarried it on until 1855. In 1854, J. M. Fi.sk and Clemens\\nput up the first building, on the east side of the street south\\nof Crissey s Corners, and opened it with a general stock.\\nClemens went out in about ninety days, and in 1857, J.\\nM. Fisk sold the business to his father, J. P. Fisk, who\\nretained it until his death, in 1865. E. H. Phelps kept\\nstore for a time in the place vacated by Sylvanus Rowe in\\n1858, and in 1856, J. E. Bishop opened what is now the\\nChadwick store. E. E. J. L. Chadwick first occupied\\nthe place in 1858. The store is still kept by E. E. Chad-\\nwick, his brother having died in 1872.\\nIn 1860, H. M. Marshall, who had been clerking for\\nSylvanus Rowe, opened a stoi e across the river, moved into\\nthe village the same year, and in 1874 completed and oc-\\ncupied the fine brick block in which he now carries on his\\nbusiness. Charles W. and J. M. Fisk succeeded J. P.\\nFisk in 1865, and in 1868, the firm dissolving, J. M. Fisk\\nmoved into the brick store he now occupies, and which he\\nbuilt that year. Ridlon, Phelps Co. entered the trade\\nin 1867, in the building now occupied by H. L. Cornwell.\\nRidlon bought out his two partners Phelps and Cornwell\\nand pursued the business until 1872, when he moved\\naway. Cornwell who had been at Cassopolis returned\\n10 Lawrence in 1873, and reopened the old store for account\\nof Phelps Cornwell. Phelps retired in 1875, and W.\\nE. Cornwell came in. In 1879, W. E. Cornwell retired,\\nand opened a store across the way.\\nBesides the general stores of E. E. Chadwiek, H. M.\\nMarshall, J. M. Fisk, and H. L. Cornwell, there are in the\\nvillage the grocery-stores of W..E. Cornwell and J. L.\\nPhillips the drug-stores of J. F. Barrows and George\\nJerome; the hardware-store of Hill Brothers; and the\\nusual minor bu.siness establi.shments found in a country\\ntown.\\nPhysicians. The Rev. J. L. Marvin, one of the pastors\\nof the Lawrence Congregational Church, also practiced\\nmedicine from 1844 to 1851, when he moved to Paw Paw.\\nPrevious to Dr. Marvin s coming, Lawrence people had to\\ngo to Paw Paw when a doctor was needed. During Dr.\\nMarvin s residence in Lawrence, Dr. C. P. Prindle was also\\na village practitioner. He became afterwards a resident of\\nDowagiac, where he died. During 1853, Drs. Nelson\\nRowe, Sylvanus Rowe, and Joel Camp located in the village.\\nDr. Nelson Rowe died in 1864. Dr. Sylvanus Rowe is still\\nin practice at the village. Dr. Camp went to Bangor to\\nlive in 1861. Dr. A. F. Haskins came in 1858, and is\\nstill one of the village physicians. Dr. Terwilliger came\\nin 1861, and left in 1863. In 1862, Dr. 0. B. Wiggins\\nbegan practice in Lawrence, and still pursues it. Besides\\nthe physicians above noted as in practice in Lawrence, there\\nare also Drs. E. S. Cleveland and William Rowe.\\nMills and Millers. In the summer of 1836, John Allen\\nand John R. Haynes built a saw-mill on Brush Creek, but", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0731.jp2"}, "732": {"fulltext": "496\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\ndid not saw any lumber until early in the winter. About\\n1844, H. N. A. H. Phelps bought the mill, and after-\\nwards replaced it with the one now operated on the same\\nsite by llufus Tillou. Previous to 1844, A. H. Colonel\\nTheodore Phelps had put up a saw-mill two miles and a\\nhalf south of the village. They sold it in 1843 to Gen.\\nB. F. Cliadwiek, from whom it took the name by which it\\nis yet known, Chadwick s mill. Thomas Hayes operates\\nit at present.\\nThe Phelps brothers had also a store in connection with\\ntheir mill, and used to barter goods for logs. Their lumber\\nthey floated to market at St. Joseph.\\nIn 1848 a stock company, composed of William Hodges,\\nH. N. Phelps, T. S. Camp, John Andrews, and A. H.\\nPhelps, put up a large saw-mill on the Paw Paw River,\\nnear the village. In 1850, Marvin Hannahs, of Albion,\\nerected a grist-mill near the saw-mill and put in two run of\\nstones. Haynes had a small run of stones in his old mill\\nin 1838, but its grinding capacity was verj small. Han-\\nnahs mill may therefore be noted as the first of its kind\\nworthy the name of grist-mill. In 1SG2 the grist-mill and\\nsaw-mill on the Paw Paw were destroyed by fire. In that\\nyear William Anderson built on Brush Creek the grist-\\nmill now owned by Tillou Olin, to whom Anderson sold\\nthe property in 1868. Rufus Tillou manages both the\\ngrist-mill and the adjoining saw-mill for his own account.\\nThe steam saw-mill just east of the village, run by Sut-\\nton Seeley, was started by Tillou Cable in 1864. R.\\nOsgood s steam saw-mill, near there, was built by Osgood\\nLane in 1867. Henry E. Rowland s steam planing-mill,\\nwhich he built in 1878, completes the list of mills at the\\nvillage.\\nL. J. Dane, who has a plow-point works and general\\nrepair-shop at Lawrence village, has been engaged in the\\nsame business at that place since 1866. He operates also\\nan extensive cider-mill, and is interested with C. L. Nor-\\nthrop in a cider-jelly manufactory, a cider-viuegar works,\\nand an apple-drying establishment, all these being located\\nnear the railway depot in Lawrence.\\nVillage Organization. The village of Lawrence was\\nincorporated under act of Legislature approved March 24\\n1869, and in that act the village limits were described as\\nfollows: All that tract of country situated in the township\\nof Lawrence as to wit, the east half of the southwest quarter\\nof section 9 and the east half of section 9, the west half of\\nsection 10, the north half of the northwest quarter of\\nsection 15, and the north half of the northeast quarter of\\nsection 16.\\nThe first annual election for village officers was held\\nMay 3, 1869, in Chadwick s Hall, on which occasion the\\naggregate number of votes cast was 139. From the year\\nof the first election to 1879, inclusive, the village presi-\\ndents, trustees, recorders, and treasurers have been chosen\\nas follows:\\n1869. President, Sylvanus Rowo; Kccorder, B. M. Williams: Treas-\\nurer, E.S.Cleveland; Trustees, Joseph Trumbull, James\\nB. Johnston, Amos Darling, Francis A. Wakefield, Charles\\nM. Bridges.\\n1870. President, Sylvanus Rowe; Recorier, .T. B. Potter; Treasurer,\\nE. S. Cleveland; Trustees, James B. Johnston, Amos Dar-\\nling, Joseph TruMihull, II. M. Manshall, Stejihcn Hansom.\\n1871.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 President, James B. Johnston; Recorder, H. M. Marshall;\\nTreasurer, George Rowe; Trustees, L. J. Dane, Joseph E.\\nTrumbull, Sylvanus Rowe, James M. Fisk, J. B. Hen-\\ndricks.\\n1872.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 President, John M. Fisk; Recorder, Edward S. Cleveland;\\nTreasurer, George A. Cross; Trustees, Charles Rockwell,\\nH. M. Marshall, Lyman J. Dane, E. H. Phelps, Leonard\\nWatson.\\n187.3.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 President, Sylvanus Rowe; Recorder, E. S.Cleveland; Treas-\\nurer, George A. Cross Trustees, J. M. Fisk, Charles Rock-\\nwell, E. H. Phelps, R. Webster, H. M. Marshall.\\n1874. President, Sylvanus Rowe; Recorder, H. M. Marshall Treas-\\nurer, J. F. Barrows Trustees, M. A. Howe, Talcott Shaver,\\nC. S. Sutton, L. J. Dane, R. Webster.\\n187.5. President, J. B. Johnston Recorder, H. M. Marshall Treas-\\nurer, J. F. Barrows Trustees, J. F. Barrows, J. M. Fisk,\\nCharles Rockwell, G. A. Cross, R. Webster.\\n1S7G.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 President, A. S. Haskin Recorder, Theo. L. Reynolds;\\nTreasurer, John P. Barrows; Trustees, A. H. Draper, T. 0.\\nSweet, E. H. Phelps, J. W. Seeley, William W. Vandervoer.\\n1877. President, J. B. Johnston Recorder, J. B. Potter Treasurer,\\nJohn F. Barrows Trustees, 0. B. Wiggins, F. A. Chadwick,\\nWilliam W. Vanderveer, Samuel G. Mather, James M. Fisk.\\n1878. President, R. L. Warren; Recorder, J. B. Potter; Treasurer,\\nJ. F. Barrows; Trustees, Charles Rockwell, 0. B. Wiggins,\\nA. S. Haskin, F. A. Chadwick, Samuel G. Mather.\\n187il.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 President, 0. B. Wiggins; Recorder, J. B. Potter; Treasurer,\\nJ. F. Barrows Trustees, J. W. Seeley, 0. E. Holmes, Fran-\\ncis Branch, Charles Rockwell, H. M. M.arshall, Thomas 0.\\nSweet.\\nThe Fire o/ 1859.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 On the night of Dec. 31, 1859, the\\nvillage of Lawrence was visited with a destructive fire,\\nwhich swept the west side of Paw Paw Street of all its\\nstores, and laid nearly the entire business portion of the\\ntown in ashes. The stores burned were two belonging to\\nChadwick Bro., and the places of Sylvanus Rowe, J. B.\\nPotter, George Koon, J. L. Phillips, and L. Moulton. The\\naggregate loss was about $12,500. Measures were, how-\\never, speedily taken for the rebuilding of the structures,\\nalthough the business interests of the village received a\\nsevere blow through the disaster, which now would be con-\\nsidered serious, and then was a great public calamity.\\nThe Lawrence Advertiser, now. published at Lawrence\\nby Van Hoesen Bates, was founded by Theodore L.\\nReynolds in February, 1874, and continued by him until\\n1876, when he sold it to G. A. Cross, who disposed of it\\nthree months afterwards to R. L. Warren. In October,\\n1879, Mr. Warren transferred his interest to the present\\npublishers, continuing, however, his editorial control. The\\npaper is strongly Republican. It contains 4 pages, or 28\\ncolumns of printed matter, and is issued weekly.\\nPaw Paw Valley Agricultural Society. In 1863 a\\nstock company was organized for the purpose of holding\\nannual autumn fiiirs at Lawrence, and in the western part\\nof the village laid out grounds and improved them to the\\nextent of an investment of $5000. After an existence of\\neight years the company failed, and its effects passing to a\\nnew organization called the Paw I aw Valley Agricultural\\nSociety, this latter has carried the matter forward since\\nthen with much success. The grounds, which are well ap-\\npointed, cover about 20 acres. For 1879, the President\\nwas H. J. Hendryx, of Decatur the Vice-President,\\nAmos Dopp, of Lawrence the Secretary, J. B. Potter, of\\nLawrence and Treasurer, Charles Rockwell, of Lawrence.\\nliising Sun Lodge, No. 119, F. and A. M., was char-\\ntered Jan. 13, 1860, and is claimed to be the third lodge", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0732.jp2"}, "733": {"fulltext": "DAVID FERRIS.\\nMRS. DAVID FERRIS.\\nDAVID FEREIS.\\nThomas Ferris, the father of David, was born in\\nWasiiington Co., N. Y., April 19, 1779. Mrs.\\nThomas Ferris was born Nov. 9, 1790. Their\\nfamily consisted of the following children, viz.\\nDavid, born Dec. 12, 1812; Rachel, born April 30,\\n1814; Daniel, born Jan. 20, 1817; Adeline, born\\nJuly 9, 1818 Julie E., born June 23, 1820; War-\\nren, born Sept. 20, 1822, died Oct. 28, following;\\nElizabeth A., born April 23, 1824; Lucy Ann,\\nborn Feb. 25, 1826; Sheldon, born Jan. 18, 1830;\\nIra W., born Oct. 3, 1832; Hattie, born Dee. 1,\\n1834. Mrs. Ferris died Sept. 14, 1840; Thomas\\nFerris died May 27, 1875.\\nDavid Ferris, the oldest of the above large family\\nof children, was born in the State of Pennsylvania.\\nWhen but a child he removed with his parents to\\nWashington Co., N. Y. thence, in 1820, to Jeffer-\\nson County in 1833, to St. Lawrence County and\\nin 1850 he came to Lawrence township. Van Buren\\nCo., Mich. Mr. Ferris was reared on a farm, and\\nengaged in agricultural pursuits, with his father,\\nuntil he was twenty-five years of age, when he\\nentered the employ of an iron company, at ten\\ndollars per month, and remained with them five\\nyears. Jan. 9, 1843, he married Miss Elizabeth A.,\\ndaughter of Joseph and Jerusha Goodell. Their\\nchildren have been six in number, as follows\\nJerusha, born April 6, 1844 Louisa A., born July\\n14, 1845; Charles D., born May 29, 1847; Ellen\\nJ., born Aug. 29, 1849, died Aug. 7, 1873; Harriet\\nJ., born Nov. 1,1854; Sheldon E., born Jan. 6,\\n1862, died Oct. 8, 1865. In 1862, Mr. Ferris\\npurchased eighty acres of wild land, cleared and\\nimproved it, and has transformed it into a fruitful\\nfarm, which he now occupies. He is known to his\\nneighbors as an upright, honorable man, and to no\\none is he indebted a single dollar. His persevering\\nlabors through the years that have passed have\\nbrought him prosperity and a competence, which he\\ncan now enjoy. Mrs. David Ferris died April 7, 1878.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0733.jp2"}, "734": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0734.jp2"}, "735": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF LAWKENCE.\\n497\\nin the State in point of age. Its charter members were 10\\nin number, as follows Emory 0. Brings, 51. J. R. Ste-\\nvenson, S. W. John B. Hudson, J. W. Goodale,\\nR. B. Banks, S. G. Mather, C. H. Belts, Peter Dyer,\\nClarii Van Dervoort, H. Bunnell. The lodge-room, in the\\nMarshall block, Lawrence, is one of the handsomest in the\\ncounty. The membership Dec. 1, 1879, was 80, when\\nthe ofiScers were J. F. Barrows, W. M. 0. B. Wiggins,\\nS. W. Orrin Crawford, J. W. Charles RockweH, T.\\nGeorge Crawford, S. D. T. 0. Sweet, J. D. L. J. Dane,\\nTiler.\\nLawrence Chapter, No. 95, R. A. 31., was chartered\\nJan. 20, 1875, with Amos Dopp, S. G. Mather, R. W.\\nStickney, Eri Bennett, A. S. Haskins, Isaac Monroe,\\nNewell Crissey, William Webster, E. L. Cross, and J. F.\\nBarrows as members. Amos Dopp was H. P. S. G.\\nMather, K. R. W. Stickney, S. The present member-\\nship is 55. The officers are as follows Newell Crissey,\\nH. P. S. G. Mather, K. A. S. Haskins, S. 0. B.\\nWiggins, Sec. Charles Rockwell, Treas. G. A. Cross, C.\\nof H. Eri Bennett, P. S. J. F. Barrows, R. A. C. C.\\nW. Sweet, 3d V. C. R. Webster, 2d V. T. 0. Sweet,\\n1st V. M. Ryan, Tiler.\\nLawrence Grange, No. 32, was organized in 187-t, with\\n21 members. Meetings are held in Lawrence village\\nonce every two weeks. The present officers are William\\nW. Bass, M. F. Branch, 0. D. S. Bacon, L. Albert\\nBryant, Treas. Charles Jacobs, Sec. T. Lanphear,\\nSteward.\\nRailway Communicatioii. Previous agitation touching\\nthe necessity of railway connection with some point, resulted,\\nin 1867, in great activity and enthusiasm in support of a\\nproject urged by John R. Baker to build a railway which\\nshould connect with the Grand Trunk. The proposition\\nawakened much eager attention, brought out the promised\\nsupport of local capitalists, filled the community with san-\\nguine expectations, and pushed business briskly ahead,\\nwhile real estate advanced considerably. Unfortunately\\nthe enterprise failed, and the reaction was great and de-\\npressing. Other railway projects followed in due time, and\\neach fresh proposition received such local encouragement as\\ndisclosed a strong desire for railway conveniences, but noth-\\ning in the way of tangible results was reached until 1877,\\nwhen the narrow-gauge road, known as the Toledo and\\nSouth Haven, was completed from Paw Paw to Lawrence,\\nand on September 15th of that year the first train reached\\nLawrence. Since that time the village has enjoyed the\\nconvenience of daily rail commuuicatiou with the outside\\nworld.\\nRELIGIOUS SOCIETIES IN LAWRENCE.\\nFirst Congregational Church. From an old church\\nrecord, of date Aug. 19, 1837, it appears that at a meet-\\ning on that day of several professors of religion, agreeable\\nto previous notice given, in the township of Lawrence, the\\nRev. Silas Woodbury, of Kalamazoo, being present took\\nhis seat as moderator, and Horace Stimson was appointed\\nclerk. On motion it was resolved that the time has ar-\\nrived when it is our duty to organize ourselves into a\\nchurch. The following persons presented letters and\\ncertificates of church membership John R Haynes,\\n63\\nMargaret Haynes, William Haynes, Vine Branch, Abigail\\nBranch, Israel Branch, Betsey Branch, Eaton Branch,\\nPeter and Isabel Dopp, Margaret and James Dopp, Har-\\nriett Bateman, Thomas S. Camp, Elizabeth Camp, Horace\\nand Cynthia M. Stimson, Amanda M. Branch, and Anna\\nMellen. It was voted to call the church the First Presby-\\nterian Church of Lawrence. John R. Haynes and Horace\\nStimson were chosen to be ruling elders, and a resolution\\nwas adopted placing the church under the care of the St.\\nJoseph Presbytery. At the next church meeting, August\\n20th, Thomas S. Camp and Vine Branch were ordained\\ndeacons. In February, 1838, Philander, infant daughter\\nof Israel and Betsey Branch, and Mary Coates, daughter of\\nHorace and Cynthia M. Stimson, were baptized by Rev.\\nLuther Humphrey.\\nRev. Luther Humphrey was the first pastor of the church,\\nand succeeding him Revs. Calvin Clark and D. Jefi ers occu-\\npied the pulpit, although only the latter was ordained as\\npastor. At a meeting held Aug. 11, 1844, it was voted\\nto change the church to Congregational, whereupon all\\nthe officers resigned. The church was named the First\\nCongregational Church of Lawrence, and August 12th\\nWatson Pool and Horace Stimson were chosen deacons,\\nand by resolution the church was placed under the care of\\nthe Kalamazoo Presbytery.\\nUntil February, 1858, worship was held in the village\\nschool-house and the Bapti.st church. February 20th the\\nsociety s new church edifice was dedicated, E. Taylor, of\\nKalamazoo, preaching the dedication sermon.\\nSince 1844 the church has had for its pastors Revs.\\nJ. L. Marvin, Walter Pattinson, John Scotford, Edward\\nCleveland, Edward Shaw, James Watts. Rev. G. W.\\nBlanchard is the present pastor, and preaches once a week.\\nThe church trustees are H. L. Cornwell, F. M. Banta,\\nand Eaton Branch. The deacons are Eaton Branch and\\nGeo. Kelley. The membership Dec. 1, 1879, was 33.\\nThe Sunday-school is in a prosperous condition, and is in\\ncharge of the pastor.\\nThe First Baptist Church of Lawrence. A Baptist\\nChurch was organized in Paw Paw, April 21, 1838, by six\\npersons, and called the First Baptist Church of Lafayette.\\nMarch 20, 1841, at a special meeting held in the house of\\nHenry G. Monroe, near Lawrence, Orrin Sutton and wife,\\nPeter Clark, and Simeon Brooks, of Lawrence, were re-\\nceived as members, Peter Clark was chosen deacon, and the\\nname of the church changed to that of the Van Bureu\\nCounty Church, located at Paw Paw and Brush Creek. At\\nthat meeting it was resolved, That we adopt the following\\narticles in addition to our former ones As we believe\\nfaith establishes the law as a rule of articles, and is insep-\\narably connected with good works, consequently we believe\\nit to be inconsistent with a profession of religion to sell or\\npurchase lottery tickets, vend or use any intoxicating\\nliquors, except as a medicine or for mechanical purposes,\\nor to resort to any method of personal gratification or\\nprofit which will corrupt good morals or endanger the sal-\\nvation of others.\\nMay 5, 1841, at a meeting of the church in the Brush\\nCreek school-house, Laura A. Barnes (now Mrs. Allen\\nRice) was received by baptism. At a couucil convened at", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0735.jp2"}, "736": {"fulltext": "498\\nHISTORY OP VAN BURBN COUNTY MICHIGAN.\\nthe Brush Creek school-house, May 5, 1841, at which dele-\\ngiites from the churches of Edwardsburg and La Grange\\nwere in attendance, the young church was recognized. Its\\nmembers numbered then 14, as follows Staiford Godfrey,\\nUrsula Conklin, Archibald Buys and wife, Luther Branch,\\nHenry G. Monroe and wife, Peter Clark, Sally Heath, Sim-\\ncoo Brooks, Orrin Sutton and wife, Amanda Briggs, and\\nLaura Adelia Barnes. Eev. William T. BIy was engaged\\nas pastor, and preaching through 1841, added 11 persons\\nto the church membership. May, 1842, the church\\njoined the St. Joseph River Baptist Association, and until\\n1844 struggled feebly without a pastor. From 1844 to\\n1845, Rev. Moses Clark was the pastor, but from 1845\\nto 1851 no regular public worship was held, and matters\\nwere far from prosperous, the organization of a new church\\nin Paw Paw in 1844 having materially weakened the mem-\\nbership.\\nIn 1851 the advent of Rev. E S. Dunham as pastor\\ngave the church a new Isase of life, and under his zealous\\nand active care much prosperity was gained. During his\\npastorate, which extended from 1851 to 1858, the name of\\nthe church was changed, Sept. 6, 1851, to the First Bap-\\ntist Church of Lawrence. Tlie First Baptist Church so-\\nciety was organized Nov. 29, 1851, with Orrin Sutton,\\nAllen Rice, and 0. S. Witter as trustees The building of\\na church edifice was commenced January, 1853, and in\\nJune, 1854, the church withdrew from the St. Joseph\\nRiver Association to join the Kalamazoo River Associa-\\ntion. The first church trustees were Tliomas De Wolf,\\n0. S. Witter, D. T. Fox, Allen Rice, and Horace Dowd,\\nand although the church was opened for worship in 1854,\\nthree denominations using it in common, it was slow of\\ncompletion and was not dedicated until 1865. A union\\nSunday-school was organized with the Congregationalists\\nin 1854 and continued until 1858, when the latter occu-\\npied their own house of worship. After Mr. Dunham s\\nretirement, in 1858, there was no pastor until 1861, when\\nRev. Albert Gore, of Hartford, was engaged and preached\\none year. His successors have been Revs. William H.\\nSimons, Donald McGregor, H. Hayden, George S. Martin,\\nJ. W. Megan, and S. A. Colo. Mr. Cole has been the\\npastor since 1878, and preaches every Sunday. The\\nmembership is now about 80. Tiie deacons are Allen\\nRice, H. G. Barnes, and Henry Donaldson. The trustees\\nare H. G. Barnes, Henry Donaldson, Levi Firmin, Lyman\\nMoore, and L. Alden. The Sabbath-school numbers 40\\nscholars, and is in charge of Superintendent William Mer-\\nritt and five teachers.\\nThe Methodist Episcopal Church of Lawrence was or-\\nganized about 1840, and began to hold worship in the vil-\\nlage school-house. In the absence of records referring to\\ntlie early history of the church, the relation of that portion\\nof the church s history is restricted to oral evidence. Upon\\ntlie erection of the union sehool-house in Lawrence, the\\nhouse previously in use was sold to the Methodist society, and\\nremodeled into a house of worship. As such it still serves.\\nThe present pastor is Rev. V. G. Boyington, whose charge\\nincludes Lawrence, West Lawrence, and Hartford. The\\npresent church trustees are W. H. Corey, E. J. Lane, and\\nMessrs. Ives, Modeu, Cornwell, and Braiiiard. The class-\\nleader is E. J. Lane, and the church membership about 40.\\nThe Sabbath-school, which is in a flourishing condition, has\\nan average attendance of from 30 to 40, and is in charge\\nof T. J. Parker as superintendent.\\nLatter-Day Saints. In the Nauvoo district, just\\nwest and north of Prospect Lake, exists a religious organi-\\nzation known as Latter-Day Saints, and by many incor-\\nrectly called a Mormon community. The organization was\\neffected in the year 18G8, by one E. C. Briggs, a traveling\\nelder, with a membership of about 10, and called a branch\\nof the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Since\\n1868 preaching has been enjoyed pretty regularly every\\nSabbath in the Nauvoo school-house. The church mem-\\nbership was at one time about 50, but is now reduced to\\n12. The last elder of the church was Columbus Scott,\\nwho preached until November, 1879, since which time\\nthere has been no preaching, although meetings have been\\nheld every Sabbath as usual. The present church oflicials\\nare Seth M. Bass, Priest David Bentley, Deacon Henry\\nManee, Teacher.\\nFirst Free Methodist Church of Lawrence. Catherine\\nCoombs, Caroline Erdman, and Jane E. Ransom were the\\nonly members of the Free Methodist Church at its prelimi-\\nnary organization, Aug. 27, 1871. At a second meeting,\\nheld September 1 7th, Lawton Draper and wife, Stephen Ran-\\nsom, and Hannah Say were received into membership, and\\na permanent organization of a class was eflfected by the elec-\\ntion of Lawton Draper as leader. The organization was\\neffected in the Baptist meeting-house by Rev. Edward P.\\nHart, district chairman of the Coldwater district, attached to\\nthe Michigan Conference. Until October, 1875, when the\\npresent house of worship was erected, services were held in\\nthe Baptist church once a fortnight. Upon its organiza-\\ntion the church was included in the Waverly and Lawrence\\ncircuit, and has had for its pastors Revs. Ellsworth Leon-\\nardson, S. C. Stringham, J. W. Sharp, H. Ferguson, W.\\nH. James, and J. Lawrence, the latter being now in the\\nsecond year of his pastorate. The membership is 25. The\\ntrustees are Daniel Abrams and Stephen Ransom. The\\nsteward is Stephen Ransom, and the class-leader James\\nThompson. The Sunday-school contains six classes and is\\nin charge of the pastor.\\nBiscijik Church.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In March, 1874, Rev. W. W. John-\\nson, an evangelist from Illinois, stopped at Lawrence\\nduring a tour through Michigan, and finding there seven\\npersons of the Disciple faith anxious for a church organiza-\\ntion, formed the church at a meeting held in the Baptist\\nmeeting-house March 22d. The seven persons who were\\nadmitted into the membership were T. 0. Sweet and wife,\\nMichael Ryan and wife, Alice Denton, Luanie Howe, and\\nMary Howe. Nightly revival meetings were held in the\\nBaptist church until April 6th, when the further use of\\nthe house being denied, and the church failing to increase\\nbeyond the original seven, the organization was dis-\\ncontinued.\\nNo further attempt was made towards reviving the\\nchurch until the winter of 1878, when Elder Levi Dewey,\\nof Dowagiac, who had been holding services at the Red\\nCreek school-house, held a meeting at Fisk s hall, in Law-\\nrence, and there, with his Red Creek school-house congre-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0736.jp2"}, "737": {"fulltext": "MRS.A.U. BARNES.\\nA. U BABNZS.\\nResidence of A.U. BARNES, LawrenccTp, Mich.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0737.jp2"}, "738": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0738.jp2"}, "739": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF LAWRENCE.\\n499\\ngation and members of the faith in Lawrence, organized a\\nchurch, whose membership then aggregated 25. When\\nElder Dewey organized the church he removed to Law-\\nrence, and until September, 1879, held services every Sun-\\nday. He then returned to his farm near Dowagiac, and\\nsince then has preached for the Lawrence Church once a\\nfortnight. Cross hall is now used as a place of worship\\nand for the sessions of a Sabbath-school, which was organ-\\nized in the winter of 1878, and had at one time 45 pupils.\\nThe church membership is now 65. The elders are Ste-\\nphen Plopper and T. O. Sweet. The deacons are M. H.\\nPlopper and Merrick Aldrich. Michael Ryan is clerk and\\ntreasurer.\\nSCHOOLS.\\nThe first school-house erected in the township was built\\nby James Gray in the spring of 1837, on the east side of\\nPaw Paw Street in Lawrence village. This was the first\\ntownship-school, and, as far as can be learned, the first\\nschool of any kind taught in Lawrence. The building now\\ndoes duty as H. Smith s blacksmith-shop. Its first teacher\\nwas Elizabeth Camp, in the summer of 1837, and its\\nsecond Truman Foster, who taught during the following\\nwinter.\\nLawrence High School. The only graded school in the\\ntownship is the one at Lawrence village. It occupies a fine\\nbrick edifice, which was completed May 1, 1809, at a cost\\nof $11,117. It has four departments, in charge of a prin-\\ncipal and three assistants, and during 1879 instructed an\\naverage of 225 pupils, of whom 30 were non-residents.\\nThe condition of the public schools of LawrenQe, as\\nshown from the annual report made Sept. 1, 1879, is as\\nfollows\\nNumber of districts (whole, 5 fractional, 2) 7\\nscholars of school age i;i\\nAverage attendance 52t\\nNumber of school-houses (brick, 1 frame, 0} 7\\nValue of property S14,8no\\nNumber of teachers employed 18\\nAmount paid teachers S23aS.yO\\nThe school directors for 1879 were E. Williams, A. S.\\nHaskin, Arthur Jennings, L. H. Clark, F. L. Spencer,\\nJohn Robinson, Ilowland Place.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nANSON U. BARNES.\\nSoon after the close of the Revolutionary war two\\nbrothers named Barnes emigrated from Boston, England,\\nto America, and settled in the State of Connecticut. One\\nof these brothers was Abel Barnes, the fiither of Uriel T.,\\nand grandfather of A. U. Barnes, of Lawrence, the sub-\\nject of this biographical sketch. Not long after his settle-\\nment in Connecticut Abel Barnes removed from that State\\nto Schoharie Co., N. Y., and a few years later to the town\\nof Floyd, Oneida Co., in the same State. He had married\\nMiss Mindwell Roberts, and they became the parents of\\neleven sons and three daughters, most if not all of whom\\nwere born after their removal to New York.\\nUriel T., the fourth son of Abel and Mindwell Barnes,\\nwas born in Schoharie Co., N. Y., Oct. 14, 1794, and\\nwhile yet scarcely more than a child removed with his pa-\\nrents to Floyd, Oneida Co., where on the 30th of August,\\n1821, he married Huldah A., daughter of Zenas and Mary\\n(Merrill) Gibbs, of Broome Co., N. Y., and with her settled\\nin Floyd, where their daughter Adelia was born, June 19,\\n1824. Their eldest son, Trumas S., was born in Westmore-\\nland, Oneida Co., N. Y., Dec. 27, 1826, and soon after-\\nwards Mr. Barnes moved to a small farm which he had pur-\\nchased in Oswego County, where three children were born\\nto him, viz., William M., born April 26, 1828; Mary S.,\\nborn Oct. 5, 1829 and Harlow G., born March 3, 1831.\\nAbout that time he sold his farm with the ultimate design\\nof leaving the sterile lands and severe climate of Northern\\nNew York to find a better home in the West. He, how-\\never, engaged to work in a saw-mill in Durhamville, Oneida\\nCo., during the winter of 1831-32, but in the spring of the\\nlatter year was so severely injured by the machinery of the\\nmill that he remained a helpless invalid for many months.\\nIn the following December, being unable to perform heavy\\nlabor, he commenced a grocery business in Whitesboro\\nN. Y. but soon found that he could not live by this, unless\\nhe engaged in the sale of ardent spirits. That he would not\\ndo; his principles would not permit him to support his own\\nfamily by carrying desolation into the families of others, so\\nhe sold his little stock and left Whit sboro During his\\nstay at that place his daughter Sarah Ann was born, Jan.\\n2, 1833.\\nMr. Barnes having now regained his health sufficiently to\\nlabor, spent the following winter in the vicinity of Geneva,\\nchopping wood at twenty-six dollars per month and house-\\nrent, and on the 10th of April, 1834, he set out with his\\nfamily for Michigan, by way of the Erie Canal, Buffalo, and\\nLake Erie. About a week was spent on the canal and three\\ndays on the steamer Michigan, but at the end of that time\\nthey safely reached Detroit, from which place they engaged\\nLorenzo Graham to transport them to Jackson County,\\nwhere they arrived about the 1st of May. Mr. Barnes\\nfirst Michigan settlement was made in Albion, Calhoun Co.\\nHis total property at that time consisted of two cows, his\\nfew household goods, and fifty dollars in money. He en-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0a ed to work for Mr. Tenney Peabody, of Albion, but about\\nthat time the entire family were taken sick and his fifty\\ndollars was soon exhausted. But he was still resolute in\\nhis determination to secure a home, and he resolved to\\nsquat on government land, hoping to be able to pay for\\nit in time. With the help of a few neighbors he reared a\\ncabin which was warm and comfortable enough, though\\nthere was not a pane of glass in it, nor was there a nail nor\\na sawed plank or board used in its construction. Into this\\ndwelling the f;\\\\mily moved in January, 1835. They had\\nsome corn, raised in the previous season on land owned by\\nMr. Peabody, and on this corn and the milk of their cows\\nthe family subsisted. During the entire summer of 1835,\\nMr. Barnes was sick with the ague, and to add to his\\ntroubles a speculator purchased the land on which he had\\nsquatted and demanded possession. Being unwilling,\\nhowever, to proceed to extreme measures, he finally paid\\nMr. Barnes fifty dollars to vacate. This money he invested", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0739.jp2"}, "740": {"fulltext": "JiOO\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nill forty acres of land, and with the help of neighbors\\nerected a pole cabin upon it. In this cabin the family were\\ncomparatively comfortable, and here Anson U. Barnes was\\nborn. Settlers were coming in rapidly, a mill was being\\nerected near by, work became plenty at reasonable wages,\\nthe family had regained their health, and the worst of their\\nprivations had passed.\\nIn the fall of 1837 Mr. Barnes sold his land near Albion\\nfor eight hnndred dollars in wild-cat money, and in Jan-\\nuary, 1838, removed to Lawrence, Van Buren Co., where\\nhe domiciled his family in a log house on what is now the\\nBaker and Richards farm. Not long after, he purchased\\nfrom Eaton Branch, for two hundred dollars, the eighty\\nacres on which his son, A. U. Barnes, now lives. On this\\nland he put up a frame house in the following spring, and\\nwent energetically to work to convert the wild land into a\\nproductive farm. He cleared nearly the whole eighty acres\\nwith his own hands, besides doing a large amount of work\\nfor others. In the year next following his settlement he\\nwas chosen commissioner of highways, and was elected\\njustice of the peace in 1840, being a member of the board\\nat the election held (at his house) in the fall of that year,\\nwhen Gen. Harrison was elected President of the United\\nStates. In 1814, Mr. Barnes daughter Adelia was married\\nto Allen Rice, this being the first marriage in the foniily.\\nAbout this time Mr. Barnes health began to fiiil, and he\\nnever again fully recovered. In June, 1853, he had a\\nsudden and violent attack of hernia, which baffled the skill\\nof the physicians who were called to attend him. He sank\\nrapidly and died ou Sunday, July 3d, in that year. At his\\nfuneral (July 4th) the Rev. E. S. Dunham preached from\\nthe text, Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death\\nof his saints.\\nMr. Barnes was converted in 1820, and became a member\\nof the Baptist Church in Floyd, N. Y. He was the first\\nof the family to pass over the mysterious river, and he died\\nin the firm hope and belief of immortality. Mrs. Barnes\\nsurvived her husband thirteen years, and died Sept. 30,\\n1866, of consumption. She was an excellent wife, and in\\nevery way a most worthy woman. She bore with patience\\nand fortitude all the trials and privations of pioneer life.\\nShe was respected and beloved by all who knew her, and\\nher children rise up and call her blessed.\\nAnson U. Barnes, the youngest son of Uriel T. Barnes,\\nwas born near Albion, Mich., as before mentioned, the date\\nof his birth being Jan. 6, 1837. He was a boy of but six-\\nteen years of age at the death of his father, and after that\\nevent remained on the old homestead, which is still his\\nresidence. He was married, Feb. 21, 1860, to Sarah E.\\nShaver, whose family were from Lowville, Lewis Co., N. Y.\\nOf their union there have been born six children, three\\nsons and three daughters, all of whom are living. Mr.\\nBarnes cast his first vote in 1860, for Abraham Lincoln for\\nPresident. He has been elected by his fellow-townsmen to\\nthe office of commissioner of highways, and has been a\\nmember of the school board for a number of years. He is\\na substantial land-owner, and a man who commands the\\nrespect of all who know him.\\nEATON BRANCH,\\nson of Vine and Abigail Branch, was born in Benson,\\nRutland Ca, Vt., April 8, 1808. His father was of Eng-\\nlish descent; mother, Scotch. In 1810 the father moved\\nwith his family to Onondaga Co N. Y., locating about\\nnine miles from what was then called Salt Point. They\\nremained there twelve years, clearing up land, and in 1822\\npushed west to the Holland Purchase, in Wyoming Co.,\\nN. Y. As the family possessed little means the educational\\nPhoto, by 0. G. AgrcM, AUegao.\\nEATON BRANCH.\\nadvantages of the childion were limited. Eaton says, with\\nreference to his education, I was schooled in the use of\\nthe axe, hoe, and ox-gad. In 1833 he started to see the\\nwestern country, and pushed as far as Ann Arbor, Mich.\\nReturning to the old home the same year, he married\\nAmanda M. Allen. In 1834, in company with his wife,\\nfather, and mother, he came back to Michigan. In 1835\\nthe country was threatened with war, and Eaton, with\\nmany others, was drafted in the Toledo war, by order of\\nGovernor Mason. As the trouble was of short duration\\nhe was soon able to return to his work. Not having means\\nto purchase land he was obliged to hire out, and engaged\\nwith a Mr. Allen to go to Van Buren County and superin-\\ntend his business, as he (Allen) had bought land at the\\nmouth of Brush Creek and laid out a town. On the 7th\\nof November, 1835, Mr. Branch and his wife started in a\\nwagon for this place. They were eight days going one\\nhundred and twenty miles stayed in Kalamazoo over the\\nSabbath, and attended service in a school-house, the sermon\\nbeing preached by Rev. Silas Woodbury. They finally\\nreached JIason, as it was then called, now known as Law-\\nrence, November 15th, where they found a log house,\\nowned by Mr. Allen, and at once occupied it it was twelve\\nfeet square. Thirteen persons lived in it until they could\\nbuild a double log house, which latter was used for some time\\nas a hotel. Mr. Branch has been a very active man in the\\nadvaneement of the interests of his township. In April,", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0740.jp2"}, "741": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF LAWRENCE.\\n501\\n1837, he assisted in organizing the fiist town-meeting, and\\nwas elected one of the highway commissioners, which ofEce\\nhe held for many years. He was a charter member of the\\nFirst Presbyterian Church, organized Aug. 19, 1S37, after-\\nwards changed to a Congregational Church. In 1858 a new\\nchurch was built, Mr. Branch furnishing about two thousand\\nfive hundred dollars towards its construction. In 1852 the\\nfirst agricultural society was formed, which he helped or-\\nganize, and a fair was held in the court-yard at Paw Paw.\\nIn 1872, Mr. Branch was an assistant in organizing the\\nfirst pioneer society, and has been present at every meeting\\nsince, and is one of its officers. Mr. Branch has rai.sed a\\nfamily of six boys, all of whom lived to manhood. His\\noldest son was the first male child born in the town.\\nThree sons served in the Rebellion, all returning after the\\nwar. Four of his sons are settled on lands which their\\nfather assisted them in buying. Mr. Branch first located\\na quarter-section in Lawrence township, President Van\\nBuren signing the deed, and a part of this is now in his\\nhome. He united with the Presbyterian Church in 1831,\\nand has always been an active member. Mrs. Branch died\\nMarch 30, 1866, in her fifty-third year.\\nT. W. HOWARD\\nwas born in Lawrence township, Van Buren Co., Mich.,\\nNov. 13, 1841. His father, Hosea Howard, had settled\\nhere in 1838, on a farm of one hundred and sixty acres,\\nwhich he improved and occupied until his death, in 1817.\\nHis family consisted of four sons, of whom the above is\\nthe only survivor. Mrs. Hosea Howard has reached the\\nage of eighty years, and is living with her son.\\nT. W. Howard has owned the old homestead since 1861.\\nOn the 3d of June, 1864, he married a daughter of Horace\\nPlace, and to them have been born the following children,\\nall of whom are living: George E., Aug. 19, 1865 Effie\\nC, Oct. 22, 1868 Fannie E., Nov. 13, 1870 Isa C,\\nMarch 26, 1873; Frank E., Aug. 31, 1876. Mrs. T.\\nW. Howard was born in Albion township, Crawford Co.,\\nPa., June 3, 1842, and came with her parents to Michigan\\nin 1848. Her father, Horace Place, died in 1850; her\\nmother is still living in the township of Hamilton, Van\\nBuren Co. In politics, Mr. Howard is a Democrat.\\nHOWARD S. ALLEN.\\nProminent among the thrifty farmers of Lawrence town-\\nship is found H. S. Allen, who was born in Washington\\nCo., N. Y., July 2, 1810. During the early part of his\\nlife he assisted his father, who was a blacksmith, and\\nlearned the trade, at which he worked until he was twenty-\\ntwo years of age. In 1838 his mind became impressed\\nwith the advantages oflFered by the West, and he accordingly\\ncame as far as Cleveland, Ohio, where he remained six\\nweeks. He purchased a farm thirteen miles from that city,\\nand occupied it until 1851, when he removed to Van Buren\\nCo., Mich., and settled near Brecd.sville. Five years later\\nhe purchased two hundred and two and a half acres of land,\\nunimproved, in the township of Lawrence, moved upon it,\\nand began the work of clearing and improving it. His\\npresent surroundings are evidence of his perseverance, in-\\ndustr} and energy. Mr. Allen was married, Oct. 9, 1831,\\nto Miss Esther, daughter of John and Elizabeth Moore,\\nand four children have been born to them, viz. George\\nW., born Nov. 24, 1834 John Augustus, born June 7,\\n1837, died Sept. 26, 1838 William M., born Oct. 6, 1839\\nJames E., born April 3, 1845. Mr. Allen s parents both\\ndied in New York. Mrs. Allen lost her father when she\\nwas but five years old, and her mother came to Michigan as\\none of its pioneers. She is now living with her daughter,\\nMrs. Allen, at the advanced age of eighty-seven years.\\nWhile residing at Breedsville Mr. Allen was elected and\\nserved as justice of the peace and supervisor, and upon set-\\ntling in Lawrence was again elected justice of the peace,\\nbut refused to serve, preferring the quiet of his home to\\npolitical honors. Two of Mr. Allen s brothers are at present\\nresiding in the State of New York, one on the old home-\\nstead. Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Allen, and a view of\\ntheir home, appear in this work.\\nABNER M. MUNGER.\\nLuke Munger, the father of the above, was a native of\\nBoston, Mass., and when seven years of age removed with\\nhis father to Ohio, locating near Sandusky City, where a\\nfarm was taken and cleared of timber. Luke Munger re-\\nmained at home until 1835, and on the 29th of March in\\nthat year he was married to Miss Loretta Reed, also a resi-\\ndent of Ohio. In the fall of 1839 they removed to Michi-\\ngan, and purchased land in Kalamazoo County. Upon that,\\nhowever, he did not settle, but rented a farm for the first\\nyear, and afterwards traded the forty acres he had purchased\\nin Kalamazoo County for eighty acres on section 24, Porter\\ntownship. Van Buren Co., upon which he built a log cabin\\nand commenced making improvements. The children of\\nMr. and Mrs. Munger were as follows: Esther A., born\\nDec. G, 1835 Russell V., born Aug. 22, 1837 Lafayette\\nM., born June 27, 1840, killed by lightning, Aug. 7, 1861\\nAbner M., born Feb. 7, 1842 Eliza A., born May 14,\\n1844. Mrs. Munger sickened and died June 18, 1847,\\naged thirty-two years, leaving Mr. Munger with five small\\nchildren. On the 12tli of March, 1848, he married Re-\\nbecca, daughter of Amos Harris, an early settler in Kala-\\nmazoo County, and by her was the father of the following\\nchildren Eunice A., born died April 17, 1851\\nSarah M., born Nov. 7, 1819; Mary E., born Sept. 30,\\n1851, died April 14, 1852 Salmedor R., born Aug. 15,\\n1853 William H., born Oct. 1, 1855 Cynthia J., born\\nFeb. 28, 1858; Luke W., born June 30, 1859; Eva A.,\\nborn Nov. 22, 1861 Frank M., born April 21, 1863,\\ndied Feb. 6, 1865. Mr. Munger lived long enough to find\\nhimself and family in very comfortable circumstances, and\\ndied Dec. 3, 1863. He was an active worker in the affairs\\nof the township, and sought to further its interests in every\\nway. In religious matters he was liberal, and in politics a\\nDemocrat. He was a man who respected the religious\\nviews of others, and who was not a seeker after political\\ndistinction. His sons, Abner M. and Russell V. Munger,", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0741.jp2"}, "742": {"fulltext": "M-2\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\ncause this article to be inserted in the history of the county\\nin which he resided so long.\\nAbner M. Munger was married, Dec. 24, 1865, to Oliva\\nCorey, whose parents Sanford and Eliza Corey were\\namong the carlie.st ^cttlersof Porter township. Mrs. Plun-\\nger was the oldest in a family of three children, and in turn\\nbecame the mother of three children, Charles C, born\\nOct. 26, 1866; Warren G., born March 11, 1870; Albert\\nL., born Aug. 31, 1875. Mrs. Munger died Oct. 17,\\n1876, and Mr. Munger s sister assisted in the duties of\\nhis household until Nov. 28, 1878, when he married Miss\\nSarah M. Hibbard, daughter of Enos B. and Betsey Ann\\nHibbard. She is a native of the State of New York, and\\ncame with her parents to Lenawee Co., Mich., in 1866.\\nHer father died Nov. 6, 1879 her mother is yet living in\\nLenawee County. Mr. Munger resides with his family on\\nthe farm formerly owned by Sanford Corey.\\nCHAPTER LXIV.\\nPAW PAW TOWNSHIP.*\\n(loneral Description Pioneers of Paw Paw Later Settlers The\\nCrooked Paw Paw Forest Adventure of a Pioneer Organization\\nand First Town-Meeting Township Civil List Paw Paw Village\\nProspect Ilill Cemcterj Religious Societies in the Township\\nSchools.\\nTni.s township, originally called Lafayette and rechris-\\ntened Paw Paw in 1867, is known in the government sur-\\nvey as town 3 Miuth, range 14 west, and is bounded on the\\nnorth by Waverly, south by Decatur, east by Antwerp, and\\nwest by Lawrence. It contains in addition to the usual\\ntownship allotment of thirty-six sections about a section\\nand a half in the northwest corner, which was taken from\\nthe southwest portion of Waverly for the sake of conveni-\\nence, this part being separated from the rest of the town-\\nship of Waverly by a swamp.\\nThree-Mile, Four-Mile, and Eagle Lakes, and some\\nsmaller sheets of water pleasantly diversify the surface of\\nthe township while the west branch of the Paw Paw flowing\\nnorth through Paw Paw village furnishes at that point ex-\\ncellent water-power, which is liberally employed. The\\nToledo and South Haven Railroad connects Paw Paw vil-\\nlage with Lawrence, while the Paw Paw Railroad unites the\\nsame place with Lawton, on the Michigan Central road.\\nPaw Paw village is the seat of justice of Van Buren\\nCounty. The township was named from it in 1867, and it\\nwas itself called after the river, named by the Indians from\\nthe paw paw fruit, growing thickly upon its banks.\\nThe population of the township in 1874 was 2752, and\\nthe assessed valuation $744,800 in 1879.\\nPIONEERS OF PAW PAW OUTSIDE OF THE VILLAGE.\\nIn 1833, E. L. Barrett, induced by Peter Gremps, for\\nwhom he afterwards worked, came with his wife and several\\nsmall children, and settled upon 160 acres of land near Paw\\nPaw village before there was a framed house in the county.\\nCapt. Barrett took especial pride ia fine oxen, and at one\\nBy David Schwartz.\\ntime owned nine pairs, which he broke and trained with\\ngreat care. He named them, respectively, Nick and Duke,\\nBuck and Bright, Brin and Berry, Jim and Larry, Spot\\nand Spark, Charley and Ned, Bill and Joe, Sam and Ez,\\nBen and Tom. With his oxen he used to break a great\\ndeal of land for new settlers, and boasted of breaking sev-\\neral hundred acres in a year.\\nCapt. Barrett built on a village lot in Paw Paw what is\\nsaid to have been the first frame house in the county. He\\nsold it to a man who moved it away, and while he was\\nbuilding another his family lived two weeks in the horse-\\nstable, lie drove the first team from Paw Paw to Little\\nPrairie Ronde, and upon his return experienced the excit-\\ning sensation of being chased by a panther and a pack of\\nwolves. His first mercantile venture was the purchase of a\\nbarrel of whisky, at five York shillings a gallon, and the\\nsale of it to thirsty settlers at fifty cents a pint, at which\\nbusiness he would have made a fortune in quick time could\\nhe have continued it extensively. He drove the first team\\nfrom Paw Paw to Breedsville, when he moved thither\\nthe family of Mr. Brown, the father of Smith Brown.\\nAfter living a few years in the village, during which time\\nhe logged and broke land, Mr. Barrett located permanently\\non his farm, north of the village, removing subsequently to\\na place on section 36, where he has since lived.\\nJohn Agard located in 1833 upon a place on section 1,\\ncast of Paw Paw River, and established a trading-post at\\nwhich he did a large business with the Indians, trading fur\\nfurs, sugar, etc. He had on his place a dozen or more log\\nhuts, in which he stored his goods, and until his death his\\npost was a famous resort for Indians, and usually presented\\na very busy scene. After his death, his family moving\\naway, it was abandoned. Mr. Agard died suddenly of\\nheart disease, in October, 1835, and was buried on his\\nplace his coflin being made by Williamson Mason, who\\nstill lives in Paw Paw village.\\nWilliam Gunn settled upon section 1, and was about the\\nonly settler who in 1833 and 1834 did much at farming.\\nHe removed in after years to Iowa. South of Agard s\\npost was William Ackley, who, with Enos L. Barrett, dug\\nthe race for Willard Gremps grist-mill, in 1838. He\\nmoved to Indiana.\\nIn June, 1835, John Lyle aud John K. Pugsloy (the\\nlatter a bachelor), living near Utica, N. Y^., started in com-\\npany for the West, intending to look for land in Illinois.\\nJourneying by way of the lake to Detroit, they traveled\\non foot over the Territorial road to Paw Paw, and just be-\\nfore reaching Jesse Abbe s tavern, on that road, in Ant-\\nwerp, they overtook Edwin Barnum, who was bound for\\nPaw Paw. When they reached the site of Paw Paw vil-\\nlage, they found there, on the east side of the river, but\\ntwo houses, one of which wrs Daniel 0. Dodge s tavern,\\nwhere they stopped for the night. Barnum remained in\\nPaw Paw, and after a while settled on a fiirm a mile and\\na half west of the village, where he built a cabin 10 feet\\nby 16, and went to kecjiing bachelor s hall.\\nLyle and Pugsley pushed on for Illinois, skirting the\\nshore of Lake Michigan, and after a tedious tramp reached\\nChicago. They pro.spccted a while in that vicinity, but\\nfound the prairies too low to suit them, and returned to", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0742.jp2"}, "743": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0743.jp2"}, "744": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0744.jp2"}, "745": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OP PAW PAW.\\n503\\nPaw Paw township, where they entered land on section 2,\\nPugsley taking 160 acres, and Lyle 240 adjoining him on\\nthe north. Pugsley began at once to build a cabin and\\nclear his land, but Lyle hastened eastward for his family,\\nwhom he brought to Michigan in the fall of 1836, moving\\nat once into Pugsley s cabin. There they also found Hugh\\nJones, who was at work for Pugsley, and who soon entered\\na farm just west of him, on which he lived until his death.\\nThe widow of his brother, Frank R. Jones, now owns the\\nplace.\\nMr. Pugsley s cabin boasted but one room, but within its\\nnarrow limits Pugsley, Jones, and the Lyle family, aggre-\\ngating thirteen persons (of whom nine were children), man-\\naged to live for the space of ten days, when Lyle s own\\ncabin was finished, and he moved his family into it. Says\\nMr. William Lyle, in recounting the experiences of that\\ntime, We all slept in that one room, and pretty well\\ncrowded it was too for thirteen of us, I can tell you but\\nthen folks were not as particular in those days as they are\\nnow. Mr. Pugsley has resided in the township since his\\nfirst settlement, and still lives on section 2. Mr. Lyle sold\\nhis farm in 1849, and moved to the village, where he resided\\nuntil his death in 1870, aged seventy-seven.\\nIt has already been observed that when Mr. Lyle came\\nto Paw Paw with his family he brought with him nine\\nchildren, and it is a somewhat remarkable circumstance\\nthat they, as well as one child born after the settlement in\\nMichigan, are all living to-day. John and William are\\nliving on farms in Paw Paw township Daniel and George\\nin Dowagiac Merwin is a druggist in Paw Paw, in which\\nvillage, too, reside the five daughters, Mrs. Russell Parker,\\nMrs. Frank Parker, Mrs. Francis Selleck, Mrs. N. P.\\nConger, and Mrs. Edwin Barnum.\\nAt the time of the settlement of Mr. Pugsley and the\\nLyles, that portion of the township was an unbroken forest,\\nthe only settler there besides themselves being Richard\\nHutchins, who located upon section 2 in the summer of\\n1835. Among those who settled in and near that neigh-\\nborhood at an early date may be mentioned Joseph Luce,\\nLoyal Crane, Henry Harrington, William and Nathan M.\\nPugsley, H. M. Pugsley, Amos Deming, Ball, and\\nthe families of Jennings and Hicks.\\nIn 1842, William and John, sons of John Lyle, left the\\nparental roof together, to take up homes of their own in\\nthe south part of the town.ship. John located on section\\n29 and William on section 32. That portion of Paw Paw\\nwas but little settled at that time. Besides William and\\nJohn Lyle, the settlers were Jesse Bickell, John Sherrod,\\nDaniel Abbott, and Archibald Buys. Buys lived about a\\nmile east of William Lyle, and except him there was no\\none between Lyle and the township line, nor were there\\nany settlers whatever in the southeastern portion of the\\ntownship.\\nAnthony Labaday and his wife came to Paw Paw village\\nin 1836, and during the next year occupied a house previ-\\nously inhabited by Lawson Grout, who in that year moved\\nout to a farm on section 22, where he died, and where his\\nson George now lives. In 1837, Labaday and his wife set-\\ntled upon the farm of Williamson Mason (BIrs. Labaday s\\nbrother), in section 22, whei e they lived until 1842, when\\nMr. Labaday bought of Peter Gremps a farm on section 21,\\nand lived there until his death, in 1860. His widow still\\nresides on the place. When the Labadays moved upon sec-\\ntion 22, in 1837, their nearest neighbor was Asa Hinckley.\\nIn 1838 they had another neighbor, Horace Chadwick,\\nwho moved to Illinois with his family about 1850.\\nEdwin Barnum, already mentioned, came to Paw Paw in\\n1835 when a young man, purchased 280 acres on .sections\\n10 and 15, went at once upon his land, and lived there a\\nbachelor until 1840, when he married a daughter of John\\nLyle. He removed to Paw Paw village in 1864, and re-\\nsided there until his death, in August, 1875. His widow\\nstill lives in the village. Mr. Barnum held numerous local\\nofiices, and was for some years county treasurer.\\nJames Cate, with his son Lorenzo, settled in 1836 upon\\nsection 9. He died in the township, and after that Lorenzo\\nmoved to the far West.\\nIn June, 1835, Asa G. Hinckley, of New York, reached\\nPaw Paw with his wife and five children, and settled on\\nsection 14, the land having been entered by Elder Jonathan\\nHinckley, his father, who came out a few months before,\\nand who himself located in Breodsville. Asa moved in\\n1846 to a farm south of Eagle Lake, and died there in\\n1871. Later his widow moved to Paw Paw village, where\\nshe now lives.\\nIn June, 1835, also, Richard Hutchins, of Oneida Co.,\\nN. Y., came with his wife and two children, and located\\nupon section 2, where he died in 1870, and where his widow\\nnow lives.\\nJohn Barber, a Vermonter, came West with his family, in\\ncompany with the Cate family, and located on section 8,\\nwhere he died in 1838. West of him were the families of\\nthe Grouts and Henry Rhodes. Shortly afterwards Henry\\nMonroe and Orimel Butler settled in that vicinity.\\nLoyal Crane and family, from Cayuga Co., N. Y., came\\nto Paw Paw in 1837, his father having come out in the\\nprevious year and located land. Loyal settled upon sections\\n10 and 11, and lived there until 1865, when he moved to\\nthe village, which has since been his home. His father,\\nJames Crane, became a settler in 1840, and kept store in\\nthe village in 1842. He died in 1869, while visiting friends\\nin Pennsylvania. Alonzo Crane, who settled on section 10\\nin 1840, died there in 1847.\\nOrimel Butler came from Western New York in 1836,\\nand made Prairie Ronde his home until 1843, when he re-\\nmoved to Paw Paw and located upon section 10, where he\\ndied in 1869. His son, William K., also settled in Paw\\nPaw, on section 8, where he now lives. He obtained his\\nfarm of Sylvester Murch, whose brother purchased it from\\nJohn Barber, the original settler. The house in which\\nMr. Butler now lives is the one built by John Barber in\\n1836, and is considered one of the oldest habitable houses\\nin the county. H. W. Rhodes pushed westward from\\nMonroe Co., N. Y., in 1835, and located on section 8. He\\nnow resides in Paw Paw village, his son occupying the old\\nhomestead.\\nNathan M. Pugsley, being persuaded by his uncle, John\\nK., already located in Paw Paw, came directly from his\\nhome in England to Michigan in 1838, and settled upon\\nsection 10, where he has since lived. His brother, H. M.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0745.jp2"}, "746": {"fulltext": "504\\nHISTOKY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nPugsley, now lives on section 7, on land which he located\\niu 1845. A. R. Wildey came in 1835 to Paw Paw, and\\neventually settled upon section 9, where he now lives.\\nB. F. Murdock, now residing in the village, came to\\nKalamazoo in 1836, and to Paw Paw in 1842. Mr. Mur-\\ndock passed much of his early life in the West in school-\\nteaching, having down to 1842 taught in five counties.\\nWhen he came to Paw Paw he worked at carpentering,\\nand sold fanning-mills for J. M. Andrews, who was then\\nmanufacturing those machines in the village, as the successor\\nof Jerome Walton.\\nAbraham Ball, of Ohio, came to Paw Paw iu 1837, and\\nstarted a brick-yard on E. Barnum s farm, the first one in\\nthe county. He followed the business until 1849. In\\n1855 he died, while on a visit to Coldwater.\\nEdmond Hayes, a tailor, and Rufus Currier, a carpenter,\\nmade a trip from Pennsylvania to Paw Paw in 1838, re-\\nturning the same year to that State, and reporting so favor-\\nably regarding the Western country that William H. Lee\\ndetermined to accompany them to Michigan. The thiee\\nset out iu the fall of 1838, proceeding to Detroit by water,\\nand traveling thence on foot to Paw Paw village. Hayes\\nand Currier remained in the village, where they proposed\\nto ply their trades. Lee proceeded about a mile westward,\\nto the place of Asa Gr. Hinckley, for whom he engaged to\\nthrash wheat, his pay to be one bushel in eight. He also\\nbought an acre of land of Hinckley, and while he was\\nbuilding a cabin lived with Loyal Crane. He returned\\nto Pennsylvania in the winter of 1839 for his family, with\\nwhom, and accompanied by Jesse Bickell, his brother-in-law,\\nand Mrs. Bickell (the latter s mother), he came back to\\nPaw Paw in February of that year, the entire journey being\\nmade by wagon, and ending at Paw Paw in snow eighteen\\ninches deep. Lee lived on his one acre four years, during\\nwhich time he plied his trade as a mason, working all over\\nthe county, until he became acquainted with most of the\\npeople living in it. In 1843 he bought of Willard Dodge\\na place on section 28, where he still lives. Mr. Lee s father\\n(James Lee), his mother, and his brother Uriel came to\\nPaw Paw in 1841, and located upon section 33, where Uriel\\nnow lives with his mother (aged ninety-one), the elder Lee\\nhaving died in 1852.\\nMr. Lee says he used to get sugar for his family by\\nplowing for Pee Pee Yah, an old Indian, who had a farm\\non section 22. The Indians were always well supplied\\nwith sugar, but could not master the business of plowing.\\nLee did not get much sugar for a day s plowing, and what\\nhe did get he had to divide with Asa Hinckley, to pay for\\nthe use of the latter s horses. Mr. Lee used to take his\\ndinner with him when he went to plow for Pee Pee Yah.\\nOne day, at noon, he discovered that dogs had captured it.\\nMarching briskly into Pee Pee Yah s house, he told the\\nsquaw that as her dogs had devoured his dinner, he must\\nhave some from her. The old woman handed him a wooden\\nladle, pointed to a large kettle full of stewed corn, and told\\nhim to help himself. He began to oat, when presently the\\ndogs came up and joined him in the repast, dipping in\\nwith their mouths where he used the ladle. He rapped\\nthem .sharply with the ladle, but they in.sisted upon keeping\\nhim company, and as he was desperately hungry, and was\\nas.sured by the squaw that it was according to the etiquette\\nof the house for the dogs to eat out of the .same dish with\\nthe family, lie proceeded to complete his meal, and soon\\ngot so that he did not much mind his canine messmates.\\nPee Pee Yah was said to have been once a prominent\\nchief of the Pottawaltamies, but had turned farmer, and\\nhad bought of the government a quarter of section 22,\\nwhich is known to this day as the Pee Pee Yah farm.\\nThere were in the township other Indians who owned small\\npieces of land, but Pee Pee Yah was the only one who\\never approached the dignity of being a farmer, and his\\nfarming was at its best confined to the cultivation of a\\nlittle soft corn and the boiling of sugar. He was, however,\\nregarded by the other Indians as a superior sort of creature,\\nand was much respected by them. When the government\\nwas endeavoring to procure the removal of the Indians of\\nthis vicinity to the West, he conceived the idea that it\\nwould seek to remove him, despite the fact that he was a\\nland-holder, and therefore fled to Canada with his squaw\\nand child. He died in Canada, and the squaw then re-\\nturned with her child to Paw Paw, and reoccupied the\\nfarm. She afterwards sold it, however, to Johu 11. Baker,\\nand moved to Hartford township.\\nLATER SETTLERS.\\nJohn Sherwood, now living in the southern part of the\\ntownship, was a settler about 1840. David Woodman (2d),\\nwho came with his father, Joseph Woodman, to Antwerp\\nin 1835, located land on section 20, in Paw Paw, in 1841,\\nand has made his home there since that time.\\nJonas Harrison came with his family from New York in\\n1846, and located with his son, William IL, on 40 acres in\\nsection 16. Ho took up a farm himself on the same sec-\\ntion in 1847, and lived in the township until his death, in\\n1864. Of his sons, William H. lives in Kalamazoo, Al-\\nbert resides on section 16, in Paw Paw, and Aaron lives\\nsouth of him, on the same section. About the time Mr.\\nHarrison settled in Paw Paw there were living in his\\nneighborhood Henry Wilson, A. R. Wildey, Joseph Luce,\\nE. Tyler, Mitchelson, William K. Butler, Riley Wood-\\nman, and A. Hemingover.\\nHenry Wilson, who located in Adrian as early as 1837,\\nwent from there in 1840 to Pennsylvania (whence he had\\nmigrated), remained there until the spring of 1846, and\\nthen came with his family to Paw Paw. He took up 40\\nacres on section 16, and has lived upon it until the present\\ntime.\\nIn 1848, Philip Sherrod came from Western Pennsyl-\\nvania to Paw Paw, and after working for farmers until 1851\\nbought a farm on section 29 of Nathan Lawton, and has\\nlived there to this day. H. Cuddeback, a sailor on the\\nlakes, came to Michigan with his father, Sylvester Cudde-\\nback, in 1819, and located laud on section 28. The fiither\\nsettled on the farm, but the son returned to a life on the\\nwater, which he followed until 1851. Ho then became a\\nfarmer upon the place he still owns, his father removing\\nsubsequently to Lawrence, where he now lives.\\nDavid Woodman, who came to Michigan in 1834, settled\\nin Antwerp in 1838, and in Paw Paw in 1858, where he\\nstill lives, at the age of eighty-seven. Thomas B. Irwin", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0746.jp2"}, "747": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0747.jp2"}, "748": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0748.jp2"}, "749": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF PAW PAW.\\n505\\ncame to the State in 1843, located in Lawrence in 1846,\\nand in 1864 removed permanently to Paw Paw village. E.\\nA. Thompson, who located in Paw Paw village, his present\\nhome, served between 1855 and 1859 as Deputy Secretary\\nof State.\\nTHE CROOKED PAW PAW.\\nBefore the days of the Michigan Central Railroad, when\\nthe subject of water transportation between Paw Paw and\\nLake Michigan was one of much importance, the Paw Paw\\nRiver was utilized, after a fashion, as a highway for flat-\\nboats, although it is generally believed that flat-boating on\\nthe Paw Paw was never a paying business. As early as\\n18:^3, however, the Paw Paw was regarded as navigable,\\nand the settlers entertained strong hopes that a part of the\\nstream at least might be profitably used by steamboats.\\nIn the spring of 1833 the Territorial government, de-\\nsirous of promoting easy access to the river, authorized the\\nconstruction of roads connecting the Forks of the Paw\\nPaw (the supposed head of navigation) with Schoolcraft,\\nBig Prairie Ronde, Adamsville, Little Prairie Rondo, Gun\\nPrairie, and Barry County. The Landing, near Law-\\nrence village, came, later, to be a place where considerable\\nfreight was received for shipment down the river. In 1840,\\nI. W. Willard, of Paw Paw, built two large flat-boats,\\nloaded them with flour from his mills at Paw Paw, and\\ndispatched them to St. Jo.seph. The boats were the\\nDaniel Buckley, commanded by A. R. Wildey, and the\\nWave, in charge of William H. Hurlbut. They made\\nthe trip, but occupied so long a time and met with so much\\ndiSiculty, on account of low water, etc., that the venture\\nwas not profitable. Other efforts to utilize the shallow\\nstream as a water highway proved similarly unsuccessful,\\nand although there was for a time considerable flat-boat\\ntrafiio from Paw Paw to St. Joseph, the general verdict\\nwas decidedly unfavorable.\\nIn 1848, however, interest in the matter was revived by\\nthe passage of an act of the Legislature appropriating 10,000\\nacres of land for the improvement of the Paw Paw, with a\\nview to make it navigable, at least for flat-boats but the\\nscheme mi.scarried, and the Paw Paw remains what it was,\\nonly a mill-stream.\\nThere are among the residents of the county many well-\\nknown men who used to flat-boat it, and one is at no loss\\nto gather a bountiful chapter of stories illustrative of life\\non the raging Paw Paw when the lusty boatmen poled\\ntheir craft along its sinuous course and over its numberless\\nsand-bars. Mo-squitoes were the bugbears of a boatman s\\nexistence, and by day as well as by night waged incessant\\nwarflxre upon the river-rovers, whom at times they drove\\nwell-nigh distracted. William M. Lyle says he once shipped\\nas cook on board a Paw Paw^Iat-boat, and used to find the\\nmosquitoes so thick that they would settle in swarms on the\\nmeat frying in the pan. Unable to get rid of them, he\\nalways fried them with the meat, or at least with the gravy,\\nand served the food in that way. The boatmen never found\\nfimlt, probably because it was mosquitoes and beef or\\nnothing.\\nFOREST ADVENTURE OF A PIONEER.\\nAbout the year 1836, Edwin Mears, a young man living\\niu Paw Paw village, set out in midwinter with a half-dozen\\n64\\ncompanions on a hunting expedition. In the course of the\\nday young iMears found himself separated from his com-\\nrades, and despite his persistent efforts and shouts he could\\nneither find them nor the way homeward. So he wandered\\nthrough the woods four days and nights, half-dead with cold\\nand hunger, and at the end of the fourth day found himself\\non the shore of Lake Michigan. There he discovered an\\nabandoned hut, and in it a few grains of oats, which he ate\\nwith great avidity, for he had had no food since leaving\\nPaw Paw, four days previously. Ilis sufferings from cold\\nand hunger were intense, and he had about made up his\\nmind to perish there when he heard human voices, and was\\nrescued by a party sent out in search of him when it was\\nfound that he did not return home. He was in a most\\nunfortunate condition, and for a time after being taken\\nhome it was thought he would die, but he at last rallied,\\nand long survived to recount his painful experience. It is\\nsaid that a few years afterwards Mr. Mears rifle was found\\nat the foot of a beech-tree.\\nINDIAN SKULLS.\\nSkulls and other human bones have frequently been\\nturned up by the plowshare, especially in the southern por-\\ntion of the township. Indian burying-grounds are known\\nto have been laid out on sections 21 and 22, on the latter\\nof which Pee Pee Yah had a farm, and there were within\\nthe recollection of many of Paw Paw s present citizens as\\nmany as two-score of Indian graves there.\\nORGANIZATION AND FIRST TOWN-MEETING.\\nThe township of Lafayette (now Paw Paw) was formed\\nby act of the Legislative Council on the 26th day of March,\\n1835, and included the whole of Van Buren County, which\\nwas then temporarily attached to Cass. The first township-\\nmeeting was held at the house of D. O. Dodge, on the 4th\\nof April, 1836, when Peter Gremps was chosen Supervisor\\nDaniel O. Dodge, Town Clerk Edward Shults, Collector.\\nBy an act of the State Legislature, approved March 11,\\n1837, Laliiyette (or Van Buren County) was divided into\\nseven townships, of which the present Paw Paw retained\\nthe old name of Lafayette.*\\nThe first meeting of the new township of Lafayette\\n(created under act of March 11, 18.37, giving Van Buren\\nCounty separate jurisdiction) was held at D. 0. Dodge s\\ntavern, in Paw Paw village, on the first Monday in April,\\n1837. Levi H. Warner was appointed Moderator, and\\nthere were present D. O. Dodge, Town Clerk, and Peter\\nGremps, Supervisor. The polls being duly opened the fol-\\nlowing freemen voted Joseph Luce, R. Currier, E. L.\\nBarrett, Peter Gremps, D. 0. Dodge, William Eckler, E.\\nJones, John Barber, A. Buys, John Hughes, E. Mears, L.\\nH. Warner, J. K. Pugsley, Edwin Baruum, D. Thorp, J.\\nBarnes, D. Barker, A. G. Hinckley, H. Gray, C. G. Har-\\nrington, R. Hinckle, John Lyle, E. Shults, T. B. Colton,\\nWilliam Prater, Lorenzo Cate, M. Hoskins.\\nThe following oflicers were elected D. 0. Dodge, Super-\\nvisor Edwin Mears, Township Clerk L. H. Warner, J.\\nH. Simmons, J. K. Pugsley, and E. Barnum, Justices of\\nThe name was changed to Paw Paw by an act of the Legislature\\napproved March 15, 1S67.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0749.jp2"}, "750": {"fulltext": "506\\nHISTORY OP VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nthe Peace; Joseph Luce, J. H. Simmons, and L. H. War-\\nner, Hip;hway Commissioners; J. H. Simmons and L. H.\\nWarner, School Inspectors; llufus Currier, Edward Shults,\\nand Edwin Barnum, Assessors Charles G. Harrington,\\nCollector; C. G. Harrington, Myron Hoskins, David Thorp,\\nand L. A. Grout, Constables E. L. Barrett and Asa G.\\nHinckley, Directors of the Poor.\\nAt the second township-meeting, held April 2, 1838, at\\nthe house of H. Wilder, the voters were John Barber,\\nRodney Hinckley, James Cate, D. 0. Dodge, Edwin Bar-\\nnum, Zethan Warner, Hugh Jones, Joseph Luce, L. D.\\nCate, Levi T. Ball, William Eckler, Cliarles G. Harrington,\\nJohn Hughes, David Barker, L. H. Warner, Henry Gruy,\\nL. A. Grout, Williamson Mason, H. Read, Henry Rhodes,\\nPeter Gremps, James Conklin, Francis Jones, S. C. Buys,\\nE. L. Barrett, Archibald Buys, William Prater, R. E.\\nChurchill, Joseph E. Roys, Charles Ivison, E. R. Hays,\\nMartin Liscomb, H. Robinson, A. A. Greaves, A. G.\\nHinckley, and David Thorp.\\nAt that meeting it was voted to raise upon the taxable\\nproperty of the township money enough to purchase and\\nfence one and a half acres of land for a burial-ground.\\nTOWNSHIP CIVIL LIST.\\nA list of the persons annually chosen by the township\\nfrom 1838 to 1880 to be supervisor, treasurer, clerk, and\\njustice of the peace is given below\\n1838.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, J. H.Simmons; Clerlt, H. Wilder Tre;isurer, C.\\nG. Harrington; Justice of the Peace, J. K. Pugsley.\\n1839. Supervisor, Josliua Bangs Clerk, J. H. Simmons Treasurer,\\nJoshua Bangs Justice of the Peace, Joseph Luce.\\n1840. Supervisor, J. H. Simmons; Clerk, J. H. Simmons; Treas-\\nurer, George Smith; Justice of the Peace, F. H. Stevens.\\n1841. Supervisor, Peter Gremps; Clerk, L. H. Warner; Trei^surer,\\nGeorge Smith; Justice of the Peace, Loyal Crane.\\n1842. Supervisor, Peter Gremps; Clerk, G. H. Baker; Treasurer,\\nGeorge Smith.\\n1843.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, S. J. Foote Clerk, A. Crane; Treasurer, F. R.\\nLord Justice of the Peace, J. Shevarts.\\n1844. Supervisor, J. B. Barnes; Clerk, A. Crane; Treasurer, L. H.\\nWarner Justice of the Peace, D. 0. Dodge.\\n1845. Supervisor, .1. K. Pugsley; Clerk, A. Crane; Treasurer, A. J.\\nGoodrich Justice of the Peace, .7. H. Simmons.\\n1846.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, I. W. Willard; Clerk, Abner Hayes; Treasurer,\\nEdmund Smith; Justice of the Peace, S. H. Blackman.\\n1847. Supervisor, Loren Darling; Clerk, Elisha Durkoe; Treasurer,\\nJ. B. Barnes Justice of the Peace, D. Woodman (2d).\\n1848. Supervisor, Benoni Hall; Clerk, Elisha Durkee Treasurer, J.\\nH. Simmons Justice of the Peace, James Crane.\\n1849. Supervisor, Benoni Hall; Clerk, Edmund Smith; Treasurer,\\nH. W. Rhodes; Justice of the Peace, .7. H. Simmons.\\n18o0.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, F. H. Stevens; Clerk, Edmund Smith; Treasurer,\\nA. C. Kimball; Justice of the Peace, S. J. Foote.\\n1851. Supervisor, J. K. Pugsley; Clerk, G. B. Sherwood; Treasurer,\\n0. F. Parker; Justice of the Peace, A. ilemiuovcr.\\n1852. Supervisor, F. H. Stevens; Clerk, G. B. Sherwood; Treasurer,\\nB. D. Thompson; Justice of the Peace, John Reynolds.\\n1853. Supervisor, G. B. Sherwood; Clerk, J. M. Longwell; Treas-\\nurer, N. P. Conger; Justice of the Peace, J. 11. Simmons.\\n1854. Sui)ervisor, Elisha Durkee; Clerk, E. iVIather; Treasurer, N.\\nP. Conger; Justice of the Peace, James Crano.\\n1855. Supervisor, Edwin Barnum; Clerk, B. D. Thompson; Treas-\\nurer, A. Stewart; Justice of Iho Peace, David Webb.\\n1856. Supervisor, R.Avery; Clerk, George Voke; Treasurer, G. S.\\nCogswell Justice of the Peace, L. B. Sheldon.\\n1857. Supervisor, Edwin Barnum Clerk, T. R. Harrison; Treasurer,\\nThomas A. Granger Justice of the Peace, Calvin Cross.\\n1858.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, Edwin Barnum; Clerk, E. B.Butler; Treasurer,\\nJames II. Prater; Justice of the Peace, T. E. Ilendrick.\\n1859.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, Charles ScUeck; Clerk, A. J. Sartore; Treasurer,\\nE. A. Sheldon Justice of the Peace, J. II. Simmons.\\nI860.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, L. B. Sheldon; Clerk, A. J. Sartore; Treasurer, G.\\nW. Ocobock Justice of the Peace, 0. D. Gliddcn.\\n1861.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, G.J. Hudson; Clerk, T. H. Stephenson; Treasurer,\\nT. W. Melcher; Justice of the Peace, George Young.\\n1862. Supervisor, J. K. Pugsley; Clerk, T. H. Stephenson; Trc.is-\\nurer, Russell Parker; Justice of the Peace, T. E. Hendrick.\\n1863. Supervisor, Charles Sclleck; Cler k, J. J. Roe; Treasurer, Ed-\\nwin Cate; Justice of the Pe.xce, E. M. Glidden.\\n1864. Supervisor, Loyal Crane; Clerk, S. II. Blackman; Treasurer,\\nG. S. Lane Justice of the Peace, H. P. Sanger.\\n1865. Supervisor, Charles Selleck Clerk, A. J. Sartore; Treasurer,\\nG. S. Lane; Justice of the Peace, A. W. Nash.\\n1866. Supervisor, Charles Selleck Clerk, E. M. Glidden Treasurer,\\nJ. W. Free Justice of the Peace, T. E. Hendrick.\\n*1867.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, E. M. Glidden; Clerk, A. J. Sartore; Treasurer,\\nJ. W. Free; Justice of the Peace, E. M. Glidden.\\n1868.- Supervisor, 0. D. Glidden; Clerk, Joseph Kilburn Treasurer,\\nJohn Pelton Justice of the Peace, W. H. Randall.\\n1809. Supervisor, J. L. Ross; Clerk, John Knowles; Treasurer, II.\\nL. Eggleston Justice of the Peace, A. H. Herron.\\n1870.- Supervisor, E. 0. Briggs; Clerk, A. M. Harrison; Treasurer,\\nH. L. Eggleston; Justice of the Peace, T. E. Ilendrick.\\n1871. Supervisor, E. 0. Briggs; Clerk, A. M. Harrison; Treasurer,\\nR. Rogers; Justice of the Peace, S. H. Blackman.\\n1872.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, E. 0. Briggs; Clerk, A. M. Harrison; Treasurer,\\nR. Rogers Justice of the Peace, Wm. R. Butler.\\n1873.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, Edwin Barnum; Clerk, W. II. Mason; Treasurer,\\nR. Rogers; Justice of the Peace, C. E. Galligan.\\n1874.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, E. 0. Briggs Clerk, W. H. Mason Treasurer, R.\\nRogers Justice of the Peace, D. Woodman (2d).\\n1875.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, E. 0. Briggs; Clerk, W. H. Mason; Treasurer,\\nCharlbs Selleck Justice of the Peace, S. H. Blackman.\\n1876.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, E. 0. Briggs; Clerk, W. H. Mason; Treasurer, J.\\nJ. Forsyth; Justice of the Peace, John Knowles.\\n1877. Supervisor, J. W. Free; Clerk, W. H. Mason; Treasurer, A.\\nC. Lindsley Justice of the Peace, K. W. Noyes.\\n1878. Supervisor, J. W. Free; Clerk, R. I. Jarvis Treasurer, A. C.\\nLindsley Justice of the Peace, W. H. Mason.\\n1879. -Supervisor, D. Woodman (2d) Clerk, W. H. Mason; Treas-\\nurer, Charles Selleck Justice of the Peace, S. II. Blackman.\\nPAW PAW VILLAGE.\\nThe first settlement in the present township of Paw Paw\\nwas made upon the site of Paw Paw village in the year\\n1832, when Rodney Hinckley located upon a farm in the\\nnorthern portion of the present village. In that year, also,\\nPierce Barber, of Prairie Ronde, began the erection of a\\nsaw-mill on the river at the west end of the village. Mr.\\nBarber soon sold his interest in the mill to Job Davis and\\nRodney Hinckley, who, however, soon disposed of it (in\\n1833) to Peter Gremps and Lyman J. Daniels.\\nThese gentlemen came hither on a prospecting tour in\\nthat year, bought the mill property, improved it, purchased\\nconsiderable land in the vicinity, and laid out upon it a\\nvillage which they called Paw Paw. Daniels lived in\\nSchoolcraft, and at no time became a .settler in Paw Paw.\\nGremps, who came from the Mohawk Valley, in New York,\\nto find a mill-site in the West, returned to his home after\\npurchasing the Paw Paw property, and did not settle per-\\nmanently on bis new possessions until 1835, when he moved\\ninto a cabin just west of the saw-mill. Edward Shults,\\nMr. Gremps nephew, came out from New York with his\\nuncle, and worked for the latter in his saw-mill.\\nTownship name changed to Paw Paw.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0750.jp2"}, "751": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0751.jp2"}, "752": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0752.jp2"}, "753": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OP PAW PAW.\\n507\\nWhile Mr. Gremps was absent in the East, his partner,\\nMr. Daniels, was busy looking after the saw-mill and de-\\nvising means to further the interests of the new village.\\nHe thought there ought to be a tavern, especially as the\\nTerritorial road was likely to pass through Paw Paw, and\\nso one day in 1834, on meeting in Schoolcraft Daniel 0.\\nDodge, who had been teaching school in those parts, he\\noffered to give him an entire block in Paw Paw, and build\\na board house for him, if he would come on and keep\\ntavern in it. Dodge agreed, and in the same year opened\\nan inn, which became one of the most famous in this part\\nof the State. Meanwhile, Enos L. Barrett had located\\nland north of the village, but lived in a board shanty on\\none of Gremps village lots. David Thorp was also on the\\nwest side of the river, where he occupied a building, in\\nwhich he lived and operated a turning-lathe.\\nShortly after Mr. Gremps permanent settlement he sent\\nto Stone Arabia, N. Y., and invited Dr. Barrett (a resident\\nof that place) to come out to Paw Paw and set up practice.\\nBarrett came, and lived in a cabin just west of Dodge s\\ntavern. Dr. Barrett was the first physician of Paw Paw.\\nHe was sorely afflicted with phthisis, and after three or\\nfour years practice at Paw Paw removed to Kalamazoo,\\nwhere he ended his days.\\nEarly in the summer of 1835, Mr. Gremps concluded\\nthat there ought to be a store in the village, and so he sent\\nword to Edward Legrave, of Kalamazoo, that he wanted a\\ncarpenter capable of building a good store. Legrave found\\nWilliamson Mason (a carpenter from Wayne Co., N. Y.,\\nwho had been in the West working at his trade since\\n1832), and induced him to go over and build Gremps\\nstore. Mason started with three hands on Monday, July\\n6, 1835, and on the evening of that day reached Dodge s\\ntavern, which was so full of people that he and his com-\\npanions were compelled to sleep in a couple of abandoned\\nshanties on the west side of the river. In them, too, they\\nlived while they were building the store, which was erected\\nin a short time, though in good style for that period. It\\nwas, of course, the first store in Paw Paw, and it stood\\nwest of Dodge s tavern, where Phillips blacksmith-shop is.\\nMr. Gremps moved his family into the back part of the\\nbuilding before it was entirely finished, and soon afterwards\\nstocked the store with goods which he had brought from\\nNew York, and began business in it, with Edward Shults\\nas his clerk.\\nAfter completing the store. Mason and his fellow-work-\\nmen built a dwelling-house for Mr. Gremps just opposite,\\nwhich is still known as the Gremps house.\\n3Ir. Mason, who is yet a resident and manufacturer at\\nPaw Paw, says that when he came to the village, in July,\\n1835, it contained on the east side of the river llodney\\nHinckley s house. Dodge s tavern, and Dr. Barrett s cabin\\non the west side, Giemps Daniels saw-mill, David Thorp s\\nturning-shop, and the two shanties occupied by Peter\\nGremps and Enos L. Barrett.\\nSoon the need for a blacksmith began to make itself felt,\\nllodney Hinckley had put up a blacksmith-shop, but little\\nwork if any had been done in it. When blaeksmithing\\nwas needed, the settlers went either to Schoolcraft or St.\\nJoseph. So Peter Gremps said to Williamson Mason,\\nWe must have a blacksmith. Gremps thought he could\\nget Craig Buys, of St. Joseph County, a brother-in-law of\\nllodney Hinckley, and empowered Mason to promise Buys\\nthe gift of a shop if he would come. Buys did come, and\\noccupied a shop which Mason built for him on a lot west\\nof Dodge s tavern. Buys plied his trade there about six\\nyears, and then moved to Ohio.\\nThe first shoemaker of Paw Paw was Charles G. Har-\\nrington, who is now working at liis trade at Lawton. Mr.\\nHarrington came from Kalamazoo in 1836, and opened a\\nshop in Paw Paw, in a building put up by Williamson\\nMason, just east of where the Dyckman House now stands.\\nMr. Mason also built the first school-house in the village,\\nin the fall of 1836, its location being on Gremps Street\\nnorth of Main Street. Rodney Hinckley, of whom men-\\ntion has been made, finally moved to South Haven, where\\nhe died.\\nMadison Eastman, a carpenter, settled in the village in\\n1835. He afterwards removed to Decatur, but returned\\nto Paw Paw, and died there.\\nThe first foundry in the village was started by Calvin\\nHawley, who was also one of the first carriage-makers in\\nPaw Paw. His widow, a sister of the late Edwin Bar-\\nnum, still lives in the township.\\nPeter Gremps, the founder of Paw Paw, came West, as\\nalready observed, in 1833, to find a location for a mill, and\\nwhile stopping at Schoolcraft discovered one John Dero-\\nsier, who piloted him to Paw Paw, as a place certain to\\nsuit him. Gremps at once entered considerable land in the\\nneighborhood, returned East, and came again in 1835, with\\nhis family. Mr. Gremps never lived out of the village\\nafter that. He built the first store, and was the first mer-\\nchant and first postmaster. After a busy career, he lived\\nduring the latter years of his life in peaceful retirement,\\ndying upon the old homestead in 1874, at the age of\\nseventy-three. Two of his children Mrs. Alonzo Shults\\nand Peter H. Gremps are now residents of the village.\\nEdwai d Shults, his nephew, who came to Paw Paw in\\n1834, and who was Mr. Gremps right-hand man in busi-\\nness for many years, caught the gold fever in 1849 and\\nmigrated to the Pacific slope, where he still lives.\\nMyron Hoskins, a carpenter, who came to Paw Paw in\\n1836, still lives in the village. William Prater, also a car-\\npenter, came in the same year. J. H. Simmons, a cabinet-\\nmaker, came in 1836, and was the first who worked at that\\ntrade. He became a man of some mark, served as county\\nsurveyor and judge of probate, and lived in the village\\nuntil his death. William Engle, who now lives south of\\nthe village, came in 1840, and followed the business of\\ncoopering. Richardson Avery, a carpenter, came to Paw\\nPaw in 1835, and died in the village in 1875.\\nPublic- Houses. Daniel O. Dodge s tavern in Paw Paw\\nvillage, on the Territorial road (known also as the Paw Paw\\nHouse), was a place of considerable importance from its\\nerection in 1834 and later, when stage-coaching and other\\nmeans of travel made the Territorial road an important\\nhighway, the old Dodge tavern was held in high esteem\\nby those who traveled on that thoroughfare. It was an\\nhumble board shanty with four rooms, and measured about\\n16 feet by 24. Dodge s tavern was enlarged in 1835, and", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0753.jp2"}, "754": {"fulltext": "508\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nin 1836 was rebuilt. Mrs. Dodge was a famous cook, and\\ngave the house great repute. The stages changed horses\\nat that point, and for many years travel on the Territorial\\nroad was exceedingly brisk. It is said that Dodge had at one\\ntime as many as a hundred people at breakfast, and that\\nMrs. Dodge did the cooking for all of them.\\nThe tavern stood on what is now the south side of Main\\nStreet, at the western end opposite the bank, and for a year\\nor more was almost bidden by trees. Trees, indeed, were\\nso plentiful in Paw Paw, even after the village was laid\\nout, that travelers frequently rode through it without\\nknowing there was a town there, and searchers for the vil-\\nlage often asked at Dodge s where Paw Paw was. Dodge\\nsold the tavern to Horace Wilder, but being afterwards\\nforced to take it back, carried it on until it was destroyed\\nby fire. Mr. Dodge continued after that event to live in\\nthe village in retirement until his death. His widow arid\\na son, Thomas, now live in Lawton.\\nDuring Mr. Dodge s career as a Paw Paw landlord, Dr.\\nWarner opened a tavern about opposite where the post-\\noffice is now, but it had only a brief existence. James\\nCrane put up the Exchange Hotel on the site of the Dyck-\\nman House, which latter, erected by E. B. Dyokman and\\nJohn Smolk, was built soon after the burning of the old\\nExchange. The Willard House, remodeled by I. W. Wil-\\nlard from an old store building, was a popular hotel many\\nyears ago, but has long since ceased to be a public-house.\\nThe Great Immigration of 1836. The year 1836\\nbrought a great army of land speculators and settlers to\\nMichigan, and all along the Territorial road stages and\\ntaverns had more business on hand than they could com-\\nfortably manage. Travel was then at its flood on that\\nhighway, and travelers coming weary and footsore to a\\nroadside inn with the glad expectation of rest and food, often\\nfound that neither could possibly be obtained that the\\nbeds were all filled (having at least two persons in each),\\nand that the larder had been completely exhausted. A\\nparticipator in that bustling era says that Dodge s tavern\\nwas at that period like a bee-hive, and even then could not\\naccommodate one-tenth of the people who sought its shel-\\nter. Why, remarks this old settler, I ve known the\\ntime when the rush at Dodge s was so great, and the de-\\nmand for lodging so pressing, that travelers oifered as high\\nas a dollar for the privilege of leaning against a post.\\nThis probably exaggerates but also illustrates the situation.\\nEarly Merchants. It has already been observed that\\nPeter Gremps opened the first store in Paw Paw. The\\nnext store-keeper was Nathan Mears (now a merchant in\\nChicago), whose store was west of where the bank is. After\\nhim Edwin Mears opened a store on the corner now occu-\\npied by E. Smith Co. James Crane was an early mer-\\nchant, and kept store on Smith s corner.\\nWillard Gremps opened a store on Main Street in\\n1838, and intrusted its management to Edward Shults.\\nWillard afterwards bought Gremps interest, and took\\nShults as a partner. Later the firm was Willard Moffat.\\nIsaac W. Willard was a man of considerable note in the\\ncommunity, and from 1838 until his death was closely\\nidentified with the interests of Paw Paw as a miller and\\nmerchant, and was a man of prominence in the community.\\nAlonzo Sherman came from the State of New York to\\nPaw Paw in 1844, and engaged in mercantile business in\\nthe village as a partner with E. J. House, who was then\\nkeeping store in the building previously occupied by Edwin\\nMears. Since that time Mr. Sherman has been contin-\\nuously engaged in trade at Paw Paw, and is now a member\\nof the firm of Sherman Avery, as well as extensively\\nconcerned in milling. H. L. Dickinson bought out Nathan\\nMears in 1845, and in 1847 became a partner with Alonzo\\nSherman. Mears went into business again, soon after\\nselling to Dickinson, and in 1846 disposed of his store to\\nWilliam R. Hawkins, who had settled in Kalamazoo County\\nin 1836, and had resided in Paw Paw since 1846. F. H.\\nStevens and Loren Darling opened a store in 1844 on the\\ncorner where Sherman Avery now are, and remained\\nthere until 1847, when they retired from business. In\\nthat year Edmund Smith, a resident in the town since\\n1843, and a carpenter by trade, commenced in Paw Paw as\\na merchant, and still carries on that business.\\nThe village has now five dry-goods stores, four grocery-\\nstores, five drug-stores, one clothing-store, and numerous\\nminor marts of business.\\nLawyers, Doctors, and Newspapers. The lawyers and\\nphysicians of Paw Paw are mentioned in the chapters de-\\nvoted to the legal and medical professions in the general\\nhistory of the county, and in the chapter on the press will\\nbe found notices of the various papers which have flour-\\nished or languished there.\\nThe Postmasters of Paw Paw. Peter Gremps was the\\nfirst postmaster of Paw Paw, his appointment dating from\\n1835. Mr. Gremps, however, paid very little attention to\\nthe post-ofiice, Edward Shults, his clerk, being also the\\ndeputy postmaster, and transacting the business of the\\nofiice. Gremps was succeeded in 1842 by George L. Gale,\\nand he was followed successively by John McKinney, John\\nSmolk, A. J. Goodrich, F. H. Stevens, J. M. Longwell, J.\\nW. Huston, E. J. House, A. J. Sorter, 0. P. Parker, T.\\nB. Irwin, and George W. Matthews, the latter being the\\npresent incumbent.\\nDuring the three months ending Dec. 31, 1879, $800\\nworth of stamps were sold at the ofiice, money-orders were\\nissued to the amount of $6624, and $3817.53 were paid\\nout on such orders.\\nMills and Millers. The building of the first saw-mill at\\nPaw Paw and its transfer to Gremps Daniels have been\\nelsewhere mentioned. Gremps Daniels controlled the\\nproperty until the death of the latter, after which the mil)\\npassed to a numerous succession of owners, until it was\\nworn out and eventually demolished. The mill-site is near\\nthat occupied by the Phoenix Flouring-Mill, which uses\\nthe same power. The latter establishment, containing two\\nrun of stones, belongs to Thomas L. Stevens, and is carried\\non by M. Wells.\\nIn 1837, Staff ord Godfrey, a mill-wright, came from\\nChautauqua Co., N. Y., in response to an invitation from\\nPeter Gremps, and in 1838 began, with R. E. Churchill,\\nthe erection for I. W. Willard and Peter Gremps of the\\ngrist-mill long known as the Paw Paw Mills, which now\\ncontains six run of stones, and is carried on by A. Sherman\\nBriggs. The castings and stones were brought from St.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0754.jp2"}, "755": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00a3:tsar\u00c2\u00ab \u00c2\u00a7=^s:a;^\\nResidence OF PHILIP SHERROD, Paw PawTr.Mich.\\nRLiioiNCE. OF A C W EBB Paw Paw Jp 1/anBuhemCo Michig/im", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0755.jp2"}, "756": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0756.jp2"}, "757": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF PAW PAW.\\n509\\nJoseph, and that its completion gave much satisfaction may\\nbe understood from the fact that people had previously to\\ngo to Kalamazoo and to Flowerfield, St. Joseph Co., to\\nmill. A. Sherman Briggs also carry on the Central\\nFlouring-Mills, formerly used as a woolen-mill.\\nStafford Godfrey, here mentioned, settled in Paw Paw in\\na house which stood upon the site of the Dycknian House,\\nand in 1842 and 1848 he and Churchill built the present\\ncounty court-house. His next important work was effected\\nin 1856, when he built the brick Baptist church. Mr.\\nGodfrey, aged eighty, now lives in the village.\\nFree Martin have a planing-mill in the village, and\\nnear there Williamson Mason occupies a building which\\nwas put up by J. H. Simmons in 1840, and in which Mr.\\nMason has a planing-mill, turning-shop, etc. In the same\\nbuilding George Birkenshaw has a woolen-mill, in which\\nhe operates the first carding-machine brought to Paw Paw,\\none Frank Taylor having introduced it into the village.\\nAside from the manufacturing establishments above\\nnamed, the principal ones are the foundries of M. Snow\\nSons and W. H. llandall, both of which are engaged chiefly\\nin the production of plows.\\nFirst Wedding, Birth, and Death. The first wedding\\nin Paw Paw was that of Hannah Mead and one Bcllfon-\\ntaine, in 1833. The bride was a servant-girl in the service\\nof John Thomas, an employee at Job Davis saw-mill,\\nwhile the groom was one of the mill-hands. There was\\nneither minister nor justice of the peace in the vicinity,\\nbut Job Davis, who declared that he had once been justice\\nof the peace, said he knew the form of the ceremony, and\\nthought it would be all right if he married them. They\\nthought so, too, and were accordingly married by Davis, and\\nbegan living together as man and wife. They soon moved\\nto Indiana, and for aught that is known have lived as hap-\\npily (or unhappily) as if a regular ministerial or judicial\\nfunctionary had celebrated their nuptials.\\nThe first child born in Paw Paw Simeon, son of Arch-\\nibald Buys is still living in the town.ship.\\nThe wife of Daniel 0. Dodge died in 1837, and was the\\nfirst who died in Paw Paw. She was buried in the tavern\\ngarden, but in 1838, when the cemetery in the northern\\nportion of the village was laid out, her remains were con-\\nveyed thither.\\nIndian New- Year CaUs. -On the last day of the year\\n1835, Peter Gremps moved into the new house built fur\\nhim by Williamson Mason and Joseph Royes. That even-\\ning Edward Shult.s who by reason of a year s residence\\nknew something of Indian customs told the family that\\non the morrow they would be visited by a delegation of\\nIndians, whose fiishion it was to make New- Year calls on\\nthe white settlers, for the understood purpose of ratifying\\nfriendships for another year. Sure enough, on the ensuing\\nday a band of about twenty-five Indians, gayly adorned with\\npaint and feathers, called in force, somewhat to the trepida-\\ntion of the women, whom the Indians insisted upon kissing\\ndespite violent protests. Altogether the affair was a jolly\\none, notwithstanding the kisses. Mrs. Dodge put on her\\nwar-paint when the twenty-five Indians demanded to kiss\\nher, and by a sudden attack routed and drove them from\\nher house at the point of the rolling-pin.\\nThe First Fourth of July Celebration. The first celebra-\\ntion of tlie national holiday in Paw Paw occurred in 1836,\\nand, according to tradition, was a very patriotic and enthusi-\\nastic affair, though confined to a limited number of patriots\\nand enthusiasts. The ceremonies attendant upon the cele-\\nbration included an oration by F. C. Annable (now living\\nin Almena) an address to three veterans of the war of\\n1812 (of whom Harmon Van Antwerp, aged ninety, was\\none), presented by a youthful daughter of Peter Gremps,\\nnow Mrs. Alonzo Shults, of Paw Paw periodical anvil\\nsalutes, fired by Rodney Hinckley and a banquet to every-\\nbody the scene of the demonstration being the so-called\\nPublic Square, an open space in the woods just west of\\nthe present court-house grounds.\\nVillage Incorporation and List of Officers. Paw Paw\\nvillage was incorporated under an act of the Legislature\\npassed in the spring of 1867, and on the 6ih of May of\\nthat year the first meeting for the election of village ofiicers\\nwas held at the court-house. The judges of election\\nwere Russell Parker and J. Whittaker, and the clerk was\\nA. J. Sorter. Two hundred and eighty-six votes were cast,\\nof which Thomas H. Stevenson received 159 votes for\\npresident, and C. F. Allen, 127. A full list of the persons\\nchosen annually to be presjdent, trustees, recorder, and\\ntreasurer from 1867 to 1879 is here given\\n1867.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 President, Thomas H. Stephenson; Trustees, F. W. Scllock,\\nAlonzo Sherman, Charles Sellcok, E. G. Butler, Chandler\\nRichards; Recorder, A. J. Sorter; Treasurer, Edwin Barnum.\\n1S68.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 President, E. 0. Briggs; Trustees, G. J. Hudson, W. II. Ran-\\ndall, E. A. Park, Alonzo Sherman, Chester F. Allen; Re-\\ncorder, A. J. Sorter; Treasurer, Charles R. Avery.\\n1869.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 President, E. 0. Briggs; Trustees, George Voke, J. W. Van\\nFossen, Joseph Davey, T. W. Melchor, William H.Randall;\\nRecorder, A. J. Sorter; Treasurer, George W. Longwell.\\n1870. President, Edwin Martin Trustees, Sydney Cox, A. M. Har-\\nrison, E C. Palmer, P. I. Bragg, Aaron Van Auken; Re-\\ncorder, John Knowlcs; Treasurer, John W. Free.\\n1871.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 President, Peter H. Gremps; Trustees, Joseph Davey, E. C.\\nPalmer, Russell Parker, Peter II. Gremps, Sydney Cox;\\nRecorder, A. M. Harrison; Treasurer, Charles R. Avery.\\n1872.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 President, G.J. Hudson; Trustees, J. H. Freeman, William\\nWiley, John W. Free, Joshua Hunt, Aaron Van Aukcn\\nRecorder, A. M. Harrison Treasurer, Charles R. Avery.\\n1873. President, J. H. Freeman Trustees, Joshua Hunt, George\\nVoke, P. H. Gremps, William Read, A. W. Miller, Janiea\\nMeyers Recorder, William H. Mason Treasurer, Charles\\nR. Avory.\\n1874.- President, I. W. Willard Trustees, J. C. Rousseau, Joseph\\nKilburn, James Bennett; Recorder, W. U. Mason; Treas-\\nurer, C. R. Avery.\\n1875.- President, Peter H. Gremps; Trustees, E. 0. Briggs, Joshua\\nHunt, A. W. Miller; Recorder, W. H. Mason; Treasurer,\\nC. R. Avery.\\n1876.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 President, Edmond Smith; Trustees, George W. Longwell, C.\\nR. Ooobock, William C. MacuUar; Recorder, William H.\\nMason; Treasurer, C. R. Avery.\\n1877.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 President, Loyal Crane; Trustee^, Joshua Hunt, A. W. Miller,\\nR. E. Quick Recorder, Seigfricd Shafer Treasurer, E. P.\\nHathaway.\\n1878.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 President, Charles S. Mayuard Trustees, James Phillips, N.\\nP. Conger, Charles Flanders; Recorder, Edgar M. Snow;\\nTreasurer, E. P. Hathaway.\\n1879.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 President, J. W. Ball; Trustees, Alonzo Shults, James L.Tyr-\\nrell, A. F. McNeil; Recorder, E. M. Snow Treasurer, E.\\nP. Hathaway.\\nPaw Paio Fire Department. This department was or-\\nganized Sept. 29, 1868, with one engine company and one", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0757.jp2"}, "758": {"fulltext": "510\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nhose company, H. L. Eggleston being the chief engineer.\\nA hand-engine and hose-cart were then purcliased and fur-\\nnished to the companies later a hooli-and-ladder company\\nwas added. The original engine is still in use, although\\nefforts are being made to supersede it with a steamer. The\\n_^ofScers of the department are William Wiley, Chief Engi-\\nneer A. W. Showerman, Assistant Engineer; S. H. La-\\nment, Secretary; and M. P. Allen, Treasurer. The engine\\ncompany numbers 37, Henry Hopping being the foreman.\\nL. W. Melchor is the foreman of the hose company, which\\nhas 18 members, and R. E. Quick of the hook-and-ladder\\ncompany, which numbers 14 members.\\nFires. The business centre of the village has on three\\noccasions been ravaged by severe fires, and two of them\\nwere especially disastrous. The first conflagration of any\\nnote took place in 1859, when the old Exchange Hotel,\\nstanding upon the site of the present Dyckman House, was\\ndestroyed. In 1866 the flames swept both sides of Main\\nStreet west of Kalamazoo Street. The loss was a severe\\none, but the citizens afterwards found .some consolation in\\nthe presence of the fine brick blocks which now line both\\nsides of Main Street upon the district burned over in 1866.\\nOn the 8th of January, 1868, the north side of Main\\nStreet between the Dyckman House and the post-ofiice\\nwas ravaged by flre, which incident has thus far been the\\nlast important conflagration in the village.\\nThe Peninsular Electric Telegraph Co7Hjoa\u00c2\u00bb_y was organ-\\nized in 1876, for the purpose of providing local telegraph\\nconveniences. About two miles of wire are in use, and\\nabout 25 families enjoy the convenience of direct telegraphic\\ncommunication between their homes and all parts of the\\nvillage. 0. W. Rowland is the President, E. E. Rowland\\nthe Superintendent, and F. J. McEntee the Secretary and\\nTreasurer.\\nThe Press of Paw Paw. The first newspaper in Van\\nBuren County was published at Paw Paw in January,\\n1843, and was named the Paw Paio Democrat. Mention\\nof tiiat paper has already been made in the general history\\nof the county, as also sketches of the several newspapers\\nwhich have been published from time to time in Paw Paw\\nvillage at later periods, down to the beginning of 1880,\\nwhen the National Independent went out of existence.\\nShortly after that event the material of the Independent\\nwas utilized by a stock company in the publication of the\\nPaw Paio Herald, which gives promise of success.\\nlianhing. The village of Paw Paw had no organized\\nbanking institution until Aug. 11, 1865, when the First\\nNational Bank of Paw Paw was chartered, with a capital\\nof $50,000. It was the outgrowth of the private banking-\\nhouse of Stevens, Holton Co., who had carried on a\\nbanking business in Paw Paw for several years previous to\\n1865, as the successors of Stevens, French Co. The\\nfirst Board of Directors of the First National Bank was\\ncomposed of Thomas L. Stevens, Alonzo Sherman, James\\nCrane, Thos. H. Stevens, Chas. S. Maynard, N. M. Pugs-\\nley, and E. 0. Briggs. Alonzo Sherman was chosen pres-\\nident, and J. A. Holton cashier.\\nThe bank has now a capital of $100,000, a circulation\\nof $45,000, a deposit account of $65,000, and a loan ac-\\ncount of $120,000. The bank building on Main Street\\nwas erected by the directors, and was first occupied in 1867.\\nMr. Alonzo Sherman is now the president (having filled\\nthat place since 1865), and F. E. Stevens is the cashier.\\nThe robbery of the First National Bank in 1867 was for\\nmany years after its occurrence an important local sensa-\\ntion. It happened in March of that year, while the bank\\nwas occupying temporary quarters in R. M. Buck s hard-\\nware-store, pending the completion of its new building.\\nThe cashier, E. 0. Briggs, discovered upon opening the\\nbank-safe one Monday morning that upwards of $22,000\\nin bonds and currency had been abstracted, and that, too,\\nwithout leaving any exterior marks to show that the com-\\nbination-lock had been forced. Pinkerton s Chicago De-\\ntective Agency being called upon to furnish a key to the\\nmystery, sent one of its corps to Paw Paw, who managed\\nso cleverly that although he resided at Paw Paw about six\\nmonths as a professed insurance agent, no one, .save two of\\nthe bank ofiicials, knew his real business, until he startled\\nthe community one day by causing the arrest of R. M.\\nBuck, the hardware merchant (a young man high in popu-\\nlar esteem), on the charge of robbing the bank. The evi-\\ndence against him was complete, and he was convicted and\\nsentenced to three years confinement in the State-prison.\\nNearly all the money, which had been buried by Buck on\\na fiirm in Keeler township, was recovered.\\nThe Paw Paw Rijie Company. This organization ^as\\nformed in 1839. Andrew Longstreet was chosen captain,\\nEdwin Mears first lieutenant, and David Woodman second\\nlieutenant. The command numbered about 40 men, and\\nwas attached to the 28th Regiment, 14th Brigade, 7th\\nDivision, of the State militia. The Rifles maintained an\\norganization until the outbreak of the Mexican war, into\\nwhich several of the members entered, when the company\\ndisbanded.\\nPaw Paw Lodge, No. 18, L 0. 0. This lodge was\\ninstituted Nov. 19, 1846, when a charter was issued to\\nJohn McKinney, E. O. Briggs, Frank Taylor, C. R. Mafl5t,\\nand John Smolk. It is now in a flourishing condition,\\nwith a membership of 78, and owns a handsome lodge-\\nroom, the first session in which was held in 1874. The\\npresent officers of the lodge are C. W. Ward, N. G. A.\\nVan Auken, V. G. 0. W. Rowland, Sec. C. Lich, P.\\nSee. E. Martin, Treas. C. N. Griffin, W. 0. N. Hilton,\\nC. Edward Snow, I. G. William Jones, 0. G. C. A.\\nHarrison, R. S. N. G. N. P. Conger, L. S. N. G. A. F.\\nMcNeal, R. S. S. William Reed, L. S. S. L. S. Tyrrell,\\nR. S. V. G. Chapman, L. S. V. G.\\nOf the charter members named above only three are still\\nliving, E. 0. Briggs, Frank Taylor, and John Smolk.\\nPaw Paw Lodge, No. 25, F. and A. M. This lodge\\nwas organized under dispensation May 6, 1848, and on the\\n10th of January, 1849, a charter was issued to A. W.\\nBroughton, B. F. Chadwick, D. 0. Dodge, Peter Gremps,\\nHubboU Warner, 0. Warner, and John McKinney. Until\\nthe charter was obtained the lodge worked under the An-\\ncient Order. At the first election of officers, Feb. 10, 1849,\\nB. F. Chadwick was chosen W. M. J. R. Baker, S. W. D.\\n0. Dodge, J. W. Peter Gremps, Treas.; F. E. Stevens,\\nSec. Hubbell Warner, S. D. Williamson Mason, J. D.\\nJohn Smolk, Tiler. On the 13th of February, 1S49, the", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0758.jp2"}, "759": {"fulltext": "B./\\\\. MU RDOCK.\\nMRS B. A.MUROOCK.\\n*\u00c2\u00ab*tt.-* ^i*t^V; .j\\n\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00abteji^ffi\u00c2\u00abfeww,.,\u00e2\u0080\u009e, .\u00c2\u00bba..rjff.\\n^i.^.^ y^mm^^^M^^m^^ M^\\nResioenle or B A MURDOCK, P/itv Pa^// I/ill^ge Milh", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0759.jp2"}, "760": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0760.jp2"}, "761": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF PAW PAW.\\n511\\nnewly-elected oflBccrs were installed by John Stewart, G. M.\\nC. L. Bird, D. G. M. H. Marsh, G. Marshal Nathaniet\\nPullman, G. C. The lodge now owns a finely-appointed\\nlodge-room, and has upon its roll 100 active members.\\nThe present officers are E. Curtis, W. M. W. M. Thayer,\\nS. W. J. B. Smith, J. W. C. G. Nash, Treas. F. E.\\nStevens, Sec. and Audrow Harwick, Tiler.\\nPaw Paw Chapter, No. 34, 7^. A. M. This Masonic\\nbody was organized Jan. 10, 1865, the charter designating\\nJ. K. Baker as H. P. 0. S. Simmons as K. and E. 0.\\nBriggs as Scribe. The membership is now 60, and the\\nofficers are as follows H. P., G. J. Hudson K., William\\nDole S., William Thayer C. of H., E. A. Blackman\\nP. S., Ela Curtiss R. A. C, C. R. Ocobock 3d V., Jo-\\nseph Davy 2d V., R. 0. Beebe 1st V., S. Shaefer Treas.,\\nC. G. Nash Sec, F. E. Stevens Sentinel, A. H. Harwick.\\nPaw Paw Encampment, No. 30, 0. O. F. Paw Paw\\nEncampment was organized March 26, 186S. The charter\\nmembers were C. M. Odell, B. Odell, C. Lich, S. H. Black-\\nman, T. W. Melchor, E. Martin, and J. M. Brown, of whom\\nall are still living except T. W. Melchor. The membership\\nis now 28, and the officers are as follows G. W. Matthews,\\nC. P. J. M. Brown, H. P. William Keed, S. W. 0. w!\\nRowland, Scribe C. Lich, Finan. Sec. E. Martin, Treas.\\nWilliam P. Jones, J. W.\\nPaw Paw Lodge, No. 37, A. 0. U. ^Y. This is a sec-\\ntion of a new secret society, and was organized Feb. 26,\\n1878, with 10 members. E. S. Dunning was P. M. W.\\n0. W. Rowland, M. W. and John Knowles, G. F. The\\nmembership on the 1st of January, 1880, was 26, when\\nthe officers were O. W. Rowland, P. M. W. Albert Rob-\\ninson, M. W. G. M. Koons, G. F. S. M. Wilkie, 0.\\nW. H. Mason, Recorder; B. F. Heckert, Financier; M.J.\\nMcEntee, Receiver; R. A. Whitman, G. P. G. Forsyth,\\nT. W. A. E. Quick, 0. W. Regular sessions are held\\nevery Thursday.\\nMartin Lodge, No. 18, A. Y. M. This lodge was or-\\nganized in 1874, with 10 members, L. R. Roberts being\\nW. M. Jonathan Grinage, S. W. and B. F. Roberts,\\nJ. W. The membership is now 19. L. R. Roberts is\\nW. M. Edward Cable, S. W. and Francis Smith, J. W.\\nPaw Paw Lodge, No. 30, Knights of Honor. The so-\\nciety just named was organized Dec. 1, 1877, with 13\\nmembers, B. F. Stearns being D. John Ihling, P. D.\\nand F. B. Kelly, R. The membership is now 22, and the\\nofficers are A. J. Mills, D. H. Legrave, V. D. C. W.\\nWard, A. D. H. A. Rogers, G. J. D. Sherman, T. B.\\nF. Stearns, R. H. S. Williams, F. R L. C. Woodman,\\nChaplain. Regular sessions are held the first and third\\nThursdays of each month.\\nPaw Paw Grange, No. 10, P. of H.\u00e2\u0080\u0094T\\\\\\\\q Paw Paw\\nsection of the Patrons of Husbandry was organized Deo.\\n31, 1872, with about 20 members. The Masters to the\\npresent time have been Joseph Gilman, J. J. Woodman,\\nT. R. Harrison, David Woodman (2d), A. C. Glidden, T.\\nR. Harrison (second term), and J. C. Gould. The present\\nofficers are J. C. Gould, M. S. D. Searls, 0. D. Wood-\\nman (2d), L.; A. C. Glidden, Chap.; James Clancey,\\nTreas. 0. H. P. Sheldon, Sec. Peter Brummel, G. H.\\nD. Sherrod, Steward; M. Buskirk, Assistant Steward.\\nBlue Ribbon Club. At a meeting of seven friends of\\ntemperance, held in Dickson s harness-shop in the year\\n1878, the Paw Paw Blue Ribbon Club was organized, for\\nthe sole object of promoting the cause of total abstinence,\\nits seven founders having previously been members of the\\nRed Ribbon Club (since dissolved), from which they had\\nwithdrawn in consequence of their dissatisfaction with its\\nmanagement. The Blue Ribbon Club increased in strength\\nrapidly from the outset, and down to Jan. 1, 1880, had re-\\nceived full 400 members, of whom there were on that date\\n334 in active membership, inclusive of 54 in the children s\\ndepartment. Weekly meetings are held in the Opera-House,\\nat which pleasant literary entertainments are presented to\\nthe public free of charge. The present officers are E. p].\\nRowland, President; Jared Loveland, First Vice-President\\nCharles Stevens, Second Vice-President Miss E. E. Crane,\\nRecording Secretary; E. H. Lindsley, Financial Secretary;\\nC. C. Hoppin, Treasurer and Frank Rawson, Marshal.\\nTIte Upcra- House. In 1876, George W. Longwell\\nbought the building previously used for thirty-two years\\nas a Methodist church and transformed it into a commo-\\ndious and tastefully-appointed theatre. It has a seating\\ncapacity of 600, is supplied with a gallery, and has a stage\\nwell furnished with scenery and mechanical appliances.\\nLibrary and Literary Association. An institution was\\norganized in January, 1880, for the purpose of providing\\na public library and reading-room, and has received at the\\noutset such encouragement as to give it a strong prospect\\nof success.\\nPROSPECT HILL CEMETERY.\\nOn the 24th of March, 1859, the Prospect Hill Ceme-\\ntery Association was organized, for the purpose of providing\\na public cemetery on Prospect Hill. Land was accordingly\\npurchased there and handsomely laid out with lawns, smooth\\ndrives, walks, and other attractive improvements. I. W.\\nWillard was chosen president, Elisha Durkee clerk, and\\nT. A. Granger treasurer. Prospect Hill is one of the highest\\nelevations in Van Buren County. Upon its summit, in\\n1875, Mr. I. W. Willard erected an observatory 127 feet\\nhigh, from which, on a clear day, it is said may be seen\\nthe waters of Lake Michigan and as many as thirty vil-\\nlages. The cemetery, which now covers an area of 30\\nacres, has many natural beauties, and is adorned with\\ncostly monuments. The present officers of the association\\nare F. VV. ScUeck, President; J. W. Van Fossen, Clerk;\\nand G. J. Hudson, Treasurer.\\nRELIGIOUS SOCIETIES IN THE TOWNSHIP.\\nMethodist Episcopid Church. The first sermon (of\\nwhich there is any present recollection) heard in Paw Paw\\nwas delivered by Rev. Junia Warner, Jr., a Methodist\\nEpiscopal elder of Almena, in April, 1835, in Hinckley s\\nblacksmith-shop. From that time until 1839, Mr. Warner\\npreached frequently in the village, as did occasionally\\ntraveling preachers from Kalamazoo and Silver Creek.\\nIn the fall of 1835, Rev. J. T. Robe, in charge of the\\nKalamazoo mission, organized a Methodist Episcopal class\\nin Paw Paw, with the following members Theophilus and\\nCharlotte Bangs, Junia Warner, Jr., Arminda Warner,\\nW. Newcomb, Clarissa Newcomb, David Thorp, Junia", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0761.jp2"}, "762": {"fulltext": "512\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nWarner, Sr., Philura Warner, Sellick Longwell, Nancy\\nLongwcll, John Lyle, Oliver and Avis Warner, Horace\\nand Susan Boufoey, John K. and Emelinc Bingham. Of\\nthe foregoing, two are still members of the church, namely,\\nArminda Warner, aged seventy-five, and Charlotte Bangs,\\naged eighty-one. David Thorp, who was tiie leader of the\\nfirst class, oflfered his log chair-shop on the west side of the\\nriver as a place of worship. After using it .some time the\\nclass went into a framed house owned by Myron Hoskins.\\nAfterwards the village school-house was used, and in 1844\\na church building was erected upon the site of the one now\\nin use. The first church trustees were Theophilus Bangs,\\nJunia Warner, Jr., Oliver Warner, Horace Bonfoey, and\\nJohn Lyle.\\nAmong the earliest pastors were Revs. T. P. McCool,\\nS. S. Williams, E. Kellogg, and H. B. Beers. The church\\nwas at first attached to the Laporte district, Indiana Con-\\nference, afterwards to the Michigan district, in the same\\nConference, and later still to the Kalamazoo and Niles dis-\\ntricts. The corner-stone of the present handsome house\\nof worship was laid Aug. 9, 1876. The structure, which\\ncost $6600, was dedicated Dec. 17, 1876. Soon afterwards\\na union meeting was held in it, when 75 persons were re-\\nceived into the Methodist Church, and 70 into the Presby-\\nterian. Rev. J. K. Stark was the Methodist and Rev.\\nT. D. Marsh the Presbyterian pastor.\\nDuring the forty-four years of its existence the church\\nhas received into membership upwards of 2000 persons.\\nThe membership on the 1st of January, 1880, was 160,\\nRev. S. B. Mills being then the pastor in charge. The\\ntrustees are James Bale, Thomas Adriance, S. H. Black-\\nman, C. A. Young, A. J. Sorter, John Walker, H. H.\\nHurlbut, and E. M. Snow. The class-leaders are C. M.\\nGilson, James Abrams, and Samuel Qua. The Sunday-\\nschool is in charge of C. A. Young, and has an average\\nattendance of about SO.\\nFirst Baptist Church.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 On the 21st of April, 1838, a\\nfew Baptists living in Paw Paw village met to talk about\\norganizing a Baptist Church. Stafford Godfrey was chosen\\nchairman, and William D. Baldwin clerk of the meeting.\\nAs a result the First Baptist Church of Layfayette was then\\nformed, with the following six members Stafford Godfrey\\nand wife, William D. Baldwin and wife, E. H. Niles, and\\nUrsula Conklin. E. H. Niles was chosen clerk, and Stafford\\nGodfrey and William D. Baldwin deacons. Elder Hall, of\\nKalamazoo, was invited to preach once in four weeks.\\nDuring the first year five members were added, namely,\\nArchibald Buys and wife, Luther Branch, and Henry G.\\nMonroe and wife.\\nOn the 20th of March, 1841, the name of the organiza-\\ntion was changed to The Van Buren County Church, lo-\\ncated at Paw Paw and Brush Creek, the reason being that\\nworship was held at Brush Creek, as well as Paw Paw.\\nIn 1844, the church being controlled by residents of Law-\\nrence township, the Paw Paw members withdrew, and on\\nthe 8th of August in that year eight persons met in\\nPaw Paw, at the house of Elder M. Clark, and organized\\nthe First Baptist Church of Paw Paw. The eight persons\\nwere Elder M. Clark, Stafford Godfrey, Alonzo Sherman,\\nMatilda Engle, Lucy Ann Sherman, Jane Woodman, El-\\nmira Baker, and Jane Legrave. The records do not indi-\\ncate that the church employed any regular pastor for the\\nfirst few years, but show that occasional supplies were pro-\\nvided. The school-house was used for services, as was the\\ncourt-house. An attempt was made to build a house of\\nworship in 1848, but it was not successful.\\nBetween 1850 and 1853 meetings were held but seldom,\\nbut in the latter year there was a renewal of interest. The\\nmembership increased to 37, and Rev. J. T. R. Jones was\\nengaged as pastor.\\nIn October, 1855, Elder Alfred Handy succeeded Elder\\nJones as pastor, and remained until 1859.\\nOn the 9th of September, 1857, tlie corner-stone of the\\nbrick church now in use was laid, and within a brief period\\nthe house was occupied for worship, services having previ-\\nously been held in a building in Main Street now used as a\\npart of Harris carriage-factory. The pastors since 1860\\nhave been Elders Dunham, Walden, Maybin, Purrett,\\nGalpin, Haydon, Stcplienson. Choate, Heritage, and Wilkie.\\nRev. Mr. Wilkie, the last minister, retired in August, 1879,\\nsince which time the church has been without a pastor.\\nThe church membership on the 1st of January, 1880, was\\nabout 80. The deacons were then Stafford Godfrey, J. S.\\nCogswell, and Eli Wise. The church trustees are N. Grover,\\nA. Sherman, R. B. Lane, A. M. Palmer, and J. C. Evart.\\nChristian {or Disciple) Church. From an old church\\nrecord dated March 25, 1843, is taken the subjoined entry:\\nWe, the undersigned, members of the Church of Christ,\\nhaving met at the dwelling of Brother Loyal Crane, for the\\npurpose of setting in order the things that remain, have\\nproceeded to do so by appointing Brothers James Crane and\\nLoyal Crane bishops (elders), and Brothers Asahel S.\\nDowning and Samuel Turner deacons. James Crane,\\nLoyal Crane, Samuel Turner, Asahel S. Downing, Alonzo\\nCrane, Daniel Abbott, James B. Crane, Almon B. Corey.\\nIt would appear from the foregoing that an organization\\nhad been effected previous to the meeting above mentioned,\\nand according to the best evidence the date of that organ-\\nization was in February, 1842. Besides those above named\\nas members, the following joined the church at the meeting\\nof March 25, 1843: Rheuma Barnum, Sally Ann Crane,\\nHannah Downing, Alonzo J. Abbott, Eliza Crane, Ann\\nTurner, Sarah Ann Barnum, Susannah Lee, Sally Arm-\\nstrong.\\nAt a church-meeting held in the school-house at Paw\\nPaw, March 30, 1844, James Crane and Asahel S. Down-\\ning were appointed elders, Samuel Turner and Loyal Crane\\ndeacons, and Edwin Barnum and Loyal Crane evangelists.\\nThe first preacher was Rev. Mr. Martin, a missionary, who\\npreached only at extended intervals. In 1858 the society\\npurchased the meeting-house previously used by the Bap-\\ntists, and in 1861 the church edifice now in use was com-\\npleted and occupied. At the close of that year the clerk\\nreported that the membership was 234, that 101 had been\\nadmitted during the year, that 11 had been dismissed, that\\n3 had been excluded, ind that 11 had -gone to the war.\\nAfter Rev. Mr. Martin s time, among those who served\\nthe church as pastors were Rev. Messrs. Martindale, Mil-\\nler, Anderson, Roe, Wilcox, Lane, Jackson, Spencer, Frame,\\nCrane, Ebert, Collins, Russell, Searls, and Brooks. Rev.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0762.jp2"}, "763": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF PAW PAW.\\n513\\nTheodore Brooks, now the pastor, entered upon his charge\\nin 1878.\\nThe membership is now 219, and in the Sunday-school\\n(of which James Crane is superintendent) there are 13\\nteachers and an average attendance of 102 pupils. The\\nchurch elders are David Woodman (2d), J. W. Ball, and\\nN. P. Conger. The deacons are A. S. Downing (chosen\\nMarch 25, 1843), M. P. Allen, S. Shafer, and J. F. Bul-\\nlard.\\nFree -Will Baptist Church.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Free -Will Baptist\\nChurch of Paw Paw was organized Feb. 13, 1841, in\\nSchool District No. 2, in the township of Antwerp, near\\nPaw Paw village. The first members were Samuel Gil-\\nman, Judith Oilman, Abigail Woodman, David Woodman,\\nJoseph Butler, Laura Butler, James Lee, Hannah Lee,\\nRoxanna Lee, Susan Morrison, Silas Breed, and Anna\\nGray. The records mention the election of Silas Breed as\\nthe first clerk, but are silent as to the election of deacons.\\nThose who have served the church as pastors to the pres-\\nent are Revs. Daniel Osborne, J. H. Darling, L. J. Whit-\\ncomb, Stephen Bathrick, G. P. Blanchard, G. P. Linder-\\nman, and J. B. Drew, the latter being the present pastor,\\nwho begaii his services Sept. 1, 1878. Three hundred and\\neight persons in all have been received into the church\\nsince its organization. The membership on the 1st of\\nJanuary, 1880, was 200.\\nWorship was continued in the Antwerp school-house\\nand other convenient places until the completion of the\\npresent edifice, which was dedicated in 1859.\\nThe deacons of the church are Philip Sherrod and 0.\\nH. P. Sheldon, the latter being also the clerk. The\\nSunday-school, in charge of Edwin Douglass, has a mem-\\nbership of 150 and an average attendance of 90.\\nFirst Presbyterian Church. The B irst Presbyterian\\nChurch of Paw Paw was organized in the autumn of 1843,\\nat the residence of Edmund Smith. The loss of the early\\nrecords has rendered it impossible to reproduce the names\\nof all the first members, but the memory of old residents\\nsupplies the names of some of them, as follows: Mr. and\\nMrs. Daniel Van Antwerp, Salmon Hunt and his daugh-\\nters Mary and Margaret (one of them, now Mrs. N. M.\\nPugsley, being still a member of the church), Mrs. Ed-\\nmund Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Elias Harwick, Mr. and Mrs.\\nSamuel Mills.\\nThe first elders were Daniel Van Antwerp and Samuel\\nMills. The first trustees of the society, elected June 24,\\n1844, were Daniel Van Antwerp, Salmon Hunt, Samuel\\nMills, A. K. Axtell, Dwight C. Grimes, Lorin Darling, A.\\nV. Pantland, Samuel Grimes, and Edmund Smith.\\nDuring 1844, Rev. James McLaurine was cho.sen to be\\nthe first pastor, who served about three years. After being\\nthen absent a year (during which time Rev. Mr. Davidson\\nsupplied the pulpit), he returned and remained two years.\\nHe closed his labors in 1850, and was succeeded by Rev.\\nMr. Holmes, who was followed in 1852 by Rev. Oliver W.\\nMather. For a brief season, in 1855, Rev. Mr. Whitney\\nwas pastor, and about the beginning of 1856 Rev. H. C.\\nTuttle entered upon the charge. Rev. Norman Kellogg\\nsucceeded him in 1859, and remained six years. In 1865,\\nRev. Albert E. Hastings began his pastorate, and in 1868\\n65\\nRev. 0. H. Barnard became the pastor, and remained until\\n1871. He was followed by Revs. N. Otis, C. R. Wilkins,\\nand T. D. Marsh, the latter being now in charge.\\nDuring about a year after its organization worship was\\nheld in the ball-room of the Exchange Hotel, and in 1845\\na church edifice was erected near the court-house. In 1856\\nthe building was destroyed by fire, and in 1858 was re-\\nplaced by the present structure, which was dedicated March\\n3d of that year. The church has now a membership of\\n140, and the Sunday-school an average attendance of 90.\\nThe present elders are Robert Morrison, N. M. Pugsley,\\nLyman Tuttle, John S. Tuekey, E. P. Mills, Chandler\\nRichards, John W. Free, Henry Randolph, Thomas Tuekey.\\nSt. Millies {Protestant Episcopal) Church. St. Mark s\\nparish was organized at the court-house in Paw Paw Feb.\\n22, 1851, by A. W. Broughton, Anthony Cooley, Thomas\\nJ. Pinnock, Ciiarles Selleck, I. W. Willard, Williamson\\nMason. T. W. Melchor, George B.Sherwood, J. R. Baker,\\nE. S. Smith, George W. Ocobock, 0. F. Parker, R. J.\\nMerrill, Henry Ismon, H. L. Eggloston, A. V. Pantland,\\nPeter Gremps, S. T. Conway, J. K. Pugsley, B. Hurd, A.\\nWilder, William Hill, and Benoni Hall. At the second\\nmeeting, March 11th, Theodore P. Siieldon and Thomas\\nJ. Pinnock were chosen wardens, and I. W. Willard,\\nGeorge B. Sherwood, G. W. Ocobock, Anthony Cooley,\\nJ. K. Pugsley, and B. Hurd as vestrymen. Of the vestry-\\nmen the only one known to be living is J. K. Pugsley.\\nOn the 3d of June, 1851, Bishop McCoskry gave his\\ncanonical consent to the organization of the church, and on\\nthe 1st of July Rev. V. Spalding was called to act as\\nrector, at a salary of $200 per year, it being understood\\nthat the Missionary Society would furnish him $200 more.\\nMr. Spalding held his first service in an abandoned store,\\nand used the counter as his pulpit. In February, 1852, a\\ncooper-shop belonging to the Me-ssrs. Grimes, and previously\\nused by the Congregational Society, was leased, at a rental\\nof $1 per week, being occupied about a year. That house\\nof worship is now a portion of Harris carriage-factory.\\nMr. Spalding preached until December, 1852, and after\\nthat the church organization eea.sed its active existence for\\na period of thirteen years.\\nOn the 11th of January, 1865, Rev. Dr. C. A. Foster,\\nof St. John s Church, Kalamazoo, revived St. Mark s\\nChurch with considerable success, and remained in charge\\nuntil January, 1866. Rev. Darius Barker was then chosen\\nrector, and served as such until December, 1877, when Rev.\\nGeorge P. Schetky, the present rector, began his service.\\nShortly after Mr. Barker entered upon his pastorate he\\nbuilt a commodious addition to his residence in Paw Paw,\\nin which the church met for worship until the erection, in\\n1876, of the edifice now in use.\\nThe church membership is now 47. The wardens are\\nD. C. Coleman and J. K. Pugsley the vestrymen are\\nC. J. Nash, F. E. Stevens, J. Davey, A. J. Mills, J. W.\\nVan Fossen, and William Pugsley. The Sunday-school\\nhas an attendance of 60, and is in charge of the pastor.\\nThe stations in St. Mark s parish are Paw Paw, Lawrence,\\nHartford, Bangor, Breedsville, South Haven, Pine Grove,\\nKendall, Lawton, and Decatur.\\nSt. Mary s Church of the Immaculate Conception Cath-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0763.jp2"}, "764": {"fulltext": "514\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nolic). As early as 1848, Father Barron, of Notre Dame,\\nat South Bend, used to visit Paw Paw occasionally for the\\npurpose of holding mass for the benefit of the families of\\nPee Pee Yah and other Indians. In 1855, when the vil-\\nlage contained seven or eight Catholic families. Father La\\nBelle, of Kalamazoo, held mass in the residence of James\\nBennett, and came after that about once a month for sev-\\neral years, holding services generally at Mr. Bennett s\\nhouse. After Father La Belle s death, there came Father\\nCappon, of Niles, Fathers Quinn, Tierney, and Murray,\\nof Kalamazoo, and Father Roper, of Silver Creek, during\\nwhich period Paw Paw remained a mission in Kalamazoo\\nparish. It was then created a parish by the name of St.\\nMary s of the Immaculate Conception, with Rev. John\\nWernert as the first resident priest, who still holds that\\nposition. The present house of worship was commenced\\nduring Father La Belle s time, but was not completed until\\n1872. The attendance includes about 50 families. The\\nmissions attached to the parish are Arlington and Decatur.\\nThe church trustees are James Doyle, William Ryan, and\\nWilliam Hough.\\nSCHOOLS.\\nThe first village school in Paw Paw was taught by Miss\\nRoxa Agard, in the summer of 1885, and there being no\\nbetter school-house available, Rodney Hinckley s black-\\nsmith-shop was utilized for that purpose. The appoint-\\nments of that .school-house consisted principally of a few slab\\nseats, but the scholars are said to have been quite as stu-\\ndious and zealous as in some more pretentious institutions.\\nThere were perhaps ten .scholars when the attendance was\\nat its best, but there were times when not more than four or\\nfive would respond to roll-call. Of that chosen band of am-\\nbitious girls and boys, those known to be living are Mrs.\\nAlonzo Shults (a daughter of Peter Gremps) and Jonathan\\nJ. Woodman, of Paw Paw, and Isaac Hinckley and his\\ntwo sisters (children of Rodney Hinckley), now living at\\nSouth Haven.\\nThe next summer (1836j the village school was taught\\nby MelLssa Warner, in a log shanty on the west side of the\\nriver, just north of where Mason s planing-mill now stands.\\nThat school had 15 or 20 pupils. During the summer of\\n1886, Williamson Mason and Joseph Royes built a school-\\nhouse on Gremps Street, and in the fall it was occupied,\\nLorenzo Gate being the first teacher in it, and being also\\nthe first male teacher employed in the village. That build-\\ning was used not only as a school-house, but also as a court-\\nhouse, and on Sundays it became a house of worship.\\nThe condition of the public schools of the township on\\nthe 1st of September, 1879, according to the official report\\nfor the year 1879, may be learned from the subjoined table\\nNumber of districts (whole, 5 fractional, 4).... 9\\nscholars of school age 859\\nAverage attendance 7, )6\\nValue of school property $ol,. iOn\\nNumber of teachers 31\\nAmount paid teachers $4,073\\nTotal expenses for the year $9,721\\nThe school directors for 1879 were J. Andrews, W. Wil-\\nson, G. T. Sherrod, E. E. Crane, Charles H. Butler, H.\\nHinckley, B. Odell, W. M. Shopard, George L. Tuttle.\\nPaw Paw Union School. -The building now u.sed as a\\ntown-hall was originally the union school and although ad-\\nditions were made to its accommodations as the demand\\nfor room increased, there was still a lack of space, and in\\nDecember, 1868, the district resolved to build a brick\\nschool-house, to cost $25,000, and to borrow the money re-\\nquired. The result wa.s the present elegant and imposing\\nstructure which stands at the head of Main Street, and\\nwhich is justly the pride of the town. The entire cost of\\nground, building, and furniture was $40,000. The edifice\\nwas begun in the winter of 1868-69, and was opened for\\nuse in September, 1870. It contains six departments,\\nhigh school, grammar school, two intermediate, and two\\nprimary departments, in which the aggregate average\\nattendance is 414.\\nThe members of the school board are E. 0. Briggs, Jo-\\nsiah Andrews, G. J. Hudson, Andrew Richards, Aaron\\nVan Auken, and George W. Longwell.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nALBERT HARRISON.\\nThis gentleman was born in the town of Tyre, Seneca\\nCo., N. y., April 19, 1828, and was the fourth in a family\\nof seven children, four sons and three daughters. His\\nfather, Jonas Harrison, was a native of New Jersey. His\\nmother, Hannah (Markham) Harrison, was a native of\\nEngland, and came to the United States in 1812. She is\\nstill living, aged eighty-four, but her husband is deceased.\\nIn the fall of 1847 the family came to Van Buren Co.,\\nMich.\\nAlbert Harrison, who had remained at home until he\\nwas twenty-one, worked for two years thereafter at monthly\\nwages, and in 1850 purchased land on section 36 in Paw\\nPaw township, which he subsequently exchanged for forty\\nacres on section 16, where his father-in-law now lives.\\nSept. 7, 1856, he was married to Esther E., daughter of\\nHiram I. and p]lizabeth Southwell, she being the fourth in\\na family of seven children, four sons and three daughters.\\nShe was born in Cayuga Co., N. Y., May 3, 1836. Her\\nparents, who were both natives of that State, came to\\nMichigan in the spring of 1855. Mr. Harrison purchased\\none hundred and twelve acres of land, which is all under\\nimprovement. As they have no children of their own\\nthey adopted an orphan girl at the age of two and a half\\nyears, who is now living with them, aged twenty-one, and\\ncould scarcely be dearer to them if she were their own\\ndaughter. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison are consistent and in-\\nfluential members of the Disciples Church, with which\\nMrs. Harrison united when she was .seventeen years of age.\\nMr. Harrison is a Republican in polities, but never took an\\nactive part in the political field, and has never sought for\\nnor held an important office.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0764.jp2"}, "765": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF PAW PAW.\\n515\\nPETER GREMPS.\\nMRS. PETER GREMPS.\\nPETER GREMPS,\\nwhose portrait, together with that of his wife, appears on\\nthis page, was born in the town of Palatine, Montgomery\\nCo., N. Y., May 12, 1801, and was the younge.st and the\\nonly son in a family of six children. His parents, John\\nP. and Nancy (Belinger) Gremps, were also natives of the\\ntown of Palatine. John Gremps was a soldier of the Revo-\\nlution, and was wounded in action. He died about the\\nyear 1815. Mrs. Nancy Gremps died in 1837.\\nAfter his father s death Peter Gremps remained at home\\nwith his mother. In 1820, when but nineteen years of\\nage, he was married to Christina H., daughter of Peter\\nand Elizabeth Houck, natives of Schoharie Co., N. Y., and\\nlived on the old homestead until 1835. His attention was\\nattracted to the wonderful tide of emigration which swept\\nwestward, and he decided to join the throng who were\\nseeking homes in the great West. To decide was to act,\\nand he came to Michigan via the Erie Canal to Buffalo,\\nthence by lake to Detroit. At the latter place he met his\\nson, John Gremps, and a nephew named Arnold Vedder,\\nwho had made the journey with teams across Canada.\\nTwo weeks later they arrived at the site of Paw Paw, Van\\nBuren Co. Mr. Gremps purchased land on section 12, and\\nbecame one of the founders of Paw Paw village. He was\\nits first postmaster, which was the only office he could be\\ninduced to accept. He was ever industrious, frugal, and\\ngenial, and trained his family to similar habits. He at first\\naccumulated but a moderate quantity of worldly goods, but\\nfinally became possessed of an abundance. In company\\nwith Messrs. Willard and Daniels, he built the first grist-\\nmill at Paw Paw, the same which is now standing. His\\nprincipal business was always that of a farmer. Mr. and\\nMrs. Gremps were the parents of six children, as follows:\\nJohn, born in 1821, died in 1861 Ann Eliza, born in\\n1823, died in 1847 Rosanna, born Dec. U, 1825, married\\nto Alonzo Shultz, May 25, 1854, and now living with her\\nhusband in the village of Paw Paw; Peter H., born July\\n17, 1828, married to Caroline S. Durkee, Jan. 16, 1868;\\nMargaret, born in March, 1830, died April 2, 1862 Nancy\\nM., born in March, 1833, married to Daniel Boone, June\\n5, 1868, and now living in Adrian, Mich. Peter H. Gremps\\noccupies a portion of the old farm, but not the old home-\\nstead. He has one child, Belle, born Dec. 24, 1871, and is\\na worthy representative of his honored sire, who died Marcji\\n29, 1874. Mrs. Peter Gremps, iSr., died April 24, 1860.\\nANDERSON C. WEBB.\\nThe father of this gentleman was a native of New York,\\nand was born July 10, 1811. He married, in the State of\\nOhio, Julia Cone, who was born in Connecticut, May 21,\\n1815. They are both now living in Kansas.\\nAnderson C. Webb is the third in a family of seven\\nchildren, and was born March 16, 1839. Until he was\\nfourteen years old he lived with his parents in Ohio, and\\ncame from there with them to Michigan, settling in Paw\\nPaw township, Van Buren Co. He remained at home\\nmost of the time, assisting his parents, until he was twenty-\\nsix years of age, and on the 2d of February, 1865, was\\nmarried to Miss Laura M. Rhodes, daughter of Henry W.\\nand Laura M. Rhodes. She was born in Paw Paw, June 3,\\n1843, her father being one of the pioneers of the place.\\nMr. and Mrs. Webb are the parents of four children, as\\nfollows: Dora M., born June 8, 1866; Frank J., born\\nOct. 26, 1868; Cora M., born Feb. 12, 1872; Fred A.,\\nborn April 28, 1878. On the 24th of October, 1865, Mr.\\nand Mrs. Webb settled on the farm where they are now\\nliving, a view of which will be found in this work. The\\nplace, which contains one hundred and forty acres, was but\\npartially improved when Mr. Webb occupied it, but is now\\na very pleasant home. Mrs. Webb is the oldest in a family\\nof five children her parents are yet residing in Paw Paw.\\nMr. Webb is a Republican in politics, and he and his wife\\nare members of the Free-Will Baptist Cliurcii, with which\\nthey united in 1870. Mr. Webb received his education at\\nthe common schools, although for a short time he attended\\nthe Agricultural College.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0765.jp2"}, "766": {"fulltext": "516\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nHENRY \\\\V. RHODES.\\nMUS. HENRY W. RHODES.\\nHENRY W. RHODES\\nwas born in the town of Bunilville, R. I., Nov. 8, 1811,\\nand was the second in a family of six children, four sons\\nand two daughters, who are all living at present. Mr.\\nRhodes father, Henry Rhodes, was born in Providence,\\nR. I., in 1783, and died in Paw Paw, Mich., March 24,\\n1852. The hitter s wife, Demaris (Parker) Rhodes, was\\nborn in Rhode Island in 1782, and died in Paw Paw, in\\n1868. William Rhodes, the grandfather of Henry W.,\\nwas a sea-captain during the Revolutionary war. The\\nparents of Mrs. Henry Rhodes, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Parker,\\nwere natives of England, and Quakers.\\nHenry W. Rhodes removed to Vermont with his parents\\nwhen eight years old, and remained there until he was\\ntwenty-two, assisting in the home duties and taking care\\nof his father and mother. In the summer of 1833 he\\nproceeded to Monroe Co., N. Y., returning to Vermont in\\nthe winter following, and coming thence to Michigan. In\\nOctober, 1835, he arrived in the latter State, and in No-\\nvember purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land on\\nsection 8, in the township of Paw Paw, Van Buren Co.\\nMay 18, 1836, he was married to Laura M., daughter of\\nJoseph aud Achsah (Moore) Luce, and widow of Jeremiah\\nTrumble. She was born in Monroe Co., N. Y., on the 22d\\nof April, 1813, and was the fourth in a family of eight\\nchildren, three sou s and five daughters. Mr. and Mrs.\\nRhodes were married in Monroe Co., N. Y., where he\\nhad returned for her. Her father, Joseph Luce, was born\\nin Massachusetts, June 11, 1782, and died April 9, 1847.\\nHer mother, Achsah (Moore) Luce, was born in New\\nHampshire, Feb. 9, 1780, and died April 5, 1863. To\\nHenry W. Rhodes aud wife have been born the following\\nchildren, viz. Laura M., born June 3, 1843; William H.,\\nborn Dec. 3, 1844; Charles P., born May 1, 1846, died\\nOct. 18, 1850; Frank W., born July 19, 1849; Julia S.,\\nborn March 26, 1853. Laura M. is the wife of A. C.\\nWebb, of Paw Paw William H. married Mary E. Roe-\\nney, of Philadelphia; Frank W. married Jenny Salt, a\\nnative of Canada, and resides ou the old homestead in\\nPaw Paw and Julia S. became the wife of James H.\\nWilder, who has settled on a farm in Dakota Territory.\\nHenry W. Rhodes is by trade a mason, and his start in\\nlife was made with the trowel, his wife keeping house in\\nthe woods, with no neighbors nearer than a distance of\\nthr^-fourths of a mile. The forest was thronged with\\nwolves, whose nightly howls woke the echoes far and near.\\nThe red man visited the lone cabin occasionally to beg for\\nvictuals, and Mrs. Rhodes recollection is vivid regarding\\nthe experiences of life in the Michigan wilderness. Mr.\\nRhodes began with the proceeds of his summer s work,\\nless than two hundred dollars, and became an extensive\\nowner and dealer in real estate, owning, at one time, seven\\nhundred acres of land, aside from other tracts to which\\nhe held tax titles. He has at the present time consider-\\nable wild land in Kansas.\\nMr. and Mrs. Rhodes have been connected with the\\nChristian Church since 1844. In politics Mr. Rhodes is\\na Republican, and has often been selected to fill office in\\nhis township. He is numbered among the energetic class\\nwho have acquired prominence as self-made men, and is\\nnow enjoying the fruits of his labor through more than\\nforty years in the beautiful peninsula.\\nEDWIN BARNUM,\\nwhose portrait is given in connection with this sketch, was\\nborn in Mentz, Cayuga Co., N. Y., March 31, 1814, and was\\nthe fifth in a family of seven children, four sons aud three\\ndaughters. He assisted in the duties of home until he\\nwas twenty-one, and in the spring of 1835 came to Paw\\nPaw township. Van Buren Co., Mich., in which he lived,\\nwith the exception of a few brief periods, until his death,\\nwhich occurred Aug. 24, 1875. Soou after his arrival in\\nthis State he located land ou section 10 in Paw Paw, and\\nkept bachelor s hall for one year. He boarded during\\nthe remaining time until 1840, and ou the 21st of March,\\nin the latter year, was married to Sarah Ann, daughter of\\nJohn and Mary Lylc, who had moved from the State of", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0766.jp2"}, "767": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF PAW PAW.\\n517\\nNew York in the fall of 1835. Mrs. Barnum was born\\nNov. 5, 1820, and was the third in a family of ten chil-\\ndren, five sous and five daughters. Of these, eight are\\nnow living in Van Buren Co., and two in Cass Co., Mich.\\nMr. and Mrs. Barnum have had but one child, Isaac,\\nborn May 19, 1842. At an early age he evinced extraor-\\nEDWIN BARNUM.\\ndinary talent; being of a delicate constitution, he adopted\\nthe study of the law, in which profession he would have\\nwithout doubt distinguished himself, had his health per-\\nmitted. He is now in Colorado, seeking a new lease of\\nlife among the rocky peaks and pure, dry atmosphere of\\nthat State.\\nAt the age of twenty-nine years, J]dwin Barnum em-\\nbraced religion, and united with the Christian Church, in\\nwhich he was soon licensed to preach. He labored earn-\\nestly in this sparsely-settled region with an acknowledged\\npower of doing good. His purity of life, genial temper,\\nliberality, and great kindness of heart made him many\\nfriends. In language he was eloquent, and in principle\\ncorrect. He held the ofiiee of county treasurer eight con-\\nsecutive years, and filled, very acceptably, the office of\\nsupervisor several terms. For thirty-two years he was a\\nconsistent member of the Church of Christ. His faithful\\nand devoted wife, now wearing the garb of widowhood, is\\nliving in the village of Paw Paw, surrounded by the com-\\nforts which she assisted her husband to accumulate.\\nDAVID WOODMAN,\\nthe second son of the late Joseph Woodman, was born in\\nMarch, 1818, in Wheelock, Caledonia Co., Vt. In the\\nsummer of 1831 he removed, with his father s family, to\\nRiga, Monroe Co., N. Y., remaining there, laboring upon\\nthe farm summers and attending the district school winters,\\nuntil the spring of 1835, when his father and family re-\\nmoved to Michigan, leaving him with Joseph Luce, upon a\\nrented farm. In September, 1835, he, witii Mr. Luce and\\nfamily and four other families, took up their line of march\\nfor Michigan. The party consisted of twenty-nine persons\\ntheir outfit was five covered wagons, each drawn by two\\npair of sturdy oxen nine cows were driven along, which\\nfurnished milk and butter for use on the way it was\\nknown as the big ox-train, and its progress was a matter\\nof record at that time. It crossed the Niagara at Queens-\\ntown, arriving in Detroit fourteen days afterwards. It then\\nwended its way westward, and arrived at Paw Paw in Oc-\\ntober, the journey occupying twenty-eight days. Paw Paw\\nat that time consisted of a saw-mill, a very small hotel, a\\npost-office, and three or four log huts or dwellings. The\\nentire county of Van Buren at that time was included in\\nthe township of Lafayette, now Paw Paw. Young Wood-\\nman rendered his father efficient aid in improving the farm\\nand erecting permanent buildings. As the spring of 1836\\napproached he, with his brother, prepared for sugar-making\\non section 33, and with two exceptions he made sugar at\\nthe same place for more than thirty years. At the time he\\nopened his camp the adjoining forest was one vast Indian\\nsugar-camp.\\nSeveral wigwams being in close proximity to his own, he\\nbecame quite familiar with the Indian language and their\\ntraits of character, one of which was honesty that was\\nalways strictly adhered to. He well knew the old chiefs\\nPokagou and Pee Pee Yaw, and the old warrior, Shavehead,\\nwho was supposed to be one hundred years old, and boasted\\nthat he had killed a hundred men. In the spring of 1836,\\nMr. Woodman made a canoe at his sugar-camp, and, with\\nthe assistance of two others, the canoe was backed to\\nEagle Lake, about a mile distant. They were, no doubt,\\nthe first white men that ever floated upon that beautiful\\nlake, and it was this party that gave the present name to\\nthat sheet of water. A pair of bald eagles had built an\\nenormous nest in the forks of a large whitewood-tree stand-\\ning on its southern shore, hence it was called Eagle Lake.\\nMr. Woodman was present at the first election ever held in\\nVan Buren County, also at the first Circuit Court. He was\\nalso present at the organization of the township of Antwerp.\\nHe held a second lieutenant s commission (which bears the\\nname of Stevens T. Mason) in a company of riflemen,\\nalso a first lieutenant s commission, signed by William Wood-\\nbridge, Governor, dated 1840. He commenced on the\\nfarm where he now resides in 1839, keeping what was\\ncalled bachelor s hall, working on his place summers and\\nat other vocations winters. He frequently passed an entire\\nweek without seeing a single person. In 1841 he visited\\nhis old home in New England, and returned, thankful that\\nhe had found a better place than old Vermont. In the\\nmean time he had cleared away the forest and erected a\\ncomfortable dwelling. He also built a house on some land\\nhe had purchased on the east side of the village of Paw\\nPaw, and in May, 1844, he married Miss Jane Harris,\\nwho, about two years previous, had arrived from Wheatland,\\nMonroe Co., N. Y., and was now a resident of Antwerp.\\nThey remained on their place in Paw Paw until April,\\n1845, when they removed to their farm. Early in the\\nspring of 1852, Mr. Woodman removed his family to the\\nvillage of Paw Paw, and, in company with his two brothers\\nand brother-in-law, made a trip to California, their teams\\nleaving Paw Paw March 16th, and arriving on Feather", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0767.jp2"}, "768": {"fulltext": "518\\nHISTOKY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nRiver the 27th of July, making the journey in one hundred\\nand thirty-five days. Mr. Woodman returned in the spring\\nof 1853, by the way of Panama, Kingston, Jamaica, and\\nNew York, arriving home in June, 1853. He immediately\\ntook possession of his farm, purchased one hundred and\\nfifty acres adjoining, and, with his usual energy, commenced\\nimproving his new purchase and preparing for building.\\nHis house had burned during his absence, and a small,\\nrough structure had been erected in its place. He built\\nhis present residence in 1857, and in the summer of 1864,\\naccompanied by his wife, he again visited Vermont. They\\ntraveled extensively in Maine, Massachusetts, and New\\nHampshire, and returned through New York, visiting the\\nearly home of Mrs. Woodman. In 186G they visited his\\nbrother in Kansas, traveling through Illinois, Missouri, Ne-\\nbraska, Iowa, and Wisconsin, journeying over four hundred\\nmiles by stage and wagon. In 1876 they visited Washing-\\nton, crossing over to Arlington Heights, where the nation s\\ndead are buried, and where stands the mansion of the rebel\\nchieftain, R. E. Lee. They spent a week at the Centennial,\\nand returned by the Lehigh Valley and Suspension Bridge.\\nMr. and Mrs. Woodman have had five children Celia,\\nborn in 1845; now in California. Edson, born in 1847; en-\\nlisted in the army in 1864 was with Sherman in his South-\\nern campaigns was wounded at Bentonville, and receives\\na pension from the government he owns a fine farm ad-\\njoining his father s, and is a noted breeder of Peroheron\\nNorman horses. Emma, born in 1854, died at the age of\\nthree years. Jason, born in 1860, is a member of the\\njunior class in the Agricultural College. Dora, born in\\n1862, is a student in the Paw Paw union school.\\nMr. Woodman has been one of the most successful farmers\\nin his township, his farm comprising about three hundred\\nacres of choice land. He practices mixed husbandry, rais-\\ning stock and all the staple varieties of grain. He is one\\nof the principal stockholders in the First National Bank of\\nPaw Paw, and has been since its organization. He has\\nheld various township offices has been assessor, highway\\ncommissioner, justice of the peace, and is now supervisor of\\nPaw Paw. He is also president of the Van Buren County\\nFarmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company president of\\nthe Van Buren County Agricultural Society director of\\nthe Western Michigan Agricultural and Industrial Society.\\nHe is also Master of the Van Buren County Pomona\\nGrange. He is and has been for many years an elder in\\nthe Disciples Church of Paw Paw, a position he holds with\\nhonor to himself as well as to the church. He is now almost\\nsixty-two years of age, enjoys perfect health, has never been\\nconfined to bed by sickness since he can remember has only\\nbeen visited by a physician, professionally, once, and that\\nwas to replace a dislocated shoulder, caused by a runaway\\naccident. He has never used intoxicating liquors nor to-\\nbacco, believing both to be ruinous to health, destructive\\nto property, and degrading to all using or trafficking in them.\\nPHILIP SHERROD\\n(a view of whose home appears in this work) was born in\\nErie Co., Pa., March 12, 1829, and was the third in a\\nfamily of four children, three sons and one daugiiter. His\\nfather, Daniel Sherrod, was born Sept. 20, 1800, in Penn-\\nsylvania, and his mother in Lincoln Co., Ohio, in 1802.\\nThey were married in Ohio in June, 1824, Mr. Sherrod\\nhaving then been in the latter State one year. The maiden\\nname of Mrs. Daniel Sherrod was Rebecca Kyle. After\\ntheir marriage they located at Erie, Pa., where Mr. Sherrod\\nengaged in farming.\\nPhilip Sherrod came to Michigan in 1848, and remained\\neighteen months, farming and attending school. In the\\nspring of 1850 he returned to Pennsylvania, but in No\\nvember, 1851, came again to Michigan, and purchased the\\nplace upon which he now resides, in the township of Paw\\nPaw, Van Buren Co. May 2, 1852, he was married to\\nBerryund, daughter of James and Hannah Lee, who were\\nearly settlers in Michigan. Mrs. Sherrod was born June\\n16, 1823, and was the ninth in a family of ten children,\\nseven sons and three daughters. D.uiiel Sherrod had pur-\\nchased, through an agent, the land on which Philip now\\nlives, the latter purchasing of his father. Upon his ar-\\nrival in Michigan Mr. Sherrod found his means exhausted,\\nand in order to pay for his land cut and sold saw-logs.\\nThe first year he occupied the place, he cleared seven acres\\nand sowed it to wheat. Mr. Sherrod now has one hundred\\nacres, including twenty which have been added to his\\noriginal purchase. All is under excellent improvement.\\nHis residence is neat and commodious, and his out-buildings\\nare ample. Mr. and Mrs. Sherrod are the parents of three\\nchildren, as follows: Daniel, born Oct. 9, 1854, died Aug.\\n12, 1858 Lena, born March 12, 1871 and one who died\\nin infancy, nameless.\\nIn 1868, Jlr. Sherrod and his wife united with the Free-\\nWill Baptist Church, in which Mr. Sherrod is now a deacon\\nand a trustee. He is, politically, a Democrat, never having\\nacted with any other party. He has held the office of\\nhighway commissioner six years, and justice of the peace,\\nto fill vacancy, two years. Rebecca, the first wife of Daniel\\nSherrod, died in February, 1833, and in February, 1835,\\nMr. Sherrod was married to Hannah Cole, who was a native\\nof New York. Seven children were the fruit of this union.\\nMrs. Daniel Sherrod, aged seventy-nine, is living in this\\ntownship.\\nMr. and Mrs. Philip Sherrod enjoy the esteem and con-\\nfidence of all their acquaintances. Their walks have been\\nupright in life, and their industry and economy have built\\nfor them the home they now occupy, with all its comforta-\\nble surroundings.\\nWILLIAM H. LEE.\\nThis gentleman, whose portrait appears in this work, was\\nthe third in a family of ten children, six sons and four\\ndaughters, and was born in Chenango Co., N. Y., July\\n18, 1812. His father, James Lee, was a native of New\\nYork, and his mother, Hannah (Church) Lee, of Vermont.\\nAt the age of fourteen years William Lee began to learn\\nthe trade of a mason with his father, and worked in that\\nbusiness with the latter until he was twenty-four. In\\nApril, 1836, he was married to Susanna Brown, who was\\nborn Juno 5, 1817. To them were born ten children, of\\nwhom five are now living, viz. Harriet E., wife of Alma\\nMulligan, of Bangoi John S., now a resident ol Nebraska;", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0768.jp2"}, "769": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF PAW PAW.\\n519\\nMrs. Hannah Payne, residing in Paw Paw township Roxy\\nS., wife of 0. W. Baltzley, living in Nebraska; and Alniira\\nJ., who is also living in Nebraska. In 1838, Mr. Lee\\ncame to Michigan and settled in the township of Paw\\nPaw, Van Buren Co. His wife died Oct. 10, 1869, and on\\nWILLIAM H. LEE.\\nthe 16th of October, 1870, he was married to Mrs. Eliza\\nHowe, widow of W. Howe. Her geniaj temper and bruad\\nintelligence contribute greatly to make the life and home\\nof Mr. Lee most happy. She was born Oct. 16, 1820, in\\nNew Hampshire, and was the tenth in a family of fourteen\\nchildren. She came to Michigan in 1845. Her union\\nwith Mr. Howe was blessed by four children, Harry T.,\\nborn November 20, 1841 Susan, born April 20, 1844,\\nnow the wife of Charles Flanders, of Paw Paw village\\nLucetta, born Dec. 22, 1849, the wife of Alvah A. Hutch-\\nins; William S.,born March 30, 1852, died Dec. 29, 1853.\\nMr. Lee has always followed his occupation as a mason,\\npreferring it to agricultural labor. Althoizgh his facilities\\nfor acquiring an education were limited, his natural gifts\\nand determined mind have thus far enabled him to succeed\\nwell in life, and sufficient means have been accumulated to\\nkeep him from want during the remainder of his life. He\\nis an honored and respected citizen. Following the exam-\\nple of the members of his family on both sides, he early\\nunited with the Christian Church, of which he is still a\\nconsistent member.\\nJEREMIAH H. SIMMONS.\\nMr. Simmons was born at Woodstock, Windsor Co., Vt.,\\nJuly 27, 1800, and was the second in a family of seven\\nchildren, three sons and four daughters. His father,\\nHowland Simmons, and his mother, Experience (DunhaniJ\\nSimmons, were both natives of Connecticut, and farmers by\\noccupation.\\nWhen Jeremiah Simmons became of age he commenced\\nlearning the trade of cabinet-making. May 23, 1826, he\\nwas married to Miss Sarah B., daughter of Shadrach and\\nPhebe (GoflF) Phillips. Her father was a native of Rhode\\nIsland, and her mother of Massachusetts. Mrs. Simmons\\nwas born Oct. 8, 1802, in Woodstock, Vt., and was the\\nthird in a family of six children, two sons and four\\ndaughters. Mr. Simmons taught school in the East about\\nnine years, and in the summer of 1836 came to Paw Paw,\\n.lERESIIAH H. SIMMONS.\\nVan Buren Co., Mich., arriving on the 31st of July. He\\nlocated eighty acres in the township of Paw Paw, and for\\ntwo years succeeding his arrival worked at his trade. He\\nbuilt the first carding-niill that was erected in the county,\\nand about 1854 engaged in the hardware business, having\\npreviously sold his interest in the carding-mill. Mr. and\\nMrs. Simmons became the parents of the following children,\\nviz.: Orville C, born in Woodstock, Vt., Oct. 17, 1828;\\nIrene P., born in Paw Paw township. May 15, 1838, now\\nthe wife of I. W. Vanfossen, of Paw Paw and one (the\\nfirst) who died in infancy. Mr. Simmons was a Democrat\\nin politics, and a prominent man in his township and\\ncounty. He held the positions of judge of probate, county\\nclerk, register of deeds, and justice of the peace, and was\\none of the founders of the Masonic lodge at Paw Paw. He\\ncontinued to live in this township until his death.\\nOrville C. Simmons was associated for some years with\\nhis father in the hardware business. He was married, Nov.\\n4, 1851, to Margaret Gremps, who bore him two children,\\nClayton R., born Dec. 15, 1855, now livmg with his\\ngrandmother, S. B. Simmons Ida M., born Dec. 15, 1858,\\nnow the wife of Frank Hudson, of Paw Paw. Mr. Sim-\\nmons died in Paw Paw, May 4, 1869.\\nMiss Irene P. Simmons was married, June 23, 1858, to\\nI. W. Vanfossen, who was born in Livingston County,\\nN. Y., July 24, 1827, and came to Jackson County, Mich.,\\nwith his father, in 1833. In 1854 he removed to Paw\\nPaw, and commenced publishing the Paw Paw Free Press.\\nMr. and Mrs. Vanfossen are the parents of three children,\\nZell, born March 18, 1864, died Oct. 29, 1869; Vern,\\nborn Feb. 21, 1872 Rena Ray, born July 4, 1875.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0769.jp2"}, "770": {"fulltext": "520\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nHENRY WILSON\\n(a view of whose home and portraits of himself and wife\\nappear in this volume) was born in Trumbull Co., Ohio,\\nAug. 18, 1821, and was the second in a family of seven\\nchildren. His father, James M. WiLson, was born in New\\nYork, and his mother, Lydia (Trask) Wilson, in Vermont.\\nThe latter died in 1841, and the former in 1848. From\\nthe time Henry Wilson was eleven years of age, until he\\nwas seventeen, his father hired his services to different par-\\nties, and appropriated his earnings towards the support of\\nthe family. At the expiration of the time stated, in 1837,\\nhe came to Michigan, and found employment with Judge\\nBarry, in Lenawee County, at fourteen dollars per month,\\nwhich was then the highest wages paid for common labor.\\nHe remained with the judge eighteen months, earning sufB-\\ncient to pay for forty acres of land he purchased in the fall\\nof 1837, at four dollars per acre, and having a balance on\\nhand. He walked thirty-eight miles for the purpose of\\nplacing his deed on record, and then proceeded, still on foot,\\nto Toledo, where he took passage on a boat for Erie, Pa.\\nUpon his return home he found his mother in failing health,\\nand entered the employ of Charles Reed, who lived near.\\nIn trading away his Michigan land he was the victim of\\nmisplaced confidence, and lost the whole, finding himself, at\\nthe age of twenty-one, forced to begin the battle anew.\\nWith a stout heart and willing hand he commenced work,\\nand for three years was engaged, on contract, in chopping,\\nclearing, and fencing. Oct. 24, 1844, he was married to\\nEliza 0., daughter of Moses and Olive Olds, who was born\\nMarch 30, 1824, and was the third in a family of four\\nchildren. Her father was born in Genesee Co., N. Y., and\\nher mother in Vermont, and previous to her marriage with\\nMr. Wilson they had removed to Pennsylvania. In the\\nspring of 1846, Mr. Wilson came West with his wife, via\\nthe great lakes, stopping a few days in Illinois, and pro-\\nceeding thence to Paw Paw, Van Buren Co., Mich., ar-\\nriving with a capital of eighty dollars. For four weeks\\nMr. Wilson was employed by I. W. Willard and Daniel 0.\\nDodge. About the last of May, 1846, he purchased forty\\nacres of land on section 16, in Paw Paw township, paying\\nfor the same at the rate of five dollars per acre, and can-\\nceling one-fourth of the debt (fifty dollars) at the time.\\nWithin three days he built a log .shanty, roofed it with\\nshakes, laid a hewed floor over one-half the room, and\\nmoved into it. His wife did the cooking out of doors for\\nfour months, or until he could spare enough money,\\nto buy a stove. During the spring and summer he was\\nmost of the time in the employ of others, but at late and\\nearly hours he worked upon his own place, and in time had\\ncleared four acres, which he sowed to wheat. On one oc-\\ncasion, not having money enough to pay the postage on\\nsome letters which had come to his address in the post-oflBce,\\nhe took his tools on his back, walked one and a half miles\\nto Benoni Hall s, cut and split two hundred rails, received\\nhis pay, one dollar, returned home, and the same evening\\nwalked to Paw Paw for his letters. About this time, his\\nsupply of meat having failed, he walked one morning to\\nPaw Paw, cut and split four cords of four-foot wood for I.\\nW. Willard, received his pay in pork, anil carried it home\\nin the evening of the same day. At another time he started\\nfor Paw Paw, three miles distant, with two bushels of wheat\\non his back, intending to have some milling done. When\\nabout half way he was overtaken by a team, and his burden\\nwas carried for him. In this manner he kept the wolf from\\nthe door until he could harvest a crop of his own, and since\\nthen his energy has been exerted in clearing and fencing\\nhis land, and at times increasing the extent of his posses-\\nsions. He is now the owner of two hundred acres of land,\\none hundred and sixty being under the highest state of cul-\\ntivation has a fine lot of stock and excellent buildings, and\\nis free from debt. His son Walter is settled on eighty\\nacres in the immediate neighborhood, his younger son,\\nHenry, remaining at home. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are the\\nparents of seven children: Eliza Jane, born Feb. 20, 1846,\\ndied March 30, 1864; Cornelia A., born May 9, 1848,\\ndied March 13, 1873; Warren H.. born Aug. 30, 1850,\\ndied March 10, 1864 Walter H., born Aug. 18, 1854\\nLowell H., born Aug. 13, 1856, died March 24, 1864;\\nCora J., born January 1, died March 21, 1864; Henry,\\nborn March 27, 1867. Mr. Wilson s education was limited\\nto six months tuition in the common schools, but he has\\nalways been able to transact successfully his own business\\nand keep his accounts straight, and is emphatically a self-\\nmade man. By the aid of his faithful and most excellent\\nwife, who has stood by him through sorrow, adversity, and\\nevery trial, he has been enabled to acquire a competence, and\\nboth are living to enjoy it. In religious matters Mr. Wil-\\nson is liberal, having due respect for the opinions of others,\\nand in politics is a Jacksonian Democrat.\\nG. F. HARRINGTON.\\nThis gentleman was born April 25, 1827, in Oneida Co.,\\nN. Y., and was the second in a family of nine children,\\nsix sons and three daughters. His father, H. C. Harring-\\nton, was born in Madison Co., N. Y., in 1804; his mother,\\nCatherine (Marshall) Harrington, was a native of the same\\ncounty, and was born the same year. Her grandfathers\\nand his maternal grandmother were natives of Rhode Island,\\nand his paternal grandmother was born in Vermont.\\nUntil he was twenty-one years of age he worked on his\\nfather s farm, and after that was engaged for seven years in\\nftirming and dealing in produce. In the fall of 1855 he\\ncame to Michigan, in company with Rev. A. C. Tuttle, and\\npurchased one hundred and thirty acres of land on sec-\\ntion 10, Paw Paw township. Van Buren Co. Mr. Tuttle\\nmoved upon it, and Mr. Harrington boarded with him. In\\n1864, Mr. Harrington s father came from New York and\\npurchased Mr. Tuttlc s interest in the farm. On the 10th\\nday of Aprd, 1864, G. F. Harrington was married to Ruth\\nM., daughter of Calvin and Emily Cross. She was born in\\nBangor, Mich., July 28, 1846, and is the fifth in a family\\nof eight children, three sons and five daughters. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Harrington are the parents of the following chil-\\ndren Delos, born April 29, 1865, died Aug. 3, 1865;\\nEdward J., born Oct. 6, 1866 Wayne Cross, born July\\n11, 1868; Fred, born Aug. 13, 1870; Lou, born Jan. 24,\\n1872 Harry C, born March 3, 1879, died Feb. 14, 1880.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0770.jp2"}, "771": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0771.jp2"}, "772": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0772.jp2"}, "773": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF PINE GROVE.\\n521\\nAfter the death of his father, which occurred in July,\\n1878, Mr. HarrinjitoQ purchased the old homestead, and\\nnow owns four hundred and fifty-eight acres of land, with\\none hundred and sixty acres under good improvement. He\\npays considerable attention to raising fine stock, horses,\\nmerino sheep, and Poland China swine being his specialties.\\nIn this enterprise he is greatly assisted by his three fine\\nboys, even though they are yet small. Mr. Harrington\\nmarkets most of liis own stock, occasionally shipping a car-\\nload at a time, and accompanying it himself. In religious\\nmatters he entertains liberal views, and endeavors to the\\nextent of his power to inculcate strictly moral principles in\\nthe minds of his children, and give them the benefit of his\\nown example. In politics he is a conservative Republican,\\nnever seeking for office nor taking an active part in politi-\\ncal matters.\\nB. A. MURUOCK.\\nMr. Murdock was born in Hamilton, Madison Co., N. Y.,\\nJan. 17, 1815, and was the second in a family of five\\nchildren, two sons and three daughters. His father, Ariel\\nMurdock, a native of New York, was a farmer. He held a\\ncaptain s commission in the war of 1812, and was for a time\\nstationed at Sacket s Harbor, N. Y. He died September,\\n1826. His wife Tryphosa (Bonney) Murdock, a native of\\nChesterfield, Mass., was a member of the Baptist Church\\nfor over a third of a century. She died Jan. 6, 1867.\\nB. A. Murdock remained at home until twenty-one years\\nof age, working the farm in the summer season, and attend-\\ning school in winter. On the 22d of March, 1836, he\\nstarted for Michigan, arriving in Van Buren County, in the\\nlatter State, on the 10th of April following. In the same\\nyear he located one hundred and sixty acres of laud on section\\n24, South Haven township. From 1836 to 1839 he worked\\nat farming, except in winter, when he employed his time\\nin teaching school. In 1839 he returned to New York, and\\nin October of that year, in company with Benjamin Parlin,\\nstarted on a tour of the States, returning to New York in\\nJune, 1840. He taught school in Madison County the\\nfollowing winter, and about July 10, 1842, came again to\\nMichigan. From that time until his marriage he engaged\\nin different occupations, teaching school, merchandising,\\nand speculating in land. May 1, 1859, he was married to\\nMary V. Anderson, daughter of Le Grand and Catharine\\n(Shaw) Anderson, both natives of Virginia, who emigrated\\nin an early day to Pickaway Co., Ohio, where Mrs. Mur\\ndock was born, Feb. 13, 1824. In 1832, Mr. Anderson\\nmoved, with his family, to Van Buren Co., Mich., having\\npreviously visited what is now Van Buren County as early\\nas 1828.\\nMr. and Mrs. Murdock have had two children,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ^a son and\\na daughter, both of whom died in infancy. Two nieces of\\nMrs. Murdock (and adopted daughters), M. Grace and\\nClara S. Anderson, whose mother died in 1869, are much-\\nloved members of Mr. and Mrs. Murdock s happy home.\\nMr. and Mrs. Murdock have been members of the Chris-\\ntian Church since 1861. He has been trustee and clerk of\\nthe same church many years. He has been a school-\\n66\\nteacher in the counties of Allegan, Kalamazoo, St. Joseph,\\nCass, and Van Buren.\\nMr. Murdock has been an extensive land-holder, having\\nowned at one time sixteen hundred acres. He has now five\\nhundred acres, aside from his pre.sent residence and several\\nlocations in the business portion of Paw Paw. He is en-\\ngaged in farming. He votes with the Republicans, but\\nwas never an active politician. He attends strictly to his\\nbusiness, and is a quiet, upright, and highly-honored citi-\\nzen. Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Murdock, together with a\\nview of their home, are given in this volume.\\nCHAPTER LXV.\\nPINE GROVE TOWNSHIP.*\\nLocation, Top gra|pliy, and Population\u00e2\u0080\u0094 First anrl Early Settlements\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Civil History\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Later Settlements in Pine (Jrove\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Village of\\nKendall\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Pine (irove Mills and (ioblevillc\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Educational\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Relig-\\nious Worship.\\nLOCATION, TOPOGRAPHY, AND POPULATION.\\nThis township, which derives its name from the fact that\\nthe major portion of its surface was originally covered with\\npine forests, is situated in the northeast corner of Van Buren\\nCounty. According to the field-notes of the original survey,\\nother varieties of timber then growing here were beech,\\ncherry, elm, white oak, linn, white ash, black ash, tamarack,\\nbutternut, whitewood, aspen, hickory, yellow oak, maple,\\nand sycamore.\\nThe surface is broken by irregular ranges of low hills\\ndotted with several small lakes, and intersected by numer-\\nous unimportant water-courses. The lake surface embraces\\na total area of about 600 acres. Clear, Brandywine, and\\nLilypad lakes being the most important.\\nIn the eastern part of the township are situated some\\nthree or four thousand acres of black-ash and tamarack\\nswamps. Much of this swamp-land, however, will be re-\\nclaimed ultimately by drainage.\\nA sandy loam predominates, which with intelligent cul-\\nture yields average crops of the earth s products common\\nto this region. The soil and climate are also peculiarly\\nwell adapted to fruit culture.\\nDuring early years the people were chiefly engaged in\\nlumbering but with the almost total disappearance of\\ntheir pine forests, attention has been turned more particu-\\nlarly to the pursuits of agriculture, and commodious farm\\nbuildings, surrounded by well-tilled acres, now appear where\\nbut a decade ago naught was seen but the woodman s shanty\\nand its necessary adjunct, the slashing.\\nSince 1870 population has rapidly increased, the census\\nof 1874 returning a total of 1851 inhabitants.\\nIt has at present (1880) a voting population of 570, show-\\ning an estimated total of at least 2300 inhabitants.\\nFIRST AND EARLY SETTLEMENTS.\\nThe first settler within the boundaries of this township\\nwas Joseph H. Hawks, who in 1839 purcha.sed from the\\nBy John S. Schenck.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0773.jp2"}, "774": {"fulltext": "522\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\ngeneral government lands, situated upon section 21, and in\\nthe following year (1840) his name appeared upon the\\nClinch assessment rolls as a resident owner of a portion\\nof that section, lying in township 1 south, of range number\\n13 west. About a year after Hawks settlement on section\\n21 a man named Stone purchased a part of section 30, in\\nthis township, and erected thereon a log habitation for him-\\nself and family, situated about sixty rods south, and a little\\neast of the present village of Pine Grove Mills. He re-\\nmained there until 1842 or 1843, clearing about ten acres.\\nThere seems to have been no further attempt looking\\ntowards permanent settlements until the years 1847 and\\n1848.\\nMessrs. Morrill Dyckman then owned several thousand\\nacres of timbered lands, situated in this township. In 1848\\nthey erected upon section 32 the old Pine Grove saw-milis,\\nand established a store. They employed a large number of\\nmen in and about the mills, and here was formed the nu-\\ncleus of a settlement which in thirty years has expanded to\\nthe present populous township.\\nIn 1849, with about 30 voters, the township was set off\\nfrom Bloomingdale and began a separate existence.\\nAmong the residents at that time were Charles M. Mor-\\nrill, the first supervisor Dewitt C. Lockman, first township\\nclerk Aaron S. Dyckman, first treasurer C. B. Palmer,\\nEphraim Taylor, Peter T. Valleau, Jephtha Waterman,\\nE. B. D. Hicks, Uriah Stevens, Thomas Southward, Free-\\nman Southward, Henry F. Bowen, John Pettibone, Benja-\\nmin P. Wolcott, Robert Love, James Clark, Edwin Petti-\\nbone, Benjamin H. Blair, Clark Brewer, Myron Parks,\\nJohn Greenwood, Grove Love, Royal Cooley, Robert Ivy,\\nDaniel Frary, James Ketchum, Sylvester Brown, W. H.\\nStevens, Horace H. Hadley, and Moses Waterman.\\nAdditional early settlers to 1852, inclusive, were Harmon\\nOstrander, Abel P. Conant, Newell Nash, Philip M. Brooks,\\nDavid Salisbury, Jason Russell, William B. Clement, Je-\\nrome Thrasher, Samuel Impson, Samuel Impson, Jr., Wil-\\nliam Impson, Abram Nash, William Adair, Jordan H.\\nJones, Rudolph Rogers, Peter Miller, Albert Abrams, and\\nDavid Wise.\\nWilliam B. Clement erected a saw-mill on section 20 in\\n1851, and engaged in lumbering quite extensively for a\\nnumber of years. His mill was twice burned and as often\\nrebuilt. In 1879 the machinery of this mill was removed\\nto Montcalm County by his son.\\nDavid Wise and family came from Lysander, Onondaga\\nCo., N. Y., in May, 1852, and settled upon section 32.\\nThe following year he was elected supervisor of this town-\\nship. His son, David D. Wise, besides serving in many\\nother honorable capacities, has filled the office of supervisor\\nten terms, and is the present incumbent. He is also station-\\nagent at the village of Pine Grove Mills.\\nChauucey Wise, another member of this family, served\\nas supervisor during the years 1868-70.\\nHenry Veley, if not the first, was one of the very earliest\\nsettlers in the northern part of the township.\\nAmong the residents here in 1854 and not already men-\\ntioned were James Hall, Henry Brown, George Clugston,\\nCharles Jefferson, Amasa Southward, John Story, John\\nSouthward, Dewitt Church, William J. Charles, Sylvester\\nG. Baker, Thomas Story, Stephen Remalig, James Earl,\\nChapman Lay, John J. Charles, Benjamin Earl, Volney\\nBlanehard, Abram Fitzgerald, James Clement, C. M.\\nBlanchard, Philip Strong, Myron Austin, Oscar Everest,\\nElias J. Aldrich, J. G. Ostrander, George Cook, Seth\\nMunn, Hiram Hiscock, Henry Packer, William Ash, A.\\nC. Hiscock, Ebenezer Van Tassell, A. M. Morrill, Richard\\nSalisbury, C. C. Westcott, Nathan Baker, and W. L.\\nConant.\\nCHAUNCEY WISE.\\nUntil after the close of the late war the township in-\\ncreased but slowly in population or material wealth, and\\nbut twice had there been polled more than 100 votes at\\ntownship elections, viz., in 1861 and 1864.\\nWith the establishment of peace between the warring\\nsections of our common country came many additional\\nsettlers to Pine Grove, in the persons of ex-soldiers, men\\nwho of all others are entitled to citizenship in a free land\\nand under the flag they so bravely defended.\\nBy this influx and the contemplated building of the\\nKalamazoo and South Haven Railroad, the population was\\naugmented to such an extent that in the spring election\\nof 1868, 240 votes were cast.\\nThe Pine Grove Mills post-office, on section 32, was first\\nestablished in 1857, David D. Wise, postmaster.\\nThe first framed dwelling was erected in the same local-\\nity in 1856, by Wise, Morrill Co., and used as a board-\\ning-house for their employees.\\nThe only water-power saw-mill was built on Pine Creek,\\nsection 1, about the year 1865.\\nThe Allegan State road, which ran along the west border\\nof the township, was authorized by the authorities of AI-\\nmena and Waverly, and surveyed by A. Crane, county\\nsurveyor, Sept. 2, 1844. The first road laid out by the\\nhighway commissioners of Pine Grove was of date July\\n12, 1849, upon the application of E. B. Dyckman and\\nothers, through who.se land it was to pass.\\nCIVIL HLSTOKY OF THE TOWNSHIP.\\nThe territory designated as township No. 1 south, of\\nrange No. 13 west, formed part of the original township of", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0774.jp2"}, "775": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF PINE GROVE.\\n523\\nClinch. It was set off as Almena in 1842, BloomiDgdale\\nin 1845, and by an act of the State Legislature became a\\nseparate organization under its present name in 1849.\\nFirst Township Election, etc. Pursuant to the act of\\norganization, the legal voters to the number of 25 as-\\nsembled at the place designated April 2, 1849, and chose\\nCharles M. Morrill, Moderator Aaron S. Dyckman, Clerk\\nHenry F. Bowen and Jephtha Waterman, Inspectors of\\nElection.\\nAt ten o clock a.m. the polls were declared open by\\nJephtha Waterman.\\nIt was then voted To divide said township into two\\nequal road districts by an east-and-west line. Board\\nadjourned for half an hour.\\nUpon reopening the polls, proclamation was made that the\\nsame would close at half-past four o clock p.m.\\nBy a viva voce vote, Uriah Stevens was elected road\\noverseer of District No. 1, the north half of the town-\\nship, and Ephraim Taylor road-master of District No. 2,\\nbeing the south half of the same.\\nBy a majority vote other resolutions, as follows, were\\nThat $200 be raised for township purposes.\\nThat a bounty of $5 be paid on full-grown wolves, and\\n$2.50 for each wolf-whelp killed in said township.\\nTo raise 50 cents on each scholar between the ages of\\nfour and eighteen years, for the support of common schools.\\nTo raise $200 for the improvement of roads, to be\\nequally divided between the two road districts.\\nThat the next annual meeting be held in the school-\\nhouse near Horace H. Hadley s.\\nAs a result of the canvass of votes, it was found that\\nCharles M. Morrill was the unanimous choice of the 25\\nelectors present, and the remaining officers elected were\\nnamed as follows: Dewitt C. Lockman, Township Clerk;\\nAaron S. Dyckman, Treasurer; C. B. Palmer, Ephraim\\nTaylor, School Inspectors Peter T. Valleau, Jephtha\\nWaterman, Directors of the Poor E. B. D. Hicks, Peter\\nT. Valleau, Uriah Stevens, Highway Commissioners;\\nThomas Southward, Henry F. Bowen, Horace H. Hadley,\\nDewitt C. Lockman, Justices of the Peace John Petti-\\nbone, Benjamin P. Wolcott, Robert Love, James Clark,\\nConstables.\\nAt the general election held Nov. 6, 1849, the whole\\nnumber of votes polled was fifteen, of which John S. Barry\\nreceived 12 and Flavins J. Littlejohn 3.\\nResidents of 1849. The names on the first assessment\\nroll of Pine Grove Township, in 1849, were as follows:\\nSec.\\nDaniel Fraiy 7 Myron Parks Personal.\\nJames Ketchuin 17 Jephtha Waterman\\nSylvester Brown 7 John Greenwood\\nW.H.Stevens 32 E. B. D. Hicks\\nHorace H. Hadley 19 Chauncey B. Palmer\\nBenjamin P. Wolcott Personal Grove Love\\nJohn Pettibone Royal Cooley\\nEdwin Pettibone James Clark\\nDewitt C. Lockman Charles M. Morrill\\nBenjamin H. Blair Aaron S. Dyckman\\nEphraim Taylor Thomas Southward\\nRobert Love Freeman Southward\\nClark Brewer Robert Ivey\\nHenry F. Bowen\\nThe total amount of taxes levied upon residents during\\nthe same year was $19.07.\\nThe township was then a lumbering region, and the fore-\\ngoing list comprises for the most part lumbermen and their\\nemployees.\\nThe whole number of votes polled for presidential elec-\\ntors in 1852 was 27, of which the ticket headed by John\\nS. Barry received 19, and that headed by John Owen\\nreceived 8.\\nVoters of 1854. The voters at the spring election in\\n1854 were James Hall, Henry Veley, Henry Brown, George\\nClugston, Charles Jefferson, Amasa Southward, Jerome\\nThrasher, John Story, W. B. Clement, John Southward,\\nDewitt Church, Robert Ivey, William J. Charles, Syl-\\nvester G. Baker, Thomas Story, Stephen Remalig, James\\nEarl, Chapman Lay, John J. Charles, Benjamin Earl, Vol-\\nney Blanchard, Thomas Southward, Abram Nash, Abram\\nFitzgerald, James Clement, C. M. Blanchard, Philip Strong,\\nSamuel Impson, Samuel Impson, Jr., James Clark, Myron\\nAustin, 0.scar Everest, Elias J. Aldrich, J. G. Ostrander,\\nGeorge Cook, Seth Munn, Chauncey B. Palmer, Hiram\\nHiscock, Henry Packer, William Ash, A. C. Hiscock,\\nChauncey Wise, Ebenezer Van Tassell, A. M. Morrill,\\nRichard Salisbury, A. P. Conant, David Salisbury, Newell\\nNash, C. C. Westcott, Nathan Baker, W. L Conant.\\nTownship Officers. The following is a list of township\\nofficers from 1849 to 1879, inclusive, with years of their\\nelection\\nSUPERVISORS.\\n1S49, Charles M. Morrill 1850-51, Harmon Ostrander 1852, Charles\\nM.Morrill; 185.S, David Wise; 1854, Seth Munn 1855, Abel P.\\nConant; 1856-57, Newell Nash: 1858, Philip Strong: 1859,\\nMoses A. Norris; 1860-66, David D. Wise; 1867, William Z.\\nBronson; 1868-70, Chauncey Wise; 1871, F.E.Adams; 1872,\\nJohn Fessenden 1873-74, David D. Wise; 1875-78, Tobias John-\\nson 1879, David D. Wise.\\nTOWNSHIP CLERKS.\\n1849, Dewitt C. Lockman; 1850, Abel P. Conant; 1851, Henry F.\\nBowen; 1852, A. M. Morrill: 1853, Abel P. Conant; 1854, Wil-\\nliam J. Charles; 1855, Amos D. Stocking; 1856, James L.\\nClement; 1857-58, David D. Wise 1859-62, Charles R. Nightin-\\ng.ale; 1863, S. B. Farr; 1864, James L. Clement; 1865, Seth N.\\nClement: 1866, William Z. Bronson: 1867-68, Seth N.Clement;\\n1869-70, Solomon Jewell 1871, Seth N. Clement 1872, William\\nF. Winterburn; 1873-74, J. B. David; 1875-76, William 0.\\nBond: 1877-78, George P. Stearns; 1879, George F. Stevens.\\nTREASURERS.\\n1849, Aaron S. Dyckman;* 1850-51, Charles M.Morrill; 1852-53,\\nChauncey B. Palmer; 1854, James Clement; 1855, Oscar Ever-\\nest; 1856, Henry C. Story 1867, Oscar Everest 1858-59, Harvey\\nM. Babbitt; 1860, John Goble; 1861-70, David Wise 1871-76,\\nDavid 0. Everest; 1877, Hiram Cobb; 1878, George R. Elms;\\n1879, Jonathan McMichel.\\nJUSTICES OF THE PEACE.\\n1849, Thomas Southward, Henry F. Bowen, Horace H. Hadley, De-\\nwitt C. Lockman 1850, Clark Brewer, Newell Nash, P. M.\\nBrooks; 1851, David Salisbury, Philip M. Brooks, Chauncey B.\\nPalmer; 1852, Jason Russell; 1853, Philip Strong, W. B. Clem-\\nent, Samuel Impson 1854, Nathan Baker, Sylvester G. Baker,\\nDavid Salisbury; 1855, Newell Nash, William J. Charles 1856,\\nVictory P. Jones, T. G. Cutler; 1857, Philip Strong, Elias J.\\nAldrich, Harvey M. Babbitt 1858, Moses A. Norris, James C.\\nChaffee; 1859, T. G. Cutler, Samuel Impson, Charles A. Clement-\\n1860, David 0. Everest, William Bradshaw; 1861, S. B. Farr;\\n1862, Samuel Wells; 186.3, Henry Miller, James L. Clement; 1864,\\nJohn H. Chamberlain, David 0. Everest; 1865, S. B. Farr, David\\nHarmon Ostrander appointed to fill vacancy, Feb. 25, 1850.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0775.jp2"}, "776": {"fulltext": "524\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUKEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nMyers, Orrin Plumb; 18(iB, Edmund R. Allen, William Z. Bron-\\nson, Henry C. Story 1867, Elijah J. Heath, John J. Starr; 1868,\\nBenjamin Depuy 1869, Martin Joslin 1870, W. II. Gregory,\\nBenjamin Depuy; 1871, Ransom Snell 1872, William Jones,\\nHiram Cobb; 1873, Lawson D. Herman 1874, William 0. Bond,\\nHenry C. Story, David R. Wheeler; 1875, James H. Eldridge,\\nSolomon Jewell; 1876, A. H. Haines; 1877, James H. Underbill,\\nHorace Ward; 1878, James H. Underbill; 1879, James H. El-\\ndridge.\\nASSESSOES.\\n18. i0, Chauncey B. Palmer, Henry F. Bowen; 1851, Henry C. South-\\nward, Robert Love; 1852, W. B. Clement, Jerome Thrasher;\\n1875, William H. Gregory, Edson Howard. Supervisors all other\\nyears.\\nHIGHWAY COMMISSIONEUS.\\n1849, E. B. D. Hicks, Peter T.Valleau, Uriah Stevens; 1850, William\\nImpson; 1851, C. B. Palmer, Abram Nash; 1862, Jerome\\nThrasher; 1853, Philip Strong; 1855, Samuel Impson; 1856,\\nTarrant G. Cutler; 1857, Chauncey Wise; 1858, Samuel Impson;\\n1859, Tarrant G. Cutler; 1860, Henry C. Strong; 1861, Oscar\\nEverest; 1862, William T. Perrin 1863, Charles R Nightingale;\\n1864, Salmon B. Farr, John W. Veley, Elias J. Aldrich 1865,\\nCharles Goodwin 1866, Henry S. Sheldon, John G. Davis,\\nSamuel Becker; 1867, Leander Simons, David Wise; 1868, John\\nW. Veley; 1869, William H.Gregory; 18711, John V. Daratt;\\n1871, Hurlbut Brooks; 1872, M. W. Henry; 1873, George R.\\nPalmer; 1874, John Graham; 1875-76, George R. Palmer; 1877,\\nGeorge R. Elms; 1878, John V. Daratt; 1879, Newland N. Nash.\\nDRAIN COMMISSIONERS.\\n1872, George W. Howland 1873, Mathew Atmore; 1874, John W.\\nVeley; 1875, William Healey 1878, Elijah M. Brown.\\nSCHOOL INSPECTORS.\\n1849, C. B. Palmer, Ephraim Taylor; 1850, Abel P. Conant; 1851,\\nNewell Nash, William Adair; 1852, Aaron S. Dyckman, W. B.\\nClement; 1853, Chauncey B. Palmer, Jordon H. Jones; 1854,\\nJames Clement; 1855, Abel P. Conant; 1856, Victory P. Jones;\\n1857, John Smolk, John Draper; 1858, Chauncey Wise, James C.\\nChaffee; 1859, Augustus House; 1860, David D. Wise, John\\nGoblo; 1861, Stephen L. Babbitt; 1862, David D.Wise; 1863,\\nWilliam P. Perrin, David D. Wise; 1864, Lewis A. Churchill;\\n1865, William Bronson, Milton G. Wise 1866, Leander Simmons,\\nEdmund R. Allen 1867, John J. Sturr 1868, Leander Simmons\\n1869, John J. Sturr; 1870, William Z. Bronson; 1871, John\\nFessenden 1872, George R. Elms, T. S. Potter; 187.3, David H.\\nSmith: 1874, David D. Wise, Hiram Cobb; 1875, Lawrence\\nKnowles; 1876, James H. Eldridge; 1877, David D. Wise; 1878\\nArthur Webster; 1879, John Graham.\\nTOWNSHIP SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT.S.\\n1875-77, Otis L. Moshier; 1878, Arthur Webster: 1879, Otis L.\\nMoshier.\\nDIRECTORS OF THE POOR.\\n1849, Peter T. Valleau, Jephtha Waterman; 1850, P. M. Brooks,\\nClark Brewer; 1851, Charles M. Morrill, Newell Nash; 1852,\\nRudolph Rogers; 1854, Henry Brown, Thomas Story; I855\\nHenry Brown, Philip Strong; 1856, Andrew H. Jones; 1857^\\nAbram Nash, Thomas Randall 1858, David 0. Everest, Thomas\\nStory; 1859, David Wise, Samuel Impson 1860, David D. Wise,\\nNewell Nash; 1861, Henry C. Cutler, Marvin Lowell: I862!\\nDavid Wise, Arnold Clement.\\nCONSTABLES,\\n1849, John Pettibone, Benjamin P. Wolcott, Robert Love, James\\nClark; 1850, Ephraim Taylor, Royal Couley 1851, E. B. D.\\nHicks, Peter Miller, Freeman .Southward, Abram Nash 1852, E.\\nB. D. Hicks, Albert Abrams; 1S53, Isaiic H. Conklin, John\\nDodson, Dewitt Church, Obadiah Munn 1854, Robert Ivey, James\\nClement, John J. Charles, J. G. Ostrander 1855, Alanso u His-\\ncock, T. G. Cutler, Samuel Impson, Jr., David Deforest 1856, S.\\nB. Farr, T. G. Cutler, Andrew H. Jones, Abram Nash; 1857^\\nWilliam Rapp, Seth Ncwoomb, Philip Strong, Jr., Erastus p\\nBrown: 1858, Charles Clement, Jacob G ruber. Syren us Daniels\\nCharles Finch 1859, Edwin T. Phelps, Henry C. Cutler, Syrenus\\nDaniels, John Allen 1860, William H. Bradshaw, Charles H.\\nFinch, Ezra Fasmire; 1861, Samuel Impson, David Wise;\\n1862, John W. Veley, Nathan A. Wood, Charles F. Norton, David\\nM. Dayton; 1863, William Stevens, Nathan A. Wood, Lyman\\nMilliman, Elias J. Aldrich; 1864. Charles Stamp, Charles F.\\nNorton, Benjamin Depuy, Abram Nash: 1865, Mason Cutler,\\nNathan A. Wood, Alexander Baxter; 1866, Charles A. Clement,\\nLorenzo D. Story, Nathan A. Wood, Loren W. Norris: 1867, Jon-\\nathan C. Thompson, John W. Veley, James B. Chilson, Lee\\nMason 1868, Orrin Phelps, Lee Mason, Lewis Camfield, James\\nB. Chilson 1869, Samuel Hayes, William Stevens, W. R. Story,\\nEdwin Aldrich; 1870, Porter Salisbury, Lee Mason, Shepard\\nBaldwin, Edwin Aldrich 1871, A. 0. Story, C. W. Stamp, J. P.\\nWilliams; 1872. Frank Jones, Judson Bennett, George Conway,\\nAbraham Gregory 1873, Augustus Smith, George Galland, .James\\nLane, Charles Veley; 1874, John Slover. Charles Veley; 1875,\\nEugene Dustin, Frank Everest, John F. Slover, Bradley Lane;\\n1876, M. Woodward, E. D. Bradley, Frank Everest, Eugene\\nDustin; 1877, Millard Woodward, Edward Aldrich, Shepard H.\\nBaldwin, George Walker; 1878, Charles A. Spencer, Bradley\\nLane, Warren Green 1879, Charles A. vSpencer, John Slover,\\nGeorge .Smith, and James Whelpley.\\nLATER SETTLEMENTS IN PINE GROVE.\\nFor many years Mattawan, Paw Paw, and Kalamazoo\\nwere the principal shipping- and trading-points for the in-\\nhabitants of this region, the manufacture and sale of .shingles\\nbeing the principal reliance of the poorer classes for the\\nmeans of purchasing necessary store-goods.\\nThe progress of settlement in the eastern half of Pine\\nGrove was very slow, on account of its isolated position.\\nBeing hemmed in on the east and south by a swamp one mile\\nwide, its general surface quite hilly and broken, and a rep-\\nutation for poor soil, it was in 1864 very sparsely settled.\\nMr. Baxter had settled and made a small opening on sec-\\ntion 27, E. J. Aldrich and Curran Elms on section 3-1,\\nMr. Cobb and Stoughton Warner on section 35. Wm. H.\\nGregory had just built a cabin on section 23, while on and\\nnorth of the centre K. Withey, Thos. Donaldson, S. Wil-\\nliams, S. Becker, L. Harbolt, and a few others had let the\\nlight of the sun in spots into this dense forest of oak,\\nbeech, and pine, and were striving to make themselves\\nhomes.\\nVILLAGE OF KENDALL.\\nIn June of ISGi, Lucius B. Kendall bought of Judge\\nE. B. Dyckman 160 acres of land, densely covered with\\npine and oak timber, on section 22, and in company with\\nJames Thistle laid the foundation of a steam saw-mill on\\nthe banks of Duck Lake. In July, Albert Arms, of\\nKalamazoo, became associated with them in the enterprise.\\nThe mill was completed and the first lumber sawed about\\nthe 1st of September. There were no roads in this region,\\nand the lumber was hauled with much labor, and under\\nmany diflBculties, out of the forest through Alraena to\\nMattawan, twelve miles, the nearest point on the Mich-\\nigan Central Railroad. Soon finding that the oak of this\\nregion was of too brash a nature to be salable in the\\nChicago market, the company at once resolved to go into\\nthe stave business. Machinery was purchased, put into\\nthe mill, and the business commenced.\\nIn the spring of 1865, P. Ranney and W. L. Cutting,\\nof Kalamazoo, became associated with the company, adding\\nmore capital, and the business was pushed forward with\\nenergy under the name and firm if Kendall Co.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0776.jp2"}, "777": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0777.jp2"}, "778": {"fulltext": "JDJiJVXlD -WISE,\\nson of Daniel and Elizabeth Wise, was born\\nof German parents in the town of Sharon,\\nSchoharie Co., N. Y., Feb. 26, 1804, he\\nbeing the j-oungest of a family of nine sons\\nand two daughters. At the age of eight or\\nnine years he was sent to an English school,\\nat which time he could scarcely speak or\\nunderstand a word of the English language.\\nAt that period the school facilities were\\nlimited, and his father, being only in mod-\\nerate circumstances, was uaablo to give his\\nchildren more than a common-school educa-\\ntion. At tlie age of fourteen years his father\\ndied and left him upon his own resource.\\nAt the age of fifteen he went to learn the\\ntanner and currier trade, at which he worked\\nfor three years.\\nIn March, 1822, himself, mother, and tw\\nolder brothers, moved West to what was then\\na wilderness country, the town of Cicero,\\nOnondaga Co., N. Y. The first summer\\nafter settling in Onondaga County he worked\\nfor his brother clearing land, and thus saved\\nmoney enough to buy three acres of land for\\nto Cicero, N. Y. There being a pioneer log\\nyard, he moved his family into it and com-\\nmenced housekeeping. He finally worked\\nhis stock of hides through, finished the\\nleather, and to the satisfaction of his cus-\\ntomers. Not having capital to continue\\nwith, and, finding the business would not\\nsupport his family, in the spring of 1824 he\\nabandoned it, and adopted the carpenter and\\njoiner business. By his own ingenuity and\\npersevering industry he became a master\\nbuilder, and followed it as a business with\\ngood success.\\nIn 1842 he moved to Baldwinsville, Onon-\\ndaga Co., N. Y., where he invested in village\\nproperty, and erected a large shop with a\\nwater-power, where he engaged in genera!\\nbuilding and the manufacture of sashes,\\ndoors, and blinds, employing a large force\\nof men. On the night of January 8, 1849,\\nthe shop took fire and was burned to the\\nground, which for the time being put a\\ncheck upon him, and prompted him to take\\na trip t i California in April, 1850. He re-\\nturned home Jan. 8, 1851. In the autumn\\nof 1851 he, with his eldest son, took a trip\\ninto Michigan, and were induced to pur-\\nchase an interest in a saw-mill. In the\\nspring of 1852 he, with his family, left\\nBaldwinsville and moved to Pine Grove,\\nVan Buren Co., Mich., arriving May 12,\\n1852.\\nIn 18.5.3 he represented the township of\\nPine Grove in the board of supervi.sors.\\nIn the fall of 1853 he disjiosed of his in-\\nterest in mill and lands to John Smolk, Jr.,\\nof Antwerp, and Jan. 1, 1854, he moved\\nwith his family to Kalamazoo, Mich., where\\nhe bought village property and erected a\\nsash-, blind-, and door-factory, which he car-\\nvied on until June, 1855, when he sold and\\nmoved back to Baldwinsville, N. Y., where\\nhe had left some property unsold. While\\nthere he was engaged mainly as a master\\nDAVID WISE. builder.\\nHaving dispo.sed of his property in April,\\n1858, he again moved back to Pine Grove, Mich. By this time\\nthe township had\\nimproved consider-\\nably. He bought\\nsome land and\\nerected suitable\\nbuildings thereon.\\nApril 1, 1868, his\\nwife died, aged\\nnearly sixty -eight\\nyears. She had been\\nhis faithful com-\\npanion for forty-\\nfive years, and\\nreared a family of\\neight children,\\nfive sons and three\\ndaughters. Pour of\\nthe sons are still\\nliving, in the north-\\neast part of Van\\nBuren Co., Mich.\\nNov. 10, 1870, he\\nmarried Miss\\nFanny S. Sortor,\\ndaughter of Henry and Sally Sortor, who was born in Friendship,\\nAllegany Co., N. Y., Sept. 20, 1833, and\\ncame to Pine Grove in 1868. She died Dec.\\n19, 1872, aged thirty-nine years, two months,\\nand twenty-nine days. As a result of the\\ncare and anxiety arising from the illness of\\nhis wife, he was prostrated by sickness, from\\nwhich he did not recover until the following\\nApril. Sept. 11, 1873, he married Nancy\\nSoule, widow of Henry Soule, and daughter\\nof Peter and Mary Miller. She was born in\\nLuzerne Co., Pa., August 13, 1815.\\nSince his return from the State of New\\nYork, in 1858, he has devoted his time and\\nattention to agricultural pursuits. In 1861\\nlie was elected to the office of treasurer of\\nPine Grove township, and continued to hold\\nthe office from year to year until 1871. Since\\nhis severe and protracted illness, in 1872\\nand 1873, he has not performed any maimal\\nlabor, and has only been able to attend to\\nliis secular and other aft airs as they present\\nMRS. NANcy MILLER (suule) WISE. themselves.\\nhimself, upon which\\nto erect his tan-\\nyard and buildings.\\nIn the fall of the\\nsame year be com-\\nm e n e e d erecting\\nhis buildings and\\ngathering together\\nhides to tan upon\\nshares, which at\\nthat time was a\\ncustomary practice\\nwith small tan-\\nneries. Maich 9,\\n1823, he married\\nCatharine Young,\\ndaughter of George\\nand Margaret\\nYoung. She was\\nborn Aug. 3, 1801,\\nin Minden, Mont-\\ngomery Co., N. y.\\nIn 1821 she, with\\nthe rest of their\\nfamily, moved West\\nshanty near his tan-\\nMRS. FANNY S. (sORTOR) WISE.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0778.jp2"}, "779": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0779.jp2"}, "780": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0780.jp2"}, "781": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF PINE GROVE.\\n525\\nThe settlement of this part of the town was now really\\ncommenced, roads were laid and worked in every direction,\\nnew settlers came in, and the company paid out from\\n$15,000 to $20,000 annually for stave timber and logs.\\nThis cash market for their timber enabled the people to\\nimprove their farms and build houses, and in a few years\\nthe wilderness was changed to an open and fruitful country.\\nKendall Co. also opened a store and supplied the\\ncommunity with nearly all the goods required. The prod-\\nucts of the mill must be sent to market, and from 10 to 40\\nteams were loaded daily with staves and lumber. In the\\nfall of 1866, E. T. Mills, of Kalamazoo, bought the in-\\nterest of P. Ranney, and became one of the company.\\nJames Thistle died the same year. In September, 1867,\\nthe mill was burned, loss, $10,000 insurance, $4000,\\nbut it was rebuilt, and in about two months was in run-\\nning order again. In 1869, H. E. Hoyt, of Kalamazoo,\\npurchased the interest of Wm. L. Cutting, and became one\\nof the firm of Kendall Co. Geo. W Howland bought\\nthe interest of E. T. Mills, and is still an inhabitant of the\\nvillage of Kendall.\\nThe question of a railroad from Kalamazoo to South\\nHaven was agitated in the winter of 1868-69, and met\\nwith a hearty response from the people along the line. A\\ncompany was soon formed, and Lucius B. Kendall chosen\\none of the directors. The work was pushed forward with\\nenergy, and the first locomotive ran into the place Jan. 3,\\n1870. About the same time a post-ofiBce was established,\\nand the place was named Kendall. Albert Arms was ap-\\npointed postmaster, which ofiBoe he still holds.\\nIn 1871, Tobias Johnson, of Kalamazoo, in connection\\nwith Kendall Co., opened a brick yard and commenced\\nthe manufacture of bricks under the firm-name of Johnson\\nCo., and bricks of superior quality in large quantities\\nhave been turned out every year and shipped to various\\nparts of the State. At this time the company are making\\nthe finest red pressed-brick to be found in the State, equal\\nto the best Philadelphia.\\nIn 1873, Mr. Kendall and associates, under the name of\\nthe Michigan Chair Company, put up a brick building 100\\nby 60 feet, four stories high, well filled with machinery for\\nthe manufacture of cane- and wood-seat chairs, and for the\\npurpose of working up the large quantities of beech, maple,\\nand basswood timber to be found in the vicinity.\\nThe operations of Lucius B. Kendall and his partners in\\nbusiness have been mentioned here more at length for the\\nreason that they have had more to do with the settlement\\nand advancement of the village and the east part of the\\ntownship, the opening of roads, the making of a good\\nmarket for timber, and the general improvement of the\\ncountry than all other causes combined. Since their com-\\nmencement their varied business has been carried on suc-\\ncessively under the firm-names of Ranney, Kendall Co.,\\nKendall, Mills Co., The Michigan Chair Company, and\\n(at present) L. C. Pratt Co. In the chair- works some\\nthirty men are steadily employed, and the product of the\\nmills is shipped to many parts of the United States.\\nThe village of Kendall is situated one mile east of the\\ngeographical centre of the township, and is a station of the\\nKalamazoo and South Haven branch of the Michigan Cen-\\ntral Railroad, which was opened in January, 1870 (as be-\\nfore mentioned), and on the 8th of February, in the same\\nyear, the village plat was made and recorded by Lucius B.\\nKendall, Henry E. Hoyt, George B. Robinson, Albert\\nArms, and George W. Howland, the plat being located on\\nsections 22 and 27.\\nA lively little village of 400 inhabitants was built up,\\nwith a substantial two-story brick school-house, and a fair\\nprospect of rapid progress, when the panic of 1873 swept\\nover the countiy, blighting business in Kendall, as else-\\nwhere, and taking from the village many of its most indus-\\ntrious citizens. The population is now about 250, and the\\nvillage contains besides the brick school-house, an exten-\\nsive chair-works, already mentioned, a church edifice\\n(Methodist Episcopal), a hotel, three general stores, and\\nseveral mechanic shops.\\nDr. M. Mason commenced practice here about 1865, and\\nhas proved himself a skillful physician. Dr. L. D. Knowles\\nhas practiced in the village and vicinity for about six years,\\nto the general satisfaction of his patrons. He has recently\\nremoved, and has been succeeded by Dr. HuiF.\\nOne of the best peach, pear, and apple-orchards in the\\nState was planted and brought to maturity by William H.\\nGregory, on his farm near Kendall. The orchard is now\\nowned by Mr. Scott.\\nPINE GROVE MILLS AND GOBLEVILLE.\\nThis village, also a station on the South Haven branch of\\nthe Michigan Central Railroad, contains the extensive mills\\nof Everest, Wise Co., one store, post-oflBce, sehool-house,\\nand about 125 inhabitants. Prior to the completion of the\\nrailroad, Benjamin De Puy and family were the only in-\\nhabitants in the immediate vicinity.\\nThe railroad was finished from Kalamazoo to this point\\nJan. 10, 1870, and for nearly six months this was its west-\\nern terminus.\\nOn the 4th of February, 1870, the village of Pine\\nGrove Mills was platted by David Wise and Benjamin De\\nPuy, upon lands situated upon section 30. Additions\\nhave since been made by Daniel B. Brown, David 0. Ev-\\nerest, and Chauncey Wise.\\nEverest, Wise Co. built their grist- and planing-mills in\\n1872. A sixty horse-power engine is in use at the present\\ntime, and fifteen men are steadily employed. This company,\\nbesides their other industries, now manufacture the wood-\\nwork for eighty sets of spring-tooth drags per day. At-\\ntached to these mills is an iron-foundry, which was estab-\\nlished by E. H. Haynes Co. in 1875, for the manufac-\\nture of various agricultural implements. A beautiful\\nschool edifice (the best in the township) was erected here\\nin 1873, at a co.st of $2250.\\nThe village of Gobleville, situated partly in this township\\nand partly in Bloomingdale, is more particularly described\\nin the history of the latter township.\\nSOUTH HAVEN AND KALAMAZOO RAILROAD.\\nThis railroad, now known as the South Haven branch\\nof the Michigan Central, was completed to the station of\\nPine Grove Mills in January, 1870.\\nIn its passage through the township it intersects sections", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0781.jp2"}, "782": {"fulltext": "526\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\n25, 26, 27, 28, 29, and 30. To assist in its construction\\nthe township was bonded to the amount of $12,400. The\\nvalidity and payment of these bonds was afterwards con-\\ntested in the courts, but judgment was finally rendered\\nagainst the township in the sum of $26,000, for principal,\\ninterest, and costs. This heavy burden, together with sol-\\ndiers bounties, State, county, and township taxes, have\\nmaterially retarded the growth and development of Pine\\nGrove.\\nEDUCATIONAL.\\nAccording to the report of proceedings of the first town-\\nship-meeting, in 1849, a school-house then existed near\\nHorace H. Hadley s. Priority has been claimed for the\\nhouse built in District No. 1, the old Pine Grove Mills\\nlocality, but it appears most probable that the former was\\nthe first one built. As to the exact date of its erection, or\\nwho was the first teacher, no definite knowledge has been\\nobtained.\\nThe first mention made in the township records regarding\\nthe action of school officers shows that on Nov. 30, 1850,\\nthe school inspectors of the townships of Almena, Waverly,\\nBloomingdale, and Pine Grove met and organized fractional\\nSchool District No. 9. It is stated that School District No.\\n1 was established, and a school-house built during the same\\nyear.\\nAt a meeting of the board of school inspectors held in\\nthe new steam saw-mill, on section 20, Oct. 31, 1851, a\\nnew district. No. 3, was organized. It embraced nine sec-\\ntions, as follows Commencing at the quarter-post between\\nsections 2 and 11 thence west to a quarter-post between\\nsections 5 and 8 thence south to a quarter-post between\\nsections 20 and 29 thence east to a quarter-post between\\nsections 23 and 26 thence north to starting-point.\\nMiss Flint, of Battle Creek, and Miss Nellie Goodwin\\nwere early teachers in district No. 1. In 1855, Miss Mary\\nA. Forsyth and Miss Elizabeth E. Brown were the teachers.\\nSchool district No. 4 was formed in December, 1856, and\\nNos. 5 and 6 in 1858. All the districts were reorganized\\nin March, 1858. During subsequent years many changes\\nof boundaries and numbers have occurred, until they remain\\nas in their present status, viz., nine whole districts and two\\nfractional ones.\\nOther early teachers are mentioned by years, as follows:\\n1857. Mrs. Maria L. Locke, Miss Mary E. Murray,\\nMiss Eliza R. Morris, James Murray, Jr., Alexander R.\\nRichards.\\n1858. Miss Lucy J. Currier, Miss Nancy Knight, Mi.ss\\nHenrietta Stamp, Miss Lydia A. Merwin, Miss Jemima\\nVan Ardle.\\n1859.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Miss Harriet E. Hayden, Miss Phoebe L. Hay-\\nden, Miss Ellen Sebring, Miss C. H. Cutler, Miss S. A.\\nWhitford, E. J. McNeil.\\n1860. Lucy J. Currier, Miss Eveline Anson, Miss Nel-\\nlie M. Dean, John T. Curtis, Cornelius J. Fonda, John D.\\nCrown, Gustavus A. Morgan.\\n1861. Miss Lovina Bennett, Miss D. A. Otto, Miss\\nClarinda H. Cutler, Miss Desire Plumb, Miss Sarah Eager,\\nJohn S. Nash, J. G. Tucker.\\n1862. Miss Nancy Henon, Miss Mary E. Stevens, Miss\\nSusan J. Clark, Miss Euretta M. Dodge, Miss Phcobe C.\\nHayden, Miss Susie Knappee, John S. Nash, Bela H.\\nHayden.\\nFrom the report of the township board of education for\\nthe year ending Sept. 1, 1879, are taken the following\\nstatistics\\nSchool districts (whole, 9 fractional, 2) 11\\nChildren of school age residing in the township... 611\\nChildren attending school during the year 477\\nSchool-houses (brick, 1; frame, 10) 11\\nSeating capacity 678\\nValue of school property $10,320\\nTeachers employed (male, 4 female, Ifi) 20\\nMonths taught by males 18^\\nfemales 624\\nPaid teachers (male, $529; female, $1090) $1,619\\nTotal school resources $4,024.09\\nRELIGIOUS WORSHIP.\\nThe church edifice of the Methodist Episcopal society at\\nKendall the only house of worship in the township\\nwas built in 1870, at a cost of $1500, and has sittings for\\n250 persons. Rev. Daniel Fow, present pastor.\\nWilliam H. Gregory was instrumental in starting the first\\nSabbath-school, in the shanty school-house of the Cobb dis-\\ntrict and perhaps a year after another Sunday-school was\\nopened by other people in the centre district also at Ken-\\ndall as soon as a room could be procured. Mr. and Mrs.\\nAlbert Arms engaged in the work at once, and they have\\nalways been among its most efficient supporters.\\nPreaching and religious services have been maintained at\\nKendall by Methodists, Baptists, and Presbyterians, by one\\nor more at the same time, with little interruption for the\\nlast fifteen years.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.\\nD. 0. EVEREST,\\nthe eldest son of David C. and Jane Everest, was born in\\nMontgomery Co., N. Y., March 21, 1825. Disliking the\\noccupation of a farmer, and being a natural mechanic, he\\nleft home at the age of sixteen and engaged at Fort Plain,\\nin his native county, as a mill-wright, carpenter, and joiner.\\nHe early acquired a dexterity in the use of the tools of his\\ntrade. At the age of eighteen, so successful had he been,\\nhis employer placed him in charge of his business as car-\\npenter and joiner, and he frequently had a large number of\\nmen to oversee. At the age of twenty-two he formed a\\npartnership with D. Wise (his first employer), at Baldwins-\\nville, for the manufacture of doors, sash, and blinds, and\\nin 1852 they removed to Pine Grove, Van Buren Co.,\\nMich., and engaged extensively in lumbering. Their present\\nbusiness combines flouring, casting, and machine-making,\\nand in their foundry and machine-shop they manufacture\\nspring-tooth harrows. The firm-name has several times\\nbeen changed, having been, at different times, Morrell\\nCo., D. C. Wise Co., and at present Everest Wise.\\nTheir property has been twice burned, at losses respectively\\nof twelve thousand and fourteen thousand dollars, yet they\\nare owners of extensive real estate and mill property.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0782.jp2"}, "783": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF PORTER.\\n527\\nAside from the regular business of the firm, Mr. Everest\\nhas built five luiaber-mills, and his inventive genius has\\nenabled him to make many valuable improvements. Much\\nlows Frank 0., born Aug. 22, 1851 Jane L., born Dec.\\n3, 1852 Mary, born April 2, 1854, died at two years of\\nage Emma, born Nov. 15, 1856 John H., born Nov. 16,\\nMRS. D. 0. EVEREST.\\n1). u. EVEREST.\\nof the machinery used in these mills was constructed after\\npatterns of his own invention. In 1850, Mr. Everest was\\nmarried to Miss Reliance A. Strong, of Onondaga Co., N.\\nY., which union has been blessed by six children, as fol-\\n1861 Addie B., born May 24, 1865. Mr. Everest always\\nused his personal influence for the benefit of those whom\\nhe employed, and is a man very much respected by his\\nacquaintances.\\nCHAPTER LXVI.\\nPORTER TOWNSHIP.*\\nBoundaries and General Description Pioneers and Early Settle-\\nments Township Organization, Name, and Civil List Churches\\nSchools Porter Grange, Patrons of Husbandry.\\nBOUNDARIES AND GENERAL DESCRIPTION.\\nPorter, originally attached to Decatur township, covers\\nan area of six miles square, and occupies the southeastern\\ncorner of Van Buren County, its boundaries being Ant-\\nwerp township on the north, Cass County on the south,\\nKalamazoo County on the east, and Decatur township on\\nthe west. Designated in. the original survey as town 4\\nsouth, range 13 west, it was not named until 1845, when\\nit was set ofi from Decatur with separate jurisdiction.\\nThe surface of the country is generally hilly, and from\\nmany of the eminences picturesque views, reaching over a\\nwide extent of territory, may be obtained. In the south-\\neast there is considerable swamp-land, although elsewhere\\nthe drainage is good and effective, by means of numerous\\nlakes. Tiie largest of the.se is Bankson s (or Mack s) Lake,\\nwhich has an area of about 600 acres. Cedar Lake covers\\nabout 500 acres, and among the smaller ones may be men-\\ntioned Grass, Gravel, Barker s, Van Sickle s, and Hersey.\\nBy David Schwartz.\\nThe water in Bankson s Lake is deep and clear, and\\nabounds in fish, having recently been stocked by the State.\\nGravel Lake has a remarkably fine, hard beach, which\\nadmits of a superb roadway around its entire circuit.\\nPorter has no immediate railway conveniences, although\\nthe Michigan Central line touches the northwestern corner.\\nIn 1870 the township voted $15,000 in aid of the Paw\\nPaw Valley Railroad, which was to pass through Porter,\\nbut the project failed. The township contains no village,\\nhas but one church building, and has no post-office, no\\nstore, or mercantile enterprise of any kind except one saw-\\nmill. The business interests are entirely agricultural. The\\npopulation of Porter in 1874 was 1182, and the asse.ssed\\nvaluation in 1879 was $357,400.\\nPIONEERS AND EARLY SETTLE.VIENTS.\\nThe southwestern corner of section 13, now occupied by\\nSamuel Kidney, is conspicuous in being the first tract of\\nland entered in Porter township. Abner Mack, now living\\nin Kalamazoo County, located the lot in 1833, and built a\\ncabin upon it. He concluded, however, within a short time\\nto abandon it, and effecting with Jonas Barber, of Kala-\\nmazoo County, an exchange for land in Prairie Ronde, he\\nmoved away. Barber hired Milton Van Duzer to work the\\nPorter place, and there Van Duzer was living in 1835,\\nwhen James Young, his half-sister, Elizabeth Gibson, and", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0783.jp2"}, "784": {"fulltext": "528\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nher sons, Washington and Robert, moved in from Prairie\\nRonde, and occupied a tract of 07 acres on section 14, bor-\\ndering upon Banlisoii s Laice. According to the best ob-\\ntainable evidence, therefore, Porter s first settler was Mack,\\nits second was Van Duzer, and its third Young. Washing-\\nton Gibson still occupies the original 67 acres. Young\\nstarted for Utah in 1850, to cast his fortunes with the\\nMormons, but lost his life while on the way, by falling\\ninto the hold of a Mississippi River steamer. Mrs. Gibson\\ndied in Porter in 1870. Van Duzer remained but a brief\\nperiod, and then removed farther west. The second house\\nbuilt in the township is supposed to have been put up by\\none Crooks, of Kalamazoo, although the structure was\\nnever finished or occupied. It stood on section 13, north\\nof Mack s, and, as the story goes, Crooks, repenting his\\nchoice of location, abandoned the place before preparing it\\nfor habitation, and Porter saw him no more.\\nSettlements in the township having begun in the east,\\nthis narrative will accordingly follow at first the settlers\\nwho came as pioneers into that district.\\nThe Kinuey Settlement. The father and founder of that\\nportion of Porter known for years as the Kinney settle-\\nment was Elijah Kinney, who in 1835 came from Milan,\\nOhio, with his wife, seven unmarried children, his son\\nLuther and family, and liis son-in-law, Samuel Corey. The\\nelder Kinney had bought four 80-acre lots, and built his\\ncabin on section 24, where he died in 1864. The place is\\nnow occupied by his son Stephen. Luther located south of\\nMr. Kinney s, and removing subsequently to St. Joseph,\\nstill lives there. Up to the time of Elijah Kinney s arrival,\\nJames Young and Milton Van Duzer had been the only\\npermanent settlers in Porter. Uri Kinney, Elijah Kinney s\\nnephew, was a settler in 1835, upon section 12, where he\\nlived until his death.\\nNelson Corey and his brother Sanford, both young men,\\nentered Porter in 1836, and labored upon the farms of\\nothers until 1840. In that year Nelson bought a place on\\nsection 26 of one Chapin, who had located there in 1838,\\nand who upon selling to Corey went to Illinois. Sanford\\npurchased also on section 26, of T. R. Smith, a settler,\\nwho moved in 1840 farther west. Nelson Corey now\\nlives on section 16. His brother Sanford died in Porter\\nin 1878. Among the settlers in the Kinney settlement in\\n1836 were George Wilson and Mathew Lewis. In that\\nyear Lewis lost a child by death, and buried it on the Luke\\nMunger farm. Lewis child was the first person who died\\nin the township. Lewis afterwards moved west. Wilson\\ndied in Porter.\\nStephen, brother of Elijah Kinney, came from Milan,\\nOhio, in the fall of 1838, with a family of eight children,\\naccompanied also by John Webber and family and John\\nBennett. Stephen Kinney bought 240 acres of new land\\nin section 26, where he died in 1847. His son, Orrin G.,\\nwho came with him, located on section 25 in 1842, and\\nstill lives there. Webber settled on section 25, and died\\nin Lawton. Bennett, who bought a place on section 26,\\nwent afterwards to Iowa, where he died. E. Z. K. Munger,\\nwho came as a farm-hand with Elijah Kinney in 1835,\\nworked a year for Mr. Kinney, and then located 80 acres\\non section 25. He migrated subsequently to Minnesota.\\nAmong the inhabitants of the Kinney settlement in 1838\\nwere James Young, Elizabeth Gibson, George Colvin (on\\nthe Abner Mack place), Uri Kinney, Elijah, Luther, and\\nStephen Kinney, E. Z. K. Munger, T. R. Smith, Lyman\\nWood, and Clark Pratt. Colvin died in Porter. Wood\\nmoved to St. Joseph County, and there died. Pratt went\\nto the far West.\\nMoses Monroe was considered the most useful man in\\nthe settlement. He was the only mechanic among them\\nall, and he could turn his hand to carpentering as well as\\nto shoemaking, while he was quite clever at any work re-\\nquiring mechanical skill. Truly, Moses was looked upon as\\na boon to the pioneers, and he was never a moment suflfered\\nto be idle there were constant calls upon him from every\\nside. He lived in the settlement until his death, in 1872.\\nLuke Munger, who settled in 1840 upon section 24, died\\nin 1863 on .section 26, where his son Abner lives. James\\nMaxam, now living on section 34, settled in 1844 upon\\nsection 27. Manasseh Kern located in 1846 upon section\\n13, where he now lives. In 1846 his neighbors on the\\nnorth were the Wilsons, Longcoys, Harpers, Locks, and\\nFinches. S. V. P. Bradt came in 1848, and located in\\n1848 upon section 24, his present home. In the same year\\nJacob Markle settled on section 3, where he has since re-\\nsided. Mr. Markle came West in 1837, and in that year\\nbecame a resident of Antwerp township, whence in 1848\\nhe moved to Porter. William H. McLane came from St.\\nJoseph County in 1852, and located upon section 15, where\\nhe now lives; adjoining him, on the south, being his son\\nJohn C., who bought his fiirm in 1860.\\nSettlements in the central part of the township were\\nmade as early as 1835, in which year Benjamin Reynolds,\\nof Ohio, came with a large family and located 160 acres in\\nsection 15. His sons, Buell and Benjamin, Jr., attended\\nto the land, whicli was divided into two farms, the elder\\nReynolds living with Buell until 1852, when he took up\\nhis residence with his son-in-law, William Perl ey, and there\\ndied in 1853. His only child, now living in Porter, is\\nMrs. Miles Van Sickle.\\nDaniel Alexander, also from Ohio, became a resident of\\nMichigan in 1832, and for four years lived in Cass County\\non leased land. In 1836 he bought 200 acres of govern-\\nment land in Porter township, on sections 20, 29, and 30,\\nand while preparing a place of habitation upon his new\\npossessions, he lived with his wife (a daughter of George\\nTittle, of Decatur) in Dolphin Morris old log cabin on\\nLittle Prairie. Alexander built on section 29 a log cabin\\n16 by 24, and when he moved into it, in 1836, he was the\\nonly white settler in the western portion of the township,\\nexcept John Tittle, his brother-in-law, who kept bachelor s\\nhall on a place adjoining Alexander. Indeed, he thought\\nfor a time there were no other settlers in the township until\\nhe accidentally discovered James Young while out on a trip\\nof discovery. Mr. Alexander died in 1862, on his Porter\\nfarm, where his widow still survives him. Mrs. Alexander\\ntells many interesting stories of her lonesome experiences\\namong the Indians while her husband aiid brother were\\naway from the cabin. She was at fir.-t much alarmed at the\\nsight of the savages, but soon grew to understand that they\\nwere peaceable and inclined to be friendly. Indeed, they", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0784.jp2"}, "785": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0785.jp2"}, "786": {"fulltext": "SANFORD COREY.\\nResiocncc OF A.M. Nl U NGER Porter, Michigan.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0786.jp2"}, "787": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0787.jp2"}, "788": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0788.jp2"}, "789": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OP PORTER.\\n529\\nwere at times exceedingly sociable, and more than once did\\nshe receive presents as tokens of Indian friendship. Her\\nhusband used to say that he desiruJ no better neighbors\\nthan those same Indians. John Tittle, to whom reference\\nhas been made, moved to Iowa in 1855.\\nIn the summer of 1836, Roderick Bell settled near\\nGravel Lake, where he lived until 1862, when he removed\\nfarther West. Near Gravel Lake also, in 1837, settled\\nNathan Cook, George S. Freese, and John B. Compton.\\nCook died in Porter in 1867, leaving a widow, who now\\nresides with her daughter on section 16. Freese caught\\nthe gold fever in 1849 and went to California, where he\\nwas drowned shortly afterwards. About 1840 other set-\\ntlers were Thomas Alexander and the Nelsons, the latter of\\nwhom sold out to Silas Gould and moved away.\\nMiles Van Sickle, who settled in Michigan in 1826 and\\nin Porter in 1840, still lives in the latter township, on sec-\\ntion 17. lu January, 1840, his father, John Van Sickle,\\ncame to Porter with Elias Harmon and Jacob Stillwell, and\\nall three settled with their families in Porter. Van Sickle\\ndied in Porter in 1861. Elias Harmon, who settled on\\nsection 17, still lives in the township. Stillwell located on\\nsection 21, and died in Porter. His son John resides on\\nsection 9. In the spring of 1840, L. H. Weldon located\\non section 28. He died in the town.ship in 1872. Two\\nof his sons, Augustus and George, now reside in Porter.\\nJohn Nesbitt was one of the pioneers in the settlement\\nof Keeler township, where he says he and his brother\\nJames turned the first furrow and kept for a time bachelors\\nhall in 1834. He came to Porter in 1837, and bought\\nland on section 4. He hired one Wilcox to woi k the place,\\nand pushed on to the far West. Coming back after an\\nabsence of two years, he married and settled upon the farm\\nhimself. In 1846 he changed his location to section 9,\\nwhere he now lives. As an evidence of the newness of\\nthe country even at that date, it may be interesting to ob-\\nserve that when Mr. Nesbitt moved to his new farm, in\\n1846, he was obliged to make his own road, while his wife\\ndrove the ox-team. A quilt hung up before the cabin\\nopening was the best door they could command for some\\ntime, while as to a kitchen, an open space under two white-\\nwood trees was for two months the spot where Mrs. Nesbitt\\ndid all the family cooking.\\nIsaac Hall came to Michigan in 1834, and to Porter in\\n1842. His brother Amos, also a Michigan pioneer of\\n1834, settled in Porter in 1846, when in the neighborhood\\nbetween Grass and Cedar Lakes. The other settlers were\\nSilas Gould, L. H. Weldon, David Gilson, and the Widow\\nMerritt. Shortly after 1840, Thomas Fletcher, a Vir-\\nginian, came to Porter and bought two hundred acres of\\nnew land on section 23, of Joel Clarke, living in Prairie\\nRonde. Fletcher made a .settlement at once, and lived on\\nthe place until his death, in 1875.\\nSamuel D. Harper, who settled in Porter in 1843, died\\nin 1873, on section 5, where his son William now lives.\\nJeremiah Barker, a New Yorker, traded in 1845 some\\nNew York land for 320 acres on section 9, in Porter, and\\nin that year settled there with his family, and there he died\\nin 1849. John, a son, died on section 9 in 1876. Joseph,\\nanother son, still lives on a portion of the orii^inal farm.\\n67\\nWilliam Hathaway, of New York, was a settler in Ant-\\nwerp township in 1838, on section 27, and there in the\\nsame year died of fever and ague, which was then fatally\\nprevalent in Antwerp. In 1848 his three sons, A. H.,\\nWilliam N., and Charles E., settled in Porter. The only\\none of the three now in the township is A. H., who lives\\non section 16. His two brothers are now residents of\\nIowa.\\nThe pioneers of Porter found a heavily-timbered but an\\ninviting country. There were great tracts of heavy timber\\nand oak openings, through which it was easy enough to\\ndrive a team without clearing a road. The vicinity of any\\none of the large lakes was peculiarly attractive to the eye\\nof the new-comer, while the rich sandy soil promised the far-\\nmer an abundant yield and cheered his eager anticipations.\\nWolves, deer, and all kinds of game abounded in great pro-\\nfusion. But the wolves, although numerous, were trouble-\\nsome only as depredators upon small live-stock, which re-\\nquired careful watching. Although Porter has now no\\npost-office, it was better favoi-ed in the earlier days. About\\n1840, George S. Frees was appointed postmaster, and kept\\nthe office in his house near Gravel Lake. What little mail\\nhe received was left with him by a mail-rider, who traversed\\na route extending from Schoolcraft to Dowagiae. In 1845\\nthe custody of the office was transferred to Isaac Hall, and\\nshortly after the completion of the Michigan Central Rail-\\nroad to Lawton, the Porter office was abolished.\\nIn the matter of mills. Porter has never had anything to\\nboast of, chiefly for the reason that the township has no\\nwater-power. There was no saw-mill even until 1866,\\nwhen Samuel Strong built one on section 35. The only\\nmill in the town now is the saw-mill of Leonard Waldron,\\non section 23. The early settlers were, however, not so\\nbadly off for mill conveniences as pioneers in some towns,\\nfor Flowerfield and Whitmanville, with a grist- and saw-\\nmill, were not very far distant.\\nThe only store ever opened in Porter was one kept at\\nthe Centre by a Mr. Lewis, which had, however, but a brief\\nexistence.\\nThe only tavern was a house known as the Sisson place,\\nbut even that was not much more a tavern than every house\\nin the town, since every resident kept open house in the\\npioneer days whenever a traveler sought entertainment.\\nThe first marriage was that of William Nixon, of Ber-\\ntraud, to Electa, daughter of Tinker R. Smith, one of\\nPorter s pioneers. The ceremony was performed in Mr.\\nTinker s house by Rev. Samuel L. Julian, and took place\\nsome time during 1837.\\nTOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION, NAME, AND CIVIL LIST.\\nThe township of Porter was originally a portion of De-\\ncatur, from which it was set off in 1845.\\nMrs. Harriet Van Antwerp says that one day, after it\\nwas decided to set the township off from Decatur, there\\nwas a consultation at the house of her father, Nathan Cook,\\nas to what name ought to be selected. Miss Cook happened\\njust then to be reading in the room Cooper s Naval\\nHeroes, and struck by the story of Com. Porter s career,\\nsuggested that as Decatur had appropriated a naval hero s", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0789.jp2"}, "790": {"fulltext": "530\\nHISTOKY OF VAN BUKEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nname, the new township should follow the example and\\ntake the name of Porter. The suggestion was voted an\\nexcellent one, and adopted at once.\\nThe first township-meeting was held April 7, 1845, when\\nthe greatest number of votes cast for any candidate was 45.\\nA full list of the officials chosen on that occasion is given,\\nas follows Supervisor, Harvey Barker Clerk, Isaac Hall\\nTreasurer, Isaac Hall School Inspectors, W. S. Corey,\\nHarvey Barker Highway Commissioners, William L. Bar-\\nker, John Ne.sbitt, and William I. Finch Constables,\\nMiles Van Sickle, John Bennett, and Richard Wilson\\nOverseers of the Poor, Ira Harman and Benjamin Rey-\\nnolds Poundmaster, John Tittle Justices of the Peace,\\nHarvey Barker, Samuel D. Harper, H. H. Adams, John\\nNesbitt; Overseers of Highways, Peter Van Etten, Orrin\\nG. Kinney, William McMinn, William L. Barker, Jacob\\nStillwell. The Township Board consisted of Horace H.\\nAdams, Stephen Kinney, David A. Alexander, and Samuel\\nD. Harper Clerks of the Board were Nathan Cook and\\nWarren S. Corey.\\nThe jurors chosen to serve for the year 1845 were\\nSamuel D. Harper, William McMinn, Uri Kinney, Luther\\nKinney, John Webber, Orrin G. Kinney, Buell Reynolds,\\nDavid Gilson, Jacob StillwelL Elias Harmon, Thomas Alex-\\nander, Charles Mitchelson.\\nThe supervisors, clerks, treasurers, .school inspectors, and\\njustices of the peace from 1846 to 1880, were as follows:\\n1846. Supervisor, Uri Kinnej Clerk, H. H. Adams: Treasurer,\\nNathan Cook School Inspector, W. 0. Matthews: Justice\\nof the Peace, Orrin Sisson.\\n1847. Supervisor, John McKinney Clerk, H. 11. Adams Treasurer,\\nNathan Cook; School Inspector, W, S. Corey.\\n1848. Supervisor, Uri Kinney; Clerk, Isaac Hall; Treasurer, Na-\\nthan Cook School Inspector, W. 0. Matthews Justice of\\nthe Peace, Manasseh Kern.\\n1849. Supervisor, Orrin Sisson; Clerk, Isaac Hall; Treasurer, John\\nNesbitt School Inspector, W. S. Corey.\\n1S50. Supervisor, Manasseh Kern; Clerk, E.A.Park; Treasurer,\\nW. Gibson; School Inspector, A. H. Hathaway; Justice of\\nthe Peace, Roderick Bell.\\n1851. Supervisor, J. McKinney; Clerk, B. A. Park; Treasurer, J.\\nNesbitt; School Inspector, W. H. Paddock; Justice of the\\nPeace, J, McKinney.\\n1852. Supervisor, Luther Kinney Clerk, J. McKinney Treasurer, J.\\nNesbitt; School Inspector, A. H. Hathaway; Justice of the\\nPeace, Manasseh Kern.\\n185.3. Supervisor, J. McKinney; Clerk, A. H. Hathaway; Treasurer,\\nJ, Nesbitt; School Inspector, Asahel Bryant; Justice of the\\nPeace, Elias Harmon.\\n1854. Supervisor, J. McKinney; Clerk, A. H. Hathaway; Treasurer,\\nJ. Nesbitt; School Inspector, W. S. Corey; Justice of the\\nPeace, Isaac Hall.\\n1855.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, W. S. Corey; Clerk, S. I. Burnett; Treasurer,\\nHarvey Barker School Inspector, W. H. Paddock Justice\\nof the Peace, C. HoUister.\\n1856. Supervisor, W. S. Corey Clerk, Thomas Barker; Treasurer,\\nJohn Nesbitt School Inspector, J. B. Sackett Justice of\\nthe Peace, Manasseh Kern.\\n1857. Supervisor, Asahel Bryant Clerk, Thomas Barker Treasurer,\\nJohn Nesbitt; School Inspector, Asahel Bryant; Justice of\\nthe Peace, Elias Harmon.\\n1858. Supervisor, Sanford Corey Clerk, L. S. Dailey Treasurer,\\nJohn Nesbitt; School Inspector, C. Hollister; Justice of the\\nPeace, Isaac Hall.\\n1859. Supervisor, Sanford Corey Clerk, Amos Hall Treasurer, 0.\\nSisson; School Inspector, Joseph McKay; Justice of the\\nPeace, Dean Longcoy.\\n1860. Supervisor, J. Barker Clerk, Isaac Hall; Treasurer, Asahel\\nBryant; School Inspector, C. Hollister Justice of the Peace,\\nM. Kern,\\n1861. Supervisor, J. Barker; Clerk, Isaac Hall; Treasurer, Asahel\\nBryant; School Inspector, Asahel Bryant Justice of the\\nPeace, C. Hollister.\\n1862. Supervisor, C. Hollister; Clerk, Isaac Hall: Treasurer, Aaron\\nNorton School Inspector, A. H. Hathaway Justice of the\\nPeace, S. D. Harper.\\n1863. Supervisor, C. Hollister: Clerk, Isaac Hall Treasurer, Aaron\\nNorton School Inspector, A. Bryant Justice of the Peace,\\nA. H. Hathaway.\\n1864. Supervisor, W. Anderson Clerk, Isaac Hall; Treasurer, Aaron\\nNorton School Inspector, W. Anderson Justice of the\\nPeace, M. Kern.\\nI860.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, F. B. Adams; Clerk, A. H. Hathaway; Treasurer,\\nJ. Atwell School Inspector, A. Bryant; Justice of the\\nPeace, S. Corey.\\n1866. Supervisor, 0. Williams Clerk, A. H. Hathaway; Treasurer,\\nA. H. Norton; School Inspector, J. H. Hall; Justice of the\\nPeace, L. B. Dewey.\\n1867. Supervisor, J. Barker; Clerk, A. H. Hathaway Treasurer, A.\\nH. Norton; School Inspector, R. M. J. Hall; Justice of the\\nPeace, J. A. Edmonds.\\n1863. No record.\\n1869. Supervisor, 0. Williams; Clerk, A. H. Hathaway; Treasurer,\\nJ. C. McLane; School Inspector, J. H. Hall: Justice of the\\nPeace, M. Kern.\\n1870. No record.\\n1871. Supervisor, S. Corey Clerk, A. H. Hathaway Treasurer, R.\\nM. J. Hall; School Inspector, A. Bryant; Justice of the\\nPeace, M. Kern.\\n1872. Supervisor, C. A. Van Riper; Clerk, A. H. Hathaway; Treas-\\nurer, R. M. J. Hall; School Inspector, J. H. Hall; Justice\\nof the Peace, T. Alexander.\\n1873. Supervisor, 0. Williams; Clerk, J. W. Burlington; Treasurer,\\nJ. C. McLane: School Inspector, E. S. Upham Justice of\\nthe Peace, J. A. Edmonds.\\n1874. Supervisor, 0. Williams; Clerk, J. W.Burlington; Treasurer,\\nR. V. Munger; School Inspector, J. H. Hall; Justice of the\\nPeace, A. J. Weldon.\\n1875. Supervisor, 0. Williams; Clerk, J. W. Burlington; Treasurer,\\nR. V. Munger School Inspector, James Nash Justice of\\nthe Peace, E. Harmon.\\n1876. Supervisor, 0. Williams; Clerk, J. W. Burlington; Treasurer,\\nA. J. Hall; School Inspector, James Nash; Justice of the\\nPeace, H. Corey.\\n1877. Supervisor, J. C. McLane; Clerk, J. W. Burlington Treasurer,\\nFrank Cooley School Inspector, James Nash Justice of the\\nPeace, R. A. Ward.\\n1878. Supervisor, E. Warner; Clerk, J. W. Burlington: Treasurer,\\nFrank Cooley School Inspector, James Nash Justice of the\\nPeace, H. .1. Kellogg.\\n1879. Supervisor, J. C. McLane; Clerk, J. W. Burlington Treasurer,\\nJ. H. Hall; School Inspector, James Nash; Justice of the\\nPeace, C. A. Van Riper.\\nThe Township Board for 1879 was composed of J. C.\\nMcLane, Jason Atwell, and J. W. Burlington. A neat\\ntown hall at the Centre, built in 1869, serves for all meet-\\nings connected with public affairs.\\nCHURCHES.\\nIn 1837, Rev. Samuel L. Julian, a Free- Will Baptist\\npreacher, settled in Porter, and immediately organized in\\nthe Kinney settlement a church of that denomination,\\nwhich for a time flourished briskly. Julian removed to\\nthe far West in 1838, after selling his farm to Jacob\\nWright. After Mr. Julian s time Elder Dodge, a Baptist\\nminister, preached in the settlement. In the west. Rev.\\nWilder Mack, a Protestant Methodist preacher, held occa-\\nsional services at the house of George S. Frees. Harvey", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0790.jp2"}, "791": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0791.jp2"}, "792": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0792.jp2"}, "793": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF PORTER.\\n531\\nBarker, from Wayne Couuty, was a settler in 1841, and\\nwas also a local Methodist Episcopal preacher. For some\\ntime after his settlement he preached every Sunday at the\\ndwelling-house of some settler.\\nThe First Methodist Episcopal Church of Porter. A\\nMethodist Episcopal class was organized in Porter as far\\nback as 1844 at Gravel Lake, and meetings were held in\\nRoderick Bell s cooper-shop, as well as in town school-\\nhouses. The first class-leader of whom there is any recol-\\nlection was Mr. Mitchelson, after whom, in 1847, Myron\\nHall was chosen. The class was on the Paw Paw circuit,\\nand its first pastor was Rev. Mr. Reynolds. The Methodist\\nEpiscopal classes now in Porter three in number are\\nattached to the Lawton charge, of which Rev. T. T. George\\nis pastor. Their aggregate membership is 75, and they are\\ncalled respectively South Porter, Porter Centre, and Num-\\nber Nine, their places of worship being township school-\\nhouses.\\nA Free- Will Baptist Church was organized in 1858 by\\nRev. Edward Root, of Ohio, who then came to Porter as a\\nsettler. He was the church s pastor continuously until\\n1870, when he moved farther west. For the past year\\nthe church has had no pastor. Elder Daniel Osborn holds\\nservices, however, once a month. The church attendance\\nincludes about 20 members. Isaac Parish and Abner\\nMunger are the deacons, and James Bradt the clerk.\\nThe First Methodist Protestant Church was organized\\nMarch 14, 1865, by Elder Samuel Reeves, as the West\\nPorter class, in the school-house on section 17. The or-\\nganizing members were B. White and wife, Augustus\\nWeldon and wife, Merritt Tappen and wife, Elias Harmon\\nand wife, John Stuyvesant and wife. Miles Van Sickle,\\nMalintha Harmon, and Leonard Harmon. The Valley\\nclass was organized Jan. 3, 1866, with 33 members, and\\nthe North Porter class Feb. 8, 1866, with a membership\\nof 13. The West Porter class was attached to the Van\\nBuren circuit, in which it was the first. The pastors who\\nsucceeded Elder Reeves were Revs. Nichols, Bayne, Newell,\\nReed, Phillips, Byers, Murray, and Clarke. Elder Reeves,\\nthe first pastor, is in charge now for the second time. The\\npresent membership of the three classes is 80.\\nIn 1867 the society erected, on section 20, the fine church\\nbuilding which is now in use. The church trustees now\\nserving are Augustus Weldon, Henry Corey, Warren Wood,\\nElias Harmon, and James Ellis.\\nThe Christian Advent Church, worshiping in the Bell\\nschool-house, was organized in 1871 by Rev. James Ferris,\\nof Buchanan, at the Porter Centre school-house, with 25\\nmembers. Mr. Ferris continued to preach until 1878,\\nsince when no regular services have been held. The mem-\\nbership is now about 30. John Carver is the deacon and\\nPeter Rock the clerk.\\nSCHOOLS.\\nThe first school-teacher in Porter of whom there appears\\nto be any recollection was Warren S. Corey (brother to\\nNelson Corey), who taught in the Kinney settlement.\\nSarah, daughter of Nathan Cook, taught the first school in\\nthe Bell neighborhood, and the second one at Porter\\nCentre, the first teacher at the latter place being Josiah\\nJudson. Loring Barker taught a school in 1841 in Miles\\nVan Sickles log cabin. The township has now ten school\\ndistricts, of which six were organized in 1845. The ap-\\npended table will show the condition of the public schools\\nas per oflicial report for the year 1879\\nNumber of districts (whole, 7; fractional, 3) Id\\nscholars of school age 397\\nAverage attendance 348\\nValue of school property $4650\\nNumber of teachers 22\\nTotal expenses for the year $1587\\nThe school directors for 1879 were George D. Boyce,\\nCharles Hooper, J. W. Burlington, L. M. Walden, C. W.\\nLohr, A. J. Hall, D. Cornish, D. C. Van Antwerp, J. H.\\nHall, S. Beach.\\nPORTER GRANGE, No. 2.3, P. of H.\\nThis grange was organized April 26, 1873, with 19\\nmembers. The first Master was George D. Boyce, whose\\nsuccessors in that ofiice have been James W. Burlington,\\nElijah Warner, and John McLane.\\nThe present membership is 50, and the ofiicers as follows\\nJohn McLane, M. Russell V. Munger, 0.; George H.\\nWeldon, L. Elias Harmon, Chaplain Mrs. Elijah War-\\nner, Sec. Mrs. Manasseh Kern, Treas. Leonard Bates,\\nSteward Henry Yetter, Assistant Steward Mrs. George\\nWeldon, Pomona Miss Mary Kern, Flora Mrs. Samuel\\nBartlett, Ceres Mrs. J. P. Barker, Stewardess. Regular\\nsessions are held at the town hall. Porter Centre.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nSAMUEL BARTLETT.\\nThe grandfather of this gentleman, Asaph Bartlett, was\\na native of Massachusetts, as was also his father, William\\nL. Bartlett. The latter, at the age of nineteen, married\\nAbigail Warren, and that couple were the parents of five\\nchildren, three sons and two daughters. Of these Samuel\\nBartlett was the oldest, having been born in Genesee Co.,\\nN. Y., Feb. 16, 1816, to which county his parents had\\nmoved from Massachusetts, and where they occupied a farm.\\nAt the age of sixteen years Samuel Bartlett was deprived of\\nhis mother, and from that time until he was twenty-one he\\nattended school winters and worked for monthly wages\\nduring the summers. His school days were over after he\\nbecame of age, but his days of laboring for hire were not,\\nand for seven years he found employment at different occu-\\npations, a portion of the time being spent in a store.\\nThe latter was detrimental to his health, and he was\\nforced to begin again on a farm. March 24, 1844, he was\\nmarried to Miss Charlotte Parsons, daughter of David and\\nLucy Parsons. She was born in Le Roy, Genesee Co., N.\\nY., July 9, 1825, and was one of a family of six children,\\nof whom but two were sons. Her grandfather s name was\\nAaron Parsons her grandmother was of Welsh descent.\\nHer parents were natives of Vermont the rugged Green\\nMountain State. Samuel Bartlett and wife became the\\nparents of one child, a daughter, Helen A., born Feb. 8,\\n1849. She became the wife of Russel Munger.\\nAfter Mr. Bartlett was married he worked a farm for two", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0793.jp2"}, "794": {"fulltext": "532\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nyears on shares, after which he, iu company with his brother,\\npurchased one hundred acres of land, and farmed it together\\nuntil 1853, when they sold it. In 1856, his health being\\npoor and a change appearing necessary, Mr. Bartlett came\\nto Michigan, and purchased forty acres on section 25,\\nPorter township, Van Buren County, including the site\\nof his present residence. He has since added forty acres to\\nhis farm, and the whole is excellent in quality. It was\\ncovered with heavy timber when he came into possession,\\nand in the respect of clearing he had all the experience of\\nthe earlier pioneers. Mr. Bartlett s mind in earlier years\\nwas imbued with the teachings of the Baptist Church, but\\nhis religious views are at present of a liberal nature. He\\nallows all the privilege of believing as they choose, and re-\\nspects their opinions. His political status is that of a\\nDemocrat, but he has never taken an active part in town-\\nship politics.\\nSANFORD COREY.\\nSanford Corey, the sixth in a family of nine children,\\nthree sons and six daughters, was born in the State of\\nNew York, May 7, 1821. In 1823 his father removed,\\nwith the family, to Ohio, and in 1835 the son came with\\nan uncle, Samuel Corey, to Michigan, and lived with him\\nfive years. He then found employment at clearing land by\\ncontract, and soon purchased a tract for himself in Kala-\\nmazoo County, which he subsequently sold, and made\\nanother purchase of sixty acres on section 26, in Porter\\ntownship, Van Buren Co. To this he has added from time\\nto time, and now owns a fine farm of two hundred acres.\\nJan. 31, 1844, Mr. Corey was married to Oliva J., daughter\\nof Jabez and Eleanor Matthews, who was born April 25,\\n1826. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Corey were the fol-\\nlowing: Oliva S., born Aug. 15, 1845, died Oct. 17, 1876;\\nCharles M., born Sept. 17, 1847, died April 21, 1866;\\nElla M., born April 18, 1852. Mr. Corey was one of the\\nfirst to settle and clear a farm in this portion of the town-\\nship,, and it is related that the stories he told of his expe-\\nrience in those early days were interesting and amusing.\\nHis wife died Nov. 9, 1875, and he survived her only until\\nAug. 1, 1876. His daughter Ella, who causes this sketch\\nto be inserted in this work, was married, Sept. 28, 1873, to\\nBenjamin S. Harris, a native of Kalamazoo, at which place\\nhis people settled at an early date. He had one brother\\nand one sister. Mr. Corey was a member of, and an active\\nworker in, the Free-Will Baptist Church. In his political\\nviews he was a Democrat, and held various positions of trust\\nin the township, including the offices of supervisor and jus-\\ntice of the peace. He was very much respected by his fel-\\nlow-citizens, and his loss was sincerely regretted. His early\\neducational advantages were quite limited.\\nNELSON COREY.\\nNelson Corey was born in Vermont, Aug. 19, 1816, and\\nwas the fourth son in a family of nine children. His father,\\nX Jacob Corey, was a native of Vermont, and was married at\\nthe age of eighteen to Miss Betsey Durham, she being but\\nsixteen years old. In the year 1818 he moved to Ashta-\\nbula, Ohio, where he remained until his death, which oc-\\ncurred in 1828. Nelson was then twelve years of age, and\\nfrom that time until he was twenty-one he worked by the\\nmonth. In the spring of 1837 he came to Michigan, and\\niu 1840 bought his first piece of land, on .section 26, Porter\\ntownship. On the 12th of May, 1842, he married Miss\\nNELSON COKEY.\\nLucina Kinney, whose people were very early settlers in the\\ntownship, and lived happily until Aug. 2, 1855, when death\\nseparated them. Mr. and Mrs. Corey were the parents of\\nseven children, as follows: Sanford, born April 8, 1843,\\ndied July 16, 1843; Edward S., born October 1, 1844;\\nHenry J., born May 26, 1846; Martha L., born May 14,\\n1848 Horace H., born November 26, 1849 Almon W.,\\nborn August 12, 1853; Willis N., born August 2, 1855.\\nMr. Corey was married, in January, 1856, to Delila Fletcher,\\ndaughter of one of the early settlers of the township, and\\nto them were born two children, Delcena R., November\\n11, 1857, and Mary U., March 3, 1859. With this wife\\nMr. Corey lived until July 30, 1865, when death again\\nentered his home and left him a widower. His children arc\\nall living, except two, some being settled in Michigan and\\nothers farther west. Mr. Corey is an active member of the\\nProtestant Methodist Church. In politics he is a Repub-\\nlican. Since the death of his wife he has resided with his\\nson Henry, who married Rohama Anderson, a daughter of\\none of the pioneers of the county. Mr. Corey is now sixty-\\nfive years of age, and has lived in Michigan forty-three\\nyears. He has witnessed the transition of a wilderness into\\na garden, and sees a productive and beautiful region in the\\nplace of a land covered with a mighty and unbroken forest.\\nThe history of Van Buren County would .scarcely be com-\\nplete without some account of the life of Mr. Corey.\\nRUSSEL V. MUNGER.\\nThis gentleman a view of whose home appears in this\\nvolume was born in Ohio, August 22, 1837, and came to\\nVan Buren County with his father, Luke Munger, in 1839.\\nWhen he had reached the age of twenty-one years he went\\nto Minnesota, with a capital of fifty dollars, and pre-empted", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0794.jp2"}, "795": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF SOUTH HAVEN.\\n533\\none hundred and sixty acres of land, upon which he re-\\nmained about one year, and returned to Michigan to assist\\nhis father with his farm duties. In June, 1861, he sold\\nhis Minnesota land for five hundred dollars, and in August,\\n1862, purchased forty acres on section 34, in this township\\n(Porter). That was disposed of in 186-i, and he bought\\nsixty acres on which he now resides, on section 28 to this\\nhe has added until his present farm consists of one hundred\\nand forty-nine acres. On the 13th of August, 1865, Mr.\\nMunger was married to Helen A., daughter and only child\\nof Samuel and Charlotte Bartlett, who came to Michigan\\nin 1856 from the State of New York. Her parents are\\nresidents of the township of Porter. Mr. and Mrs. Mun-\\nger are the parents of four children, as follows: Frank R.,\\nborn November 24, 1868, died March 27, 1871 Charlotte\\nE., born June 10, 1872 Berenice A., born July 23, 1874,\\ndied March 6, 1875 Alberta M., born April 20, 1878.\\nMrs. Munger was born February 8, 1849. Mr. Munger\\nis a Democrat in politics, aud has held various township\\noffices is enthusiastic and energetic in all his undertakings,\\nand has been blessed with prosperity.\\nMANASSEH KERN.\\nThe grandfather of this gentleman came from Germany\\nto Pennsylvania at an early day, and settled in Lehigh\\nCounty. His son, John Nicholas Kern, was born in that\\ncounty in 1764, and was one of a family of ten children,\\nMANASSEH KERN.\\nseven sons and three daughters. He was married to Cath-\\narine Sager, and was a fai mer by occupation. His children\\nwere ten in number, as were his father s, and divided in the\\nsame ratio, and of these the gentleman whose name appears\\nat the head of this notice was the youngest, his birth occur-\\nring in the same county in Pennsylvania, Oct. 31, 1809.\\nWhen he was ten years old he suffered the loss of his\\nfather, after which he remained with his mother until he\\nwas eighteen, when he commenced to learn the tobacconist s\\ntrade, at which he worked about eighteen years. In 1840\\nhe was married to Miss Caroline Herlan, daughter of Jacob\\nand Caroline Herlan, she being the oldest in a family of five\\nchildren, who were all girls but one. She was born in Ger-\\nmany Feb. 7, 1820, and came to America with her father\\nin 1832, the family settling in New York. In 1836 they\\nremoved to Detroit, Mich., where the daughter was mar-\\nried to Mr. Kern. For five years after their marriage Mr.\\nand Mrs. Kern resided in Detroit, and in the spring of\\n1846 came to Van Buren County and settled upon the\\npresent home, in the township of Porter, he having pur-\\nchased it ten years before. It was then entirely new, not\\na spot cleared even large enough on which to erect a house.\\nTo his first purchase of one hundred and sixty acres one\\nhundred and twenty have since been added, aggregating\\ntwo hundred and eighty acres. Mr. and Mrs. Kern are\\nthe parents of six children, as follows Frances Albina,\\nborn Oct. 24, 1841, married John W. Alexander; Caroline\\nCatherine, born Jan. 22, 1844, died Feb. 21, 1852 Mary\\nCornelia, born Nov. 19, 1845 Clara Maria, born March\\n5, 1848, married Alfred Bayliss, who is a teacher at Ster-\\nling, 111., where Mr. Alexander is also living and practicing\\nlaw; Elizabeth Warren, born Feb. 7, 1850, died Jan. 7,\\n1853; Julius M., born June 10, 1853, inarried Margia,\\ndaughter of James Young, and now living in this township.\\nMary C. Kern, unmarried, is living at home. Mr. Kern s\\neducation was acquired by attending the district schools\\nduring the winters, his summers being spent at hard labor.\\nHe is not a member of any religious denomination, and is\\nliberal in his views on religious subjects, but his life has\\nbeen one of uprightness. In politics he is a Republican,\\nalthough not an active politician. He has held the office\\nof supervisor one term, and has been a justice of the peace\\nfor twenty years.\\nCHAPTER LXVII.\\nSOUTH HAVEN TOW^NSHIP.*\\nBoundaries, Topography, and Soil Settlements and Settlers Early\\nRoads Township Organization List of Township Officers Vil-\\nlage of South Haven Biinking Societies and Orders Schools\\nReligious Societies Fruit Interests of South Haven.\\nBOUNDARIES, TOPOGRAVHY, AND SOIL.\\nThe township contains eighteen full sections and seven\\nfractional sections along the lake-shore. It is the north-\\nwest corner township in the county, and is bounded\\non the north by Allegan County, on the east by the\\ntownship of Geneva, on the south by the township of\\nCovert, and on the west by Lake Michigan. Along the\\nshore rise high clay bluffs, ranging from thirty to fifty feet\\nin height, many of them crowned with the original forests\\nof hemlock and pine. From this elevation the land rises\\ngradually in undulating slopes for about a mile, when a\\nplateau is reached having an altitude of about one hundred\\nand ten feet from the surface of the lake. This table-land\\ndeclines towards the lake on the north and recedes from it\\non the south.\\nIt is watered by the Black River aud its south branch\\nin the north part of the township, and a small stream that\\nBy A. N. Hungerford.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0795.jp2"}, "796": {"fulltext": "534\\nHISTOKY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nrises in section 27 flows northerly through sections 21 and\\n22, and empties into the lake. The Black River flows\\nthrough a narrow valley near its mouth, and swampy,\\nmarshy lands in almost its entire course, and its dark waters\\nare stained with the decay of the forests through which it\\nflows. The township in its original state was heavily cov-\\nered with a heavy growth of pine, hemlock, walnut, oak,\\nmaple, basswood, whitewood, and other woods.\\nThe extract given below, is from an address delivered\\nbefore the South Haven Pomological Society by J. E.\\nBidwell, and it gives a faithful description of the soil of\\nSouth Haven\\nThe country adjoining the village of South Haven is\\nfavored by nature with the greatest conceivable variety of\\nsoil and exposure, including light sand and heavy clay,\\nor rich sand, gravel, and clay loam, separate or mixed in\\nevery conceivable proportion, or all combined in the most\\ndesirable compound, including all necessary vegetable or\\nmineral properties required by the particular appetite of\\ncertain plants for their peculiarly constructed organization,\\nor by those exacting a portion of all covering deep slopes,\\nundulating tracts, dry, level prairie, or moist bottom-lands,\\nwhich the winds and waters of past ages have separated, or\\nmingled in different proportions, so that no kind of soil or\\nsituation could be desired without finding it readily and at\\na reasonable price. In fact, all departments of agriculture,\\nfrom the least even to the greatest, can be successfully car-\\nried on here, from flourishing vegetable-gardens, prosperous\\nwheat-fields, and verdant meadows, to permanent orchards.\\nTrue, there is necessarily some poor land, but the propor-\\ntion of good is tenfold greater, and the very good even ten-\\nfold greater than the good.\\nThe climate is very favorable to successful fruit-raising,\\nand the attention of the people of the township is largely\\ndirected to that industry.\\nSETTLEMENT AND SETTLERS.\\nThe territory to the southward, around St. Joseph, had\\nbeen occupied by settlers years before the while man had\\ninvaded any part of this or adjoining townships. The first to\\nexplore the region was Jay R. Monroe, a native of Surrey,\\nN. H., who, while still a boy, moved with his father s\\nfamily to Hamilton, Madison Co., N. Y., whence in 1826\\nhe came to Detroit, and in company with Mr. Campau s\\nmen made the circuit of the lakes as an employee in the\\nfur-trade. After his return he went in the employ of Gen.\\nCass and Mr. Canipau, locating lands for a few years, and\\nthen returned to New York. In 1830 he removed to\\nPrairie Ronde, Mich., and was traveling through the State\\nmuch of the time, examining and locating lands fur others.\\nHis commissions were applied to the purchase of land for\\nhimself He was the first to pass through what is now\\nSouth Haven, and in 1833 he built the first house where\\nSouth Haven now is. He was a bachelor at that time,\\nand a family by the name of Thomas was placed in the\\nhouse. While the family lived here a child was born and\\ndied, this being the first birth and death in the township.\\nMr. Monroe made a village plat,* and provided for a school\\nlot. In 1836 he sold other lands for $6000 to Thomas\\nIt is now embraced in the Hannahs plat of 1852.\\nSheldon, Charles E. Stuart, and others, and was to keep a\\nfamily on the place for a year. A family named Fink lived\\nthere until November, 1836, when Henry Monroe, a brother\\nof Jay R., with his wife and child, came into the house and\\nremained till spring. Mr. Jay R Monroe, with Charles U.\\nCross, of Bangor, in 1835 laid out a road from South Haven\\nto Paw Paw, and previously had laid out a road from South\\nHaven to Prairie Ronde. After the Monroe property passed\\ninto other hands, nothing was done by way of improvement\\ntill Marvin Hannahs purchased the land laid down in the\\nplat of 1852, which embraces all of the southwest quarter of\\nsection 10 lying south of the river. Mr. Monroe married\\nMiss Fanny Raw.son, a native of Massachusetts, Sept. 10,\\n1836, and lived for nearly a year at Kalamazoo. He was\\nacting as land-agent for Eastern capitalists, and continued\\nhis agency until it was transferred to his son Charles, who\\nstill retains it, and has yet lands belonging to those early\\nland companies. In the spring of 1837, Mr. Monroe moved\\nto lands he had taken up in the township of Lawrence,\\nwhere he remained several years, and where were born his\\nchildren, Charles J., Andrew H., Isaac, Lyman S., J.\\nRandolph, and one daughter (Mrs. Eunice Moore, of South\\nHaven.) He became one of the largest land-owners in this\\nsection of country, owning at one time 80 eighty-acre lots.\\nHe was commissioner of the poor for twenty-five years\\nappointed judge under the Territorial government, and was\\nthe adviser and friend of the early settlers. He was one of\\nthe first organizers of the State Agricultural Society and\\nof the Van Buren County Pioneer Society. Three of his\\nsons are now in the banking business at South Haven, with\\na branch bank at Bangor. Charles J. is also engaged in\\nfruit-raising and as a surveyor, which occupation he fol-\\nlowed from 1860 to 1868. He is acquainted with the land\\nand its titles in all parts of this and adjoining townships.\\nIn 1838, Daniel Pierce came in from Schoolcraft with\\nthe first horse-team. He purchased of Mr. Monroe 160\\nacres of land in the northwest quarter of section 14, where\\nhe now lives, and built upon it a cabin, in which he lived at\\ntimes, though he made Kalamazoo his home. He was a\\ntrapper and caught many wolves, receiving the State bounty\\nof $13, securing in that year (1838) 13 scalps. He owned\\na nursery at Kalamazoo, and lived here but little, using his\\nhut aimply as a hunting cabin. Indians were plenty dur-\\ning the sugar season, coming up the lake in fleets of canoes\\ncarrying sail when the wind was favorable. Daniel Pierce,\\nnow living, has seen 17 bark canoes at the mouth of the\\nriver at one time. A small number of Indians remained\\nalong the lake-shore and in the valleys of the Paw Paw\\nand St. Joseph Rivers.\\nA part of the sugar manufactured was sewed up with\\ndeer-sinews in birch-bark bags, called niokoks, and buried\\nin the ground for the winter s supply. Small patches of\\ncorn were planted by them also, which was ready for the\\nharvest on their return in the fall.\\nDaniel Pierce was the only man living in the territory\\nnow South Haven who voted in the spring of 1838.\\nTwenty-two votes were cast.\\nIn the fall of that year a three-masted schooner, the La-\\nporte, Captain Webster, was wrecked near to where now\\nis the south pier. Clark Pierce carried the baggage of the", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0796.jp2"}, "797": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0797.jp2"}, "798": {"fulltext": "1", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0798.jp2"}, "799": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF SOUTH HAVEN.\\n535\\nsailors to Paw Paw, and they went on foot. In the spring\\nshe was burned by the owners for the iron fastenings.\\nAbout 1841 an effort was made to establish a mail-route\\nfrom South Haven to Schoolcraft, and a Mr. Harrison, liv-\\ning at Gourd-Neck Prairie, took the contract to deliver the\\nmail once a week. He made the trial ouce, but could not\\nfind the postmaster, and returned with his mail to School-\\ncraft. Daniel Pierce had been appointed postmaster, but\\nrefused to act.\\nOn the road from the mouth of the river (now South\\nHaven) there were but few inhabitants one settlement of\\nlawless depredators lived on the route, at a place called\\nOwlsville, from the nightly visits of the inhabitants to the\\nfarms, hen-roosts, and pig-pens of the country round.\\nIn August, 1843, Edwin Forrest, the famous tragedian,\\npurchased an interest iu part of what is now known as the\\nDyckman Woodman Plat, and Isaac Willard, about the\\nsame time, bought where the Tubbs Wells Mill afterwards\\nstood, also in the land north of Phoenix Street, in the south-\\neast fractional quarter of section 3.\\nThe land that formerly belonged to Mr. Monroe had\\npassed into the hands of William A. Booth, Dr. Abbott,\\nand others, of New York City. In June of 1845, Louis A.\\nBooth, brother of William A., and agent of the company,\\nClark Pierce, with his wife and two boys, Almon and\\nIrving,- came to the mouth of the Black River, and took\\npossession of Mr. Monroe s cabin, on the bank. Mr. Booth\\nand Pierce made a plan for a house, and went north about\\ntwenty miles to Uncle Jimmy Hall for their lumber, spend-\\ning one night in the woods. The remainder of the lumber\\nneeded was drawn from Breedsville. In due time the house\\nwas finished, and July 18, 1845, Clark Pierce and his\\nfamily moved into it. This was the first frame house west\\nof Bangor. Mr. Pierce remained here till April, and was\\nthen succeeded in the house by a Mr. White, with his wife\\nand child. Dr. Camp, of Bangor, whose wife was a sister\\nof Mrs. White, joined them. A Mr. Branch and son also\\ncame on from the East iu the interest of the company.\\nIn the winter of 1845-46, Dr. Abbott, one of the part-\\nners, visited the place, and preparations were made to build\\na mill near the mouth of the river. Workmen were em-\\nployed getting out timber, but for some reason the opera-\\ntions ceased, and the timber was shipped to St. Joseph.\\nAfterwards a German fiimily by the name of Shawfinch\\noccupied the house, and his wife and child died there.\\nFrom that time the house became the resort only of a few\\nstragglers through the country.\\nIn 1849, Clark Pierce with his family, and Mr. Wood\\nand wife, C. B. Gross and wife, living in what is now\\nGeneva, started on horseback and with an ox-sled drawn by\\nhorses to the house on the lake, and there celebrated the\\nFourth of July of that year.\\nIn August, 1850, Mr. Joseph Sturgis, foreman of Mar-\\nvin Hannahs, with a corps of assistants, consisting of Ai\\nBlood, Joseph Dow, and Horace Thomas, came down the\\nriver from Jericho and commenced the erection of a steam\\nmill on the site of what is now known as the Quaker Dock.\\nOther houses were erected, which were soon occupied by\\nHorace Thomas, S. B. Morehouse, and others, Mr. Sturgis\\nliving iu the house previously built by Mr. Pierce.\\nMarvin Hannahs was a native of Litchfield, Conn., and\\na tanner. He moved to Utica, N. Y., in 1831, and in\\n1837 to Albion, Calhoun Co., Mich., where he was largely\\nengaged in lumbering and other pursuits. He purchased\\nland in Jericho, Geneva township, and erected the first\\nframe house at that place, and built a tannery. Land was\\npurchased at this place about 1850, and Capt. J. H. Hen-\\ndryx, now of Decatur, and Joseph Sturgis were sent to\\nSouth Haven, the former as business manager. Mr. Han-\\nnahs platted the village in 1852. His son, George Han-\\nnahs, became interested with his father, and came to South\\nHaven in 864 to reside and take charge of the property.\\nHe was elected the first president of Albion, and also of\\nSouth Haven. He was in the mercantile and milling busi-\\nness for eight years, and opened a branch in Albion, which\\nwas carried on for a few years.\\nHon. George Hannahs was elected to the State Senate\\nNovember, 1870 delegate to the Cincinnati National Re-\\npublican Convention. He is a trustee of the Eastern Asy-\\nlum at Pontiao. His father, Marvin Hannahs, died Feb.\\n7, 1866, at Albion, where he settled in 1835.\\nAfter Mr. Sturgis had moved to South Haven and com-\\nmenced operations, others soon came in. Mr. Hannahs\\nhad a house built, and Horace Thompson and his wife\\noccupied it. In the same year Ai Blood built a large\\ndouble house, which is still standing. He lived in Chicago,\\nand did not come in until the September following. He\\nwas a carpenter, and was engaged afterwards in building\\nlighters for Dyckman, Hall Co., to load vessels in the lake\\noutside the mouth of the river. Joseph Sturgis built a\\nsaw-mill, with one upright saw, on what is now Quaker\\nDock. Upon the commencement of Dyckman, Hall\\nCo. s operations, Mr. Sturgis became one of the partners,\\nhis property becoming a part of the stock. Mr. Sturgis died\\nin 1855.\\nStephen B. Morehouse, a native of New Jersey, came to\\nSouth Haven in January, 1852, with wife and two daugh-\\nters, and moved first into the unoccupied house built by\\nAi Blood in the previous year. Frank Gray came a few\\ndays after with his wife and one child, and lived in a shanty,\\nwhere he remained three years.\\nAlpha Tubbs, with wife and daughter, and Nelson Tubbs,\\nwith wife and three children, came in the spring of 1852,\\nand built a house and mill on the north side of the river.\\nThis year the Fourth of July was observed. Notice had been\\nsent out to all the settlers, and about 100 gathered in to\\nthe feast and to celebrate the birthday of the nation. The\\nexercises were held in front of Joseph Sturgis house.\\nA fawn had been shot by the young men, and was roasted\\nfor the occasion. The tables were set out-of-doors, and\\nthe day passed off pleasantly.\\nA frame school-house about 18 by 24 feet was built\\nnear the lake in the summer of 1852, and was taught by\\nMiss Ella Barnes, an adopted daughter of S. B. Morehouse.\\nThe pupils were seven, Joseph Sturgis, Jr. (nicknamed\\nthe Judge), Julia and Harriet Morehouse, three children of\\nNelson Tubbs, and Tip Ormsby.\\nJoseph Sturgis was appointed postmaster about 1855.\\nHis deputy was S. B. Morehouse, who soon succeeded to\\nthe postmastership.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0799.jp2"}, "800": {"fulltext": "536\\nHISTOKY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nThe first religious services were held at the house of\\nJoseph Sturgis, in April, 1852, by a Baptist minister, and\\na few weeks later the Rev. Mr. Doughty, a Methodist min-\\nister, preached in the dining-room of S. B. Morehouse.\\nNotices were sent out to the people, and these services were\\nwell attended.\\nDecember 25, 1852, a Christmas party was given at the\\nhouse of Mr. Morehouse, at which every man, woman, and\\nchild in the settlement was invited.\\nMr. S. B. Morehouse purchased 80 acres on the north-\\nwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 10, and in\\n1854 set out three acres in fruit (mostly apples), purchasing\\nhis trees in Kalamazoo. During the season of 1853 he\\nwas out of corn, and the roads were bad and provisions\\nscarce. During this state of aifairs he was awakened early\\none Sunday morning by a rap at his door, and on answering\\nit he found a man there, who said he had a boat-load of\\ncorn (100 bushels) that he wanted to exchange for wood.\\nThe exchange was soon eflTected. The vessel was the\\nPetrel, with capacity for carrying 12 cords. Mr. More-\\nhouse thus became the first to ship cord-wood from South\\nHaven to Chicago. Soon after the advent of the Petrel,\\nthe little schooner Lapwing came to this port, in com-\\nmand of Capt. Mitchell, who was for several years the only\\nnavigator from the port of South Haven.\\nJuly 1, 1854, the woods caught fire on Mr. Morehouse s\\nfarm, and in fighting it he overworked, and produced a\\nsickness by which he was confined eight months, and from\\nwhich he never entirely recovered.\\nDr. Hathaway, of Breedsville, was the first physician\\nwho practiced in this region, and while here on a profes-\\nsional visit in 1854 was so much pleased with the country\\nthat he purchased two acres of Mr. Morehouse, and soon\\nafter erected a house and lived here, following his profession\\nThe first wedding in the township was that of Leland\\nSpencer and Ella Barnes, at the house of Mr. Morehouse,\\nwho, being a justice of the peace, performed the ceremony.\\nMr. Morehouse was supervisor of the town in 1861, and\\nfilled at various times other positions. He died in 1862,\\nleaving a widow and two daughters, -Mrs. Charles J. Mon-\\nroe and Mrs. A. B. Chase, now of Bangor. Mrs. More-\\nhouse is still living, and resides at Bangor. Alpha and\\nNelson Tubbs, from Climax Prairie, commenced operations\\nin the spring of 1852, on the north side of the river, build-\\ning a mill and boarding-house. This mill remained till\\n1861, and was destroyed by fire. The land is known as\\nTubbs addition. About 1860 the mill was sold, and\\nNelson moved away. Alpha remained a few years longer,\\nand in 1866 sold the remainder of his land and removed to\\nIllinois.^ Clark and Samuel G. Sheffer came in the fall of\\nthis year, and settled north of the village, where they still\\nlive.\\nEvert B. Dyekman, of Schoolcraft, Mich., visited the\\ntownships of Columbia and Pine Plains before 1852, and\\nlocated about 1000 acres in those townships, attracted by\\nthe excellence of their pine timber. In the fall of 1852\\nhis son, A. S. Dyekman, was sent out to make a further\\nexamination of the lands, and to decide upon the most\\nfeasible way to market the lumber. He came on foot\\ndown the north side of the middle branch of South Black\\nRiver. His only companion was a hunter known as Lop\\nHorn Loomis. Except a few Indians, no inhabitants were\\non the line between Humphreysburg and the mouth of the\\nriver. At the mouth of Barber Creek they passed one\\nnight with the Indians, and breakfasted next morning on\\nvenison. From there Mr. Dyekman traveled alone to the\\nmouth of the river, arriving about midnight. Here he\\nremained a few days, and returned to Schoolcraft, when\\narrangements were made by Evert and A. S. Dyekman, of\\nSchoolcraft, and A. V. Pantland and C. H. Morrill, of Paw\\nPaw, for the purchase of lands owned by James B. Murray,\\nof New York City. The lands located were the west half\\nof the northeast quarter of section 10, and all of the north\\nhalf of section 2 lying .south of the river, and the north\\nhalf of the north half of section 1.\\nFebruary 1, 1853, A. S. Dyekman and Joseph S. Wagoner\\narrived at South Haven with two wagons loaded with sup-\\nplies. Mr. Wagoner was a carpenter, and the first work\\nwas to haul lumber from Hannahs Sturgis mill, and to\\nerect houses. They also built a company store and a build-\\ning which became the Forest House. In March, 1853,\\nMr. Morrill retired from the firm and Mr. Sturgis became\\na partner. A large lumber business was carried on, and\\nthe village numbered about 200 inhabitants, mostly em-\\nployees of the different mills at the mouth of the river.\\nAn operation called snagging was commenced in the fall of\\n1853, and was continued till about the 1st of January\\nthis consisted in clearing the middle branch of the river\\nfor a distance of about twenty miles, to the pine lands of\\nDyekman Co., and was a work of great labor.\\nThe supplies for this little colony for the winter for 1853\\nwere bought in Chicago, and shipped mostly in the scow\\nDrew. She was anchored about a mile from shore, and\\nher cargo was unloaded with flat-boats, taking two days\\nand nights. The goods were landed safely on the beach,\\nand consisted of pork, beef, lard, butter, flour, grain, and\\nhay. The cargo was owned mostly by Dyekman, Sturgis\\nCo., Tubbs, McClelland Co., and Daniel Howard, who\\nwas engaged in getting out wood and bark at the intersec-\\ntion of the north and middle branches of the river.\\nIn 1857 attention having been directed to this locality\\nas being favorable for fruit culture, Mr. A. S. Dyekman,\\nson of Evert, planted a peach-nursery, and in 1859 set\\nout four acres of peaches from this nursery near his present\\nresidence. Mr. Dyekman has since that time been largely\\ninterested in fruit, and is the most extensive fruit-grower\\nin this section, having 55 to 60 acres on the home-farm,\\nmostly in peaches, 400 apples, 150 pears and small fruits,\\nand on the north side of the river 16 acres in peaches; up\\nthe river, on the south side, about 15 acres in peaches and\\nsmall fruits. He has at the present time 8000 peach-trees.\\nHe planted and shipped in 1877 20,000 baskets, and in\\n1879 11,000 baskets. Mr. Dyekman was president of the\\nState Pomological Society in 1873, and has been among the\\nforemost in the South Haven Pomological Society.\\nBarney H. Dyekman and Randolph Densmore about\\n1857 built a tannery on the low land northwest from the\\nbridge crossing the river, which was in operation several\\nyears. J. H. Davis made the bricks here for the arch in\\nHannahs mill in 1853, and afterwards started a brick-", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0800.jp2"}, "801": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF SOUTH HAVEN.\\n537\\nyard. The totel was first kept by Pennock, who\\nhad a wife and a family of three daughters and one son.\\nThe bu.siness of the hotel was largely supported by the\\nmilling interest of Dyckman, Hale Co. Marshall Hale,\\nof the firm, was a native of Vermont, and was interested\\nas a partner with Judge Evert B. Dyckman in the purchase\\nof land, at first for speculative purposes, afterwards to de-\\nvelop the country and realize from the lumber. He came\\nhere in 1833, after the completion of the .store, his family\\ncoming tlie next year. The firm passed through many\\nchanges as one after another came, but still Judge Dyck-\\nman and BIr. Hale have property here together. Judge\\nDyckman is living at Schoolcraft, and Mr. Hale about\\n1861 moved to the same place, and in 1872 to San Jose,\\nCal., where he is engaged in mercantile business. His son\\nGeorge has charge of the store at South Haven.\\nSamuel P. Wilson, a native of Seneca Co., N. Y., came to\\nSouth Haven in 1854, and taught school on the north side\\nof the river and in the township and village for several\\nyears. Afterwards engaged in shipping wood and lumber,\\nand in shipping on the lake. He is supervisor of the town-\\nship, and has held the position for several years. Rodney\\nHinckley in 1855 built a log cabin on the southwest cor-\\nner of fractional section 16, where T. Hoppin now lives.\\nHis wife was a carpet-weaver. Ho died about seven years\\nlater. His son Isaac lives in the village. William H.\\nSchropple came in 1855, and is still living here. Charles\\nand George Gibson came in 1857, and settled on section\\n22, where they still own. James L. Reid came about the\\nsame time.\\nDaniel G. Wright, a native of Onondaga Co., N. Y., on\\nNov. 19, 1855, became a partner in the firm of Dyckman,\\nHale Co. In the spring of 1856 he went to Chicago to\\ntake charge of the lumber business of the firm in that city.\\nHe remained about five years, when he returned, and is\\nstill living in South Haven. L. H. Bailey, a native of\\nWindsor, Vt., emigrated in 1842 to Arlington, where he\\nlived eleven years, and in 1853 bought of a Mr. Howard,\\nof Vermont, 120 acres, where he now lives, on the west\\nhalf of southwest quarter of section 11, South Haven.\\nIn 1855-56 he set out an apple-orchard, and he now has\\n1300 apple- and 1000 peach-trees. Mr. Bailey was agent\\nfor the Vermont Land Company, and examined and located\\nland through Van Buren, Eaton, and Ingham Counties for\\nthem, and was through here before Mr. Sturgis settled in\\n1850.\\nDaniel Pierce came in first in 1836 or 1837, and bought\\nIGO acres on section 14. In 1850 he went to California,\\nand remained there some years, and then moved to Wis-\\nconsin, but returned to his farm in South Haven in 1859,\\nbuying 40 acres adjoining, where he still lives.\\nIn the fall of 1857, Peter Davis, who came in 1852, set-\\ntled on the point where the Ludwig pier now is. At that\\ntime there was but a small clearing, but afterwards 30 acres\\nwere cleared, and part of the land set out to peaches.\\nUzziah Conger, of Oswego Co., N. Y., came to South\\nHaven Dec. 28, 1855, and in 1856 became a member of\\nDyckman, Hale Co. At that time the hotel and store\\nwere built, and the saw-mill had been built the year before\\non the east half of the southwest quarter of section 3. Mr.\\n68\\nConger was with tlie firm through its changes from Dyck-\\nman, Hale Co., Hale, Wright Co., Hale, Conger Co.,\\nto its dissolution, and is now in business in the villasre.\\nAaron Eames settled on section 16 before 1860, and\\nsoon set out a peach-orchard. George Breed also settled\\nin the same section. The first school taught in the south\\nand southeast part of town was kept by Martha Grover, in\\na cabin at Maple Grove Corners, on the Monroe land, about\\n1863. She had fourteen pupils.\\nJohn Williams, a native of New York, came in 1844 to\\nWashtenaw Co., Mich., and in 1861 removed to South\\nHaven, locating on the east half of the east half of sec-\\ntion 14, where he is still living. He is the inventor of a\\nfruit evaporator that is regarded as a great improvement on\\nothers.\\nHenry Hurlbut located about the same time in the east\\npart of the town. Jefferson Archer settled earlier on sec-\\ntion 14. William M. Hurlbut came into the territory then\\nSouth Haven in 1840, and was one of the early officers,\\nbut did not remove to the present South Haven until 1863.\\nHe has represented the district in the Legislature for four\\nyears.\\nAn enterprise connected with the early history of the vil-\\nlage is worthy of mention, although it failed. A Quaker by\\nthe name of Halleck, from New York City, came to the vil-\\nlage in the year 1857 or 1858 and bought land at what is\\nknown as the Quaker Dock. He took down the mill, drove\\npiles, and built the dock, and got out large quantities of tim-\\nber, preparatory to building a large store and warehouse.\\nHe had purchased a vessel in New York, and loaded it with\\ngoods. This vessel came round the lakes, but a heavy\\nstorm rising as she approached this harbor, she was driven\\npast the mouth of the river, and was shipwrecked above\\nSt. Joseph, and the goods and machinery on board were so\\ndamaged as to be almost worthless. This disaster put an\\nend to a project that would doubtless have inured to the\\nprosperity of South Haven. Immediately after the disas-\\nter Mr. Halleck returned to New York.\\nEARLY RO.iDS.\\nIn the year 1835 a road was opened from South Haven\\nto Paw Paw by Jay R. Monroe and Charles U. Cross. The\\nfirst road of which mention is made in the records was laid\\nout Sept. 9, 1843, known as Wood s road, commencing\\nat a station on the quarter line of section 8, T. 2, R. 16\\nwest [now Bangor], running north to the northeast corner\\nof section 5, re-surveyed by Charles U. Cross in 1846.\\nThe laying out of a road is recorded June 4, 1845, com-\\nmencing at the east line of T. 2 south, R. 16 west [Ban-\\ngor], at the N. E. corner of section 36, running south.\\nJuly 8, 1845, the town-line road between South Haven\\nand Columbia was recorded. Young s road was recorded\\nMay 23, 1846, commencing at the west line of section 35,\\nand running north to intersection of the Waterford road on\\nthe east line of section 15. The South Haven and Hart-\\nford was recorded Oct. 18, 1845, each township agreeing\\nto keep the road in repair within its own territory. The\\nSouth Haven Lake road, commencing 140 rods west of\\nthe N. E. corner of section 3, T. 1 S., R. 17 west, running\\nsouth across the river along the centre of Paw Paw street.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0801.jp2"}, "802": {"fulltext": "538\\nHISTOKY OF VAN BUKEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nstill south to a stake in centre of Monroe Street, dated\\nMay 13, 1852.\\nTOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION.\\nUpon the division of the township of Lafayette into\\nseven townships, in the winter of 1836-37, South Haven\\nwas one of the number, and was laid out to contain the\\npresent territory of Bangor, Columbia, Geneva, and Deer-\\nfield. The act organizing South Haven reads as follows\\nThat all that portion of the county of Van Buren desig-\\nnated on the United States survey as township one south,\\nin ranges fifteen, sixteen, and seventeen west, and township\\ntwo south, in ranges sixteen and seventeen west, be and\\nthe same is hereby set off and organized into a separate\\ntownship by the name of South Haven, and the first town-\\nship-meeting therein shall be held at the house of J. II.\\nMonroe in said township.\\nThe early records of the township are lost, and it is not\\nknown who the first officers were, but with the exception\\nof J. R. Monroe the residents were in what is now Bangor,\\nColumbia, and Geneva Charles U. Cross in Bangor\\nSilas Breed, Jonathan N. Howard, A. Bobot, Samuel Wat-\\nson, and J. N. Hinckley, at Brcedsville Clark Pierce in\\nGeneva. The offices were held, school districts laid out, and\\nearly improvement made in that portion of the township.\\nThe first records on file in the town.ship clerk s office\\ncommence Sept. 30, 1844, when the township board met\\nat the school-house at Brcedsville, J. N. Hinckley, Horace\\nHumphrey, Daniel Taylor, and Mason Wood being present.\\nThe accounts of the township were audited and amounted\\nto $95.22. It was resolved that the election be holden\\non the first Monday of November at the dwelling-house of\\nDaniel Taylor, and on the day following at the school-house\\nin Brcedsville. Pursuant to notice the township board\\nmet at the Mansion House of Daniel Taylor fur the purpose\\nof holding a general election. The polls were opened by\\nJ. N. Hinckley, Horace Humphrey, Harvey JManley, Ma.son\\nWood, Daniel Taylor, and J. N. Howard. Lyman Loomis\\nwas chosen clerk. At the close of election on that day ad-\\njournment was made to meet at the school-house on the\\nfollowing day. This record is of date Nov. 8, 1844, and\\nsigned J. N. Howard, Town Clerk.\\nThe first township election of which record is found, was\\nheld at the dwelling-house of Daniel Taylor, April 7, 1845,\\nat which the following officert were elected Pcrrin M.\\nNorthrup, Supervisor William M. Hurlbut, Township\\nClerk Mason Wood, Justice of the Peace four years\\nCharles U. Cross, Justice of the Peace two years Mansel M.\\nBriggs, Justice of the Peace one year Harvey Potter, John\\nSmith, Hiel Swan, Commissioners of Highways Charles U.\\nCross, Township Treasurer IMason Wood and Charles U.\\nCross, Overseers of the Poor Charles U. Cross and Mansel\\nM. Briggs, School Inspectors; Charles A. Taylor and\\nSherman Northrup, Constables Mason Wood, Sealer of\\nWeights and Measures.\\nA settlement was made April 30, 1845, between South\\nHaven and Columbia, the latter having been set off as a\\nseparate township, and included the present town of\\nGeneva. The Board of Supervisors of Van Buren County\\nset off Bangor at their annual meeting in October, 1853,\\nand the township of Deerfield (now Covert) in 185G.\\nLIST OF TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.\\nThe supervisors, clerks, treasurers, justices of the peace,\\nand school inspectors of South Haven, from 1846 to 1879,\\ninclusive, have been as follows\\nSLTERVISORS.\\nlSi6,PerrinM. Northrup; 1S47-4S, Willi.am H. Hurlbut 1849, Jesse\\nBall; 1S50, William H. Hurlbut; 1851-52, Mansel M. Briggs;\\n185. William H. Hurlbut; 1854, William B. Ilathaw.iy 1855-\\n-56, Kandolpb Dcnsmore; 1S57, Aaron S. Dyckman 1858,\\nBarney H. Dyck man; 1859. Randolph Densmore; 1860, AaronS.\\nDyckman; 1S6I, Stephen B. Morehouse; 1862, Kirk W. Noyes;\\n186.3, George B. Poraeroy 1864, John Andrews; 1865-66, Wil-\\nliam H. Hurlbut 1867-70, Kirk W. Noyes; 1871-72, Charles J.\\nMonroe; 1873-74, Albert Thompson; 1875-79, Samuel P. Wil-\\nTOWNSHIP CLERKS.\\n1846, William II. Hurlbut; 1847-48, Jesse Ball; 1849, Osear R.\\nSouthard; 1850, John L. Northrup; 1851-52, James D. Kings-\\nton; 1853. Pcrrin M. Northrup; 1854-56. Stephen B. Morehouse;\\n1857, Kirk W. Noyes; 1858-59, Edwin Densmore; 1860, Samuel\\nA. Tripp; 1861, Edward H. Lounsbury 1862, George B. Pome-\\nroy; 1863-68, Elisha B. Moon; 1869-70, William E. Stewart;\\n1871, Elisha B. Moon: 1872-78. Augustus B. Chase; 1879, El-\\nston Hewson.\\nTREASUREKS.\\n1846-47, Perrin M. Northrup; 1848-49, Mansel M. Briggs; 1850,\\nDavid T. Taylor: 1851-52, Mason Wood; 1853, Mansel M.\\nBriggs; 1854, Amos J. Eggleston 1855, Horace S. Thomas;\\n1856, John F. Withey 1857-58, William B. Hathaway; 1859-\\n60, James P. Williams; 1861-62, George H. Bradley; 1863,\\nHorace S. Thomas; 1864-67, S. P.Wilson; 1868-69, Joseph B.\\nHurlbut; 1870-72, Charles Delamere; 1873-74, Peter Davis;\\n1875, Milton H. Rice; 1876-77, Alwyn M. Prouty 1878-79,\\nGeorge B. Pomeroy.\\nJUSTICES OF THE PEACE.\\n1846, Mansel M. Briggs, Jesse B.all 1847, Charles U.Cross; 1848,\\nCharles U. Cross, Stern L. Ripley; 1849, James B. Croft; 1850,\\nMansel M. Briggs; 1851, Ai Blood 1852, Stephen B. Morehouse,\\nDaniel Van Auken, Adolphus Brown 1853, Daniel T. Fo.x 1854,\\nAlpha Tubbs, Benoni Young, and Charles B. De Aruiond; 1855,\\nJames R. Reed 1856, Stephen B. Morehouse, Horace S. Thomas,\\nWilliam B. Hathaway; 1857, Samuel Merry; 1858, Randolph\\nDensmore, Wilbur Hale: 1859, Joseph S. Wagoner; 1860, Kirk\\nW. Noyes^ Enoch Conger, Rossiter Hoppin 1861, Samuel Fol-\\nlett; 1862, Wm. H. Hurlbut; 1863, Joseph S.AVagoner, Richard\\nL. Bonfoey 1864, James Calkins, A. N. Moulton 1865, Calvin\\nFletcher; 1806, George H. Bradley; 1867, Joseph B. Hurlbut,\\nAugustus Voorhees; 1868, D. M. Phillips, William P. Bryan;\\n1869, Alonzo II. Chandler; 1870, Calvin Fletcher, William II.\\nHurlbut: 1871, George W. Bycrs, Alonzo M. Haynes, William P.\\nBryan: 1872, William P. Bryan, Uzziah Conger; 187. Uzziah\\nConger; 1874, Calvin Fletcher; 1875, George W. Byers 1876,\\nBenjamin Tultle; 1877, Edward M. Cook; 1878, George W. Byers,\\nEdward M. Cook, Benjamin M. Tuttle, Calvin Fletcher; 1879,\\nUzziab Conger.\\nSCHOOL INSPECTORS.\\n1846, John L. Northrup 1847, William H. Hurlbut 1848, Charles\\nU. Cross; 1849, William 11. Hurlbut; 1850, Ch.arlcs U. Cro.ss\\n1851, Mansell M. Briggs; 1852, Charles V. Cross; 1853, William\\nH. Hurlbut 1854, Samuel F. Foster, Aaron S. Dyckman 1855,\\nWilliam B. Hathaway 1856, Samuel F. Foster; 1857, Samuel\\nA. Tripp; 1858, Barton C. Palmer; 1859, Nathaniel Grover;\\n1860, James Cook 1801, Daniel G. Wright, Nathaniel Grover;\\n1862, Elisha Moon; 1863, Samuel Follett 1864, A. S. Dyckman,\\nS. A. Tripp; 1865, B. L. Andrus, D. G. AVright 1866, E. L.\\nAndrus, William S. Burton; 1867, A. S. Dyckman 1868, C. J.\\nMonroe; 1869, E. B. Moon 1870-71, Charles J. Monroe: 1872,\\nBenjamin F. Ileckert; 1873, C. J. Monroe; 1874, William H.\\nWilco.x; 1875, John N. Foster; 1876-78, Aaron S. Dyckman;\\n1879, Joseph Lannin.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0802.jp2"}, "803": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0803.jp2"}, "804": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0804.jp2"}, "805": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF SOUTH HAVEN.\\n539\\nSUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS.\\n1875, Joseph Anderson 1S76, Charles J. Monroe 1877-78, Charles\\nIt. Pleas.Tnts; 1879, Charles J. Monroe.\\nThe volunteer bounty fund in 1865 was raised hy tax,\\nand amounted to $3080.27. In 186li the amount raised\\nwas $1701.25; 1867, balance of amount, $18.27 making\\na total of $4799.79. Incidentals increase this amount to\\n$5387.17.\\nVILLAGE OF SOUTH HAVEN.\\nThe village of South Haven was incorporated by act\\npassed in January, 1869, and an organization was effected,\\nbut it was found so imperfect that the village was rein-\\ncorporated in 1871, under the corporate name of the Vil-\\nlage of South Haven, with a president, treasurer, three trus-\\ntees, and an assessor. The territory embraced all of section\\n10, fractional sections 9 and 3, and a strip of land 80 rods\\nwide on the west part of section 2, and the northwest\\nquarter of the northwest quarter of section 11.\\nThe first election under the reincorporation was held May\\n10, 1869. The following is a list of presidents, clerks,\\ntreasurers, and trustees from that time to the present\\nPRESIDENTS.\\n1869-70, George Hannahs; 1871-72, Foster I. Parks; 1873, Barney\\nU. Dyokman 1874, Calvin Fletcher; 1875-77, George Hannahs;\\n1878, Samuel A. Tripp; 1879, Chase H. Dickinson.\\nCLERKS.\\n1869-70, Alonzo M. Haynes; 1871, H. H. Hunter; 1872-73, George\\nT. Rogers 1874-79, Henry E. Dewey.\\nTREASURERS.\\n1869, William H.Andrews; 1870, Eugene D. Conger 1871-79, Alwyn\\nM. Prouty.\\nTRUSTEES.\\n1869, Daniel Howard, Albert Thompson, Levi R. Brown, George L.\\nScaver, William P. Bryan, and Barney H. Dyokman 1870, Elijah\\nRnthbone, Calvin Fletcher, Orvis C. Lathrop 1871, Darius E.\\nComstock, Daniel G. Wright, Timothy Bishop 1872, B. F. Heck-\\nert, Uzziah Conger, A. S. Dyokman; 1873, Hiland W. Sweet,\\nWilliam M. Patton, William P. Bryan; 1874, David R.Jones,\\nWilliam F. Smith, B. F. Heckert; 1875, James E. GunsoIIy, Mar-\\nshall J. Dickinson, Charles Delamen; 1876, Daniel G. Wright,\\nGeorge N. Hale, Humphrey Cain 1877, Charles Delamere, George\\nB. Pomeroy, John Maekey 1878, Daniel G. Wright, Humphrey\\nCain, William H. Thompson; 1879, John Maekey, George B,\\nPomeroy, George N. Hale.\\nVillage Plats. A village plat was laid out by J. R.\\nMonroe in 1834, but the place declined, and the plat re-\\nmained a waste of wild land.\\nThe first plat of the present village was made by Marvin\\nHannahs, and bears date Feb. 18, 1852. It embraced the\\nnorthwest quarter of section 10, lying south of the river,\\nand that portion of the southwest quarter of section 3 lying\\nsouth and west of the river.\\nThe subsequent additions to the village plat have been as\\nfollows: Tubbs addition on section 3, along the lake-shore;\\nDyckman, Hale Co. s addition, 80 acres, northwest quarter\\nof northeast quarter of section 10; Hale, Conger Co. s\\naddition, 190 acres, comprising all that portion of section\\n3 lying east and south of river in section 3 Hale s survey\\nof about 40 acres on the southwest quarter of the south-\\nwest quarter of section 2 Dyckman Woodman s addi-\\ntion, comprising all of the southwest quarter of section 3\\nwest of the river; and Elkenburgh s addition, south of the\\noriginal plat, comprising the west half of the southwest\\nquarter of section 10.\\nThe location and advantages of South Haven are well\\ngiven in an address of J. E. Bidwell, delivered in February,\\n1873, from which the following is quoted: Commercially,\\nSouth Haven is favorably located at the mouth of Black\\nRiver, whose dark waters are stained with the dissolution\\nof mineral deposits and the decay of original forests and\\ntheir annual foliage, replaced with thriftier trees in great\\nvariety, from which many vessels are now annually laden\\nwith rich cargoes of choice lumber, wood, and timber, con-\\nsisting principally of beech, whitewood, walnut, cherry, oak,\\nmaple, pine, and basswood, and conveyed aoro.ss the lake to\\nChicago and other lake cities, to finish and warm their beau-\\ntiful cottages and splendid mansions, their palatial stores and\\nother commercial buildings, their numerous lines of railway\\nand vessels, all assisting the growth and prosperity of our\\ngreat Northwest. South Haven is also the terminus of the\\nKalamazoo and South Haven Railroad, connecting a few\\nmiles out at Grand Junction, witli the Michigan Lake\\nShore Railroad, and at Kalamazoo, forty miles distant, with\\nthe Michigan Central and other important lines of railway,\\npointing in every direction. South Haven is also connected\\nby steamer and vessel with Chicago, sixty-eight miles dis-\\ntant, southwest, and Milwaukee, ninety miles acro.ss the lake,\\nnorthwest, connecting with steamers for Detroit, Cleveland,\\nand Bufialo eastward.\\nThe village now contains a population of about 1600,\\nwith five churches (Congregational, Baptist, Methodist,\\nReformed, and Catholic), two hotels, post-office, American\\nExpress Company, telegraph-office, deputy collector of cus-\\ntoms, light-house, railroad depot at the terminus of the\\nSouth Haven Division of the Michigan Central, office of\\nthe South Haven Sentinel, opera-house, bank. Lake Shore\\nNursery, three warehouses, seven general stores, two hard-\\nware-.stores, three drug-stores, two tailors stores, four boot-\\nand shoe-stores, one clothing-store, two jewelers stores, four\\nmilliners stores, two photograph-galleries, one fruit-package-\\nfactory, one fruit-evaporator, two steam saw-mills, one grist-\\nmill, one tannery, one iron-foundry, one wooden-bowl-fac-\\ntory, one brick-yard, one planing-mill, one flour- and feed-\\nstore, three furniture-stores, two markets, one cooper-shop,\\none harness-shop, four blacksmith- and wagon-shops, two\\ninsurance-offices, two dentists, three physicians, three law-\\nyers, one master-builder.\\nBANKING.\\nFirst National Bank. A private bank was started in\\nJanuary, 1868, by Boardman Penniman, which firm was\\nsucceeded by S. B. Boardman, in May, 1868, and by S. B.\\nBoardman Co., Jan. 1, 1869. On the 1st of May,\\n1870, the Bank of South Haven was organized by S. B.\\nBoardman and Charles J. Monroe, and July 1, 1871, it\\nwas chartered as the First National Bank of South Haven,\\nwith a capital of $50,000. Silas B. Boardman, Presi-\\ndent George Hannahs, Vice-President Charles J. Monroe,\\nCashier.\\nMonroe s Bank at Bangor is under the same manage-\\nment as the First National Bank of South Haven. C. J.\\nMonroe, President; S. B. Boardman, Vice-President A.\\nB. Chase, Cashier.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0805.jp2"}, "806": {"fulltext": "540\\nHISTORY OP VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nSOCIETIES AND ORDERS.\\nLiterary Cluh. This society was formed in the winter\\nof 1857-58, with S. B. Morehouse as President, A. S. Dyck-\\nman, Secretary, and numbering about 15 members. The\\nsociety met once a week at the houses of the different mem-\\nbers. Miscellaneous reading, discussions, reading of origi-\\nnal papers, and music were tlie exercises. Meetings con-\\ntinued till about 1866, when they declined. About 1869\\nan unsuccessful effort was made to revive the society.\\nA festival was held at Masonic Hall, Feb. 22, 1876, at\\nwhich meeting it was decided to again revive the club.\\nMeetings from that time have been held weekly. About\\n1870 a library association was organized and incorporated.\\nEffort is now being made to unite the club and association\\nas one society under incorporation. Under the auspices of\\nthe club lecturers from abroad are obtained. The organiza-\\ntion of the society in the early history of the village did much\\nto elevate the tastes of its inhabitants, and a similar effect\\nhas resulted from its revival.\\nStar of the Lake Lodge, Ko. 158, F. and A. J/.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 This\\nlodge was chartered Jan. 19, 1865, with the following offi-\\ncers Liberty H. Bailey, W. M. Calvin Fletcher, S. W.\\nAraba N. Moulton, J. W. The officers for 1879 are L. A.\\nLeighton, W. M. Jerry Crowley, S. W. Sidney Holmes,\\nJ. W. The present membership is 120.\\nSoulh Haven Chapter, F. and A. 31., A o. 58. This\\nchapter was instituted Jan. 7, 1868, with L. H. Bailey\\nas High Priest George L. Seaver, King Calvin Fletcher,\\nScribe. The present officers are Marshall J. Dixon, High\\nPriest S. P. Wilson, King John Sandlaun, Scribe. The\\npresent membership is 58.\\nCouncil, No. 45, R. A. M. A dispensation was granted\\nDec. 4, 1875, with L. H. Baiiey as Thrice Illustrious Mas-\\nter Henry E. Dewey, Deputy Master and Comp. Mar-\\nshall J. Dixon, Principal Conductor of Work. The present\\nofficers are Marshall J. Dixon, Thrice Illustrious Master\\nH. E. Dewey, Deputy Master George L. Seaver, Scribe.\\nNeptune Lodge, No. 297, I. 0. 6. i*:\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The lodge was\\ninstituted July 18, 1877, with the following as charter\\nmembers William E. Stewart, John M. West, Robert A.\\nDouglas, David E. Histed, Charles S. Sharon, Charles H.\\nAVigglesworth, Albert Cross, and B. A. Cross. The present\\nmembership is 45, and the present officers are Albert Cross,\\nN. G. George Hannahs, Jr., V. G. Frank A. Keazie,\\nRecording Sec. N. K. Jillson, Permanent Sec. A. D.\\nHealy, Treas.\\nFoniona Grange, No. 219, P. of H. A dispensation\\nwas granted to this grange Jan. 26, 1874, and charter\\ngranted July 6, 1874.\\nPost- Offices and Postmasters. The first post-office was\\nestablished in South Haven about 1852. Joseph Sturges\\nwas the first appointed postmaster. He was succeeded by\\nS. B. Morehouse, B. H. Dyckman, Daniel G. Wright, B.\\nII. Dyckman, and Wm. E. Stewart, the present incumbent.\\nSCHOOLS.\\nIn the first platting of the village of South Haven a lot\\nwas set apart for school purposes. But the first account of\\nany school being held in the territory of the township dates\\nin 1837. A house was built and scliool taught by Lorenzo\\nCate in that part of South Haven now the township of\\nColumbia. In 1845 a school was taught by Miss Mehitable\\nNorthrop. No account is to be found of a school being\\nkept at that early day in what is now South Haven.\\nSchool records were commenced Jan. 31, 1845, and the\\nfirst entry is as follows\\nSchool District No. 1, Town 1 South, Range 15 West\\n[now Columbia], to contain the following Sections, viz..\\nSections No. 19, 20, 21, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33. This Dis-\\ntrict has become a legally organized School District under\\nSection 11 of an act relating to Common or Primary\\nSchools.\\nSchool District No. 2, Town 2 South, Range 16 West\\n[now Bangor], contains the following Sections: Nos. 1, 2,\\n3, 10, ll,l2, 13, 14, and 15.\\nHarvey JIanley,\\nJ. N. Howard, School Inspectors.\\nWm. N. Hurlbut, J\\nMarch 24, 1845, School District No. 2 was reformed to\\ncontain the following sections: Nos. 1, 12, and 13, in town\\n2 south, range 16 west (Bangor), and sections Nos. 6, 7,\\nand 18, town 2 south, range 15 west (Arlington), and to\\nbe known as District No. 2 of South Haven and Arlington.\\nBetween the time of the meeting of the inspectors,\\nMarch 24, 1845, and the meeting of May 3d, given below,\\nthe township of Columbia had been organized. The Board\\nof School Inspectors met, pursuant to notice, at the dwell-\\ning-house of 0. S. Brown, and proceeded to examine Eliza\\nHoppin in regard to her qualifications for teaching a primary\\nschool, and gave her a certificate.\\nSeptember 13th of the same year fractional school dis-\\ntrict No. 1 was formed of South Haven and Arlington, and\\ncontained section 25, the west half of section 36, and south-\\neast half of section 24, in town 2 south, range 16 west\\n(Bangor).\\nAt the same time was formed district No. 1 of South\\nHaven, containing sections No. 1, 2, 11, 12, 13, and 14 of\\ntown 2 south, range 16 west (Bangor). At a meeting\\nheld May 2, 1846, William N. Hurlbut was appointed\\nlibrarian.\\nA fractional school district was formed of South Haven\\nand Hartford, and March 17, 1851, there was apportioned\\nto school district No. 1. |6.54y*j to fractional district No.\\n1 of South Haven and Hartford, $2.43 to fiactional dis-\\ntrict No. 1 of South Haven and Arlington, 75 cents and\\nto district No. 2, $2.43. At this meeting district No. 3\\nwas formed in township 1 south, range 17 west (now South\\nHaven), and contained sections Nos. 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13,\\n14, and 15, and a district, to be known as district No. 4,\\nwas set off from district No. 3, and comprised sections Nos.\\n2, 3, 10, 11, 14, and 15.\\nJune 11, 1853, the school inspectors of the township of\\nSouth Haven and Ganges (Allegan County) met pursuant\\nto notice and divided district No. 4 as follows So much\\nof the territory as is enclosed by the base line, South Black\\nRiver and Lake Michigan, be united with fractional section\\n35, and the whole of Section 36, Town 1 North, Range 17\\nWest; also Section 31 and south half of Section 30, Town\\n1 North, Range 16 West, to form a Union School District,", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0806.jp2"}, "807": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF SOUTH HAVEN.\\n541\\nto be known aucl distinguislied as Fractional District No.\\nOne of the townships of South Haven and Ganges.\\nIt is shown that no district was hiid out in what is now\\nthe township of South Haven until March 17, 18.51, when\\none was laid out, which included the nine north sections of\\nthe townships, and was known as district No. 3. This dis-\\ntrict was divided several times before 1854.\\nBangor and Deerfield had been set off into separate town-\\nships from 1853 to 1851, and the inspectors record for\\n1851 shows that the board met at the olEce of the town\\nclerk April 15, 1854. Present: A. S. Dyckman, Samuel\\nF. Foster, and S. B. Morehouse. Prior to this time no\\nnames of residents in the present township appear among\\nthe officers.\\nMay 2, 1857, a new school district was formed, known\\nas No. 3, and embraced of territory not before laid out sec-\\ntions 23 and 24, and a strip 160 rods wide on the north\\npart of sections 25 and 26, also section 1 and that part of\\n2 lying south of Black River, and the whole of sections\\n11, 12, 13, and 14. This district was enlarged May 26th\\nof the same year, and embraced in addition, a strip 160\\nrods wide on the north part of sections 27 and 28 to the\\nlake, and northerly along the lake to the mouth of Black\\nRiver, and on the south side of the river to the intersection\\nof sections 2 and 3.\\nMany changes were made in the districts, but no new\\nterritory added until Jan. 30, 1864, when that portion of\\nsections 27 and 28 not before embraced was included in a\\ndistrict, and on May 5, 1865, new territory was added to\\nthe district so as to comprise that portion of sections 25 and\\n26 not previously embraced, also the north half of sections\\n35 and 36. The township was redistricted Feb. 20, 1874.\\nA statement of the condition of the schools of the town-\\nship in 1879 is shown by the subjoined report for 1879\\nSCHOOL REPOKT FOR 1879.\\nNumber of Number of\\nCliildrcn be- Frai\\n2U Yeai\\n37S\\nNo. 1..\\nNo. 2.. 56\\nNo. 3.. 4S\\nNo. 4.. 90\\nNo. 5.. 40\\nNo. 6.. 22\\nTotals. 634\\nSeating\\nCapacity.\\n320\\n50\\n6\\n$5000\\n1200\\n700\\n1000\\n1000\\n200\\n550 S9100 11\\n180\\n112\\n$1408\\nnECEIPTS.\\nPrim.^l\u00e2\u0096\u00a0y- District Raised Total Ri\\nScliool Taxes for from otiier source\\nFund, all Purposes. Sources. tlio Year.\\nNo. 1 $292.12 $458.75 $203.92 $1900.00 $123.66 $3054.45\\nNo. 2 130.97 55.77 29.81 30.00 516.55\\nNo. 3\\nNo. 4 93.05 47.18 191.17 332.00\\nNo. 5 12.51 53.00 19.26 157.00 241.77\\nNo. C 9.90 40.50 9.61 142.50 1.21 214.72\\nfor\\nTotals... $445.50 $701.67 $316.78 $2390.67 $154.87 $4359.49\\nDistrict. Paid Teachers,\\nEXPENDITURES.\\nFor all other\\nmount on Total Expendi-\\nnd Sept. 1, ture during the\\n1870. Year.*\\nNo. 1 S18S8.00\\nNo. 2\\nNo. 3\\nNo. 4\\nNo. 5\\nNo. 6\\n275.00\\nii^oo\\n128.00\\nTotals $2403.00\\n$427.82\\n66.09\\n15.00\\n25.00\\n64.63\\n$598.54\\nS73S.63\\n175.46\\n151.51\\n11.09\\n$1077.46\\n$3054.45\\n516.55\\n203.72\\nS434S.49\\nIncluding amount on hand.\\nThe school directors for 1879 were Calvin Fletcher, H.\\nM. Avery, Charles Gibson, J. J. Moulthrop, J. F. Hopkins,\\nL. K. Jillson.\\nFollowing is a list of persons examined by, and who re-\\nceived certificates from, the school inspectors down to the\\nyear 1867\\nEliza Hoppin, May 3, 1845.\\nMehitable Northrup, May 2, 1846.\\nEliza Camp, July 11, 1847.\\nJoseph Ilurlbut, Nov. 4, 1851.\\nHannah Hawks, March, 1852.\\nAmanda Haynos and M.ary McKnight, July 10, 1852.\\nLesbia E. Fox, April 9, 1853.\\nLucinda H.aynes, June 11, 1853.\\nSarah E. Reynolds, Aug. 12, 1853.\\nSamuel Follctt, Nov. 18, 1854.\\nSamuel P. Wilson, Dec. 1, 1854.\\nMiss E. J. Eaton, April 14, 1855.\\nAustin Harman, Dec. 4, 1855.\\nSamuel A.Tripp, April 22, 1856.\\nEdward H. Lounsbury, Oct. IS, 1856.\\nAngelino Foster, May 2, 1857.\\nA. D. Taylor, April 10, 1858.\\nSarah Dow, April 17, 1858.\\nA. S. Dyckman, Nov. 6, 1858.\\nMrs. H. Bradley, Dec. 3, 1858.\\nMrs. E. P. H. Lee, April IS, 1859.\\nFrances Hale, Jan. 21, 1860.\\nHarriet Morehouse, M.arch 31, 1860.\\nMiss Frank Wright and Miss Miiry Potter, April 4, 1860.\\nElla Conger and Elisha Moon, Nov. 3, 1860.\\nRuth Hunt, May 21, 1861.\\nJulia Morehoiise, April 12, 1862.\\nNelson, April 12, 1862.\\nEliza Longwell, Nov. 18, 1862.\\nAnna McDowell, Dec. 28, 1S62.\\nCharles J. Monroe, Sept. 19. 1863.\\nMartha E. Grover, Nov. 14, 1863.\\nMrs. Frances W. Moon, Emma Brent, Ann McNitt, Ai-ril 30, 1864.\\nJulia A. Church, May 7, 1864.\\nA. J. Dyer and Anna McDonald, Nov. 9, 1864.\\nTheodore Iloppin and Mrs. Edward Napier, Nov. 14, 1864. Mr.\\nHoppin to teach in the principal department of the union school.\\nMrs. N. Phelps, same date.\\nMiss Lesbia Warner and Miss Orpha Williams, April 29, 1865.\\nMiss J. Van Dyck, May 25, 1865.\\nMiss Ann Atwater, May 27, 1805.\\nHattie Morehouse, Louisa Wood, Georgie S. Williams, Jane Wright,\\nand Mrs. P. C. Napier, April 12, 1866.\\nHelen Briggs, May 8, 1866.\\nNathaniel Earl, H. Farnham, Mrs. S. A. Simmons, Nov. 3, 1866.\\nMary L. Bryant, Julia Morehouse, Carrie Grover, April 13, 1867.\\nEllen Horr and Lesbia Warner, April 27, 1867.\\nRELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.\\nThe Congregational Church. An ecclesiastical council\\nwas held at South Haven July 2, 1856, composed of the\\nfollowing persons Rev. A. H. Reed, American Home Mis-\\nsionary Agent; Rev. T. Jones, Galesburg Rev. Edward\\nTaylor, Kalarauzoo Rev. A. llowe, Lawrence and Deacon\\nMills, of Galesburg. The First Congregational Church of\\nSouth Haven was organized at that meeting, with the fol-\\nlowing-named persons as constituent members, nine of\\nwhom presented letters from other churches, viz. Joseph\\nWagoner, from Congregational Church of Kalamazoo Mrs.\\nT. McDowell, from Congregational Church, Jamestown,\\nN. Y. Mrs. Joseph Dow, Samuel F. Foster, Mrs. Jane\\nFoster, Miss Angeline Foster, and Mr. H. C. Wells;\\nMrs. L. Wells, from Plymouth Congregational Church of\\nChicago George W. Wallace, from Congregational Church,", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0807.jp2"}, "808": {"fulltext": "542\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nBradford, Vt. Dr. Charles M. Lee, from church at Phoenix,\\nN. Y. Dr. Charles M. Lee was elected deacon, and Samuel\\nF. Foster clerk.\\nPreaching was held at the school-house and at the hall\\nof the Forest House (now Pacific) during the winter.\\nJune 14, 1857, the Rev. Nathaniel Grover was ordained\\nas pastor of the church, and remained in charge until his\\ndeath, May 10, 1863. He was succeeded by the Rev.\\nWilliam Pattinson, who commenced his labors in November\\nof the same 3-ear, and closed them in August, 18G5. He\\nwas succeeded by the Rev. David Wirt. Under his charge\\na chapel was built, and dedicated Dec. 19, 1867, the\\nRev. E. Andrews, of Allegan, preaching the dedication\\nsermon. The Rev. Joseph Anderson accepted a call Sept.\\n13, 1869, and remained till Nov. 19, 1871, when he re-\\nsigned. He afterwards preached about six months in 1872.\\nThe present pastor, the Rev. E. A. Paddock, was called\\nto the pastorate Sept. 3, 1876. A church building was\\nerected on Phoenix Street, at a cost of \u00c2\u00a76000. A town\\nclock was placed in the tower, at a cost of \u00c2\u00a71000. The\\ndedication services were held Nov. 18, 1878. The sermon\\nwas preached by the Rev. H. N. Burton, of Kalamazoo.\\nThe church has a present membership of 160. A Sunday-\\nschool with about 200 pupils is in connection, of which the\\npastor is superintendent.\\nFirst Baptist Church. Aug. 22, 1846, pursuant to\\nnotice, the following-named persons met for the purpose of\\norganizing a Baptist Church: E. D. Farnham, A. C. Merritt,\\nG. H. Clark, Mrs. Harriet James, J. H. Farnham, C. H.\\nWigglesworth, Mrs. A. J. Wigglesworth, Thomas W.\\nMerritt, Mrs. Hannah D. Merritt, and S. A. Simmons. E.\\nD. Farnham presided. It was resolved to hold Sunday\\nservices, and the hall of Pomeroy Worthington was\\nsecured for that purpose. A. C. Merritt, a resident of the\\nlocality and an ordained minister, preached alternately with\\nDr. William Hewson. Five trustees were chosen Aug. 28,\\n1867, and at this meeting it was resolved that this church\\nbe known as the First Baptist Church of South Haven.\\nE. D. Farnham was chosen deacon.\\nAfter the erection of the Congregational chapel, services\\nwere held for some time on Sunday afternoons, but finally\\ndiscontinued on account of the ill health of Dr. Hewson.\\nMr. George Hannahs presented the society with a deed of\\ntwo lots where the church now stands. The board of trus-\\ntees were appointed a building committee April 7, 1869.\\nThe church was visited by the Rev. C. Johnson, of Lan-\\nsing, then superintendent of State Reform School, who\\noffered them $200 towards building a church edifice. Sub-\\nscriptions were then taken up, and the church built on the\\npresent site, at a cost of $2102.96.\\nNov. 7, 1870, it was resolved to call a council to recognize\\nthe church, and letters missive were sent to the churches of\\nBenton Harbor, Kalamazoo, Paw Paw, Keeler, Watervliet,\\nPlainville, and Cheshire, and to the Rev. C. Johnson and\\nthe Rev. Mr. Mather, Missionary Agent. At this meeting\\n32 persons presented letters from other churches to become\\nconstituent members. Dr. Hewson, A. C. Merritt, and\\nC. H. Wigglesworth were appointed to represent them in\\nthe council.\\nThe council met on Saturday, Nov. 19, 1870, when the\\nchurch was regularly constituted, and the next day (No-\\nvember 20th) the church edifice was dedicated. The\\nmorning sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Mather,\\nand the evening sermon by the Rev. C. Johnson.\\nThe church has at present about 70 members, and a\\nSunday-school of 60 pupils, of which Charles H. Pleasants\\nis superintendent.\\nA Uiiiversalist Society was organized in South Haven\\nabout 1803, when the Rev. W. N. Burton was living there,\\nbut it declined upon his leaving, in 1868. He is now living\\nin Boston.\\nA Church of the United Brethren was also organized, and\\na church edifice was built that was sold to the Catholics in\\n1877, and the society declined.\\nEpiscopal Church. A call, signed by E. Rathbone,\\nCalvin Fletcher, Marshall D. Talcott, Joseph Lanning,\\nand Charles Rathbone, was extended to those interested in\\nthe formation of an Episcopal society, April 5, 1870, for a\\nmeeting to be held April ISth, at which time an organiza-\\ntion was perfected. C. Fletcher, E. Rathbone, Joseph\\nLanning, George Hale, C. Delamere were chosen vestr\\\\ men.\\nThe Rev. J. B. Dooley became their rector. Services are\\nheld in Grange Hall. The church is now supplied occa-\\nsionally by the Rev. G. P. Shetky, rector of St. Mark s\\nChurch of Paw Paw.\\nReformed Church of America. This society was organ-\\nized with 12 members, April 18, 1872, and was first under\\nthe p.istoral charge of the Rev. Kickentwelt, suc-\\nceeded by the Revs. H. K. Boer and D. G. Dangremond,\\nwho is the present pastor. The church edifice was erected\\nin 1872. The society now has a membership of 42, and a\\nSunday-school in connection, of which C. Van Brussel is\\nsuperintendent, has 25 pupils.\\nCatholic Church. This church was organized in Janu-\\nary, 1877, with five families, under the care of Father\\nTyson, of St. Joseph, under whose charge it still remains.\\nServices are held once in three months. The edifice of the\\nUnited Brethren was purchased soon after the organization.\\nMethodist Church. The earliest knowledge of any\\npreaching by members of this denomination was in May,\\n1852, when the Rev. Mr. Doughty preached in the house\\nof S. B. Morehouse. About 1855 the Rev. Mr. Colwell\\ncame on the circuit. A class was then formed, in which\\nJared P. Breed, Sarah, his wife, and Jesse L. Lane were\\namong the early members. From that time until 1865 but\\nlittle information is obtained, except that the circuit preach-\\ners, Pendlan, Van Wyck, and Berry, were here occasion-\\nally. The pastors from that time have been the Revs.\\nWilliam M. Paddock, E. L. Kellogg, J. W. H. Carlisle, E.\\nH. McChesney, H. H. Parker, W. A. Hunsberger, and N.\\nD. Carroll, the present pastor. The present membership\\nis 160. Connected with the church is a Sunday-school of\\n80 pupils J. J. Atherly superintendent.\\nWorship was first held in the school-house. In 1867 a\\nchurch building was erected, which was destroyed by fire\\nin 1871, when the present edifice was erected.\\nFRUIT INTERESTS OF SOUTH HAVEN.\\nThe interest in fruit culture in this township began soon\\nafter the actual settlers took possession of the land. The", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0808.jp2"}, "809": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF SOUTH HAVEN.\\n543\\nfirst to venture in this untried field was Stephen B. More-\\nhouse, who came here for that purpose. It was not, how-\\never, entirely an experiment, for the success that had\\ncrowned the efforts of Eleazer Morton and George Par-\\nraelee, of Benton Harbor, and Gaius Bough ton, B. C.\\nHoyt, and others, of St. Joseph, was a guarantee of suc-\\ncess in this locality, it being under the same thermal influ-\\nence.\\nMr. Morehouse, after getting his land in proper condi-\\ntion, purchased trees in Kalamazoo, and planted an orchard\\nof three acres, mostly apples. Randolph Densmore, about\\nthe same time, set out a small orchard adjoining that of\\nMr. Morehouse. These orchards were within the present\\nvillage plat. James L. Keid, about 1857, planted an\\norchard on the lake-shore, on section IG. This was\\nafterwards enlarged by Thomas Hoppin. About the same\\ntime A. S. Dycknian planted an orchard of four acres of\\npeach-trees, and in 1858 the first vineyards were planted.\\nMr. Dyckman set out one acre, and Orris Church one and\\na half acres, and in 1864 Aaron Eames set out the Dela-\\nware grape largely, having planted orchards much earlier.\\nSlowly, but surely, these pioneers in fruit culture felt their\\nway, realizing every year by the wider experience gained,\\nand the results which followed their efforts, that the lands\\nof South Haven were well adapted to successful and con-\\ntinuous fruit-raising.\\nA pomological society was organized in January, 1871,\\nand it has been instrumental in promoting a general in-\\nterest in fruit culture of all kinds. The members of this\\nsociety have been prominent in the State society, it having\\nfurnished two presidents, A. S. Dyckman and T. T.\\nLyon, its present president, the latter of whom is widely\\nknown throughout this and other States as a contributor in\\nall departments of horticulture and pomology.\\nA meeting of the State Pomological Society was held at\\nPomological Hall, at South Haven, June 19, 20, and 21,\\n1877, and to this society is the State indebted, to a certain\\nextent, for the law authorizing a commissioner to destroy\\npeach-trees affected with the yellows, and the seizure of\\nall fruit affected by it. Upon the first appearance of the\\ndreaded disease at St. Joseph this society appointed a cura-\\nmittee, who acted with the concurrence of the fruit-growers\\nof the vicinity, and destroyed all trees found affected. In\\nthe winter of 1874-75 the society presented a petition for\\na law having the above provision applicable to Van Buren,\\nAllegan, and Ottawa Counties, which law was passed.\\nThe. facilities of South Haven for marketing are now\\nunsurpassed, the port being but eight hours from Chicago\\nby steamer, and connected with the main line of the Michi-\\ngan Central by a branch from Kalamazoo. The exports of\\nfruit for 1879 are given in another place.\\nSouth Haven Pomological Society. In December, 1870,\\na number of fruit-growers mot at South Haven to consult\\non the propriety of organizing a society that would draw\\nmore closely together those who were interested in the cul-\\ntivation of fruit, and by an interchange of thought enlarge\\ntheir general knowledge of the best means and methods for\\nthe successful prosecution of the business. This meeting\\nresulted in an organization formed in January, 1871, when\\nthe following officers were elected President, Norman\\nPhillips Vice-President. C. H. Wigglesworth Secretary,\\nC. T. Bryant Treasurer, C. J. Monroe. Succeeding offi-\\ncers of the society have been as follows: 1874, President,\\nNorman Phillips Secretary, C. T. Bryant Treasurer, C. J.\\nMonroe. 1875, President, T. T. Lyon Secretary, H. E.\\nBidwell Treasurer, C. J. Monroe. 1876, President, T. T.\\nLyon Secretary, H. E. Bidwell Treasurer, C. H. Wig-\\nglesworth. 1877, President, H. E. Bidwell Secretary, A.\\nS. Galley. 1878, President, William H. Hurlbut Secre-\\ntary, J. G. Ramsdell; Treasurer, H. Chatfield. 1879,\\nPresident, C. H. Wigglesworth Secretary, J. G. Ramsdell.\\nThe society has steadily increased in numbers and in-\\nterest. Meetings are held weekly, and discussions are held\\non the diflfererent questions that are constantly arising.\\nThe society adopted a trade-mark, under which members\\nship their fruit, thus holding the members responsible for\\nthe credit of the society. Exhibits of fruit from the\\nsociety were sent to the Vienna Exposition, for which was\\nreceived a bronze medal also at the Centennial Exhibition\\nin 1876 and at Chicago, where they took more prizes than\\nany other society.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.\\nWILLIAM H. HURLBUT.\\nWilliam Harrison and Wealthy (^Cross) Hurlbut were\\nmarried Jan. 4, 181G, and were the parents of the follow-\\ning children William H. (the subject of this sketch), born\\nAug. 25, 1819 Charles B., born Jan. 15, 1826; George,\\nborn June 14, 1828; Joseph, born Dec. 25, 1830; and\\nAlbert, born Dec. 4, 1842.\\nWilliam Harrison was a native of the town of Richland,\\nOswego Co., N. Y. When he was four years of age his\\nparents removed to St. Hyacinth District, Canada, remain-\\ning there about eight years, and it was there that Charles\\nB. and George were born. About 1830 they moved to and\\nmade St. Lawrence County their home, where Joseph B.\\nwas born and in 1833 returned to Richland, where Al-\\nbert was born. After arriving at the age of sixteen, young\\nHurlbut, with the consent and blessing of his parents (that\\nbeing all they had to give him), a cash capital of seventy-\\nfive cents in his pocket, and worldly effects to the extent of\\none shirt tied up in a cotton handkerchief, left the paternal\\nhome to make his fortune. About sunset of the third day,\\ntired and foot-sore, and with but five cents in money left,\\nhe found himself a stranger in the pleasant village of Ham-\\nilton, N. Y. Here he succeeded in obtaining employment\\nwith Samuel Payne, Sr., deacon of the First Baptist Church,\\nand one of the founders of the Baptist Theological Semi-\\nnary of Hamilton. For nearly five years young Hurlbut\\nremained with the deacon, working for wages summers\\nand doir(g chores for his board and attending school in the\\nvillage winters.\\nIn the fall of 1840, with his carefully-hoarded savings\\nin his wallet, his effects packed in one small trunk, and with\\nthe fatherly counsel and blessing of the good deacon, he\\nstarted for the far West, which at that time meant any-\\nwhere beyond Lake Erie.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0809.jp2"}, "810": {"fulltext": "544\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nIn October, 1840, he arrived in Van Buren Co., Mich.\\n(then an ahnost unbroken wilderness), with barely money\\nsufficient to enter eighty acres of wild land, which so far\\nhad been the height of his boyish ambition.\\nHe located on section 11 of what is now the town of\\nBangor, but then known as South Haven.\\nHere Hurlbut pursued a bachelor life, spending his sum-\\nmers mostly in chopping, either ou his land or in cutting\\nroads, and teaching district school winters in a neighboring\\ntownship until 1845, meanwhile having exchanged his\\neighty acres with improvements for a wild one-hundred-and-\\nsixty-acre tract on section 13 of the same township, in-\\ncurring in the transaction an indebtedness of four hundred\\ndollars.\\nIn May, 1845, ho was united in marriage with Fanny,\\ndaughter of Robert Christie, of Lawrence, she bravely con-\\nsenting to settle in the woods, and with her companion to\\nshare all the labors and privations of pioneer life and it is\\nonly justice to say that with fortitude and cheerfulness she\\nhas borne her full share of the trials and vicissitudes to be\\nencountered in rearing a family on the frontiers of civiliza-\\ntion, and in helping to build up a home in the wilderness.\\nImmediately after marriage Mr. and Jlrs. Hurlbut set-\\ntled down in a hastily-constructed board cabin in the woods,\\nerected near where now stands the old homestead, having\\nat that time no neighbor within half a mile, no clearing in\\nsight, and no road, save a blazed sled-track through the\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0woods. Here in earnest commenced the second stage of life s\\nbattle, and it is now the testimony of both that whatever\\nof success has attended their efforts may be credited in\\nno small degree to the firm resolution with which they\\nstarted out rigidly adhered to never to run into debt.\\nFrom 184G to 18G1 he was prominently identified with\\nall the public enterprises and improvements introduced into\\nthis portion of the county, and officially connected with\\ntown and county during that period. He assisted in build-\\ning the first school-house in Bangor and the first saw-mill,\\neventually becoming half owner.\\nIn 1850 he was elected register of deeds for Van Buren\\nCounty, which position he held two years.\\nHis good judgment and sterling integrity had secured\\nliim a position high in the estimation of the people, whose\\nvoluntary suffrages had throughout this period almost con-\\ntinually kept him employed in some official capacity, and\\nin 1868, by a large majority, he was elected to represent\\nhis district in the State Legislature. He was re-elected in\\n1870. This position he filled with his usual ability and\\nfidelity.\\nIn December, 1861, he removed to South Haven, and\\nin the spring of 18G2 erected his present residence, a view\\nof which, together with his old home, appear on another\\npage. Mr. Hurlbut s knowledge of pioneer life is of a\\npractical nature. Besides his Bangor farm of one hundred\\nand sixty acres, he has also cleared one hundred and twenty\\nacres here, on which he has a peach orchard of thirty\\nacres.\\nMr. Hurlbut s family consists of his wife and five chil-\\ndren, viz. Janet, Caroline, Jane, Irene, and Frank, all of\\nwhom live in this vicinity.\\nIn politics he was a Democrat up to the organization of\\nthe Republican party, when he became identified with it,\\nand so continued until 1876, when he united with the\\nNational or Greenba ^k party.\\nComing here with but small capital, he has by industry\\nand competent management acquired considerable property,\\nand by his ability and integrity established for himself an\\nenviable reputation while he has so discharged the duties\\nof the positions of honor and trust that have been be-\\nstowed upon him as to merit and receive the confidence\\nand approbation of all.\\nCHAPTER LXVIII.\\nWAVERLY TOWNSHIP.*\\nGeneral Description of the Township Pioneer Settlers and Early\\nEvents Township Organization and List of Officers Post-Offioos\\nReligious Educational.\\nGENERAL DESCRIPTION.\\nTown 2 south, range 14 west, now known as Waverly,\\nwas originally a portion of the township of Clinch, created\\nin 1837, when Van Buren County was divided into seven\\ntownships. Waverly s boundaries are Bloomingdale on the\\nnorth, Paw Paw on the south, Almena on the east, and\\nArlington on the west. When organized, Waverly con-\\ntained thirty-six full sections, but one and a half sections\\nin the southwest corner have been since set off to Paw\\nPaw township, for the greater convenience of the people\\nliving in that part of the territory.\\nThere is a large swamp in the southwest, and swamp-\\nlands are observable in numerous portions of the town.\\nGenerally the character of the soil is heavy, and as to the\\nproduction of wheat, it ranks very high. It is said that\\n40 bushels per acre have been grown in some cases, and\\nthat 25 bushels may be regarded as far from rare. Heavily-\\ntimbered lands are plentiful, as are also water-courses. In\\nthe south the Paw Paw River flows westward, and here\\nand there numerous smaller streams are found, although in\\nno case are the streams rapid enough to furnish water-\\npower. Apart from the saw-mili interest there are no\\nmanufactures. There is a post-office, called Glendale, but\\nno village, nor is there within the limits of the township a\\nchurch building. The interests of agriculture are the sole\\ndependence of the people, and they are valuable enough to\\nmake the community a prosperous one.\\nPIONEER SETTLERS AND EARLY EVENTS.\\nIn 1837 Bloomingdale and Waverly received their first\\nsettlers simultaneously, and received them from the same\\nfamily. In the fall of 1836, Mallory H. Myers, Merlin SI.\\nMyers, Reuben J. Myers, William H. H. Blyers, and their\\nmother, with two sisters, migrated westward to White\\nPigeon, Mich., and there determined to remain temporarily.\\nIn the spring of 1837, Mallory, Reuben, and William\\nstarted upon a land-looking tour, and fancying some land\\nin the township of Clinch, concluded to locate there, Reu-\\nben selecting a tract on section 2, in the present town of\\nWaverly, and his two brothers locating farms in what is\\nnow Bloomingdale. The rest of the family coming directly\\nBy I avid Schwartz,", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0810.jp2"}, "811": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0811.jp2"}, "812": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0812.jp2"}, "813": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF WAVEKLY.\\n545\\n.Vom White Pigeon, they all lived together in a cabin built\\non M;illiiiy s place. Reuben began at once, however, to clear\\nhis land in Waverly, and in the fall of 1838 he erected a\\ncomfortable log cabin, into which he moved with one of his\\nsisters, who kept house for him until some time in 1839,\\nwhen James Scott, a shingle-maker employed in the\\nneighborhood, courted and married Miss Myers, and took\\nher away to Decatur. Reuben and his sister had been the\\nfirst and only settlers in the town, and when she left, Reu-\\nben was the solitary white inhabitant, although he had\\nneighbors in the adjoining towns of Bloomingdale and Al-\\nmena (both being then a portion of Clinch).\\nIn 1839, Merwin Myers came over from Bloomingdale\\nto keep Reuben company, and located on section 1, where\\nhe lived until 1857, when he removed to Illinois, his present\\nhome. Reuben Myers has always lived in Waverly since\\nhe first settled there. He has his home now on section 11.\\nIn that same year there were settlements in the southern\\nportion of the township by Loren Hurlbut and Jacob Finch,\\nboth of whom located on section 35. Hurlbut died in Paw\\nPaw in 1877. Finch moved to the far West after a not\\nvery extended residence in Waverly.\\nWhen Isaac Brown moved into Waverly from Washte-\\nnaw County, in 1839, and settled upon section 13, there was\\nno settler within two and a half miles of him. He lived\\nthere until shortly after 1860, when he moved to Paw Paw,\\nwhere he died in 1865. Mr. Brown s son, John D., born\\nin 1839, was the first person born in Waverly. He now\\nlives in Bangor, where also resides Isaac Brown s widow,\\naged eighty-seven.\\nZeri Taylor located upon section 13 in 1839, and Brown\\nwas therefore not left long without a neighbor. Taylor de-\\nparted, however, after a few years stay, but whither he went\\ncannot be stated.\\nRezin Bell came to Michigan in 1833 and made his\\nhome in Adrian, but left there in 1837 for Van Buren\\nCounty, and although he located land in Waverly in that\\nyear on section 2, he lived in Almena two years before be-\\ncoming a permanent resident of Waverly. He moved to\\nBloomingdale in 1854, and died there in 1865. When he\\ncame to Van Buren County he had five children, of whom\\nonly one is now living.\\nIn 1839, William Murch, a young man from Nes York,\\ncame to the town, and located land upon section 2 but de-\\nvoting the next twelve months to laboring for others, he did\\nnot effect a permanent settlement until 1840, when he mar-\\nried one of Reuben Myers sisters. The marriage was solem-\\nnized at the house of Mallory H. Myers, in Bloomingdale, by\\nElder Junia Warner, of Almena, and may be regarded as\\nthe first marriage among the Waverly settlers, although the\\nceremony was performed across the line in Almena. The\\nmarriage of Scott to one of Mrs. Myers daughters took\\nplace in 1839, but in that case only one of the contracting\\nparties belonged in Waverly.\\nIn the same year of 1840 a six-year-old son of Rezin\\nBell, named Josiah, fell sick and died. That death was\\nthe first in the township. There was then no public burial-\\nground in Waverly, and the lad was accordingly buried near\\nElder Warner s house, in Almena.\\nLeonard Lull bought land on section 2 in 1840, but did\\n69\\nnot effect a permanent settlement, although he was in and\\nout of the town for a few years. Philo Herron came from\\nNew York in 1841, and settled upon the northeast corner\\nof section 3. Subsequently, however, he moved to Pine\\nGrove, where he died. Almon B. Covey and his brother\\nAmon, after Remaining a short time in Almena, located in\\n1841 upon section 12, in Waverly. Amon married after\\na while and moved to Almena. Almon became ultimately\\na resident of Arlington, where he died in 1878.\\nJonah Austin, a New Yorker, was a settler in Oakland\\nCo., Mich., in 1836, and after a residence there of six\\nyears moved to Waverly, where he had bought 160 acres\\non section 24, the land being now occupied by his sons\\nAlexander and Jasper. The elder Austin died on his place\\nin 1869.\\nJohn Scott, one of the best known of Waverly s citizens,\\ncame hither from Monroe Co., N. Y., in September, 1843,\\nhaving bought 80 acres on section 6, of Mr. McVean, be-\\nfore he started. While preparing his own place for habita-\\ntion he lived with his family at Ashbel Herron s, four and\\na half miles ea.st, and with the assistance of the Herrons\\nhe put up a log cabin 18 by 24 feet. The lumber and\\nshingles for floor and roof he hauled from Porter s mill,\\nin Allegan County, thirteen miles distant. Between him\\nand the Paw Paw River on the south there was no settler,\\nand on the east his neare.st neighbor was Philo Herron,\\nliving three and a half miles away. When Mr. Scott fin-\\nished the construction of his log cabin he had only 18 cents\\nin cash at his command, but, says he, I never borrowed\\nany trouble, never went hungry, and never had any com-\\nplaint to make touching the general character of my expe-\\nrience. I have always kept up a stout heart and so have\\nprospered. In that heavily-timbered region roads were\\nluxuries and exceedingly difficult of attainment. Mr.\\nScott s journeys on foot were easily made over Indian\\ntrails, but traveling by wagon was a different affair. Then\\nhe had to cut his way before him, and cutting out a road\\nwas a tedious business. Still, it was necessary to do that\\nor stop at home, and stopping at home when mill or mai ket\\nwere necessaries was not to be thought of. Paw Paw was\\nthe market and mill point, and tramping over the weari-\\nsome way on foot, with grist on back, was a common task,\\nwhile it was not unfrequently a dangerous one, especially\\nas the only bridge over the Paw Paw was a fallen tree, and\\nacross it the trip was sometimes necessarily made after\\ndark.\\nJoseph Cox, of Monroe Co., N. Y., came also in 1843,\\nand became a settler upon 160 acres in section 22, entered\\npreviously by his father. In 1849, Cox joined the gold-\\nseekers and set out for California, but, dying en route, his\\nbones were left to bleach upon the Plains.\\nUpon section 12, in 1843, James C. and Eben Armstrong\\nwere the pioneers, and with their cheering presence encour-\\naged the little band of struggling settlers. James died in\\nthe town. Eben is now a resident of Bloomingdale. Daniel\\nRelyea located upon section 2 in 1843, but died there in\\nthe following, year.\\nThe year 1844 brought Isaac Spaulding as a settler. He\\nwas a pioneer in Lenawee County in 1834, and ten years\\nafterwards located land on section 21, in Waverly. For a", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0813.jp2"}, "814": {"fulltext": "546\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nyear be divided his time between clearing bis land and\\nworking in Breedsville at bis trade as a tanner. In 1845\\nbe settled permanently upon his Waverly land, and remov-\\ning subsequently to section 16, he lived there until Novem-\\nber, 1879, when bis home was destroyed by fire. When\\nMr. Spaulding built his first house in Waverly he had to\\ndraw his lumber from Brush Creek, and having in the\\njourney to go around streams over which there were no\\nbridges, the trip to the saw-mill and back covered fully\\nthirty miles. Besides all that, he bad to cut out the road\\nin many places, and taken altogether the task was a severe\\none. The deer injured his wheat crops so much that he built\\nabout his wheat-field a rail-fence eight feet high, which was\\nthe admiration of his brother settlers.\\nPeter T. Valleau, fiimiliarly known as Uncle Peter, was a\\nsettler in 1844, upon section 22. He was an eccentric old\\ngentleman, with many kindly traits, and passed bis de-\\nclining years at the home of his son Theodore, upon section\\n2, where the latter located in 1858. In 1844, also, John\\nReed joined the army of settlers, and where he then located,\\nupon section 24, he still lives.\\nHubbard Westcott and T. W. Thayer came in 1845.\\nWestcott settled on section 21, but moved subsequently to\\nTecumseh, where he died. Thayer lived with his father in\\nBloomingdale until 1845, when he married Polly, a sister\\nof Elisha Marble (a settler in Waverly in 1843), and\\nlocated a farm upon section 1 in Waverly, which is still his\\nhome.\\nReuben Mather, one of Waverly s early settlers, occu-\\npies a farm originally settled in 1848 by Charles Rogers,\\nwho died on the place in 1854.\\nOrlando H. Newcomb, a comer to Waverly in 1850,\\nmoved with bis father to Almena in 1836, settled after-\\nwards in Bloomingdale, where he engaged in milling with\\nMallory Myers, and in 1850 settled upon section 12, in\\nWaverly, where he died in 1873, and where his widow still\\nresides. 0. M. Alger, who moved from Ohio to Michigan\\nin 1846, lived on Prairie Ronde a year, and then settled in\\nAntwerp, whence in 1851 he migrated to Waverly. He\\ndied in 1876, leaving a widow, who, with her son, lives on\\nthe old homestead on section 3.\\nThe year 1852 brought quite a number of settlers, promi-\\nnent among whom were George Carr, 0. A. Breck, the Shaw\\nand Rogers families, and J. L. Fox. Carr, a New Yorker,\\nmade his home upon section 23, where be had bought some\\nwild land of E. 0. Briggs. His sons, William H. and\\nJacob, now live on the farm settled by their father, whose\\npresent home is on section 27.\\nJoseph Rogers, a bachelor, and William, his brother, a\\nman of family, came from Wayne County, and bought a\\nfarm on section 27. There William died in 1878, and\\nthere Joseph is still a resident. J. L. Fox came from Kent\\nCo., Mich., and selected a home on section 15, where be\\nhas since remained. From Wayne Co., Mich., came Rich-\\nmond and W. B. Shaw. The former lived a while upon\\nsection 21, and then moved out of the town. The latter\\nyet lives on section 22, where he located in 1852.\\nOrson A. Breck was a young bachelor when he came\\nfrom Wayne Co., N. Y., to Waverly in 1852, and took\\nquarters with his uncle, Isaac Spaulding, with whom he lived\\ntwo years. In 1854, young Breck married a daughter of\\nSamuel Rogers (living with his sons on section 27), who\\ndied in Waverly in 1873, aged eighty-seven. Previous to\\nhis marriage Breck bad entered land on section 17, where\\nhe now lives. When be made a settlement there, in 1854,\\nhe was the first inhabitant of what was soon afterwards or-\\nganized as school district No. 8. Following Breck into\\nthat district the settlers were Benjamin Smith, Zeri Skin-\\nner, B. G. Stanley, John McKnight, and others.\\nThe voters in Waverly in 1852 numbered about 30, and\\nincluded the following Reuben J. Myers, Merlin M. Myers,\\nTheodore W. Valleau, Almon B. Covey, 0. H. Newcomb,\\nHenry Whelpley, Dr. Babbitt, Philo Herron, Daniel Brown,\\nN. H. Whitford, John Scott, Benijah Davis, Isaac Spalding,\\nHubbard Westcott, Charles Rogers, Ephraim Butterfield,\\nYoung, Jonah Austin, Ja.sper Austin, George Austin,\\nJames Armstrong, William Murch, Orra Brown, Cyrenus\\nBrown, Isaac Brown, John Smith, Edwin Smith, George\\nP. Smith, Loren Hurlbut, Rezin Bell, Ebenezer Arm-\\nstrong, and L. W. Thayer.\\nThe year 1854 was enlivened by what is still remem-\\nbered as the famous School-House War, which sprang\\nfrom the incidents attendant upon the organization of\\nschool district No. 8, and efforts to fix upon a permanent\\nlocation for the school-house. Upon the first discussion\\ntouching the school-house site there appeared to be con-\\nflicting opinions, some wanting it in one place and some\\nin another but the party headed by Benjamin Smith car-\\nried the day, and decreed that the school-house should be\\nbuilt upon Smith s place, near the big swamp. Smith was,\\nhowever, so ridiculed for wanting the school-house located\\nin a swamp that he pressed for a change of site, and agreed\\nto have it built on Joseph Skinner s farm, to the north but\\ninsisted subsequently that the district should make a road\\nthrough Skinner s farm for the convenience of bis (Smith s)\\nchildren, so that in going to school they might make a\\nshort cut of it. This the district declined to do, whereupon\\nSmith gathered his party, and revoking the decision which\\nplaced the site on Skinner s farm, effected another change,\\nwhereby the location was fixed upon Breck s form. To\\nthis move Smith s wife raised her voice in emphatic protest\\nand declared that that .school-house shouldn t stand one\\ninch upon Breck s farm if she could help it. Smith being\\ntherefore directed by his good dame to see to it promptly,\\nand keep that school-house away from Breck s, called his\\nhenchmen in council and ordered another change of base,\\nthe Smith party, it may be well to observe, possessing a\\nruling majority in the district. A fourth site was accord-\\ningly selected upon Bailey Stanley s farm, a little south of\\nthe sawmill, and for the first time in the course of the con-\\ntroversy active measures were taken towards the erection of\\na building. Indeed, the frame was raised, and everybody\\nsupposed, of course, that trouble was at an end, and that\\nthe district was at last to have a school-bouse. Unhappily,\\nthe people reckoned without their host. About the time\\nof the completion of the frame Bailey Stanley fell out with\\nBenjamin Smith, and most positively declared that the\\nschool-house should not stand upon his land, for he would\\nnever execute a deed. Appealed to by the community,\\nhe remained firmly obstinate, and so there was nothing to", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0814.jp2"}, "815": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP OF WAVERLY.\\n547\\ndo but to take the frame down, look for another location,\\nand trust to Providence. The fifth attempt to locate the\\nschool permanently, resulted in a complete success, and thus\\nfar it has been allowed to remain undisturbed upon its\\npresent site, north of Jones saw-mill.\\nDuring the progress of the conflict a great deal of bad\\nblood was generated, and party feeling ran high upon the\\nquestions of Smith and anti-Smith. So fierce was\\nthe faction fever that at one stage the anti-Smithites would\\nraid the fences of the Smithites at night, and turn cattle\\ninto the growing crops, jrhile in turn the Smithites would\\nretaliate with similar measures, and as a cap to the climax,\\npersonal discussion over the matter not infrequently led to\\npersonal fistic encounters, although most reports agree in\\nsaying that no blood was shed.\\nIn 1853, Eli Bush, of Ohio, came with his family, in\\ncompany with the family of Henry Kingsbury, and made\\na settlement on section 2, where he now lives. While\\nbuilding his cabin he lived with S. N. Root, who had come\\na short time previously, and located upon section 1, his\\npresent home. Kingsbury stopped a short time only before\\nremoving to Lawton. Even at that late day, the region in\\nwhich Mr. Bush settled was a forest wild, although he had\\nneighbors moderately near at hand. C. W. Gilman, now\\nliving near Mr. Bush, although a late coTuer in Waverly, was\\none of the early residents of Antwerp, in which his father\\nwas one of the pioneer advance-guard.\\nJohn Merchant, now living in Waverly, upon section 15,\\nwhere he located in 1854, was one of the pioneers of Hills-\\ndale County. Jacob Hungerford was a settler in Cass\\nCounty in 1837, and now lives upon section 26, in Waverly.\\nL. W. Simmons came in 1858, and occupied a place earlier\\nowned by Jesse V. Stevens, now a resident on section 13,\\nwhile among other prominent early settlers may be men-\\ntioned Charles Stanley, A. G. Dayton, S. L. Abernethy,\\nF. M. and P. T. Streator, H. H. Jennings, C. W. Butter-\\nfield, T. L. Niles, and F. W. Dibble.\\nThe first burial-ground was laid out in the fall of 1857,\\nnorth of Jones saw-mill. The first burial in the inclosure\\nwas that of Charles Rogers, whose body was taken up from\\nthe Rogers farm and transferred, as were also, soon after,\\nthe bodies of others previously interred in family grounds.\\nIn 1858 the cemetery on section 23 was laid out, the\\ntwo grounds named being now the only ones in the town-\\nship.\\nThe pioneer saw-mill was built by William Heald, in\\n1861, on section 16. This mill now carried on by S. H.\\nJones\u00e2\u0080\u0094 and the one owned by S. W. Fisk are the only\\nmills of any kind in Waverly.\\nThe swamp known as the Huckleberry Marsh did not\\ninvite settlements to its neighborhood at a very early date,\\nbut in 1854 the neighborhood west of the school section\\nbegan to receive population, although the growth thereof\\nwas exceedingly slow. Latterly there have been indica-\\ntions of speedy eflForts looking to the reclamation of the\\nswamp lands in the southwest, and as a result of the suc-\\ncess of such a move, the town must gain considerable valu-\\nable land which is now almost worthless.\\nBut few wolf stories are told by Waverly s early settlers,\\nbut it is related that William Murch, while traveling to\\nBreedsville, encountered a pack of wolves, and taking to a\\ntree, Tas kept there a prisoner all night in a driving snow-\\nstorm. Fearful that he might fall asleep, and thus fall\\ndown into the jaws of the hungry beasts, he bound himself\\nfirmly to the tree with his handkerchief, which, luckily,\\nkept him safe, for he did fall asleep, and might have fallen\\nto his death had he not been bound.\\nMill conveniences to a majority of the early settlers were\\neasily accessible at Paw Paw, and so they were better ofl\\nthan many neighboring townships.\\nThe number of voters in Waverly in 1842 was but 13.\\nIn 1849, there was an increase to 27 in 1852, to 30 in\\n1856, to 73; and in 1861, to 134. In 1869 the town\\nenjoyed its greatest prosperity as to population, and had\\nthen 315 voters. At this time (January, 1880) the voters\\nnumber 250.\\nThe first frame house built in Waverly was erected in\\n1846, by J. C. Armstrong, and is now occupied as the resi-\\ndence of Nelson Armstrong. Mr. Armstrong, who, it may\\nbe observed, was the pioneer carpenter of the town, built\\nalso the first frame barn.\\nTOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION AND LIST OF OFFICERS.\\nWhen Van Buren County was divided into seven towns,\\nunder the act approved March 11, 1837, Clinch township\\n(one of the seven) embraced the territory now included\\nwithin Waverly, Almena, Bloomingdale, and Pine Grove.\\nIn 1842 the town was divided into two equal parts, that on\\nthe west being called Waverly (including the present towns\\nof Bloomingdale and Waverly), and that on the east\\nAlmena. F. C. Annable, of Almena, then a member of\\nthe Legislature, presented the petition for the division, and\\nnamed both towns, christening Waverly in honor of the\\nnovelist Sir Walter Scott, whom he much admired.\\nThe first meeting of the electors of Waverly after the\\ndivision, was held April 4, 1842, when the aggregate vote\\nwas but 13. In 1845, Waverly was divided, the northern\\nhalf being set off as Bloomingdale, while the southern por-\\ntion retained the old name.\\nSubjoined is a list of those elected as supervisor, clerk,\\ntreasurer, and justice of the peace since 1842\\n1842.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, M. H. Mjers; Clerk, W. H. H. Myers; Treasurer,\\nW. H. H. Myers; Justices of the Peace, Ashbel Herron,\\nIsaac Brown, A. B. Covey, M. H. Myers.\\n1843.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, M. H. Myers; Clerk, W. H. H. Myers; Treasurer,\\nW. H. H. Myers; Justice of the Peace, Harvilaud Thayer.\\n1844.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, W. H. H. Myers; Clerk, M. H. Myers; Treasurer,\\nM. H. Myers; Justice of the Peace, A. B. Covey.\\n1845.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, R. J. Myers; Clerk, E. Marble; Treasurer, Rezin\\nBell; Justice of the Peace, Isaac Brown.\\n1846. Supervisor, Joseph Cox; Clerk, Isaac Brown; Treasurer, E.\\nMarble; Justice of the Peace, Lorin Hulbert.\\n1847.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, R. J. Myers; Clerk, M. II. Myers; Treasurer, E.\\nArmstrong Justice of the Peace, Philo Herron.\\n1848. Supervisor, Isaac Brown; Clerk, M. H. Myers; Treasurer, E.\\nArmstrong; Justice of the Peace, William Murch.\\n1849. Supervisor, Wm. Murch; Clerk, M. M. Myers; Treasurer, E.\\nArmstrong; Justice of the Peace, George P. Smith.\\n1850. Supervisor, E. Armstrong; Clerk, E. A. Smith; Treasurer, J.\\nC. Armstrong; Justice of the Peace, A. A. Holly.\\n1851. Supervisor, William Murch; Clerk, Isaac Brown; Treasurer,\\nGeorge P. Smith Justice of the Peace, Philo Herron.\\n1852.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, William Murch: Clerk, E. A. Smith; Treasurer,\\nGeorge P. Smith Justice of the Peace, L. W. Thayer.", "height": "3309", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "historyofberrien00ensi_0815.jp2"}, "816": {"fulltext": "548\\nHISTORY OF VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\n1853. Supervisor, George P. Smith; Clerk, J. L. Fox; Treasurer,\\nRezin Bell; Justice of the Peace, G. W. Glidden.\\n1854. Supervisor, George P. Smith; Clerlt, J. L. Fox; Treasurer,\\nWilliam Murch Justice of the Peace, H. Kingsbury,\\n1855. Supervisor, William Murch; Clerli, M. M. Myers; Treasurer,\\n0, H. Newcomb: Justice of the Peace, H. Caldwell.\\n1856. Supervisor, H. Caldwell; Clerk, Josiah Hopkins: Treasurer,\\n0. H. Newcomb; Justice of tiie Peace, E. Decker,\\n1857, Supervisor, R, J. Myers; Clerk, Josiah Hopkins; Treasurer,\\n0, H, Newcomb; Justice of the Peace, Amos Wood,\\n1858, Supervisor, R, J. Myers; Clerk, Josiah Hopkins; Treasurer,\\nA, B. Covey; Justice of the Peace, N, A, Whitford.\\n1859. Supervisor, R, J. Myers; Clerk, Josiah Hopkins; Treasurer,\\nN, A, Whitford Justice of the Peace, Zeri Skinner,\\n1860. Supervisor, R, J, Myers; Clerk, J, L, Fox; Treasurer, N, A,\\nWhitford Justice of the Peace, B, J, Stanley,\\n1861, Supervisor, R, J, Myers; Clerk, D, H, Smith; Treasurer, N,\\nA, Whitford Justice of the Peace, G, W, Glidden.\\n1862,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, R. J, Myers; Clerk, D, H. Smith; Treasurer, A,\\nNiles; Justice of the Peace, William Murch,\\n1863. Supervisor, D. H. Smith; Clerk, J. Hopkins; Treasurer, A.\\nNiles Justice of the Peace, B, J, Stanley,\\n1864,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, D. H. Smith; Clerk, P, T. Streator; Treasurer, A.\\nNiles; Justice of the Peace, J, E, Showerman,\\n1865, Supervisor, R, J, Myers; Clerk, P. T, Streator; Treasurer,\\nJ. E. Showerman Justice of the Peace, L, Hurlbut,\\n1866,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, C, W, Butterfield Clerk, E, D, Nash Treasurer,\\nA, Niles; Justice of the Peace, George Edgell,\\n1867,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, C. W. Butterfield; Clerk, G. H, Bennett; Treas-\\nurer, A, Niles Justice of the Peace, S, Randall,\\n1868,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, P, T, Streator; Clerk, G, H, Bennett; Treasurer,\\nR, Mather; Justice of the Peace, Cyrus Smith.\\n1869. Supervisor, P. T. Streator Clerk, William D. Lane Treasurer,\\nR. Mather; Justice of the Peace, C, W. Whipple,\\n1870,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, P, T, Streator; Clerk, William D, Lane; Treasurer,\\nR, Mather Justice of the Peace, George Edgell,\\n1871. Supervisor, P. T. Streator; Clerk, AVlliiam D. Lane; Treasurer,\\nR. Mather; Justice of the Peace, M. J. Blakeman,\\n1872,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, P, T, Streator; Clerk, William D, Lane; Treasurer,\\nR. Mather; Justice of the Peace, William M, Green.\\n1873.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, P.T. Streator; Clerk, William D. Lane; Treasurer,\\nR, Mather; Justice of the Peace, H. H. Skinner,\\n1874, Supervisor, P, T. Streator; Clerk, 0. A. Breck Treasurer, R.\\nMather Justice of the Peace, George Edgel.\\n1875.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, P, T, Streator Clerk, William D. Lane Treasurer,\\nR, Mather; Justice of the Peace, C, A, Fox,\\n1876.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, P, T. Streator; Clerk, S, E. Qua; Treasurer, B,\\nSmith; Justice of the Peace, A, Nixon,\\n1877.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, P. T. Streator; Clerk, W. D. Lane; Treasurer, A.\\nJ. Rich; Justice of the Peace, M. J, Blakeman.\\n1878. Supervisor, M. J. Blakeman; Clerk, 0. S. Rodenbaugh;\\nTreasurer, D. Dillon; Justice of the Peace, Geo. Edgel.\\n1879.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, M. J. Blakeman; Clerk, 0. S, Rodenbaugh;\\nTreasurer, D, Dillon Justice of the Peace, Chas, A, Fox,\\nWaverly s population in 1874 was 1104, and in 1879\\nits assessed valuation was $347,625,\\nPOST-OFFICES,\\nThe post-office of Glendale was originally known as\\nLemont, having been so named in 18G8, by Bailey Stanley,\\nafter a hymn-book tune of which he was exceedingly fond.\\nWilliam D, Lane was appointed the first postmaster in\\n1868, and in connection with the post-office he kept a store\\nsouth of Jones saw-mill. His successor in 1875 was\\nOrson A. Breck, who resigned in 1878, and was succeeded\\nby Oscar Rodenbaugh, the present incumbent. During\\nLane s term the name of the office was changed to Glen-\\ndale because there happened to be in Ottawa County a post-\\noffice known as Lament, and frequent miscarriages of mail\\nresulted. Mail service to and from Glendale is now per-\\nformed twice a week between that office and Paw Paw by\\nway of Waverly post-office. The latter office, oriiriiiiilly\\nestablished in Waverly township, wiis in ISTI transferred\\nto Almena. its present location.\\nRELIGIOUS.\\nWaverly has not, nor has it ever had, a church building\\nwithin its limits, and at this time has but one religious\\norganization, viz a Methodist Episcopal class. A Free-\\nWill Baptist Church was organized in the town as early as\\n1843, but although still known as the Waverly Church,\\nits place of worship is in Almena township, where a\\nchurch was built in 1866. A Methodist Episcopal class\\nwas organized in Waverly in 1842, and worship was at\\nfirst held in the town-line school-house on section 2, Other\\nplaces were subsequently used for services, but after a time\\nthe class became much reduced in membership and was\\nmerged into the class now called the Glendale class. This\\nlatter was organized in 1858 as the Waverly class at the\\nSpaulding school-house, and contained among its members\\nMr, and Mrs, Decker and their three daughters, Mr, and\\nMrs. 0. A. Breck, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Spaulding, Bailey\\nStanley and wile, Mrs. Sarah McKnight, Mr. and Mrs.\\nBenjamin Smith, Joseph Skinner, and Henry Manee and\\nwife. Of the foregoing, the only ones now members are\\nMrs. McKnight and Isaac Spaulding.\\nElder Caldwell, of Breedsville, who organized the class,\\nhad previously conducted spirited revival meetings in W;i-\\nverly, and subsequent to the organization preached one\\nyear. Bailey Stanley was the first class-leader. The pas-\\ntor following Elder Caldwell was Rev. Mr. Tuttle, and after\\nhim came Rev. Charles Fisher, who is again, after an ab-\\nsence of eighteen years, serving the church as pastor. A\\nremoval of the place of worship to the Breck school-house,\\nthe present location, led to a change of name to that of\\nGlendale class.\\nThis class, which was at first in the Kalamazoo district,\\nwas subsequently changed to the Niles district, and later\\nreturned to the Kalamazoo district, in which it now is.\\nSince 1858 worship has been enjoyed pretty regularly once\\nevery two weeks. The membership is now about 20. The\\nclass-leader is Lucius Rogers,\\nEDUCATIONAL,\\nThe children of Waverly s earliest pioneers gathered the\\nrudiments of learning in a school-house located just north\\nof what is now the line between Bloomingdale and Wa-\\nverly. The first public school-house in Waverly as it\\nnow stands was built in 1844. The town-line school\\nalready spoken of was taught in 1838, and had then eight\\nscholars, with W. II. H. Myers for its teacher. The second\\nteacher was Sarah, a sister of Mr. Myers. The school\\nreport for the year ending Sept. 30, 1879, showed the con-\\ndition of Waverly s public schools to be as follows\\nNumber of districts (whole, 5; fractional, 3) 8\\nchildren of school age 420\\nAverage attendance 365\\nValue of school property $3300\\nAmount of teachers wages $1270\\nThe school directors for 1879 were M. J. Harmon, N.\\nMerchant, W. W. Scott, P, Bummell, C, E. RiLson, G.\\nSpencer, M. Anton, R. J. 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